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Crystals for high-energy calorimetry in extreme environments
Crystals are used as a homogeneous calorimetric medium in many high-energy
physics experiments. For some experiments, performance has to be ensured in
very difficult operating conditions, like a high radiation environment, very
large particle fluxes, high collision rates, placing constraints on response
and readout time. An overview is presented of recent achievements in the field,
with particular attention given to the performance of Lead Tungstate (PWO)
crystals exposed to high particle fluxes.Comment: To be published in Proc. of the Meeting of the Division of Particles
and Fields of the American Physical Society, DPF2004 (Riverside, USA, August
26th to 31st, 2004
Experimental probing of the anisotropy of the empty p states near the Fermi level in MgB2
We have studied the Boron K-edge in the superconductor MgB2 by electron
energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and experimentally resolved the empty p states
at the Fermi level that have previously been observed within an energy window
of 0.8eV by soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Using angular resolved EELS, we
find that these states at the immediate edge onset have pxy character in
agreement with predictions from first-principle electronic structure
calculations.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure
Technological innovations at the onset of the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition in high-latitude East Asia
The interplay between Pleistocene climatic variability and hominin adaptations to diverse terrestrial ecosystems is a key topic in human evolutionary studies. Early and Middle Pleistocene environmental change and its relation to hominin behavioural responses has been a subject of great interest in Africa and Europe, though little information is available for other key regions of the Old World, particularly from Eastern Asia. Here we examine key Early Pleistocene sites of the Nihewan Basin, in high-latitude northern China, dating between ∼1.4 to 1.0 million years ago (Ma). We compare stone tool assemblages from three Early Pleistocene sites in the Nihewan Basin, including detailed assessment of stone tool refitting sequences at the ∼1.1 Ma-old site of Cenjiawan. Increased toolmaking skills and technological innovations are evident in the Nihewan Basin at the onset of the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition (MPT). Examination of the lithic technology of the Nihewan sites, together with an assessment of other key Palaeolithic sites of China, indicates that toolkits show increasing diversity at the outset of the MPT and in its aftermath. The overall evidence indicates the adaptive flexibility of early hominins to ecosystem changes since the MPT, though regional abandonments are also apparent in high-latitudes, likely owing to cold and oscillating environmental conditions. The view presented here sharply contrasts with traditional arguments that stone tool technologies of China are homogeneous and continuous over the course of the Early Pleistocene.Introduction Results - Stone-tool-knapping skills recorded in the Cenjiawan assemblage - Technological comparisons of the Nihewan Basin assemblages Discussio
Quantum Algorithms for Finding Constant-sized Sub-hypergraphs
We develop a general framework to construct quantum algorithms that detect if
a -uniform hypergraph given as input contains a sub-hypergraph isomorphic to
a prespecified constant-sized hypergraph. This framework is based on the
concept of nested quantum walks recently proposed by Jeffery, Kothari and
Magniez [SODA'13], and extends the methodology designed by Lee, Magniez and
Santha [SODA'13] for similar problems over graphs. As applications, we obtain a
quantum algorithm for finding a -clique in a -uniform hypergraph on
vertices with query complexity , and a quantum algorithm for
determining if a ternary operator over a set of size is associative with
query complexity .Comment: 18 pages; v2: changed title, added more backgrounds to the
introduction, added another applicatio
Relationship Between the Azimuthal Dependencies of Nuclear Modification Factor and Ridge Yield
The azimuthal angular dependence of the nuclear modification factor
R_{AA}(p_T, phi,N_{part}) recently obtained by PHENIX is related at low p_T to
the trigger phi dependence of the ridge yield as measured by STAR in a
framework in which the azimuthal anisotropy is driven by semihard scattering
near the surface. Careful consideration of the initial geometry leads to the
determination of a surface segment in which the production of semihard partons
are responsible for the phi dependence of the inclusive distribution on the one
hand, and for the angular correlation in ridge phenomenology on the other. With
v_2 also being well reproduced along with R_{AA} and ridge yield, all relevant
phi dependencies in heavy-ion collisions can now be understood in a unified
description that emphasizes the ridge production whether or not a trigger is
used.Comment: This expanded version has additional discussions that render the
paper more readable without change of substance. It is to be published in
Phys. Rev.
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