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Measurement Of The Half-Life Of The T=1/2 Mirror Decay Of Ne-19 And Its Implication On Physics Beyond The Standard Model, Leah J. Broussard, Henning O. Back, Mitzi S. Boswell, A. S. Crowell, Peter Dendooven, G. S. Giri, Calvin R. Howell, M. F. Kidd, Klaus Jungmann, Wilbert L. Kruithof, A. Mol, Cornelis J. G. Onderwater, Robert W. Pattie Jr., Praveen D. Shidling, M. Sohani, D. J. Van Der Hoek, A. Rogachevskiy, Emil Traykov, Oscar O. Versolato, Lorenz Willmann, Hans W. Wilschut, Andrew T. Young May 2014

Measurement Of The Half-Life Of The T=1/2 Mirror Decay Of Ne-19 And Its Implication On Physics Beyond The Standard Model, Leah J. Broussard, Henning O. Back, Mitzi S. Boswell, A. S. Crowell, Peter Dendooven, G. S. Giri, Calvin R. Howell, M. F. Kidd, Klaus Jungmann, Wilbert L. Kruithof, A. Mol, Cornelis J. G. Onderwater, Robert W. Pattie Jr., Praveen D. Shidling, M. Sohani, D. J. Van Der Hoek, A. Rogachevskiy, Emil Traykov, Oscar O. Versolato, Lorenz Willmann, Hans W. Wilschut, Andrew T. Young

Robert W. Pattie Jr.

The 1 2 þ → 1 2 þ superallowed mixed mirror decay of 19Ne to 19F is excellently suited for high precision studies of the weak interaction. However, there is some disagreement on the value of the half-life. In a new measurement we have determined this quantity to be T1=2 ¼ 17.2832 #1; 0.0051ðstatÞ #1; 0.0066ðsystÞ s, which differs from the previous world average by 3 standard deviations. The impact of this measurement on limits for physics beyond the standard model such as the presence of tensor currents is discussed.


Transformation Of Statistics In Fractional Quantum Hall Systems, John J. Quinn, Arkadiusz Wojs, Jennifer J. Quinn, Arthur T. Benjamin Feb 2014

Transformation Of Statistics In Fractional Quantum Hall Systems, John J. Quinn, Arkadiusz Wojs, Jennifer J. Quinn, Arthur T. Benjamin

Jennifer J. Quinn

A Fermion to Boson transformation is accomplished by attaching to each Fermion a tube carrying a single quantum of flux oriented opposite to the applied magnetic field. When the mean field approximation is made in Haldane’s spherical geometry, the Fermion angular momentum lF is replaced by lB =lF − 1/2 (N −1). The set of allowed total angular momentum multiplets is identical in the two different pictures. The Fermion and Boson energy spectra in the presence of many body interactions are identical only if the pseudopotential V (interaction energy as a function of pair angular momentum L12) increases as L12(L12 …


Strategies For The Characteristic Extraction Of Gravitational Waveforms, Maria C. Babiuc-Hamilton, N. T. Bishop, B´Ela Szila´Gyi, Jeffrey Winicour Feb 2014

Strategies For The Characteristic Extraction Of Gravitational Waveforms, Maria C. Babiuc-Hamilton, N. T. Bishop, B´Ela Szila´Gyi, Jeffrey Winicour

Maria C. Babiuc-Hamilton

We develop, test, and compare new numerical and geometrical methods for improving the accuracy of extracting waveforms using characteristic evolution. The new numerical method involves use of circular boundaries to the stereographic grid patches which cover the spherical cross sections of the outgoing null cones. We show how an angular version of numerical dissipation can be introduced into the characteristic code to damp the high frequency error arising form the irregular way the circular patch boundary cuts through the grid. The new geometric method involves use of the Weyl tensor component Ψ4 to extract the waveform as opposed to the …


Characteristic Extraction Tool For Gravitational Waveforms, Maria C. Babiuc-Hamilton, B´Ela Szila´Gyi, Jeffrey Winicour, Yosef Zlochower Feb 2014

Characteristic Extraction Tool For Gravitational Waveforms, Maria C. Babiuc-Hamilton, B´Ela Szila´Gyi, Jeffrey Winicour, Yosef Zlochower

Maria C. Babiuc-Hamilton

We develop and calibrate a characteristic waveform extraction tool whose major improvements and corrections of prior versions allow satisfaction of the accuracy standards required for advanced LIGO data analysis. The extraction tool uses a characteristic evolution code to propagate numerical data on an inner worldtube supplied by a 3+1 Cauchy evolution to obtain the gravitational waveform at null infinity. With the new extraction tool, high accuracy and convergence of the numerical error can be demonstrated for an inspiral and merger of mass M binary black holes even for an extraction worldtube radius as small as R=20M. The tool provides a …