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Interference of an array of atom lasers
We report on the observation of interference of a series of atom lasers. A
comb-like array of coherent atomic beams is generated by outcoupling atoms from
distinct Bose-Einstein condensates confined in the independent sites of a
mesoscopic optical lattice. The observed interference signal arises from the
spatial beating of the overlapped atom laser beams, which is sampled over a
vertical region corresponding to 2 ms of free fall time. The average relative
de Broglie frequency of the atom lasers was measured.Comment: 3 figure
Summary of ST-MA deliverables for LHC
The ST/MA group is responsible for the monitoring of the CERN Technical Infrastructure as well as the design, installation and maintenance of personnel protection system such as access control system, fire and gas leak detection, safety alarm monitoring systems and radiation monitoring systems (in collaboration with TIS). This paper provides an overview of the main projects and services managed in the group and outlines the scope, the organisation and the planning of the main deliverables for LHC
First operation of a liquid Argon TPC embedded in a magnetic field
We have operated for the first time a liquid Argon TPC immersed in a magnetic
field up to 0.55 T. We show that the imaging properties of the detector are not
affected by the presence of the magnetic field. The magnetic bending of the
ionizing particle allows to discriminate their charge and estimate their
momentum. These figures were up to now not accessible in the non-magnetized
liquid Argon TPC.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure
CERN n_TOF facility: Performance report
An innovative neutron Time-of-Flight facility (n_TOF) has recently become operative at CERN. The high neutron flux is obtained by the spallation of 20 GeV/c protons onto a solid lead target. The proton beam is delivered by the Proton Synchrotron (PS) at CERN capable of providing up to four sharp bunches (RMS 6 ns) with an intensity of 7x10^12 protons per bunch within a 14.4s supercycle. The present report describes the outstanding characteristics of this facility: high neutron flux of 10^6 n/cm^2/7x10^12 p at 185 m, wide spectral function from 1 eV up to 250 MeV, low repetition rates, an excellent energy resolution of 2x10^-4 in the resonance region and low background conditions. These unique features open new possibilities for high precision neutron induced cross section measurements relevant to Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Astrophysics and fundamental Nuclear Physics
All-optical formation of a Bose-Einstein condensate for applications in scanning electron microscopy
We report on the production of a F=1 spinor condensate of 87Rb atoms in a
single beam optical dipole trap formed by a focused CO2 laser. The condensate
is produced 13mm below the tip of a scanning electron microscope employing
standard all-optical techniques. The condensate fraction contains up to 100,000
atoms and we achieve a duty cycle of less than 10s.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Massive liquid Ar and Xe detectors for direct Dark Matter searches
A novel experiment for direct searches of the Dark Matter with liquid argon
double-phase chamber with a mass of liquid Ar up to several hundred tons is
proposed. To suppress the b-, g- and n0- backgrounds, the comparison of
scintillation and ionization signals for every event is suggested. The addition
in liquid Ar of photosensitive Ge(CH3)4 or C2H4 and suppression of triplet
component of scintillation signals ensures the detection of scintillation
signals with high efficiency and provides a complete suppression of the
electron background. For the detection of photoelectrons and ionization
electrons, highly stable and reliable GEM detectors must be used.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, 1 tabl
Feasibility Study of a Neutron Time Of Flight Facility at the CERN-PS
This report summarises the feasibility study of a neutron time-of-flight facility at the CERN-PS as described in Refs. [1] and [2]. The idea is to extract at 24 GeV/cproton bunches (r.m.s. length ~7 ns) on to a target. The neutrons produced by spallation are directed to an experimental area located 230 m downstream throughout a vacuum pipe (diameter ~80 cm) making use of the existing TT2A tunnel about 7 m below the ISR tunne
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