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Banerjee, P.; Coutinho, A.; Engel, T.; Gurgone, A.; Signer, A.; Ulrich, Y. |
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High-precision muon decay predictions for ALP searches |
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2023 |
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Scipost Physics |
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SciPost Phys. |
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15 |
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021 - 38pp |
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We present an improved theoretical prediction of the positron energy spectrum for the polarised Michel decay & mu;+ & RARR; e+ & nu;e & nu; over bar & mu;. In addition to the full next-to-next-to-leading order correction of order & alpha;2 in the electromagnetic coupling, we include logarithmically enhanced terms at even higher orders. Logarithms due to collinear emission are included at next-to-leading accuracy up to order & alpha;4. At the endpoint of the Michel spectrum, soft photon emission results in large logarithms that are resummed up to next-to-next-to leading logarithmic accuracy. We apply our results in the context of the MEG II and Mu3e experiments to estimate the impact of the theory error on the branching ratio sensitivity for the lepton-flavour-violating decay & mu;+ & RARR; e+X of a muon into an axion-like particle X. |
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[Banerjee, Pulak] Zhejiang Univ, Zhejiang Inst Modern Phys, Dept Phys, Hangzhou 310027, Peoples R China |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Khosa, C.K.; Sanz, V. |
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Anomaly Awareness |
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2023 |
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Scipost Physics |
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SciPost Phys. |
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15 |
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2 |
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053 - 24pp |
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We present a new algorithm for anomaly detection called Anomaly Awareness. The algorithm learns about normal events while being made aware of the anomalies through a modification of the cost function. We show how this method works in different Particle Physics situations and in standard Computer Vision tasks. For example, we apply the method to images from a Fat Jet topology generated by Standard Model Top and QCD events, and test it against an array of new physics scenarios, including Higgs production with EFT effects and resonances decaying into two, three or four subjets. We find that the algorithm is effective identifying anomalies not seen before, and becomes robust as we make it aware of a varied-enough set of anomalies. |
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[Khosa, Charanjit K.] Univ Manchester, Dept Phys & Astron, Manchester M13 9PL, England |
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WOS:001048488200002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Figueroa, D.G.; Florio, A.; Opferkuch, T.; Stefanek, B. |
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Lattice simulations of non-minimally coupled scalar fields in the Jordan frame |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
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Scipost Physics |
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SciPost Phys. |
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15 |
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3 |
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077 - 28pp |
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The presence of scalar fields with non-minimal gravitational interactions of the form & xi;|& phi;|2R may have important implications for the physics of the early universe. We propose a procedure to solve the dynamics of non-minimally coupled scalar fields directly in the Jordan frame, where the non-minimal couplings are maintained explicitly. Our algorithm can be applied to lattice simulations that include minimally coupled fields and an arbitrary number of non-minimally coupled scalars, with the expansion of the universe sourced by all fields present. This includes situations when the dynamics become fully inhomogeneous, fully non-linear (due to e.g. backreaction or mode rescattering effects), and/or when the expansion of the universe is dominated by non-minimally coupled species. As an example, we study geometric preheating with a non-minimally coupled scalar spectator field when the inflaton oscillates following the end of inflation. |
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[Figueroa, Daniel G.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: daniel.figueroa@ific.uv.es; |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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ANTARES Collaboration (Andre, M. et al); Barrios-Marti, J.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Illuminati, G.; Tönnis, C.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. |
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Sperm whale long-range echolocation sounds revealed by ANTARES, a deep-sea neutrino telescope |
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2017 |
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Scientific Reports |
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Sci Rep |
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7 |
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45517 - 12pp |
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Despite dedicated research has been carried out to adequately map the distribution of the sperm whale in the Mediterranean Sea, unlike other regions of the world, the species population status is still presently uncertain. The analysis of two years of continuous acoustic data provided by the ANTARES neutrino telescope revealed the year-round presence of sperm whales in the Ligurian Sea, probably associated with the availability of cephalopods in the region. The presence of the Ligurian Sea sperm whales was demonstrated through the real-time analysis of audio data streamed from a cabled-to-shore deep-sea observatory that allowed the hourly tracking of their long-range echolocation behaviour on the Internet. Interestingly, the same acoustic analysis indicated that the occurrence of surface shipping noise would apparently not condition the foraging behaviour of the sperm whale in the area, since shipping noise was almost always present when sperm whales were acoustically detected. The continuous presence of the sperm whale in the region confirms the ecological value of the Ligurian sea and the importance of ANTARES to help monitoring its ecosystems. |
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[Andre, M.; Caballe, A.; Van der Schaar, M.; Solsona, A.; Houegnigan, L.; Zaugg, S.; Sanchez, A. M.; Castell, J. V.; Sole, M.; Vila, F.; Djokic, D.; Vallage, B.] Tech Univ Catalonia, Barcelona Tech UPC, LAB, Rambla Exposicio 24, Barcelona 08800, Spain, Email: michel.andre@upc.edu |
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WOS:000399188000001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Masud, M.; Bishai, M.; Mehta, P. |
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Extricating New Physics Scenarios at DUNE with Higher Energy Beams |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Scientific Reports |
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Sci Rep |
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9 |
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352 - 9pp |
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The proposed Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) utilizes a wide-band on-axis tunable muon-(anti) neutrino beam with a baseline of 1300 km to search for CP violation with high precision. Given the long baseline, DUNE is also sensitive to effects due to matter induced non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) which can interfere with the standard three-flavor oscillation paradigm. Hence it is desirable to design strategies to disentangle effects due to NSI from standard oscillations. In this article, we exploit the tunability of the DUNE neutrino beam over a wide-range of energies to devise an experimental strategy for separating oscillation effects due to NSI from the standard three-flavor oscillation scenario. Using chi(2) analysis, we obtain an optimal combination of beam tunes and distribution of run times in neutrino and anti-neutrino modes that would enable DUNE to isolate new physics scenarios from the standard. We can distinguish scenarios at 3 sigma (5 sigma) level for almost all (similar to 50%) values of delta. To the best of our knowledge, our strategy is entirely new and has not been reported elsewhere. |
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[Masud, Mehedi] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Astroparticle & High Energy Phys Grp, Parc Cient Paterna,C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2E, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: masud@ific.uv.es; |
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WOS:000456392400033 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Hatifi, M.; Di Molfetta, G.; Debbasch, F.; Brachet, M. |
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Quantum walk hydrodynamics |
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2019 |
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Scientific Reports |
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Sci Rep |
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9 |
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A simple Discrete-Time Quantum Walk (DTQW) on the line is revisited and given an hydrodynamic interpretation through a novel relativistic generalization of the Madelung transform. Numerical results show that suitable initial conditions indeed produce hydrodynamical shocks and that the coherence achieved in current experiments is robust enough to simulate quantum hydrodynamical phenomena through DTQWs. An analytical computation of the asymptotic quantum shock structure is presented. The non-relativistic limit is explored in the Supplementary Material (SM). |
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[Hatifi, Mohamed] Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Ecole Cent Marseille, Inst Fresnel,UMR 7249, F-13013 Marseille, France, Email: giuseppe.dimolfetta@lis-lab.fr |
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WOS:000459799800138 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3923 |
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Arrighi, P.; Di Molfetta, G.; Marquez-Martin, I.; Perez, A. |
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From curved spacetime to spacetime-dependent local unitaries over the honeycomb and triangular Quantum Walks |
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2019 |
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Scientific Reports |
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Sci Rep |
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9 |
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A discrete-time Quantum Walk (QW) is an operator driving the evolution of a single particle on the lattice, through local unitaries. In a previous paper, we showed that QWs over the honeycomb and triangular lattices can be used to simulate the Dirac equation. We apply a spacetime coordinate transformation upon the lattice of this QW, and show that it is equivalent to introducing spacetime-dependent local unitaries-whilst keeping the lattice fixed. By exploiting this duality between changes in geometry, and changes in local unitaries, we show that the spacetime-dependent QW simulates the Dirac equation in (2 + 1)-dimensional curved spacetime. Interestingly, the duality crucially relies on the non linear-independence of the three preferred directions of the honeycomb and triangular lattices: The same construction would fail for the square lattice. At the practical level, this result opens the possibility to simulate field theories on curved manifolds, via the quantum walk on different kinds of lattices. |
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[Arrighi, Pablo; Di Molfetta, Giuseppe; Marquez-Martin, Ivan] Univ Toulon & Var, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LIS, Marseille, France, Email: pablo.arrighi@univ-amu.fr; |
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WOS:000477701800007 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Muñoz, E.; Ros, A.; Borja-Lloret, M.; Barrio, J.; Dendooven, P.; Oliver, J.F.; Ozoemelam, I.; Roser, J.; Llosa, G. |
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Proton range verification with MACACO II Compton camera enhanced by a neural network for event selection |
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2021 |
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Scientific Reports |
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11 |
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9325 - 12pp |
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The applicability extent of hadron therapy for tumor treatment is currently limited by the lack of reliable online monitoring techniques. An active topic of investigation is the research of monitoring systems based on the detection of secondary radiation produced during treatment. MACACO, a multi-layer Compton camera based on LaBr3 scintillator crystals and SiPMs, is being developed at IFIC-Valencia for this purpose. This work reports the results obtained from measurements of a 150 MeV proton beam impinging on a PMMA target. A neural network trained on Monte Carlo simulations is used for event selection, increasing the signal to background ratio before image reconstruction. Images of the measured prompt gamma distributions are reconstructed by means of a spectral reconstruction code, through which the 4.439 MeV spectral line is resolved. Images of the emission distribution at this energy are reconstructed, allowing calculation of the distal fall-off and identification of target displacements of 3 mm. |
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[Munoz, Enrique; Ros, Ana; Borja-Lloret, Marina; Barrio, John; Oliver, Josep F.; Roser, Jorge; Llosa, Gabriela] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, CSIC, Valencia, Spain, Email: Enrique.Munoz@ific.uv.es |
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Angles-Castillo, A.; Perez, A. |
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A quantum walk simulation of extra dimensions with warped geometry |
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2022 |
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Scientific Reports |
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12 |
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1926 - 12pp |
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We investigate the properties of a quantum walk which can simulate the behavior of a spin 1/2 particle in a model with an ordinary spatial dimension, and one extra dimension with warped geometry between two branes. Such a setup constitutes a 1+ 1 dimensional version of the Randall-Sundrum model, which plays an important role in high energy physics. In the continuum spacetime limit, the quantum walk reproduces the Dirac equation corresponding to the model, which allows to anticipate some of the properties that can be reproduced by the quantum walk. In particular, we observe that the probability distribution becomes, at large time steps, concentrated near the “low energy” brane, and can be approximated as the lowest eigenstate of the continuum Hamiltonian that is compatible with the symmetries of the model. In this way, we obtain a localization effect whose strength is controlled by a warp coefficient. In other words, here localization arises from the geometry of the model, at variance with the usual effect that is originated from random irregularities, as in Anderson localization. In summary, we establish an interesting correspondence between a high energy physics model and localization in quantum walks. |
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[Angles-Castillo, Andreu] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: andreu.angles@ific.uv.es |
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Lerendegui-Marco, J.; Balibrea-Correa, J.; Babiano-Suarez, V.; Ladarescu, I.; Domingo-Pardo, C. |
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Towards machine learning aided real-time range imaging in proton therapy |
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2022 |
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Scientific Reports |
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12 |
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Compton imaging represents a promising technique for range verification in proton therapy treatments. In this work, we report on the advantageous aspects of the i-TED detector for proton-range monitoring, based on the results of the first Monte Carlo study of its applicability to this field. i-TED is an array of Compton cameras, that have been specifically designed for neutron-capture nuclear physics experiments, which are characterized by gamma-ray energies spanning up to 5-6 MeV, rather low gamma-ray emission yields and very intense neutron induced gamma-ray backgrounds. Our developments to cope with these three aspects are concomitant with those required in the field of hadron therapy, especially in terms of high efficiency for real-time monitoring, low sensitivity to neutron backgrounds and reliable performance at the high gamma-ray energies. We find that signal-to-background ratios can be appreciably improved with i-TED thanks to its light-weight design and the low neutron-capture cross sections of its LaCl3 crystals, when compared to other similar systems based on LYSO, CdZnTe or LaBr3. Its high time-resolution (CRT similar to 500 ps) represents an additional advantage for background suppression when operated in pulsed HT mode. Each i-TED Compton module features two detection planes of very large LaCl3 monolithic crystals, thereby achieving a high efficiency in coincidence of 0.2% for a point-like 1 MeV gamma-ray source at 5 cm distance. This leads to sufficient statistics for reliable image reconstruction with an array of four i-TED detectors assuming clinical intensities of 10(8) protons per treatment point. The use of a two-plane design instead of three-planes has been preferred owing to the higher attainable efficiency for double time-coincidences than for threefold events. The loss of full-energy events for high energy gamma-rays is compensated by means of machine-learning based algorithms, which allow one to enhance the signal-to-total ratio up to a factor of 2. |
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[Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge; Balibrea-Correa, Javier; Babiano-Suarez, Victor; Ladarescu, Ion; Domingo-Pardo, Cesar] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia, Spain, Email: jorge.lerendegui@ific.uv.es |
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