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Robust non-Markovianity in ultracold gases
2012
We study the effect of thermal fluctuations on a probe qubit interacting with a Bose-Einstein condensed (BEC) reservoir. The zero-temperature case was studied in [Haikka P et al 2011 Phys. Rev. A 84 031602], where we proposed a method to probe the effects of dimensionality and scattering length of a BEC based on its behavior as an environment. Here we show that the sensitivity of the probe qubit is remarkably robust against thermal noise. We give an intuitive explanation for the thermal resilience, showing that it is due to the unique choice of the probe qubit architecture of our model.
Amplitude- and truncated partial-wave analyses combined: A single-channel method for extracting photoproduction multipoles directly from measured data
2020
Amplitude- and truncated partial-wave analyses are combined into a single-channel method for extracting multipoles directly from measured data. In practice, we have created a two-step procedure which is fit to the same database: in the first step we perform an energy-independent amplitude analysis where continuity is achieved by constraining the amplitude phase, and the result of this first step is then taken as a constraint for the second step where a constrained, energy-independent, truncated partial-wave analysis is done. The method is tested on the world collection of data for $\ensuremath{\eta}$ photoproduction, and the obtained fit results are very good. The sensitivity to different p…
Sensitivity of Measurement-Based Purification Processes to Inner Interactions
2017
The sensitivity of a repeated measurement-based purification scheme to additional undesired couplings is analyzed, focusing on the very simple and archetypical system consisting of two two-level systems interacting with a repeatedly measured one. Several regimes are considered and in the strong coupling (i.e., when the coupling constant of the undesired interaction is very large) the occurrence of a quantum Zeno effect is proven to dramatically jeopardize the efficiency of the purification process.
Measuring anomalous couplings inH→WW*decays at the International Linear Collider
2013
The measurement of the Higgs coupling to $W$ bosons is an important test of our understanding of the electroweak symmetry-breaking mechanism. We study the sensitivity of the International Linear Collider (ILC) to the presence of anomalous $H{W}^{+}{W}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ couplings using $ZH\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}W{W}^{*}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\nu}\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}4j$ events. Using an effective Lagrangian approach, we calculate the differential decay rates of the Higgs boson including the effects of new dimension-five operators. We present a Monte Carlo simulation of events at the ILC, using a full detector simulation based on …
Dispersion relations applied to double-folding potentials from chiral effective field theory
2020
We present a determination of optical potentials using the double-folding method based on chiral effective field theory nucleon-nucleon interactions at next-to-next-to-leading order combined with dispersion relations to constrain the imaginary part. This approach is benchmarked on O16-O16 collisions, and extended to the C12-C12 and C12-O16 cases. Predictions derived from these potentials are compared to data for elastic scattering at energies up to 1000 MeV, as well as for fusion at low energy. Without adjusting parameters, excellent agreement with experiment is found. In addition, we study the sensitivity of the corresponding cross sections to the nucleon-nucleon interactions and nuclear d…
Sensitivity of Th229 nuclear clock transition to variation of the fine-structure constant
2020
Peik and Tamm [Europhys. Lett. 61, 181 (2003)] proposed a nuclear clock based on the isomeric transition between the ground state and the first excited state of thorium-229. This transition was recognized as a potentially sensitive probe of possible temporal variation of the fine-structure constant, $\ensuremath{\alpha}$. The sensitivity to such a variation can be determined from measurements of the mean-square charge radius and quadrupole moment of the different isomers. However, current measurements of the quadrupole moment are yet to achieve an accuracy high enough to resolve nonzero sensitivity. Here we determine this sensitivity using existing measurements of the change in the mean-squ…
Prospects of Jet Tomography Using Hard Processes inside a Soft Medium
2008
The term ’tomography’ is commonly applied to the idea of studying properties of a medium by the modifications this medium induces to a known probe propagating through it. In the context of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, rare high transverse momentum (pT ) processes taking place alongside soft bulk-matter production can be viewed as a tomographic probe as long as the energy scales are such that the modification of high pT processes can be dominantly ascribed to interactions with the medium during the propagation of partons. Various high pT observables have been suggested for tomography, among them hard single hadron suppression, dihadron correlations and γ-hadron correlations. In th…
Project 8 Phase III Design Concept
2017
We present a working concept for Phase III of the Project 8 experiment, aiming to achieve a neutrino mass sensitivity of $2~\mathrm{eV}$ ($90~\%$ C.L.) using a large volume of molecular tritium and a phased antenna array. The detection system is discussed in detail.
Search for sterile neutrinos with SOX: Monte Carlo studies of the experiment sensitivity and systematic effects
2020
Abstract Some neutrino experiments reveal anomalous results which can make room for new physics beyond the three-flavor neutrino oscillation model. These hints suggest the existence of sterile neutrinos with mass m <eV. SOX will be a short-baseline disappearance experiment aiming to test this hypotesis, performed with the liquid scintillator detector Borexino at Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy [1]. Due to the good energy and position resolution, a light sterile neutrino can create an oscillatory pattern in the signal. The SOX sensitivity, the related analysis and systematics will be briefly discussed.
Status of a MIND type Neutrino Factory Far Detector
2013
A realistic simulation and analysis of a Magnetized Iron Neutrino Detector (MIND) has been developed for the purpose of understanding the potential sensitivity of such a facility. The status of the MIND simulation and reconstruction as discussed in the interim design report is reviewed here. Priorities for producing a more realistic simulation for a reference design report will be discussed, as will be the steps that have already been taken towards an improved simulation.