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Muon ID- Taking Care of Lower Momenta Muons
In the Muon package under study, the tracks are extrapolated using an
algorithm which accounts for the magnetic field and the ionization (dE/dx). We
improved the calculation of the field dependent term to increase the muon
detection efficiency at lower momenta using a Runge-Kutta method. The muon
identification and hadron separation in b-bbar jets is reported with the
improved software. In the same framework, the utilization of the Kalman filter
is introduced. The principle of the Kalman filter is described in some detail
with the propagation matrix, with the Runge-Kutta term included, and the effect
on low momenta single muons particles is described.Comment: PDF,5pages,2 Figures,1 Table,Presented at the 2005 International
Linear Collider Physics and Detectors Workshop,Snowmass,Colorado,14-27 Aug.
2005, PSN1011 in the proceedin
Anisotropy in the magnetic and electrical transport properties of Fe1-xCrxSb2
We have investigated anisotropy in magnetic and electrical transport
properties of Fe1-xCrxSb2 (0<= x <=1) single crystals. The magnetic ground
state of the system evolves from paramagnetic to antiferromagnetic with gradual
substitution of Fe with Cr. Anisotropy in electrical transport diminishes with
increased Cr substitution and fades away by x=0.5. We find that the variable
range hopping (VRH) conduction mechanism dominates at low temperatures for
0.4<= x <=0.75.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
Muon ID at the ILC
This paper describes a new way to reconstruct and identify muons with high efficiency and high pion rejection. Since muons at the ILC are often produced with or in jets, for many of the physics channels of interest[1], an efficient algorithm to deal with the identification and separation of particles within jets is important. The algorithm at the core of the method accounts for the effects of the magnetic field and for the loss of energy by charged particles due to ionization in the detector. We have chosen to develop the analysis within the setup of one of the Linear Collider Concept Detectors adopted by the US. Within b-pair production jets, particles cover a wide range in momenta; however ~ 80% of the particles have a momentum below 30 GeV[2]. Our study, focused on bbar-b jets, is preceded by a careful analysis of single energy particles between 2 and 50 GeV. As medium energy particles are a substantial component of the jets, many of the particles lose part of their energy in the calorimeters and the solenoid coil before reaching the muon detector where they may have energy below 2 GeV. To deal with this problem we have implemented a Runge-Kutta correction of the calculated trajectory to better handle these lower energy particles. The multiple scattering and other stochastic processes, more important at lower energy, is addressed by a Kalman-filter integrated into the reconstruction algorithm. The algorithm provides a unique and powerful separation of muons from pions. The 5 Tesla magnetic field from a solenoid surrounds the hadron calorimeter and allows the reconstruction and precision momentum measurement down to a few GeV
Superconductivity without Fe or Ni in the phosphides BaIr2P2 and BaRh2P2
Heat capacity, resistivity, and magnetic susceptibility measurements confirm
bulk superconductivity in single crystals of BaIrP (T=2.1K) and
BaRhP (T = 1.0 K). These compounds form in the ThCrSi (122)
structure so they are isostructural to both the Ni and Fe pnictides but not
isoelectronic to either of them. This illustrates the importance of structure
for the occurrence of superconductivity in the 122 pnictides. Additionally, a
comparison between these and other ternary phosphide superconductors suggests
that the lack of interlayer bonding favors superconductivity. These
stoichiometric and ambient pressure superconductors offer an ideal playground
to investigate the role of structure for the mechanism of superconductivity in
the absence of magnetism.Comment: Published in Phys Rev B: Rapid Communication
Soil nitrogen affects phosphorus recycling: foliar resorption and plant–soil feedbacks in a northern hardwood forest
Previous studies have attempted to link foliar resorption of nitrogen and phosphorus to their respective availabilities in soil, with mixed results. Based on resource optimization theory, we hypothesized that the foliar resorption of one element could be driven by the availability of another element. We tested various measures of soil N and P as predictors of N and P resorption in six tree species in 18 plots across six stands at the Bartlett Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Phosphorus resorption efficiency (P , 0.01) and proficiency (P ¼ 0.01) increased with soil N content to 30 cm depth, suggesting that trees conserve P based on the availability of soil N. Phosphorus resorption also increased with soil P content, which is difficult to explain based on single-element limitation, but follows from the correlation between soil N and soil P. The expected single-element relationships were evident only in the O horizon: P resorption was high where resin-available P was low in the Oe (P , 0.01 for efficiency, P , 0.001 for proficiency) and N resorption was high where potential N mineralization in the Oa was low (P , 0.01 for efficiency and 0.11 for proficiency). Since leaf litter is a principal source of N and P to the O horizon, low nutrient availability there could be a result rather than a cause of high resorption. The striking effect of soil N content on foliar P resorption is the first evidence of multiple-element control on nutrient resorption to be reported from an unmanipulated ecosystem
Thermally activated exchange narrowing of the Gd3+ ESR fine structure in a single crystal of Ce1-xGdxFe4P12 (x = 0.001) skutterudite
We report electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements in the Gd3+ doped
semiconducting filled skutterudite compound Ce1-xGdxFe4P12 (x = 0.001). As the
temperature T varies from T = 150 K to T = 165 K, the Gd3+ ESR fine and
hyperfine structures coalesce into a broad inhomogeneous single resonance. At T
= 200 K the line narrows and as T increases further, the resonance becomes
homogeneous with a thermal broadening of 1.1(2) Oe/K. These results suggest
that the origin of these features may be associated to a subtle interdependence
of thermally activated mechanisms that combine: i) an increase with T of the
density of activated conduction-carriers across the T-dependent semiconducting
pseudogap; ii) the Gd3+ Korringa relaxation process due to an exchange
interaction, J_{fd}S.s, between the Gd3+ localized magnetic moments and the
thermally activated conduction-carriers and; iii) a relatively weak confining
potential of the rare-earth ions inside the oversized (Fe2P3)4 cage, which
allows the rare-earths to become rattler Einstein oscillators above T = 148 K.
We argue that the rattling of the Gd3+ ions, via a motional narrowing
mechanism, also contributes to the coalescence of the ESR fine and hyperfine
structure.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Phys Rev
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