1,238 research outputs found
LHCb trigger streams optimization
The LHCb experiment stores around collision events per year. A
typical physics analysis deals with a final sample of up to events.
Event preselection algorithms (lines) are used for data reduction. Since the
data are stored in a format that requires sequential access, the lines are
grouped into several output file streams, in order to increase the efficiency
of user analysis jobs that read these data. The scheme efficiency heavily
depends on the stream composition. By putting similar lines together and
balancing the stream sizes it is possible to reduce the overhead. We present a
method for finding an optimal stream composition. The method is applied to a
part of the LHCb data (Turbo stream) on the stage where it is prepared for user
physics analysis. This results in an expected improvement of 15% in the speed
of user analysis jobs, and will be applied on data to be recorded in 2017.Comment: Submitted to CHEP-2016 proceeding
Remote device access in the new accelerator controls middleware
This paper presents the Remote Device Access (RDA) package developed at CERN in the framework of the joint PS/SL Controls Middleware project. The package design reflects the Accelerator Device Model in which devices, named entities in the control system, can be controlled via properties. RDA implements this model in a distributed environment with devices residing in servers that can run anywhere in the controls network. It provides a location-independent and reliable access to the devices from control programs. By invoking the device access methods, clients can read, write and subscribe to device property values. We describe the architecture and design of RDA its API, and CORBA-based implementations in Java and C++. First applications of RDA in the CERN accelerator control systems are described as well
Scattering of neutrinos on a polarized electron target as a test for new physics beyond the Standard Model
In this paper, we analyze the scattering of the neutrino beam on the
polarized electron target, and predict the effects of two theoretically
possible scenarios beyond the Standard Model. In both scenarios, Dirac
neutrinos are assumed to be massive.
First, we consider how the existence of CP violation phase between the
complex vector V and axial A couplings of the Left-handed neutrinos affects the
azimuthal dependence of the differential cross section. The future superbeam
and neutrino factory experiments will provide the unique opportunity for the
leptonic CP violation studies, if the large magnetized sampling calorimeters
with good event reconstruction capabilities are build.
Next, we take into account a scenario with the participation of the exotic
scalar S coupling of the Right-handed neutrinos in addition to the standard
vector V and axial A couplings of the Left-handed neutrinos. The main goal is
to show how the presence of the R-handed neutrinos, in the above process
changes the spectrum of recoil electrons in relation to the expected Standard
Model prediction, using the current limits on the non-standard couplings. The
interference terms between the standard and exotic couplings in the
differential cross section depend on the angle between the transverse
incoming neutrino polarization and the transverse electron polarization of the
target, and do not vanish in the limit of massless neutrino. The detection of
the dependence on this angle in the energy spectrum of recoil electrons would
be a signature of the presence of the R-handed neutrinos in the
neutrino-electron scattering. To make this test feasible, the polarized
artificial neutrino source needs to be identified.Comment: 11 pages, 3 eps figures, revtex, submitted to publicatio
Probing Low Energy Neutrino Backgrounds with Neutrino Capture on Beta Decaying Nuclei
We study the interaction of low energy neutrinos on nuclei that spontaneously
undergo beta decay showing that the product of the cross section times neutrino
velocity takes values as high as 10^{-42} cm^2 c for some specific nuclei that
decay via allowed transitions. The absence of energy threshold and the value of
the cross section single out these processes as a promising though very
demanding approach for future experiments aimed at a direct detection of low
energy neutrino backgrounds such as the cosmological relic neutrinos.Comment: Includes a discussion of local relic neutrino density effect on
neutrino capture rate. Accepted for publication in JCA
Germanium Detector with Internal Amplification for Investigation of Rare Processes
Device of new type is suggested - germanium detector with internal
amplification. Such detector having effective threshold about 10 eV opens up
fresh opportunity for investigation of dark matter, measurement of neutrino
magnetic moment, of neutrino coherent scattering at nuclei and for study of
solar neutrino problem. Construction of germanium detector with internal
amplification and perspectives of its use are described.Comment: 13 pages, latex, 3 figures, report at NANP-99, International
Conference on Non-Accelerator Physics, Dubna, Russia, June 29- July 3, 1999.
To be published in the Proceeding
Optical Properties of Gel Titanium Dioxide Film, Modified By Metal Nanoparticles
The physic-chemical and optical properties of composite titanium dioxide films with gold, cobalt, copper, nickel and iron nanoparticles made using gel technology were studied in the work. The of titanium dioxide films structure synthesized according to different technologies is compared. The differential scanning calorimetry method was used to determine the temperatures of phase transitions of manufactured samples of various modifications of titanium dioxide. The transmission spectra of samples modified by metal nanoparticles with different concentrations were studied.
Keywords: sol-gel, gel method, titanium dioxide, modification, nanoparticles, gold, cobalt, copper, iron, nickel, spectroscopy
Extension of the Space Experiment GRIS Onboard the ISS Capabilities: Registration of Short Gamma-ray Bursts and TGF
The unique capabilities of the detector, based on the CeBr3 crystal (very short flashing time) allow us to expand the range of problems solved in the GRIS experiment. In addition to registering solar flares that have characteristic times per second÷minute, this detector allows solving problems in identifying and recording characteristics of geophysical and astrophysical events (short gamma-ray bursts - SGRB and terrestial gamma-ray flares - TGF) in the time range of 10μs÷1 ms. The modification of the hardware of the GRIS device for solving these problems is described and discussed in this paper
The Maslov index and nondegenerate singularities of integrable systems
We consider integrable Hamiltonian systems in R^{2n} with integrals of motion
F = (F_1,...,F_n) in involution. Nondegenerate singularities are critical
points of F where rank dF = n-1 and which have definite linear stability. The
set of nondegenerate singularities is a codimension-two symplectic submanifold
invariant under the flow. We show that the Maslov index of a closed curve is a
sum of contributions +/- 2 from the nondegenerate singularities it is encloses,
the sign depending on the local orientation and stability at the singularities.
For one-freedom systems this corresponds to the well-known formula for the
Poincar\'e index of a closed curve as the oriented difference between the
number of elliptic and hyperbolic fixed points enclosed. We also obtain a
formula for the Liapunov exponent of invariant (n-1)-dimensional tori in the
nondegenerate singular set. Examples include rotationally symmetric n-freedom
Hamiltonians, while an application to the periodic Toda chain is described in a
companion paper.Comment: 27 pages, 1 figure; published versio
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