670 research outputs found
Radiation-hard ASICs for optical data transmission in the ATLAS pixel detector
We have developed two radiation-hard ASICs for optical data transmission in
the ATLAS pixel detector at the LHC at CERN: a driver chip for a Vertical
Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) diode for 80 Mbit/s data transmission
from the detector, and a Bi-Phase Mark decoder chip to recover the control data
and 40 MHz clock received optically by a PIN diode. We have successfully
implemented both ASICs in 0.25 um CMOS technology using enclosed layout
transistors and guard rings for increased radiation hardness. We present
results from prototype circuits and from irradiation studies with 24 GeV
protons up to 57 Mrad (1.9 x 10e15 p/cm2).Comment: 8th Tropical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors,
Siena, Italy (2002
Reduction of quantum systems on Riemannian manifolds with symmetry and application to molecular mechanics
This paper deals with a general method for the reduction of quantum systems
with symmetry. For a Riemannian manifold M admitting a compact Lie group G as
an isometry group, the quotient space Q = M/G is not a smooth manifold in
general but stratified into a collection of smooth manifolds of various
dimensions. If the action of the compact group G is free, M is made into a
principal fiber bundle with structure group G. In this case, reduced quantum
systems are set up as quantum systems on the associated vector bundles over Q =
M/G. This idea of reduction fails, if the action of G on M is not free.
However, the Peter-Weyl theorem works well for reducing quantum systems on M.
When applied to the space of wave functions on M, the Peter-Weyl theorem
provides the decomposition of the space of wave functions into spaces of
equivariant functions on M, which are interpreted as Hilbert spaces for reduced
quantum systems on Q. The concept of connection on a principal fiber bundle is
generalized to be defined well on the stratified manifold M. Then the reduced
Laplacian is well defined as a self-adjoint operator with the boundary
conditions on singular sets of lower dimensions. Application to quantum
molecular mechanics is also discussed in detail. In fact, the reduction of
quantum systems studied in this paper stems from molecular mechanics. If one
wishes to consider the molecule which is allowed to lie in a line when it is in
motion, the reduction method presented in this paper works well.Comment: 33 pages, no figure
Stratification of the orbit space in gauge theories. The role of nongeneric strata
Gauge theory is a theory with constraints and, for that reason, the space of
physical states is not a manifold but a stratified space (orbifold) with
singularities. The classification of strata for smooth (and generalized)
connections is reviewed as well as the formulation of the physical space as the
zero set of a momentum map. Several important features of nongeneric strata are
discussed and new results are presented suggesting an important role for these
strata as concentrators of the measure in ground state functionals and as a
source of multiple structures in low-lying excitations.Comment: 22 pages Latex, 1 figur
Perturbative Construction of Models of Algebraic Quantum Field Theory
We review the construction of models of algebraic quantum field theory by
renormalized perturbation theory.Comment: 38 page
Supersonic strain front driven by a dense electron-hole plasma
We study coherent strain in (001) Ge generated by an ultrafast
laser-initiated high density electron-hole plasma. The resultant coherent pulse
is probed by time-resolved x-ray diffraction through changes in the anomalous
transmission. The acoustic pulse front is driven by ambipolar diffusion of the
electron-hole plasma and propagates into the crystal at supersonic speeds.
Simulations of the strain including electron-phonon coupling, modified by
carrier diffusion and Auger recombination, are in good agreement with the
observed dynamics.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure
Energetics and Possible Formation and Decay Mechanisms of Vortices in Helium Nanodroplets
The energy and angular momentum of both straight and curved vortex states of
a helium nanodroplet are examined as a function of droplet size. For droplets
in the size range of many experiments, it is found that during the pickup of
heavy solutes, a significant fraction of events deposit sufficient energy and
angular momentum to form a straight vortex line. Curved vortex lines exist down
to nearly zero angular momentum and energy, and thus could in principle form in
almost any collision. Further, the coalescence of smaller droplets during the
cooling by expansion could also deposit sufficient angular momentum to form
vortex lines. Despite their high energy, most vortices are predicted to be
stable at the final temperature (0.38 K) of helium nanodroplets due to lack of
decay channels that conserve both energy and angular momentum.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, RevTex 4, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Branching Fractions of tau Leptons to Three Charged Hadrons
From electron-positron collision data collected with the CLEO detector
operating at CESR near \sqrt{s}=10.6 GeV, improved measurements of the
branching fractions for tau decays into three explicitly identified hadrons and
a neutrino are presented as {\cal
B}(\tau^-\to\pi^-\pi^+\pi^-\nu_\tau)=(9.13\pm0.05\pm0.46)%, {\cal B}(\tau^-\to
K^-\pi^+\pi^-\nu_\tau)=(3.84\pm0.14\pm0.38)\times10^{-3}, {\cal B}(\tau^-\to
K^-K^+\pi^-\nu_\tau)=(1.55\pm0.06\pm0.09)\times10^{-3}, and {\cal B}(\tau^-\to
K^-K^+K^-\nu_\tau)<3.7\times10^{-5} at 90% C.L., where the uncertainties are
statistical and systematic, respectively.Comment: 10 pages postscript, also available through
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Renaissance of the ~1 TeV Fixed-Target Program
This document describes the physics potential of a new fixed-target program
based on a ~1 TeV proton source. Two proton sources are potentially available
in the future: the existing Tevatron at Fermilab, which can provide 800 GeV
protons for fixed-target physics, and a possible upgrade to the SPS at CERN,
called SPS+, which would produce 1 TeV protons on target. In this paper we use
an example Tevatron fixed-target program to illustrate the high discovery
potential possible in the charm and neutrino sectors. We highlight examples
which are either unique to the program or difficult to accomplish at other
venues.Comment: 31 pages, 11 figure
Update of the measurement of the cross section for e^+e^- -> psi(3770) -> hadrons
We have updated our measurement of the cross section for e^+e^- -> psi(3770)
-> hadrons, our publication "Measurement of sigma(e^+e^- -> psi(3770) ->
hadrons) at E_{c.m.} = 3773 MeV", arXiv:hep-ex/0512038, Phys.Rev.Lett.96,
092002 (2006). Simultaneous with this arXiv update, we have published an
erratum in Phys.Rev.Lett.104, 159901 (2010). There, and in this update, we have
corrected a mistake in the computation of the error on the difference of the
cross sections for e^+e^- -> psi(3770) -> hadrons and e^+e^- -> psi(3770) ->
DDbar. We have also used a more recent CLEO measurement of cross section for
e^+e^- -> psi(3770) -> DDbar. From this, we obtain an upper limit on the
branching fraction for psi(3770) -> non-DDbar of 9% at 90% confidence level.Comment: 3 pages, 0 figures. This is an erratum to
Phys.Rev.Lett.96:092002,2006. Added a reference
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