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AUTHOR
M. Boronat
Construction and commissioning of the S-Band high gradient RF laboratory at IFIC
An S-band High-Gradient (HG) Radio Frequency (RF) laboratory is under construction and commissioning at IFIC. The purpose of the laboratory is to perform investigations of high-gradient phenomena and to develop normal-conducting RF technology, with special focus on RF systems for hadron-therapy. The layout of the facility is derived from the scheme of the Xbox-3 test facility at CERN [1] and uses medium peak-power (7.5 MW) and high repetition rate (400 Hz) klystrons, whose RF output is combined to drive two testing slots to the required power. The design and construction of the various components of the system started in 2016 and has been completed. The installation and commissioning of the…
Cluster and Periodic Calculations of the Ethene Protonation Reaction Catalyzed by theta-1 Zeolite: Influence of Method, Model Size, and Structural Constraints
The protonation of ethene by three different acid sites of theta-1 zeolite was theoretically studied to analyze the extent and relevance of the following aspects of heterogeneous catalysis: the local geometry of the Bronsted acid site in a particular zeolite, the size of the cluster used to model the catalyst, the degree of geometry relaxation around the active site, and the effects related to medium- and long-range interactions between the reaction site and its environment. It has been found that while the reaction energy is very sensitive to the local geometry of the site, the activation energy is mainly affected by the methodology used and by electrostatic effects on account of the carbo…
The skeletal isomerization of but-1-ene catalyzed by theta-1 zeolite
The complete mechanism for the skeletal isomerization of but-1-ene catalyzed by theta-1 zeolite was investigated theoretically by means of DFT calculations, and the influence of the local geometry of the active site and of electrostatic effects on the geometries of the species involved and on activation and reaction energies were analyzed. It was found that whereas the geometry and stability of alkoxide intermediates are strongly influenced by the local geometry of the active site, the ionic transition states are mainly stabilized by electrostatic effects. Both aspects result in a lowering of the activation energies of the elementary steps that form the mechanism and therefore in enhanced r…
The Belle II vertex detector integration
Belle II DEPFET, PXD, and SVD Collaborations: et al.
Jet reconstruction at high-energy lepton colliders
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 $\sqrt{s}= 3$~\tev. We find that the classical $e^+e^-$ algorithms, with or without beam jets, have the best response, but are inadequate in environments with non-negligible background. The Valencia algorithm and longitudinally invariant $k_t$ algorithms have a much more robust p…
DEPFET pixel detector in the Belle II experiment
Belle II DEPFET and PXD Collaboration: et al.
Belle II pixel detector: Performance of final DEPFET modules
Belle-II DEPFET and PXD Collaboration: et al.
DEPFET Active Pixel Detectors for a Future Linear e(+)e(-) Collider
arXiv:1212.2160v1.-- et al.
Commissioning and performance of the Belle II pixel detector
Belle-II DEPFET and PXD Collaboration: et al.
Theoretical study of the NH tautomerism in free base porphyrin
Abstract The NH tautomerism of free base porphyrin is investigated at the semiempirical spin-unrestricted AM1 (UAM1) and ab initio RHF/3-21G levels. The UAM1 method provides delocalized geometries for all stationary structures without imposing any symmetry constraint. RHF/3-21G geometry optimizations have to be performed under symmetry restrictions to ensure that realistic delocalized structures are obtained. Both the semiempirical and the ab initio calculations predict that the interconversion between trans tautomers proceeds in an asynchronous two-step process via intermediate cis tautomers. The cis tautomers are characterized as minima in the potential energy surface and are 8–10 kcal m…
Top quark mass measurement in radiative events at electron-positron colliders
In this letter, we evaluate potential of linear $e^+e^-$ colliders to measure the top quark mass in radiative events and in a suitable short-distance scheme. We present a calculation of the differential cross section for production of a top quark pair in association with an energetic photon from initial state radiation, as a function of the invariant mass of the $t\bar{t}$ system. This {\it matched} calculation includes the QCD enhancement of the cross section around the $t\bar{t}$ production threshold and remains valid in the continuum well above the threshold. The uncertainty in the top mass determination is evaluated in realistic operating scenarios for the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC)…
Theoretical study of the mechanism of branching rearrangement of carbenium ions
Abstract Owing to the practical interest of the acid catalyzed isomerization reactions of hydrocarbons, the mechanism of the branching rearrangements of C 4 H 9 + and C 5 H 11 + carbenium ions has been studied theoretically using ab initio methods which include electron correlation and extended basis sets. It has been found that the protonated cyclopropane-type species does not appear as a common intermediate for these reactions, since it is a transition state and not a minimum on the potential energy surfaces studied. In the case of C 4 H 9 + cation, the protonated methyl-cyclopropane ring is the transition state for the carbon scrambling reaction in the secondary n-butyl cation, while the…
Analytical RF Pulse Heating Analysis for High Gradient Accelerating Structures
The main aim of this work is to present a simple method, based on analytical expressions, for obtaining the temperature increase due to the Joule effect inside the metallic walls of an RF accelerating component. This technique relies on solving the 1-D heat-transfer equation for a thick wall, considering that the heat sources inside the wall are the ohmic losses produced by the RF electromagnetic fields penetrating the metal with finite electrical conductivity. Furthermore, it is discussed how the theoretical expressions of this method can be applied to obtain an approximation to the temperature increase in realistic 3-D RF accelerating structures, taking as an example the cavity of an RF e…