110779089
Multi-harmonic RF test stand for RF breakdown studies
A multi-harmonic RF test stand is under construction at Yale Beam Physics Laboratory. It includes a frequency multiplier which can generate high power harmonics efficiently that are phase locked to the fundamental drive frequency. In a bi-modal asymmetric cavity powered by this RF source, the cavity may experience reduced exposure time to peak fields and sweeping of peak fields across their surfaces, and strong asymmetry between surfaces that may experience cathode-and anode-like fields; these phenomena are to be assessed for their influence on RF breakdown probabilities.
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Proof of principle for a high sensitivity search for the electric dipole moment of the electron using the metastable a(1)[^3\Sigma^+] state of PbO
The metastable a(1)[^3\Sigma^+] state of PbO has been suggested as a suitable system in which to search for the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the electron. We report here the development of experimental techniques allowing high-sensitivity measurements of Zeeman and Stark effects in this system, similar to those required for an EDM search. We observe Zeeman quantum beats in fluorescence from a vapor cell, with shot-noise limited extraction of the quantum beat frequencies, high counting rates, and long coherence times. We argue that improvement in sensitvity to the electron EDM by at least two orders of magnitude appears possible using these techniques.
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Search for the electron electric dipole moment
Extensions to the Standard Model (SM) typically include new heavy particles and new mechanisms for CP violation. These underlying phenomena can give rise to electric dipole moments of the electron and other particles. Tabletop‐scale experiments used to search for these effects are described. Present experiments are already sensitive to new physics at the TeV scale, and new methods could extend this range dramatically. Such experiments could be among the first to show evidence for physics beyond the SM.
109831879
Modified magnicon for high-gradient accelerator R&D
A design is presented of a modified 34.3 GHz magnicon amplifier with a TE311-mode output cavity, to replace the existing magnicon at Yale Beam Physics Lab Test Facility whose output cavity operates in the TM310 mode. The main goal for the new design is to achieve robust day-to-day reliable operation at pulsed power levels up to 25 MW.
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RF undulator for compact X-ray SASE source of variable wavelength
A room-temperature RF undulator, fed by Ka-band radiation and intended to produce ∼1 nm wavelength radiation using moderate energy electrons, is considered. The necessary electron bunches with energy 0.2-1 GeV could be produced by petawatt laser pulses injected into plasma bubbles.
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Preliminary results from the Yale microwave cavity experiment
We present the first preliminary measurements from the Yale Microwave Cavity Experiment from a search for galactic halo axion like particles at about 34 GHz. The experiment can be run in two modes, a single cavity search or a two cavity search. We give estimated sensitivities for axions and axion like particles in this experimental setup.
118543970
The equation of state and quark number susceptibility in the hard-dense-loop approximation
Based on the method proposed by H S Zong and W M Sun (2008 Phys. Rev. D 78 054001), we calculate the equation of state (EOS) of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) at zero temperature and finite quark chemical potential under the hard-dense-loop (HDL) approximation. A comparison between the EOS under HDL approximation and the cold, perturbative EOS of QCD proposed by Fraga, Pisarski and Schaffner-Bielich is made. It is found that the pressure under the HDL approximation is generally smaller than the perturbative result. In addition, we also calculate the quark number susceptibility (QNS) at finite temperature and finite chemical potential under the hard-thermal/dense-loop (HTL/HDL) approximation and compare our results with the corresponding ones in the previous literature.
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Calculation of bulk viscosity of QCD at zero temperature and finite chemical potential
In this paper, based on Kubo's formula and the QCD low energy theorem, we propose a direct formula for calculating the bulk viscosity of QCD at finite chemical potential μ and zero temperature. According to this formula, the bulk viscosity at finite μ is totally determined by the dressed quark propagator at finite μ. We then use a dynamical, confining Dyson–Schwinger equation model of QCD to calculate the bulk viscosity at finite μ. It is found that no sharp peak behavior of the bulk viscosity at finite μ is observed, which is quite different from that of the bulk viscosity at finite temperature.
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Bc DECAYS TO HEAVY-LIGHT ORBITALLY EXCITED MESONS
We calculate the exclusive semileptonic and nonleptonic decays of Bc meson to heavy-light orbitally excited states in the framework of the improved Bethe–Salpeter method. The hadronic matrix elements are calculated and expressed as overlap integrals of the relativistic Salpeter wave functions of corresponding mesons, decay rates of the semileptonic and nonleptonic Bc decays to , and are obtained. Some channels provide us sizable ratios, for examples, and , with such ratios, the missing scalar Bs0 may be detected though its cascade strong decays in the forthcoming LHC experiment.
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Calculation of the staggered spin correlation in the framework of the Dyson-Schwinger approach
Based on the linear response of the fermion propagator with respect to an external field, we first derive a model-independent expression for the staggered spin susceptibility in which the influence of the full pseudoscalar vertex function is included. This expression for the staggered spin susceptibility is quite different from that given in the previous literature. The numerical values of the staggered spin susceptibility are calculated within the framework of the Dyson-Schwinger approach. Our numerical result shows that the nonperturbative dressing effects on the fermion propagator are very important when one studies the staggered spin susceptibility corresponding to the antiferromagnetic correlation in both the Nambu phase and Wigner phase.
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INFLUENCE OF A UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELD ON DYNAMICAL CHIRAL SYMMETRY BREAKING IN QED3
We study dynamical chiral symmetry breaking (DCSB) in an effective QED3 theory of d-wave high temperature cuprate superconductors under a uniform magnetic field. At zero temperature, the external magnetic field induces a mixed state by generating vortices in the condensate of charged holons. The growing magnetic field suppresses the superfluid density and thus reduces the gauge field mass which is opened via the Anderson–Higgs mechanism. By numerically solving the Dyson–Schwinger gap equation, we show that the massless fermions acquires a dynamical gap through DCSB mechanism when the magnetic field strength H is above a critical value Hc and the fermion flavors N is below a critical value Nc. Further, it is found that both Nc and the dynamical fermion gap increase as the magnetic field H grows. It is expected that our result can be tested in phenomena in high temperature cuprate superconductors.