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- Clement, H., et al.
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Search for narrow NN-decoupled resonances in the πNN-system : An overview
- 1996
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0146-6410 .- 1873-2224. ; 36, s. 369-378
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The status of the search for NN-decoupled resonances in the πNN-system is reviewed. After a short survey on the history of dibaryon searches reactions suitable for detecting such resonances are discussed. Special emphasis is put on the pionic double charge exchange, where recently evidence for the signature of a narrow πNN resonance, called d′, with I(J P) = even (0 -) and m = 2.06 GeV has been quoted. Further reactions discussed in this context are the pion photoproduction on the deuteron and the two-pion production in nucleon-nucleon collisions.
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- Axelsson, A, et al.
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Single-step link from yrast SD band in Eu-143
- 1997
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In: PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS. - : PERGAMON PRESS LTD. - 0146-6410. ; 38, s. 51-52
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- A discrete gamma-ray transition from the yrast SD band to the region of near-yrast discrete normal-deformed states has been identified in Eu-143. It has an energy of 3360.6 keV and an intensity corresponding to 3.2% of the full intensity of the SD band an
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- Betti, M. G., et al.
(author)
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A design for an electromagnetic filter for precision energy measurements at the tritium endpoint
- 2019
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0146-6410 .- 1873-2224. ; 106, s. 120-131
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We present a detailed description of the electromagnetic filter for the PTOLEMY project to directly detect the Cosmic Neutrino Background (CNB). Starting with an initial estimate for the orbital magnetic moment, the higher-order drift process of E x B is configured to balance the gradient-B drift motion of the electron in such a way as to guide the trajectory into the standing voltage potential along the mid-plane of the filter. As a function of drift distance along the length of the filter, the filter zooms in with exponentially increasing precision on the transverse velocity component of the electron kinetic energy. This yields a linear dimension for the total filter length that is exceptionally compact compared to previous techniques for electromagnetic filtering. The parallel velocity component of the electron kinetic energy oscillates in an electrostatic harmonic trap as the electron drifts along the length of the filter. An analysis of the phase-space volume conservation validates the expected behavior of the filter from the adiabatic invariance of the orbital magnetic moment and energy conservation following Liouville's theorem for Hamiltonian systems.
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- Bijnens, Johan
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Chiral perturbation theory beyond one loop
- 2006
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 1873-2224 .- 0146-6410. ; 58:2, s. 521-586
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The existing Chiral Perturbation Theory (ChPT) calculations at order p6 are reviewed. The principles of ChPT and how they are used are introduced. The main part is a review of the two- and three-flavour full two-loop calculations and their comparison with experiment. We restrict the discussion to the mesonic purely strong and semileptonic sector. The review concludes by mentioning the existing results in finite volume, finite temperature and partially quenched ChPT
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| 5. |
- Diehl, Roland, et al.
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Cosmic nucleosynthesis : A multi-messenger challenge
- 2022
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier. - 0146-6410 .- 1873-2224. ; 127
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The origins of the elements and isotopes of cosmic material is a critical aspect of understanding the evolution of the universe. Nucleosynthesis typically requires physical conditions of high temperatures and densities. These are found in the Big Bang, in the interiors of stars, and in explosions with their compressional shocks and high neutrino and neutron fluxes. Many different tools are available to disentangle the composition of cosmic matter, in material of extraterrestrial origins such as cosmic rays, meteorites, stardust grains, lunar and terrestrial sediments, and through astronomical observations across the electromagnetic spectrum. Understanding cosmic abundances and their evolution requires combining such measurements with approaches of astrophysical, nuclear theories and laboratory experiments, and exploiting additional cosmic messengers, such as neutrinos and gravitational waves. Recent years have seen significant progress in almost all these fields; they are presented in this review. The Sun and the solar system are our reference system for abundances of elements and isotopes. Many direct and indirect methods are employed to establish a refined abundance record from the time when the Sun and the Earth were formed. Indications for nucleosynthesis in the local environment when the Sun was formed are derived from meteoritic material and inclusion of radioactive atoms in deep-sea sediments. Spectroscopy at many wavelengths and the neutrino flux from the hydrogen fusion processes in the Sun have established a refined model of how the nuclear energy production shapes stars. Models are required to explore nuclear fusion of heavier elements. These stellar evolution calculations have been confirmed by observations of nucleosynthesis products in the ejecta of stars and supernovae, as captured by stardust grains and by characteristic lines in spectra seen from these objects. One of the successes has been to directly observe gamma rays from radioactive material synthesised in stellar explosions, which fully support the astrophysical models. Another has been the observation of radioactive afterglow and characteristic heavy-element spectrum from a neutron-star merger, confirming the neutron rich environments encountered in such rare explosions. The ejecta material captured by Earth over millions of years in sediments and identified through characteristic radio-isotopes suggests that nearby nucleosynthesis occurred in in recent history, with further indications for sites of specific nucleosynthesis. Together with stardust and diffuse γ rays from radioactive ejecta, these help to piece together how cosmic materials are transported in interstellar space and re-cycled into and between generations of stars. Our description of cosmic compositional evolution needs such observational support, as it rests on several assumptions that appear challenged by recent recognition of violent events being common during evolution of a galaxy. This overview presents the flow of cosmic matter and the various sites of nucleosynthesis, as understood from combining many techniques and observations, towards the current knowledge of how the universe is enriched with elements.
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- Drut, J. E., et al.
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Toward ab initio density functional theory for nuclei
- 2010
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - 0146-6410. ; 64:1, s. 120-168
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We survey approaches to non-relativistic density functional theory (DFT) for nuclei using progress toward ob initio DFT for Coulomb systems as a guide. Ab initio DFT starts with a microscopic Hamiltonian and is naturally formulated using orbital-based functionals, which generalize the conventional 'local density plus gradients' form. The orbitals satisfy single-particle equations with multiplicative (local) potentials. The DFT functionals can be developed starting from internucleon forces using wavefunction-based methods or by Legendre transform via effective actions. We describe known and unresolved issues for applying these formulations to the nuclear many-body problem and discuss how ab initio approaches can help improve empirical energy density functionals. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Fang, Shuang-shi, et al.
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What can we learn about light-meson interactions at electron-positron colliders?
- 2021
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0146-6410 .- 1873-2224. ; 120
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Precision studies at electron-positron colliders with centre-of-mass energies in the charm-tau region and below have strongly contributed to our understanding of lightmeson interactions at low energies. We focus on the processes involving two or three light mesons with invariant masses below nucleon-antinucleon threshold. A prominent role is given to the interactions of the nine lightest pseudoscalar mesons (pions, kaons, η, and η') and the two narrow neutral isoscalar vector mesons ω and Φ. Experimental methods used to produce the mesons are reviewed as well as theory tools to extract properties of the meson-meson interactions. Examples of recent results from the DAΦNE, BEPCII, and VEPP-2000 colliders are presented. In the outlook we briefly discuss prospects for further studies at future super-charm-tau factories.
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| 8. |
- Ghetti, Roberta
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Isospin effects on two-particle correlation functions in intermediate energy heavy ion reactions
- 2004
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 1873-2224 .- 0146-6410. ; 53:1, s. 93-95
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Exclusive data from an intensity interferometry experiment are presented, where, for the first time, the technique of two-nucleon correlation functions is applied to isotopically selected data, with the aim to study the isospin dependence of the nuclear equation of state (EOS). The different correlation function strength, observed for two isotopically separated systems, E/A = 61 MeV Ar-36 + Sn-112, Sn-124, is not explainable in terms of system size, and is attributed to the different isospin content. This experimental finding supports theoretical predictions based on isospin dependent transport models, and demonstrates that intensity interferometry is a promising tool to study the isospin dependence of the EOS. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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| 9. |
- Grawe, H, et al.
(author)
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High spin spectroscopy of exotic nuclei
- 1997
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In: PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS. - : PERGAMON PRESS LTD. - 0146-6410. ; 38, s. 15-27
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The present status and future development of experimental techniques and approach to Sn-100 in in-beam spectroscopy are reviewed. The structure information obtained from recent studies of the T-x = 1 nuclei Pd-94, Cd-98 and Sn-102 is discussed with respec
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| 10. |
- Hilger, T., et al.
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Four-quark condensates in open-charm chiral QCD sum rules
- 2012
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0146-6410 .- 1873-2224. ; 67:2, s. 188-193
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Recently, in Hilger et al. (2011) [1] QCD sum rules for chiral partners in the open-charm meson sector have been presented at nonzero baryon net density or temperature up to and including mass dimension 5. Referring to this, details concerning the cancelation of infrared divergences are presented and important technical and conceptional ingredients for an incorporation of four-quark condensates beyond factorization and of other mass dimension 6 condensates are collected.
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| 11. |
- Lee, Lawrence, et al.
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Collider searches for long-lived particles beyond the Standard Model
- 2019
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. - 0146-6410. ; 106, s. 210-255
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Despite decades of attempts to reveal its flaws, the Standard Model of particle physics (SM) has withstood all experimental tests and its predictions are in excellent agreement with data. Since the theory was formulated, experiments have provided little guidance regarding the explanations of phenomena not described by the SM, such as the baryon asymmetry of the universe and dark matter. Nor do we have satisfying understanding of the aesthetic and theoretical problems of the model, despite years of searching for new processes and particles proposed to solve them. Such particles can evade being discovered by the comprehensive search programs at collider experiments if the analysis selections and the algorithms used to reconstruct the detector data are not matched to the characteristics of the particles, e.g. if they have long enough lifetimes. As interest in searches for such long-lived particles at colliders grows rapidly, we present a review of this area of research in this article. The broad range of theoretical motivations for particles with long lifetimes and the experimental strategies and methods employed to search for them are described. Results from decades of searches are reviewed, as are opportunities for the next generation of searches both at existing and proposed future experiments.
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- Lieder, RM, et al.
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Gamma-ray tracking arrays
- 2001
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In: PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS. - : ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. - 0146-6410. ; 46, s. 399-407
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The next generation of 4 pi arrays for high-precision gamma -ray spectroscopy will involve "gamma -ray tracking front-end on digital signal processing techniques, which allows to extract energy, timing and spatial information on the interactions of a gamm
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| 14. |
- Obers, Niels A., et al.
(author)
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Quantum gravity phenomenology at the dawn of the multi-messenger era—A review
- 2022
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0146-6410 .- 1873-2224. ; 125
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The exploration of the universe has recently entered a new era thanks to the multi-messenger paradigm, characterized by a continuous increase in the quantity and quality of experimental data that is obtained by the detection of the various cosmic messengers (photons, neutrinos, cosmic rays and gravitational waves) from numerous origins. They give us information about their sources in the universe and the properties of the intergalactic medium. Moreover, multi-messenger astronomy opens up the possibility to search for phenomenological signatures of quantum gravity. On the one hand, the most energetic events allow us to test our physical theories at energy regimes which are not directly accessible in accelerators; on the other hand, tiny effects in the propagation of very high energy particles could be amplified by cosmological distances. After decades of merely theoretical investigations, the possibility of obtaining phenomenological indications of Planck-scale effects is a revolutionary step in the quest for a quantum theory of gravity, but it requires cooperation between different communities of physicists (both theoretical and experimental). This review, prepared within the COST Action CA18108 “Quantum gravity phenomenology in the multi-messenger approach”, is aimed at promoting this cooperation by giving a state-of-the art account of the interdisciplinary expertise that is needed in the effective search of quantum gravity footprints in the production, propagation and detection of cosmic messengers.
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| 15. |
- Qi, Chong, 1983-, et al.
(author)
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Recent developments in radioactive charged-particle emissions and related phenomena
- 2019
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier. - 0146-6410 .- 1873-2224. ; 105, s. 214-251
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The advent and intensive use of new detector technologies as well as radioactive ion beam facilities have opened up possibilities to investigate alpha, proton and cluster decays of highly unstable nuclei. This article provides a review of the current status of our understanding of clustering and the corresponding radioactive particle decay process in atomic nuclei. We put alpha decay in the context of charged-particle emissions which also include one- and two-proton emissions as well as heavy cluster decay. The experimental as well as the theoretical advances achieved recently in these fields are presented. Emphasis is given to the recent discoveries of charged-particle decays from proton-rich nuclei around the proton drip line. Those decay measurements have shown to provide an important probe for studying the structure of the nuclei involved. Developments on the theoretical side in nuclear many-body theories and supercomputing facilities have also made substantial progress, enabling one to study the nuclear clusterization and decays within a microscopic and consistent framework. We report on properties induced by the nuclear interaction acting in the nuclear medium, like the pairing interaction, which have been uncovered by studying the microscopic structure of clusters. The competition between cluster formations as compared to the corresponding alpha-particle formation are included. In the review we also describe the search for super-heavy nuclei connected by chains of alpha and other radioactive particle decays.
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- Stetcu, I., et al.
(author)
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Effective interactions and operators in the no-core shell model
- 2013
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0146-6410. ; 69:1, s. 182-224
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Solutions to the nuclear many-body problem rely on effective interactions, and in general effective operators, to take into account effects not included in calculations. These include effects due to the truncation to finite model spaces where a numerical calculation is tractable, as well as physical terms not included in the description in the first place. In the no-core shell model (NCSM) framework, we discuss two approaches to the effective interactions based on (i) unitary transformations and (ii) effective field theory (EFT) principles. Starting from a given Hamiltonian, the unitary transformation approach is designed to take into account effects induced by the truncation to finite model spaces in which a numerical calculation is performed. This approach was widely applied to the description of nuclear properties of light nuclei; we review the theory and present representative results. In the EFT approach, a Hamiltonian is always constructed in a truncated model space according to the symmetries of the underlying theory, making use of power counting to limit the number of interactions included in the calculations. Hence, physical terms not explicitly included in the calculation are treated on the same footing with the truncation to a finite model space. In this approach, we review results for both nuclear and trapped atomic systems, for which the effective theories are formally similar, albeit describing different underlying physics. Finally, the application of the EFT method of constructing effective interactions to the Gamow shell model is briefly discussed.
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- Terschlüsen, Carla, et al.
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Electromagnetic transition form factors of mesons
- 2012
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0146-6410 .- 1873-2224. ; 67:2, s. 401-405
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Using a counting scheme which treats pseudoscalar and vector mesons on equal footing, the decays of the narrow light vector mesons omega and phi into a dilepton and a pseudoscalar pi(0)-meson or eta-meson, respectively, are calculated. Thereby, all required parameters could be determined by other reactions so that one has predictive power for the considered decays. The calculated partial decay widths are in very good agreement with the experimental data.
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| 18. |
- Trautmann, W., et al.
(author)
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Isotopic dependence of the caloric curve
- 2009
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In: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0146-6410. ; 62:2, s. 407-412
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Isotopic effects in projectile fragmentation at relativistic energies have been studied with the ALADIN forward spectrometer at SIS. Stable and radioactive Sn and La beams with an incident energy of 600 MeV per nucleon have been used in order to explore a wide range of isotopic compositions. Chemical freeze-out temperatures are found to be nearly invariant with respect to the A/Z ratio of the produced spectator sources, consistent with predictions for expanded systems. Consequences for the proposed interpretation of chemical breakup temperatures as representing the limiting temperatures predicted by microscopic models are discussed. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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