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Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment (LACIE). Level 3 baseline; LACIE commodity data control plan for JSC
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Which long-baseline neutrino experiments are preferable?
We discuss the physics of superbeam upgrades, where we focus on T2KK, a NuMI
beam line based experiment NOvA*, and a wide band beam (WBB) experiment
independent of the NuMI beam line. For T2KK, we find that the Japan-Korea
baseline helps resolve parameter degeneracies, but the improvement due to
correlated systematics between the two detectors (using identical detectors) is
only moderate. For an upgrade of NOvA with a liquid argon detector, we
demonstrate that the Ash River site is preferred compared to alternatives, such
as at the second oscillation maximum, and is the optimal site within the U.S.
For a WBB experiment, we find that high proton energies and long decay tunnels
are preferable. We compare water Cherenkov and liquid argon technologies, and
find the break-even point in detector cost at about 4:1. In order to compare
the physics potential of the different experimental configurations, we use the
concept of exposure to normalize the performance. We find that experiments with
WBBs are the best experimental concept. NOvA* could be competitive with
sufficient luminosity. If > 0.01, a WBB experiment can
perform better than a neutrino factory.Comment: 31 pages, 13 figures, 5 tables. Version to appear in PR
A gobal fit to the anomalous magnetic moment, Higgs limit and b->s gamma in the constrained MSSM
New data on the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon together with the b->s
gamma decay rate and Higgs limits are considered within the supergravity
inspired constrained minimal supersymmetric model. We perform a global
statistical chi2 analysis of these data and show that the allowed region of
parameter space is bounded from below by the Higgs limit, which depends on the
trilinear coupling and from above by the anomalous magnetic moment.Comment: 3 pages, To appear in Proc. of SUSY01, Dubna (Russia
Phonon-Assisted Two-Photon Interference from Remote Quantum Emitters
Photonic quantum technologies are on the verge offinding applications in everyday life with quantum cryptography andquantum simulators on the horizon. Extensive research has beencarried out to identify suitable quantum emitters and single epitaxialquantum dots have emerged as near-optimal sources of bright, on-demand, highly indistinguishable single photons and entangledphoton-pairs. In order to build up quantum networks, it is essentialto interface remote quantum emitters. However, this is still anoutstanding challenge, as the quantum states of dissimilar“artificialatoms”have to be prepared on-demand with highfidelity and thegenerated photons have to be made indistinguishable in all possibledegrees of freedom. Here, we overcome this major obstacle and show an unprecedented two-photon interference (visibility of 51±5%) from remote strain-tunable GaAs quantum dots emitting on-demand photon-pairs. We achieve this result by exploiting forthefirst time the full potential of a novel phonon-assisted two-photon excitation scheme, which allows for the generation ofhighly indistinguishable (visibility of 71±9%) entangled photon-pairs (fidelity of 90±2%), enables push-button biexciton statepreparation (fidelity of 80±2%) and outperforms conventional resonant two-photon excitation schemes in terms of robustnessagainst environmental decoherence. Our results mark an important milestone for the practical realization of quantum repeatersand complex multiphoton entanglement experiments involving dissimilar artificial atom
FPGA based data acquisition system for COMPASS experiment
This paper discusses the present data acquisition system (DAQ) of the COMPASS
experiment at CERN and presents development of a new DAQ. The new DAQ must
preserve present data format and be able to communicate with FPGA cards. Parts
of the new DAQ are based on state machines and they are implemented in C++ with
usage of the QT framework, the DIM library, and the IPBus technology. Prototype
of the system is prepared and communication through DIM between parts was
tested. An implementation of the IPBus technology was prepared and tested. The
new DAQ proved to be able to fulfill requirements.Comment: 8 pages, CHEP 201
Using Molecules to Measure Nuclear Spin-Dependent Parity Violation
Nuclear spin-dependent parity violation arises from weak interactions between
electrons and nucleons, and from nuclear anapole moments. We outline a method
to measure such effects, using a Stark-interference technique to determine the
mixing between opposite-parity rotational/hyperfine levels of ground-state
molecules. The technique is applicable to nuclei over a wide range of atomic
number, in diatomic species that are theoretically tractable for
interpretation. This should provide data on anapole moments of many nuclei, and
on previously unmeasured neutral weak couplings
Radial Velocity Observations and Light Curve Noise Modeling Confirm That Kepler-91b is a Giant Planet Orbiting a Giant Star
Kepler-91b is a rare example of a transiting hot Jupiter around a red giant
star, providing the possibility to study the formation and composition of hot
Jupiters under different conditions compared to main-sequence stars. However,
the planetary nature of Kepler-91b, which was confirmed using phase-curve
variations by Lillo-Box et al., was recently called into question based on a
re-analysis of Kepler data. We have obtained ground-based radial velocity
observations from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope and unambiguously confirm the
planetary nature of Kepler-91b by simultaneously modeling the Kepler and radial
velocity data. The star exhibits temporally correlated noise due to stellar
granulation which we model as a Gaussian Process. We hypothesize that it is
this noise component that led previous studies to suspect Kepler-91b to be a
false positive. Our work confirms the conclusions presented by Lillo-Box et al.
that Kepler-91b is a 0.73+/-0.13 Mjup planet orbiting a red giant star.Comment: Published in Ap
Fast Monte Carlo simulations and singularities in the probability distributions of non-equilibrium systems
A numerical technique is introduced that reduces exponentially the time
required for Monte Carlo simulations of non-equilibrium systems. Results for
the quasi-stationary probability distribution in two model systems are compared
with the asymptotically exact theory in the limit of extremely small noise
intensity. Singularities of the non-equilibrium distributions are revealed by
the simulations.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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