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RFQD - a Decelerating Radio Frequency Quadrupole for the CERN Antiproton Facility
The RFQD is designed to decelerate antiprotons of momentum 100 MeV/c (kinetic
energy 5.33MeV)down to a kinetic energy variable between ~10 keV and 120 keV.
Inside the RFQ body, at ground potential, the rf structure of the four-rod type
is mounted on insulating supports. It can be biased between plus/minus 60 kV dc
to achieve the continuous adjustment of output energy required by the ASACUSA
experiment at the CERN Antiproton Decelerator AD. The different parts of the
system are described and the present status reported
Soliton core filling in superfluid Fermi gases with spin-imbalance
In this paper the properties of dark solitons in superfluid Fermi gases with
spin-imbalance are studied by means of a recently developed effective field
theory [S. N. Klimin, J. Tempere, G. Lombardi, J. T. Devreese, Eur. Phys. J. B
88, 122 (2015)] suitable to describe the BEC-BCS crossover in ultracold gases
in an extended range of temperatures as compared to the usual Ginzburg-Landau
treatments. The spatial profiles for the total density and for the density of
the excess-spin component, and the changes of their properties across the
BEC-BCS crossover are examined in different conditions of temperature and
imbalance. The presence of population imbalance is shown to strongly affect the
structure of the soliton excitation by filling its core with unpaired atoms.
This in turn influences the dynamical properties of the soliton since the
additional particles in the core have to be dragged along thus altering the
effective mass.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figure
Scattering induced dynamical entanglement and the quantum-classical correspondence
The generation of entanglement produced by a local potential interaction in a
bipartite system is investigated. The degree of entanglement is contrasted with
the underlying classical dynamics for a Rydberg molecule (a charged particle
colliding on a kicked top). Entanglement is seen to depend on the structure of
classical phase-space rather than on the global dynamical regime. As a
consequence regular classical dynamics can in certain circumstances be
associated with higher entanglement generation than chaotic dynamics. In
addition quantum effects also come into play: for example partial revivals,
which are expected to persist in the semiclassical limit, affect the long time
behaviour of the reduced linear entropy. These results suggest that
entanglement may not be a pertinent universal signature of chaos.Comment: Published versio
Clear sky fraction above Indonesia: an analysis for astronomical site selection
We report a study of cloud cover over Indonesia based on meteorological
satellite data, spanning over the past 15 years (from 1996 to 2010) in order to
be able to select a new astronomical site capable to host a multi-wavelength
astronomical observatory. High spatial resolution of meteorological satellite
data acquired from {\it Geostationary Meteorological Satellite 5} ({\it GMS
5}), {\it Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 9} ({\it GOES 9}),
and {\it Multi-functional Transport Satellite-1R} ({\it MTSAT-1R}) are used to
derive yearly average clear fractions over the regions of Indonesia. This
parameter is determined from temperature measurement of the IR3 channel (water
vapor, 6.7 m) for high altitude clouds (cirrus) and from the IR1 channel
(10.7 m) for lower altitude clouds. Accordingly, an algorithm is developed
to detect the corresponding clouds. The results of this study are then adopted
to select the best possible sites in Indonesia to be analysed further by
performing in situ measurements planned for the coming years. The results
suggest that regions of East Nusa Tenggara, located in south-eastern part of
Indonesia, are the most promising candidates for such an astronomical site.
Yearly clear sky fraction of this regions may reach better than 70 per cent
with an uncertainty of 10 per cent.Comment: 15 pages, 13 figures, and 4 table
The Assumption of Poisson Seismic-Rate Variability in CSEP/RELM Experiments
Evaluating the performances of earthquake forecasting/prediction models is the main rationale behind some recent international efforts like the Regional Earthquake Likelihood Model (RELM) and the Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability (CSEP). Basically, the evaluation process consists of two steps: 1) to run simultaneously all codes to forecast future seismicity in well-defined testing regions; 2) to compare the forecasts through a suite of statistical tests. The tests are based on the likelihood score and they check both the time and space performances. All these tests rely on some basic assumptions that have never been deeply discussed and analyzed. In particular, models are required to specify a rate in space-time-magnitude bins, and it is assumed that these rates are independent and characterized by Poisson uncertainty. In this work we have explored in detail these assumptions and their impact on CSEP testing procedures when applied to a widely used class of models, i.e., the Epidemic-Type Aftershock Sequence (ETAS) models. Our results show that, if an ETAS model is an accurate representation of seismicity, the same "right" model is rejected by the current CSEP testing procedures a number of times significantly higher than expected. We show that this deficiency is due to the fact that the ETAS models produce forecasts with a variability significantly higher than that of a Poisson process, invalidating one of the main assumption that stands behind the CSEP/RELM evaluation process. Certainly, this shortcoming does not negate the paramount importance of the CSEP experiments as a whole, but it does call for a specific revision of the testing procedures to allow a better understanding of the results of such experiments
Control of Material Damping in High-Q Membrane Microresonators
We study the mechanical quality factors of bilayer aluminum/silicon-nitride
membranes. By coating ultrahigh-Q Si3N4 membranes with a more lossy metal, we
can precisely measure the effect of material loss on Q's of tensioned resonator
modes over a large range of frequencies. We develop a theoretical model that
interprets our results and predicts the damping can be reduced significantly by
patterning the metal film. Using such patterning, we fabricate Al-Si3N4
membranes with ultrahigh Q at room temperature. Our work elucidates the role of
material loss in the Q of membrane resonators and informs the design of hybrid
mechanical oscillators for optical-electrical-mechanical quantum interfaces
The ETAS model for daily forecasting of Italian seismicity in the CSEP experiment
This paper investigates the basic properties of the recent shallow seismicity in Italy through stochastic modeling and statistical methods. Assuming that the earthquakes are the realization of a stochastic point process, we model the occurrence rate density in space, time and magnitude by means of an Epidemic Type Aftershock Sequence (ETAS) model. By applying the maximum likelihood procedure, we estimates the parameters of the model that best fit the Italian instrumental catalog, recorded by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) from April 16th 2005 to June 1st 2009. Then we apply the estimated model on a second independent dataset (June 1st 2009- Sep 1st 2009). We find that the model performs well on this second database, by using proper statistical tests. The model proposed in the present study is suitable for computing earthquake occurrence probability in real time and to take part in international initiatives such as the Collaboratory Study for Earthquake Predictability (CSEP). Specifically we have submitted this model for the daily forecasting of Italian seismicity above Ml4.0
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