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Author Wilson, J.N. et al; Algora, A.
Title Angular momentum generation in nuclear fission Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Nature Abbreviated Journal Nature
Volume 590 Issue 7847 Pages 566-570
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Abstract When a heavy atomic nucleus splits (fission), the resulting fragments are observed to emerge spinning(1); this phenomenon has been a mystery in nuclear physics for over 40 years(2,3). The internal generation of typically six or seven units of angular momentum in each fragment is particularly puzzling for systems that start with zero, or almost zero, spin. There are currently no experimental observations that enable decisive discrimination between the many competing theories for the mechanism that generates the angular momentum(4-12). Nevertheless, the consensus is that excitation of collective vibrational modes generates the intrinsic spin before the nucleus splits (pre-scission). Here we show that there is no significant correlation between the spins of the fragment partners, which leads us to conclude that angular momentum in fission is actually generated after the nucleus splits (post-scission). We present comprehensive data showing that the average spin is strongly mass-dependent, varying in saw-tooth distributions. We observe no notable dependence of fragment spin on the mass or charge of the partner nucleus, confirming the uncorrelated post-scission nature of the spin mechanism. To explain these observations, we propose that the collective motion of nucleons in the ruptured neck of the fissioning system generates two independent torques, analogous to the snapping of an elastic band. A parameterization based on occupation of angular momentum states according to statistical theory describes the full range of experimental data well. This insight into the role of spin in nuclear fission is not only important for the fundamental understanding and theoretical description of fission, but also has consequences for the gamma-ray heating problem in nuclear reactors(13,14), for the study of the structure of neutron-rich isotopes(15,16), and for the synthesis and stability of super-heavy elements(17,18). gamma-ray spectroscopy experiments on the origin of spin in the products of nuclear fission of spin-zero nuclei suggest that the fission fragments acquire their spin after scission, rather than before.
Address [Wilson, J. N.; Thisse, D.; Lebois, M.; Jovancevic, N.; Adsley, P.; Babo, M.; Chakma, R.; Delafosse, C.; Haefner, G.; Hauschild, K.; Ibrahim, F.; Ljungvall, J.; Lopez-Martens, A.; Lozeva, R.; Matea, I; Nemer, J.; Popovitch, Y.; Qi, L.; Tocabens, G.; Verney, D.] Univ Paris Saclay, IJC Lab, CNRS, IN2P3, Orsay, France, Email: jonathan.wilson@ijclab.in2p3.fr
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Author HAWC Collaboration (Abeysekara, A.U. et al); Salesa Greus, F.
Title HAWC observations of the acceleration of very-high-energy cosmic rays in the Cygnus Cocoon Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Nature Astronomy Abbreviated Journal Nat. Astron.
Volume 4 Issue Pages 465–471
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Abstract Cosmic rays with energies up to a few PeV are known to be accelerated within the Milky Way(1,2). Traditionally, it has been presumed that supernova remnants were the main source of these very-high-energy cosmic rays(3,4), but theoretically it is difficult to accelerate protons to PeV energies(5,6) and observationally there simply is no evidence of the remnants being sources of hadrons with energies above a few tens of TeV7,8. One possible source of protons with those energies is the Galactic Centre region(9). Here, we report observations of 1-100 TeV gamma rays coming from the 'Cygnus Cocoon'(10), which is a superbubble that surrounds a region of massive star formation. These gamma rays are likely produced by 10-1,000 TeV freshly accelerated cosmic rays that originate from the enclosed star-forming region Cyg OB2. Until now it was not known that such regions could accelerate particles to these energies. The measured flux likely originates from hadronic interactions. The spectral shape and the emission profile of the Cocoon changes from GeV to TeV energies, which reveals the transport of cosmic particles and historical activity in the superbubble.
Address [Abeysekara, A. U.; Hona, B.; Kieda, D.; Newbold, M.; Springer, R. W.] Univ Utah, Dept Phys & Astron, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA, Email: rdb3@stanford.edu;
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Author Otten, S.; Caron, S.; de Swart, W.; van Beekveld, M.; Hendriks, L.; van Leeuwen, C.; Podareanu, D.; Ruiz de Austri, R.; Verheyen, R.
Title Event generation and statistical sampling for physics with deep generative models and a density information buffer Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Nature Communications Abbreviated Journal Nat. Commun.
Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 2985 - 16pp
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Abstract Simulating nature and in particular processes in particle physics require expensive computations and sometimes would take much longer than scientists can afford. Here, we explore ways to a solution for this problem by investigating recent advances in generative modeling and present a study for the generation of events from a physical process with deep generative models. The simulation of physical processes requires not only the production of physical events, but to also ensure that these events occur with the correct frequencies. We investigate the feasibility of learning the event generation and the frequency of occurrence with several generative machine learning models to produce events like Monte Carlo generators. We study three processes: a simple two-body decay, the processes e(+)e(-)-> Z -> l(+)l(-) and pp -> tt<mml:mo><overbar></mml:mover> including the decay of the top quarks and a simulation of the detector response. By buffering density information of encoded Monte Carlo events given the encoder of a Variational Autoencoder we are able to construct a prior for the sampling of new events from the decoder that yields distributions that are in very good agreement with real Monte Carlo events and are generated several orders of magnitude faster. Applications of this work include generic density estimation and sampling, targeted event generation via a principal component analysis of encoded ground truth data, anomaly detection and more efficient importance sampling, e.g., for the phase space integration of matrix elements in quantum field theories. Here, the authors report buffered-density variational autoencoders for the generation of physical events. This method is computationally less expensive over other traditional methods and beyond accelerating the data generation process, it can help to steer the generation and to detect anomalies.
Address [Otten, Sydney; Caron, Sascha; de Swart, Wieske; van Beekveld, Melissa; Hendriks, Luc; Verheyen, Rob] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Inst Math Astro & Particle Phys IMAPP, Nijmegen, Netherlands, Email: Sydney.Otten@ru.nl
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Cardillo, F.; Castillo, F.L.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Escobar, C.; Estrada Pastor, O.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fullana Torregrosa, E.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G.R.; Guerrero Rojas, J.G.R.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Lacasta, C.; Lozano Bahilo, J.J.; Mamuzic, J.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Martinez Agullo, P.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Poveda, J.; Prades Ibañez, A.; Rodriguez Bosca, S.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Sabatini, P.; Salt, J.; Santra, A.; Sayago Galvan, I.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M.
Title Search for charged-lepton-flavour violation in Z-boson decays with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Nature Physics Abbreviated Journal Nat. Phys.
Volume 17 Issue Pages 819-825
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Abstract Leptons with essentially the same properties apart from their mass are grouped into three families (or flavours). The number of leptons of each flavour is conserved in interactions, but this is not imposed by fundamental principles. Since the formulation of the standard model of particle physics, the observation of flavour oscillations among neutrinos has shown that lepton flavour is not conserved in neutrino weak interactions. So far, there has been no experimental evidence that this also occurs in interactions between charged leptons. Such an observation would be a sign of undiscovered particles or a yet unknown type of interaction. Here the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN reports a constraint on lepton-flavour-violating effects in weak interactions, searching for Z-boson decays into a tau lepton and another lepton of different flavour with opposite electric charge. The branching fractions for these decays are measured to be less than 8.1 x 10(-6) (e tau) and 9.5 x 10(-6) (mu tau) at the 95% confidence level using 139 fb(-1) of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 13 TeV and 20.3 fb(-1) at root s = 8 TeV. These results supersede the limits from the Large Electron-Positron Collider experiments conducted more than two decades ago.
Address [Aad, G.; Barbero, M.; Bartolini, G.; Calvet, T. P.; Coadou, Y.; Diaconu, C.; Djama, F.; Duperrin, A.; Feligioni, L.; Fortin, E.; Guo, Z.; Hallewell, G. D.; Hubaut, F.; Knoops, E. B. F. G.; Le Guirriec, E.; Monnier, E.; Muanza, S.; Nagy, E.; Nguyen, H. D. N.; Petit, E.; Pralavorio, P.; Rozanov, A.; Strebler, T.; Talby, M.; Tisserant, S.; Toth, J.; Vu, N. K.] Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France, Email: atlas.publications@cern.ch
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Cardillo, F.; Castillo, F.L.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Escobar, C.; Estrada Pastor, O.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fullana Torregrosa, E.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G.R.; Guerrero Rojas, J.G.R.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Lacasta, C.; Lozano Bahilo, J.J.; Madaffari, D.; Mamuzic, J.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Martinez Agullo, P.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Poveda, J.; Prades Ibañez, A.; Rodriguez Bosca, S.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Sabatini, P.; Salt, J.; Santra, A.; Sayago Galvan, I.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Vos, M.
Title Test of the universality of τ and μ lepton couplings in W-boson decays with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Nature Physics Abbreviated Journal Nat. Phys.
Volume 17 Issue Pages 813-818
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Abstract The standard model of particle physics encapsulates our best current understanding of physics at the smallest scales. A fundamental axiom of this theory is the universality of the couplings of the different generations of leptons to the electroweak gauge bosons. The measurement of the ratio of the decay rate of W bosons to t leptons and muons, R(tau/mu), constitutes an important test of this axiom. Using 139 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions recorded with the ATLAS detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, we report a measurement of this quantity from di-leptonic tt events where the top quarks decay into a W boson and a bottom quark. We can distinguish muons originating from W bosons and those originating from an intermediate t lepton through the muon transverse impact parameter and differences in the muon transverse momentum spectra. The measured value of R(tau/mu) is 0.992 +/- 0.013 [+/- 0.007(stat) +/- 0.011(syst)] and is in agreement with the hypothesis of universal lepton couplings as postulated in the standard model. This is the only such measurement from the Large Hadron Collider, so far, and obtains twice the precision of previous measurements.
Address [Aad, G.; Barbero, M.; Bartolini, G.; Calvet, T. P.; Coadou, Y.; Diaconu, C.; Djama, F.; Duperrin, A.; Feligioni, L.; Fortin, E.; Guo, Z.; Hallewell, G. D.; Hubaut, F.; Knoops, E. B. F. G.; Le Guirriec, E.; Monnier, E.; Muanza, S.; Nagy, E.; Nguyen, H. D. N.; Petit, E.; Pralavorio, P.; Rozanov, A.; Strebler, T.; Talby, M.; Tisserant, S.; Toth, J.; Vu, N. K.] Aix Marseille Univ, CPPM, CNRS IN2P3, Marseille, France
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Author Cederwall, B. et al; Algora, A.; Gadea, A.
Title Evidence for a spin-aligned neutron-proton paired phase from the level structure of Pd-92 Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Nature Abbreviated Journal Nature
Volume 469 Issue 7328 Pages 68-71
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Abstract Shell structure and magic numbers in atomic nuclei were generally explained by pioneering work(1) that introduced a strong spin-orbit interaction to the nuclear shell model potential. However, knowledge of nuclear forces and the mechanisms governing the structure of nuclei, in particular far from stability, is still incomplete. In nuclei with equal neutron and proton numbers (N = Z), enhanced correlations arise between neutrons and protons (two distinct types of fermions) that occupy orbitals with the same quantum numbers. Such correlations have been predicted to favour an unusual type of nuclear superfluidity, termed isoscalar neutron-proton pairing(2-6), in addition to normal isovector pairing. Despite many experimental efforts, these predictions have not been confirmed. Here we report the experimental observation of excited states in the N = Z = 46 nucleus Pd-92. Gamma rays emitted following the Ni-58(Ar-36,2n)Pd-92 fusion-evaporation reaction were identified using a combination of state-of-the-art high-resolution c-ray, charged-particle and neutron detector systems. Our results reveal evidence for a spin-aligned, isoscalar neutron-proton coupling scheme, different from the previous prediction(2-6). We suggest that this coupling scheme replaces normal superfluidity (characterized by seniority coupling(7,8)) in the ground and low-lying excited states of the heaviest N = Z nuclei. Such strong, isoscalar neutron-proton correlations would have a considerable impact on the nuclear level structure and possibly influence the dynamics of rapid proton capture in stellar nucleosynthesis.
Address [Cederwall, B.; Moradi, F. Ghazi; Back, T.; Johnson, A.; Blomqvist, J.; Andgren, K.; Lagergren, K.; Liotta, R.; Qi, C.; Hadinia, B.; Khaplanov, A.; Persson, A.; Sandzelius, M.] Royal Inst Technol, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden, Email: cederwall@nuclear.kth.se
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Amoros, G.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Escobar, C.; Ferrer, A.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Hernandez Jimenez, Y.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Irles Quiles, A.; Kaci, M.; Lacasta, C.; Lacuesta, V.R.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Miñano, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moles-Valls, R.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Oliver Garcia, E.; Perez Garcia-Estañ, M.T.; Ros, E.; Salt, J.; Solans, C.A.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valladolid Gallego, E.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M.; Wildauer, A.
Title Measurement of the inelastic proton-proton cross-section at sqrt(s)=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Nature Communications Abbreviated Journal Nat. Commun.
Volume 2 Issue Pages 463 - 14pp
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Abstract The dependence of the rate of proton-proton interactions on the centre-of-mass collision energy, root s, is of fundamental importance for both hadron collider physics and particle astrophysics. The dependence cannot yet be calculated from first principles; therefore, experimental measurements are needed. Here we present the first measurement of the inelastic proton-proton interaction cross-section at a centre-of-mass energy, root s, of 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events are selected by requiring hits on scintillation counters mounted in the forward region of the detector. An inelastic crosssection of 60.3 +/- 2.1 mb is measured for xi > 5x10(-6), where xi is calculated from the invariant mass, M(X), of hadrons selected using the largest rapidity gap in the event. For diffractive events, this corresponds to requiring at least one of the dissociation masses to be larger than 15.7 GeV.
Address [Bechtle, P; Kuutmann, EB; Boehler, M; Ehrenfeld, W; Ferrara, V; Fischer, G; Glazov, A; Goebel, M; Fajardo, LSG; Da Costa, JGPF; Gosdzik, B; Gregor, IM; Hiller, KH; Hristova, I; Husemann, U; Belenguer, MJ; Johnert, S; Karnevskiy, M; Katzy, J; Kono, T; Lankford, AJ; Lobodzinska, E; Ludwig, D; Mattig, S; Medinnis, M; Mijovic, L; Monig, K; Naumann, T; Nozicka, M; Cavalcanti, TP; Petschull, D; Piec, SM; Placakyte, R; Qin, Z; Rubinskiy, I; Stelzer, HJ; Tackmann, K; Terwort, M; Vankov, P; Viti, M; Wildt, MA; Zhu, H] DESY, D-2000 Hamburg, Germany, Email: atlas.publications@cern.ch
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Author Hinke, C.B. et al; Domingo-Pardo, C.
Title Superallowed Gamow-Teller decay of the doubly magic nucleus Sn-100 Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Nature Abbreviated Journal Nature
Volume 486 Issue 7403 Pages 341-345
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Abstract The shell structure of atomic nuclei is associated with 'magic numbers' and originates in the nearly independent motion of neutrons and protons in a mean potential generated by all nucleons. During beta(+)-decay, a proton transforms into a neutron in a previously not fully occupied orbital, emitting a positron-neutrino pair with either parallel or antiparallel spins, in a Gamow-Teller or Fermi transition, respectively. The transition probability, or strength, of a Gamow-Teller transition depends sensitively on the underlying shell structure and is usually distributed among many states in the neighbouring nucleus. Here we report measurements of the half-life and decay energy for the decay of Sn-100, the heaviest doubly magic nucleus with equal numbers of protons and neutrons. In the beta-decay of Sn-100, a large fraction of the strength is observable because of the large decay energy. We determine the largest Gamow-Teller strength so far measured in allowed nuclear beta-decay, establishing the 'superallowed' nature of this Gamow-Teller transition. The large strength and the low-energy states in the daughter nucleus, In-100, are well reproduced by modern, large-scale shell model calculations.
Address [Hinke, C. B.; Boehmer, M.; Faestermann, T.; Gernhaeuser, R.; Kruecken, R.; Maier, L.; Steiger, K.; Straub, K.; Nebel, F.; Schwertel, S.] Tech Univ Munich, Phys Dept E12, D-85748 Garching, Germany, Email: thomas.faestermann@ph.tum.de
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Author CMS and LHCb Collaborations (Khachatryan, V. et al); Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Ruiz Valls, P.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C.
Title Observation of the rare B-s(0)->mu(+)mu(-) decay from the combined analysis of CMS and LHCb data Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Nature Abbreviated Journal Nature
Volume 522 Issue 7554 Pages 68-72
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Abstract The standard model of particle physics describes the fundamental particles and their interactions via the strong, electromagnetic and weak forces. It provides precise predictions for measurable quantities that can be tested experimentally. The probabilities, or branching fractions, of the strange B meson (B-s(0)) and the B-0 meson decaying into two oppositely charged muons (mu(+) and mu(-)) are especially interesting because of their sensitivity to theories that extend the standard model. The standard model predicts that the B-s(0)->mu(+)mu(-) and B-0 ->mu(+)mu(-) decays are very rare, with about four of the former occurring for every billion B-s(0) mesons produced, and one of the latter occurring for every ten billion B-0 mesons(1). A difference in the observed branching fractions with respect to the predictions of the standard model would provide a direction in which the standard model should be extended. Before the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN2 started operating, no evidence for either decay mode had been found. Upper limits on the branching fractions were an order of magnitude above the standard model predictions. The CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) and LHCb(Large Hadron Collider beauty) collaborations have performed a joint analysis of the data from proton-proton collisions that they collected in 2011 at a centre-of-mass energy of seven teraelectronvolts and in 2012 at eight teraelectronvolts. Here we report the first observation of the B-s(0)->mu(+)mu(-) decay, with a statistical significance exceeding six standard deviations, and the best measurement so far of its branching fraction. Furthermore, we obtained evidence for the B-0 ->mu(+)mu(-) decay with a statistical significance of three standard deviations. Both measurements are statistically compatible with standard model predictions and allow stringent constraints to be placed on theories beyond the standard model. The LHC experiments will resume taking data in 2015, recording proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 teraelectronvolts, which will approximately double the production rates of B-s(0) and B-0 mesons and lead to further improvements in the precision of these crucial tests of the standard model.
Address [Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.] Yerevan Phys Inst, Yerevan 375036, Armenia
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Author LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Ruiz Valls, P.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C.
Title Determination of the quark coupling strength vertical bar V-ub vertical bar using baryonic decays Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Nature Physics Abbreviated Journal Nat. Phys.
Volume 11 Issue 9 Pages 743-747
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Abstract In the Standard Model of particle physics, the strength of the couplings of the b quark to the u and c quarks, vertical bar V-ub vertical bar and vertical bar V-ub vertical bar, are governed by the coupling of the quarks to the Higgs boson. Using data from the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, the probability for the Lambda(0)(b) baryon to decay into the p mu(-)(nu) over bar (mu) final state relative to the Lambda(+)(c)mu(-)(nu) over bar (mu) final state is measured. Combined with theoretical calculations of the strong interaction and a previously measured value of vertical bar V-ub vertical bar, the first vertical bar V-ub vertical bar measurement to use a baryonic decay is performed. This measurement is consistent with previous determinations of vertical bar V-ub vertical bar using B meson decays to specific final states and confirms the existing incompatibility with those using an inclusive sample of final states.
Address [Bediaga, I.; De Miranda, J. M.; Ferreira Rodrigues, F.; Gomes, A.; Massafferri, A.; Rodrigues, B. Osorio; dos Reis, A. C.; Rodrigues, A. B.] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Email: u.egede@imperial.ac.uk
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