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Trotta, R.; Johannesson, G.; Moskalenko, I.V.; Porter, T.A.; Ruiz de Austri, R.; Strong, A.W. |
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Constraints on Cosmic-Ray Propagation Models from a Global Bayesian Analysis |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2011 |
Publication |
Astrophysical Journal |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astrophys. J. |
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729 |
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2 |
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106 - 16pp |
| Keywords |
astroparticle physics; cosmic rays; diffusion; Galaxy: general; ISM: general; methods: statistical |
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Research in many areas of modern physics such as, e. g., indirect searches for dark matter and particle acceleration in supernova remnant shocks rely heavily on studies of cosmic rays (CRs) and associated diffuse emissions (radio, microwave, X-rays, gamma-rays). While very detailed numerical models of CR propagation exist, a quantitative statistical analysis of such models has been so far hampered by the large computational effort that those models require. Although statistical analyses have been carried out before using semi-analytical models (where the computation is much faster), the evaluation of the results obtained from such models is difficult, as they necessarily suffer from many simplifying assumptions. The main objective of this paper is to present a working method for a full Bayesian parameter estimation for a numerical CR propagation model. For this study, we use the GALPROP code, the most advanced of its kind, which uses astrophysical information, and nuclear and particle data as inputs to self-consistently predict CRs, gamma-rays, synchrotron, and other observables. We demonstrate that a full Bayesian analysis is possible using nested sampling and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods (implemented in the SuperBayeS code) despite the heavy computational demands of a numerical propagation code. The best-fit values of parameters found in this analysis are in agreement with previous, significantly simpler, studies also based on GALPROP. |
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[Trotta, R.] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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0004-637x |
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ISI:000288608700029 |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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541 |
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LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Jaimes Elles, S.J.; Jashal, B.K.; Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Rebollo De Miguel, M.; Sanderswood, I.; Zhuo, J. |
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Curvature-bias corrections using a pseudomass method |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2024 |
Publication |
Journal of Instrumentation |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Instrum. |
| Volume |
19 |
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3 |
Pages |
P03010 - 22pp |
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Analysis and statistical methods; Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle-beams); Large detector-systems performance; Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors |
| Abstract |
Momentum measurements for very high momentum charged particles, such as muons from electroweak vector boson decays, are particularly susceptible to charge-dependent curvature biases that arise from misalignments of tracking detectors. Low momentum charged particles used in alignment procedures have limited sensitivity to coherent displacements of such detectors, and therefore are unable to fully constrain these misalignments to the precision necessary for studies of electroweak physics. Additional approaches are therefore required to understand and correct for these effects. In this paper the curvature biases present at the LHCb detector are studied using the pseudomass method in proton-proton collision data recorded at centre of mass energy root s = 13 TeV during 2016, 2017 and 2018. The biases are determined using Z -> mu(+)mu(-) decays in intervals defined by the data-taking period, magnet polarity and muon direction. Correcting for these biases, which are typically at the 10(-4) GeV-1 level, improves the Z -> mu(+)mu(-) mass resolution by roughly 18% and eliminates several pathological trends in the kinematic-dependence of the mean dimuon invariant mass. |
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[Egede, U.; Fujii, Y.; Hadavizadeh, T.; Henderson, R. D. L.; Lane, J. J.; Monk, M.; Song, R.; Walton, E. J.; Ward, J. A.] Monash Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, Melbourne, Vic, Australia, Email: seophine.stanislaus@cern.ch |
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IOP Publishing Ltd |
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1748-0221 |
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WOS:001190907900003 |
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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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6057 |
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CALICE Collaboration (White, A. et al); Irles, A. |
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Design, construction and commissioning of a technological prototype of a highly granular SiPM-on-tile scintillator-steel hadronic calorimeter |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
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Journal of Instrumentation |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Instrum. |
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18 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
P11018 - 39pp |
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Calorimeters; Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, par ticle- beams); Detector design and construction technologies and materials |
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The CALICE collaboration is developing highly granular electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters for detectors at future energy frontier electron-positron colliders. After successful tests of a physics prototype, a technological prototype of the Analog Hadron Calorimeter has been built, based on a design and construction techniques scalable to a collider detector. The prototype consists of a steel absorber structure and active layers of small scintillator tiles that are individually read out by directly coupled SiPMs. Each layer has an active area of 72 x 72 cm2 and a tile size of 3 x 3 cm2. With 38 active layers, the prototype has nearly 22, 000 readout channels, and its total thickness amounts to 4.4 nuclear interaction lengths. The dedicated readout electronics provide time stamping of each hit with an expected resolution of about 1 ns. The prototype was constructed in 2017 and commissioned in beam tests at DESY. It recorded muons, hadron showers and electron showers at different energies in test beams at CERN in 2018. In this paper, the design of the prototype, its construction and commissioning are described. The methods used to calibrate the detector are detailed, and the performance achieved in terms of uniformity and stability is presented. |
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[White, A.; Yu, J.] Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, Arlington, TX 76019 USA |
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IOP Publishing Ltd |
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1748-0221 |
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WOS:001127235400003 |
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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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5874 |
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de los Rios, M.; Petac, M.; Zaldivar, B.; Bonaventura, N.R.; Calore, F.; Iocco, F. |
| Title |
Determining the dark matter distribution in simulated galaxies with deep learning |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2023 |
Publication |
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Abbreviated Journal |
Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. |
| Volume |
525 |
Issue |
4 |
Pages |
6015-6035 |
| Keywords |
methods: data analysis; software: simulations; galaxies: general; galaxies: haloes; dark matter |
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We present a novel method of inferring the dark matter (DM) content and spatial distribution within galaxies, using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) trained within state-of-the-art hydrodynamical simulations (Illustris-TNG100). Within the controlled environment of the simulation, the framework we have developed is capable of inferring the DM mass distribution within galaxies of mass similar to 10(11)-10(13)M(circle dot) from the gravitationally baryon-dominated internal regions to the DM-rich, baryon-depleted outskirts of the galaxies, with a mean absolute error always below approximate to 0.25 when using photometrical and spectroscopic information. With respect to traditional methods, the one presented here also possesses the advantages of not relying on a pre-assigned shape for the DM distribution, to be applicable to galaxies not necessarily in isolation, and to perform very well even in the absence of spectroscopic observations. |
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[de los Rios, Martin] Univ Estadual Paulista, ICTP South Amer Inst Fundamental Res, Inst Fis Teor, BR-01140070 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Email: fabio.iocco.astro@gmail.com |
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Oxford Univ Press |
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0035-8711 |
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WOS:001072112100006 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5707 |
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Binosi, D.; Chang, L.; Ding, M.H.; Gao, F.; Papavassiliou, J.; Roberts, C.D. |
| Title |
Distribution amplitudes of heavy-light mesons |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
| Volume |
790 |
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257-262 |
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B-meson decays; Heavy-light mesons; Nonperturbative continuum methods in quantum field theory; Parton distribution amplitudes; Quantum chromodynamics |
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A symmetry-preserving approach to the continuum bound-state problem in quantum field theory is used to calculate the masses, leptonic decay constants and light-front distribution amplitudes of empirically accessible heavy-light mesons. The inverse moment of the B-meson distribution is particularly important in treatments of exclusive B-decays using effective field theory and the factorisation formalism; and its value is therefore computed: lambda(B) = (zeta = 2GeV) = 0.54(3) GeV. As an example and in anticipation of precision measurements at new-generation B-factories, the branching fraction for the rare B -> gamma (E-gamma)l nu(l) radiative decay is also calculated, retaining 1/m(B)(2), and 1/E-gamma(2) corrections to the differential decay width, with the result Gamma(B -> gamma l nu l) /Gamma(B) = 0.47 (15) on E-gamma > 1.5 GeV. |
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[Binosi, Daniele; Ding, Minghui] European Ctr Theoret Studies Nucl Phys & Related, Str Tabarelle 286, I-38123 Villazzano, TN, Italy, Email: binosi@ectstar.eu; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000460118200030 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3934 |
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