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The time-of-propagation counter for Belle II
The Belle II detector operating at the future upgrade to the KEKB accelerator
will perform high-statistics precision investigations into the flavor sector of
the Standard Model. As charged hadron identification is a vital element of the
experiment's success, the time-of-propagation (TOP) counter has been chosen as
the primary particle identification device in the barrel region of Belle II.
The TOP counter is a compact variant of the detection of internally reflected
Cherenkov light (DIRC) technique and relies heavily on exquisite single photon
timing resolution with micro-channel plate photomultiplier tubes. We discuss
the general principles of TOP operation and optimization of the Belle II TOP
configuration, which is expected to provide 4 sigma or better separation of
kaons and pions up to momenta of approximately 4 GeV/c.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables; Submitted to special edition of NIMA,
Proceedings of RICH201
Momentum Dependent Charge Excitations of Two-Leg Ladder: Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering of (La,Sr,Ca)14Cu24O41
Momentum dependent charge excitations of a two-leg ladder are investigated by
resonant inelastic x-ray scattering of (La,Sr,Ca)14Cu24O41. In contrast to the
case of a square lattice, momentum dependence of the Mott gap excitation of the
ladder exhibits little change upon hole-doping, indicating the formation of
hole pairs. Theoretical calculation based on a Hubbard model qualitatively
explains this feature. In addition, experimental data shows intraband
excitation as continuum intensity below the Mott gap and it appears at all the
momentum transfers simultaneously. The intensity of the intraband excitation is
proportional to the hole concentration of the ladder, which is consistent with
optical conductivity measurements.Comment: 7 page
Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering study of hole-doped manganites La1-xSrxMnO3 (x=0.2 and 0.4)
Electronic excitations near the Fermi energy in the hole doped manganese
oxides (La1-xSrxMnO3, x=0.2 and 0.4) have been elucidated by using the resonant
inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) method. A doping effect in the strongly
correlated electron systems has been observed for the first time. The
scattering spectra show that a salient peak appears in low energies indicating
the persistence of the Mott gap. At the same time, the energy gap is partly
filled by doping holes and the energy of the spectral weight shifts toward
lower energies. The excitation spectra show little change in the momentum space
as is in undoped LaMnO3, but the scattering intensities in the low energy
excitations of x=0.2 are anisotropic as well as temperature dependent, which
indicates a reminiscence of the orbital nature
Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Tau Decays into Three Leptons with 719 Million Produced Tau+Tau- Pairs
We present a search for lepton-flavor-violating tau decays into three leptons
(electrons or muons) using 782 fb^-1 of data collected with the Belle detector
at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. No evidence for these decays is
observed and we set 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching
fractions between 1.5 x 10^-8 and 2.7 x 10^-8.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figure
Orbital order and spin-orbit coupling in BaVS3
The correlated 3d sulphide BaVS3 undergoes a sequence of three symmetry
breaking transitions which are reflected in the temperature dependence of the
magnetic susceptibility, and its anisotropy. We introduce a microscopic model
based on the coexistence of wide band a(1g) and localized e(g) d-electrons, and
give the classification of the order parameters under the double space group
and time reversal symmetries. Allowing for the relativistic spin-orbit
coupling, the d-shell multipoles acquire a mixed spin-orbital character. It
follows that orbital ordering is accompanied by a change in the susceptibility
anisotropyComment: 2 pages, submitted to the SCES05 conference, uses elsart41.cl
An imaging time-of-propagation system for charged particle identification at a super B factory
Super B factories that will further probe the flavor sector of the Standard
Model and physics beyond will demand excellent charged particle identification
(PID), particularly K/pi separation, for momenta up to 4 GeV/c, as well as the
ability to operate under beam backgrounds significantly higher than current B
factory experiments. We describe an Imaging Time-of-Propagation (iTOP) detector
which shows significant potential to meet these requirements. Photons emitted
from charged particle interactions in a Cerenkov radiator bar are internally
reflected to the end of the bar, where they are collected on a compact image
plane using photodetectors with fine spatial segmentation in two dimensions.
Precision measurements of photon arrival time are used to enhance the two
dimensional imaging, allowing the system to provide excellent PID capabilities
within a reduced detector envelope. Results of the ongoing optimization of the
geometric and physical properties of such a detector are presented, as well as
simulated PID performance. Validation of simulations is being performed using a
prototype in a cosmic ray test stand at the University of Hawaii.Comment: 3 pages, 5 figures, submitted to TIPP09 proceeding
Mott gap excitations in twin-free YBa2Cu3O7-d (Tc = 93 K) studied by RIXS
Mott gap excitations in the high-Tc superconductor of the optimal doped
YBa2Cu3O7-d (Tc = 93 K) have been studied by the resonant inelastic x-ray
scattering method. Anisotropic spectra in the ab-plane are observed in a
twin-free crystal. The excitation from the one-dimensional CuO chain is
enhanced at 2 eV near the zone boundary of the b* direction, while the
excitation from the CuO2 plane is broad at 1.5-4 eV and almost independent of
the momentum transfer. Theoretical calculation based on the one-dimensional and
two-dimensional Hubbard model reproduces the observed spectra by taking the
different parameters of the on-site Coulomb energy. The fact of the Mott gap of
the CuO chain site is much smaller than that of CuO2 plane site is observed for
the first time
Supersymmetric Reflection Matrices
We briefly review the general structure of integrable particle theories in
1+1 dimensions having N=1 supersymmetry. Examples are specific perturbed
superconformal field theories (of Yang-Lee type) and the N=1 supersymmetric
sine-Gordon theory. We comment on the modifications that are required when the
N=1 supersymmetry algebra contains non-trivial topological charges.Comment: 7 pages, Revtex, 2 figures, talk given at the International Seminar
on Supersymmetry and Quantum Field Theory, dedicated to the memory of
D.V.Volkov, Kharkov (Ukraine), January 5-7, 199
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