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Consequences Of Neutrino Lorentz Violation For Leptonic Meson Decays, Brett David Altschul Oct 2011

Consequences Of Neutrino Lorentz Violation For Leptonic Meson Decays, Brett David Altschul

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If the observation by OPERA of apparently superluminal neutrinos is correct, the Lagrangian for second-generation leptons must break Lorentz invariance. We calculate the effects of an energy-independent change in the neutrino speed on another observable, the charged pion decay rate. The rate decreases by an factor [1 - 3/(1 - (m_mu)^2 / (m_pi) ^ 2) (< v_(nu) > - 1)], where < v_(nu) > is the (directionally averaged) neutrino speed in the pion's rest frame. This provides a completely independent experimental observable that is sensitive to the same forms of Lorentz violation as a neutrino time of flight measurement.


Time Reversal Invariance Violating And Parity Conserving Effects In Neutron-Deuteron Scattering, Young-Ho Song, Rimantas Lazauskas, Vladimir Gudkov Aug 2011

Time Reversal Invariance Violating And Parity Conserving Effects In Neutron-Deuteron Scattering, Young-Ho Song, Rimantas Lazauskas, Vladimir Gudkov

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Time reversal invariance violating and parity conserving effects for low-energy elastic neutron-deuteronscattering are calculated for meson exchange and effective field theory type potentials in a distorted wave-bornapproximation using realistic hadronic wave functions, obtained by solving three-body Faddeev equations inconfiguration space.


Dynamics Of Spin Relaxation In Finite-Size Two-Dimensional Systems: An Exact Solution, Valeriy A. Slipko, Yuriy V. Pershin Aug 2011

Dynamics Of Spin Relaxation In Finite-Size Two-Dimensional Systems: An Exact Solution, Valeriy A. Slipko, Yuriy V. Pershin

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We find an exact solution for the problem of electron spin relaxation in a two-dimensional (2D) circle with Rashba spin-orbit interaction. Our analysis shows that the spin relaxation in finite-size regions involves three stages and is described by multiple spin relaxation times. It is important that the longest spin relaxation time increases with the decrease in system radius but always remains finite. Therefore, at long times, the spin polarization in small 2D systems decays exponentially with a size-dependent rate. This prediction is supported by results of Monte Carlo simulations.


Bounding Lorentz Violation At Particle Colliders By Tracking The Motion Of Charged Particles, Brett David Altschul Aug 2011

Bounding Lorentz Violation At Particle Colliders By Tracking The Motion Of Charged Particles, Brett David Altschul

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In the presence of Lorentz violation, the motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field is distorted. By measuring the eccentricities of particles’ elliptical orbits and studying how those eccentricities vary with the absolute orientation of the laboratory, it is possible to constrain the Lorentz-violating cJK parameters. For each observed species, this method can provide constraints on four linear combinations of coefficients for which, in some species, there are presently no two-sided bounds.


Time Reversal Invariance Violation In Neutron-Deuteron Scattering, Young-Ho Song, Rimantas Lazauskas, Vladimir Gudkov Jun 2011

Time Reversal Invariance Violation In Neutron-Deuteron Scattering, Young-Ho Song, Rimantas Lazauskas, Vladimir Gudkov

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Time reversal invariance-violating (TRIV) effects in low-energy elastic neutron-deuteron scattering arecalculated using meson exchange and EFT-type TRIV potentials in a distorted-wave Born approximation withrealistic hadronic strong interaction wave functions, obtained by solving the three-body Faddeev equations inconfiguration space. The relation between TRIV and parity-violating observables is discussed.


Growth Direction Modulation And Diameter-Dependent Mobility In Inn Nanowires, Goutam Koley, Zhihua Cai, Ehtesham Bin Quddus, Jie Liu, Muhammad Qazi, Richard A. Webb Jun 2011

Growth Direction Modulation And Diameter-Dependent Mobility In Inn Nanowires, Goutam Koley, Zhihua Cai, Ehtesham Bin Quddus, Jie Liu, Muhammad Qazi, Richard A. Webb

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Diameter-dependent electrical properties of InN nanowires (NWs) grown by chemical vapor deposition have been investigated. The NWs exhibited interesting properties of coplanar deflection at specific angles, either spontaneously, or when induced by other NWs or lithographically patterned barriers. InN NW-based back-gated field effect transistors (FETs) showed excellent gate control and drain current saturation behaviors. Both NW conductance and carrier mobility calculated from the FET characteristics were found to increase regularly with a decrease in NW diameter. The observed mobility and conductivity variations have been modeled by considering NW surface and core conduction paths.


A Layer Correlation Technique For Pion Energy Calibration At The 2004 Atlas Combined Beam Test, E. Abat, J M. Abdallah, T N. Addy, P Adragna, M Aharrouche, A Ahmad, T Pa Akesson, M Aleksa, C Alexa, K Anderson, A Andreazza, F Anghinolfi, A Antonaki, G Arabize, E Arik, T Atkinson, J Baines, O K. Baker, D Banfi, S Baron, Roberto Petti, Et. Al. Jun 2011

A Layer Correlation Technique For Pion Energy Calibration At The 2004 Atlas Combined Beam Test, E. Abat, J M. Abdallah, T N. Addy, P Adragna, M Aharrouche, A Ahmad, T Pa Akesson, M Aleksa, C Alexa, K Anderson, A Andreazza, F Anghinolfi, A Antonaki, G Arabize, E Arik, T Atkinson, J Baines, O K. Baker, D Banfi, S Baron, Roberto Petti, Et. Al.

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A new method for calibrating the hadron response of a segmented calorimeter is developed and successfully applied to beam test data. It is based on a principal component analysis of energy deposits in the calorimeter layers, exploiting longitudinal shower development information to improve the measured energy resolution. Corrections for invisible hadronic energy and energy lost in dead material in front of and between the calorimeters of the ATLAS experiment were calculated with simulated Geant4 Monte Carlo events and used to reconstruct the energy of pions impinging on the calorimeters during the 2004 Barrel Combined Beam Test at the CERN H8 …


Spontaneous Emergence Of A Persistent Spin Helix From Homogeneous Spin Polarization, Valeriy A. Slipko, Ibrahim Savran, Yuriy V. Pershin Dr May 2011

Spontaneous Emergence Of A Persistent Spin Helix From Homogeneous Spin Polarization, Valeriy A. Slipko, Ibrahim Savran, Yuriy V. Pershin Dr

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We demonstrate that a homogeneous spin polarization in one-dimensional structures of finite length in the presence of Bychkov-Rashba spin-orbit coupling decays spontaneously toward a persistent spin helix. Such a strikingly different and simple method enables us to generate robust spin structures whose properties can be tuned by the strength of the spin-orbit interaction and/or the structure’s length. We generalize our results for the two-dimensional case predicting the formation of a persistent spin helix in two-dimensional channels from homogeneous spin polarization. An analysis of the formation of a spin helical state is presented within an approach based on a mapping of …


Renormalization Of Scalar And Yukawa Field Theories With Lorentz Violation, Alejandro Ferrero, Brett David Altschul May 2011

Renormalization Of Scalar And Yukawa Field Theories With Lorentz Violation, Alejandro Ferrero, Brett David Altschul

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We consider a theory of scalar and spinor fields, interacting through Yukawa and ϕ4 interactions, with Lorentz-violating operators included in the Lagrangian. We compute the leading quantum corrections in this theory. The renormalizability of the theory is explicitly shown up to one-loop order. In the pure scalar sector, the calculations can be generalized to higher orders and to include finite terms, because the theory can be solved in terms of its Lorentz-invariant version.


Photon Reconstruction In The Atlas Inner Detector And Liquid Argon Barrel Calorimeter At The 2004 Combined Test Beam, E. Abat, J. M. Abdallah, T. N. Addy, P. Adragna, M. Aharrouche, A. Ahmad, T. P. Akesson, M. Aleksa, C. Alexa, K. Anderson, A. Andreazza, F. Anghinolf, A. Antonaki, G. Arabidze, E. Arik, T. Atkinson, J. Baines, O. K. Baker, D. Banfi, S. Baron, Roberto Petti, Et. Al. Apr 2011

Photon Reconstruction In The Atlas Inner Detector And Liquid Argon Barrel Calorimeter At The 2004 Combined Test Beam, E. Abat, J. M. Abdallah, T. N. Addy, P. Adragna, M. Aharrouche, A. Ahmad, T. P. Akesson, M. Aleksa, C. Alexa, K. Anderson, A. Andreazza, F. Anghinolf, A. Antonaki, G. Arabidze, E. Arik, T. Atkinson, J. Baines, O. K. Baker, D. Banfi, S. Baron, Roberto Petti, Et. Al.

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The reconstruction of photons in the ATLAS detector is studied with data taken during the 2004 Combined Test Beam, where a full slice of the ATLAS detector was exposed to beams of particles of known energy at the CERN SPS. The results presented show significant differences in the longitudinal development of the electromagnetic shower between converted and unconverted photons as well as in the total measured energy. The potential to use the reconstructed converted photons as a means to precisely map the material of the tracker in front of the electromagnetic calorimeter is also considered. All results obtained are compared …


Parametric Resonance Enhancement In Neutron Interferometry And Application For The Search For Non-Newtonian Gravity, Vladimir Gudkov, Hirohiko M. Shimizu, Geoffrey L. Greene Feb 2011

Parametric Resonance Enhancement In Neutron Interferometry And Application For The Search For Non-Newtonian Gravity, Vladimir Gudkov, Hirohiko M. Shimizu, Geoffrey L. Greene

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The parametric resonance enhancement of the phase of neutrons due to non-Newtonian anomalous gravitationis considered. The existence of such resonances is confirmed by numerical calculations. A possible experimentalscheme for observing this effect is discussed based on an existing neutron interferometer design.


Limits On The Time Variation Of The Fermi Constant G_F Based On Type Ia Supernova Observations, Alejandro Ferrero, Brett David Altschul Feb 2011

Limits On The Time Variation Of The Fermi Constant G_F Based On Type Ia Supernova Observations, Alejandro Ferrero, Brett David Altschul

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The light curve of a type Ia supernova decays at a rate set by the beta-decay lifetimes of the 56N iand Co56 produced in the explosion. This makes such a light curve sensitive to the value of the Fermi constant GF at the time of the supernova. Using data from the CfA Supernova Archive, we measure the dependence of the light curve decay rate on redshift and place a bound on the time variation of GF of |(dG_F/dt)/G_F| < 10-9 / y1.


Parity Violation In Low-Energy Neutron-Deuteron Scattering, Young-Ho Song, Rimantas Lazauskas, Vladimir Gudkov Jan 2011

Parity Violation In Low-Energy Neutron-Deuteron Scattering, Young-Ho Song, Rimantas Lazauskas, Vladimir Gudkov

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Parity-violating effects for low-energy elastic neutron deuteron scattering are calculated for Desplanques,Donoghue, and Holstein (DDH) and effective field theory types of weak potentials in a distorted-wave Bornapproximation, using realistic hadronic strong interaction wave functions, obtained by solving three-bodyFaddeev equations in configuration space. The resulting relation between physical observables and low-energyconstants can be used to fix low-energy constants from experiments. Potential model dependencies ofparity-violating effects are discussed.


Optical Cell For Combinatorial In Situ Raman Spectroscopic Measurements Of Hydrogen Storage Materials At High Pressures And Temperatures, Jason R. Hattrick-Simpers, Wilbur S. Hurst, Sesha S. Srinivasan, James E. Maslar Jan 2011

Optical Cell For Combinatorial In Situ Raman Spectroscopic Measurements Of Hydrogen Storage Materials At High Pressures And Temperatures, Jason R. Hattrick-Simpers, Wilbur S. Hurst, Sesha S. Srinivasan, James E. Maslar

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An optical cell is described for high-throughput backscattering Raman spectroscopic measurements of hydrogen storagematerials at pressures up to 10 MPa and temperatures up to 823 K. High throughput is obtained by employing a 60 mm diameter × 9 mm thick sapphire window, with a corresponding 50 mm diameter unobstructed optical aperture. To reproducibly seal this relatively large window to the cell body at elevated temperatures and pressures, a gold o-ring is employed. The sample holder-to-window distance is adjustable, making this cell design compatible with optical measurement systems incorporating lenses of significantly different focal lengths, e.g., microscope objectives and single element …


Density Functional Theory Study On The Electronic Structure Of N- And P-Type Doped Srtio3 At Anodic Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Conditions, S. Suthirakun, Salai Cheettu Ammal, G. Xiao, Fanglin Chen, Hans-Conrad Zur Loye, Andreas Heyden Jan 2011

Density Functional Theory Study On The Electronic Structure Of N- And P-Type Doped Srtio3 At Anodic Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Conditions, S. Suthirakun, Salai Cheettu Ammal, G. Xiao, Fanglin Chen, Hans-Conrad Zur Loye, Andreas Heyden

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The electronic conductivity and thermodynamic stability of mixed n-type and p-type doped SrTiO3 have been investigated at anodic solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) conditions using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. In particular, constrained ab initio thermodynamic calculations have been performed to evaluate the phase stability and reducibility of various Nb- and Ga-doped SrTiO3 at synthesized and anodic SOFC conditions. The density of states (DOS) of these materials was analyzed to study the effects of n- and p-doping on the electronic conductivity. In agreement with experimental observations, we find that the transformation from 20% Nb-doped Sr-deficient SrTiO3 to a non-Sr-deficient phase …