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Serenelli, A.; Scott, P.; Villante, F.L.; Vincent, A.C.; Asplund, M.; Basu, S.; Grevesse, N.; Pena-Garay, C. |
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Implications of solar wind measurements for solar models and composition |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
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Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. |
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463 |
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1 |
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2-9 |
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neutrinos; Sun: abundances; Sun: helioseismology; Sun: interior |
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We critically examine recent claims of a high solar metallicity by von Steiger & Zurbuchen (2016, vSZ16) based onin situ measurements of the solar wind, rather than the standard spectroscopically inferred abundances (Asplund et al. 2009, hereafter AGSS09). We test the claim by Vagnozzi et al. (2016) that a composition based on the solar wind enables one to construct a standard solar model in agreement with helioseismological observations and thus solve the decades-old solar modelling problem. We show that, although some helioseismological observables are improved compared to models computed with spectroscopic abundances, most are in fact worse. The high abundance of refractory elements leads to an overproduction of neutrinos, with a predicted B-8 flux that is nearly twice its observed value, and Be-7 and CNO fluxes that are experimentally ruled out at high confidence. A combined likelihood analysis shows that models using the vSZ16 abundances are worse than AGSS09 despite a higher metallicity. We also present astrophysical and spectroscopic arguments showing the vSZ16 composition to be an implausible representation of the solar interior, identifying the first ionization potential effect in the outer solar atmosphere and wind as the likely culprit. |
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[Serenelli, Aldo] Inst Space Sci IEEC CSIC, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain, Email: aldos@ice.csic.es |
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Oxford Univ Press |
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WOS:000386464900001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2842 |
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Albaladejo, M.; Nieves, J.; Oset, E.; Jido, D. |
Title |
Ds0*(2317) and DK scattering in B decays from BaBar and LHCb data |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
European Physical Journal C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Eur. Phys. J. C |
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76 |
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6 |
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300 - 8pp |
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We study the experimental DK invariant mass spectra of the reactions B+ -> (D) over bar (DK+)-D-0-K-0, B-0 -> D-(DK+)-K-0 (measured by the BaBar collaboration) and B-s -> pi(+DK-)-K-0 measured by the LHCb collaboration), where an enhancement right above the threshold is seen. We show that this enhancement is due to the presence of D-s0*(2317), which is a D K bound state in the I (J(P)) = 0(0(+)) sector. We employ a unitarized amplitude with an interaction potential fixed by heavy meson chiral perturbation theory. We obtain a mass M-Ds0* = 2315(-17) (+12 +10)(-5) MeV, and we also show, by means of theWeinberg compositeness condition, that the DK component in the wave function of this state is P-DK = 70(-6 -8)(+4 +4) %, where the first (second) error is statistical (systematic). |
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[Albaladejo, M.; Nieves, J.; Oset, E.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Inst Invest Paterna, Ctr Mixto,CSIC, Aptd 22085, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: miguelalbaladejo@gmail.com |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:000386034600001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2841 |
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Dias, J.M.; Navarra, F.S.; Nielsen, M.; Oset, E. |
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f(0)(980) production in D-s(+)-> pi(+) pi(+) pi(-) and D-s(+) -> pi(+) K+ K- decays |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
Volume |
94 |
Issue |
9 |
Pages |
096002 - 8pp |
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We study the D-s(+)-> pi(+) pi(+) pi(-) and D-s(+) -> pi(+) K+ K- decays adopting a mechanism in which the D-s(+) meson decays weakly into a pi+ and a q (q) over bar component, which hadronizes into two pseudoscalar mesons. The final state interaction between these two pseudoscalar mesons is taken into account by using the chiral unitary approach in coupled channels, which gives rise to the f(0)(980) resonance. Hence, we obtain the invariant mass distributions of the pairs pi(+) pi(-) and K+ K- after the decay of that resonance and compare our theoretical amplitudes with those available from the experimental data. Our results are in a fair agreement with the shape of these data, within large experimental uncertainty, and a f(0)(980) signal is seen in both the pi(+) pi(-) and K+ K- distributions. Predictions for the relative size of pi(+) pi(-) and K+ K- distributions are made. |
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[Dias, J. M.; Navarra, F. S.; Nielsen, M.] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, CP 66318, BR-05389970 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Email: jdias@if.usp.br; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2470-0010 |
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WOS:000386896900006 |
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no |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2843 |
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T2K Collaboration (Abe, K. et al); Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Novella, P.; Izmaylov, A.; Sorel, M.; Stamoulis, P. |
Title |
Measurement of Coherent pi(+) Production in Low Energy Neutrino-Carbon Scattering |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical Review Letters |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. Lett. |
Volume |
117 |
Issue |
9 |
Pages |
192501 - 7pp |
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We report the first measurement of the flux-averaged cross section for charged current coherent pi(+) production on carbon for neutrino energies less than 1.5 GeV, and with a restriction on the final state phase space volume in the T2K near detector, ND280. Comparisons are made with predictions from the Rein-Sehgal coherent production model and the model by Alvarez-Ruso et al., the latter representing the first implementation of an instance of the new class of microscopic coherent models in a neutrino interaction Monte Carlo event generator. We observe a clear event excess above background, disagreeing with the null results reported by K2K and SciBooNE in a similar neutrino energy region. The measured flux-averaged cross sections are below those predicted by both the Rein-Sehgal and Alvarez-Ruso et al. models. |
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[Ariga, A.; Ereditato, A.; Hierholzer, M.; Nirkko, M.; Pistillo, C.; Redij, A.; Wilkinson, C.] Univ Bern, Albert Einstein Ctr Fundamental Phys, LHEP, Bern, Switzerland |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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0031-9007 |
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WOS:000386903400010 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2844 |
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XENON100 Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A. |
Title |
Low-mass dark matter search using ionization signals in XENON100 |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
Volume |
94 |
Issue |
9 |
Pages |
092001 - 6pp |
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We perform a low-mass dark matter search using an exposure of 30 kg x yr with the XENON100 detector. By dropping the requirement of a scintillation signal and using only the ionization signal to determine the interaction energy, we lowered the energy threshold for detection to 0.7 keV for nuclear recoils. No dark matter detection can be claimed because a complete background model cannot be constructed without a primary scintillation signal. Instead, we compute an upper limit on the WIMP-nucleon scattering cross section under the assumption that every event passing our selection criteria could be a signal event. Using an energy interval from 0.7 keV to 9.1 keV, we derive a limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section that excludes WIMPs with a mass of 6 GeV/c(2) above 1.4 x 10(-41) cm(2) at 90% confidence level. |
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[Aprile, E.; Anthony, M.; de Perio, P.; Goetzke, L. W.; Greene, Z.; Fernandez, A. J. Melgarejo; Messina, M.; Plante, G.; Rizzo, A.; Weber, M.; Zhang, Y.] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10027 USA, Email: ran.budnik@weizmann.ac.il; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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WOS:000386772500001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2845 |
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Di Molfetta, G.; Perez, A. |
Title |
Quantum walks as simulators of neutrino oscillations in a vacuum and matter |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
New Journal of Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
New J. Phys. |
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18 |
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103038 - 8pp |
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quantum walks; neutrino oscillations; quantum simulation |
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We analyze the simulation of Dirac neutrino oscillations using quantum walks, both in a vacuum and in matter. We show that this simulation, in the continuum limit, reproduces a set of coupled Dirac equations that describe neutrino flavor oscillations, and we make use of this to establish a connection with neutrino phenomenology, thus allowing one to fix the parameters of the simulation for a given neutrino experiment. We also analyze how matter effects for neutrino propagation can be simulated in the quantum walk. In this way, important features, such as the MSW effect, can be incorporated. Thus, the simulation of neutrino oscillations with the help of quantum walks might be useful to illustrate these effects in extreme conditions, such as the solar interior or supernovae. |
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[Di Molfetta, G.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Dr Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: giuseppe.dimolfetta@lif.univ-mrs.fr |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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1367-2630 |
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WOS:000386816100004 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2846 |
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Rinaldi, M.; Scopetta, S.; Traini, M.; Vento, V. |
Title |
Correlations in double parton distributions: perturbative and non-perturbative effects |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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10 |
Issue |
10 |
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063 - 36pp |
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Deep Inelastic Scattering (Phenomenology); Phenomenological Models |
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The correct description of Double Parton Scattering (DPS), which represents a background in several channels for the search of new Physics at the LHC, requires the knowledge of double parton distribution functions (dPDFs). These quantities represent also a novel tool for the study of the three-dimensional nucleon structure, complementary to the possibilities offered by electromagnetic probes. In this paper we analyze dPDFs using Poincare covariant predictions obtained by using a Light-Front constituent quark model proposed in a recent paper, and QCD evolution. We study to what extent factorized expressions for dPDFs, which neglect, at least in part, two-parton correlations, can be used. We show that they fail in reproducing the calculated dPDFs, in particular in the valence region. Actually measurable processes at existing facilities occur at low longitudinal momenta of the interacting partons; to have contact with these processes we have analyzed correlations between pairs of partons of different kind, finding that, in some cases, they are strongly suppressed at low longitudinal momenta, while for other distributions they can be sizeable. For example, the effect of gluon-gluon correlations can be as large as 20 %. We have shown that these behaviors can be understood in terms of a delicate interference of non-perturbative correlations, generated by the dynamics of the model, and perturbative ones, generated by the model independent evolution procedure. Our analysis shows that at LHC kinematics two-parton correlations can be relevant in DPS, and therefore we address the possibility to study them experimentally. |
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[Rinaldi, Matteo; Scopetta, Sergio] Univ Perugia, Dipartimento Fis & Geol, I-06123 Perugia, Italy, Email: matteo.rinaldi@pg.infn.it; |
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WOS:000386670400001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Garcia Martin, L.M.; Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Remon Alepuz, C.; Ruiz Valls, P.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C. |
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Measurement of forward W -> e nu production in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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10 |
Issue |
10 |
Pages |
030 - 29pp |
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Electroweak interaction; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); QCD |
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A measurement of the cross-section for W -> e nu production in pp collisions is presented using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb(-1) collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 8 TeV. The electrons are required to have more than 20 GeV of transverse momentum and to lie between 2.00 and 4.25 in pseudorapidity. The inclusive W production cross-sections, where the W decays to e nu, are measured to be W-sigma(+)-> e(+)nu(e)= 1124.4 +/- 2.1 +/- 21.5 +/- 11.2 +/- 13.0 pb, W-sigma(-)-> e(-)(nu) over bar (e) = 809.0 +/- 1.9 +/- 18.1 +/- 7.0 +/- 9.4 pb, where the first uncertainties are statistical, the second are systematic, the third are due to the knowledge of the LHC beam energy and the fourth are due to the luminosity determination. Differential cross-sections as a function of the electron pseudorapidity are measured. The W+/W- cross-section ratio and production charge asymmetry are also reported. Results are compared with theoretical predictions at next-to-next-to-leading order in perturbative quantum chromodynamics. Finally, in a precise test of lepton universality, the ratio of W boson branching fractions is determined to be B(W -> e nu)/B(W -> μnu) = 1.020 +/- 0.002 +/- 0.019, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. |
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[Bediaga, I.; Ferreira Rodrigues, F.; Gomes, A.; Massafferri, A.; dos Reis, A. C.; Rodrigues, A. B.; Vieira, D.] CBPF, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Email: marek.sirendi@cern.ch |
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WOS:000386669800001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Trbojevich, R.A.; Fernandez, A.; Watanabe, F.; Mustafa, T.; Bryant, M.S. |
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Comparative study of silver nanoparticle permeation using Side-Bi-Side and Franz diffusion cells |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Journal of Nanoparticle Research |
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J. Nanopart. Res. |
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18 |
Issue |
3 |
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55 - 12pp |
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Membranes; Silver nanoparticles; Diffusion cells; Food packaging; Permeation; Environmental and health effects |
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Better understanding the mechanisms of nanoparticle permeation through membranes and packaging polymers has important implications for the evaluation of drug transdermal uptake, in food safety and the environmental implications of nanotechnology. In this study, permeation of 21 nm diameter silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was tested using Side-Bi-Side and Franz static diffusion cells through hydrophilic 0.1 and 0.05 lm pore diameter 125 μm thick synthetic cellulose membranes, and 16 and 120 μm thick low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films. Experiments performed with LDPE films discarded permeation of AgNPs or Ag ions over the investigated time-frame in both diffusion systems. But controlled release of AgNPs has been quantified using semipermeable hydrophilic membranes. The permeation followed a quasi-linear time-dependent model during the experimental time-frame, which represents surface reaction-limited permeation. Diffusive flux, diffusion coefficients, and membrane permeability were determined as a function of pore size and diffusion model. Concentration gradient and pore size were key to understand mass transfer phenomena in the diffusion systems. |
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[Trbojevich, Raul A.; Bryant, Matthew S.] US FDA, Div Biochem Toxicol, Natl Ctr Toxicol Res, 3900 NCTR Rd, Jefferson, AR 72079 USA, Email: velifdez@ific.uv.es |
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WOS:000387044400002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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n_TOF Collaboration (Gunsing, F. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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Nuclear data activities at the n_TOF facility at CERN |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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European Physical Journal Plus |
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Eur. Phys. J. Plus |
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131 |
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10 |
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371 - 13pp |
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Nuclear data in general, and neutron-induced reaction cross sections in particular, are important for a wide variety of research fields. They play a key role in the safety and criticality assessment of nuclear technology, not only for existing power reactors but also for radiation dosimetry, medical applications, the transmutation of nuclear waste, accelerator-driven systems, fuel cycle investigations and future reactor systems as in Generation IV. Applications of nuclear data are also related to research fields as the study of nuclear level densities and stellar nucleosynthesis. Simulations and calculations of nuclear technology applications largely rely on evaluated nuclear data libraries. The evaluations in these libraries are based both on experimental data and theoretical models. Experimental nuclear reaction data are compiled on a worldwide basis by the international network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) in the EXFOR database. The EXFOR database forms an important link between nuclear data measurements and the evaluated data libraries. CERN's neutron time-of-flight facility nTOF has produced a considerable amount of experimental data since it has become fully operational with the start of the scientific measurement programme in 2001. While for a long period a single measurement station (EAR1) located at 185 m from the neutron production target was available, the construction of a second beam line at 20 m (EAR2) in 2014 has substantially increased the measurement capabilities of the facility. An outline of the experimental nuclear data activities at CERN's neutron time-of-flight facility nTOF will be presented. |
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[Gunsing, F.; Belloni, F.; Berthoumieux, E.; Diakaki, M.; Dupont, E.] CEA Saclay, Irfu, Gif Sur Yvette, France, Email: gunsing@cea.fr |
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WOS:000386722000001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2850 |
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