bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Comparing two notions of transfer in third language
phonological acquisition
Authors: Desmarais Martin 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
In third language
acquisition (L3A) research on cross-linguistic influence, much of the
emphasis of the existing acquisition models has been on the
transfer of morphosyntactic features,
leaving phonology understudied. This chapter seeks to assess
the empirical adequacy of two competing hypotheses of
transfer and establish their potential value for future
L3
phonology research: Full Transfer
(FT) and Full Transfer
Potential (FTP). I review previous L3
phonological studies and examine how FT and FTP could
explain the data patterns. My analyses suggest that FTP
provides greater empirical coverage and more explanatory
potential than FT. Though better in accounting for sources
of L3 phonological transfer post facto and beyond the
initial stage, FTP may be
limited concerning its core idea that “anything
may transfer” (Westergaard, 2019).
L3 prosody
Authors: Han Qianwen , Tian Jing Xuan , Chen Hsueh Chu 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The direction of cross-linguistic
influence (CLI) of phonological features among L1, L2, and L3 of a multilingual depends indispensably on the
proficiency levels of the L2 and the L3. Cantonese speakers in Guangdong Province have
Mandarin as an L2 and English as an
L3, while Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong have English as an
L2 and Mandarin as an L3. This study aims to examine the CLI
of Cantonese multilinguals’ Mandarin pitch
span and the existence of the neutral tone on the
pitch of stressed syllables and the duration
of unstressed syllables in their English utterances. The
study analyzed English and Mandarin speech data collected
from 18 Cantonese multilinguals from Hong Kong and Guangdong
Province. The results revealed progressive and regressive
phonological CLI across the
three languages spoken by the Cantonese multilinguals
with different L2 and L3 proficiency levels.
Tidally-induced nonlinear resonances in EMRIs with an analogue model
Authors: Bronicki David , Cárdenas-Avendaño Alejandro , Stein Leo C 
Published: September 2023

AbstractOne of the important targets for the future space-based gravitational wave observatory Laser Interferometer Space Antenna is extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs), where long and accurate waveform modeling is necessary for detection and characterization. Modeling EMRI dynamics requires accounting for effects such as the ones induced by an external tidal field, which can break integrability at resonances and cause significant dephasing. In this paper, we use a Newtonian analogue of a Kerr black hole to study the effect of an external tidal field on the dynamics and the gravitational waveform. We have developed a numerical framework that takes advantage of the integrability of the background system to evolve it with a symplectic splitting integrator, and compute approximate gravitational waveforms to estimate the timescale over which the perturbation affects the dynamics. Comparing this timescale with the characteristic time under radiation reaction at resonance, we introduce a tool for quantifying the regime in which tidal effects might be included when modeling EMRI gravitational waves. As an application of this framework, we perform a detailed analysis of the dynamics at one resonance to show how different entry points into the resonance in phase-space can produce substantially different dynamics, and how one can estimate bounds for the parameter space where tidal effects may become dominant. Such bounds will scale asε≳Cq, whereɛmeasures the strength of the external tidal field,qis the mass ratio, andCis a number which depends on the resonance and the shape of the tide. We demonstrate how to estimateCusing our framework for the 2:3 radial to polar frequency resonance in our model system. This framework can serve as a proxy for proper modeling of the tidal perturbation in the fully relativistic case.
Data-driven prediction of the output composition of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet
Authors: Lin Li , Gershman Sophia , Raitses Yevgeny , Keidar Michael 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) in open air hosts numerous chemical species engaged in thousands of chemical reactions. Comprehensive diagnosis of its chemical composition is important across various fields from medicine, where reactive oxygen and nitrogen play key roles, to surface modification. In applications, a centimeter-scale helium–air jet operates for minutes, featuring micrometer-sized streamers and an atmospheric pressure-induced collision frequency in the hundreds of GHz range. To address this intricate multi-scale issue, we introduce a machine learning approach: using a physics-informed neural network (PINN) to tackle the multi-scale complexities inherent in predicting the complete list of species concentrations, gas temperature, and electron temperature of a CAP jet supplied with a mixture of helium and air. Experimental measurements of O3, N2O, and NO2 concentrations downstream of the plasma jet, combined with fundamental physics laws, the conservation of mass and charge, constrain the PINN, enabling it to predict the concentrations of all species that are not available from the experiment, along with gas and electron temperatures. The results, therefore, obey all the physical laws we provided and can have a chemical balance with the measured concentrations. This methodology holds promise for describing and potentially regulating complex systems with limited experimental datasets.
Spin dynamics of triaxial odd mass nuclei with quasiparticle alignments
Authors: Budaca R , Budaca A I 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The dynamics of medium odd-mass nuclei with triaxial cores and non-axial rigid quasiparticle alignments is investigated in a semiclassical approach. Quantum observables are computed with a Schrödinger equation, constructed from the classical picture, which has the total angular momentum projection as a continuous variable. The separation of potential energy as a function of the chosen variable allows the phenomenological interpretation of the spectra in terms of wobbling oscillations and tilted axis rotations. The experimental realization of the model is presented for the collective bands of 105Pd, 133La and 135Pr nuclei. In particular, a novel transitional phase associated with a tilted axis wobbling was suggested for the 133La nucleus.
Application of interface treatment at different position p-nc-Si:H hole collector of silicon heterojunction cells
Authors: Li Yuxiang , Zhang Yubo , Wang Xuejiao , Wang Jilei , Chen Guanlan , Zou Qiaojiao , Han Wei , Liu Ying , Yang Liyou , Chen Xinliang , Zhao Ying , Zhang Xiaodan 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The hole collector in silicon heterojunction cells serves not only as an integral component of the p/n junction, determining the strength of the built-in electric field, but also as a layer responsible for hole transport, thereby affecting carrier transport capacity. To enhance carrier extraction and transport properties of the hole collector, various interface treatments have been employed on p-type nanocrystalline (p-nc-Si:H) hole collectors. Through an examination of characteristics such as dark conductivity, crystallinity, and contact resistance, the impact of interface treatment on p-nc-Si:H hole collectors is clarified. Furthermore, considering distinct requirements for the hole collector at different locations, interface treatment processes are optimized accordingly. The introduction of interface treatment on p-nc-Si:H hole collectors has demonstrated significant enhancement of both front and rear junction cell efficiencies, which increased from 17.74% to 21.61% and from 16.83% to 20.92%, respectively.
Control of physical properties in BiFeO3 nanoparticles via Sm3+ and Co2+ ion doping
Authors: Papadopoulos Kyrillos , Myrovali Eirini , Dubey Astita , Malletzidou Lamprini , Lupascu Doru C , Shvartsman Vladimir V , Wiedwald Ulf , Angelakeris Mavroeidis 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Highly crystalline BiFeO3 (BFO), Bi0.97Sm0.03FeO3 (Sm-BFO) and BiFe0.97Co0.03O3 (Co-BFO) nanoparticles (NPs) were utilized as potential magnetic hyperthermia agents at two different frequencies in the radiofrequency (RF) range, and the effect of Sm3+ and Co2+ ion doping on the physical properties of the material was examined. The thermal behaviour of the as-prepared powders disclosed that the crystallization temperature of the powders is affected by the incorporation of the dopants into the BFO lattice and the Curie transition temperature is decreased upon doping. Vibrational analysis confirmed the formation of the R3c phase in all compounds through the characteristic FT-IR absorbance bands assigned to O–Fe–O bending vibration and Fe–O stretching of the octahedral FeO6 group in the perovskite, as well as through Raman spectroscopy. The shift of the Raman-active phonon modes in Sm-BFO and Co-BFO NPs indicated structural distortion of the BFO lattice, which resulted in increased local polarization and enhanced visible light absorption. The aqueous dispersion of Co-BFO NPs showed the highest magnetic hyperthermia performance at 30 mT/765 kHz, entering the therapeutic temperature window for cancer treatment, whereas the heating efficiency of all samples was increased with increasing frequency from 375 to 765 kHz, making our doped nanoparticles to be suitable candidates for potential biomedical applications.
Characterizing the initial conditions of heavy-ion collisions at the LHC with mean transverse momentum and anisotropic flow correlations
Authors: Nielsen Emil Gorm 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The study of the initial conditions of relativistic heavy-ion collisions and the subsequent development of hot and dense nuclear matter at the LHC is fundamental for the understanding of the strong nuclear force. The traditional approach of comparing observables with hydrodynamical models based on different initial conditions typically fails to isolate the effects of the initial conditions due to the sensitivity of the observables to the collective behaviour of the expanding system. Correlations of the mean transverse momentum [p
T] and the anisotropic flow Fourier coefficients v
n have been shown to serve as a unique probe of the initial conditions of the heavy-ion collisions with little to no bias from final state effects.
In this talk, correlations between [p
T] and v
2 or v
3 are presented as a function of centrality in Pb−Pb and Xe−Xe collisions at

s

N
N

=
5.02

TeV and

s

N
N

=
5.44

TeV, respectively, measured with ALICE. Additionally, measurements of the higher-order correlation between [p
T], v
2, and v
3 is measured for the first time. All of these measurements are compared with hydrodynamical models using IP-Glasma or TRENTo initial conditions. The former is based on Color Glass Condensate effective theory with gluon saturation and the latter is a parameterized model with nucleons as the relevant degrees of freedom. The data is best described by models using IP-Glasma initial conditions, whereas the TRENTo based models fail to describe the data regardless of the parametrization.
NICA heavy-ion collider at JINR (Dubna). Status of accelerator complex and first physics at NICA.
Authors: Trubnikov G. , Butenko A. , Golovatyuk V. , Guskov A. , Kapishin M. , Kekelidze V. , Lednicky R. , Meshkov I. , Sorin A. 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The NICA facility is under active realization at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, Dubna). Its main goal includes experimental studies of hot and dense baryon rich matter forming in heavy ion collisions to search for possible manifestations of phase transitions and critical phenomena, as well as investigation of nucleon spin structure with polarized proton and deuteron beams. The NICA general design, construction status, and prospects for physics program are presented.
Event-by-event fluctuations of mean transverse momentum in Pb–Pb and Xe–Xe collisions with ALICE
Authors: Tripathy Tulika ,   ALICE collaboration
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Event-by-event fluctuations of the mean transverse momentum of charged particles produced in Pb–Pb and Xe–Xe collisions at

s

N
N

=
5.02

TeV and

s

N
N

=
5.44

TeV, respectively, are studied as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity using the ALICE detector at the LHC. Dynamical fluctuations are observed in both collision systems which indicate correlated particle emission. The central Pb–Pb and Xe–Xe collisions show a significant reduction of the fluctuation in comparison to peripheral collisions and are in qualitative agreement with previous measurements in Pb–Pb collisions at

s

N
N

=
2.76

TeV. The results are compared with the HIJING model. A clear deviation from simple superposition of independent nucleon-nucleon collisions scenario, where the final state particles are produced from superposition of particle emitting sources, is observed.
NLO Scattering in ϕ
4 Theory Finite System Size Corrections Self-Consistency
Authors: Plessis JF Du , Horowitz WA 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Previously a 2 → 2 NLO scattering amplitude for massive ϕ
4 theory with periodic boundary conditions was derived to investigate finite system size effects. This utilized new techniques and results, and as such benefited from self-consistency checks. Here we revisit the self-consistency of the derived amplitude, in order to more rigorously establish the self-consistency. Special attention is given to potentially pathological sums, which sets up for numerical evaluation investigating the finite system effects on quantities of interest, such as the effective coupling.
Production of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in heavy-ion collisions with ALICE at the LHC
Authors: Naik Bharati ,   ALICE Collaboration
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Measurements of the production of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at forward rapidity (2.5 < y < 4.0) in Pb–Pb collisions at

S

N
N

=
2.76

and 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector are presented along with the R
AA measurements in different centrality intervals as a function of transverse momentum, p
T. Results of the measured R
AA at both energies are shown and are compared to the different model predictions.
Prompt fission neutron multiplicity in the 239Pu(n, f) reaction and its energy dependence
Authors: Marini P , Taieb J , Neudecker D , Bélier G , Chatillon A , Etasse D. , Laurent B , Morfouace P , Morillon B , Devlin M , Gomez J A , Haight R C , Kelly K J , ODonnell J M 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Measuring prompt fission neutrons to high precision is an experimental challenge, especially for radioactive fissioning nuclides. However, accurate average multiplicities,

ν
¯

p

, and kinetic energy distributions of prompt fission neutrons are essential for fundamental and applied nuclear physics. We present here a recent measurement of the 239Pu (n,f)

ν
¯

p

as a function of the incident-neutron energy, over the range 1-700 MeV. The measurement was performed with a cutting-edge setup and an innovative technique, which allowed to minimize and account for the main sources of bias. An unprecedented precision was therefore achieved. Our data are compared to GEF predictions as well as to evaluated libraries. For the first time, at low energies, the ENDF/B-VIII.0 nuclear data evaluation is validated with an independent measurement and the evaluated uncertainty reduced by up to 60%. This work paves the way to precisely measure prompt fission neutron multiplicities on highly radioactive nuclei.
Theoretical nuclear spectroscopy of highly excited states of 8Be nucleus
Authors: Rodkin D M , Tchuvil’sky Yu M 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The results of ab initio calculations of the spectroscopic characteristics of the excited states of 8Be nucleus are presented. A satisfactory description of a variety of the spectroscopic data known from experiments has been achieved. A number of levels have been predicted that have not yet been observed experimentally. The results obtained demonstrate broad prospects for using ab initio approaches to study the spectra of light nuclei.
New high intensity Heavy - Ion beams @ INFN-LNS: NUMEN project status and perspective
Authors: Agodi C , Cappuzzello F. , Acosta L. , Amador-Valenzuela P. , Auerbach N. , Avanzi L.H. , Bellone J.I. , Bijker R. , Boztosun I. , Brasolin S. , Brischetto G.A. , Burrello S. , Bussa M.P. , Calabrese S. , Calvo D. , Campajola L. , Capirossi V. , Carbone D. , Cardozo E.N. , Cavallaro M. , Chávez Lomelí E.R. , Chinaglia E.F. , Ciraldo I. , Colonna M. , Costa K.M. , Dapo H. , De Benedictis C. , De Gregorio G. , Delaunay F. , Donaldson L. M. , Dumitrache F. , Eke C. , Ferraresi C. , Ferreira J.L. , Ferretti J. , Finocchiaro P. , Firat S. , Fisichella M. , Gallian S. , Gambacurta D. , Gandolfo E.M. , Garcia-Tecocoatzi H. , Gargano A. , Giovannini M. , Guazzelli M.A. , Hacisalihoglu A. , Huerta Hernandez A. , Iazzi F. , Isaak J. , Khumalo T. , Kotila J. , Koulouris S. , Kucuk Y. , Lanzalone G. , Lavagno A. , Lay J.A. , Lenske H. , Linares R. , Lubian J. , Marín-Lámbarri D.J. , Masunaga S. H. , Medina N.H. , Mereu P. , Moralles M. , Neri L. , Neveling R. , Oliveira J.R.B. , Pakou A. , Pandola L. , Panero R. , Pellegri L. , Persiani R. , Petrascu H. , Pietralla N. , Pinna F. , Russo A.D. , Russo G. , Santarelli T.M. , Santopinto E. , Santos R.B.B. , Sartirana D. , Sgouros O. , Sharma V.R. , Solakci S.O. , Soukeras V. , Souliotis G. , Spatafora A. , Torresi D. , Tudisco S. , Vargas Hernandez H. , Villagrán R. G. , Werner V. , Yildirim A. , Zagatto V.A.B. 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The upgrade project POTLNS to produce high-intensity beams has already started at INFN- Laboratori Nazionali del Sud in Catania (Italy). The POTLNS project was triggered by the NUMEN physics case that aims to provide experimental information on the Nuclear Matrix Elements (NMEs) that enter in the expression of the neutrino-less double beta (0νββ) decay half-life. The tools proposed by NUMEN project are the cross-section measurements of nuclear Double Charge Exchange (DCE) reactions. The search for 0νββ decay is currently a key topic in physics, due to its possible wide implications for nuclear physics, particle physics and cosmology: the NUMEN project could provide a crucial contribution in this search.
What can we learn from giant resonances in light nuclei?
Authors: Usman I T , Carter J , Donaldson L M , Adsley P , Bahini A , Neveling R , Jingo M , Kureba C O , Latif M B , Olorunfunmi S D , Sideras-Haddad E , Smit F D , Kheswa N Y , von Neumann-Cosel P , Richter A , Roth R , Yu Ponomarev V , Papakonstantinou  , Litvinova E , Arsenyev N , Nesterenko V O , Severyukhin A , Fujita H 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Extensive experimental investigations into understanding the fine structure of giant resonances in nuclei across the periodic table have been carried out in recent years using the state-of-the-art K600 magnetic spectrometer of iThemba LABS, Cape Town, South Africa. Based on the established results in comparison to various theoretical calculations, it has been found that the fine structure observed in different giant resonances, namely Isoscalar Giant Quadrupole Resonance (ISGQR), Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance (IVGDR) and Isoscalar Giant Monopole Resonance (ISGMR), in light nuclei such as 40Ca, 28Si and 27Al is dominated by Landau damping although signatures for the role of the spreading width are also found. In this report, characteristic energy scales extracted in light nuclei are compared with the state-of-the-art theoretical calculations, while the fine structures results obtained are compared using semblance analysis to search for possible signatures of common fragmentation patterns induced by Landau damping and coupling to 2p-2h states obtained from different giant resonances.
Neutron activation analysis: Gamma-ray spectra analysis of thin foils irradiated with high-energy neutrons
Authors: Ndevu L , Lethole N L , Maleka P P 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
iThemba LABS is participating in a joint research project to measure neutron-induced cross-sections for the (n, xn) reactions for various target materials. For neutron energies above 20 MeV, the (n, xn) set of reactions is becoming increasingly important for neutron fluence monitoring and spectra unfolding for future generation IV nuclear reactors. Test experiments commenced at the iThemba LABS facility with irradiations of target materials using quasi-monoenergetic neutron beams at high energies (above 40 MeV). These experiments are meant to evaluate the sensitivity of generating a clear γ-ray spectrum above the background level of the counting system. For this contribution, we report on the neutron activation analysis of the following target materials, 197Au and 169Tm using a quasi-monoenergetic neutron beam of about 90 MeV. The discussion focuses on calibrating the gamma-ray detector, and counting, and analyzing the gamma-ray spectra of the neutron-activated foils. The following reaction products were identified 194Au, 196Au, 198Au, 167Tm, and 168Tm. Using the background-corrected gamma-ray spectra, the activities of the reaction products were calculated with uncertainties ranging between 5 % and 30 %.
Influence of neutron transfer channels on fusion dynamics near the Coulomb barrier for 28Si + 116,120,124Sn systems
Authors: Rani Anjali , Mandal S. , Chakraborty K. , Gupta R. , Ahmad C.V. , Parihari A. , Vishwakama D. , Khandelwal P. , Rawat P. S. , Sherpa P. , Kumar S. , Madhavan N. , Nath S. , Gehlot J. , Biswas Rohan , Gonika  , Kumar Chandra , Noor Shoaib , Vinayak A 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The phenomenon of enhanced fusion cross-section as compared to the theoretical predictions of 1-D BPM has been extensively studied over the past few decades. However, the unambiguous role of neutron transfer channels on the sub-barrier fusion enhancement is still elusive in most cases. Fusion cross-section measurements ≈ 15% below and above the Coulomb barrier were performed to elucidate the mechanisms responsible for the experimentally observed sub-barrier fusion enhancement. Coupled-channels calculations using CCFULL were used to decipher the reaction dynamics. CC calculations explained the fusion excitation function for 28Si + 116,120Sn systems after the inclusion of inelastic excitations along with a pair transfer. However, the observed behavior for the 28Si + 124Sn system could not be explained. The fusion barrier distribution has been extracted from the experimental data to unveil the various channels coupled in the concerned rection. A single uncoupled barrier was transformed into a distribution of barriers depicting the presence of different channels coupled in the reaction. The results indicate a significant effect from multi-neutron transfer channels on the fusion dynamics.
Lifetime measurements in 131Sb at LOHENGRIN
Authors: Bottoni S. , Gamba E. R. , De Gregorio G. , Gargano A. , Leoni S. , Fornal B. , Brancadori N. , Ciconali G. , Crespi F. C. L. , Cieplicka-Oryńczak N. , Iskra Ł. W. , Colombi G. , Kim Y.H. , Köster U. , Michelagnoli C. , Dunkel F. , Esmaylzadeh A. , Gerhard L. , Jolie J. , Knafla L. , Ley M. , Régis J.-M. , Schomaker K. , Sferrazza M. 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The neutron-rich 131Sb nucleus was studied at Institut Laue-Langevin, with the LOHENGRIN spectrometer, via neutron-induced fission of 235U and lifetime measurements using LaBr3(Ce) detectors. The lifetimes of the

11
/

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1
+

and

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/

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1
+

states were measured with the generalized centroid difference and the decay slope methods, yielding T½=3(2) ps and T½=1347(171) ps, respectively. The measured value for the

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2
1
+

is at the limit of the fast-timing technique. The level scheme of 131Sb and the decay properties of the

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2
1
+

state were described by realistic shell-model calculations, which reproduce well both the experimental spin and energy sequences of 131Sb and the measured B(E2;

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2
1
+

→
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/

2
1
+

) value, pointing to an almost pure 2+(130Sn) ⊗ πg7/2, core-proton coupled configuration for the

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2
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state.