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New technique for backscattering analysis
A new technique for analyzing Rutherford backscattering spectra is suggested. By determining the ratio of the range of a particle of energy E, to that of a particle whose energy is a fraction of E, two basic integral equations are converted into a pair of linear equations that are easy to solve and manipulate. The applicability of this formalism is demonstrated by using it to measure the stopping power of gold for alpha particles with energies 1.2, 2.2, 3.7, 5.2, and 7.1 MeV. 4 references
Scales of the Extra Dimensions and their Gravitational Wave Backgrounds
Circumstances are described in which symmetry breaking during the formation
of our three-dimensional brane within a higher-dimensional space in the early
universe excites mesoscopic classical radion or brane-displacement degrees of
freedom and produces a detectable stochastic background of gravitational
radiation. The spectrum of the background is related to the unification energy
scale and the the sizes and numbers of large extra dimensions. It is shown that
properties of the background observable by gravitational-wave observatories at
frequencies Hz to Hz contain information about
unification on energy scales from 1 to TeV, gravity propagating
through extra-dimension sizes from 1 mm to mm, and the dynamical
history and stabilization of from one to seven extra dimensions.Comment: 6 pages, Latex, 1 figure, submitted to Phys. Re
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Radiation damage effects in ferroelectric LiTaO
Z-cut lithium tantalate (LiTaO{sub 3}) ferroelectric single crystals were irradiated with 200 keV Ar{sup ++} ions. LiTaO{sub 3} possesses a structure that is a derivative of the corundum (Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}) crystal structure. A systematic study of the radiation damage accumulation rate as a function of ion dose was performed using ion-beam channeling experiments. An ion fluence of 2.5 x 10{sup 18} Ar{sup 2+} ions/m{sup 2} was sufficient to amorphize the irradiated volume of a LiTaO{sub 3} crystal at an irradiation temperature of approximately 120K. This represents a rather exceptional susceptibility to ion-induced amorphization, which may be related to a highly disparate rate of knock-on of constituent lattice ions, due to the large mass difference between the Li and Ta cations. The authors also observed that the c{sup {minus}} end of the ferroelectric polarization exhibits slightly higher ion dechanneling along with an apparent greater susceptibility to radiation damage, as compared to the c{sup +} end of the polarization
Three point SUSY Ward identities without Ghosts
We utilise a non-local gauge transform which renders the entire action of
SUSY QED invariant and respects the SUSY algebra modulo the gauge-fixing
condition, to derive two- and three-point ghost-free SUSY Ward identities in
SUSY QED. We use the cluster decomposition principle to find the Green's
function Ward identities and then takes linear combinations of the latter to
derive identities for the proper functions.Comment: 20 pages, no figures, typos correcte
Growth and Mechanical and Tribological Characterization of Multi-Layer Hard Carbon Films
Vacuum-arc deposition is used to deposit multilayer C films by modulating the sample bias during deposition. Effect of varying the sublayer thickness in multilayer films consisting of alternating layers of ``hard`` (68.4 GPa, -100 V bias) and ``soft`` (27.5 GPa, - 200 V bias) was investigated. Films consisting of equal thickness layers of hard and soft material and an individual layer thickness varying from 10 to 35 nm were deposited. Mechanical property measurements were obtained by finite element modeling of nanoindentation load-displacement curves. The film hardness values were about 20% below the average of the component layers and relatively independent of the layer thickness. TEM revealed deterioration of the multilayer structure when the sublayer thickness was below 15 nm due to implantation damage of the hard layers caused by the energetic C{sup +} ions of the soft layers (-2000 V bias) deposited over them. Pin-on-disk wear tests show that the wear rate drops when sublayer thickness is decreased below 20 nm and remains constant with further decreases in the layer thickness
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Growth and mechanical and tribological characterization of multi-layer hard carbon films
Vacuum-arc deposition is used to deposit multilayer C films by modulating the sample bias during deposition. Effect of varying the sublayer thickness in multilayer films consisting of alternating layers of ``hard`` (68.4 GPa, -100 V bias) and ``soft`` (27.5 GPa, - 200 V bias) was investigated. Films consisting of equal thickness layers of hard and soft material and an individual layer thickness varying from 10 to 35 nm were deposited. Mechanical property measurements were obtained by finite element modeling of nanoindentation load-displacement curves. The film hardness values were about 20% below the average of the component layers and relatively independent of the layer thickness. TEM revealed deterioration of the multilayer structure when the sublayer thickness was below 15 nm due to implantation damage of the hard layers caused by the energetic C{sup +} ions of the soft layers (-2000 V bias) deposited over them. Pin-on-disk wear tests show that the wear rate drops when sublayer thickness is decreased below 20 nm and remains constant with further decreases in the layer thickness
Novel approach to the study of quantum effects in the early universe
We develop a theoretical frame for the study of classical and quantum
gravitational waves based on the properties of a nonlinear ordinary
differential equation for a function of the conformal time
, called the auxiliary field equation. At the classical level,
can be expressed by means of two independent solutions of the
''master equation'' to which the perturbed Einstein equations for the
gravitational waves can be reduced. At the quantum level, all the significant
physical quantities can be formulated using Bogolubov transformations and the
operator quadratic Hamiltonian corresponding to the classical version of a
damped parametrically excited oscillator where the varying mass is replaced by
the square cosmological scale factor . A quantum approach to the
generation of gravitational waves is proposed on the grounds of the previous
dependent Hamiltonian. An estimate in terms of and
of the destruction of quantum coherence due to the gravitational
evolution and an exact expression for the phase of a gravitational wave
corresponding to any value of are also obtained. We conclude by
discussing a few applications to quasi-de Sitter and standard de Sitter
scenarios.Comment: 20 pages, to appear on PRD. Already published background material has
been either settled up in a more compact form or eliminate
Studying the anisotropy of the gravitational wave stochastic background with LISA
A plethora of gravitational wave stochastic backgrounds populate the
sensitivity window of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. We show that LISA
can detect the anisotropy of the background corresponding to the multipole
moments of order l=2 and 4. The signal-to-noise ratio generated by galactic
white dwarf binary systems could be as high as 60 for 3 yrs of integration, and
LISA could provide valuable information on the spatial distribution of a
variety of galactic sources. We also show that the cross-correlation of the
data sets from two interferometers could marginally lead to meaningful
upper-limits on the degree of isotropy of the primordial gravitational wave
background.Comment: 4 pages, uses RevTe
Gravitational Radiation From Cosmological Turbulence
An injection of energy into the early Universe on a given characteristic
length scale will result in turbulent motions of the primordial plasma. We
calculate the stochastic background of gravitational radiation arising from a
period of cosmological turbulence, using a simple model of isotropic
Kolmogoroff turbulence produced in a cosmological phase transition. We also
derive the gravitational radiation generated by magnetic fields arising from a
dynamo operating during the period of turbulence. The resulting gravitational
radiation background has a maximum amplitude comparable to the radiation
background from the collision of bubbles in a first-order phase transition, but
at a lower frequency, while the radiation from the induced magnetic fields is
always subdominant to that from the turbulence itself. We briefly discuss the
detectability of such a signal.Comment: 20 pages. Corrections for an errant factor of 2 in all the gravity
wave characteristic amplitudes. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift during the LIGO-Virgo Run O3b
We search for gravitational-wave signals associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the Fermi and Swift satellites during the second half of the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (2019 November 1 15:00 UTC-2020 March 27 17:00 UTC). We conduct two independent searches: A generic gravitational-wave transients search to analyze 86 GRBs and an analysis to target binary mergers with at least one neutron star as short GRB progenitors for 17 events. We find no significant evidence for gravitational-wave signals associated with any of these GRBs. A weighted binomial test of the combined results finds no evidence for subthreshold gravitational-wave signals associated with this GRB ensemble either. We use several source types and signal morphologies during the searches, resulting in lower bounds on the estimated distance to each GRB. Finally, we constrain the population of low-luminosity short GRBs using results from the first to the third observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. The resulting population is in accordance with the local binary neutron star merger rate. © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society
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