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Author NEXT Collaboration (Alvarez, V. et al); Carcel, S.; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Diaz, J.; Ferrario, P.; Gil, A.; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J.; Laing, A.; Liubarsky, I.; Lorca, D.; Martin-Albo, J.; Monrabal, F.; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Nebot-Guinot, M.; Rodriguez, J.; Serra, L.; Simon, A.; Sorel, M.; Yahlali, N.
Title Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: procedures and initial measurements Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.
Volume 8 Issue Pages T01002 - 19pp
Keywords (down) Radiation calculations; Time projection Chambers (TPC); Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc)
Abstract The “Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon Time-Projection Chamber” (NEXT) is intended to investigate the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe-136, which requires a severe suppression of potential backgrounds. An extensive screening and material selection process is underway for NEXT since the control of the radiopurity levels of the materials to be used in the experimental set-up is a must for rare event searches. First measurements based on Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry and gamma-ray spectroscopy using ultra-low background germanium detectors at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (Spain) are described here. Activity results for natural radioactive chains and other common radionuclides are summarized, being the values obtained for some materials like copper and stainless steel very competitive. The implications of these results for the NEXT experiment are also discussed.
Address [Alvarez, V.; Carcel, S.; Cervera, A.; Diaz, J.; Ferrario, P.; Gil, A.; Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.; Laing, A.; Liubarsky, I.; Lorca, D.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez, A.; Monrabal, F.; Munoz Vidal, J.; Nebot-Guinot, M.; Rodriguez, J.; Serra, L.; Simon, A.; Sorel, M.; Yahlali, N.] CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Valencia 46980, Spain, Email: gomez@mail.cern.ch
Corporate Author Thesis
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:000320665400083 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1516
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Author NEXT Collaboration (Cebrian, S. et al); Alvarez, V.; Carcel, S.; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Diaz, J.; Ferrario, P.; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J.; Laing, A.; Liubarsky, I.; Lopez-March, N.; Lorca, D.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez, A.; Monrabal, F.; Monserrate, M.; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Nebot-Guinot, M.; Querol, M.; Rodriguez, J.; Serra, L.; Simon, A.; Sorel, M.; Yahlali, N.
Title Radiopurity assessment of the tracking readout for the NEXT double beta decay experiment Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.
Volume 10 Issue Pages P05006 - 16pp
Keywords (down) Radiation calculations; Time projection Chambers (TPC); Double-beta decay detectors; Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors)
Abstract The “Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon Time-Projection Chamber” (NEXT) is intended to investigate the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe-136, which requires a severe suppression of potential backgrounds; therefore, an extensive screening and selection process is underway to control the radiopurity levels of the materials to be used in the experimental set-up of NEXT. The detector design combines the measurement of the topological signature of the event for background discrimination with the energy resolution optimization. Separate energy and tracking readout planes are based on different sensors: photomultiplier tubes for calorimetry and silicon multi-pixel photon counters for tracking. The design of a radiopure tracking plane, in direct contact with the gas detector medium, was specially challenging since the needed components like printed circuit boards, connectors, sensors or capacitors have typically, according to available information in databases and in the literature, activities too large for experiments requiring ultra-low background conditions. Here, the radiopurity assessment of tracking readout components based on gamma-ray spectroscopy using ultra-low background germanium detectors at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (Spain) is described. According to the obtained results, radiopure enough printed circuit boards made of kapton and copper, silicon photomultipliers and other required components, fulfilling the requirement of an overall background level in the region of interest of at most 8 x 10(-4) counts keV(-1) kg(-1) y(-1), have been identified.
Address [Cebrian, S.; Dafni, T.; Gonzalez-Diaz, D.; Herrera, D. C.; Irastorza, I. G.; Luzon, G.; Ortiz de Solorzano, A.; Villar, J. A.] Univ Zaragoza, Lab Fis Nucl & Astroparticulas, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain, Email: scebrian@unizar.es
Corporate Author Thesis
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:000357993300038 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2305
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Author LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Garcia Martin, L.M.; Henry, L.; Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Remon Alepuz, C.; Ruiz Vidal, J.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C.
Title Measurement of Upsilon production in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 07 Issue 7 Pages 134 - 27pp
Keywords (down) Quarkonium; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); QCD
Abstract The production cross-sections of Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S) and Upsilon(3S) mesons in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV are measured with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 277 +/- 11 pb(-1) recorded by the LHCb experiment in 2015. The Upsilon mesons are reconstructed in the decay mode Upsilon -> mu(+)mu(-). The differential production cross-sections times the dimuon branching fractions are measured as a function of the Upsilon transverse momentum, p(T) , and rapidity, y, over the range 0 < p(T) < 30 GeV/c and 2.0 < y < 4.5. The ratios of the cross-sections with respect to the LHCb measurement at root s = 8 TeV are also determined. The measurements are compared with theoretical predictions based on NRQCD.
Address [Bediaga, I; Cruz Torres, M.; De Miranda, J. M.; Gomes, A.; Massafferri, A.; Molina Rodriguez, J.; dos Reis, A. C.; Soares Lavra, I; Tourinho Jadallah Aoude, R.] CBPF, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Corporate Author Thesis
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 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000439525900001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3667
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Author Vento, V.
Title Skyrmions at high density Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett.
Volume 15 Issue 4 Pages 367-370
Keywords (down) quark; pion; skyrmion; dilation
Abstract The phase diagram of quantum chromodynamics is conjectured to have a rich structure containing at least three forms of matter: hadronic nuclear matter, quarkyonic matter and quark gluon plasma. We describe its formulation in terms of Skyrme crystals and justify the origin of the quarkyonic phase transition in a chiral-quark model.
Address [Vento, V.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor IFIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain, Email: vicente.vento@uv.es
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Publisher Pleiades Publishing Inc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1547-4771 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000437770100006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3651
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Author Bruschini, R.; Gonzalez, R.
Title A plausible explanation of Upsilon(10860) Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 791 Issue Pages 409-413
Keywords (down) Quark; Meson; Potential
Abstract We show that a good description of the Upsilon(10860) properties, in particular the mass, the e(+) e(-) leptonic widths and the pi(+) pi(-) Upsilon(ns) (n = 1, 2, 3) production rates, can be obtained under the assumption that Upsilon(10860) is a mixing of the conventional Upsilon(5s) quark model state with the lowest P-wave hybrid state.
Address [Bruschini, R.; Gonzalez, R.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, Dept Fis Teor, Carrer Dr Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain, Email: roberto.bruschini@ific.uv.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv 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:000462321800059 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3959
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Author Lopez-Ibañez, M.L.; Melis, A.; Jay Perez, M.; Vives, O.
Title Slepton non-universality in the flavor-effective MSSM Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 11 Issue 11 Pages 162 - 27pp
Keywords (down) Quark Masses and SM Parameters; Supersymmetric Standard Model; Super-symmetry Breaking; Supersymmetric Effective Theories
Abstract Supersymmetric theories supplemented by an underlying flavor-symmetry G(f) provide a rich playground for model building aimed at explaining the flavor structure of the Standard Model. In the case where supersymmetry breaking is mediated by gravity, the soft-breaking Lagrangian typically exhibits large tree-level flavor violating e ff ects, even if it stems from an ultraviolet flavor-conserving origin. Building on previous work, we continue our phenomenological analysis of these models with a particular emphasis on leptonicflavor observables. We consider three representative models which aim to explain the flavor structure of the lepton sector, with symmetry groups G(f) = Delta (27), A(4); and S-3.
Address [Luisa Lopez-Ibanez, M.; Melis, Aurora; Jay Perez, M.; Vives, Oscar] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Dr Moliner 50, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain, Email: m.luisa.lopez-ibanez@uv.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
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 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000416356500006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3382
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Author Angles-Castillo, A.; Perez, A.; Roldan, E.
Title Bright and dark solitons in a photonic nonlinear quantum walk: lessons from the continuum Type Journal Article
Year 2024 Publication New Journal of Physics Abbreviated Journal New J. Phys.
Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 023004 - 16pp
Keywords (down) quantum walks; soliton; non-linear optics
Abstract We propose a nonlinear quantum walk model inspired in a photonic implementation in which the polarization state of the light field plays the role of the coin-qubit. In particular, we take profit of the nonlinear polarization rotation occurring in optical media with Kerr nonlinearity, which allows to implement a nonlinear coin operator, one that depends on the state of the coin-qubit. We consider the space-time continuum limit of the evolution equation, which takes the form of a nonlinear Dirac equation. The analysis of this continuum limit allows us to gain some insight into the existence of different solitonic structures, such as bright and dark solitons. We illustrate several properties of these solitons with numerical calculations, including the effect on them of an additional phase simulating an external electric field.
Address [Angles-Castillo, Andreu; Perez, Armando] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor & IFIC, CSIC, Burjassot 46100, Valencia, Spain, Email: andreu.angles-castillo@uv.es
Corporate Author Thesis
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 1367-2630 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001156767400001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5929
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Author Jay, G.; Arnault, P.; Debbasch, F.
Title Dirac quantum walks with conserved angular momentum Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Quantum Studies-Mathematics and Foundations Abbreviated Journal Quantum Stud. Math. Found.
Volume 8 Issue Pages 419-430
Keywords (down) Quantum walks; Quantum simulation; Lattice field theory
Abstract A quantum walk (QW) simulating the flat (1+2)D Dirac equation on a spatial polar grid is constructed. Because fermions are represented by spinors, which do not constitute a representation of the rotation group SO(3), but rather of its double cover SU(2), the QW can only be defined globally on an extended spacetime where the polar angle extends from 0 to 4 pi. The coupling of the QW with arbitrary electromagnetic fields is also presented. Finally, the cylindrical relativistic Landau levels of the Dirac equation are computed explicitly and simulated by the QW.
Address [Jay, Gareth] Univ Western Australia, Phys Dept, Perth, WA 6009, Australia, Email: gareth.jay@uwa.edu.au;
Corporate Author Thesis
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 2196-5609 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000697709700001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4975
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Author Nzongani, U.; Zylberman, J.; Doncecchi, C.E.; Perez, A.; Debbasch, F.; Arnault, P.
Title Quantum circuits for discrete-time quantum walks with position-dependent coin operator Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Quantum Information Processing Abbreviated Journal Quantum Inf. Process.
Volume 22 Issue 7 Pages 270 - 46pp
Keywords (down) Quantum walks; Quantum circuits; Quantum simulation
Abstract The aim of this paper is to build quantum circuits that implement discrete-time quantum walks having an arbitrary position-dependent coin operator. The position of the walker is encoded in base 2: with n wires, each corresponding to one qubit, we encode 2(n) position states. The data necessary to define an arbitrary position-dependent coin operator is therefore exponential in n. Hence, the exponentiality will necessarily appear somewhere in our circuits. We first propose a circuit implementing the position-dependent coin operator, that is naive, in the sense that it has exponential depth and implements sequentially all appropriate position-dependent coin operators. We then propose a circuit that “transfers” all the depth into ancillae, yielding a final depth that is linear in n at the cost of an exponential number of ancillae. Themain idea of this linear-depth circuit is to implement in parallel all coin operators at the different positions. Reducing the depth exponentially at the cost of having an exponential number of ancillae is a goal which has already been achieved for the problem of loading classical data on a quantum circuit (Araujo in Sci Rep 11:6329, 2021) (notice that such a circuit can be used to load the initial state of the walker). Here, we achieve this goal for the problem of applying a position-dependent coin operator in a discrete-time quantum walk. Finally, we extend the result of Welch (New J Phys 16:033040, 2014) from position-dependent unitaries which are diagonal in the position basis to position-dependent 2 x 2-block-diagonal unitaries: indeed, we show that for a position dependence of the coin operator (the block-diagonal unitary) which is smooth enough, one can find an efficient quantum-circuit implementation approximating the coin operator up to an error epsilon (in terms of the spectral norm), the depth and size of which scale as O(1/epsilon). A typical application of the efficient implementation would be the quantum simulation of a relativistic spin-1/2 particle on a lattice, coupled to a smooth external gauge field; notice that recently, quantum spatial-search schemes have been developed which use gauge fields as the oracle, to mark the vertex to be found (Zylberman in Entropy 23:1441, 2021), (Fredon arXiv:2210.13920). A typical application of the linear-depth circuit would be when there is spatial noise on the coin operator (and hence a non-smooth dependence in the position).
Address [Nzongani, Ugo; Doncecchi, Carlo-Elia; Arnault, Pablo] Univ Paris Saclay, CNRS, INRIA, Lab Methodes Formelles,ENS Paris Saclay, F-91190 Gif Sur Yvette, France, Email: ugo.nzongani@universite-paris-saclay.fr;
Corporate Author Thesis
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 1570-0755 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001022408900002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5587
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Author Hinarejos, M.; Bañuls, M.C.; Perez, A.
Title A Study of Wigner Functions for Discrete-Time Quantum Walks Type Journal Article
Year 2013 Publication Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience Abbreviated Journal J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci.
Volume 10 Issue 7 Pages 1626-1633
Keywords (down) Quantum Walk; Wigner Function; Negativity
Abstract We perform a systematic study of the discrete time Quantum Walk on one dimension using Wigner functions, which are generalized to include the chirality (or coin) degree of freedom. In particular, we analyze the evolution of the negative volume in phase space, as a function of time, for different initial states. This negativity can be used to quantify the degree of departure of the system from a classical state. We also relate this quantity to the entanglement between the coin and walker subspaces.
Address [Hinarejos, M.; Perez, A.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Scientific Publishers Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1546-1955 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000322605800014 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1529
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