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CALCULATION OF NEUTRON-CAPTURE REACTIONS CONTRIBUTION TO ENERGY RELEASE IN VVER-1000 USING SERPENT CODE
Calculating the energy release in fuel elements is an important aspect of the modeling and design of nuclear reactors. Most of the energy is produced by fission, but a non-negligible percentage is coming from neutron capture reactions, such as (n, γ) or (n, α). We implement a previously developed method for the calculation of effective energy release using Serpent Monte Carlo code. We investigate the percentage of capture component in effective energy release for various models of VVER-1000 fuel: firstly, an equivalent cell, then fresh fuel assemblies of different compositions, differing in fuel enrichment and the presence of burnable absorbers. The results are compared to similar calculations previously done in MCNP 4 and MCU 5
Lipschitz shadowing implies structural stability
We show that the Lipschitz shadowing property of a diffeomorphism is
equivalent to structural stability. As a corollary, we show that an expansive
diffeomorphism having the Lipschitz shadowing property is Anosov.Comment: 11 page
Dynamics and kinetics of reversible homo-molecular dimerization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Physical dimerization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been investigated via molecular dynamics (MD) simulation with the ReaxFF reactive force field that is developed to bridge the gap between the quantum mechanism and classical MD. Dynamics and kinetics of homo-molecular PAH collision under different temperatures, impact parameters, and orientations are studied at an atomic level, which is of great value to understand and model the PAH dimerization. In the collision process, the enhancement factors of homo-molecular dimerizations are quantified and found to be larger at lower temperatures or with smaller PAH instead of size independent. Within the capture radius, the lifetime of the formed PAH dimer decreases as the impact parameter increases. Temperature and PAH characteristic dependent forward and reverse rate constants of homo-molecular PAH dimerization are derived from MD simulations, on the basis of which a reversible model is developed. This model can predict the tendency of PAH dimerization as validated by pyrene dimerization experiments [H. Sabbah et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1(19), 2962 (2010)]. Results from this study indicate that the physical dimerization cannot be an important source under the typical flame temperatures and PAH concentrations, which implies a more significant role played by the chemical route
Test beam studies of the TRD prototype filled with different gas mixtures based on Xe, Kr, and Ar
Towards the end of LHC Run1, gas leaks were observed in some parts of the
Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) of ATLAS. Due to these leaks, primary Xenon
based gas mixture was replaced with Argon based mixture in various parts.
Test-beam studies with a dedicated Transition Radiation Detector (TRD)
prototype were carried out in 2015 in order to understand transition radiation
performance with mixtures based on Argon and Krypton. We present and discuss
the results of these test-beam studies with different active gas compositions.Comment: 5 pages,12 figures, The 2nd International Conference on Particle
Physics and Astrophysics (ICPPA-2016); Acknowledgments section correcte
Some results of test beam studies of Transition Radiation Detector prototypes at CERN
Operating conditions and challenging demands of present and future
accelerator experiments result in new requirements on detector systems. There
are many ongoing activities aimed to develop new technologies and to improve
the properties of detectors based on existing technologies. Our work is
dedicated to development of Transition Radiation Detectors (TRD) suitable for
different applications. In this paper results obtained in beam tests at SPS
accelerator at CERN with the TRD prototype based on straw technology are
presented. TRD performance was studied as a function of thickness of the
transition radiation radiator and working gas mixture pressure
Search for invisible decays of sub-GeV dark photons in missing-energy events at the CERN SPS
We report on a direct search for sub-GeV dark photons (A') which might be
produced in the reaction e^- Z \to e^- Z A' via kinetic mixing with photons by
100 GeV electrons incident on an active target in the NA64 experiment at the
CERN SPS. The A's would decay invisibly into dark matter particles resulting in
events with large missing energy. No evidence for such decays was found with
2.75\cdot 10^{9} electrons on target. We set new limits on the \gamma-A' mixing
strength and exclude the invisible A' with a mass < 100 MeV as an explanation
of the muon g_\mu-2 anomaly.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures; Typos corrected, references adde
Fast photoprocesses in a symmetric indotricarbocyanine dye (hitc) in solutions
Spectral-kinetic and photochemical properties of HITC dye with iodide and perchlorate counterions have been studied in environments where the dye molecules exist in different ionic forms. In ethanol, the dye molecules exist as free ions; in dichlorobenzene, as contact ion pairs. Superfast transformation of non-stationary spectra in an HITC dye bleaching band is found. The observed effects are interpreted within the framework of concepts on "burning out" a notch in the contour of a non-uniformly widened vibronic band of S0 → S1-absorption. Qualitative differences in recorded absorption spectra from the dye excited electronic states for weakly and highly polar solvents are found. It is shown that the observed differences are caused by superfast charge transfer in the contact ion pairs that results in the formation of free radicals
A New 76Ge Double Beta Decay Experiment at LNGS
This Letter of Intent has been submitted to the Scientific Committee of the
INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in March 2004. It describes a
novel facility at the LNGS to study the double beta decay of 76Ge using an
(optionally active) cryogenic fluid shield. The setup will allow to scrutinize
with high significance on a short time scale the current evidence for
neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge using the existing 76Ge diodes from the
previous Heidelberg-Moscow and IGEX experiments. An increase in the lifetime
limit can be achieved by adding more enriched detectors, remaining thereby
background-free up to a few 100 kg-years of exposure.Comment: 67 pages, 19 eps figures, 17 tables, gzipped tar fil
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