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SUBPICOSECOND LASER SLICING X-RAY SOURCE FOR TIME- RESOLVED RESEARCH AT TPS
The feasibility of using a high intensity short pulse laser to produce ultrafast x-ray pulses from the Taiwan Photon Source (TPS) by bunch slicing is being investigated. In our study, a modulator wiggler with period length of 25 cm is placed in one 7 m straight section and is operated at low field strength to minimize possible side-effects that may limit the performances of the low emittance TPS ring. With proper beam separation technique, undulators in straight sections at downstream of the modulator wiggler can be used to produce ultrafast soft and hard x-ray 100 fs pulses at moderate flux. This installation will offer the opportunity to study ultrafast phenomena of condensed matters at atomic resolution.
55667448
SUPERCONDUCTING UNDULATOR WITH VARIABLY POLARIZED LIGHT
This study investigates planar in-vacuo superconducting elliptically polarized undulators with periodic length of 5 cm (SEPU5) producing linearly and circularly polarized infrared rays or x-rays source. The vertically wound racetrack coil is chosen for the coil and pole fabrication of the SEPU5. When the up and down magnetic pole arrays with alternative directions rotated wires in the horizontal plane, an elliptical field radiates elliptically polarized light in the electron storage ring, the free electron laser (FEL), and the energy recovery linac (ERL) facilities. Meanwhile, an un-rotated wire magnet array is constructed together with the rotated wire magnet array on the same undulator is used to switch the linear polarization in horizontal and vertical, as well as the right- and left-circular polarization radiation. This investigation describes the main factors of the planar and helical undulator design for FEL and the concepts concerning the magnet array structures of the superconducting undulators.
30348524
Design of mechanical structure and cryostat for IASW superconducting wiggler at NSRRC
An in-achromatic superconducting wiggler (IASW) was successfully constructed and installed at the Taiwan Light Source (TLS) in January 2006. The cryostat with a 30 L liquid nitrogen aluminum reservoir shielding surrounds the helium vessel, which comprises the cold mass and 100 L liquid helium. The helium vessel is suspended by eight suspension links, which are thermally intercepted at 80 K and can be adjusted by applying tension, such that the center of the cold mass does not move during cooled to 4.2 K. A three-layered stainless tube was designed to prevent the transfer port from freezing and the steam- electricity separation system is designed to supply electricity and return the helium gas to prevent freezing of the power feedthrough.
25110773
Planning of insertion devices for the 3-GeV Taiwan Photon Source
The Taiwan photon source (TPS) is a 3-GeV storage ring with 24 straight sections for installation of insertion devices (ID), radio-frequency cavities (RF) and electron- beam injection. Most insertion devices are in-vacuum undulators to produce intense X-rays with a brilliance up to 1times1021 photons s-1 mrad-2 mm-2 per 0.1% bw. A superconducting wiggler is also necessary to provide higher energy in the medium-energy range of the TPS. The APPLE II elliptically polarized undulator and a long- period undulator provide a source with circular and any linear polarization and the VUV source. Projects to investigate a superconducting undulator and a cryogenic permanent-magnet undulator are launched for energies in a range 1.5-25 keV.
36542122
Construction and Performance of Superconducting Magnets for Synchrotron Radiation
Two superconducting magnets, one wavelength shifter with a field of 6 T and one wiggler with a field of 3.2 T, were constructed and routinely operated at Taiwan Light Source to generate synchrotron X-rays. Additionally, three short multipole wigglers with the same field of 3.1 T are under construction and will be installed in the three achromatic short straight sections. A warm beam duct with an inner gap of 20 mm and a 1.5 W GM type cryo-cooler were used in the wavelength shifter to achieve cryogen-free operation. For the 3.2 T wiggler, a cold beam duct with an inner gap of 11 mm was kept at 100 K temperature and no trim coil compensation is necessary for its operation. Meanwhile, no beam loss was observed when it was quenched. The design concept, magnetic field quality, and the commissioning results of these magnets will be presented.
120445064
Superconducting wiggler with semi-cold beam duct at Taiwan light source
Abstract A 3.2 T superconducting wiggler with a periodic length of 6 cm and 32 poles was designed and fabricated as an X-ray source. The beam duct of this magnet is a semi-cold, ultra-high vacuum chamber that consists of an aluminum and stainless steel taper. The number of poles in this magnet design is even, to minimize the integral strengths of the multipole components. Two measurement systems—involving room-temperature and cryogenic Hall probes—were set up to measure the field of the superconducting wiggler. A cryogenic plant that supplied liquid helium and nitrogen to the superconducting wiggler has already been established. The performance of magnet construction is good and the commissioning of the superconducting wiggler in the storage ring has been successful. No trim coil compensation on the magnet is required to adjust the electron beam orbit. Furthermore, the electron beams exhibit no loss and remain highly stable after the superconducting wiggler has been quenched.
204174153
Combined chiral dynamics and MIT bag model study of strong Sigma(*) Q-->LambdaQpi decays
6982155
Neutrino-photon scattering and its crossed processes in a background magnetic field
Abstract We study the neutrino-photon processes such as γγ→ν ν , νγ → νγ , and ν ν →γγ in a background magnetic field smaller than the critical magnetic field B c ≡ m e 2 / e . Using Schwinger's formalism, we extract leading magnetic-field contributions to the above processes. Our result is valid throughout the kinematic regime where both neutrino and photon energies are significantly smaller than m W . We briefly discuss the astrophysical implications of our result.
119485274
Covariant Light-Front Approach for s-wave and p-wave Mesons: Its Application to Decay Constants and Form Factors
We study the decay constants and form factors of the ground-state s-wave and low-lying p-wave mesons within a covariant light-front approach. Numerical results of the form factors for transitions between a heavy pseudoscalar meson and an s-wave or p-wave meson and their momentum dependence are presented in detail. In particular, form factors for heavy-to-light and B → D ∗∗ transitions, where D ∗∗ denotes generically a p-wave charmed meson, are compared with other model calculations. The experimental measurements of the decays B − → D ∗∗ π − and B → DD ∗∗ are employed to test the decay constants of D ∗∗ and the B → D ∗∗ transition form factors. The heavy quark limit behavior of the decay constants and form factors is examined and it is found that the requirement of heavy quark symmetry is satisfied. The universal Isgur-Wise (IW) functions, one for s-wave to s-wave and two for s-wave to p-wave transitions, are obtained. The values of IW functions at zero recoil and their slope parameters can be used to test the Bjorken and Uraltsev sum rules.
119482056
Light front approach for heavy pentaquark transitions
Assuming the two diquark structure for the pentaquark state as advocated in the Jaffe-Wilczek model, there exist exotic parity-even anti-sextet and parity-odd triplet heavy pentaquark baryons. The theoretical estimate of charmed and bottom pentaquark masses is quite controversial and it is not clear whether the ground-state heavy pentaquark lies above or below the strong-decay threshold. We study the weak transitions of heavy pentaquark states using the light-front quark model. In the heavy quark limit, heavy-to-heavy pentaquark transition form factors can be expressed in terms of three Isgur-Wise functions: two of them are found to be normalized to unity at zero recoil, while the third one is equal to 1/2 at the maximum momentum transfer, in accordance with the prediction of the large-Nc approach or the quark model. Therefore, the light-front model calculations are consistent with the requirement of heavy quark symmetry. Numerical results for form factors and Isgur-Wise functions are presented. Decay rates of the weak decays Theta_b+ to Theta_c0 pi+ (rho+), Theta_c0 to Theta+ pi- (rho-), Sigma'_{5b}+ to Sigma'_{5c}0 pi+ (rho+) and Sigma'_{5c}0 to N_8+ pi- (rho-) with Theta_Q, 
Sigma'_{5Q} and N_8 being the heavy anti-sextet, heavy triplet and light octet pentaquarks, respectively, are obtained. For weakly decaying Theta_b+ and Theta_c0, the branching ratios of Theta_b+ to Theta_c0 pi+, Theta_c0 to Theta+ pi- are estimated to be at the level of 10^{-3} and a few percents, respectively.
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Analyses of decay constants and light-cone distribution amplitudes for s-wave heavy meson
In this paper, a study of light-cone distribution amplitudes (LCDAs) for $s$-wave heavy meson are presented in both general and heavy quark frameworks. Within the light-front approach, the leading twist light-cone distribution amplitudes, ${\ensuremath{\phi}}_{M}(u)$, and their relevant decay constants of heavy pseudoscalar and vector mesons, ${f}_{M}$, have simple relations. These relations can be further simplified when the heavy quark limit is taken into consideration. After fixing the parameters that appear in both Gaussian and power-law wave functions, the corresponding decay constants are calculated and compared with those of other theoretical approaches. The curves and the first six $\ensuremath{\xi}$-moments of ${\ensuremath{\phi}}_{M}(u)$ are plotted and estimated. A conclusion is drawn from these results: Even though the values of the decay constants of the distinct mesons are almost equal, the curves of their LCDAs may have quite large differences, and vice versa. Additionally, in the heavy quark limit, the leading twist LCDAs, ${\ensuremath{\Phi}}_{Qq}(\ensuremath{\omega})$ and ${\ensuremath{\Phi}}_{Qq}(\ensuremath{\omega})$, are compared with the $B$-meson LCDAs, ${\ensuremath{\psi}}_{+}(\ensuremath{\omega})$, suggested by the other theoretical groups.