Search results for "Physics::Geophysics"
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Geodynamic inversion to constrain the non-linear rheology of the lithosphere
2015
A common method to determine the strength of the lithosphere is through estimating its effective elastic thickness from the coherence between gravity and topography. This method assumes a priori that the lithosphere is a thin elastic plate floating on a viscous mantle. Whereas this seems to work well with oceanic plates, it has given controversial results in continental collision zones. Usually, continental collisions zones are well-studied areas for which additional geophysical datasets such as receiver functions and seismic tomography exist that constrain the geometry of the lithosphere and often show that it is rather complex. Yet, lithospheric geometry by itself is insufficient to under…
Measurement of South Pole ice transparency with the IceCube LED calibration system
2013
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, approximately 1 km^3 in size, is now complete with 86 strings deployed in the Antarctic ice. IceCube detects the Cherenkov radiation emitted by charged particles passing through or created in the ice. To realize the full potential of the detector, the properties of light propagation in the ice in and around the detector must be well understood. This report presents a new method of fitting the model of light propagation in the ice to a data set of in-situ light source events collected with IceCube. The resulting set of derived parameters, namely the measured values of scattering and absorption coefficients vs. depth, is presented and a comparison of IceCube …
If sterile neutrinos exist, how can one determine the total solar neutrino fluxes?
2002
The 8B solar neutrino flux inferred from a global analysis of solar neutrino experiments is within 11% (1 sigma) of the predicted standard solar model value if only active neutrinos exist, but could be as large as 1.7 times the standard prediction if sterile neutrinos exist. We show that the total 8B neutrino flux (active plus sterile neutrinos) can be determined experimentally to about 10% (1 sigma) by combining charged current measurements made with the KamLAND reactor experiment and with the SNO CC solar neutrino experiment, provided the LMA neutrino oscillation solution is correct and the simulated performance of KamLAND is valid. Including also SNO NC data, the sterile component of the…
Ion-Trap Spectrometry for Exotic Nuclei
2010
Abstract Recent progress in manipulation of radioisotopes and their applications in precision measurements on exotic nuclei are reviewed.
2020
The novel technology of calorimetric low-temperature detectors (CLTDs) was applied to determine isotopic yields of fission fragments using the passive absorber method for thermal-neutron-induced fission reactions at the LOHENGRIN mass spectrometer at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France. Precise yields were determined for $^{92}\mathrm{Rb}$ and $^{96}\mathrm{Y}$. These fission products are the dominant contributors to the high-energy portion of the reactor antineutrino spectra. Our new measurements resolve inconsistencies between previous yield measurements and fission data libraries and reduce the nuclear data uncertainties in the computation of reactor antineutrino spectra by th…
PERANAN GELOMBANG PANJANG TERHADAP SIRKULASI ARUS GLOBAL
2008
The global surface current system forms a large scala current circulation pattern known as gyra, which occurs in the Pasific, Hindia, and Atlantic oceans. At the nothern equator, the gyra circulation is counterclockwise, while it is anti counterclockwise at the southern equator. The trade wind crossing the Equatorial ocean causes a different slope and influences the slope form. The response of the sea level slope can be only described by the sea level pertubation concept that the disturbance moves as pulse wave which travel alongside equatorial ocean. The effects of the Rossby and Kelvin waves propagation on the ocean circulation depend on the lattitude. At the middle and high lattitudes, t…
ANTARES: The first undersea neutrino telescope
2011
The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope was completed in May 2008 and is the first operational Neutrino Telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. The main purpose of the detector is to perform neutrino astronomy and the apparatus also offers facilities for marine and Earth sciences. This paper describes the design, the construction and the installation of the telescope in the deep sea, offshore from Toulon in France. An illustration of the detector performance is given. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
"Table 12" of "Freeze-out radii extracted from three-pion cumulants in pp, p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC"
2014
Gaussian radii and intercept parameters in pPb collisions versus Nch at high KT3.
"Table 9" of "Freeze-out radii extracted from three-pion cumulants in pp, p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC"
2014
Gaussian radii and intercept parameters in pPb collisions versus Nch at low KT3.
Stability and nature of the volume collapse of ε-Fe2O3 under extreme conditions
2018
Iron oxides are among the major constituents of the deep Earth’s interior. Among them, the epsilon phase of Fe2O3 is one of the less studied polymorphs and there is a lack of information about its structural, electronic and magnetic transformations at extreme conditions. Here we report the precise determination of its equation of state and a deep analysis of the evolution of the polyhedral units under compression, thanks to the agreement between our experiments and ab-initio simulations. Our results indicate that this material, with remarkable magnetic properties, is stable at pressures up to 27 GPa. Above 27 GPa, a volume collapse has been observed and ascribed to a change of the local env…