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Multi-Gigabit Wireless data transfer at 60 GHz
In this paper we describe the status of the first prototype of the 60 GHz
wireless Multi-gigabit data transfer topology currently under development at
University of Heidelberg using IBM 130 nm SiGe HBT BiCMOS technology. The 60
GHz band is very suitable for high data rate and short distance applications as
for example needed in the HEP experments. The wireless transceiver consist of a
transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes an On-Off Keying (OOK)
modulator, an Local Oscillator (LO), a Power Amplifier (PA) and a BandPass
Filter (BPF). The receiver part is composed of a BandPass- Filter (BPF), a Low
Noise Amplifier (LNA), a double balanced down-convert Gilbert mixer, a Local
Oscillator (LO), then a BPF to remove the mixer introduced noise, an
Intermediate Amplifier (IF), an On-Off Keying demodulator and a limiting
amplifier. The first prototype would be able to handle a data-rate of about 3.5
Gbps over a link distance of 1 m. The first simulations of the LNA show that a
Noise Figure (NF) of 5 dB, a power gain of 21 dB at 60 GHz with a 3 dB
bandwidth of more than 20 GHz with a power consumption 11 mW are achieved.
Simulations of the PA show an output referred compression point P1dB of 19.7 dB
at 60 GHz.Comment: Proceedings of the WIT201
Terahertz hot electron bolometer waveguide mixers for GREAT
Supplementing the publications based on the first-light observations with the
German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz frequencies (GREAT) on SOFIA, we
present background information on the underlying heterodyne detector
technology. We describe the superconducting hot electron bolometer (HEB)
detectors that are used as frequency mixers in the L1 (1400 GHz), L2 (1900
GHz), and M (2500 GHz) channels of GREAT. Measured performance of the detectors
is presented and background information on their operation in GREAT is given.
Our mixer units are waveguide-based and couple to free-space radiation via a
feedhorn antenna. The HEB mixers are designed, fabricated, characterized, and
flight-qualified in-house. We are able to use the full intermediate frequency
bandwidth of the mixers using silicon-germanium multi-octave cryogenic
low-noise amplifiers with very low input return loss. Superconducting HEB
mixers have proven to be practical and sensitive detectors for high-resolution
THz frequency spectroscopy on SOFIA. We show that our niobium-titanium-nitride
(NbTiN) material HEBs on silicon nitride (SiN) membrane substrates have an
intermediate frequency (IF) noise roll-off frequency above 2.8 GHz, which does
not limit the current receiver IF bandwidth. Our mixer technology development
efforts culminate in the first successful operation of a waveguide-based HEB
mixer at 2.5 THz and deployment for radioastronomy. A significant contribution
to the success of GREAT is made by technological development, thorough
characterization and performance optimization of the mixer and its IF interface
for receiver operation on SOFIA. In particular, the development of an optimized
mixer IF interface contributes to the low passband ripple and excellent
stability, which GREAT demonstrated during its initial successful astronomical
observation runs.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A (SOFIA/GREAT special issue
Interferometric Observations of the Nuclear Region of Arp220 at Submillimeter Wavelengths
We report the first submillimeter interferometric observations of an
ultraluminous infrared galaxy. We observed Arp220 in the CO J=3-2 line and
342GHz continuum with the single baseline CSO-JCMT interferometer consisting of
the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) and the James Clerk Maxwell
Telescope (JCMT). Models were fit to the measured visibilities to constrain the
structure of the source. The morphologies of the CO J=3-2 line and 342GHz
continuum emission are similar to those seen in published maps at 230 and
110GHz. We clearly detect a binary source separated by about 1 arcsec in the
east-west direction in the 342GHz continuum. The CO J=3-2 visibility
amplitudes, however, indicate a more complicated structure, with evidence for a
compact binary at some velocities and rather more extended structure at others.
Less than 30% of the total CO J=3-2 emission is detected by the interferometer,
which implies the presence of significant quantities of extended gas. We also
obtained single-dish CO J=2-1, CO J=3-2 and HCN J=4-3 spectra. The HCN J=4-3
spectrum, unlike the CO spectra, is dominated by a single redshifted peak. The
HCN J=4-3/CO J=3-2, HCN J=4-3/HCN J=1-0 and CO J=3-2/2-1 line ratios are larger
in the redshifted (eastern) source, which suggests that the two sources may
have different physical conditions. This result might be explained by the
presence of an intense starburst that has begun to deplete or disperse the
densest gas in the western source, while the eastern source harbors undispersed
high density gas.Comment: 17 pages, 9 figures, 4 Tables. accepted by Ap
Investigation of the Lightest Hybrid Meson Candidate with a Coupled-Channel Analysis of -, - and -Data
Based on new insights from two recent coupled-channel analyses of
annihilation together with -scattering data and of data, this
paper aims at a better understanding of the spin-exotic resonances in
the light meson sector. The Crystal Barrel Collaboration observed the
-wave in annihilations in flight for the first time with the
coupling to in the reaction
with a sophisticated coupled-channel approach. Another refined coupled-channel
analysis of the P- and D-waves in the and system
based on data measured at COMPASS has been performed by the JPAC group. In that
study the two spin-exotic signatures listed in the PDG, the and
, with a separate coupling to and can
be described by a single pole. In this paper, both analyses, the one with the
three annihilation channels into ,
and and 11 different -scattering data sets and the one
with the P- and D-wave data in the and systems
measured at COMPASS, are subjected to a combined coupled channel analysis. By
utilizing the K-matrix approach and realizing the analyticity via
Chew-Mandelstam functions the wave can be well described by a single
pole for both systems, and . The mass and width of
the -pole are measured to be (1561.6 \, \pm \, 3.0 \,
^{+6.6}_{-2.6}\,)\, \mathrm{MeV/c}^2 and (388.1 \, \pm \, 5.4 \,
^{+0.2}_{-14.1}\,)\, \mathrm{MeV}.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, 1 tabl
The Distribution of Ortho-H_2D+(1_1,0 - 1_1,1) in L1544: Tracing the Deuteration Factory in Prestellar Cores
Prestellar cores are unique laboratories for studies of the chemical and
physical conditions preceding star formation. We observed the prestellar core
L1544 in the fundamental transition of ortho-H2D+ (1_1,0-1_1,1) at different
positions over 100", and found a strong correlation between its abundance and
the CO depletion factor. We also present a tentative detection of the
fundamental transition of para-D2H+ (1_1,0-1_0,1) at the dust emission peak.
Maps in N2H+, N2D+, HCO+ and DCO+ are used, and interpreted with the aid of a
spherically symmetric chemical model that predicts the column densities and
abundances of these species as a function of radius. The correlation between
the observed deuterium fractionation of H3+, N2H+ and HCO+ and the observed
integrated CO depletion factor across the core can be reproduced by this
chemical model. In addition a simpler model is used to study the H2D+
ortho-to-para ratio. We conclude that, in order to reproduce the observed
ortho-H2D+ observations, the grain radius should be larger than 0.3 microns.Comment: 24 pages, 9 figures, accepted in ApJ (to be published in July 2006
The MuPix Telescope: A Thin, high Rate Tracking Telescope
The MuPix Telescope is a particle tracking telescope, optimized for tracking
low momentum particles and high rates. It is based on the novel High-Voltage
Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (HV-MAPS), designed for the Mu3e tracking
detector. The telescope represents a first application of the HV-MAPS
technology and also serves as test bed of the Mu3e readout chain. The telescope
consists of up to eight layers of the newest prototypes, the MuPix7 sensors,
which send data self-triggered via fast serial links to FPGAs, where the data
is time-ordered and sent to the PC. A particle hit rate of 1 MHz per layer
could be processed. Online tracking is performed with a subset of the incoming
data. The general concept of the telescope, chip architecture, readout concept
and online reconstruction are described. The performance of the sensor and of
the telescope during test beam measurements are presented.Comment: Proceedings TWEPP 2016, 8 pages, 7 figure
The emergence of change in unexpected places: resourcing across organizational practices in strategic change
In our longitudinal, in-depth case study of strategic change within the English National Health Service we compare three practices related to contracting healthcare services. Contrary to what we would have believed from the extant literature, we found that the most profound change did not emerge in practices that witnessed the greatest increase in the quantity of resources or in which change agents were given the highest degree of control. Instead, change emerged in a practice that was not treated as a priority and that subsequently attracted interest from a very limited number of individuals. Our findings contribute to the resourcing literature by showing that the ability to use resources is shaped by how they are valued and distributed and that strategic change initiatives can act as triggers for resource revaluations and redistributions. Specifically, we demonstrate that strategic change initiatives may contribute to the emergence of favorable conditions for change in practices that do not become associated with valued resources. This is because a lack of valued resources attracts limited interest from stakeholders, thereby allowing changes to emerge as powerful agents face minimal coordination costs and scrutiny when attempting to align arrangements with their own interests. Our study thereby shows how and why change initiatives can trigger divergent developments across multiple practices and lead to change emergence in unexpected places. It also highlights the role of what we call resourcing space in contributing to emergent change.Eivor Oborn is part-funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West Midlands. This paper presents independent research and the views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health
Research Proposal for an Experiment to Search for the Decay {\mu} -> eee
We propose an experiment (Mu3e) to search for the lepton flavour violating
decay mu+ -> e+e-e+. We aim for an ultimate sensitivity of one in 10^16
mu-decays, four orders of magnitude better than previous searches. This
sensitivity is made possible by exploiting modern silicon pixel detectors
providing high spatial resolution and hodoscopes using scintillating fibres and
tiles providing precise timing information at high particle rates.Comment: Research proposal submitted to the Paul Scherrer Institute Research
Committee for Particle Physics at the Ring Cyclotron, 104 page
MuPix7 - A fast monolithic HV-CMOS pixel chip for Mu3e
The MuPix7 chip is a monolithic HV-CMOS pixel chip, thinned down to 50 \mu m.
It provides continuous self-triggered, non-shuttered readout at rates up to 30
Mhits/chip of 3x3 mm^2 active area and a pixel size of 103x80 \mu m^2. The hit
efficiency depends on the chosen working point. Settings with a power
consumption of 300 mW/cm^2 allow for a hit efficiency >99.5%. A time resolution
of 14.2 ns (Gaussian sigma) is achieved. Latest results from 2016 test beam
campaigns are shown.Comment: Proceedingsfor the PIXEL2016 conference, submitted to JINST A
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