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Author Simpson, F.; Jimenez, R.; Pena-Garay, C.; Verde, L.
Title Dark energy from the motions of neutrinos Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physics of the Dark Universe Abbreviated Journal Phys. Dark Universe
Volume 20 Issue Pages 72-77
Keywords Neutrinos; Dark energy; Interactions in the dark sector
Abstract Ordinarily, a scalar field may only play the role of dark energy if it possesses a potential that is either extraordinarily flat or extremely fine-tuned. Here we demonstrate that these restrictions are lifted when the scalar field undergoes persistent energy exchange with another fluid. In this scenario, the field is prevented from reversing its direction of motion, and instead may come to rest while displaced from the local minimum of its potential. Therefore almost any scalar potential is capable of initiating a prolonged phase of cosmic acceleration. If the rate of energy transfer is modulated via a derivative coupling, the field undergoes a rapid process of freezing, after which the field's equation of state mimicks that of a cosmological constant. We present a physically motivated realisation in the form of a neutrino-majoron coupling, which avoids the dynamical instabilities associated with mass-varying neutrino models. Finally we discuss possible means by which this model could be experimentally verified.
Address [Simpson, Fergus; Jimenez, Raul; Verde, Licia] Univ Barcelona, UB IEEC, ICC, Marti i Franques 1, E-08028 Barcelona 08028, Spain, Email: feigus2@icc.ub.edu;
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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 2212-6864 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000433904300009 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3599
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Author Boronat, M.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, I.; Roloff, P.; Simoniello, R.; Vos, M.
Title Jet reconstruction at high-energy electron-positron colliders Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 78 Issue 2 Pages 144 - 16pp
Keywords
Abstract In this paper we study the performance in e(+)e(-) collisions of classical e(+)e(-) jet reconstruction algorithms, longitudinally invariant algorithms and the recently proposed Valencia algorithm. The study includes a comparison of perturbative and non-perturbative jet energy corrections and the response under realistic background conditions. Several algorithms are benchmarked with a detailed detector simulation at root s = 3 TeV. We find that the classical e(+)e(-) algorithms, with or without beam jets, have the best response, but they are inadequate in environments with non-negligible background. The Valencia algorithm and longitudinally invariant k(t) algorithms have a much more robust performance, with a slight advantage for the former.
Address [Boronat, M.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, I.; Vos, M.] IFIC CSIC UVEG, Valencia, Spain, Email: ignacio.garcia@ific.uv.es
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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 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000425658000002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3495
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Author Rinaldi, M.; Vento, V.
Title Scalar and tensor glueballs as gravitons Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication European Physical Journal A Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. A
Volume 54 Issue 9 Pages 151 - 7pp
Keywords
Abstract The bottom-up approach of the AdS/CFT correspondence leads to the study of field equations in an AdS(5) background and from their solutions to the determination of the hadronic mass spectrum. We extend the study to the equations of AdS(5) gravitons and determine from them the glueball spectrum. We propose an original presentation of the results which facilitates the comparison of the various models with the spectrum obtained by lattice QCD. This comparison allows to draw some phenomenological conclusions.
Address [Rinaldi, Matteo; Vento, Vicente] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, IFIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain, Email: vicente.vento@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 1434-6001 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000444638600003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3732
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Author Ertoprak, A. et al; Algora, A.; Gadea, A.; Huyuk, T.
Title M1 and E2 transition rates from core-excited states in semi-magic Ru-94 Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication European Physical Journal A Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. A
Volume 54 Issue 9 Pages 145 - 9pp
Keywords
Abstract Lifetimes of high-spin states have been measured in the semi-magic (N = 50) nucleus Ru-94. Excited states in Ru-94 were populated in the Ni-58(Ca-40, 4p)Ru-94* fusion-evaporation reaction at the Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL) accelerator complex. DSAM lifetime analysis was performed on the Doppler broadened line shapes in energy spectra obtained from gamma-rays emitted while the residual nuclei were slowing down in a thick 6 mg/cm(2) metallic Ni-58 target. In total eight excited-state lifetimes in the angular momentum range I = (13-20)h have been measured, five of which were determined for the first time. The corresponding B(M1) and B(E2) reduced transition strengths are discussed within the framework of large-scale shell model calculations to study the contribution of different particle-hole configurations, in particular for analyzing contributions from core-excited configurations.
Address [Ertoprak, A.; Cederwall, B.; Qi, C.; Doncel, M.; Jakobsson, U.; Atac, A.; Back, T.; Moradi, F. Ghazi; Li, H.] Royal Inst Technol KTH, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden, Email: ertoprak@kth.se
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 1434-6001 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000443091000003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3704
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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 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 Delafosse, C. et al; Gadea, A.; Perez-Vidal, R.M.; Domingo-Pardo, C.
Title Pseudospin Symmetry and Microscopic Origin of Shape Coexistence in the Ni-78 Region: A Hint from Lifetime Measurements Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 121 Issue 19 Pages 192502 - 7pp
Keywords
Abstract Lifetime measurements of excited states of the light N = 52 isotones Kr-88, Se-86, and Ge-84 have been performed, using the recoil distance Doppler shift method and VAMOS and AGATA spectrometers for particle identification and gamma spectroscopy, respectively. The reduced electric quadrupole transition probabilities B(E2; 2(+)-> 0(+)) and B(E2; 4(+)-> 2(+)) were obtained for the first time for the hard-to-reach 84Ge. While the B(E2; 2(+)-> 0(+) ) values of Kr-88, Se-86 saturate the maximum quadrupole collectivity offered by the natural valence (3s, 2d, 1g(7/2), 1h(11/2)) space of an inert Ni-78 core, the value obtained for Ge-84 largely exceeds it, suggesting that shape coexistence phenomena, previously reported at N less than or similar to 49, extend beyond N = 50. The onset of collectivity at Z = 32 is understood as due to a pseudo-SU(3) organization of the proton single-particle sequence reflecting a clear manifestation of pseudospin symmetry. It is realized that the latter provides actually reliable guidance for understanding the observed proton and neutron single particle structure in the whole medium-mass region, from Ni to Sn, pointing towards the important role of the isovector-vector rho field in shell-structure evolution.
Address [Delafosse, C.; Verney, D.; Marevic, P.; Gottardo, A.; Babo, M.; Franchoo, S.; Ibrahim, F.; Matea, I; Olivier, L.; Portail, C.; Stefan, I] Univ Paris Saclay, Univ Paris Sud, CNRS IN2P3, Inst Phys Nucl, F-91406 Orsay, France, Email: verney@ipno.in2p3.fr
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000449791600008 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3800
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Author Boso, A. et al; Gadea, A.; Huyuk, T.
Title Neutron Skin Effects in Mirror Energy Differences: The Case of Mg-23-Na-23 Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 121 Issue 3 Pages 032502 - 5pp
Keywords
Abstract Energy differences between analogue states in the T = 1/2 Mg-23-Na-23 mirror nuclei have been measured along the rotational yrast bands. This allows us to search for effects arising from isospin-symmetrybreaking interactions (ISB) and/or shape changes. Data are interpreted in the shell model framework following the method successfully applied to nuclei in the f(7/2) shell. It is shown that the introduction of a schematic ISB interaction of the same type of that used in the f(7/2) shell is needed to reproduce the data. An alternative novel description, applied here for the first time, relies on the use of an effective interaction deduced from a realistic charge-dependent chiral nucleon-nucleon potential. This analysis provides two important results: (i) The mirror energy differences give direct insight into the nuclear skin; (ii) the skin changes along the rotational bands are strongly correlated with the difference between the neutron and proton occupations of the s(1/2) “halo” orbit.
Address [Boso, A.; Lenzi, S. M.; Recchia, F.; Zuker, A. P.; John, P. R.; Mengoni, D.; Michelagnoli, C.] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-135131 Padua, Italy, Email: alberto.boso@npl.co.uk
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000439286800004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3668
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Author Kaya, L. et al; Gadea, A.
Title Millisecond 23/2(+) isomers in the N=79 isotones Xe-133 and Ba-135 Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C
Volume 98 Issue 5 Pages 054312 - 16pp
Keywords
Abstract Detailed information on isomeric states in A approximate to 135 nuclei is exploited to shell-model calculations in the region northwest of doubly magic nucleus Sn-132. The N = 79 isotones Xe-133 and Ba-135 are studied after multinucleon transfer in the Xe-136 + Pb-208 reaction employing the high-resolution Advanced GAmma Array (AGATA) coupled to the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy and in a pulsed-beam experiment at the FN tandem accelerator of the University of Cologne Germany utilizing a Be-9 + Te-130 fusion-evaporation reaction at a beam energy of 40 MeV. Isomeric states are identified via delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy. Hitherto tentative excitation energy spin and parity assignments of the 2017-keV J(pi) = 23/2(+) isomer in Xe-133 are confirmed and a half-life of T-1/2 = 8.64(13) ms is measured. The 2388-keV state in Ba-135. is identified as a J(pi) = 23/2(+) isomer with a half-life of 1.06(4) ms. The new results show a smooth onset of isomeric J(pi) = 23/2(+) states along the N = 79 isotones and close a gap in the high-spin systematics towards the recently investigated J(pi) = 23/2(+) isomer in Nd-139. The resulting systematics of M2 reduced transition probabilities is discussed within the of the nuclear shell model. Latest large-scale shell-model calculations employing the SN100PN, GCN50:82, SN100-KTH and a realistic effective interaction reproduce the experimental findings generally well and give insight into the structure of the isomers.
Address [Kaya, L.; Vogt, A.; Reiter, P.; Mueller-Gatermann, C.; Arnswald, K.; Birkenbach, B.; Blazhev, A.; Droste, M.; Eberth, J.; Fransen, C.; Hadynska-Klek, K.; Hess, H.; Hetzenegger, R.; Hirsch, R.; Jolie, J.; Lewandowski, L.; Rosiak, D.; Saed-Samii, N.; Seidlitz, M.; Weinert, M.; Wolf, K.; Zell, K. O.] Univ Cologne, Inst Kernphys, D-50937 Cologne, Germany, Email: levent.kaya@ikp.uni-koeln.de
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2469-9985 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000450549200001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3809
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Author AGATA Collaboration (Kaya, L. et al); Gadea, A.
Title High-spin structure in the transitional nucleus Xe-131: Competitive neutron and proton alignment in the vicinity of the N=82 shell closure Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C
Volume 98 Issue 1 Pages 014309 - 19pp
Keywords
Abstract The transitional nucleus Xe-131 is investigated after multinucleon transfer in the Xe-136 + Pb-208 and Xe-136 +U-238 reactions employing the high-resolution Advanced gamma-Tracking Array (AGATA) coupled to the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy, and as an elusive reaction product in the fusion-evaporation reaction Sn-124(B-11) ,p3n)Xe-131 employing the High-efficiency Observatory for gamma-Ray Unique Spectroscopy (HORUS) gamma-ray array coupled to a double-sided silicon strip detector at the University of Cologne, Germany. The level scheme of Xe-131 is extended to 5 MeV. A pronounced backbending is observed at (h) over bar omega approximate to 0.4 MeV along the negative-parity one-quasiparticle vh(11/12)(alpha = -1/2) band. The results are compared to the high-spin systematics of the Z = 54 isotopes and the N = 77 isotones. Large-scale shell-model calculations employing the PQM130, SN100PN, GCN50:82, SN100-KTH, and a realistic effective interaction reproduce the experimental findings and provide guidance to elucidate the structure of the high-spin states. Further calculations in Xe129-132 provide insight into the changing nuclear structure along the Xe chain towards the N = 82 shell closure. Proton occupancy in the pi 0h(11/2) orbital is found to be decisive for the description of the observed backbending phenomenon.
Address [Kaya, L.; Vogt, A.; Reiter, P.; Birkenbach, B.; Blazhev, A.; Arnswald, K.; Eberth, J.; Fransen, C.; Fu, B.; Hess, H.; Hetzenegger, R.; Hirsch, R.; Jolie, J.; Lewandowski, L.; Mueller-Gatermann, C.; Queiser, M.; Rosiak, D.; Saed-Samii, N.; Schneiders, D.; Seidlitz, M.; Siebeck, B.; Steinbach, T.; Wolf, K.; Zell, K. O.] Univ Cologne, Inst Kernphys, D-50937 Cologne, Germany, Email: levent.kaya@ikp.uni-koeln.de
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2469-9985 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000437737600001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3650
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Author Valiente-Dobon, J.J.; Poves, A.; Gadea, A.; Fernandez-Dominguez, B.
Title Broken mirror symmetry in S-36 and Ca-36 Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C
Volume 98 Issue 1 Pages 011302 - 5pp
Keywords
Abstract Shape coexistence is a ubiquitous phenomenon in the neutron-rich nuclei belonging to (or sitting at the shores of) the N = 20 island of inversion (IoI). Exact isospin symmetry predicts the same behavior for their mirrors and the existence of a proton-rich IoI around Z = 20, centered in the (surely unbound) nucleus Ca-32. In this article we show that in Ca-36 and S-36, Coulomb effects break dramatically the mirror symmetry in the excitation energies due to the different structures of the intruder and normal states. The mirror energy difference (MED) of their 2(+) states is known to be very large at – 246 keV. We reproduce this value and predict the first excited state in Ca-36 to be a 0(+) at 2.7 MeV, 250 keV below the first 2(+). In its mirror S-36 the 0(+) lies at 55keV above the 2(+) measured at 3.291 MeV. Our calculations predict a huge MED of -720 keV, that we dub the “colossal” mirror energy difference. A possible reaction mechanism to access the O-2(+) in Ca-36 will be discussed. In addition, we theoretically address the MEDs of the A = 34, T = 3 and A = 32, T = 4 mirrors.
Address [Valiente-Dobon, J. J.] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2469-9985 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000439059400001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3661
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