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Author (down) Garcia Canal, C.A.; Tarutina, T.; Vento, V.
Title Analysis of Nuclear Effects in Structure Functions and Their Connection with the Binding Energy of Nuclei Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Brazilian Journal of Physics Abbreviated Journal Braz. J. Phys.
Volume 53 Issue 6 Pages 161 - 8pp
Keywords Structure functions; Deep inelastic scattering; EMC effect; Nuclear dynamics
Abstract We describe nuclear effects in structure functions of nuclei in DIS by means of a multiplicative factor beta(A)(x) which differentiates the structure function of the bound nucleons from that of the free nucleons. Our analysis determines that beta(A)(x) establishes a relation between the quark-gluon dynamics expressed by the bound nucleon structure functions and the nuclear dynamics as described by the well-known semi-empirical Bethe-Weizsacker mass formula. This relation corroborates a connection between the underlying quark-gluon dynamics and the phenomenological nuclear dynamics.
Address [Canal, C. A. Garcia] Univ La Plata, Dept Phys, Cc 67, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina, Email: ttarutina@gmail.com
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Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0103-9733 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001087936700001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5766
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Author (down) Garcfa-Barcelo, J.M.; Melcon, A.A.; Cuendis, S.A.; Diaz-Morcillo, A.; Gimeno, B.; Kanareykin, A.; Lozano-Guerrero, A.J.; Navarro, P.; Wuensch, W.
Title On the Development of New Tuning and Inter-Coupling Techniques Using Ferroelectric Materials in the Detection of Dark Matter Axions Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication IEEE Access Abbreviated Journal IEEE Access
Volume 11 Issue Pages 30360-30372
Keywords Tuning; Couplings; Permittivity; Dark matter; Magnetic resonance; Cryogenics; Receivers; Ferroelectrics; Microwave devices; Axion detection; axion-photon interaction; dark matter; ferroelectrics; haloscope; KTO; microwave resonator; STO; tuning
Abstract Tuning is an essential requirement for the search of dark matter axions employing haloscopes since its mass is not known yet to the scientific community. At the present day, most haloscope tuning systems are based on mechanical devices which can lead to failures due to the complexity of the environment in which they are used. However, the electronic tuning making use of ferroelectric materials can provide a path that is less vulnerable to mechanical failures and thus complements and expands current tuning systems. In this work, we present and design a novel technique for using the ferroelectric Potassium Tantalate (KTaO3 or KTO) material as a tuning element in haloscopes based on coupled microwave cavities. In this line, the structures used in the Relic Axion Detector Exploratory Setup (RADES) group are based on several cavities that are connected by metallic irises, which act as interresonator coupling elements. In this article, we also show how to use these KTaO3 films as interresonator couplings between cavities, instead of inductive or capacitive metallic windows used in the past. These two techniques represent a crucial upgrade over the current systems employed in the dark matter axions community, achieving a tuning range of 2.23% which represents a major improvement as compared to previous works (<0.1%) for the same class of tuning systems. The theoretical and simulated results shown in this work demonstrate the interest of the novel techniques proposed for the incorporation of this kind of ferroelectric media in multicavity resonant haloscopes in the search for dark matter axions.
Address [Garcia-Barcelo, J. M.; Melcon, A. Alvarez; Diaz-Morcillo, A.; Lozano-Guerrero, A. J.; Navarro, P.] Tech Univ Cartagena, Dept Informat & Commun Technol, Cartagena 30203, Spain, Email: josemaria.garcia@upct.es
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Publisher Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2169-3536 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000966674500001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5513
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Author (down) Gammaldi, V.; Zaldivar, B.; Sanchez-Conde, M.A.; Coronado-Blazquez, J.
Title A search for dark matter among Fermi-LAT unidentified sources with systematic features in machine learning Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Abbreviated Journal Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc.
Volume 520 Issue 1 Pages 1348-1361
Keywords astroparticle physics – methods; data analysis – methods; observational – methods; statistical – dark matter – gamma-rays; general
Abstract Around one-third of the point-like sources in the Fermi-LAT catalogues remain as unidentified sources (unIDs) today. Indeed, these unIDs lack a clear, univocal association with a known astrophysical source. If dark matter (DM) is composed of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), there is the exciting possibility that some of these unIDs may actually be DM sources, emitting gamma-rays from WIMPs annihilation. We propose a new approach to solve the standard, machine learning (ML) binary classification problem of disentangling prospective DM sources (simulated data) from astrophysical sources (observed data) among the unIDs of the 4FGL Fermi-LAT catalogue. We artificially build two systematic features for the DM data which are originally inherent to observed data: the detection significance and the uncertainty on the spectral curvature. We do it by sampling from the observed population of unIDs, assuming that the DM distributions would, if any, follow the latter. We consider different ML models: Logistic Regression, Neural Network (NN), Naive Bayes, and Gaussian Process, out of which the best, in terms of classification accuracy, is the NN, achieving around 93 . 3 per cent +/- 0 . 7 per cent performance. Other ML evaluation parameters, such as the True Ne gativ e and True Positive rates, are discussed in our work. Applying the NN to the unIDs sample, we find that the de generac y between some astrophysical and DM sources can be partially solved within this methodology. None the less, we conclude that there are no DM source candidates among the pool of 4FGL Fermi-LAT unIDs.
Address [Gammaldi, V; Sanchez-Conde, M. A.; Coronado-Blazquez, J.] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Departamentode Fis Teor, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Email: viviana.gammaldi@uam.es;
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Publisher Oxford Univ Press Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0035-8711 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000937053400014 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5489
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Author (down) Fougeres, C. et al; Domingo-Pardo, C.
Title Search for Na-22 in novae supported by a novel method for measuring femtosecond nuclear lifetimes Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Nature Communications Abbreviated Journal Nat. Commun.
Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 4536 - 7pp
Keywords
Abstract Classical novae are thermonuclear explosions in stellar binary systems, and important sources of Al-26 and Na-22. While ? rays from the decay of the former radioisotope have been observed throughout the Galaxy, Na-22 remains untraceable. Its half-life (2.6 yr) would allow the observation of its 1.275 MeV ?-ray line from a cosmic source. However, the prediction of such an observation requires good knowledge of its nucleosynthesis. The Na-22(p, ?)Mg-23 reaction remains the only source of large uncertainty about the amount of Na-22 ejected. Its rate is dominated by a single resonance on the short-lived state at 7785.0(7) keV in Mg-23. Here, we propose a combined analysis of particle-particle correlations and velocity-difference profiles to measure femtosecond nuclear lifetimes. The application of this method to the study of the Mg-23 states, places strong limits on the amount of Na-22 produced in novae and constrains its detectability with future space-borne observatories. The authors report a particle-particle correlation and velocity-difference profile method to measure nuclear lifetime. The results obtained for excited states of 23Mg are used to constrain the production of 22Na in the astrophysical novae explosions.
Address [Fougeres, Chloe; Santos, Francois de Oliveira; Michelagnoli, Caterina; Clement, Emmanuel; Kim, Yung Hee; Lemasson, Antoine; Boulay, Florent; Goupil, Johan; Li, Hongjie; Navin, Alahari; Ralet, Damien; Saillant, Frederic] Grand Accelerateur Natl Ions Lourds GANIL, CEA, IN2P3, DRF CNRS, Caen, France, Email: chloe.fougeres@gmail.com;
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Publisher Nature Portfolio Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001063751200012 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5671
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Author (down) Forconi, M.; Ruchika; Melchiorri, A.; Mena, O.; Menci, N.
Title Do the early galaxies observed by JWST disagree with Planck's CMB polarization measurements? Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 10 Issue 10 Pages 012 - 16pp
Keywords cosmological parameters from CMBR; high redshift galaxies; CMBR polarisation; reionization
Abstract The recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have led to a surprising discovery of a significant density of massive galaxies with masses of M >= 10(10.5)M(circle dot) at redshifts of approximately z similar to 10. This corresponds to a stellar mass density of roughly rho* similar to 10(6)M(circle dot) Mpc(-3). Despite making conservative assumptions regarding galaxy formation, this finding may not be compatible with the standard.CDM cosmology that is favored by observations of CMB Anisotropies from the Planck satellite. In this paper, we confirm the substantial discrepancy with Planck's results within the.CDM framework. Assuming a value of is an element of = 0.2 for the efficiency of converting baryons into stars, we indeed find that the.CDM model is excluded at more than 99.7% confidence level (C.L.). An even more significant exclusion is found for is an element of similar to 0.1, while a better agreement, but still in tension at more than 95%, is obtained for is an element of = 0.32. This tension, as already discussed in the literature, could arise either from systematics in the JWST measurements or from new physics. Here, as a last-ditch effort, we point out that disregarding the large angular scale polarization obtained by Planck, which allows for significantly larger values of the matter clustering parameter sigma(8), could lead to better agreement between Planck and JWST within the.CDM framework. Assuming.CDM and no systematics in the current JWST results, this implies either an unknown systematic error in current large angular scale CMB polarization measurements or an unidentified physical mechanism that could lower the expected amount of CMB polarization produced during the epoch of reionization. Interestingly, the model compatible with Planck temperature-only data and JWST observation also favors a higher Hubble constant H-0 = 69.0 +/- 1.1 km/s/Mpc at 68% C.L., in better agreement with observations based on SN-Ia luminosity distances.
Address [Forconi, Matteo; Ruchika; Melchiorri, Alessandro] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Phys Dept, Ple Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy, Email: matteo.forconi@roma1.infn.it;
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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 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001142721200001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5903
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