104 research outputs found
Energy Bounds of Linked Vortex States
Energy bounds of knotted and linked vortex states in a charged two-component
system are considered. It is shown that a set of local minima of free energy
contains new classes of universality. When the mutual linking number of vector
order parameter vortex lines is less than the Hopf invariant, these states have
lower-lying energies.Comment: 4 pages, Latex2
Chern-Simons Correlations on (2+1)D Lattice
We have computed the contribution of zero modes to the value of the number of
particles in the model of discrete (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger
equation. It is shown for the first time that in the region of small values of
the Chern-Simons coefficient k there exists a universal attraction between
field configurations. For k=2 this phenomenon may be a dynamic origin of the
semion pairing in high temperature superconducting state of planar systems.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures Sabj-class: Strongly Correlated Electron
After LUX: The LZ Program
The LZ program consists of two stages of direct dark matter searches using
liquid Xe detectors. The first stage will be a 1.5-3 tonne detector, while the
last stage will be a 20 tonne detector. Both devices will benefit tremendously
from research and development performed for the LUX experiment, a 350 kg liquid
Xe dark matter detector currently operating at the Sanford Underground
Laboratory. In particular, the technology used for cryogenics and electrical
feedthroughs, circulation and purification, low-background materials and
shielding techniques, electronics, calibrations, and automated control and
recovery systems are all directly scalable from LUX to the LZ detectors.
Extensive searches for potential background sources have been performed, with
an emphasis on previously undiscovered background sources that may have a
significant impact on tonne-scale detectors. The LZ detectors will probe
spin-independent interaction cross sections as low as 5E-49 cm2 for 100 GeV
WIMPs, which represents the ultimate limit for dark matter detection with
liquid xenon technology.Comment: Conference proceedings from APS DPF 2011. 9 pages, 6 figure
Radiogenic and Muon-Induced Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Detector
The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment aims to detect rare
low-energy interactions from Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). The
radiogenic backgrounds in the LUX detector have been measured and compared with
Monte Carlo simulation. Measurements of LUX high-energy data have provided
direct constraints on all background sources contributing to the background
model. The expected background rate from the background model for the 85.3 day
WIMP search run is
~events~keV~kg~day
in a 118~kg fiducial volume. The observed background rate is
~events~keV~kg~day,
consistent with model projections. The expectation for the radiogenic
background in a subsequent one-year run is presented.Comment: 18 pages, 12 figures / 17 images, submitted to Astropart. Phy
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