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Author Menendez, A.; Esperante, D.; Garcia-Olcina, R.; Torres, J.; Perez-Soler, J.; Marco, R.; Gimeno, B.; Martos, J.; Soret, J.
Title RF Acquisition System Based on μTCA for Testing of High-Gradient Acceleration Cavities Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Electronics Abbreviated Journal Electronics
Volume 11 Issue 5 Pages 720 - 22pp
Keywords radio frequency; accelerator cavities; mu TCA systems; Low Level RF system
Abstract The radio frequency (RF) laboratory hosted in the Corpuscular Physics Institute (IFIC) of the University of Valencia is designed to house a high-power and high-repetition-rate facility to test normal conduction RF accelerator cavities in the S-Band (2.9985 GHz) in order to perform R & D activities related to particle accelerator cavities. The system, which manages the entire process of RF signal generation, data acquisition and closed-loop control of the laboratory, is currently based on a modular and compact PXI platform system. This contribution details the development of a platform with similar features, but which is based on open architecture standards at both the hardware and software level. For this purpose, a complete system based on the μTCA platform has been developed. This new system must be able to work with accelerator cavities at other operating frequencies, such as 750 MHz, as well as to explore different options at firmware and software levels based on open-source codes.
Address (down) [Menendez, Abraham; Esperante, Daniel; Marco, Ricardo; Gimeno, Benito] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular IF, CSIC, Paterna, Spain, Email: daniel.esperante@uv.es;
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Publisher Mdpi Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000772931900001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5189
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Author n_TOF Collaboration (Mendoza, E. et al); Giubrone, G.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A.
Title Measurement and analysis of the Am-241 neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C
Volume 97 Issue 5 Pages 054616 - 21pp
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Abstract The Am-241(n, gamma) cross section has been measured at the nTOF facility at CERN with the nTOF BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter in the energy range between 0.2 eV and 10 keV. Our results are analyzed as resolved resonances up to 700 eV, allowing a more detailed description of the cross section than in the current evaluations, which contain resolved resonances only up to 150-160 eV. The cross section in the unresolved resonance region is perfectly consistent with the predictions based on the average resonance parameters deduced from the resolved resonances, thus obtaining a consistent description of the cross section in the full neutron energy range under study. Below 20 eV, our results are in reasonable agreement with JEFF-3.2 as well as with the most recent direct measurements of the resonance integral, and differ up to 20-30% with other experimental data. Between 20 eV and 1 keV, the disagreement with other experimental data and evaluations gradually decreases, in general, with the neutron energy. Above 1 keV, we find compatible results with previously existing values.
Address (down) [Mendoza, E.; Cano-Ott, D.; Balibrea, J.; Becares, V; Garcia, A. R.; Gonzalez, E.; Lopez, D.; Martinez, T.] Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol CIEM, Madrid, Spain, Email: emilio.mendoza@ciemat.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2469-9985 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000433032300001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3584
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Author Mendoza, E.; Alcayne, V.; Cano-Ott, D.; Gonzalez-Romero, E.; Martinez, T.; de Rada, A.P.; Sanchez-Caballero, A.; Balibrea-Correa, J.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Lerendegui-Marco, J.; Calvino, F.; Guerrero, C.
Title Neutron capture measurements with high efficiency detectors and the Pulse Height Weighting Technique Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 1047 Issue Pages 167894 - 16pp
Keywords Neutron capture; Total energy detector; Pulse height weighting technique; 7-ray cascades
Abstract Neutron capture cross section measurements in time-of-flight facilities are usually performed by detecting the prompt 7-rays emitted in the capture reactions. One of the difficulties to be addressed in these measurements is that the emitted 7-rays may change with the neutron energy, and therefore also the detection efficiency. To deal with this situation, many measurements use the so called Total Energy Detection (TED) technique, usually in combination with the Pulse Height Weighting Technique (PHWT). With it, it is sought that the detection efficiency depends only on the total energy of the 7-ray cascade, which does not vary much with the neutron energy. This technique was developed in the 1960s and has been used in many neutron capture experiments to date. One of the requirements of the technique is that 7-ray detectors have a low efficiency. This has meant that the PHWT has been used with experimental setups with low detection efficiencies. However, this condition does not have to be fulfilled by the experimental system as a whole. The main goal of this work is to show that it is possible to measure with a high efficiency detection system that uses the PHWT, and how to analyze the measured data.
Address (down) [Mendoza, E.; Alcayne, V; Cano-Ott, D.; Gonzalez-Romero, E.; Martinez, T.; Perez de Rada, A.; Sanchez-Caballero, A.] Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol CIEM, Madrid, Spain, Email: emilio.mendoza@ciemat.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000908431800002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5468
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Author Menchon, C.C.; Olmo, G.J.; Rubiera-Garcia, D.
Title Nonsingular black holes, wormholes, and de Sitter cores from anisotropic fluids Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 96 Issue 10 Pages 104028 - 16pp
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Abstract We study Born-Infeld gravity coupled to an anisotropic fluid in a static, spherically symmetric background. The free function characterizing the fluid is selected on the following grounds: i) recovery of the Reissner-Nordstrom solution of General Relativity at large distances, ii) fulfillment of classical energy conditions, and iii) inclusion of models of nonlinear electrodynamics as particular examples. Four branches of solutions are obtained, depending on the signs of two parameters on the gravity and matter sectors. On each branch, we discuss in detail the modifications on the innermost region of the corresponding solutions, which provides a plethora of configurations, including nonsingular black holes and naked objects, wormholes, and de Sitter cores. The regular character of these configurations is discussed according to the completeness of geodesics and the behavior of curvature scalars.
Address (down) [Menchon, Cintia C.; Olmo, Gonzalo J.] Univ Valencia, Ctr Mixto Univ Valencia CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: gonzalo.olmo@uv.es;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000415600400009 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3369
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Author Mena, O.; Palomares-Ruiz, S.; Villanueva-Domingo, P.; Witte, S.J.
Title Constraining the primordial black hole abundance with 21-cm cosmology Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 100 Issue 4 Pages 043540 - 23pp
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Abstract The discoveries of a number of binary black hole mergers by LIGO and VIRGO have reinvigorated the interest that primordial black holes (PBHs) of tens of solar masses could contribute non-negligibly to the dark matter energy density. Should even a small population of PBHs with masses greater than or similar to O(M-circle dot) exist, they could profoundly impact the properties of the intergalactic medium and provide insight into novel processes at work in the early Universe. We demonstrate here that observations of the 21-cm transition in neutral hydrogen during the epochs of reionization and cosmic dawn will likely provide one of the most stringent tests of solar mass PBHs. In the context of 21-cm cosmology, PBHs give rise to three distinct observable effects: (i) the modification to the primordial power spectrum (and thus also the halo mass function) induced by Poisson noise, (ii) a uniform heating and ionization of the intergalactic medium via x-rays produced during accretion, and (iii) a local modification to the temperature and density of the ambient medium surrounding isolated PBHs. Using a four-parameter astrophysical model, we show that experiments like SKA and HERA could potentially improve upon existing constraints derived using observations of the cosmic microwave background by more than 1 order of magnitude.
Address (down) [Mena, Olga; Palomares-Ruiz, Sergio; Villanueva-Domingo, Pablo; Witte, Samuel J.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000483047300003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4122
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Author NEXT Collaboration (McDonald, A.D. et al); Alvarez, V.; Benlloch-Rodriguez, J.M.; Carcel, S.; Carrion, J.V.; Diaz, J.; Felkai, R.; Herrero, P.; Kekic, M.; Lopez-March, N.; Martinez-Lema, G.; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Novella, P.; Palmeiro, B.; Perez, J.; Querol, M.; Renner, J.; Romo-Luque, C.; Sorel, M.; Uson, A.; Yahlali, N.
Title Electron drift and longitudinal diffusion in high pressure xenon-helium gas mixtures Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.
Volume 14 Issue Pages P08009 - 19pp
Keywords Charge transport and multiplication in gas; Gaseous imaging and tracking detectors
Abstract We report new measurements of the drift velocity and longitudinal diffusion coefficients of electrons in pure xenon gas and in xenon-helium gas mixtures at 1-9 bar and electric field strengths of 50-300 V/cm. In pure xenon we find excellent agreement with world data at all E/P, for both drift velocity and diffusion coefficients. However, a larger value of the longitudinal diffusion coefficient than theoretical predictions is found at low E/P in pure xenon, below the range of reduced fields usually probed by TPC experiments. A similar effect is observed in xenon-helium gas mixtures at somewhat larger E/P. Drift velocities in xenon-helium mixtures are found to be theoretically well predicted. Although longitudinal diffusion in xenon-helium mixtures is found to be larger than anticipated, extrapolation based on the measured longitudinal diffusion coefficients suggest that the use of helium additives to reduce transverse diffusion in xenon gas remains a promising prospect.
Address (down) [McDonald, A. D.; Woodruff, K.; Al Atoum, B.; Jones, B. J. P.; Laing, A.; Nygren, D. R.; Rogers, L.] Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA, Email: austin.mcdonald@uta.edu
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Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1748-0221 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000482373600006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4118
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Author NEXT Collaboration (McDonald, A.D. et al); Alvarez, V.; Benlloch-Rodriguez, J.M.; Botas, A.; Carcel, S.; Carrion, J.V.; Diaz, J.; Felkai, R.; Ferrario, P.; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J.; Laing, A.; Liubarsky, I.; Lopez-March, N.; Martinez, A.; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Musti, M.; Nebot-Guinot, M.; Novella, P.; Palmeiro, B.; Perez, J.; Renner, J.; Rodriguez, J.; Simon, A.; Sofka, C.; Sorel, M.; Torrent, J.; Yahlali, N.
Title Demonstration of Single-Barium-Ion Sensitivity for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Using Single-Molecule Fluorescence Imaging Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 120 Issue 13 Pages 132504 - 6pp
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Abstract A new method to tag the barium daughter in the double-beta decay of Xe-136 is reported. Using the technique of single molecule fluorescent imaging (SMFI), individual barium dication (Ba++) resolution at a transparent scanning surface is demonstrated. A single-step photobleach confirms the single ion interpretation. Individual ions are localized with superresolution (similar to 2 nm), and detected with a statistical significance of 12.9 sigma over backgrounds. This lays the foundation for a new and potentially background-free neutrinoless double-beta decay technology, based on SMFI coupled to high pressure xenon gas time projection chambers.
Address (down) [McDonald, A. D.; Jones, B. J. P.; Nygren, D. R.; Monrabal, F.; Rogers, L.] Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, POB 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA, Email: austin.mcdonald@uta.edu;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000428243400005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3538
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Author McDermott, S.D.; Witte, S.J.
Title Cosmological evolution of light dark photon dark matter Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 101 Issue 6 Pages 063030 - 14pp
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Abstract Light dark photons are subject to various plasma effects, such as Debye screening and resonant oscillations, which can lead to a more complex cosmological evolution than is experienced by conventional cold dark matter candidates. Maintaining a consistent history of dark photon dark matter requires ensuring that the superthennal abundance present in the early Universe (i) does not deviate significantly after the formation of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), and (ii) does not excessively leak into the Standard Model plasma after big band nucleosynthesis (BBN). We point out that the role of nonresonant absorption, which has previously been neglected in cosmological studies of this dark matter candidate, produces strong constraints on dark photon dark matter with mass as low as 10(-22) eV. Furthermore, we show that resonant conversion of dark photons after recombination can produce excessive heating of the intergalactic medium (IGM) which is capable of prematurely reionizing hydrogen and helium, leaving a distinct imprint on both the Ly-a forest and the integrated optical depth of the CMB. Our constraints surpass existing cosmological bounds by more than 5 orders of magnitude across a wide range of dark photon masses.
Address (down) [McDermott, Samuel D.] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Theoret Astrophys Grp, POB 500, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000522168800002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4346
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Author n_TOF Collaboration (Mazzone, A. et al); Babiano-Suarez, V; Caballero, L.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Ladarescu, I; Tain, J.L.
Title Measurement of the Gd-154(n, gamma) cross section and its astrophysical implications Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 804 Issue Pages 135405 - 6pp
Keywords s process; Gd-154; Neutron time of flight; n_TOF
Abstract The neutron capture cross section of Gd-154 was measured from 1 eV to 300 keV in the experimental area located 185 m from the CERN n_TOF neutron spallation source, using a metallic sample of gadolinium, enriched to 67% in Gd-154. The capture measurement, performed with four C6D6 scintillation detectors, has been complemented by a transmission measurement performed at the GELINA time-of-flight facility (JRC-Geel), thus minimising the uncertainty related to sample composition. An accurate Maxwellian averaged capture cross section (MACS) was deduced over the temperature range of interest for s process nucleosynthesis modelling. We report a value of 880(50) mb for the MACS at kT = 30 keV, significantly lower compared to values available in literature. The new adopted Gd-154(n, gamma) cross section reduces the discrepancy between observed and calculated solar s-only isotopic abundances predicted by s-process nucleosynthesis models.
Address (down) [Mazzone, A.; Barbagallo, M.; Colonna, N.; Damone, L. A.; Tagliente, G.; Variale, V.] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Bari, Italy, Email: Cristian.Massimi@bo.infn.it
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000548740300022 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4464
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Author Mavromatos, N.E.; Mitsou, V.A.
Title Magnetic monopoles revisited: Models and searches at colliders and in the Cosmos Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication International Journal of Modern Physics A Abbreviated Journal Int. J. Mod. Phys. A
Volume 35 Issue 23 Pages 2030012 - 81pp
Keywords Magnetic monopoles; electromagnetism; theory; experimental techniques; searches; LHC; ATLAS; MoEDAL; IceCube; ANTARES
Abstract In this review, we discuss recent developments in both the theory and the experimental searches of magnetic monopoles in past, current and future colliders and in the Cosmos. The theoretical models include, apart from the standard Grand Unified Theories, extensions of the Standard Model that admit magnetic monopole solutions with finite energy and masses that can be as light as a few TeV. Specifically, we discuss, among other scenarios, modified Cho-Maison monopoles and magnetic monopoles in (string-inspired, higher derivative) Born-Infeld extensions of the hypercharge sector of the Standard Model. We also outline the conditions for which effective field theories describing the interaction of monopoles with photons are valid and can be used for result interpretation in monopole production at colliders. The experimental part of the review focuses on, past and present, cosmic and collider searches, including the latest bounds on monopole masses and magnetic charges by the ATLAS and MoEDAL experiments at the LHC, as well as prospects for future searches.
Address (down) [Mavromatos, Nick E.] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London WC2R 2LS, England, Email: nikolaos.mavromatos@kcl.ac.uk;
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Publisher World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0217-751x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000563095400001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4516
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