Electron, pion and multiparticle detection with a lead/scintillating-fiber calorimeter
We report on the performance of a fine-grained 13-ton lead/scintillating-fiber calorimeter, in particular on its response to electrons, pions and multiparticles (reaction products from pions interacting in a target upstream of the detector). The detector signals were studied for particles in the energy range 5–150 GeV. The energy resolution was measured to be 12.9% √E for electrons, plus a constant term dependent on the angle θ Z between the particle's direction and the fiber axis. This term, which is 1.2% for θ z = 3°, is shown to be due to anomalous sampling in the early shower stage. It is greatly reduced when only electrons entering the detector in the lead are considered. A 1.7 X 0 thick preshower detector, installed 12 cm in front of the calorimeter, only affected the signal linearity for electrons at low energy. The effect on the energy resolution was negligible. Single pions were detected with an energy resolution of ∼ 30%/√ E plus a constant term, which turned out to be mainly due to the effects of light attenuation in the fibers. Knowing the impact point of the particles, these effects could be efficiently removed for single pions. For jets (multiparticles), the effects of light attenuation are much less important, leading to considerably better on-line energy resolutions. The e π signal ratio was measured to range from 1.03 at 80 GeV to 1.10 at 5 GeV, for a detector with an effective radius of 49 cm. After correcting for the instrumental effects, we found the intrinsic e h value of this detector (with our particular choice of fibers and sampling fraction) to be 1.15±0.02. Detailed results are given on the detector performance (energy resolution, e π signal ratio, e/jet signal ratio) as a function of the lateral detector size and as a function of the jet multiplicity.

title: Experimental results of the betatron sum resonance
abstract: The experimental observations of motion near the betatron sum resonance, /spl nusub x/+2/spl nusub z/=13, are presented. A fast quadrupole (Panofsky-style ferrite picture-frame magnet with 8 pulsed power supplies) producing a betatron tune shift of the order of 0.03 at rise time of 1 /spl mu/s was used. This quadrupole was used to produce betatron tunes which jumped past and then crossed back through a betatron sum resonance line. The beam response as function of initial betatron amplitudes were recorded turn by turn. The correlated growth of the action variables, J/sub x/ and J/sub z/, was observed. The phase space plots in the resonance frame reveal the features of particle motion near the nonlinear sum resonance region.<<ETX>>

title: Dipole and spin-dipole resonances in charge-exchange reactions on 12C.
abstract: The [sup 12]C([ital n],[ital p])[sup 12]B reaction was studied using the white neutron source at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility/Weapon Neutron Research Center with a continuous incident neutron energy from 60 to 260 MeV. Double differential cross sections were measured in the angular range 11[degree][le][theta][sub lab][le]37[degree]. Using the neutron time-of-flight facility at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, we also studied the [sup 12]C([ital p],[ital n])[sup 12]N reaction at [ital E][sub [ital p]]=186 MeV and the [sup 12]C([ital [rvec p]],[ital [rvec n]])[sup 12]N reaction at [ital E][sub [ital [rvec p]]]=160 and 186 MeV. Double differential cross sections were measured between [theta][sub lab]=0[degree] and [theta][sub lab]=50[degree] in 5[degree] steps. Spin observables [ital D][sub [ital N][ital N]], [ital A][sub [ital Y]], and [ital P] were measured at [theta][sub lab]=5[degree],9[degree],13[degree] with [ital E][sub [ital [rvec p]]]=160 MeV and [theta][sub lab]=15[degree],20[degree] with [ital E][sub [ital [rvec p]]]=186 MeV. Angular distributions of differential cross section and spin observables for low-lying transitions in the residual nuclei are compared with disorted-wave impulse approximation (DWIA) calculations. A multipole decomposition analysis was performed to study the giant dipole and giant spin-dipole resonances. The contributions of the quasifree reaction in the giant resonance region was subtracted. The empirical results ofmore » energy distributions for dipole ([Delta][ital L]=1) transition are compared with DWIA calculations using nuclear structure information obtained with a conventional shell model and also with a random phase approximation.« less

title: Crystallization in the Thin and Ultrathin Films of Poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) and Linear Low-Density Polyethylene
abstract: The crystallization of poly(ethylene−vinyl acetate) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) films spun-cast from the polymer/toluene solutions with as-cast thickness from 460 to 10 nm was studied. The lamellar thickness was measured using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and found to increase from 14 to 21 nm for films thinner than 100 nm. The morphology of LLDPE measured by scanning probe microscopy (SPM) showed an edge-on lamellae for the films thicker than 30 nm and flat-on lamellae for the films thinner than 15 nm. A pseudo-“shish-kebab” tiny crystal structure was observed in between the larger lamellae. Crystallinity was confirmed using attenuated total reflectance−Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. The shear modulation force microscopy technique (SMFM) was used to measure the melting point, Tm, which was found to decrease for films thinner than 100 nm. The rate of decrease was a function of the annealing pr...

title: Clarification of the three-body decay of 12C (12.71 MeV).
abstract: Using beta decays of a clean source of 12N produced at the IGISOL facility, we have measured the breakup of the 12C (12.71 MeV) state into three alpha particles with a segmented particle detector setup. The high quality of the data permits solving the question of the breakup mechanism of the 12.71 MeV state, a longstanding problem in few-body nuclear physics. Among existing models, a modified sequential model fits the data best, but systematic deviations indicate that a three-body description is needed.

title: Energetic electrons associated with magnetic reconnection in the magnetic cloud boundary layer.
abstract: Here is reported in situ observation of energetic electrons (∼100-500 keV) associated with magnetic reconnection in the solar wind by the ACE and Wind spacecraft. The properties of this magnetic cloud driving reconnection and the associated energetic electron acceleration problem are discussed. Further analyses indicate that the electric field acceleration and Fermi-type mechanism are two fundamental elements in the electron acceleration processes and the trapping effect of the specific magnetic field configuration maintains the acceleration status that increases the totally gained energy.

title: Response to muons, electrons and pions of a calorimeter constituted by small cross section brass tubes
abstract: A brass tube prototype calorimeter for the L3 detector has been exposed to the X3 beam of the CERN SPS. Its performance, tested with muons and electrons, is very satisfactory. With a sampling of 14 mm of copper, the energy resolution is 30% for 4 GeV pions.

title: Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect in a quintessence cosmological model: Including anisotropic stress of dark energy
abstract: In this paper, we investigate the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect in the quintessence cold dark matter model with constant equation of state and constant speed of sound in dark energy rest frame, including dark energy perturbation and its anisotropic stress. Comparing with the {Lambda}CDM model, we find that the integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW)-power spectrums are affected by different background evolutions and dark energy perturbation. As we change the speed of sound from 1 to 0 in the quintessence cold dark matter model with given state parameters, it is found that the inclusion of dark energy anisotropic stress makes the variation of magnitude of the ISW source uncertain due to the anticorrelation between the speed of sound and the ratio of dark energy density perturbation contrast to dark matter density perturbation contrast in the ISW-source term. Thus, the magnitude of the ISW-source term is governed by the competition between the alterant multiple of (1+3/2xc-circumflex{sub s}{sup 2}) and that of {delta}{sub de}/{delta}{sub m} with the variation of c-circumflex{sub s}{sup 2}.

title: One-side forward-backward asymmetry in top quark pair production at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
abstract: Both D0 and CDF at Tevatron reported the measurements of forward-backward asymmetry in top pair production, which showed possible deviation from the standard model QCD prediction. In this paper, we explore how to examine the same higher-order QCD effects at the more powerful Large Hadron Collider.

title: Probing neutrino oscillations jointly in long and very long baseline experiments
abstract: We examine the prospects of making a joint analysis of neutrino oscillations at two baselines with neutrino superbeams. Assuming narrow band superbeams and a 100 kiloton water Cherenkov calorimeter, we calculate the event rates and sensitivities to the matter effect, the signs of the neutrino mass differences, the CP phase, and the mixing angle theta(13). Taking into account all possible experimental errors under general consideration, we explore the optimum cases of a narrow band beam to measure the matter effect and the CP violation effect at all baselines up to 3000 km. We then focus on two specific baselines, a long baseline of 300 km and a very long baseline of 2100 km, and analyze their joint capabilities. We find that the joint analysis can offer extra leverage to resolve some of the ambiguities that are associated with the measurement at a single baseline.

title: Inflationary non-Gaussianity from thermal fluctuations
abstract: We calculate the contribution of fluctuations with a thermal origin to the inflationary non-Gaussianity. We find that even a small component of radiation can lead to a large non-Gaussianity. We show that this thermal non-Gaussianity always has positive f(NL). We illustrate our result in the chain inflation model and the very weakly dissipative warm inflation model. We show that f(NL) similar to O(1) is general in such models. If we allow a modified equation of state, or some decoupling effects, a large thermal non-Gaussianity of order f(NL) > 5 or even f(NL) similar to 100 can be produced. We also show that the power spectrum of chain inflation should have a thermal origin. In the appendix, we give a clarification on the different conventions used in the literature related to the calculation of f(NL).