190515811
Single W production at NLC
16415075
Studying trilinear gauge couplings at LEP2 using optimal observables
Abstract We study the sensitivity of the processes e + e − → l ν l q q ′ at LEP2 energies on the non-standard trilinear gauge couplings (TGC), using the optimal observables method. All relevant leading logarithmic corrections to the three-order cross section, as well as experimental resolution effects have been studied. Taking into account correlations among the different TGC parameters we show that the limits on the TGC can reach the level of 0.15 (ld) at 161 GeV with 100 pb −1 , a challenge for the first LEP2 phase. At higher energies this can be improved drastically, reaching for the level of 0.02 (1 sd).
122772869
Quantum dynamical aspects of two-dimensional spaces of constant negative curvature
The authors study the quantum mechanics of two-dimensional spaces of constant negative curvature. The connection between different formulations is analysed. They derive the propagator and find that in the semiclassical approximation, the time evolution of observables exhibits similar features as in the classical case.
14317912
Polarizing the dipoles
We extend the massless dipole formalism of Catani and Seymour, as well as its massive version as developed by Catani, Dittmaier, Seymour and Trocsanyi, to arbitrary helicity eigenstates of the external partons. We modify the real radiation subtraction terms only, the primary aim being an improved efficiency of the numerical Monte Carlo integration of this contribution as part of a complete next-to-leading order calculation. In consequence, our extension is only applicable to unpolarized scattering. Upon summation over the helicities of the emitter pairs, our formulae trivially reduce to their original form. We implement our extension within the framework of \textsc{Helac-Phegas}, and give some examples of results pertinent to recent studies of backgrounds for the LHC. The code is publicly available. Since the integrated dipole contributions do not require any modifications, we do not discuss them, but they are implemented in the software.
120586857
The Gross-Neveu model near the critical temperature. A mechanism for quark-hadron phase transition in relativistic ion collisions
Abstract It is argued that the longitudinal, critical evolution of the quark-gluon system, formed in relativistic ion collisions, can be reliably studied within the framework of the Gross-Neveu two-dimensional field theory at finite temperature. In particular, the Ginzburg-Landau approximation, near the critical temperature reveals some remarkable and measurable inhomogeneities in the rapidity density of the hadronic phase, when appropriate boundary conditions, dictated by space-time causality, are imposed on the classical solutions of the model. The relevance of the results for the experiments with relativistic ions is briefly discussed.
5166537
NLO QCD corrections to tri-boson production
We present a calculation of the NLO QCD corrections for the production of three vector bosons at the LHC, namely ZZZ, W+W−Z, W+ZZ, and W+W−W+ production. The virtual corrections are computed using the recently proposed method of reduction at the integrand level (OPP reduction). Concerning the contributions coming from real emission we used the dipole subtraction to treat the soft and collinear divergences. We find that the QCD corrections for these electroweak processes are in the range between 70 and 100 percent. As such they have to be considered in experimental studies of triple vector boson production at the LHC.
23902126
The University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER) enters a new regime of high-tune-shift rings
Beams with a high phase space density are useful for many modern applications such as free electron lasers, pulsed neutron sources, high-energy-density physics, and high-luminosity colliders. Production of such beams requires understanding the complex space charge dynamics at the low-energy end of the accelerator. The University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER) has been designed and built with the purpose of investigating space charge effects using scaled low-energy electron experiments. We have recently circulated the highest- space-charge beam in a ring to date, achieving a breakthrough both in the number of turns and in the amount of current propagated. We have propagated a beam with an integer tune shift for over 100 turns, and other, even higher-current beams, for 5-50 turns albeit with some beam loss. One beam had a tune shift at injection of 5.0, which is several factors higher than anything propagated in the past. We report here as well on other interesting aspects of the UMER work.
59270303
High Accuracy 233U(n, f) Cross-Section Measurement at the White-Neutron Source n_TOF from Near-Thermal to 1 MeV Neutron Energy
The U-233(n, f) cross section has been measured at the white neutron source n_TOF in a wide energy range with a dedicated fission ionization chamber. We report here the results from similar to 30 meV to 1 MeV neutron energy. The U-233(n, f) cross section has been determined relative to a reference sample of U-235(n, f) measured simultaneously with the same detector. The very high instantaneous neutron flux and the intrinsically low background of the n_TOF installation result in an accuracy around 3 range, while the energy resolution of the neutron beam allows for an accurate description of the fission cross section by means of R-matrix analysis over a wide energy range. The results are, in general, in good agreement with the most recent high-accuracy measurement of this fission cross section, over the more limited range of the previous measurements, and indicated that even the latest evaluations underestimate the cross section in the epithermal region. The present high-quality data provide the basis for a more precise evaluation of the U-233 fission cross section and for improving the reliability of databases needed for the design of new energy systems based on the Th/U cycle.
109430895
Rotational Mismatches and Emittance Growth for the UMER Beam
This is a numerical study of the effects of a rotational mismatch of a beam at injection. A closely related type of mismatch is the presence of a skew quadrupole at some place in the transporting channel. In both cases, the initial mismatch implies that the emittance of the beam will increase as the beam is transported through an alternating focusing channel. In our simulations, we used the WARP computer code to simulate the University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER) beam and we have indeed seen a substantial emittance growth (by a factor of 2–3) for mismatches of 10 degrees.
34083016
The n_TOF Total Absorption Calorimeter for neutron capture measurements at CERN
The n_TOF Collaboration has built and commissioned a high-performance detector for (n, gamma) measurements called the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). The TAC was especially designed for measuring neutron capture cross-sections of low-mass and/or radioactive samples with the accuracy required for nuclear technology and stellar nucleosynthesis. We present a detailed description of the TAC and discuss its overall performance in terms of energy and time resolution, background discrimination, detection efficiency and neutron sensitivity.
37433006
Measurement and simulation of source-generated halos in the University Of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER)
One of the areas of fundamental beam physics that have served as the rationale for recent research on UMER is the study of the generation and evolution of beam halos. Recent experiments and simulations have identified imperfections in the source geometry, particularly in the region near the emitter edge, as a significant potential source of halo particles. The edge-generated halo particles, both in the experiments and the simulations are found to pass through the center of the beam a short distance downstream of the anode plane. Understanding the detailed evolution of these particle orbits is therefore important to designing any aperture to remove the beam halo.