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Photoproduction Of The Σ⁺ Hyperon Using Linearly Polarized Photons With Clas, L. Clark, B. Mckinnon, D. G. Ireland, D. I. Glazier, K. Livingston, D. Rönchen, A. G. Acar, P. Achenbach, J. S. Alvarado, M. J. Amaryan, W. R. Armstrong, H. Atac, L. Baashen, L. Barion, M. Battaglieri, B. Benkel, F. Benmokhtar, A. Bianconi, A. S. Biselli, W. A. Booth, F. Bossù, K. Th. Brinkmann, W. J. Briscoe, W. K. Brooks, S. Bueltmann, T. Cao, R. Capobianco, D. S. Carman, A. Celentano, P. Chatagnon, G. Ciullo, P. L. Cole, M. Contalbrigo, A. D' Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, M. Defurne, A. Deur, S. Diehl, C. Djalali, M. Dugger, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, P. Eugenio, S. Fegan, R. F. Ferguson, A. Filippi, C. Fogler, K. Gates, G. Gavalian, G. P. Gilfoyle, A. A. Golubenko, R. W. Gothe, M. Guidal, H. Hakobyan, M. Hattawy, F. Hauenstein, T. B. Hayward, D. Heddle, A. Hobart, M. Holtrop, E. L. Isupov, D. Jenkins, H. Jiang, H. S. Jo, D. Keller, M. Khandaker, W. Kim, F. J. Klein, V. Klimenko, A. Kripko, V. Kubarovsky, L. Lanza, P. Lenisa, X. Li, I. J. D. Macgregor, D. Marchand, V. Mascagna, D. Matamoros, S. Migliorati, V. Mokeev, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, K. Neupane, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, P. Pandey, M. Paolone, L. L. Pappalardo, R. Paremuzyan, E. Pasyuk, S. J. Paul, W. Phelps, N. Pilleux, M. Pokhrel, S. Polcher Rafael, Y. Prok, T. Reed, J. Richards, M. Ripani, B. G. Ritchie, J. Ritman, G. Rosner, C. Salgado, S. Schadmand, A. Schmidt, R. A. Schumacher, Y. G. Sharabian, E. V. Shirokov, U. Shrestha, D. Sokhan, N. Sparveris, M. Spreafico, S. Stepanyan, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Stauch, J. A. Tan, M. Tenorio, N. Trotta, R. Tyson, M. Ungaro, L. Venturelli, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, D. P. Watts, X. Wei, R. Williams, L. Xu, N. Zachariou, Z. W. Zhao, M. Zurek

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Background: Measurements of the polarization observables Σ, P, T, O_x, O_zfor the reaction ^→𝛾p →K⁰_SΣ⁺ using a linearly polarized photon beam of energy 1.1 to 2.1 GeV are reported.

Purpose: The measured data provide information on a channel that has not been studied extensively, but is required for a full coupled-channel analysis in the nucleon resonance region.

Method: Observables have been simultaneously extracted using likelihood sampling with a Markov-Chain Monte Carlo process.

Results: Angular distributions in bins of photon energy E_γ are produced for each polarization observable. T,O_x,and O_{z …}

Flavor Dependence Of Charged Pion Fragmentation Functions, H. Bhatt, P. Bosted, S. Jia, W. Armstrong, D. Dutta, R. Ent, D. Gaskell, E. Kinney, H. Mkrtchyan, S. Ali, R. Ambrose, D. Androić, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, A. Bandari, V. Berdnikov, D. Bhetuwal, D. Biswas, M. Boer, E. Brash, A. Camsonne, M. Cardona, J. P. Chen, J. Chen, M. Chen, E. M. Christy, S. Danagoulian, M. Diefenthaler, S. Covrig, B. Duran, M. Elaasar, C. Elliot, H. Fenker, E. Fuchey, J. O. Hansen, F. Hauenstein, T. Horn, G. M. Huber, M. K. Jones, M. L. Kabir, A. Karki, B. Karki, S. J. D. Kay, C. Keppel, V. Kumar, N. Lashley-Colthirst, W. B. Li, D. Mack, S. Malace, P. Markowitz, M. Mccaughan, E. Mcclellan, D. Meekins, R. Michaels, A. Mkrtchyan, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, B. Pandey, S. Park, E. Pooser, B. Sawatzky, G. R. Smith, H. Szumila-Vance, A. S. Tadepalli, V. Tadevosyan, R. Trotta, H. Voskanyan, S. A. Wood, Z. Ye, C. Yero, X. Zheng

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We have measured the flavor dependence of multiplicities for π⁺ and π⁻ production in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering (SIDIS) on proton and deuteron to explore a possible charge symmetry violation in fragmentation functions. The experiment used an electron beam with energies of 10.2 and 10.6 GeV at Jefferson Lab and the Hall-C spectrometers. The electron kinematics spanned the range 0.3 < x < 0.6, 2 < Q² < 5.5 GeV², and 2.2 < W < 3.2 GeV. The pion fractional momentum range was 0.3 < z < 0.7, and the transverse momentum range was 0 < p_T < 0.25 GeV/c. Assuming factorization and allowing for isospin breaking, the results can be described by two “favored” and two “unfavored” effective low p_T fragmentation functions that are flavor-dependent. We find each pair converges to a common flavor-independent fragmentation function at the highest W, where factorization is most applicable.

Avenues For A Number Density Interpretation Of Dihadron Fragmentation Functions, T. Rogers, A. Courtoy

Physics Faculty Publications

In this letter, we reassess the underlying physics of the number sum rule for dihadron fragmentation functions. We will argue that, currently, there are no settled constraints on what constitutes a valid number density interpretation for multihadron fragmentation functions. Imposing overly restrictive criteria might lead to misinterpretating the data. Most importantly, and on the basis of phenomenological analyses, the slightly varying definitions used in previous work are not excluded from possessing legitimate number density interpretations (up to the usual issues with ultraviolet divergences and renormalization), so long as they are paired with appropriate factorization theorems. We advocate for further theoretical …

Hybrid Quantum Simulations With Qubits And Qumodes On Trapped-Ion Platforms, Jack Y. Araz, Matt Grau, Jake Montgomery, Felix Ringer

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We explore the feasibility of gate-based hybrid quantum computing using both discrete (qubit) and continuous (qumode) variables on trapped-ion platforms. Trapped-ion systems have demonstrated record one- and two-qubit gate fidelities and long qubit coherence times, while qumodes, which can be represented by the collective vibrational modes of the ion chain, have remained relatively unexplored for their use in computing. Using numerical simulations, we show that high-fidelity hybrid gates and measurement operations can be achieved for existing trapped-ion quantum platforms. As an exemplary application, we consider quantum simulations of the Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard model, which is given by a one-dimensional chain of interacting …

First Measurement Of Near-Threshold And Subthreshold J/Ѱ Photoproduction Off Nuclei, J. R. Pybus, L. Ehinger, T. Kolar, B. Devkota, P. Sharp, B. Yu, M. M. Dalton, D. Dutta, H. Gao, O. Hen, E. Piasetzky, S. N. Santiesteban, A. Schmidt, A. Somov, H. Szumila-Vance, S. Adhikari, A. Asaturyan, A. Austregesilo, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, J. Barlow, V. V. Berdnikov, H. D. Bhatt, D. Bhetuwal, T. Black, W. J. Briscoe, G. Chung, P. L. Cole, A. Deur, R. Dotel, H. Egiyan, P. Eugenio, C. Fanelli, L. Gan, A. Gasparian, J. Guo, K. Hernandez, D. W. Higinbotham, P. Hurck, I. Jaegle, R. T. Jones, V. Kakoyan, A. Karki, H. Li, W. B. Li, G. R. Linera, V. Lyubovitskij, H. Marukyan, M. D. Mccaughan, M. Mccracken, K. Mizutani, D. Nguyen, S. Oresic, A. I. Ostrovidov, Z. Papandreou, C. Paudel, K. Peters, J. Ritman, A. Schick, J. Schwiening, A. Smith, S. Somov, I. Strakovsky, K. Suresh, V. V. Tarasov, S. Taylor, T. Xiao, Z. Zhang, X. Zhou

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We report on the first measurement of J/ψ photoproduction from nuclei in the photon energy range of 7 to 10.8 GeV, extending above and below the photoproduction threshold in the free proton of ∼8.2 GeV. The experiment used a tagged photon beam incident on deuterium, helium, and carbon, and the GlueX detector at Jefferson Lab to measure the semi-inclusive A(γ,e⁺e^-p) reaction with a dilepton invariant mass M(e⁺e^-)∼m_J/ψ=3.1 GeV. The incoherent J/ψ photoproduction cross sections in the measured nuclei are extracted as a function of the incident photon energy, momentum transfer, …

Inclusive Studies Of Two- And Three- Nucleon Short-Range Correlations In ³H And ³He, S. Li, S. N. Santiesteban, J. Arrington, R. Cruz-Torres, L. Kurbany, D. Abrams, S. Alsalmi, D. Androic, K. Aniol, T. Averett, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, J. Bane, S. Barcus, J. Barrow, A. Beck, V. Bellini, H. Bhatt, D. Bhetuwal, D. Biswas, D. Bulumulla, A. Camsonne, J. Castellanos, J. Chen, J. -P. Chen, D. Chrisman, M. E. Christy, C. Clarke, S. Covrig, K. Craycraft, D. Day, D. Dutta, E. Fuchey, C. Gal, F. Garibaldi, T. N. Gautam, T. Gogami, J. Gomez, P. Guèye, A. Habarakada, T. J. Hague, J. O. Hansen, F. Hauenstein, W. Henry, D. W. Higinbotham, R. J. Holt, C. E. Hyde, K. Itabashi, M. Kaneta, A. Karki, A. T. Katramatou, C. E. Keppel, M. Khachatryan, V. Khachatryan, P. M. King, I. Korover, T. Kutz, N. Lashley-Colthirst, W. B. Li, H. Liu, N. Liyanage, E. Long, J. Mammei, P. Markowitz, R. E. Mcclellan, F. Meddi, D. Meekins, S. Mey-Tal Beck, R. Michaels, M. Mihovilovič, A. Moyer, S. Nagao, V. Nelbuyin, D. Nguyen, M. Nycz, M. Olson, L. Ou, V. Owen, C. Palatchi, B. Pandey, A. Papadopoulou, S. Park, S. Paul, T. Petkovic, R. Pomatsalyuk, S. Premathilake, V. Punjabi, R. D. Ransome, P. E. Reimer, J. Reinhold, S. Riordan, J. Roche, V. M. Rodriguez, A. Schmidt, B. Schmookler, E. P. Segarra, A. Shahinyan, S. Širca, K. Slifer, P. Solvignon, T. Su, R. Suleiman, H. Szumila-Vance, L. Tang, Y. Tian, W. Tireman, F. Tortorici, Y. Toyama, K. Uehara, G. M. Urciuoli, D. Votaw, J. Williamson, B. Wojtsekhowski, S. Wood, Z. H. Ye, J. Zhang, X. Zheng

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Inclusive electron scattering at carefully chosen kinematics can isolate scattering from the high-momentum nucleons in short-range correlations (SRCs). SRCs are produced by the hard, short-distance interactions of nucleons in the nucleus, and because the two-nucleon (2N) SRCs arise from the same N-N interaction in all nuclei, the cross section in the SRC-dominated regime is identical up to an overall scaling factor. This scaling behavior has been used to identify SRC dominance and to measure the contribution of SRCs in a wide range of nuclei. We examine this scaling behavior over a range of momentum transfers using new data on ²H, …

Emc Effect Of Tritium And Helium-3 From The Jlab Marathon Experiment, D. Abrams, H. Albataineh, B. S. Aljawmeh, S. Alsalmi, D. Androic, K. Aniol, W. Armstrong, J. Arrington, H. Atac, T. Averett, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, X. Bai, J. Bane, S. Barcus, A. Beck, V. Bellini, H. Bhatt, D. Bhetuwal, D. Biswas, D. Blyth, W. Boeglin, D. Bulumulla, J. Butler, A. Camsonne, M. Carmignotto, J. Castellanos, J. -P. Chen, I. C. Cloët, E. O. Cohen, S. Covrig, K. Craycraft, R. Cruz-Torres, B. Dongwi, B. Duran, D. Dutta, N. Fomin, E. Fuchey, C. Gal, T. N. Gautam, S. Gilad, K. Gnanvo, T. Gogami, J. Gomez, C. Gu, A. Habarakada, T. Hague, J. -O. Hansen, M. Hattawy, F. Hauenstein, D. W. Higinbotham, R. J. Holt, E. W. Hughes, C. Hyde, H. Ibrahim, S. Jian, S. Joosten, A. Karki, B. Karki, A. T. Katramatou, C. Keith, C. Keppel, M. Khachatryan, A. Khanal, A. Kievsky, D. King, P. M. King, I. Korover, S. A. Kulagin, K. S. Kumar, T. Kutz, N. Lashley-Colthirst, S. Li, W. Li, H. Liu, S. Liuti, N. Liyanage, P. Markowitz, R. E. Mcclellan, D. Meekins, S. Mey-Tal Beck, Z. -E. Meziani, R. Michaels, M. Mihovilovic, V. Nelyubin, D. Nguyen, Nuruzzaman, M. Nycz, R. Obrecht, M. Olson, V. F. Owen, E. Pace, B. Pandey, V. Pandey, M. Paolone, A. Papadopoulou, S. Park, S. Paul, G. G. Petratos, R. Petti, E. Piasetzky, R. Pomatsalyuk, S. Premathilake, A. J. R. Puckett, V. Punjabi, R. D. Ransome, M. N. H. Rashad, P. E. Reimer, S. Riordan, J. Roche, G. Salmè, N. Santiesteban, B. Sawatzky, A. Schmidt, B. Schmookler, S. Scopetta, J. Segal, E. P. Segarra, A. Shahinyan, S. Širca, N. Sparveris, T. Su, R. Suleiman, H. Szumila-Vance, A. S. Tadepalli, L. Tang, W. Tireman, F. Tortorici, G. M. Urciuoli, B. Wojtsekhowski, S. Wood, Z. H. Ye, J. Zhang

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Measurements of the EMC effect in the tritium and helium-3 mirror nuclei are reported. The data were obtained by the MARATHON Jefferson Lab experiment, which performed deep inelastic electron scattering from deuterium and the three-body nuclei, using a cryogenic gas target system and the high resolution spectrometers of the Hall A Facility of the Lab. The data cover the Bjorken x range from 0.20 to 0.83, corresponding to a squared four-momentum transfer Q² range from 2.7 to 11.9  (GeV/c)², and to an invariant mass W of the final hadronic state greater than 1.84  GeV/c². The tritium EMC effect measurement is …

Measurement Of Spin-Density Matrix Elements In Φ(1020) → K⁰Sk⁰L Photoproduction With A Linearly Polarized Photon Beam At Eˠ = 8.2-8.8 Gev, F. Afzal, C. S. Akondi, M. Albrecht, M. Amaryan, S. Arrigo, V. Arroyave, A. Asaturyan, A. Austegesilo, Z. Baldwin, F. Barbosa, J. Barlow, E. Barringa, R. Barsotti, D. Barton, V. Baturin, V. V. Berdnikov, T. Black, W. Boeglin, M. Boer, W. J. Briscoe, T. Britton, R. Brunner, S. Cao, E. Chudakov, G. Chung, P. L. Cole, O. Cortes, V. Crede, M. M. Dalton, D. Darulis, A. Deur, S. Dobbs, A. Dolgolenko, M. Dugger, R. Dzhygadlo, D. Ebersole, M. Edo, H. Egiyan, T. Erbora, P. Eugenio, A. Fabrizi, C. Fanelli, S. Fang, A. M. Foda, M. Fritsch, S. Furletov, L. Gan, H. Gao, A. Gardner, A. Gasparian, D. I. Glazier, C. Gleason, V. S. Goryachev, B. Grube, J. Guo, L. Guo, J. Hernandez, K. Hernandez, N. D. Hoffman, D. Hornidge, G. Huber, P. Hurck, W. Imoehl, D. G. Ireland, M. M. Ito, I. Jaegle, N. S. Jarvis, T. Jeske, M. Jing, R. T. Jones, V. Kakoyan, G. Kalicy, V. Khachatryan, C. Kourkoumelis, A. Laduke, I. Larin, D. Lawrence, D. I. Lersch, H. Li, B. Liu, K. Livingston, L. Lorenti, V. Lyubovitskij, A. Mahmood, H. Marukyan, V. Matveev, M. Mccaughan, M. Mccracken, C. A. Meyer, R. Miskimen, R. E. Mitchell, K. Mizutani, P. Moran, V. Neelamana, L. Ng, E. Nissen, S. Orešić, A. I. Ostrovidov, Z. Papandreou, C. Paudel, R. Pedroni, L. Pentchev, K. J. Peters, E. Prather, L. Puthiya Veetil, S. Rakshit, J. Reinhold, A. Remington, B. G. Ritchie, J. Ritman, G. Rodriguez, D. Romanov, K. Saldana, C. Salgado, S. Schadmand, A. M. Schertz, K. Scheuer, A. Schick, A. Schmidt, R. A. Schumacher, J. Schwiening, M. Scott, N. Septian, P. Sharp, V. Shen, X. Shen, M. R. Shepherd, J. Sikes, A. Smith, E. S. Smith, D. I. Sober, A. Somov, S. Somov, J. R. Stevens, I. I. Strakovsky, B. Sumner, K. Suresh, V. V. Tarasov, S. Taylor, A. Teymurazyan, A. Thiel, T. Viducic, T. Whitlatch, N. Wickramaarachchi, Y. Wunderlich, B. Yu, J. Zarling, Z. Zhang, X. Zhou, B. Zihlmann

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We measure the spin-density matrix elements (SDMEs) for the photoproduction of 𝜙⁡(1020) off of the proton in its decay to 𝐾⁰_𝑆⁢𝐾⁰_𝐿, using 105 pb⁻¹ of data collected with a linearly polarized photon beam using the GlueX experiment. The SDMEs are measured in nine bins of the squared four-momentum transfer 𝑡 in the range −𝑡=0.15−1.0 GeV², providing the first measurement of their 𝑡 dependence for photon beam energies of 𝐸𝛾=8.2−8.8 GeV. We confirm the dominance of Pomeron exchange in this region and put constraints on the contribution of other Regge exchanges. We also …

Small-X Gluon Gpd Constrained From Deeply Virtual J/Ψ Production And Gluon Pdf Through Universal-Moment Parametrization, Yuxun Guo, Xiangdong Ji, M. Gabriel Santiago, Jinghong Yang, Hao-Cheng Zhang

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We phenomenologically constrain the small-x and small-𝜉 gluon generalized parton distributions (GPDs) with the deeply virtual J/ψ production (DVJ/ψP) in the framework of GPDs through universal moment parameterization (GUMP). We use a hybrid cross-section formula combining collinear factorization to the next-to-leading order (NLO) accuracy of the strong coupling 𝛼_s, with corrections from nonrelativistic QCD to account for the power corrections due to the heavy J/ψ mass. We reach reasonable fit to the measured differential cross sections of DVJ/ψP by H1 at the Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator as well as forward gluon parton distribution functions (PDFs) from JAM22 global analysis. …

Inclusive Electron Scattering In The Resonance Region Off A Hydrogen Target With Clas12, V. Klimenko, D. S. Carman, R. W. Gothe, K. Joo, N. Markov, V. I. Mokeev, G. Niculescu, P. Achenbach, J. S. Alvarado, W. Armstrong, H. Atac, H. Avakian, L. Baashen, N. A. Baltzell, L. Barion, M. Bashkanov, M. Battaglieri, F. Benmokhtar, A. Bianconi, A. S. Biselli, S. Boiarinov, F. Bossù, K.-Th. Brinkmann, W. J. Briscoe, W. K. Brooks, V. D. Burkert, S. Bueltmann, R. Capobianco, J. Carvajal, A. Celentano, P. Chatagnon, G. Ciullo, A. D'Angelo, N. Dashyan, M. Defurne, R. De Vita, A. Deur, S. Diehl, C. Dilks, C. Djalali, R. Dupré, H. Egiyan, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, L. Elouadrhiri, S. Fegan, I. P. Fernando, A. Filippi, G.. Gavalian, G. P. Gilfoyle, D. I. Glazier, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, M. Hattawy, F. Hauenstein, T. B. Hayward, D. Heddle, A. N. Hiller Blin, A. Hobart, M. Holtrop, Y. Ilieva, D. G. Ireland, E. L. Isupov, H. Jiang, H. S. Jo, S. Joosten, T. Kageya, D. Keller, A. Kim, W. Kim, H. T. Klest, A. Kripko, V. Kubarovsky, S. E. Kuhn, L. Lanza, S. Lee, P. Lenisa, K. Livingston, I. J. D. Macgregor, D. Marchand, D. Martiryan, V. Mascagna, D. Matamoris, B. Mckinnon, T. Mineeva, M. Mirazita, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, T. Nagorna, K. Neupane, S. Niccolai, M. Osipenko, M. Paolone, L. L. Pappalardo, R. Paremuzyan, E. Pasyuk, S. J. Paul, W. Phelps, N. Pilleux, S. Polcher Rafael, J. W. Price, Y. Prok, B. A. Raue, J. Richards, M. Ripani, J. Ritman, P. Rossi, A. A. Rusova, C. Salgado, S. Schadmand, A. Schmidt, Y. G. Sharabian, E. V. Shirokov, S. Shrestha, N. Sparveris, M. Spreafico, S. Stepanyan, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, J. A. Tan, M. Tenorio, N. Trotta, R. Tyson, M. Ungaro, S. Vallarino, L. Venturelli, T. Vittorini, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, D. P. Watts, U. Weerasinghe, X. Wei, M. H. Wood, L. Xu, N. Zachariou, Z. W. Zhao, M. Zurek

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Inclusive electron scattering cross sections off a hydrogen target at a beam energy of 10.6 GeV have been measured with data collected from the CLAS12 spectrometer at Jefferson Laboratory. These first absolute cross sections from CLAS12 cover a wide kinematic area in invariant mass W of the final state hadrons from the pion threshold up to 2.5 GeV for each bin in virtual photon four-momentum transfer squared Q² from 2.55 to 10.4 GeV² owing to the large scattering angle acceptance of the CLAS12 detector. Comparison of the cross sections with the resonant contributions computed from the CLAS results on the …

New Measurements Of The Deuteron-To-Proton F₂ Structure-Function Ratio, D. Biswas, F. A. Gonzalez, W. Henry, A. Karki, C. Morean, A. Nadeeshani, A. Sun, Z. Ahmed, S. Alsalmi, W. Armstrong, A. Asaturyan, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, V. Berdnikov, H. Bhatt, D. Bhetuwal, P. Bosted, E. Brash, M. H. S. Bukhari, J. P. Chen, M. Chen, M. E. Christy, S. Covrig Dusa, K. Craycraft, S. Danagoulian, D. Day, M. Diefenthaler, M. Dlamini, J. Dunne, B. Duran, D. Dutta, R. Ent, H. Fenker, N. Fomin, E. Fuchey, D. Gaskell, T. N. Gautam, J. O. Hansen, F. Hauenstein, A. V. Hernandez, T. Horn, G. M. Huber, M. K. Jones, S. Joosten, M. L. Kabir, C. Keppel, A. Khanal, P. M. King, E. Kinney, M. Kohl, M. Lashley-Colthirst, S. Li, W. B. Li, A. H. Liyanage, D. Mack, S. Malace, P. Markowitz, J. Matter, D. Meekins, R. Michaels, A. Mkrtchyan, Z. Moore, S. J. Nazeer, S. Nanda, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, D. Nguyen, B. Pandey Nuruzzaman, S. Park, E. Pooser, A. J. R. Puckett, M. Rehfuss, J. Reinhold, B. Sawatzky, G. R. Smith, H. Szumila-Vance, A. S. Tadepalli, V. Tadevosyan, R. Trotta, S. A. Wood, C. Yero, J. Zhang

Physics Faculty Publications

Nucleon structure functions, as measured in lepton-nucleon scattering, have historically provided a critical observable in the study of partonic dynamics within the nucleon. However, at very large parton momenta, it is both experimentally and theoretically challenging to extract parton distributions due to the probable onset of nonperturbative contributions and the unavailability of high-precision data at critical kinematics. Extraction of the neutron structure and the d quark distribution have been further challenging because of the necessity of applying nuclear corrections when utilizing scattering data from a deuteron target to extract the free neutron structure. However, a program of experiments has been …

Multidimensional Measurements Of Beam Single-Spin Asymmetries In Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Charged-Kaon Electroproduction Off Protons In The Valence Region, Clas Collaboration, A. Kripko, S. Diehl, K. Joo, P. Achenbach, J. S. Alvarado, M. Amaryan, W. R. Armstrong, H. Atac, H. Avakian, L. Baashen, N. A. Baltzell, L. Barion, L. Bashkanov, F. Benmokhtar, A. Bianconi, A. S. Biselli, M. Bondi, F. Bossù, S. Boiarinov, K. -T. Brinkmann, W. J. Briscoe, W. K. Brooks, T. Cao, R. Capobianco, D. S. Carman, J. C. Carvajal, A. Celentano, P. Chatagnon, G. Ciullo, P. L. Cole, M. Contalbrigo, V. Crede, A. D'Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, M. Defurne, A. Deur, C. Dilks, C. Djalali, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, L. Elouadrhiri, S. Fegan, I. P. Fernando, A. Filippi, G. Gavalian, G. P. Gilfoyle, D. I. Glazier, R. W. Gothe, Y. Gotra, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, M. Hattawy, F. Hauenstein, T. B. Hayward, D. Heddle, A. Hobart, M. Holtrop, Y. Ilieva, D. G. Ireland, E. L. Isupov, H. Jiang, H. S. Jo, T. Kageya, A. Kim, W. Kim, V. Klimenko, V. Kubarovsky, S. E. Kuhn, L. Lanza, P. Lenisa, X. Li, Z. Lu, I. J. D. Macgregor, D. Marchand, D. Martiryan, V. Mascagna, D. Matamoros, M. Maynes, B. Mckinnon, R. G. Milner, T. Mineeva, M. Mirazita, V. Mokeev, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, T. Nagorna, K. Neupane, D. Nguyen, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, M. Ouillon, P. Pandey, L. L. Pappalardo, R. Paremuzyan, E. Pasyuk, S. J. Paul, N. Pilleux, S. Polcher Rafael, J. Poudel, J. W. Price, Y. Prok, T. Reed, M. Ripani, J. Ritman, C. D. Roberts, P. Rossi, A. A. Rusova, S. Schadmand, A. Schmidt, Y. G. Sharabian, E. V. Shirokov, S. Shrestha, U. Shrestha, D. Sokhan, N. Sparveris, M. Spreafico, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, R. Tyson, M. Ungaro, S. Vallarino, L. Venturelli, T. Vittorini, H. Voskanyan, A. Vossen, E. Voutier, Y. Wang, D. P. Watts, U. Weerasinghe, X. Wei, M. H. Wood, L. Xu, S. -S. Xu, N. Zachariou, V. Ziegler, M. Zurek

Physics Faculty Publications

Measurements of beam single-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic electron scattering (SIDIS) with positively charged kaons off protons have been performed with 10.6 and 10.2 GeV incident electron beams using the CLAS12 spectrometer at Jefferson Lab. We report an analysis of the electroproduction of positively charged kaons over a large kinematic range of fractional energy, Bjorken x, transverse momentum, and photon virtualities Q² ranging from 1 GeV² up to 6 GeV². This is the first published multidimensionally binned CLAS12 measurement of a kaon SIDIS single-spin asymmetry in the valence quark regime. The data provide constraints on the structure function ratio …

First Global Extraction Of Generalized Parton Distributions From Experiment And Lattice Data With Next-To-Leading-Order Accuracy, Yuxun Guo, Fatma P. Aslan, Xiangdong Ji, M. Gabriel Santiago

Physics Faculty Publications

We report the first global extraction of generalized parton distributions, GUMP 1.0, by combining deeply virtual Compton scattering and ρ-meson production data from Jefferson Lab and the Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator with global fits of parton distribution functions, charge form factors, and lattice quantum chromodynamics simulations. Using a conformal moment space parametrization, we achieve a unified description across low- and high-x regions at next to leading order accuracy in perturbative corrections. The results provide state-of-the-art generalized parton distributions consistent with almost all known facts, enabling three-dimensional nucleon imaging in impact parameter space and, at the same time, establishing a benchmark for …

Effect Of Temperature And Rhenium Content In Precipitates On Dispersion Hardening Of Tungsten, Yulia R. Sharapova, Arseny M. Kazakov, Elena A. Korznikova, Alexandr Zinovev, Dmitry Terentyev, Sergey V. Dmitriev

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

Tungsten (W) is being developed as a plasma-facing material for fusion reactors, where it is subjected to MeV neutron irradiation, low-energy helium isotope particles, and high temperatures. These conditions lead to the formation of point defects, dislocation loops, voids, and transmutation into rhenium (Re) and osmium (Os), which form precipitates that significantly impact dislocation motion and increase hardness. This study uses molecular dynamics modeling to examine the interaction between an edge dislocation and Re-rich particles of various stoichiometries, specifically coherent bcc-phase particles and noncoherent σ-phase precipitates. Results show that shear stress increases by approximately 20-40% with larger particle size (3-5 …

Gauss-Lobatto Method For Nuclear Reactivity Calculation, Daniel Suescún-Díaz, Luis E. Cardoso-Páez, Diego Peña-Lara

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

In this paper, we introduce a novel approach to numerical solving for nuclear reactivity using the inverse equation of point kinetics as a model. Our method leverages the Gauss-Lobatto quadrature, incorporating multiple time steps and nodes derived from Legendre polynomials of varying orders. To enhance the accuracy of the differential component of the inverse equation, we employed a differential scheme based on the Gauss-Lobatto quadrature nodes. To address fluctuations in neutron population density, we implemented a second-order low-pass Butterworth filter with a minimal window length of M = 3 samples. Through extensive numerical simulations, we assessed the precision of our …

Fast Neutron & Gamma-Ray Scintillation And Broadband Photoluminescence From Gallium Nitride & Gallium Oxide: Developing Radiation-Hard Diagnostic Platforms, Daniel Jesus Valdes

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Integrated scintillation and electronics processing materials are of critical importance in environments exposed to high levels of radiation, such as nuclear fusion diagnostics and space missions. This dissertation focuses on the radiation detection capabilities of gallium oxide (Ga2O3) and gallium nitride (GaN), exploring their responses to fast neutrons and gamma rays. Using high-energy neutron beam facilities at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) Flight Path 4FP60R, we exposed both Ga2O3 and GaN crystals to neutron irradiation spanning an energy spectrum ranging from 1 to 400 MeV. A Pi-Max 4 fast-gated Intensified CCD (ICCD) camera captured the transient scintillation responses for …

Simulations, Modeling And Data Analysis Of Parity Violating Electron Scattering Experiments, Yufan Chen

Doctoral Dissertations

In the Standard Model (SM) of nuclear and particle physics, parity violation is incorporated through the representation of the weak interaction as a chiral gauge interaction. Only the left-handed components of particles and right-handed components of antiparticles participate in weak interactions in the Standard Model. This implies that parity is asymmetric for the weak interaction. Parity violating electron scattering (PVES) experiments are designed to probe the physics parameters related to the SM, with the possibility to discover physics beyond the SM (BSM) by measuring the parity violating asymmetry 𝐴𝑃𝑉 of longitudinally polarized electrons scattered off unpolarized targets with high precision. …

Constraining Accreted Neutron Star Crust Shallow Heating With The Inferred Depth Of Carbon Ignition In X-Ray Superbursts, Zachary P. Meisel

Faculty Publications

Evidence has accumulated for an as-yet unaccounted for source of heat located at shallow depths within the accreted neutron star crust. However, the nature of this heat source is unknown. I demonstrate that the inferred depth of carbon ignition in X-ray superbursts can be used as an additional constraint for the magnitude and depth of shallow heating. The inferred shallow heating properties are relatively insensitive to the assumed crust composition and carbon fusion reaction rate. For low-accretion rates, the results are weakly dependent on the duration of the accretion outburst, so long as accretion has ensued for enough time to …

Broken Su(3) Description Of Energy Levels And Decay Properties In Gadolinium Isotopes (A=156-160), Fahmi Sh. Radhi, Amir Abdul Ameer Mohammed Ali Dr., Ali H. Al-Musawi

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

This study presents an in-depth examination of the energy levels and decay properties of Gadolinium (Gd) isotopes with mass numbers (A=156-160), utilizing the Interacting Boson Model-1 (IBM-1) within a broken SU(3) symmetry framework. Through this approach, we systematically calculated and analyzed the energy spectra, B(E2) transition probabilities, quadrupole moments, and potential energy surface (PES) which provided valuable insights into the shape and collective behavior of nuclei, as well as the decay properties of the selected Gd isotopes. The broken SU(3) symmetries provide a good description to the isotopes under study. This comprehensive analysis enhances the understanding of the nuclear structure …

Measuring Clas12 D(E, E′Π±) Cross Sections For E4nu, Caleb Fogler

Physics Theses & Dissertations

Neutrino experiments need neutrino event generators such as GENIE to simulate neutrino-nucleus (νA) interactions in order to measure neutrino oscillations. We need eA data to validate GENIE. GENIE d(e, e′ ) cross sections do not match data in the pion production region. Further analysis of this region can help constrain GENIE models. The goal of this project was to compare 4.244 GeV CLAS12 d(e, e′π±) cross sections to GENIE predictions. We analyzed data from the Fall 2019 run period of Run Group B (RG-B). We applied particle identification, fiducial, and vertex …