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Bei der UV-Bestrahlung (2537 Å) des Zn-Insulins beobachtet man für kleinere Dosen (bis 10 Einstein/Mol) eine direkte Korrelation zwischen der Inaktivierung und der Photoreduktion einer der drei Disulfidbrücken. Mit steigender Dosis wird die Quantenausbeute für die Reduktion der Disulfidbrücken (Bildung von SH-Gruppen) sehr klein, dagegen führen dann andere Prozesse zunehmend zur photochemischen Zerstörung der Disulfidbrücken. Für größere Strahlendosen (über 100 Einstein/Mol) ergibt die Extrapolation, daß für die völlige Inaktivierung des Insulins sämtliche drei Cystinreste zerstört werden müssen. Von den übrigen Aminosäuren wird durch Dosen um 100 Einstein/Mol nur der Tyrosin-Anteil signifikant vermindert. Mit steigender Strahlendosis ändert sich — wahrscheinlich infolge von Konformationsänderungen der Polypeptidketten — die Photosensibilität der Aminosäuren.
The thermal fit to preliminary HADES data of Au+Au collisions at sNN=2.4 GeV shows two degenerate solutions at T≈50 MeV and T≈70 MeV. The analysis of the same particle yields in a transport simulation of the UrQMD model yields the same features, i.e. two distinct temperatures for the chemical freeze-out. While both solutions yield the same number of hadrons after resonance decays, the feeddown contribution is very different for both cases. This highlights that two systems with different chemical composition can yield the same multiplicities after resonance decays. The nature of these two minima is further investigated by studying the time-dependent particle yields and extracted thermodynamic properties of the UrQMD model. It is confirmed, that the evolution of the high temperature solution resembles cooling and expansion of a hot and dense fireball. The low temperature solution displays an unphysical evolution: heating and compression of matter with a decrease of entropy. These results imply that the thermal model analysis of systems produced in low energy nuclear collisions is ambiguous but can be interpreted by taking also the time evolution and resonance contributions into account.
The PANDA experiment will be one of the flagship experiments at the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt, Germany. It is a versatile detector dedicated to topics in hadron physics such as charmonium spectroscopy and nucleon structure. A DIRC counter will deliver hadronic particle identification in the barrel part of the PANDA target spectrometer and will cleanly separate kaons with momenta up to 3.5 GeV/c from a large pion background. An alternative DIRC design option, using wide Cherenkov radiator plates instead of narrow bars, would significantly reduce the cost of the system. Compact fused silica photon prisms have many advantages over the traditional stand-off boxes filled with liquid. This work describes the study of these design options, which are important advancements of the DIRC technology in terms of cost and performance. Several new reconstruction methods were developed and will be presented. Prototypes of the DIRC components have been built and tested in particle beam, and the new concepts and approaches were applied. An evaluation of the performance of the designs, feasibility studies with simulations, and a comparison of simulation and prototype tests will be presented.
The production of 77,79,85,85mKr and 77Br via the reaction Se(a, x) was investigated between Ea = 11 and 15 MeV using the activation technique. The irradiation of natural selenium targets on aluminum backings was conducted at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig, Germany. The spectroscopic analysis of the reaction products was performed using a high-purity germanium detector located at PTB and a low energy photon spectrometer detector at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Thicktarget yields were determined. The corresponding energy-dependent production cross sections of 77,79,85,85mKr and 77Br were calculated from the thicktarget yields. Good agreement between experimental data and theoretical predictions using the TALYS-1.6 code was found.
This work derived the value of α-induced production cross sections of 77Kr and 77Br at α-energies of 12 MeV and 14 MeV, the thick target yields of 77Kr and 77Br at α-energies of 11.19 MeV, 13 MeV and 15.1 MeV and the thick target yield of 80Br as well as 80mBr at an α-energy of 15.1 MeV using the activation technique...
Alignment, characterization and application of polyfluorene in polarized light-emitting devices
(2001)
Ziel im Rahmen der vorliegenden Dissertation war die Realisierung der polarisierten Elektrolumineszenz blau emittierender flüssigkristalliner Polyfluorene. Polymere Leuchtdioden, die aufgrund hoher Orientierung der Moleküle in der aktiven Schicht polarisiert emittieren, sind für eine Anwendung beispielsweise als Hintergrundbeleuchtung in Flüssigkristallanzeigen (LCDs) von Interesse. Es wurde gezeigt, dass sich mit der Ausrichtung von Polyfluoren auf Ori entierungsschichten auf der Basis von geriebenem Polyimid hohe Ordnungsgrade erzielen lassen. Die Dotierung mit lochleitenden Materialien erlaubte erstmals den Einbau solcher Orientierungsschichten in Leuchtdioden und ermöglichte die Realisierung polarisierter Elektrolumineszenz. Die Morphologie und Struktur sowohl der hoch orientierten Polyfluoren filme als auch lochleitender Orientierungsschichten wurden eingehend untersucht. Die ElektrolumineszenzEigenschaften von isotropen sowie polarisierten Leuchtdioden wurden ausführlich analysiert und anschließend durch chemische Modifizierung des Polyfluorens entscheidend verbessert. Zusätzlich wurde Polyfluoren mit fluoreszierenden Farbstoffen dotiert, um ausgehend von blauem Licht grüne und rote Emission zu erhalten. Hierbei wurde unter sucht, in welchem Maß FörsterEnergietransfer sowie Ladungsträgereinfang für die Emission der eingemischten Farbstoffe verantwortlich sind. Eine Einführung in die Grundlagen der Elektrolumineszenz konjugierter Polymere findet sich in Kapitel 2 dieser Arbeit. Da polarisierte Elektrolumineszenz ein hohes Maß an Anistotropie der emittierenden Schicht erfordert, werden anschließend verschiedene Methoden zur Ausrichtung von Polymeren besprochen, wobei besondere Betonung auf der Orientierung flüssigkristalliner Polymere liegt. Kapitel 3 behandelt die signifikanten Eigenschaften der Polymere sowie die experimentel len Methoden, die im Rahmen dieser Arbeit verwendet wurden. Neben Polyfluoren wird ein weiteres blau emittierendes Polymer, Polyphenylenethynylen (PPE), eingeführt. Bei der Cha rakterisierung der Polyfluorene wird im Anschluss an die Beschreibung der reinen Polymere insbesondere der positive Einfluss des Anbringens von lochleitende Endgruppen an die Hauptkettenenden auf wesentliche Eigenschaften bezüglich der Elektrolumineszenz aufgezeigt. Außerdem werden die wesentlichen Merkmale von Polyimid, welches die Matrix der Orientierungsschicht bildet, sowie von verschiedenen Polymeren, die der Lochleitung und der Lochinjektion dienen, besprochen. Die Beschreibung der Methoden zur Präparation isotroper und polarisierter Leuchtdioden sowie zur Untersuchung der optischen, elektrischen und mor phologischen Eigenschaften der Polymerfilme bilden den Abschluss dieses Abschnitts. Im vierten Kapitel dieser Arbeit werden unterschiedliche Verfahren zur Ausrichtung der Polymermoleküle auf Polyfluoren sowie auf PPE angewandt und hinsichtlich der erreichbaren Ordnungsgrade verglichen und beurteilt. Im Falle von Polyfluoren wurde gezeigt, dass eine Orientierung im flüssigkristallinen Zustand mit Hilfe zusätzlicher Orientierungsschichten, welche auf geriebenem Polyimid basieren, die einzige geeignete Methode zur Orientierung dieses Po lymers ist. Durch den Zusatz von niedrigmolekularen lochleitenden Materialien in geeigneter Konzentration in die PolyimidMatrix konnte das nichtleitende Polyimid so modifiziert wer den, dass es sich in Leuchtdioden einbinden ließ, ohne dass die Orientierungseigenschaften der Schichten verloren gingen. Vergleiche unterschiedlicher Polyfluorene ergaben, dass die Länge und Struktur der AlkylSeitenketten das Orientierungsverhalten entscheiden beeinflussen. Hierbei wurde gezeigt, dass sich für verzweigte Seitenketten deutlich höhere Orientierungsgrade erreichen lassen als für solche mit linearen Seitenketten. Dies wurde mit dem vergrößerten Verhältnis aus Persistenzlänge und Polymerdurchmesser erklärt, was gemäß der Theorie der flüssigkristallinen Polymere zu einer Zunahme des erreichbaren Ordnungsparameter führt. Außerdem wiesen die Absorptionsspektren der Polyfluorene mit langen Seitenketten auf eine planare Konformation der Polymerrückgrate hin, welche aufgrund der starken Wechselwirkung zwischen den einzelnen Ketten eine Orientierung im flüssigkristallinen Zustand verhindert. Von allen untersuchten Polyfluorenen ließ sich Poly(diethylhexylfluoren) (PF2/6) am besten orientieren. Im Gegensatz zu Polyfluoren scheiterte der Versuch, PPE im flüssigkristallinen Zustand auf Orientierungsschichten auszurichten. Kalorimetrische DSCUntersuchungen machten deutlich, dass sich die Struktur von PPE in flüssigkristalliner und kristalliner Phase nur unwesentlich voneinander unterscheiden. In beiden Phasen deuteten Absorptionsuntersuchungen auf eine planare Konformation der PPERückgrate. Die Viskosität des als sehr steif bekannten Polymers PPE ist daher auch in flüssigkristallinem Zustand zu hoch, um eine Umordnung der Moleküle zu verursachen, welche allein durch Wechselwirkung mit einer Orientierungsschicht hervorgerufen wird. PPE konnte jedoch im kristallinen Zustand orientiert werden, indem anstatt einer zusätzlichen Orientierungsschicht der Polymerfilm selbst gerieben wurde. Die hohe Steifigkeit von PPE erlaubte die Übertragung der Kräfte, die durch das Reiben verursacht werden, auf das starre Polymerrückgrat und ermöglichte eine homogene Ausrichtung der Moleküle. Mit Hilfe dieser Methode konnten Leuchtdioden mit PPE in der aktiven Schicht verwirklicht werden, die polarisiert emittierten. Die bestmöglichen Methoden zur Ausrichtung der Moleküle unterschie den sich demnach für die beiden flüssigkristallinen Polymere Polyfluoren und PPE, und für beide Polymere wurden Verfahren gefunden, die die Herstellung von polarisierten Leuchtdioden ermöglichten. In Kapitel 5 dieser Arbeit werden die Morphologie, die Struktur sowie weitere wesentliche Eigenschaften sowohl orientierter Polyfluorenfilme als auch der zur Ausrichtung benötigten lochleitenden Orientierungsschichten aus dotiertem Polyimid besprochen. Hierfür wurden die Filme mit Hilfe von Licht und Elektronenmikroskopie sowie von Elektronen und Röntgen beugungsexperimenten untersucht. Im ersten Teil wird die beobachtete Abnahme der Orien tierbarkeit von Polyfluoren mit zunehmendem Molekulargewicht durch Elektronenbeugungs untersuchungen näher beschrieben. Ergebnisse aus TransmissionsElektronenmikroskopie Untersuchungen zeigten, dass sich die Morphologie orientierter PF2/6Filme durch hochgeordnete Lamellen auszeichnet, welche in regelmäßigen Abständen von ungeordneten Regionen unterbrochen werden. Innerhalb der orientierten Lamellen sortieren sich die Moleküle nach ähnlicher Kettenlänge, wohingegen in den ungeordneten Gebieten vornehmlich die Endgruppen der Ketten vorzufinden sind. Strukturuntersuchungen ergaben, dass die einzelnen Polymerketten von PF2/6 zylindrisch sind und eine hexagonale Packung aufweisen, wobei die Polymerrück grate eine 5/2Helixstruktur bilden. Das wurmähnliche Rückgrat ist dabei zylinderförmig von einer Hülle aus ungeordneten Seitenketten umgeben, die ähnlich wie ein Lösungsmittel zwi schen den einzelnen Ketten wirken. Die hieraus folgende geringe Viskosität des Polymers dient als Erklärung für die beobachtete bessere Orientierbarkeit von PF2/6 im Vergleich zu Polyfluoren mit linearen OktylSeitenketten oder zu PPE. Im zweiten Teil des fünften Kapitels werden Ergebnisse von Untersuchungen der lochlei tenden Orientierungsschichten vorgestellt. Der Einfluss der Zugabe von lochleitenden Materialien zu Polyimid auf mechanische sowie auf elektrische Eigenschaften wurde untersucht. Bei moderater LochleiterKonzentration war die mechanische Stabilität der Filme ausreichend, um nach dem Reiben keine merklichen Unterschiede zu undotierten geriebene Filmen aufzuweisen. Vergleiche entsprechender Filme hinsichtlich Ladungsinjektion und transport zeigten, dass erst durch die Dotierung eine Verwendung von PolyimidOrientierungsschichten in Leuchtdioden ermöglicht wird. Sowohl polymere als auch niedrigmolekulare lochleitende Materialien wur den hinsichtlich der erreichbaren Orientierungsgrade sowie der resultierenden ElektrolumineszenzEigenschaften verglichen, wobei nur letztere in beiden Belangen zugleich zu vorteilhaften Ergebnissen führten. Es wurde gezeigt, dass sich die besten Resultate mit polarisierten Leuchtdioden erzielen ließen, bei denen die emittierende Schicht auf eine DoppelschichtStruktur aufgebracht war, die der Lochinjektion und der Orientierung dienten. Hierbei befand sich oberhalb einer LochinjektionsSchicht aus reinem Lochleitermaterial eine weitere lochleitende Orientie rungsSchicht aus dotiertem Polyimid. Variation der Lochleiterkonzentrationen in Polyimid er gaben, dass die Helligkeit mit zunehmender Konzentration zunahm, wohingegen die erreichten Polarisationsverhältnisse gleichzeitig abnahmen. SEM und AFMUntersuchungen über den Einfluss der Lochleiterkonzentration auf die Schichtmorphologie ergaben, dass diese Beobachtungen durch Phasenseparation und mechanische Beschädigung der Filme zu erklären ist, welche bei Konzentrationen oberhalb 20 Gewichtsprozent eintreten. Im Kapitel 6 wird schließlich die Elektrolumineszenz von Leuchtdioden mit Polyfluoren als emittierende Schicht diskutiert. Zuerst wurde in isotropen Leuchtdioden die günstigste Diodenarchitektur ermittelt sowie die Optimierung der verwendeten Schichten vorgenommen. Die Ergebnisse wurden mit den Kenntnissen kombiniert, die im Rahmen der oben beschriebenen Untersuchungen erworben wurden, um die Herstellung von Leuchtdioden mit hochpolarisierter Emission zu verwirklichen. Blaue Elektrolumineszenz mit einem Emissionsmaximum von 450 nm und einem Polarisationsverhältnis von 21 wurden erzielt, wobei die Leuchtdichte bei einer angelegten Spannung von 18 V etwa 100 cd/m 2 betrug, was der typischen Helligkeit eines Computermonitors entspricht. Alle ElektrolumineszenzEigenschaften ließen sich durch End funktionalisierung des Polyfluorens weiter deutlich verbessern, indem lochleitende TriarylaminDerivate an die Enden der Hauptketten angebracht wurden ('Endcapping'). Der unerwünschte Beitrag zur Emission bei höheren Wellenlängen, welcher im Falle des reinen Polyfluoren beo bachtet wurde und gemeinhin aggregierten Polymermolekülen zugeschrieben wird, wurde durch das Konzept der Endfunktionalisierung wirksam unterdrückt. Außerdem war die Farbstabilität wesentlich verbessert und die Effizienz der Leuchtdioden um mehr als eine Größenordnung höher als bei der Verwendung des reinen Polyfluorens. Diese Beobachtungen wurden mit den elektrochemischen Eigenschaften der Endgruppen erklärt. Letztere wirken als anziehende Fallen für Ladungsträger, was dazu führt, dass die Erzeugung von Exzitonen und die anschließende Rekombination vorwiegend in der Nähe der Kettenenden stattfindet, anstatt wie im Falle des reinen Polyfluorens an weniger effizienten Aggregaten oder Exzimererzeugenden Stellen. Es wurde gezeigt, dass die Endfunktionalisierung weder das Verhalten des Polymers im flüssig-kristallinen Zustand, noch dessen Orientierbarkeit beeinträchtigte. Die Verwendung des modifizierten Polyfluorens erlaubte die Herstellung von polarisierten Leuchtdioden mit einem Polarisationsverhältnis von 22 und einer Leuchtdichte von 200 cd/m 2 bei 19 V, wobei die Schwellspannung auf 7,5 V gesenkt wurde. Dioden mit einem Anisotropiefaktor von 15 er reichten Leuchtdichten von bis zu 800 cd/m 2 . Die Effizienz dieser Leuchtdioden war mit 0,25 cd/A bei ähnlichem Polarisationsverhältnis und Leuchtdichte um mehr als doppelt so hoch wie die bisher berichteten Werte. Die Veränderung der eigentlich blauen Emissionsfarbe durch die Zugabe von Materialien mit niedrigerer Bandlücke in eine Polyfluorenmatrix wird im Kapitel 7 beschrieben. Es wurde gezeigt, dass der Zusatz bereits geringer Konzentrationen eines grün emittierenden Thiophen Farbstoffes das Emissionsspektrum des Polyfluorens entscheidend veränderte und die Realisierung grüner Emission ermöglichte. Genau wie im Falle der nichtemittierenden Lochleiter, die für die Endfunktionalisierung des Polyfluoren verwendet wurden, wirken auch die ThiophenFarbstoffe als effektive Ladungsträgerfallen, was neben der Farbveränderung eine drastische Verbesserung der Leuchtdiodeneffizienzen zur Folge hatte. Darüber hinaus konnte mit Hilfe des dotierten Polyfluorens polarisierte grüne Elektrolumineszenz verwirklicht werden, wobei die Polarisationsverhältnisse Werte von bis zu 30 erreichten, bei einer Leuchtdichte von 600 cd/m 2 und einer Effizienz von 0,3 cd/A. Im Hinblick auf rote Elektrolumineszenz wurden Leuchtdioden mit dendronisierten Pery lenfarbstoffen in der emittierenden Schicht untersucht, zum einen in reiner Form und zum an deren in Mischungen mit Polyfluoren. Hierfür wurden zwei Generationen von Dendrimeren, bestehend aus zentralem PerylendiimidChromophor und PolyphenylenGerüst, mit einer nichtdendronisierten Modellverbindung verglichen. Leuchtdioden mit reinen Filmen der ersten und zweiten Dendrimergeneration emittierten rotes Licht mit CIEKoordinaten (0,627/0,372) und einer Leuchtdichte von bis zu 120 cd/m 2 bei 11 V, wobei die Effizienz allerdings nur 0,03 cd/A betrug. Um die unterschiedlichen Mechanismen zu klären, die zur Emission der Farbstoffmoleküle führen, wurden die Farbstoffe in Polyfluoren beigemischt, und der Einfluss der Dendronisierung auf die Emissionsfarbe und die Intensität der Elektrolumineszenz wurde untersucht. In Photolumineszenz wurde mit zunehmender Dendronisierung eine Abnahme des Förster Energieübertrags vom PolyfluorenWirt zu dem PerylenfarbstoffGast verzeichnet, was zu einen höheren blauen Anteil im Emissionsspektrum führte. Hingegen wurde gezeigt, dass in Elektrolumineszenz die Farbstoffe als Elektronenfallen wirken und die Rekombination der Ladungsträger zu Exzitonen somit vorwiegend auf den Farbstoff anstatt auf den Polyfluorenmolekülen statt findet. Aus diesem Grund war die Betonung der roten Emission in Elektrolumineszenz ungleich stärker als in Photolumineszenz, bei der die rote Emission ausschließlich durch Energieübertrag via Förstertransfer zu Stande kommt. Die Verstärkung einer Farbverschiebung von rot nach blau, die mit zunehmender Dendronisierung und ansteigender Betriebsspannung beo bachtet wurde, konnte qualitativ mit der kinetischen Beeinträchtigung des Elektronenübertrags vom PolyfluorenWirt auf den PerylendiimidChromophor erklärt werden. Der bestmögliche Kompromiss aus roter Farbtiefe und Helligkeit wurde für die Mischung aus Polyfluoren und dem Farbstoff der ersten Dendrimergeneration erzielt. Bei angelegter Spannung von 6,5 V lag die Leuchtdichte bei 100 cd/m 2 und bei 11 V bei 700 cd/m 2 , wobei das Emission bei 600 nm ihr Maximum hatte.
A new technique for precision ion implantation has been developed. A scanning probe has been equipped with a small aperture and incorporated into an ion beamline, so that ions can be implanted through the aperture into a sample. By using a scanning probe the target can be imaged in a non-destructive way prior to implantation and the probe together with the aperture can be placed at the desired location with nanometer precision. In this work first results of a scanning probe integrated into an ion beamline are presented. A placement resolution of about 120 nm is reported. The final placement accuracy is determined by the size of the aperture hole and by the straggle of the implanted ion inside the target material. The limits of this technology are expected to be set by the latter, which is of the order of 10 nm for low energy ions. This research has been carried out in the context of a larger program concerned with the development of quantum computer test structures. For that the placement accuracy needs to be increased and a detector for single ion detection has to be integrated into the setup. Both issues are discussed in this thesis. To achieve single ion detection highly charged ions are used for the implantation, as in addition to their kinetic energy they also deposit their potential energy in the target material, therefore making detection easier. A special ion source for producing these highly charged ions was used and their creation and interactions with solids of are discussed in detail.
ALICE is the dedicated heavy-ion experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. After a two-year long shutdown, the LHC restarted its physics programme in June 2015 with proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV and Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV, the highest centre-of-mass energy ever reached in laboratory. Recent results and future perspective for ALICE will be presented.
The conducting properties in the basal ab plane of pure and Al-doped YBa2Cu3O7-γ single crystals before and after long-time exposure in air atmosphere are investigated. It is shown that prolonged aging leads to an increase of the density of effective scattering centers for the normal carriers. The aluminum doping has been revealed to partially slowdown the degradation of the conducting properties in process of aging. The excess conductivity, Δδ(T), has been found to obey exponential dependence in the broad temperature range Tc<T<T*. In the pseudogap regime, the mean-field transition temperature and the 3D-2D crossover point in the excess conductivity have been quantified. Near the critical temperature, is described well within the Aslamazov-Larkin theoretical model. Herewith, both aluminum doping and prolonged aging have been found to essentially expand the temperature interval of implementation of the pseudogap state, thus narrowing the linear section in the dependence ρab(T).
Malignant neoplasms are one of the top causes of death in all developed countries around the world and account for almost one quarter of all deaths. An individual cell based computational model with strong connections to the experimental data through lattice free, newtonian interaction could be used to validate experimental results and eventually make predictions guiding further experiments. This model was build as a part of the thesis and shall be extended to the modelling of the effects of ionic radition on the vascularised tumour as a possible treatment for inoperable tumours.
During RUN3 (2021-2023) of the Large Hadron Collider, the Time Projection Chamber (TPC) of ALICE will be operated with quadruple stacks of Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs). This technology will allow to overcome the rate limitation due to the gated operation of the Multi-Wire Proportional Chambers (MWPCs) used in RUN1 (2009-2013) and RUN2 (2015-2018).
As part of the Upgrade project, long-term irradiation tests, so called "ageing tests", have been carried out. A test setup with a detector using a quadruple stack of 10x10cm2 GEMs was built and operated in Ar-CO2 and Ne-CO2-N2 gas mixtures. The detector performance such as gas gain and energy resolution were monitored continuously. In addition, outgassing tests of materials used for the assembly process of the upgraded TPC were performed. To reach the expected dose of the GEM-based TPC, the detector was operated at much higher gains than the TPC. It was found, that the GEMs could keep their performance within the projected lifetime of the TPC. Most of the tested materials showed no negative impact on the detector. For the tested epoxy adhesive no certain conclusion could be drawn.
At much higher doses than expected for the upgraded TPC, a new phenomenon was observed, which changed the hole geometry of the GEMs and led to a degradation of the energy resolution. Even though its occurrence is not expected during the lifetime of the GEM-based TPC, simulations were carried out to study this effect more systematically. The simulations confirmed, that a change of the hole geometries of the GEMs, lead to an increase of the local gain variation, which results in a decrease of the energy resolution.
Furthermore the effect of methane as quench gas on GEMs was studied, even though this gas is not foreseen to be used in the TPC. From ageing tests with single-wire proportional counters it is well known that hydrocarbons are produced in the plasma of the avalanches, which cover the electrodes and lead to a degradation of the detector performance. Even though GEMs have a quite different geometry, the ageing tests showed, that also this technology tends to methane-induced ageing. A loss of gas gain as well as a degradation of the energy resolution due to deposits on the electrodes was monitored. A qualitative and quantitative comparison between ageing in GEMs and proportional counters was performed.
The Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Centre (HIT) provides proton, helium, and carbon-ion beams with different energies and intensities for cancer treatment and oxygen-ion beams for experiments. For several experiments and possible future applications, such as helium ion beam radiography, a low-intensity ion beam monitor integrated into the dose delivery feedback system for the accelerator control is a necessary pre-requisite. The updated 2D prototype for this purpose consists of scintillating fibres with enhanced radiation hardness, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) to amplify the emitted light, and a dedicated front-end readout system (FERS) to process and record the generated signals. This setup was tested successfully on monitoring ion-beam position and profile horizontally and vertically, as well as the beam intensity, for all four ion types with energies from 50 to 430 MeV/u and intensities from 1E2 to 1E7 ions/s. Additionally, time-of-arrival (ToA) measurements on single ions have been successfully performed for a limited intensity range, allowing for ion tracking in a further update. This will reduce noise, and will also improve the accuracy and usability of ion radiography.
About 50% of the elements heavier than iron are produced during the slow neutron capture process. This process occurs in different stellar sites at various energies. To understand the ongoing nucleosynthesis, the probability of a neutron capture for different temperatures and therefore for different stellar sites is essential. Activation experiments using the 7Li(p,n) reaction as neutron source were performed. At a temperature of kBT = 25 keV the cross sections were determined for 27Al, 37Cl and 41K. A new method was developed to perform activation experiments at even lower temperatures. For a proof of principle, the cross section for 64Ni was measured at kBT = 25 keV as well as for kBT = 6 keV. To study the impact of isomeric states at higher energies, activations of 181Ta were performed using two different proton energies.
The absolute-scale electronic energetics of liquid water and aqueous solutions, both in the bulk and at associated interfaces, are the central determiners of water-based chemistry. However, such information is generally experimentally inaccessible. Here we demonstrate that a refined implementation of the liquid microjet photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) technique can be adopted to address this. Implementing concepts from condensed matter physics, we establish novel all-liquid-phase vacuum and equilibrated solution–metal-electrode Fermi level referencing procedures. This enables the precise and accurate determination of previously elusive water solvent and solute vertical ionization energies, VIEs. Notably, this includes quantification of solute-induced perturbations of water's electronic energetics and VIE definition on an absolute and universal chemical potential scale. Defining and applying these procedures over a broad range of ionization energies, we accurately and respectively determine the VIE and oxidative stability of liquid water as 11.33 ± 0.03 eV and 6.60 ± 0.08 eV with respect to its liquid-vacuum-interface potential and Fermi level. Combining our referencing schemes, we accurately determine the work function of liquid water as 4.73 ± 0.09 eV. Further, applying our novel approach to a pair of exemplary aqueous solutions, we extract absolute VIEs of aqueous iodide anions, reaffirm the robustness of liquid water's electronic structure to high bulk salt concentrations (2 M sodium iodide), and quantify reference-level dependent reductions of water's VIE and a 0.48 ± 0.13 eV contraction of the solution's work function upon partial hydration of a known surfactant (25 mM tetrabutylammonium iodide). Our combined experimental accomplishments mark a major advance in our ability to quantify electronic–structure interactions and chemical reactivity in liquid water, which now explicitly extends to the measurement of absolute-scale bulk and interfacial solution energetics, including those of relevance to aqueous electrochemical processes.
Accurate measurement of the standard 235U(n,f) cross section from thermal to 170 keV neutron energy
(2020)
An accurate measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section from thermal to 170 keV of neutron energy has recently been performed at n_TOF facility at CERN using 6Li(n,t)4He and 10B(n,α)7Li as references. This measurement has been carried out in order to investigate a possible overestimation of the 235U fission cross section evaluation provided by most recent libraries between 10 and 30 keV. A custom experimental apparatus based on in-beam silicon detectors has been used, and a Monte Carlo simulation in GEANT4 has been employed to characterize the setup and calculate detectors efficiency. The results evidenced the presence of an overestimation in the interval between 9 and 18 keV and the new data may be used to decrease the uncertainty of 235U(n,f) cross section in the keV region.
Neural networks have been recently proposed as variational wave functions for quantum many-body systems [G. Carleo and M. Troyer, Science 355, 602 (2017)]. In this work, we focus on a specific architecture, known as Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM), and analyse its accuracy for the spin-1/2 J1−J2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model in one spatial dimension. The ground state of this model has a non-trivial sign structure, especially for J2/J1>0.5, forcing us to work with complex-valued RBMs. Two variational Ans\"atze are discussed: one defined through a fully complex RBM, and one in which two different real-valued networks are used to approximate modulus and phase of the wave function. In both cases, translational invariance is imposed by considering linear combinations of RBMs, giving access also to the lowest-energy excitations at fixed momentum k. We perform a systematic study on small clusters to evaluate the accuracy of these wave functions in comparison to exact results, providing evidence for the supremacy of the fully complex RBM. Our calculations show that this kind of Ans\"atze is very flexible and describes both gapless and gapped ground states, also capturing the incommensurate spin-spin correlations and low-energy spectrum for J2/J1>0.5. The RBM results are also compared to the ones obtained with Gutzwiller-projected fermionic states, often employed to describe quantum spin models [F. Ferrari, A. Parola, S. Sorella and F. Becca, Phys. Rev. B 97, 235103 (2018)]. Contrary to the latter class of variational states, the fully-connected structure of RBMs hampers the transferability of the wave function from small to large clusters, implying an increase of the computational cost with the system size.
The interaction between Λ baryons and kaons/antikaons is a crucial ingredient for the strangeness S=0 and S=−2 sector of the meson–baryon interaction at low energies. In particular, the ΛK‾ might help in understanding the origin of states such as the Ξ(1620), whose nature and properties are still under debate. Experimental data on Λ–K and Λ–K‾ systems are scarce, leading to large uncertainties and tension between the available theoretical predictions constrained by such data. In this Letter we present the measurements of Λ–K⊕+Λ‾–K− and Λ–K⊕−Λ‾–K+ correlations obtained in the high-multiplicity triggered data sample in pp collisions at s=13 TeV recorded by ALICE at the LHC. The correlation function for both pairs is modeled using the Lednický–Lyuboshits analytical formula and the corresponding scattering parameters are extracted. The Λ–K⊕−Λ‾–K+ correlations show the presence of several structures at relative momenta k⁎ above 200 MeV/c, compatible with the Ω baryon, the Ξ(1690), and Ξ(1820) resonances decaying into Λ–K− pairs. The low k⁎ region in the Λ–K⊕−Λ‾–K+ also exhibits the presence of the Ξ(1620) state, expected to strongly couple to the measured pair. The presented data allow to access the ΛK+ and ΛK− strong interaction with an unprecedented precision and deliver the first experimental observation of the Ξ(1620) decaying into ΛK−.
The interaction between Λ baryons and kaons/antikaons is a crucial ingredient for the strangeness S=0 and S=−2 sector of the meson--baryon interaction at low energies. In particular, the ΛK¯¯¯¯ might help in understanding the origin of states such as the Ξ(1620), whose nature and properties are still under debate. Experimental data on Λ−K and Λ−K¯¯¯¯ systems are scarce, leading to large uncertainties and tension between the available theoretical predictions constrained by such data. In this Letter we present the measurements of Λ−K+⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K− and Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ correlations obtained in the high-multiplicity triggered data sample in pp collisions at s√=13 TeV recorded by ALICE at the LHC. The correlation function for both pairs is modeled using the Lednicky−Lyuboshits analytical formula and the corresponding scattering parameters are extracted. The Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ correlations show the presence of several structures at relative momenta k∗ above 200 MeV/c, compatible with the Ω baryon, the Ξ(1690), and Ξ(1820) resonances decaying into Λ−K− pairs. The low k∗ region in the Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ also exhibits the presence of the Ξ(1620) state, expected to strongly couple to the measured pair. The presented data allow to access the ΛK+ and ΛK− strong interaction with an unprecedented precision and deliver the first experimental observation of the Ξ(1620) decaying into ΛK−.
The interaction between Λ baryons and kaons/antikaons is a crucial ingredient for the strangeness S=0 and S=−2 sector of the meson−baryon interaction at low energies. In particular, the ΛK¯¯¯¯ might help in understanding the origin of states such as the Ξ(1620), whose nature and properties are still under debate. Experimental data on Λ−K and Λ−K¯¯¯¯ systems are scarce, leading to large uncertainties and tension between the available theoretical predictions constrained by such data. In this Letter we present the measurements of Λ−K+⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K− and Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ correlations obtained in the high-multiplicity triggered data sample in pp collisions at s√=13 TeV recorded by ALICE at the LHC. The correlation function for both pairs is modeled using the Lednicky−Lyuboshits analytical formula and the corresponding scattering parameters are extracted. The Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ correlations show the presence of several structures at relative momenta k∗ above 200 MeV/c, compatible with the Ω baryon, the Ξ(1690), and Ξ(1820) resonances decaying into Λ−K− pairs. The low k∗ region in the Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ also exhibits the presence of the Ξ(1620) state, expected to strongly couple to the measured pair. The presented data allow to access the ΛK+ and ΛK− strong interaction with an unprecedented precision and deliver the first experimental observation of the Ξ(1620) decaying into ΛK−.
The interaction between Λ baryons and kaons/antikaons is a crucial ingredient for the strangeness S=0 and S=−2 sector of the meson--baryon interaction at low energies. In particular, the ΛK¯¯¯¯ might help in understanding the origin of states such as the Ξ(1620), whose nature and properties are still under debate. Experimental data on Λ−K and Λ−K¯¯¯¯ systems are scarce, leading to large uncertainties and tension between the available theoretical predictions constrained by such data. In this Letter we present the measurements of Λ−K+⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K− and Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ correlations obtained in the high-multiplicity triggered data sample in pp collisions at s√=13 TeV recorded by ALICE at the LHC. The correlation function for both pairs is modeled using the Lednicky−Lyuboshits analytical formula and the corresponding scattering parameters are extracted. The Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ correlations show the presence of several structures at relative momenta k∗ above 200 MeV/c, compatible with the Ω baryon, the Ξ(1690), and Ξ(1820) resonances decaying into Λ−K− pairs. The low k∗ region in the Λ−K−⊕Λ¯¯¯¯−K+ also exhibits the presence of the Ξ(1620) state, expected to strongly couple to the measured pair. The presented data allow to access the ΛK+ and ΛK− strong interaction with an unprecedented precision and deliver the first experimental observation of the Ξ(1620) decaying into ΛK−.
Nano-granular metals are materials that fall into the general class of granular electronic systems in which the interplay of electronic correlations, disorder and finite size effects can be studied. The charge transport in nano-granular metals is dominated by thermally-assisted, sequential and correlated tunneling over a temperature-dependent number of metallic grains. Here we study the frequency-dependent conductivity (AC conductivity) of nano-granular Platinum with Pt nano-grains embedded into amorphous carbon (C). We focus on the transport regime on the insulating side of the insulator metal transition reflected by a set of samples covering a range of tunnel-coupling strengths. In this transport regime polarization contributions to the AC conductivity are small and correlation effects in the transport of free charges are expected to be particularly pronounced. We find a universal behavior in the frequency dependence that can be traced back to the temperature-dependent zero-frequency conductivity (DC conductivity) of Pt/C within a simple lumped-circuit analysis. Our results are in contradistinction to previous work on nano-granular Pd/ZrO2ZrO2 in the very weak coupling regime where polarization contributions to the AC conductivity dominated. We describe possible future applications of nano-granular metals in proximity impedance spectroscopy of dielectric materials.
Die Arbeit ist in zwei Teile gegliedert. Der erste Teil behandelt einige naturphilosophische und mathematische Probleme. Es wird außerdem das Pfeil-Paradoxon von Zeno vorgestellt, auf dem die moderne Variante des Quanten-Zeno-Paradoxons basiert. Im zweiten Teil wird zunächst eine allgemeine Analyse des Zerfallsgesetzes instabiler Quantensysteme gegeben. Es ist eine Mischung aus Zusammenfassungen von Reviews und neuen Ideen. Eine wichtige Rolle spielt dabei die Wellenfunktion in Energiedarstellung bzw. deren Betragsquadrat, genannt Energiedichte. Es wird auch auf den Fall eingegangen, wenn ein Quantensystem wiederholten (frequenten) Messungen ausgesetzt ist. Anschließend wird der Quanten-Zeno-Effekt und das Quanten-Zeno-Paradoxon als Folge des Verhaltens der Überlebenswahrscheinlichkeit für Zeiten kurz nach der Zustandspräparation beschrieben. Danach wird das Lee-Modell zur Beschreibung eines Teilchenzerfalls vorgestellt. Das Modell beschreibt den Zerfall eines instabilen Teilchens in zwei mögliche Kanäle, d.h. entweder in (genannt) a-Teilchen oder b-Teilchen. Es werden alle wichtigen Funktionen (Zerfallsgesetz, Energiedichte, etc.) analytisch hergeleitet. Es folgen darauf die Ergebnisse der numerischen Auswertung.
Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Diplomarbeit wurden die bei den Kalttests der supraleitenden 360 MHz CH-Prototypkavität gewonnenen Messergebnisse sowie das Prinzip der Hochfrequenzmessung an supraleitenden Resonatoren vorgestellt. Zudem wurde bei dem Aufbau eines eigens für diese Messungen optimierten horizontalen Kryostaten mitgearbeitet. Die wesentlichen Elemente des Kryostaten wurden dargestellt und das Kaltfahren des gesamten Kryosystems erläutert. Das am IAP erarbeitete Tuningkonzept, bei dem ein langsamer, kettenbetriebener Tuner für den Ausgleich statischer Frequenzänderungen und zusätzlich drei Piezotuner zur Kompensation schneller Frequenzschwankungen eingesetzt werden, konnte aufgrund der zu groÿen Schwankungen der Resonanzfrequenz, die durch die stetige Befüllung des Kryostaten mit Helium hervorgerufen wurde, nur bedingt getestet werden. Dennoch konnte gezeigt werden, dass der Piezotuner die Frequenz der Kavität für kurze Zeit konstant hält und der langsame, mechanische Tuner einen Frequenzhub von 400 kHz erreichen kann. Für weitere Kalttests der CH-Struktur im horizontalen Kryostaten werden zur Zeit sowohl das Regelsystem für die schnellen Piezotuner als auch die Motorsteuerung des mechanischen Tuners optimiert.
In einem weiteren Arbeitsschritt wurden mit Hilfe der Simulationssoftware ANSYS Rechnungen zur Geometrieoptimierung des neuen dynamischen Balguners für zukünftige supraleitende CH-Strukturen durchgeführt. Das Hauptaugenmerk der Optimierung lag hierbei auf der Reduktion der auftretenden Materialspannungen bei einem vorgesehenen Hub von ca. ± mm, der durch eine äuÿere Belastung hervorgerufen wird. Dabei wurden verschiedene geometrische Gröÿen variiert und die optimalen Parameter gefunden. Zudem wurde eine Modalanalyse durchgeführt, um zu verhindern, dass die mechanischen Eigenfrequenzen des Balgtuners in den Betriebsbereich des Piezotuners, der letztlich für den Antrieb der dynamischen Balgtuner vorgesehen ist, fallen. Die nach sämtlichen Simulationsschritten berechnete und final vorgesehene Tunergeometrie und deren Parameter, die bezüglich des auftretenden von-Mises-Stresses optimiert wurden, sind in Abbildung bzw. Tabelle 9.1 dargestellt.
Desweiteren wurden mit Hilfe des Simulationsprogramms CST MicroWave Studio Untersuchungen zu Multipacting durchgeführt. Aufgrund der problematischen Spannungswerte im oberen Gap des Tuners müssen in weiteren Arbeitsschritten zusätzliche Simulationsrechnungen durchgeführt werden, um die Gefahr von Multipacting zu verhindern. Um die strukturmechanischen Simulationsergebnisse und deren Genauigkeit zu validieren, wurde zu Testzwecken ein Balgtunerprototyp bestehend aus eineinhalb Zellen von der Firma RI in Bergisch Gladbach gefertigt. Messungen der maximalen Auslenkung zeigten zwischen simulierten und gemessenen Werten eine Diskrepanz von einem Faktor von ungefähr 3.
Für weitere Testzwecke soll ein weiterer Balgtunerprototyp bestehend aus 6 Zellen nach den simulierten Parametern angefertigt und später sowohl bei Raumtemperatur als auch unter kryogenen Bedingungen auf dessen Auslenkung getestet werden.
By analyzing 𝑒+𝑒− annihilation data with an integrated luminosity of 2.93 fb−1 collected at the center-of-mass energy √𝑠=3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector, we present the first absolute measurements of the branching fractions of twenty Cabibbo-suppressed hadronic 𝐷0(+) decays involving multiple pions. The highest four branching fractions obtained are ℬ(𝐷0→𝜋+𝜋−𝜋0) = (1.343±0.013stat±0.016syst)%, ℬ(𝐷0→𝜋+𝜋−2𝜋0) = (1.002±0.019stat±0.024syst)%, ℬ(𝐷+→2𝜋+𝜋−𝜋0) = (1.165±0.021stat±0.021syst)%, and ℬ(𝐷+→2𝜋+𝜋−2𝜋0) = (1.074±0.040stat±0.030syst)%. The 𝐶𝑃 asymmetries for the six decays with highest signal yields are also determined and found to be compatible with zero.
By analyzing e+e− annihilation data with an integrated luminosity of 2.93 fb−1 collected at the center-of-mass energy s√= 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector, we present the first absolute measurements of the branching fractions of twenty Cabibbo-suppressed hadronic D0(+) decays involving multiple pions. The largest four branching fractions obtained are B(D0→π+π−π0) = >(1.343±0.013stat±0.016syst)%, B(D0→π+π−2π0) = (0.998±0.019stat±0.024syst)%, B(D+→2π+π−π0)
(1.174±0.021stat±0.021syst)%, and B(D+→2π+π−2π0) = (1.074±0.040stat±0.030syst)%. The CP asymmetries for the six decays with highest event yields are also determined.
Es werden Messungen beschrieben, die Übereinstimmung zwischen einer total absorbierenden Ionisationskammer und der Weichstrahl-Standardkammer des Max-Planck-Institutes für Biophysik ergeben. Damit wurde eine weitere Meßanordnung in Betrieb genommen, die besonders für die Absolutmessung der Dosis in „röntgen“ im Gebiet der sehr weichen Röntgenstrahlen geeignet ist.
To preserve the required beam quality in an e+/e- collider it is necessary to have a very precise beam position control at each accelerating cavity. An elegant method to avoid additional length and beam disturbance is the usage of signals from existing HOM-dampers. The magnitude of the displacement is derived from the amplitude of a dipole mode whereas the sign follows from the phase comparison of a dipole and a monopole HOM. To check the performance of the system, a measurement setup has been built with an antenna which can be moved with micrometer resolution to simulate the beam. Furthermore we have developed a signal processing to determine the absolute beam displacement. Measurements on the HOM-damper cell can be done in the frequency domain using a network analyser. Final measurements with the nonlinear time dependent signal processing circuit has to be done with very short electric pulses simulating electron bunches. Thus, we have designed a sub nanosecond pulse generator using a clipping line and the step recovery effect of a diode. The measurement can be done with a resolution of about 10 micrometers. Measurements and numerical calculations concerning the monitor design and the pulse generator are presented.
We show the absence of an instability of homogeneous (chiral) condensates against spatially inhomogeneous perturbations for various 2+1-dimensional four-fermion and Yukawa models. All models are studied at non-zero baryon chemical potential, while some of them are also subjected to chiral and isospin chemical potential. The considered theories contain up to 16 Lorentz-(pseudo)scalar fermionic interaction channels. We prove the stability of homogeneous condensates by analyzing the bosonic two-point function, which can be expressed in a purely analytical form at zero temperature. Our analysis is presented in a general manner for all of the different discussed models. We argue that the absence of an inhomogeneous chiral phase (where the chiral condensate is spatially non-uniform) follows from this lack of instability. Furthermore, the existence of a moat regime, where the bosonic wave function renormalization is negative, in these models is ruled out.
We show the absence of an instability of homogeneous (chiral) condensates against spatially inhomogeneous perturbations for various 2+1-dimensional four-fermion and Yukawa models. All models are studied at non-zero baryon chemical potential, while some of them are also subjected to chiral and isospin chemical potential. The considered theories contain up to 16 Lorentz-(pseudo)scalar fermionic interaction channels. We prove the stability of homogeneous condensates by analyzing the bosonic two-point function, which can be expressed in a purely analytical form at zero temperature. Our analysis is presented in a general manner for all of the different discussed models. We argue that the absence of an inhomogeneous chiral phase (where the chiral condensate is spatially non-uniform) follows from this lack of instability. Furthermore, the existence of a moat regime, where the bosonic wave function renormalization is negative, in these models is ruled out.
We show the absence of an instability of homogeneous (chiral) condensates against spatially inhomogeneous perturbations for various (2+1)-dimensional four-fermion and Yukawa models. All models are studied at nonzero baryon chemical potential, while some of them are also subjected to chiral and isospin chemical potential. The considered theories contain up to 16 Lorentz-(pseudo)scalar fermionic interaction channels. We prove the stability of homogeneous condensates by analyzing the bosonic two-point function, which can be expressed in a purely analytical form at zero temperature. Our analysis is presented in a general manner for all of the different discussed models. We argue that the absence of an inhomogeneous chiral phase (where the chiral condensate is spatially nonuniform) follows from this lack of instability. Furthermore, the existence of a moat regime, where the bosonic wave-function renormalization is negative, in these models is ruled out.
The ab-initio molecular dynamics framework has been the cornerstone of computational solid state physics in the last few decades. Although it is already a mature field it is still rapidly developing to accommodate the growth in solid state research as well as to efficiently utilize the increase in computing power. Starting from the first principles, the ab-initio molecular dynamics provides essential information about structural and electronic properties of matter under various external conditions. In this thesis we use the ab-initio molecular dynamics to study the behavior of BaFe2As2 and CaFe2As2 under the application of external pressure. BaFe2As2 and CaFe2As2 belong to the family of iron based superconductors which are a novel and promising superconducting materials. The application of pressure is one of two key methods by which electronic and structural properties of iron based superconductors can be modified, the other one being doping (or chemical pressure). In particular, it has been noted that pressure conditions have an important effect, but their exact role is not fully understood. To better understand the effect of different pressure conditions we have performed a series of ab-initio simulations of pressure application. In order to apply the pressure with arbitrary stress tensor we have developed a method based on the Fast Inertial Relaxation Engine, whereby the unit cell and the atomic positions are evolved according to the metadynamical equations of motion. We have found that the application of hydrostatic and c axis uniaxial pressure induces a phase transition from the magnetically ordered orthorhombic phase to the non-magnetic collapsed tetragonal phase in both BaFe2As2 and CaFe2As2. In the case of BaFe2As2, an intermediate tetragonal non-magnetic tetragonal phase is observed in addition. Application of the uniaxial pressure parallel to the c axis reduces the critical pressure of the phase transition by an order of magnitude, in agreement with the experimental findings. The in-plane pressure application did not result in transition to the non-magnetic tetragonal phase and instead, rotation of the magnetic order direction could be observed. This is discussed in the context of Ginzburg-Landau theory. We have also found that the magnetostructural phase transition is accompanied by a change in the Fermi surface topology, whereby the hole cylinders centered around the Gamma point disappear, restricting the possible Cooper pair scattering channels in the tetragonal phase. Our calculations also permit us to estimate the bulk moduli and the orthorhombic elastic constants of BaFe2As2 and CaFe2As2.
To study the electronic structure in systems with broken translational symmetry, such as doped iron based superconductors, it is necessary to develop a method to unfold the complicated bandstructures arising from the supercell calculations. In this thesis we present the unfolding method based on group theoretical techniques. We achieve the unfolding by employing induced irreducible representations of space groups. The unique feature of our method is that it treats the point group operations on an equal footing with the translations. This permits us to unfold the bandstructures beyond the limit of translation symmetry and also formulate the tight-binding models of reduced dimensionality if certain conditions are met. Inclusion of point group operations in the unfolding formalism allows us to reach important conclusions about the two versus one iron picture in iron based superconductors.
And finally, we present the results of ab-initio structure prediction in the cases of giant volume collapse in MnS2 and alkaline doped picene. In the case of MnS2, a previously unobserved high pressure arsenopyrite structure of MnS2 is predicted and stability regions for the two competing metastable phases under pressure are determined. In the case of alkaline doped picene, crystal structures with different levels of doping were predicted and used to study the role of electronic correlations.
Heterostructures of graphene in proximity to magnetic insulators open the possibility to investigate exotic states emerging from the interplay of magnetism, strain and charge transfer between the layers. Recent reports on the growth of self-integrated atomic wires of β-RuCl3 on graphite suggest these materials as versatile candidates to investigate these effects. Here we present detailed first principles calculations on the charge transfer and electronic structure of β-RuCl3/heterostructures and provide a comparison with the work function analysis of the related honeycomb family members α-RuX3 (X = Cl,Br,I). We find that proximity of the two layers leads to a hole-doped graphene and electron-doped RuX3 in all cases, which is sensitively dependent on the distance between the two layers. Furthermore, strain effects due to lattice mismatch control the magnetization which itself has a strong effect on the charge transfer. Charge accumulation in β-RuCl3 strongly drops away from the chain making such heterostructures suitable candidates for sharp interfacial junctions in graphene-based devices.
A full session was organized in memory of Helmut Oeschler during the 2017 edition of the Strangeness in Quark Matter Conference. It was heart-warming to discuss with the audience his main achievements and share anecdotes about this exceptionally praised and appreciated colleague, who was also a great friend for many at the conference. A brief summary of the session is provided with these proceedings.
We have developed a versatile software package for the simulation of di-electron production in pp and dp collisions at moderate beam kinetic energies (1-2GeV). Particular attention has been paid to incorporate different descriptions of the Dalitz decay Δ rightarrow Ne + e - via a common interface. In addition, suitable parameterizations for the virtual bremsstrahlung process NN rightarrow NNe + e - based on one-boson exchange models have been implemented. Such simulation tools with high flexibility of the framework are important for the interpretation of the di-electron data taken with the HADES spectrometer and demonstrates the wide applicability within the field of nuclear and hadronic physics.
Das Gehirn ist die wohl komplexeste Struktur auf Erden, die der Mensch erforscht. Es besteht aus einem riesigen Netzwerk von Nervenzellen, welches in der Lage ist eingehende sensorische Informationen zu verarbeiten um daraus eine sinnvolle Repräsentation der Umgebung zu erstellen. Außerdem koordiniert es die Aktionen des Organismus um mit der Umgebung zu interagieren. Das Gehirn hat die bemerkenswerte Fähigkeit sowohl Informationen zu speichern als auch sich ständig an ändernde Bedingungen anzupassen, und zwar über die gesamte Lebensdauer. Dies ist essentiell für Mensch oder Tier um sich zu entwickeln und zu lernen. Die Grundlage für diesen lebenslangen Lernprozess ist die Plastizität des Gehirns, welche das riesige Netzwerk von Neuronen ständig anpasst und neu verbindet. Die Veränderungen an den synaptischen Verbindungen und der intrinsischen Erregbarkeit jedes Neurons finden durch selbstorganisierte Mechanismen statt und optimieren das Verhalten des Organismus als Ganzes. Das Phänomen der neuronalen Plastizität beschäftigt die Neurowissenschaften und anderen Disziplinen bereits über mehrere Jahrzehnte. Dabei beschreibt die intrinsische Plastizität die ständige Anpassung der Erregbarkeit eines Neurons um einen ausbalancierten, homöostatischen Arbeitsbereich zu gewährleisten. Aber besonders die synaptische Plastizität, welche die Änderungen in der Stärke bestehender Verbindungen bezeichnet, wurde unter vielen verschiedenen Bedingungen erforscht und erwies sich mit jeder neuen Studie als immer komplexer. Sie wird durch ein komplexes Zusammenspiel von biophysikalischen Mechanismen induziert und hängt von verschiedenen Faktoren wie der Frequenz der Aktionspotentiale, deren Timing und dem Membranpotential ab und zeigt außerdem eine metaplastische Abhängigkeit von vergangenen Ereignissen. Letztlich beeinflusst die synaptische Plastizität die Signalverarbeitung und Berechnung einzelner Neuronen und der neuronalen Netzwerke.
Der Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit ist es das Verständnis der biologischen Mechanismen und deren Folgen, die zu den beobachteten Plastizitätsphänomene führen, durch eine stärker vereinheitlichte Theorie voranzutreiben.Dazu stelle ich zwei funktionale Ziele für neuronale Plastizität auf, leite Lernregeln aus diesen ab und analysiere deren Konsequenzen und Vorhersagen.
Kapitel 3 untersucht die Unterscheidbarkeit der Populationsaktivität in Netzwerken als funktionales Ziel für neuronale Plastizität. Die Hypothese ist dabei, dass gerade in rekurrenten aber auch in vorwärtsgekoppelten Netzwerken die Populationsaktivität als Repräsentation der Eingangssignale optimiert werden kann, wenn ähnliche Eingangssignale eine möglichst unterschiedliche Repräsentation haben und dadurch für die nachfolgende Verarbeitung besser unterscheidbar sind. Das funktionale Ziel ist daher diese Unterscheidbarkeit durch Veränderungen an den Verbindungsstärke und der Erregbarkeit der Neuronen mithilfe von lokalen selbst-organisierten Lernregeln zu maximieren. Aus diesem funktionale Ziel lassen sich eine Reihe von Standard-Lernenregeln für künstliche neuronale Netze gemeinsam abzuleiten.
Kapitel 4 wendet einen ähnlichen funktionalen Ansatz auf ein komplexeres, biophysikalisches Neuronenmodell an. Das Ziel ist eine spärliche, stark asymmetrische Verteilung der synaptischen Stärke, wie sie auch bereits mehrfach experimentell gefunden wurde, durch lokale, synaptische Lernregeln zu maximieren. Aus diesem funktionalen Ansatz können alle wichtigen Phänomene der synaptischen Plastizität erklärt werden. Simulationen der Lernregel in einem realistischen Neuronmodell mit voller Morphologie erklären die Daten von timing-, raten- und spannungsabhängigen Plastizitätsprotokollen. Die Lernregel hat auch eine intrinsische Abhängigkeit von der Position der Synapse, welche mit den experimentellen Ergebnissen übereinstimmt. Darüber hinaus kann die Lernregel ohne zusätzliche Annahmen metaplastische Phänomene erklären. Dabei sagt der Ansatz eine neue Form der Metaplastizität voraus, welche die timing-abhängige Plastizität beeinflusst. Die formulierte Lernregel führt zu zwei neuartigen Vereinheitlichungen für synaptische Plastizität: Erstens zeigt sie, dass die verschiedenen Phänomene der synaptischen Plastizität als Folge eines einzigen funktionalen Ziels verstanden werden können. Und zweitens überbrückt der Ansatz die Lücke zwischen der funktionalen und mechanistische Beschreibungsweise. Das vorgeschlagene funktionale Ziel führt zu einer Lernregel mit biophysikalischer Formulierung, welche mit etablierten Theorien der biologischen Mechanismen in Verbindung gebracht werden kann. Außerdem kann das Ziel einer spärlichen Verteilung der synaptischen Stärke als Beitrag zu einer energieeffizienten synaptischen Signalübertragung und optimierten Codierung interpretiert werden.
This paper introduces a new methodology for the fabrication of strain-sensor elements for MEMS and NEMS applications based on the tunneling effect in nano-granular metals. The strain-sensor elements are prepared by the maskless lithography technique of focused electron-beam-induced deposition (FEBID) employing the precursor trimethylmethylcyclopentadienyl platinum [MeCpPt(Me)3]. We use a cantilever-based deflection technique to determine the sensitivity (gauge factor) of the sensor element. We find that its sensitivity depends on the electrical conductivity and can be continuously tuned, either by the thickness of the deposit or by electron-beam irradiation leading to a distinct maximum in the sensitivity. This maximum finds a theoretical rationale in recent advances in the understanding of electronic charge transport in nano-granular metals.
The temporal development of macroobservables is described within a correlation-functionformalism. The results are exact for a certain class of initial ensembles. The same problem is discussed with the help of the linear-response-formalism. The results agree under certain conditions which should be fulfilled for macroobservables.
It is widely believed that chiral symmetry is spontaneously broken at zero temperature in the strong coupling limit of staggered fermions, for any number of colors and flavors. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we show that this conventional wisdom, based on a mean-field analysis, is wrong. For sufficiently many fundamental flavors, chiral symmetry is restored via a bulk, first-order transition. This chirally symmetric phase appears to be analytically connected with the expected conformal window of manyflavor continuum QCD. We perform simulations in the chirally symmetric phase at zero quark mass for various system sizes L, and measure the torelon mass and the Dirac spectrum. We find that all observables scale with L, which is hence the only infrared length scale. Thus, the strong-coupling chirally restored phase appears as a convenient laboratory to study IR-conformality. Finally, we present a conjecture for the phase diagram of lattice QCD as a function of the bare coupling and the number of quark flavors.
Recently the Universal Linear Accelerator (UNILAC) serves as a powerful high duty factor (25%) heavy ion beam accelerator for the ambitious experiment program at GSI. Beam time availability for SHE (Super Heavy Element)-research will be decreased due to the limitation of the UNILAC providing Uranium beams with an extremely high peak current for FAIR simultaneously. To keep the GSI-SHE program competitive on a high level and even beyond, a standalone superconducting continuous wave (100% duty factor) LINAC in combination with the upgraded GSI High Charge State injector is envisaged. In preparation for this, the first LINAC section (financed by HIM and GSI) will be tested with beam in 2017, demonstrating the future experimental capabilities. Further on the construction of an extended cryo module comprising two shorter Crossbar-H cavities is foreseen to test until end of 2017. As a final R&D step towards an entire LINAC three advanced cryo modules, each comprising two CH cavities, should be built until 2019, serving for first user experiments at the Coulomb barrier.
We investigate the well-known vector state ψ(4040) in the frame-work of a quantum field theoretical model. In particular, we study its spectral function and search for the pole(s) in the complex plane. Quite interestingly, the spectral function has a non-standard shape and two poles are present. The role of the meson-meson quantum loops (in particular DD* ones) is crucial and could also explain the not yet conformed “state” Y(4008).
This paper explores the many interesting implications for oscillator design, with optimized phase-noise performance, deriving from a newly proposed model based on the concept of oscillator conjugacy. For the case of 2-D (planar) oscillators, the model prominently predicts that only circuits producing a perfectly symmetric steady-state can have zero amplitude-to-phase (AM-PM) noise conversion, a so-called zero-state. Simulations on standard industry oscillator circuits verify all model predictions and, however, also show that these circuit classes cannot attain zero-states except in special limit-cases which are not practically relevant. Guided by the newly acquired design rules, we describe the synthesis of a novel 2-D reduced-order LC oscillator circuit which achieves several zero-states while operating at realistic output power levels. The potential future application of this developed theoretical framework for implementation of numerical algorithms aimed at optimizing oscillator phase-noise performance is briefly discussed.
We predict the formation of highly dense baryon-rich resonance matter in Au+Au collisions at AGS energies. The final pion yields show observable signs for resonance matter. The Delta1232 resonance is predicted to be the dominant source for pions of small transverse momenta. Rescattering e ects consecutive excitation and deexcitation of Delta's lead to a long apparent life- time (> 10 fm/c) and rather large volumina (several 100 fm3) of the Delta-matter state. Heavier baryon resonances prove to be crucial for reaction dynamics and particle production at AGS.
We study simulated animats in terms of wheeled robots with the most simple neural controller possible – a single neuron per actuator. The system is fully self-organized in the sense that the controlling neuron receives uniquely the actual angle of the wheel as an input. Non-trivial locomotion results in structured environments, with the robot determining autonomously the direction of movement (time-reversal symmetry is spontaneously broken). Our controller, which mimics the mechanism used to transmit power in steam locomotives, abstracts from the body plan of the animat, working without problems also in the presence of noise and for chains of individual two-wheeled cars. Being fully compliant our controller may be also used, in the spirit of morphological computation, as a basic unit for higher-level evolutionary algorithms.
We explore the parameter space of the two-flavor thermal quark–meson model and its Polyakov loop-extended version under the influence of a constant external magnetic field B. We investigate the behavior of the pseudo critical temperature for chiral symmetry breaking taking into account the likely dependence of two parameters on the magnetic field: the Yukawa quark–meson coupling and the parameter T0 of the Polyakov loop potential. Under the constraints that magnetic catalysis is realized at zero temperature and the chiral transition at B=0 is a crossover, we find that the quark–meson model leads to thermal magnetic catalysis for the whole allowed parameter space, in contrast to the present picture stemming from lattice QCD.
The relativistic method of moments is one of the most successful approaches to extract second order viscous hydrodynamics from a kinetic underlying background. The equations can be systematically improved to higher order, and they have already shown a fast convergence to the kinetic results. In order to generalize the method we introduced long range effects in the form of effective (medium dependent) masses and gauge (coherent) fields. The most straightforward generalization of the hydrodynamic expansion is problematic at higher order. Instead of introducing an additional set of approximations, we propose to rewrite the series in terms of moments resumming the contributions of infinite non-hydrodynamics modes. The resulting equations are are consistent with hydrodynamics and well defined at all order. We tested the new approximation against the exact solutions of the Maxwell-Boltzmann-Vlasov equations in (0 + 1)-dimensions, finding a fast and stable convergence to the exact results.
In the framework of the so-called extended linear sigma model (eLSM), we include a pseudoscalar glueball with a mass of 2.6 GeV (as predicted by Lattice-QCD simulations) and we compute the two- and three-body decays into scalar and pseudoscalar mesons. This study is relevant for the future PANDA experiment at the FAIR facility. As a second step, we extend the eLSM by including the charm quark according to the global U(4)R × U(4)L chiral symmetry. We compute the masses, weak decay constants and strong decay widths of open charmed mesons. The precise description of the decays of open charmed states is important for the CBM experiment at FAIR.
Using an advanced version of the hadron resonance gas model we have found several remarkable irregularities at chemical freeze-out. The most prominent of them are two sets of highly correlated quasi-plateaus in the collision energy dependence of the entropy per baryon, total pion number per baryon, and thermal pion number per baryon which we found at center of mass energies 3.6-4.9 GeV and 7.6-10 GeV. The low energy set of quasi-plateaus was predicted a long time ago. On the basis of the generalized shockadiabat model we demonstrate that the low energy correlated quasi-plateaus give evidence for the anomalous thermodynamic properties of the mixed phase at its boundary to the quark-gluon plasma. The question is whether the high energy correlated quasi-plateaus are also related to some kind of mixed phase. In order to answer this question we employ the results of a systematic meta-analysis of the quality of data description of 10 existing event generators of nucleus-nucleus collisions in the range of center of mass collision energies from 3.1 GeV to 17.3 GeV. These generators are divided into two groups: the first group includes the generators which account for the quark-gluon plasma formation during nuclear collisions, while the second group includes the generators which do not assume the quark-gluon plasma formation in such collisions. Comparing the quality of data description of more than a hundred of different data sets of strange hadrons by these two groups of generators, we find two regions of the equal quality of data description which are located at the center of mass collision energies 4.3-4.9 GeV and 10.-13.5 GeV. These two regions of equal quality of data description we interpret as regions of the hadron-quark-gluon mixed phase formation. Such a conclusion is strongly supported by the irregularities in the collision energy dependence of the experimental ratios of the Lambda hyperon number per proton and positive kaon number per Lambda hyperon. Although at the moment it is unclear, whether these regions belong to the same mixed phase or not, there are arguments that the most probable collision energy range to probe the QCD phase diagram (tri)critical endpoint is 12-14 GeV.
We introduce a novel technique that utilizes a physics-driven deep learning method to reconstruct the dense matter equation of state from neutron star observables, particularly the masses and radii. The proposed framework involves two neural networks: one to optimize the EoS using Automatic Differentiation in the unsupervised learning scheme; and a pre-trained network to solve the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff (TOV) equations. The gradient-based optimization process incorporates a Bayesian picture into the proposed framework. The reconstructed EoS is proven to be consistent with the results from conventional methods. Furthermore, the resulting tidal deformation is in agreement with the limits obtained from the gravitational wave event, GW170817.
The miniaturization of electronics is reaching its limits. Structures necessary to build integrated circuits from semiconductors are shrinking and could reach the size of only a few atoms within the next few years. It will be at the latest at this point in time that the physics of nanostructures gains importance in our every day life. This thesis deals with the physics of quantum impurity models. All models of this class exhibit an identical structure: the simple and small impurity only has few degrees of freedom. It can be built out of a small number of atoms or a single molecule, for example. In the simplest case it can be described by a single spin degree of freedom, in many quantum impurity models, it can be treated exactly. The complexity of the description arises from its coupling to a large number of fermionic or bosonic degrees of freedom (large meaning that we have to deal with particle numbers of the order of 10^{23}). An exact treatment thus remains impossible. At the same time, physical effects which arise in quantum impurity systems often cannot be described within a perturbative theory, since multiple energy scales may play an important role. One example for such an effect is the Kondo effect, where the free magnetic moment of the impurity is screened by a "cloud" of fermionic particles of the quantum bath.
The Kondo effect is only one example for the rich physics stemming from correlation effects in many body systems. Quantum impurity models, and the oftentimes related Kondo effect, have regained the attention of experimental and theoretical physicists since the advent of quantum dots, which are sometimes also referred to as as artificial atoms. Quantum dots offer a unprecedented control and tunability of many system parameters. Hence, they constitute a nice "playground" for fundamental research, while being promising candidates for building blocks of future technological devices as well.
Recently Loss' and DiVincenzo's p roposal of a quantum computing scheme based on spins in quantum dots, increased the efforts of experimentalists to coherently manipulate and read out the spins of quantum dots one by one. In this context two topics are of paramount importance for future quantum information processing: since decoherence times have to be large enough to allow for good error correction schemes, understanding the loss of phase coherence in quantum impurity systems is a prerequisite for quantum computation in these systems. Nonequilibrium phenomena in quantum impurity systems also have to be understood, before one may gain control of manipulating quantum bits.
As a first step towards more complicated nonequilibrium situations, the reaction of a system to a quantum quench, i.e. a sudden change of external fields or other parameters of the system can be investigated. We give an introduction to a powerful numerical method used in this field of research, the numerical renormalization group method, and apply this method and its recent enhancements to various quantum impurity systems.
The main part of this thesis may be structured in the following way:
- Ferromagnetic Kondo Model,
- Spin-Dynamics in the Anisotropic Kondo and the Spin-Boson Model,
- Two Ising-coupled Spins in a Bosonic Bath,
- Decoherence in an Aharanov-Bohm Interferometer.
A novel mechanism of H0 and strangelet production in hadronic interactions within the Gribov-Regge approach is presented. In contrast to traditional distillation approaches, here the production of multiple (strange) quark bags does not require large baryon densities or a QGP. The production cross section increases with center of mass energy. Rapidity and transverse momentum distributions of the H 0 are predicted for pp collisions at E_lab = 160 AGeV (SPS) and \sqrt s = 200 AGeV (RHIC). The predicted total H 0 multiplicities are of order of the Omega-baryon yield and can be accessed by the NA49 and the STAR experiments.
The transitional nucleus 154Gd was investigated using a combination of a photon scattering experiment and a γγ-coincidence study following the β decay of 154Tb. A novel decay channel from the scissors mode to the band head of the β-band was observed. Its transition strength B(M1; 1sc+ → 0β+) was determined. An IBM-2 calculation reveals a correlation of this decay channel and the shape phase transition between spherical and deformed nuclei.
A new SPS programme
(2006)
A new experiemntal program to study hadron production in hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS has been recently proposed by the NA49-future collaboration. The physics goals of the program are: (i) search for the critical point of strongly interacting matter and a study of the properties of the onset of deconfinemnt in nucleus-nucleus collisions, (ii) measurements of correlations, fluctuations and hadron spectra at high transverse momentum in proton-nucleus collisions needed as for better understanding of nucleus-nucleus results, (iii) measurements of hadron production in hadron-nucleus interactions needed for neutrino (T2K) and cosmic-ray (Pierre Auger Observatory and KASCADE) expriments. The physics of the nucleus-nucleus program is reviewed in this presentation.
Using 2.93 fb−1 of e+e− collision data collected with the BESIII detector at the center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV, we investigate the semileptonic decays D+→π+π−ℓ+νℓ (ℓ=e and μ). The D+→f0(500)μ+νμ decay is observed for the first time. By analyzing simultaneously the differential decay rates of D+→f0(500)μ+νμ and D+→f0(500)e+νe in different ℓ+νℓ four-momentum transfer intervals, the product of the relevant hadronic form factor ff0+(0) and the magnitude of the c→d Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |Vcd| is determined to be ff0+(0)|Vcd|=0.0787±0.0060stat±0.0033syst for the first time. With the input of |Vcd| from the global fit in the standard model, we determine ff0+(0)=0.350±0.027stat±0.015syst. The absolute branching fractions of D+→f0(500)(π+π−)μ+νμ and D+→ρ0(π+π−)μ+νμ are determined as (0.72±0.13stat±0.10syst)×10−3 and (1.64±0.13stat±0.11syst)×10−3. Combining these results with those of previous BESIII measurements on their semielectronic counterparts from the same data sample, we test lepton flavor universality by measuring the branching fraction ratios BD+→ρ0μ+νμ/BD+→ρ0e+νe=0.88±0.10 and BD+→f0(500)μ+νμ/BD+→f0(500)e+νe = 1.14±0.28, which are compatible with the standard model expectation.
Using 2.93 fb−1 of e+e− collision data collected with the BESIII detector at the center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV, we investigate the semileptonic decays D+→π+π−ℓ+νℓ (ℓ=e and μ). The D+→f0(500)μ+νμ decay is observed for the first time. By analyzing simultaneously the differential decay rates of D+→f0(500)μ+νμ and D+→f0(500)e+νe in different ℓ+νℓ four-momentum transfer intervals, the product of the relevant hadronic form factor ff0+(0) and the magnitude of the c→d Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |Vcd| is determined to be ff0+(0)|Vcd|=0.0787±0.0060stat±0.0033syst for the first time. With the input of |Vcd| from the global fit in the standard model, we determine ff0+(0)=0.350±0.027stat±0.015syst. The absolute branching fractions of D+→f0(500)(π+π−)μ+νμ and D+→ρ0(π+π−)μ+νμ are determined as (0.72±0.13stat±0.10syst)×10−3 and (1.64±0.13stat±0.11syst)×10−3. Combining these results with those of previous BESIII measurements on their semielectronic counterparts from the same data sample, we test lepton flavor universality by measuring the branching fraction ratios BD+→ρ0μ+νμ/BD+→ρ0e+νe = 0.88±0.10 and BD+→f0(500)μ+νμ/BD+→f0(500)e+νe = 1.14±0.28, which are compatible with the standard model expectation.
One of the big challenges for nuclear physics today is to understand, starting from first principles, the effective interaction between hadrons with different quark content. First successes have been achieved utilizing techniques to solve the dynamics of quarks and gluons on discrete space-time lattices. Experimentally, the dynamics of the strong interaction have been studied by scattering hadrons off each other. Such scattering experiments are difficult or impossible for unstable hadrons and hence, high quality measurements exist only for hadrons containing up and down quarks. In this work, we demonstrate that measuring correlations in the momentum space between hadron pairs produced in ultrarelativistic proton–proton collisions at the CERN LHC provides a precise method to obtain the missing information on the interaction dynamics between any pair of unstable hadrons. Specifically, we discuss the case of the interaction of baryons containing strange quarks (hyperons). We demonstrate for the first time how, using precision measurements of p–Ω− correlations, the effect of the strong interaction for this hadron–hadron pair can be studied and compared with predictions from lattice calculations.
We present the measured correlation functions for pi+ pi-, pi- pi- and pi+ pi+ pairs in central S+Ag collisions at 200 GeV per nucleon. The Gamov function, which has been traditionally used to correct the correlation functions of charged pions for the Coulomb interaction, is found to be inconsistent with all measured correlation functions. Certain problems which have been dominating the systematic uncertainty of the correlation analysis are related to this inconsistency. It is demonstrated that a new Coulomb correction method, based exclusively on the measured correlation function for pi+ pi- pairs, may solve the problem.
Substantial progress in the field of neuroscience has been made from anaesthetized preparations. Ketamine is one of the most used drugs in electrophysiology studies, but how ketamine affects neuronal responses is poorly understood. Here, we used in vivo electrophysiology and computational modelling to study how the auditory cortex of bats responds to vocalisations under anaesthesia and in wakefulness. In wakefulness, acoustic context increases neuronal discrimination of natural sounds. Neuron models predicted that ketamine affects the contextual discrimination of sounds regardless of the type of context heard by the animals (echolocation or communication sounds). However, empirical evidence showed that the predicted effect of ketamine occurs only if the acoustic context consists of low-pitched sounds (e.g., communication calls in bats). Using the empirical data, we updated the naïve models to show that differential effects of ketamine on cortical responses can be mediated by unbalanced changes in the firing rate of feedforward inputs to cortex, and changes in the depression of thalamo-cortical synaptic receptors. Combined, our findings obtained in vivo and in silico reveal the effects and mechanisms by which ketamine affects cortical responses to vocalisations.
The detailed biophysical mechanisms through which transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) activates cortical circuits are still not fully understood. Here we present a multi-scale computational model to describe and explain the activation of different pyramidal cell types in motor cortex due to TMS. Our model determines precise electric fields based on an individual head model derived from magnetic resonance imaging and calculates how these electric fields activate morphologically detailed models of different neuron types. We predict neural activation patterns for different coil orientations consistent with experimental findings. Beyond this, our model allows us to calculate activation thresholds for individual neurons and precise initiation sites of individual action potentials on the neurons’ complex morphologies. Specifically, our model predicts that cortical layer 3 pyramidal neurons are generally easier to stimulate than layer 5 pyramidal neurons, thereby explaining the lower stimulation thresholds observed for I-waves compared to D-waves. It also shows differences in the regions of activated cortical layer 5 and layer 3 pyramidal cells depending on coil orientation. Finally, it predicts that under standard stimulation conditions, action potentials are mostly generated at the axon initial segment of cortical pyramidal cells, with a much less important activation site being the part of a layer 5 pyramidal cell axon where it crosses the boundary between grey matter and white matter. In conclusion, our computational model offers a detailed account of the mechanisms through which TMS activates different cortical pyramidal cell types, paving the way for more targeted application of TMS based on individual brain morphology in clinical and basic research settings.
The detailed biophysical mechanisms through which transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) activates cortical circuits are still not fully understood. Here we present a multi-scale computational model to describe and explain the activation of different pyramidal cell types in motor cortex due to TMS. Our model determines precise electric fields based on an individual head model derived from magnetic resonance imaging and calculates how these electric fields activate morphologically detailed models of different neuron types. We predict neural activation patterns for different coil orientations consistent with experimental findings. Beyond this, our model allows us to calculate activation thresholds for individual neurons and precise initiation sites of individual action potentials on the neurons’ complex morphologies. Specifically, our model predicts that cortical layer 3 pyramidal neurons are generally easier to stimulate than layer 5 pyramidal neurons, thereby explaining the lower stimulation thresholds observed for I-waves compared to D-waves. It also shows differences in the regions of activated cortical layer 5 and layer 3 pyramidal cells depending on coil orientation. Finally, it predicts that under standard stimulation conditions, action potentials are mostly generated at the axon initial segment of cortical pyramidal cells, with a much less important activation site being the part of a layer 5 pyramidal cell axon where it crosses the boundary between grey matter and white matter. In conclusion, our computational model offers a detailed account of the mechanisms through which TMS activates different cortical pyramidal cell types, paving the way for more targeted application of TMS based on individual brain morphology in clinical and basic research settings.
The detailed biophysical mechanisms through which transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) activates cortical circuits are still not fully understood. Here we present a multi-scale computational model to describe and explain the activation of different cell types in motor cortex due to transcranial magnetic stimulation. Our model determines precise electric fields based on an individual head model derived from magnetic resonance imaging and calculates how these electric fields activate morphologically detailed models of different neuron types. We predict detailed neural activation patterns for different coil orientations consistent with experimental findings. Beyond this, our model allows us to predict activation thresholds for individual neurons and precise initiation sites of individual action potentials on the neurons’ complex morphologies. Specifically, our model predicts that cortical layer 3 pyramidal neurons are generally easier to stimulate than layer 5 pyramidal neurons, thereby explaining the lower stimulation thresholds observed for I-waves compared to D-waves. It also predicts differences in the regions of activated cortical layer 5 and layer 3 pyramidal cells depending on coil orientation. Finally, it predicts that under standard stimulation conditions, action potentials are mostly generated at the axon initial segment of corctial pyramidal cells, with a much less important activation site being the part of a layer 5 pyramidal cell axon where it crosses the boundary between grey matter and white matter. In conclusion, our computational model offers a detailed account of the mechanisms through which TMS activates different cortical cell types, paving the way for more targeted application of TMS based on individual brain morphology in clinical and basic research settings.
We developed a Monte Carlo event generator for production of nucleon configurations in complex nuclei consistently including effects of nucleon–nucleon (NN) correlations. Our approach is based on the Metropolis search for configurations satisfying essential constraints imposed by short- and long-range NN correlations, guided by the findings of realistic calculations of one- and two-body densities for medium-heavy nuclei. The produced event generator can be used for Monte Carlo (MC) studies of pA and AA collisions. We perform several tests of consistency of the code and comparison with previous models, in the case of high energy proton–nucleus scattering on an event-by-event basis, using nucleus configurations produced by our code and Glauber multiple scattering theory both for the uncorrelated and the correlated configurations; fluctuations of the average number of collisions are shown to be affected considerably by the introduction of NN correlations in the target nucleus. We also use the generator to estimate maximal possible gluon nuclear shadowing in a simple geometric model.
The ability to learn sequential behaviors is a fundamental property of our brains. Yet a long stream of studies including recent experiments investigating motor sequence learning in adult human subjects have produced a number of puzzling and seemingly contradictory results. In particular, when subjects have to learn multiple action sequences, learning is sometimes impaired by proactive and retroactive interference effects. In other situations, however, learning is accelerated as reflected in facilitation and transfer effects. At present it is unclear what the underlying neural mechanism are that give rise to these diverse findings. Here we show that a recently developed recurrent neural network model readily reproduces this diverse set of findings. The self-organizing recurrent neural network (SORN) model is a network of recurrently connected threshold units that combines a simplified form of spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) with homeostatic plasticity mechanisms ensuring network stability, namely intrinsic plasticity (IP) and synaptic normalization (SN). When trained on sequence learning tasks modeled after recent experiments we find that it reproduces the full range of interference, facilitation, and transfer effects. We show how these effects are rooted in the network’s changing internal representation of the different sequences across learning and how they depend on an interaction of training schedule and task similarity. Furthermore, since learning in the model is based on fundamental neuronal plasticity mechanisms, the model reveals how these plasticity mechanisms are ultimately responsible for the network’s sequence learning abilities. In particular, we find that all three plasticity mechanisms are essential for the network to learn effective internal models of the different training sequences. This ability to form effective internal models is also the basis for the observed interference and facilitation effects. This suggests that STDP, IP, and SN may be the driving forces behind our ability to learn complex action sequences.
The aim of this work is to develop an effective equation of state for QCD, having the correct asymptotic degrees of freedom, to be used as input for dynamical studies of heavy ion collisions. We present an approach for modeling an EoS that respects the symmetries underlying QCD, and includes the correct asymptotic degrees of freedom, i.e. quarks and gluons at high temperature and hadrons in the low-temperature limit. We achieve this by including quarks degrees of freedom and the thermal contribution of the Polyakov loop in a hadronic chiral sigma-omega model. The hadronic part of the model is a nonlinear realization of an sigma-omega model. As the fundamental symmetries of QCD should also be present in its hadronic states such an approach is widely used to describe hadron properties below and around Tc. The quarks are introduced as thermal quasi particles, coupling to the Polyakov loop, while the dynamics of the Polyakov loop are controlled by a potential term which is fitted to reproduce pure gauge lattice data. In this model the sigma field serves a the order parameter for chiral restoration and the Polyakov loop as order parameter for deconfinement. The hadrons are suppressed at high densities by excluded volume corrections. As a next step, we introduce our new HQ model equation of state in a microscopic+macroscopic hybrid approach to heavy ion collisions. This hybrid approach is based on the Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) transport approach with an intermediate hydrodynamical evolution for the hot and dense stage of the collision. The present implementation allows to compare pure microscopic transport calculations with hydrodynamic calculations using exactly the same initial conditions and freeze-out procedure. The effects of the change in the underlying dynamics - ideal fluid dynamics vs. non-equilibrium transport theory - are explored. The final pion and proton multiplicities are lower in the hybrid model calculation due to the isentropic hydrodynamic expansion while the yields for strange particles are enhanced due to the local equilibrium in the hydrodynamic evolution. The elliptic and directed flow are shown to be not sensitive to changes in the EoS while the smaller mean free path in the hydrodynamic evolution reflects directly in higher flow results which are consistent with the experimental data. This finding indicates qualitatively that physical mechanisms like viscosity and other non equilibrium effects play an essentially more important role than the EoS when bulk observables like flow are investigated. In the last chapter, results for the thermal production of MEMOs in nucleus-nucleus collisions from a combined micro+macro approach are presented. Multiplicities, rapidity and transverse momentum spectra are predicted for Pb+Pb interaction at different beam energies. The presented excitation functions for various MEMO multiplicities show a clear maximum at the upper FAIR energy regime making this facility the ideal place to study the production of these exotic forms of multistrange objects.
In this Letter we study the radiation measured by an accelerated detector, coupled to a scalar field, in the presence of a fundamental minimal length. The latter is implemented by means of a modified momentum space Green's function. After calibrating the detector, we find that the net flux of field quanta is negligible, and that there is no Planckian spectrum. We discuss possible interpretations of this result, and we comment on experimental implications in heavy ion collisions and atomic systems.
A study of secondary Drell-Yan production in nuclear collisions is presented for SPS energies. In addition to the lepton pairs produced in the initial collisions of the projectile and target nucleons, we consider the potentially high dilepton yield from hard valence antiquarks in produced mesons and antibaryons. We calculate the secondary Drell-Yan contributions taking the collision spectrum of hadrons from the microscopic model URQMD. The con- tributions from meson-baryon interactions, small in hadron-nucleus interac- tions, are found to be substantial in nucleus-nucleus collisions at low dilepton masses. Preresonance collisions of partons may further increase the yields.
A micro-canonical treatment is used to study particle production in pp collisions. First this micro-canonical treatment is compared to some canonical ones. Then proton, antiproton and pion 4 pi multiplicities from proton-proton collisions at various center of mass energies are used to fix the micro-canonical parameters (E) and (V). The dependences of the micro-canonical parameters on the collision energy are parameterised for the further study of pp reactions with this micro-canonical treatment.
For experiments on fission-fragment induced desorption the detection of significant correlations between desorbed ions has been reported [1]. In this paper the method for the detection and quantitative description of these correlations will be described. The statistics of the desorption-process leads to equations for mass-line intensities of ion spectra. Using a time-to-amplitude-converter for flight-time measurements these intensities depend on interdependences of different ions desorbed by the same fission-fragment. The equations allow the computation of correlationcoefficients whose interdependence with desorption probabilities of the respective ions can be shown in Venn-diagrams. Results are given and an interpretation is suggested for fission-fragment desorbed thiamine molecular and fragment ions.
The development of epilepsy (epileptogenesis) involves a complex interplay of neuronal and immune processes. Here, we present a first-of-its-kind mathematical model to better understand the relationships among these processes. Our model describes the interaction between neuroinflammation, blood-brain barrier disruption, neuronal loss, circuit remodeling, and seizures. Formulated as a system of nonlinear differential equations, the model reproduces the available data from three animal models. The model successfully describes characteristic features of epileptogenesis such as its paradoxically long timescales (up to decades) despite short and transient injuries or the existence of qualitatively different outcomes for varying injury intensity. In line with the concept of degeneracy, our simulations reveal multiple routes toward epilepsy with neuronal loss as a sufficient but non-necessary component. Finally, we show that our model allows for in silico predictions of therapeutic strategies, revealing injury-specific therapeutic targets and optimal time windows for intervention.
The coordinate and momentum space configurations of the net baryon number in heavy ion collisions that undergo spinodal decomposition, due to a first-order phase transition, are investigated using state-of-the-art machine-learning methods. Coordinate space clumping, which appears in the spinodal decomposition, leaves strong characteristic imprints on the spatial net density distribution in nearly every event which can be detected by modern machine learning techniques. On the other hand, the corresponding features in the momentum distributions cannot clearly be detected, by the same machine learning methods, in individual events. Only a small subset of events can be systematically differ- entiated if only the momentum space information is available. This is due to the strong similarity of the two event classes, with and without spinodal decomposition. In such sce- narios, conventional event-averaged observables like the baryon number cumulants signal a spinodal non-equilibrium phase transition. Indeed the third-order cumulant, the skewness, does exhibit a peak at the beam energy (Elab = 3–4 A GeV), where the transient hot and dense system created in the heavy ion collision reaches the first-order phase transition.
Spin waves in yttrium-iron garnet has been the subject of research for decades. Recently the report of Bose-Einstein condensation at room temperature has brought these experiments back into focus. Due to the small mass of quasiparticles compared to atoms for example, the condensation temperature can be much higher. With spin-wave quasiparticles, so-called magnons, even room temperature can be reached by externally injecting magnons. But also possible applications in information technologies are of interest. Using excitations as carriers for information instead of charges delivers a much more efficient way of processing data. Basic logical operations have already been realized. Finally the wavelength of spin waves which can be decreased to nanoscale, gives the opportunity to further miniaturize devices for receiving signals for example in smartphones.
For all of these purposes the magnon system is driven far out of equilibrium. In order to get a better fundamental understanding, we concentrate in the main part of this thesis on the nonequilibrium aspect of magnon experiments and investigate their thermalization process. In this context we develop formalisms which are of general interest and which can be adopted to many different kinds of systems.
A milestone in describing gases out of equilibrium was the Boltzmann equation discovered by Ludwig Boltzmann in 1872. In this thesis extensions to the Boltzmann equation with improved approximations are derived. For the application to yttrium-iron garnet we describe the thermalization process after magnons were excited by an external microwave field.
First we consider the Bose-Einstein condensation phenomena. A special property of thin films of yttrium-iron garnet is that the dispersion of magnons has its minimum at finite wave vectors which leads to an interesting behavior of the condensate. We investigate the spatial structure of the condensate using the Gross-Pitaevskii equation and find that the magnons can not condensate only at the energy minimum but that also higher Fourier modes have to be occupied macroscopically. In principle this can lead to a localization on a lattice in real space.
Next we use functional renormalization group methods to go beyond the perturbation theory expressions in the Boltzmann equation. It is a difficult task to find a suitable cutoff scheme which fits to the constraints of nonequilibrium, namely causality and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem when approaching equilibrium. Therefore the cutoff scheme we developed for bosons in the context of our considerations is of general interest for the functional renormalization group. In certain approximations we obtain a system of differential equations which have a similar transition rate structure to the Boltzmann equation. We consider a model of two kinds of free bosons of which one type of boson acts as a thermal bath to the other one. Taking a suitable initial state we can use our formalism to describe the dynamics of magnons such that an enhanced occupation of the ground state is achieved. Numerical results are in good agreement with experimental data.
Finally we extend our model to consider also the pumping process and the decrease of the magnon particle number till thermal equilibrium is reached again. Additional terms which explicitly break the U(1)-symmetry make it necessary to also extend the theory from which a kinetic equation can be deduced. These extensions are complicated and we therefore restrict ourselves to perturbation theory only. Because of the weak interactions in yttrium-iron garnet this provides already good results.
Motivated by recent reports of a quantum-disordered ground state in the triangular lattice compound NaRuO2, we derive a jeff = 1/2 magnetic model for this system by means of first-principles calculations. The pseudospin Hamiltonian is dominated by bond-dependent off-diagonal Γ interactions, complemented by a ferromagnetic Heisenberg exchange and a notably antiferromagnetic Kitaev term. In addition to bilinear interactions, we find a sizable four-spin ring exchange contribution with a strongly anisotropic character, which has been so far overlooked when modeling Kitaev materials. The analysis of the magnetic model, based on the minimization of the classical energy and exact diagonalization of the quantum Hamiltonian, points toward the existence of a rather robust easy-plane ferromagnetic order, which cannot be easily destabilized by physically relevant perturbations.
Model frameworks, based on Floquet theory, have been shown to produce effective tools for accurately predicting phase-noise response of single (free-running) oscillator systems. This method of approach, referred to herein as macro-modeling, has been discussed in several highly influential papers and now constitutes an established branch of modern circuit theory. The increased application of, for example, injection-locked oscillators and oscillator arrays in modern communication systems has subsequently exposed the demand for similar rigorous analysis tools aimed at coupled oscillating systems. This paper presents a novel solution in terms of a macro-model characterizing the phase-response of synchronized coupled oscillator circuits and systems perturbed by weak noise sources. The framework is generalized and hence applicable to all circuit configurations and coupling topologies generating a synchronized steady-state. It advances and replaces the phenomenological descriptions currently found in the published literature pertaining to this topic and, as such, represents a significant breakthrough w.r.t. coupled oscillator noise modeling. The proposed model is readily implemented numerically using standard routines.
Using more than a million randomly generated equations of state that satisfy theoretical and observational constraints, we construct a novel, scale-independent description of the sound speed in neutron stars, where the latter is expressed in a unit cube spanning the normalized radius, r/R, and the mass normalized to the maximum one, M/MTOV. From this generic representation, a number of interesting and surprising results can be deduced. In particular, we find that light (heavy) stars have stiff (soft) cores and soft (stiff) outer layers, or that the maximum of the sound speed is located at the center of light stars but moves to the outer layers for stars with M/MTOV ≳ 0.7, reaching a constant value of cs = 1 2 2 as M → MTOV. We also show that the sound speed decreases below the conformal limit cs = 1 3 2 at the center of stars with M = MTOV. Finally, we construct an analytic expression that accurately describes the radial dependence of the sound speed as a function of the neutron-star mass, thus providing an estimate of the maximum sound speed expected in a neutron star.
I derive a general effective theory for hot and/or dense quark matter. After introducing general projection operators for hard and soft quark and gluon degrees of freedom, I explicitly compute the functional integral for the hard quark and gluon modes in the QCD partition function. Upon appropriate choices for the projection operators one recovers various well-known effective theories such as the Hard Thermal Loop/ Hard Dense Loop Effective Theories as well as the High Density Effective Theory by Hong and Schaefer. I then apply the effective theory to cold and dense quark matter and show how it can be utilized to simplify the weak-coupling solution of the color-superconducting gap equation. In general, one considers as relevant quark degrees of freedom those within a thin layer of width 2 Lambda_q around the Fermi surface and as relevant gluon degrees of freedom those with 3-momenta less than Lambda_gl. It turns out that it is necessary to choose Lambda_q << Lambda_gl, i.e., scattering of quarks along the Fermi surface is the dominant process. Moreover, this special choice of the two cutoff parameters Lambda_q and Lambda_gl facilitates the power-counting of the numerous contributions in the gap-equation. In addition, it is demonstrated that both the energy and the momentum dependence of the gap function has to be treated self-consistently in order to determine the imaginary part of the gap function. For quarks close to the Fermi surface the imaginary part is calculated explicitly and shown to be of sub-subleading order in the gap equation.
This dissertation is devoted to the study of thermodynamics for quantum gauge theories.The poor convergence of quantum field theory at finite temperature has been the main obstacle in the practical applications of thermal QCD for decades. In this dissertation I apply hard-thermal-loop perturbation theory, which is a gauge-invariant reorganization of the conventional perturbative expansion for quantum gauge theories to the thermodynamics of QED and Yang-Mills theory to three-loop order. For the Abelian case, I present a calculation of the free energy of a hot gas of electrons and photons by expanding in a power series in mD/T, mf /T and e2, where mD and mf are the photon and electron thermal masses, respectively, and e is the coupling constant.I demonstrate that the hard-thermal-loop perturbation reorganization improves the convergence of the successive approximations to the QED free energy at large coupling, e ~ 2. For the non-Abelian case, I present a calculation of the free energy of a hot gas of gluons by expanding in a power series in mD/T and g2, where mD is the gluon thermal mass and g is the coupling constant. I show that at three-loop order hard-thermal-loop perturbation theory is compatible with lattice results for the pressure, energy density, and entropy down to temperatures T ~ 2 - 3 Tc. The results suggest that HTLpt provides a systematic framework that can be used to calculate static and dynamic quantities for temperatures relevant at LHC.
A fundamental work on THz measurement techniques for application to steel manufacturing processes
(2004)
The terahertz (THz) waves had not been obtained except by a huge system, such as a free electron laser, until an invention of a photo-mixing technique at Bell laboratory in 1984 [1]. The first method using the Auston switch could generate up to 1 THz [2]. After then, as a result of some efforts for extending the frequency limit, a combination of antennas for the generation and the detection reached several THz [3, 4]. This technique has developed, so far, with taking a form of filling up the so-called THz gap . At the same time, a lot of researches have been trying to increase the output power as well [5-7]. In the 1990s, a big advantage in the frequency band was brought by non-linear optical methods [8-11]. The technique led to drastically expand the frequency region and recently to realize a measurement up to 41 THz [12]. On the other hand, some efforts have yielded new generation and detection methods from other approaches, a CW-THz as well as the pulse generation [13-19]. Especially, a THz luminescence and a laser, originated in a research on the Bloch oscillator, are recently generated from a quantum cascade structure, even at an only low temperature of 60 K [20-22]. This research attracts a lot of attention, because it would be a breakthrough for the THz technique to become widespread into industrial area as well as research, in a point of low costs and easier operations. It is naturally thought that a technology of short pulse lasers has helped the THz field to be developed. As a background of an appearance of a stable Ti:sapphire laser and a high power chirped pulse amplification (CPA) laser, instead of a dye laser, a lot of concentration on the techniques of a pulse compression and amplification have been done. [23] Viewed from an application side, the THz technique has come into the limelight as a promising measurement method. A discovery of absorption peaks of a protein and a DNA in the THz region is promoting to put the technique into practice in the field of medicine and pharmaceutical science from several years ago [24-27]. It is also known that some absorption of light polar-molecules exist in the region, therefore, some ideas of gas and water content monitoring in the chemical and the food industries are proposed [28-32]. Furthermore, a lot of reports, such as measurements of carrier distribution in semiconductors, refractive index of a thin film and an object shape as radar, indicate that this technique would have a wide range of application [33-37]. I believe that it is worth challenging to apply it into the steel-making industry, due to its unique advantages. The THz wavelength of 30-300 ¼m can cope with both independence of a surface roughness of steel products and a detection with a sub-millimeter precision, for a remote surface inspection. There is also a possibility that it can measure thickness or dielectric constants of relatively high conductive materials, because of a high permeability against non-polar dielectric materials, short pulse detection and with a high signal-to-noise ratio of 103-5. Furthermore, there is a possibility that it could be applicable to a measurement at high temperature, for less influence by a thermal radiation, compared with the visible and infrared light. These ideas have motivated me to start this THz work.
The HADES experiment at GSI has recently provided data on the flow coefficients v1,..., v4 for protons in Au+Au reactions at Elab = 1.23 AGeV (or √sNN = 2.4 GeV). This data allows to estimate the shear viscosity over entropy density ratio, η/s at low energies via a coarse graining analysis of the UrQMD transport simulations of the flow harmonics in comparison to the experimental data. By this we can provide for the first time an estimate of η/s ≈ 0.65 ± 0.15 (or (8 ± 2)(4π)−1) at such low energies.
The SENECA model, a new hybrid approach to air shower simulations, is presented. It combines the use of efficient cascade equations in the energy range where a shower can be treated as one-dimensional, with a traditional Monte Carlo method which traces individual particles. This allows one to reproduce natural fluctuations of individual showers as well as the lateral spread of low energy particles. The model is quite efficient in computation time. As an application of the new approach, the influence of the low energy hadronic models on shower properties for AUGER energies is studied. We conclude that these models have a significant impact on the tails of lateral distribution functions, and deserve therefore more attention.
A new method of event characterization based on Deep Learning is presented. The PointNet models can be used for fast, online event-by-event impact parameter determination at the CBM experiment. For this study, UrQMD and the CBM detector simulation are used to generate Au+Au collision events at 10 AGeV which are then used to train and evaluate PointNet based architectures. The models can be trained on features like the hit position of particles in the CBM detector planes, tracks reconstructed from the hits or combinations thereof. The Deep Learning models reconstruct impact parameters from 2-14 fm with a mean error varying from -0.33 to 0.22 fm. For impact parameters in the range of 5-14 fm, a model which uses the combination of hit and track information of particles has a relative precision of 4-9% and a mean error of -0.33 to 0.13 fm. In the same range of impact parameters, a model with only track information has a relative precision of 4-10% and a mean error of -0.18 to 0.22 fm. This new method of event-classification is shown to be more accurate and less model dependent than conventional methods and can utilize the performance boost of modern GPU processor units.
According to the inflationary theory of cosmology, most elementary particles in the current universe were created during a period of reheating after inflation. In this work we self-consistently couple the Einstein-inflaton equations to a strongly coupled quantum field theory (QFT) as described by holography. We show that this leads to an inflating universe, a reheating phase and finally a universe dominated by the QFT in thermal equilibrium.
The upcoming commissioning of the superconducting (SC) continuous wave Helmholtz linear accelerators first of series cryomodule is going to demand precise alignment of the four internal SC cavities and two SC solenoids. For optimal results, a beam-based alignment method is used to reduce the misalignment of the whole cryomodule, as well as its individual components. A symmetric beam of low transverse emittance is required for this method, which is to be formed by a collimation system. It consists of two separate plates with milled slits, aligned in the horizontal and vertical direction. The collimation system and alignment measurements are proposed, investigated, and realized. The complete setup of this system and its integration into the existing environment at the GSI High Charge State Injector are presented, as well as the results of the recent reference measurements.
Correlation functions provide information on the properties of mesons in vacuum and of hot nuclear matter. In this work, we present a new method to derive a well-defined spectral representation for correlation functions. Combining this method with the quark gap equation and the inhomogeneous Bethe–Salpeter equation in the rainbow-ladder approximation, we calculate in-vacuum masses of light mesons and the electrical conductivity of the quark–gluon plasma. The analysis can be extended to other observables of strong-interaction systems.
Stationarity of the constituents of the body and of its functionalities is a basic requirement for life, being equivalent to survival in first place. Assuming that the resting state activity of the brain serves essential functionalities, stationarity entails that the dynamics of the brain needs to be regulated on a time-averaged basis. The combination of recurrent and driving external inputs must therefore lead to a non-trivial stationary neural activity, a condition which is fulfiled for afferent signals of varying strengths only close to criticality. In this view, the benefits of working in the vicinity of a second-order phase transition, such as signal enhancements, are not the underlying evolutionary drivers, but side effects of the requirement to keep the brain functional in first place. It is hence more appropriate to use the term 'self-regulated' in this context, instead of 'self-organized'.
CMOS sensors are the most promising candidates for the Micro-Vertex-Detector (MVD) of the CBM experiment at GSI, as they provide an unprecedented compromise between spatial resolution, low material budget, adequate radiation tolerance and readout speed. To study the integration of these sensors into a detector module, a so-called MVD-demonstrator has been developed. The demonstrator and its in-beam performance will be presented and discussed in this work.
A CW RFQ prototype
(2011)
A short RFQ prototype was built for RF-tests of high power RFQ structures. We will study thermal effects and determine critical points of the design. HF-simulations with CST Microwave Studio and measurements were done. The cw-tests with 20 kW/m RF-power and simulations of thermal effects with ALGOR were finished successfully. The optimization of some details of the HF design is on focus now. First results and the status of the project will be presented.
The Frankfurt Neutron Source at the Stern-Gerlach-Zentrum is driven by a 2 MeV proton linac consisting of a 4-rod-radio-frequency-quadrupol (RFQ) and an 8 gap IH-DTL structure. RFQ and IH cavity will be powered by only one radio frequency (RF) amplifier to reduce costs. The RF-amplifier of the RFQ-IH combination is coupled into the RFQ. Internal inductive coupling along the axis connects the RFQ with the IH cavity ensuring the required power transition as well as a fixed phase relation between the two structures. The main acceleration of 120 keV up to 2.03 MeV will be reached by the RFQ-IH combination with 175 MHz and at a total length of 2.3 m. The losses in the RFQ-IH combination are about 200 kW.
In this work the flexibility requirements of a highly renewable European electricity network that has to cover fluctuations of wind and solar power generation on different temporal and spatial scales are studied. Cost optimal ways to do so are analysed that include optimal distribution of the infrastructure, large scale transmission, storage, and dispatchable generators. In order to examine these issues, a model of increasing sophistication is built, first considering different flexibility classes of conventional generation, then adding storage, before finally considering transmission to see the effects of each.
To conclude, in this work it was shown that slowly flexible base load generators can only be used in energy systems with renewable shares of less than 50%, independent of the expansion of an interconnecting transmission network within Europe. Furthermore, for a system with a dominant fraction of renewable generation, highly flexible generators are essentially the only necessary class of backup generators. The total backup capacity can only be decreased significantly if interconnecting transmission is allowed, clearly favouring a European-wide energy network. These results are independent of the complexity level of the cost assumptions used for the models. The use of storage technologies allows to reduce the required conventional backup capacity further. This highlights the importance of including additional technologies into the energy system that provide flexibility to balance fluctuations caused by the renewable energy sources. These technologies could for example be advanced energy storage systems, interconnecting transmission in the electricity network, and hydro power plants.
It was demonstrated that a cost optimal European electricity system with almost 100% renewable generation can have total system costs comparable to today's system cost. However, this requires a very large transmission grid expansion to nine times the line volume of the present-day system. Limiting transmission increases the system cost by up to a third, however, a compromise grid with four times today's line volume already locks in most of the cost benefits. Therefore, it is very clear that by increasing the pan-European network connectivity, a cost efficient inclusion of renewable energies can be achieved, which is strongly needed to reach current climate change prevention goals.
It was also shown that a similarly cost efficient, highly renewable European electricity system can be achieved that considers a wide range of additional policy constraints and plausible changes of economic parameters.
In this work we present, for the first time, the non-perturbative renormalization for the unpolarized, helicity and transversity quasi-PDFs, in an RI′ scheme. The proposed prescription addresses simultaneously all aspects of renormalization: logarithmic divergences, finite renormalization as well as the linear divergence which is present in the matrix elements of fermion operators with Wilson lines. Furthermore, for the case of the unpolarized quasi-PDF, we describe how to eliminate the unwanted mixing with the twist-3 scalar operator.
We utilize perturbation theory for the one-loop conversion factor that brings the renormalization functions to the MS-scheme at a scale of 2 GeV. We also explain how to improve the estimates on the renormalization functions by eliminating lattice artifacts. The latter can be computed in one-loop perturbation theory and to all orders in the lattice spacing.
We apply the methodology for the renormalization to an ensemble of twisted mass fermions with Nf = 2 + 1 + 1 dynamical quarks, and a pion mass of around 375 MeV.