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Investigation of thin n-in-p planar pixel modules for the ATLAS upgrade
In view of the High Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC),
planned to start around 2023-2025, the ATLAS experiment will undergo a
replacement of the Inner Detector. A higher luminosity will imply higher
irradiation levels and hence will demand more ra- diation hardness especially
in the inner layers of the pixel system. The n-in-p silicon technology is a
promising candidate to instrument this region, also thanks to its
cost-effectiveness because it only requires a single sided processing in
contrast to the n-in-n pixel technology presently employed in the LHC
experiments. In addition, thin sensors were found to ensure radiation hardness
at high fluences. An overview is given of recent results obtained with not
irradiated and irradiated n-in-p planar pixel modules. The focus will be on
n-in-p planar pixel sensors with an active thickness of 100 and 150 um recently
produced at ADVACAM. To maximize the active area of the sensors, slim and
active edges are implemented. The performance of these modules is investigated
at beam tests and the results on edge efficiency will be shown
Correlation between the reliability of HEMT devices and that of a combined oscillator-amplifier
We evaluate an oscillator-amplifier MMIC submitted to high-temperature operating life time tests. To relate adequately these results with individual componentsâ results, it is important to realise that failure mechanisms in non-linear MMICs are governed by the maximally instantaneous voltages/currents and hence that comparisons should be conducted at equal instantaneous conditions
Investigations of solutions of Einstein's field equations close to lambda-Taub-NUT
We present investigations of a class of solutions of Einstein's field
equations close to the family of lambda-Taub-NUT spacetimes. The studies are
done using a numerical code introduced by the author elsewhere. One of the main
technical complication is due to the S3-topology of the Cauchy surfaces.
Complementing these numerical results with heuristic arguments, we are able to
yield some first insights into the strong cosmic censorship issue and the
conjectures by Belinskii, Khalatnikov, and Lifschitz in this class of
spacetimes. In particular, the current investigations suggest that strong
cosmic censorship holds in this class. We further identify open issues in our
current approach and point to future research projects.Comment: 24 pages, 12 figures, uses psfrag and hyperref; replaced with
published version, only minor corrections of typos and reference
Doppler-tuned Bragg Spectroscopy of Excited Levels in He-Like Uranium: a discussion of the uncertainty contributions
We present the uncertainty discussion of a recent experiment performed at the
GSI storage ring ESR for the accurate energy measurement of the He-like uranium
1s2p3P2- 1s2s3S1 intra-shell transition. For this propose we used a Johann-type
Bragg spectrometer that enables to obtain a relative energy measurement between
the He-like uranium transition, about 4.51 keV, and a calibration x-ray source.
As reference, we used the Ka fluorescence lines of zinc and the Li-like uranium
1s22p2P3/2 - 1 s22s 2S1/2 intra-shell transition from fast ions stored in the
ESR. A comparison of the two different references, i.e., stationary and moving
x-ray source, and a discussion of the experimental uncertainties is presented
Doppler-tuned Bragg Spectroscopy of Excited Levels in He-Like Uranium: a discussion of the uncertainty contributions
We present the uncertainty discussion of a recent experiment performed at the
GSI storage ring ESR for the accurate energy measurement of the He-like uranium
1s2p3P2- 1s2s3S1 intra-shell transition. For this propose we used a Johann-type
Bragg spectrometer that enables to obtain a relative energy measurement between
the He-like uranium transition, about 4.51 keV, and a calibration x-ray source.
As reference, we used the Ka fluorescence lines of zinc and the Li-like uranium
1s22p2P3/2 - 1 s22s 2S1/2 intra-shell transition from fast ions stored in the
ESR. A comparison of the two different references, i.e., stationary and moving
x-ray source, and a discussion of the experimental uncertainties is presented
Spin-polarized tunneling spectroscopic studies of the intrinsic heterogeneity and pseudogap phenomena in colossal magnetoresistive manganite La_{0.7}Ca_{0.3}MnO_{3}
Spatially resolved tunneling spectroscopic studies of colossal
magnetoresistive (CMR) manganite (LCMO) epitaxial
films on substrate are investigated as
functions of temperature, magnetic field and spin polarization by means of
scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Systematic surveys of the tunneling spectra
taken with Pt/Ir tips reveal spatial variations on the length scale of a few
hundred nanometers in the ferromagnetic state, which may be attributed to the
intrinsic heterogeneity of the manganites due to their tendency towards phase
separation. The electronic heterogeneity is found to decrease either with
increasing field at low temperatures or at temperatures above all magnetic
ordering temperatures. On the other hand, spectra taken with Cr-coated tips are
consistent with convoluted electronic properties of both LCMO and Cr. In
particular, for temperatures below the magnetic ordering temperatures of both
Cr and LCMO, the magnetic-field dependent tunneling spectra may be
quantitatively explained by the scenario of spin-polarized tunneling in a
spin-valve configuration. Moreover, a low-energy insulating energy gap eV commonly found in the tunneling conductance spectra of bulk metallic
LCMO at may be attributed to a surface ferromagnetic insulating (FI)
phase, as evidenced by its spin filtering effect at low temperatures and
vanishing gap value above the Curie temperature. Additionally, temperature
independent pseudogap (PG) phenomena existing primarily along the boundaries of
magnetic domains are observed in the zero-field tunneling spectra. The PG
becomes strongly suppressed by applied magnetic fields at low temperatures when
the tunneling spectra of LCMO become highly homogeneous. These findings suggest
that the occurrence PG is associated with the electronic heterogeneity of the
manganites.Comment: 15 pages, 15 figures. Published in Physical Review B. Corresponding
author: Nai-Chang Yeh (E-mail: [email protected]
Pressure-dependent optical investigations of -(BEDT-TTF)I: tuning charge order and narrow gap towards a Dirac semimetal
Infrared optical investigations of -(BEDT-TTF)I have been
performed in the spectral range from 80 to 8000~cm down to temperatures
as low as 10~K by applying hydrostatic pressure. In the metallic state, ~K, we observe a 50\% increase in the Drude contribution as well as the
mid-infrared band due to the growing intermolecular orbital overlap with
pressure up to 11~kbar. In the ordered state, , we extract how
the electronic charge per molecule varies with temperature and pressure:
Transport and optical studies demonstrate that charge order and metal-insulator
transition coincide and consistently yield a linear decrease of the transition
temperature by ~K/kbar. The charge disproportionation
diminishes by /kbar and the optical gap between
the bands decreases with pressure by -47~cm/kbar. In our high-pressure
and low-temperature experiments, we do observe contributions from the massive
charge carriers as well as from massless Dirac electrons to the low-frequency
optical conductivity, however, without being able to disentangle them
unambiguously.Comment: 13 pages, 17 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Doppler-tuned Bragg Spectroscopy of Excited Levels in He-Like Uranium: a discussion of the uncertainty contributions
We present the uncertainty discussion of a recent experiment performed at the
GSI storage ring ESR for the accurate energy measurement of the He-like uranium
1s2p3P2- 1s2s3S1 intra-shell transition. For this propose we used a Johann-type
Bragg spectrometer that enables to obtain a relative energy measurement between
the He-like uranium transition, about 4.51 keV, and a calibration x-ray source.
As reference, we used the Ka fluorescence lines of zinc and the Li-like uranium
1s22p2P3/2 - 1 s22s 2S1/2 intra-shell transition from fast ions stored in the
ESR. A comparison of the two different references, i.e., stationary and moving
x-ray source, and a discussion of the experimental uncertainties is presented
Magnetic structure of the antiferromagnetic half-Heusler compound NdBiPt
We present results of single crystal neutron diffraction experiments on the
rare-earth, half-Heusler antiferromagnet (AFM) NdBiPt. This compound exhibits
an AFM phase transition at ~K with an ordered moment of
~ per Nd atom. The magnetic moments are aligned along
the -direction, arranged in a type-I AFM structure with ferromagnetic
planes, alternating antiferromagnetically along a propagation vector of
. The BiPt (= Ce-Lu) family of materials has been proposed as
candidates of a new family of antiferromagnetic topological insulators (AFTI)
with magnetic space group that corresponds to a type-II AFM structure where
ferromagnetic sheets are stacked along the space diagonal. The resolved
structure makes it unlikely, that NdBiPt qualifies as an AFTI.Comment: As resubmitted to PRB, corrected typos and changed symbols in Fig.
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