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Author Vnuchenko, A.; Esperante Pereira, D.; Gimeno, B.; Benedetti, S.; Catalan Lasheras, N.; Garlasch, M.; Grudiev, A.; McMonagle, G.; Pitman, S.; Syratchev, I.; Timmins, M.; Wegner, R.; Woolley, B.; Wuensch, W.; Faus-Golfe, A.
Title High-gradient testing of an S-band, normal-conducting low phase velocity accelerating structure Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams
Volume 23 Issue 8 Pages 084801 - 13pp
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Abstract A novel high-gradient accelerating structure with low phase velocity, v/c = 0.38, has been designed, manufactured and high-power tested. The structure was designed and built using the methodology and technology developed for CLIC 100 MV/m high-gradient accelerating structures, which have speed of light phase velocity, but adapts them to a structure for nonrelativistic particles. The parameters of the structure were optimized for the compact proton therapy linac project, and specifically to 76 MeV energy protons, but the type of structure opens more generally the possibility of compact low phase velocity linacs. The structure operates in S-band, is backward traveling wave (BTW) with a phase advance of 150 degrees and has an active length of 19 cm. The main objective for designing and testing this structure was to demonstrate that low velocity particles, in particular protons, can be accelerated with high gradients. In addition, the performance of this structure compared to other type of structures provides insights into the factors that limit high gradient operation. The structure was conditioned successfully to high gradient using the same protocol as for CLIC X-band structures. However, after the high power test, data analysis realized that the structure had been installed backwards, that is, the input power had been fed into what is nominally the output end of the structure. This resulted in higher peak fields at the power feed end and a steeply decreasing field profile along the structure, rather than the intended near constant field and gradient profile. A local accelerating gradient of 81 MV/m near the input end was achieved at a pulse length of 1.2 μs and with a breakdown rate (BDR) of 7.2 x 10(-7) 1 /pulse/m. The reverse configuration was accidental but the operating with this field condition gave very important insights into high-gradient behaviour and a comprehensive analysis has been carried out. A particular attention was paid to the characterization of the distribution of BD positions along the structure and within a cell.
Address [Vnuchenko, A.; Esperante Pereira, D.; Gimeno Martinez, B.] Inst Fsica Corpuscular IFIC, Valencia 46980, Spain, Email: anna.vnuchenko@cern.ch
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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ISSN (up) 2469-9888 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000582958800002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4584
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Author Woolley, B.; Burt, G.; Dexter, A.C.; Peacock, R.; Millar, W.L.; Catalan Lasheras, N.; Degiovanni, A.; Grudiev, A.; Mcmonagle, G.; Syratchev, I.; Wuensch, W.; Rodriguez Castro, E.; Giner Navarro, J.
Title High-gradient behavior of a dipole-mode rf structure Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams
Volume 23 Issue 12 Pages 122002 - 11pp
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Abstract A normal-conducting, X-band traveling wave structure operating in the dipole mode has been systematically high-gradient tested to gain insight into the maximum possible gradients in these types of structure. Measured structure conditioning, breakdown behavior, and achieved surface fields are reported as well as a postmortem analysis of the breakdown position and a scanning electron microscope analysis of the high-field surfaces. The results of these measurements are then compared to high-gradient results from monopole-mode cavities. Scaled to a breakdown rate of 10(-6), the cavities were found to operate at a peak electric field of 154 MV/m and a peak modified Poynting vector S-c of 5.48 MW/mm(2). The study provides important input for the further development of dipole-mode cavities for use in the Compact Linear Collider as a crab cavity and dipole-mode cavities for use in x-ray free-electron lasers as well as for studies of the fundamental processes in vacuum arcs. Of particular relevance are the unique field patterns in dipole cavities compared to monopole cavities, where the electric and magnetic fields peak in orthogonal planes, which allow the separation of the role of electric and magnetic fields in breakdown via postmortem damage observation. The azimuthal variation of breakdown crater density is measured and is fitted to sinusoidal functions. The best fit is a power law fit of exponent 6. This is significant, as it shows how breakdown probability varies over a surface area with a varying electric field after conditioning to a given peak field.
Address [Woolley, B.; Burt, G.; Dexter, A. C.; Peacock, R.; Millar, W. L.] Univ Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YW, England
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN (up) 2469-9888 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000614886300002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4696
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Author Gomis, P.; Perez, A.
Title Decoherence effects in the Stern-Gerlach experiment using matrix Wigner functions Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Physical Review A Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. A
Volume 94 Issue 1 Pages 012103 - 11pp
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Abstract We analyze the Stern-Gerlach experiment in phase space with the help of the matrix Wigner function, which includes the spin degree of freedom. Such analysis allows for an intuitive visualization of the quantum dynamics of the device. We include the interaction with the environment, as described by the Caldeira-Leggett model. The diagonal terms of the matrix provide us with information about the two components of the state that arise from interaction with the magnetic field gradient. In particular, from the marginals of these components, we obtain an analytical formula for the position and momentum probability distributions in the presence of decoherence that shows a diffusive behavior for large values of the decoherence parameter. These features limit the dynamics of the present model. We also observe the decay of the nondiagonal terms with time and use this fact to quantify the amount of decoherence from the norm of those terms in phase space. From here, we can define a decoherence time scale, which differs from previous results that make use of the same model. We analyze a typical experiment and show that, for that setup, the decoherence time is much smaller than the characteristic time scale for the separation of the two beams, implying that they can be described as an incoherent mixture of atoms traveling in the up and down directions with opposite values of the spin projection. Therefore, entanglement is quickly destroyed in the setup we analyzed.
Address [Gomis, P.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Dr Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: Pablo.Gomis@uv.es;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN (up) 2469-9926 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000378909000003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2739
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Author Arnault, P.; Di Molfetta, G.; Brachet, M.; Debbasch, F.
Title Quantum walks and non-Abelian discrete gauge theory Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Physical Review A Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. A
Volume 94 Issue 1 Pages 012335 - 6pp
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Abstract A family of discrete-time quantum walks (DTQWs) on the line with an exact discrete U(N) gauge invariance is introduced. It is shown that the continuous limit of these DTQWs, when it exists, coincides with the dynamics of a Dirac fermion coupled to usual U(N) gauge fields in two-dimensional spacetime. A discrete generalization of the usual U(N) curvature is also constructed. An alternate interpretation of these results in terms of superimposed U(1) Maxwell fields and SU(N) gauge fields is discussed in the Appendix. Numerical simulations are also presented, which explore the convergence of the DTQWs towards their continuous limit and which also compare the DTQWs with classical (i.e., nonquantum) motions in classical SU(2) fields. The results presented in this paper constitute a first step towards quantum simulations of generic Yang-Mills gauge theories through DTQWs.
Address [Arnault, Pablo; Debbasch, Fabrice] Univ Paris 06, Univ Paris 04, PSL Res Univ, LERMA,Observ Paris,CNRS,UMR 8112, F-75014 Paris, France, Email: pablo.arnault@upmc.fr;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN (up) 2469-9926 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000380095000005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2761
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Author Bru, L.A.; de Valcarcel, G.J.; Di Molfetta, G.; Perez, A.; Roldan, E.; Silva, F.
Title Quantum walk on a cylinder Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Physical Review A Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. A
Volume 94 Issue 3 Pages 032328 - 7pp
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Abstract We consider the two-dimensional alternate quantum walk on a cylinder. We concentrate on the study of the motion along the open dimension, in the spirit of looking at the closed coordinate as a small or “hidden” extra dimension. If one starts from localized initial conditions on the lattice, the dynamics of the quantum walk that is obtained after tracing out the small dimension shows the contribution of several components which can be understood from the study of the dispersion relations for this problem. In fact, these components originate from the contribution of the possible values of the quasimomentum in the closed dimension. In the continuous space-time limit, the different components manifest as a set of Dirac equations, with each quasimomentum providing the value of the corresponding mass. We briefly discuss the possible link of these ideas to the simulation of high-energy physical theories that include extra dimensions. Finally, entanglement between the coin and spatial degrees of freedom is studied, showing that the entanglement entropy clearly overcomes the value reached with only one spatial dimension.
Address [Bru, Luis A.] Univ Politecn Valencia, ITEAM Res Inst, Opt & Quantum Commun Grp, Camino Vera S-N, E-46022 Valencia, Spain
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN (up) 2469-9926 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000384060700005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2823
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Author Marquez-Martin, I.; Di Molfetta, G.; Perez, A.
Title Fermion confinement via quantum walks in (2+1)-dimensional and (3+1)-dimensional space-time Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication Physical Review A Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. A
Volume 95 Issue 4 Pages 042112 - 5pp
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Abstract We analyze the properties of a two-and three-dimensional quantum walk that are inspired by the idea of a brane-world model put forward by Rubakov and Shaposhnikov [Phys. Lett. B 125, 136 (1983)]. In that model, particles are dynamically confined on the brane due to the interaction with a scalar field. We translated this model into an alternate quantum walk with a coin that depends on the external field, with a dependence which mimics a domain wall solution. As in the original model, fermions (in our case, the walker) become localized in one of the dimensions, not from the action of a random noise on the lattice (as in the case of Anderson localization) but from a regular dependence in space. On the other hand, the resulting quantum walk can move freely along the “ordinary” dimensions.
Address [Marquez-Martin, I.; Di Molfetta, G.; Perez, A.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Dr Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: giuseppe.dimolfetta@lif.univ-mrs.fr
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN (up) 2469-9926 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000399931500006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3102
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Author Arrighi, P.; Di Molfetta, G.; Marquez-Martin, I.; Perez, A.
Title Dirac equation as a quantum walk over the honeycomb and triangular lattices Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review A Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. A
Volume 97 Issue 6 Pages 062111 - 5pp
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Abstract A discrete-time quantum walk (QW) is essentially an operator driving the evolution of a single particle on the lattice, through local unitaries. Some QWs admit a continuum limit, leading to well-known physics partial differential equations, such as the Dirac equation. We show that these simulation results need not rely on the grid: the Dirac equation in (2 + 1) dimensions can also be simulated, through local unitaries, on the honeycomb or the triangular lattice, both of interest in the study of quantum propagation on the nonrectangular grids, as in graphene-like materials. The latter, in particular, we argue, opens the door for a generalization of the Dirac equation to arbitrary discrete surfaces.
Address [Arrighi, Pablo; Di Molfetta, Giuseppe; Marquez-Martin, Ivan] Aix Marseille Univ, Univ Toulon, LIS, CNRS, Marseille, France, Email: pablo.arrighi@univ-amu.fr;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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Notes WOS:000435076800001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3624
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Author Di Molfetta, G.; Soares-Pinto, D.O.; Duarte Queiros, S.M.
Title Elephant quantum walk Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review A Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. A
Volume 97 Issue 6 Pages 062112 - 6pp
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Abstract We introduce an analytically treatable discrete time quantum walk in a one-dimensional lattice which combines non-Markovianity and hyperballistic diffusion associated with a Gaussian whose variance sigma(2)(t) grows cubicly with time sigma alpha t(3). These properties have have been numerically found in several systems, namely, tight-binding lattice models. For its rules, our model can be understood as the quantum version of the classical non-Markovian “elephant random walk” process for which the quantum coin operator only changes the value of the diffusion constant although, contrarily, to the classical coin.
Address [Di Molfetta, Giuseppe] Univ Toulon & Var, Aix Marseille Univ, Nat Computat Res Grp, CNRS,LIS, Marseille, France, Email: giuseppe.dimolfetta@lis-lab.fr
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN (up) 2469-9926 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000435076800002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3625
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Author Marquez-Martin, I.; Arnault, P.; Di Molfetta, G.; Perez, A.
Title Electromagnetic lattice gauge invariance in two-dimensional discrete-time quantum walks Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review A Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. A
Volume 98 Issue 3 Pages 032333 - 8pp
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Abstract Gauge invariance is one of the more important concepts in physics. We discuss this concept in connection with the unitary evolution of discrete-time quantum walks in one and two spatial dimensions, when they include the interaction with synthetic, external electromagnetic fields. One introduces this interaction as additional phases that play the role of gauge fields. Here, we present a way to incorporate those phases, which differs from previous works. Our proposal allows the discrete derivatives, that appear under a gauge transformation, to treat time and space on the same footing, in a way which is similar to standard lattice gauge theories. By considering two steps of the evolution, we define a density current which is gauge invariant and conserved. In the continuum limit, the dynamics of the particle, under a suitable choice of the parameters, becomes the Dirac equation and the conserved current satisfies the corresponding conservation equation.
Address [Marquez-Martin, Ivan; Arnault, Pablo; Di Molfetta, Giuseppe; Perez, Armando] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Dr Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: ivan.marquez@uv.es;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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Notes WOS:000446163200006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3750
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Author Martone, G.I.; Larre, P.E.; Fabbri, A.; Pavloff, N.
Title Momentum distribution and coherence of a weakly interacting Bose gas after a quench Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review A Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. A
Volume 98 Issue 6 Pages 063617 - 21pp
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Abstract We consider a weakly interacting uniform atomic Bose gas with a time-dependent nonlinear coupling constant. By developing a suitable Bogoliubov treatment we investigate the time evolution of several observables, including the momentum distribution, the degree of coherence in the system, and their dependence on dimensionality and temperature. We rigorously prove that the low-momentum Bogoliubov modes remain frozen during the whole evolution, while the high-momentum ones adiabatically follow the change in time of the interaction strength. At intermediate momenta we point out the occurrence of oscillations, which are analogous to Sakharov oscillations. We identify two wide classes of time-dependent behaviors of the coupling for which an exact solution of the problem can be found, allowing for an analytic computation of all the relevant observables. A special emphasis is put on the study of the coherence property of the system in one spatial dimension. We show that the system exhibits a smooth “light-cone effect,” with typically no prethermalization.
Address [Martone, Giovanni I.; Pavloff, Nicolas] Univ Paris Saclay, Univ Paris Sud, CNRS, LPTMS,UMR 8626, F-91405 Orsay, France
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
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ISSN (up) 2469-9926 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:000452949900009 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3841
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