118570713
The scalar spectrum of many-flavour QCD
The LatKMI collaboration is studying systematically the dynamical properties of N_f = 4,8,12,16 SU(3) gauge theories using lattice simulations with (HISQ) staggered fermions. Exploring the spectrum of many-flavour QCD, and its scaling near the chiral limit, is mandatory in order to establish if one of these models realises the Walking Technicolor scenario. Although lattice technologies to study the mesonic spectrum are well developed, scalar flavour-singlet states still require extra effort to be determined. In addition, gluonic observables usually require large-statistic simulations and powerful noise-reduction techniques. In the following, we present useful spectroscopic methods to investigate scalar glueballs and scalar flavour-singlet mesons, together with the current status of the scalar spectrum in N_f = 12 QCD from the LatKMI collaboration.
119329204
Lattice Gross-Neveu model with domain-wall fermions
Abstract We investigate the two-dimensional lattice Gross-Neveu model, using the domain-wall fermion formulation, as a toy model of lattice QCD. We study features of the phase diagram related to the mechanism of chiral symmetry restoration, and find that the parity-broken phase (Aoki phase) exists for finite extent in the extra dimension ( N s ). We also find that O ( a ) scaling violation terms vanishes in the limit of N s → ∞.
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Scaling test of fermion actions in the Schwinger model
Abstract We discuss the scaling behaviour of different fermion actions in dynamical simulations of the 2-dimensional massive Schwinger model. We have chosen Wilson, hypercube, twisted mass and overlap fermion actions. As physical observables, the pion mass and the scalar condensate are computed for the above mentioned actions at a number of coupling values and fermion masses. We also discuss possibilities to simulate overlap fermions dynamically avoiding problems with low-lying eigenvalues of the overlap kernel.
119024751
Light Hadron Spectroscopy with Two Flavors of Dynamical Quarks on the Lattice
~CP-PACS Collaboration ! Center for Computational Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8582, Japan High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan ~Received 18 May 2001; published 5 February 2002 !
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Two-dimensional lattice Gross-Neveu model with Wilson twisted mass fermions
Abstract We study the two-dimensional lattice Gross–Neveu model with Wilson twisted mass fermions in order to explore the phase structure in this setup. In particular, we investigate the behaviour of the phase transitions found earlier with standard Wilson fermions as a function of the twisted mass parameter μ . We find that qualitatively the dependence of the phase transitions on μ is very similar to the case of lattice QCD.
14619672
Chiral zero modes on the Domain Wall model in (4+1)-dimensions
We investigate an original domain-wall model in 4+1 dimensions numerically in the presence of U(1) dynamical gauge field only in an extra dimension, corresponding to a weak coupling limit of four-dimensional physical gauge coupling. Using a quenched approximation we carry out a numerical simulation for this model at ${\ensuremath{\beta}}_{s}{(=1/g}_{s}^{2})=$ 0.29 (``symmetric'' phase) and 0.5 (``broken'' phase), where ${g}_{s}$ is the gauge coupling constant of the extra dimension. In the broken phase, we found that there exists a critical value of a domain-wall mass ${m}_{0}^{c}$ which separates a region with a fermionic zero mode on the domain wall from the one without it in the same case of (2+1)-dimensional model. On the other hand, in the symmetric phase, our numerical data suggest that the chiral zero modes disappear in the infinite limit of four-dimensional volume. From these results it seems difficult to construct the U(1) lattice chiral gauge theory via an original domain-wall formulation.
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Beam test of novel n-in-p strip sensors for high radiation environment
Abstract Highly radiation tolerant n-in-p strip sensors have been developed for the high-luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). This paper reports the results of measurements with 392 MeV kinetic energy proton beam at RCNP in December 2011. The data was taken with a new DAQ system consisting of an universal read-out board ‘SEABAS’ and beam tracking telescopes whose spacial resolution is better than 5 μ m . The aim of this beam test is to evaluate the new 1 cm×1 cm n-in-p miniature sensors before and after 10 15  n eq  cm −2 irradiation. The median charge of un-irradiated sensor is 6.2 fC at full depletion voltage, while the median charge after 10 15  n eq  cm −2 irradiation of the sensor is 4.2 fC. The novel Punch-Through-Protection (PTP) has been implemented in these sensors. The length of active region of the sensor around PTP is observed to be decreased by 12 μ m in the irradiated sensors at 10 15  n eq  cm −2 .
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Evaluation of test structures for the novel n + -in-p pixel and strip sensors for very high radiation environments
Abstract Radiation-tolerant n + -in-p silicon sensors were developed for use in very high radiation environments. Novel n + -in-p silicon strip and pixel sensors and test structures were fabricated, tested and evaluated, in order to understand the designs implemented. The resistance between the n + implants (interstrip resistance), the electric potential of the p-stop, and the punch-through-protection (PTP) onset voltage were measured before and as a function of fluence after irradiation. The technology computer-aided design (TCAD) simulations were used to understand the radiation damage and fluence dependence of the structures. The decrease in the interstrip resistance is a consequence of increased leakage current. The decrease in the electric potential of the p-stop results from a build-up of positive charge in the silicon–silicon oxide interface. The decrease and subsequent increase in the PTP onset voltages results from the interface charge build-up and an increase in acceptor states.
118607823
Surface Majorana cone of the superfluid 3He B phase
The superfluid 3 He B phase, one of the oldest unconventional fermionic condensates experimentally realized, is recently predicted to support Majorana fermion surface states. Majorana fermion, which is characterized by the equivalence of particle and antiparticle, has a linear dispersion relation referred to as the Majorana cone. We measured the transverse acoustic impedance Z of the superfluid 3 He B phase changing its boundary condition and found a growth of peak in Z on a higher specularity wall. Our theoretical analysis indicates that the variation of Z is induced by the formation of the cone-like dispersion relation and thus confirms the important feature of the Majorana fermion in the specular limit.
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ATLAS silicon microstrip tracker operation and performance
Abstract The Semi-Conductor Tracker (SCT) is one of the key precision tracking devices in the ATLAS experiment at CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The SCT was constructed of 4088 modules for a total of 6.3 million silicon strips and was installed into the ATLAS experiment in 2007. The SCT has been fully operational since then, and achieves a good tracking performance from the startup of the LHC operation.