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Identification of photons in double beta-decay experiments using segmented germanium detectors - studies with a GERDA Phase II prototype detector
The sensitivity of experiments searching for neutrinoless double beta-decay
of germanium was so far limited by the background induced by external
gamma-radiation. Segmented germanium detectors can be used to identify photons
and thus reduce this background component.
The GERmanium Detector Array, GERDA, will use highly segmented germanium
detectors in its second phase. The identification of photonic events is
investigated using a prototype detector. The results are compared with Monte
Carlo data.Comment: 20 pages, 7 figures, to be submitted to NIM-
A Generalised Sidelobe Canceller Architecture Based on Oversampled Subband Decompositions
Adaptive broadband beamforming can be performed in oversampled subband signals, whereby an independent beamformer is operated in each frequency band. This has been shown to result in a considerably reduced computational complexity. In this paper, we primarily investigate the convergence behaviour of the generalised sidelobe canceller (GSC) based on normalised least mean squares algorithm (NLMS) when operated in subbands. The minimum mean squared error can be limited, amongst other factors, by the aliasing present in the subbands. With regard to convergence speed, there is strong indication that the subband-GSC converges faster than a fullband counterpart of similar modelling capabilities. Simulations are presented
Comparison of gluon flux-tube distributions for quark-diquark and quark-antiquark hadrons
The distribution of gluon fields in hadrons is of fundamental interest in
QCD. Using lattice QCD we have observed the formation of gluon flux tubes
within 3 quark (baryon) and quark plus antiquark (meson) systems for a wide
variety of spatial distributions of the color sources. In particular we have
investigated three quark configurations where two of the quarks are close
together and the third quark is some distance away, which approximates a quark
plus diquark string. We find that the string tension of the quark-diquark
string is the same as that of the quark-antiquark string on the same lattice.
We also compare the longitudinal and transverse profiles of the gluon flux
tubes for both sets of strings, and find them to be of similar radii and to
have similar vacuum suppression.Comment: 6 pages, 9 figures and 1 tabl
First principles theoretical studies of half-metallic ferromagnetism in CrTe
Using full-potential linear augmented plane wave method (FP-LAPW) and the
density functional theory, we have carried out a systematic investigation of
the electronic, magnetic, and cohesive properties of the chalcogenide CrTe in
three competing structures: rock-salt (RS), zinc blende (ZB) and the NiAs-type
(NA) hexagonal. Although the ground state is of NA structure, RS and ZB are
interesting in that these fcc-based structures, which can possibly be grown on
many semiconductor substrates, exhibit half-metallic phases above some critical
values of the lattice parameter. We find that the NA structure is not
half-metallic at its equilibrium volume, while both ZB and RS structures are.
The RS structure is more stable than the ZB, with an energy that is lower by
0.25 eV/atom. While confirming previous results on the half-metallic phase in
ZB structure, we provide hitherto unreported results on the half-metallic RS
phase, with a gap in the minority channel and a magnetic moment of 4.0
per formula unit. A comparison of total energies for the
ferromagnetic (FM), non-magnetic (NM), and antiferromagnetic (AFM)
configurations shows the lowest energy configuration to be FM for CrTe in all
the three structures. The FP-LAPW calculations are supplemented by linear
muffin-tin orbital (LMTO) calculations using both local density approximation
(LDA) and LDA+U method. The exchange interactions and the Curie temperatures
calculated via the linear response method in ZB and RS CrTe are compared over a
wide range of the lattice parameter. The calculated Curie temperatures for the
RS phase are consistently higher than those for the ZB phase.Comment: 11 pages, 14 figure
Anharmonic effect on lattice distortion, orbital ordering and magnetic properties in Cs2AgF4
We develop the cluster self-consistent field method incorporating both
electronic and lattice degrees of freedom to study the origin of ferromagnetism
in CsAgF. After self-consistently determining the harmonic and
anharmonic Jahn-Teller distortions, we show that the anharmonic distortion
stabilizes the staggered x-z/y-z orbital and
ferromagnetic ground state, rather than the antiferromagnetic one. The
amplitudes of lattice distortions, Q and Q, the magnetic coupling
strengthes, J, and the magnetic moment, are in good agreement with the
experimental observation.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure
Subtropical middle atmosphere dynamics observed by the Chung Li radar
The Chung Li Radar (24.91 N; 121.24 E) has been operating since 1986. A five beam observational configuration was used on a regular basis to study the various dynamics processes in the atmosphere-lower stratosphere height region. Due to its geographical location, the annual Typhoon and Mei-Yu seasons provide good opportunities to study the various interesting dynamic processes such as instabilities, generation of gravity waves, wave mean field interaction, etc. Three dimensional air motions due to these fronts are presented. Special cases of gravity wave generation, propagation and their effects on the turbulent layers are discussed
Ultrafast Enhancement of Ferromagnetism via Photoexcited Holes in GaMnAs
We report on the observation of ultrafast photo-enhanced ferromagnetism in
GaMnAs. It is manifested as a transient magnetization increase on a 100-ps time
scale, after an initial sub-ps demagnetization. The dynamic magnetization
enhancement exhibits a maximum below the Curie temperature Tc and dominates the
demagnetization component when approaching Tc. We attribute the observed
ultrafast collective ordering to the p-d exchange interaction between
photoexcited holes and Mn spins, leading to a correlation-induced peak around
20K and a transient increase in Tc.Comment: 4 page
THE ROLE OF THE COYOTE IN AN INFECTION OF MAN AND ANIMALS
As part of epidemiological studies on hydatid disease in the central valley of California, a survey was made of seven counties of possible infections with Echinococcus granulosus in the coyote (Canis latrans). Of 173 animals examined, seven 4.O per cent) were found infected, six of them from Tehama County
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