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In this thesis, we use lattice QCD to study a part of the QCD phase diagram, specifically the QCD phase transition at mu=0, where the QCD matter changes from hadron gas to quark-gluon plasma (QGP) with increasing temperature.
This phase transition takes place as a crossover, but when theoretically changing the masses of the quarks, the order of the phase transition changes as well.
We focus on the region of heavy quark masses with Nf=2 flavours, where we investigate the critical quark mass at the second order phase transition in the form of a Z2 point between the first-order and the crossover region.
The first-order region is positioned at infinitely heavy quarks. As the quark masses decrease, the associated Z3 centre symmetry breaks explicitly, causing the first-order phase transition to weaken until it turns into the Z2 point and finally into a crossover.
We study this Z2 point using simulations at Nf=2 and lattices of the sizes Nt = {6, 8, 10, 12}, partially building on previous work, in which the simulations for Nt = {6, 8, 10} were started.
The simulations for Nt=12 are not finished yet though, but we were able to draw some preliminary conclusions. These simulations are run on GPUs and CPUs, using the codes Cl2QCD and open-QCD-FASTSUM, respectively. Afterwards, the data goes through a first analysis step in the form of the Python program PLASMA, preparing it for the two techniques we use to analyse the nature of the phase transition.
As a first, reliable analysis method, we perform a finite size scaling analysis of the data to find the location of the Z2 point. Since we are using lattice QCD, performing a continuum extrapolation is necessary to reach the continuum result.
In regard to this, the finite size scaling analysis method is hampered by the excessive amount of simulated data that is needed regarding statistics and the total number of simulations, which is why this thesis is only an intermediate step towards the continuum limit.
This also leads to the second analysis technique we explore in this thesis.
We start to design a Landau theory which describes the phase boundary for heavy masses at Nf=2 based on the simulated data.
We develop a Landau functional for every Nt we have simulation data for.
Albeit the results are not at the same precision as the ones from the finite size scaling analysis, we are able to reproduce the position of the Z2 point for every Nt.
Even though we are not able to take a continuum extrapolation right now, after more development takes place in future works, this approach might, in the long run, lead to a continuum result that won't need as many simulations as the finite size scaling analysis.
Precise intensity monitoring at CRYRING@ESR: on designing a Cryogenic Current Comparator for FAIR
(2023)
In the field of today’s beam intensity diagnostic there is a significant gap in the non-interceptive, calibrated measurement of the absolute intensity of continuous (unbunched) dc beams with current amplitudes below 1 μA. At the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) low-intensity DC beams will occur during slow extraction from the synchrotrons as well as for coasting beams of highly-charged or exotic nuclei in the storage rings. The lack of adequate beam instrumentation limits the experimental program as well as the accuracy of experimental results.
The Cryogenic Current Comparator (CCC) can close the diagnostic gap with a high-precision dc current reading independent of ion-species and of beam parameters. However, the established detector design based on a core with high magnetic permeability and on a radial shield geometry has well-known weaknesses concerning magnetic shielding efficiency and intrinsic current noise. To eliminate these weaknesses, a novel coreless CCC with a co-axial shield was constructed and combined with a high-performance SQUID contributed by the Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz-IPHT Jena). The new axial CCC model was compared to a radial CCC with the established design provided by the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. According to numerical simulations prepared at TU Darmstadt and test measurements of the detectors in the laboratory, the new design offered a significant improvement of the shielding factor – from 75dB to 207dB at the required dimensions – and eliminated all noise contributions from the core material, promising an improved current resolution. Although the lower inductance of the pickup coil reduced the coupling to the beam significantly, the noise properties of the new CCC type were comparable to the classical version with a high-permeability core. However, the expected decrease of the low-frequency noise and thus an increase of the current resolution could not be observed at this stage of development.
Consequently, the classical CCC based on the radial shielding and high-permeability core had to be installed in CRYRING@ESR to provide best possible intensity measurements for the upcoming experimental campaign. In CRYRING the CCC was operated with beam currents between 1nA and 20μA and with different ion species (H, Ne, O, Pb, U). It was shown that the CCC provides a noise-limited current resolution of better than 3.2 nArms at a bandwidth of 200 kHz as well as a noise level below 40 pA/√Hz above 1 kHz. During the operation, the main noise sources of the accelerator environment had to be identified and suitable mitigation strategies were developed. Temperature and pressure fluctuations were suppressed with a newly-designed cryogenic support system based on a 70 l helium bath cryostat, developed and built in collaboration with the Institut für Luft- und Kältetechnik Dresden, in combination with a helium re-liquefier. The cryogenic operating time was restricted to around 7 days, which must be expanded significantly in the future. Digital filters were developed to remove the perturbations of the helium liquefier and of the neighboring dipole magnets. Given the promising results the CCC system can be considered as a prototype for future CCCs at FAIR.
This thesis deals with several aspects of non-perturbative calculations in low-dimensional quantum field theories. It is split into two main parts:
The first part focuses on method development and testing. Using exactly integrable QFTs in zero spacetime dimensions as toy models, the need for non-perturbative methods in QFT is demonstrated. In particular, we focus on the functional renormalization group (FRG) as a non-perturbative exact method and present a novel fluid-dynamic reformulation of certain FRG flow equations. This framework and the application of numerical schemes from the field of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to the FRG is tested and benchmarked against exact results for correlation functions. We also draw several conclusions for the qualitative understanding and interpretation of renormalization group (RG) flows from this fluid-dynamic reformulation and discuss the generalization of our findings to realistic higher-dimensional QFTs.
The topics discussed in the second part are also manifold. In general, the second part of this thesis deals with the Gross-Neveu (GN) model, which is a prototype of a relativistic QFT. Even though being a model in two spacetime dimensions, it shares many features of realistic models and theories for high-energy particle physics, but also emerges as a limiting case from systems in solid state physics. Especially, it is interesting to study the model at non-vanishing temperatures and densities, thus, its thermodynamic properties and phase structure.
First, we use this model to test and apply our findings of the first part of this thesis in a realistic environment. We analyze how the fluid-dynamic aspects of the FRG realize themselves in the RG flow of a full-fledged QFT and how we profit from this numeric framework in actual calculations. Thereby, however, we also aim at answering a long-standing question: Is there still symmetry breaking and condensation at non-zero temperatures in the GN model, if one relaxes the commonly used approximation of an infinite number of fermion species and works with a finite number of fermions? In short: Is matter (in the GN model) in a single spatial dimension at non-zero temperature always gas-like?
In general, we also use the GN model to learn about the correct description of QFTs at non-zero temperatures and densities. This is of utmost relevance for model calculations in low-energy quan- tum chromodynamics (QCD) or other QFTs in medium and we draw several conclusions for the requirements for stable calculations at non-zero chemical potential.
Investigation of the kinematics involved in compton scattering and hard X-ray photoabsorption
(2023)
The present work investigates the kinematics of Compton scattering at gaseous, internally-cool helium and molecular nitrogen targets in the high- and the low-energy regime. Additionally, photoionization at molecular nitrogen with high-energy photons is investigated. These exeprimental regimes were previously inaccessible due to the extremely small cross sections involved. Nowadays, the third- and fourth-generation synchrotron machines produce sufficient photon flux, enabling the investiagtion of the above processes. The utilized cold-target recoil-ion momentum spectroscopy (COLTRIMS) technique further increases the detection efficiency of the observed processes, since it enables full-solid-angle detection by exploiting momentum conservation.
Compton scattering is investigated at both high (helium and N2) and low (helium) photon energies. In the high-energy regime, the impulse approximation is mostly valid, which is not the case for the low-energy regime. The impulse approximation assumes that the Compton-scattering process takes place at a free electron with a momentum distribution as if it was bound, thus ignoring the binding energy of the system. In the low-energy regime, the impulse approximation is not valid.
Photoionization is investigated at high photon energies, where the linear momentum of the photon cannot be neglected, as is the fashion of the commonly used dipole approximation.
Magnetische Quadrupole und Solenoide sind ein elementarer Bestandteil einer Beschleunigeranlage und begrenzen die transversale Ausdehnung eines Teilchenstrahls durch eine Reflexion der Teilchen in Richtung der Beschleunigerachse. Die konventionelle Bauweise als Elektromagnet besteht aus einem Eisenjoch welches mit Spulen umwickelt ist. In dieser Arbeit werden diese Magnetstrukturen auf Basis von Permanentmagneten designt und hinsichtlich ihrer Qualität zum Strahltransport optimiert, sowie Feldmessungen an permanentmagnetischen Quadrupolen durchgeführt. Diese wurden mit 3D-gedruckten Halterungen aus Kunststoff gefertigt, was eine Vielzahl von Formvariationen ermöglicht. Darauf aufbauend wurde ein im Vakuum befindlicher Aufbau entwickelt, mit welchem die Strahlenvelope im inneren eines permanentmagnetischen Quadrupol Tripletts diagnostiziert werden kann. Dies greift auf ein am Institut für angewandte Physik entwickeltes System zur nicht-invasiven Strahldiagnose mithilfe von Raspberry Pi Einplatinencomputern und Kameras in starken Magnetfeldern zurück.
Die in dieser Arbeit vorgestellte Konfiguration eines PMQ’s ist eine Weiterentwicklung des am CERN im Linac4, einem Alvarez-Driftröhrenbeschleuniger zur Beschleunigung von H– , verwendeten Designs. Bei diesem sind je acht quaderförmige Permanentmagnete aus Samarium Cobalt (SmCo) in die Driftröhren des Beschleunigers integriert.
Darauf aufbauend wurden die geometrischen Designparameter hinsichtlich ihres Einflusses auf die Qualität des Magnetfelds untersucht. In einem magnetischen Quadrupol zur Strahlfokussierung wird dies durch einen linearen Anstieg des Magnetfeldes von Quadrupolachse zu Polflächen charakterisiert. Das Design wurde im Zuge dessen zur Verwendung von industriellen Standardgeometrien von Quadermagneten und der Erhöhung der magnetischen Flussdichte erweitert. Dazu wurde untersucht wie sich das Hinzufügen von zusätzlichen Magneten auswirkt und ob eine bessere Feldqualität durch andere Magnetformen erreicht wird.
Die Kombination mehrerer PMQ in geringem Abstand (<10 mm) führt abhängig von der Geometrie der PMQ-Singlets zu einer erheblichen Verschlechterung der Feldlinearität, was eine Erhöhung des besetzten Phasenraumvolumens der Teilchen nach sich zieht.
Am Beispiel von PMQ-Tripletts werden die zu beachtenden Designparameter analysiert und Lösungsansätze vorgestellt. Die auftretenden Effekte werden anhand von Strahldynamiksimulation veranschaulicht. Für eine Anwendung der vorgestellten Designs wurde eine Magnethülle mit einer Wabenstruktur zur Aufnahme der Einzelmagnete entwickelt. Diese besteht aus zwei Halbschalen, welche jeweils den Kompletteinschluss aller Magnete garantiert und eine einfache Montage um ein Strahlrohr ermöglicht. Diese wurden in der Institutswerkstatt aus Kunststoff via 3D-Druck gefertigt. Aufgrund der höheren erreichbaren Magnetisierung wurden Neodym-Eisen-Bor-Magnete (Nd2F14B, Br =1,36 T) für den Bau der entwickelten Strukturen verwendet. Für eine Magnetfeldmessung zur Bestätigung der magnetostatischen Simulationen und einer Bewertung der Druckqualität wurde eine motorisierte xyz-Stage zur Bewegung einer Hallsonde aufgebaut. Die Messungen zeigen eine gute Zentrierung des Magnetfeldes, sodass PMQ mit einer Kunststoffhalterung eine schnelle und billige Möglichkeit sind, kurzfristig eine Quadrupol-Konfiguration aufzubauen. Die Kosten belaufen sich für einen einzelnen PMQ je nach Länge auf 50€ bis 100€.
Basierend auf der PMQ-Struktur wurde ein PMQ-Triplett in ein Vakuum versetzt und mit Raspberry Pi Kameras im Zwischenraum der Singlets ausgestattet. Dies ermöglichte die Aufnahme der Strahlenvelope innerhalb des Tripletts anhand der durch einen Heliumstrahl induzierten Fluoreszenz und erste Erkenntnisse für notwendige Weiterentwicklungen wurden gesammelt. Auf den genauen technischen Aufbau wird im abschließenden Kapitel der Arbeit detailliert eingegangen.
In der einfachsten Form wird ein PM-Solenoid anhand eines einzelnen axial magnetisierten Hohlzylinders realisiert und erzeugt näherungsweise die Feldverteilung einer Zylinderspule. Durch die radialen Magnetfeldkomponenten an den Rändern des Solenoiden erhalten Teilchen eine tangentiale Geschwindigkeitskomponente und führen eine Gyrationsbewegung entlang der Solenoidachse aus. Diese reduziert den Strahlradius und die Teilchen behalten eine Geschwindigkeitskomponente, welche zur Solenoidachse zeigt. Für eine Maximierung dieser Fokussierung muss das Magnetfeld auf die Zylinderachse konzentriert werden. Insbesondere bei einer Verlängerung des Hohlzylinders wird die Kopplung der Polflächen über das Innenvolumen abgeschwächt. Aufgrund dessen wurde ein Design bestehend aus drei Hohlzylindersegmenten entwickelt. Dieses setzt sich aus zwei radial und einem axial magnetisierten Hohlzylinder zusammen und erhöht die mittlere magnetische Flussdichte für ausgewählte Geometrien um einen Faktor zwei im Vergleich zu einem einzelnen Hohlzylinder gleicher Geometrie. Dies ist gleichzusetzen mit einer Vervierfachung der Fokussierstärke, welche quadratisch mit der mittleren magnetischen Flussdichte skaliert. Die Strahldynamischen Konsequenzen werden anhand von Simulationen mit generierten Magnetfeldverteilungen erläutert. Für eine kostengünstige Bauweise wurde eine Design basierend auf quaderförmigen Magneten entwickelt.
Es wurde das Leitfähigkeitsverhalten von reinem, lufthaltigem Wasser bei kontinuierlicher und impulsgetasteter Röntgenbestrahlung (60 kV8) untersucht. Hierbei ergaben sich zwei einander überlagerte Effekte: 1. Ein der Röntgen-Dosisleistung proportionaler irreversibler Leitfähigkeitsanstieg, der vermutlich auf eine Strahlenreaktion des gelösten CO2 zurückzuführen ist, 2. eine reversible Leitfähigkeitserhöhung während der Bestrahlung, die sich mit der Entstehung einer Ionenart mit einer mittleren Lebensdauer von ca. 0,15 sec erklären läßt. Es wird angenommen, daß es sich dabei um Radikalionen O2⊖ handelt, welche durch die Reaktion der als Strahlungsprodukt entstehenden Η-Radikale mit dem gelösten Sauerstoff gebildet werden. Ein möglicher chemischer Reaktionsmechanismus wird angegeben, der zu befriedigender quantitativer Übereinstimmung der Versuchsergebnisse mit Ausbeutewerten und Reaktionskonstanten aus der Literatur führt.
Neutron stars are unique laboratories for the investigation of the high density properties of bulk matter. In this work, the astrophysical constraints for a phase transition from hadronic matter to deconfined quark matter are examined thoroughly. A scheme for relating known astrophysical observables such as mass, radius and tidal deformability to the parameter space of such a transition is devised and applied to the set of data currently available.
In order to span a wide parameter space, a highly parameterizable relativistic mean field equation in compliance with chiral effective field theory results is used, where the stiffness of the equation of state can be varied via the effective mass at saturation density. The phase transitions are modelled using a Maxwell construction and assumed to be of first order, with a constant speed of sound quark matter model. The resulting equations of state are analyzed and divided into four categories, which can be used to constrain the parameter space that allows phase transition. It is highlighted, that a subset of this parameter space would even be detectable without the need of higher precision measurements. A phase transition at high densities is shown to be particularly promising in this regard. Finally, the groundwork is laid to apply the equation of state used in this work for supernova or merger simulations, by extending it to non-zero temperatures.
In order to understand the origin of the elements in the universe, one must understand the nuclear reactions by which atomic nuclei are transformed. There are many different astrophysical environments that fulfill the conditions of different nucleosynthesis processes. Even though great progress has been made in recent decades in understanding the origin of the elements in the universe, some questions remain unanswered. In order to understand the processes, it is necessary to measure cross sections of the involved reactions and constrain theoretical model predictions. A variety of methods have been developed to measure nuclear reaction cross sections relevant for nuclear astrophysics. In this thesis, two different experiments and their results, both using the well-established activation method, are presented.
A measurement of the proton capture cross section on the p-nuclide 96Ru was performed at the Institute of Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics ISNAP - Notre Dame, USA. The main goal of this experiment was to compare the results with those obtained by Mei et al. in a pioneering experiment using the method of inverse kinematics at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH - Darmstadt, Germany. Therefore, the activations were taken out at the same center of mass energies of 9 MeV, 10 MeV and 11 MeV. Another activation was taken out at an energy of 3.2 MeV to compare the result to a measurement of Bork et al. who also used the activation method. While the results at 3.2 MeV agree quite well with those of Bork et al., the results at higher energies show significantly smaller cross sections than those measured by Mei et al.. Experimental details, the data analysis and sources of uncertainties are discussed.
The second part of this thesis describes a neutron capture cross section experiment. At the Institut für Kernphysik - Goethe Universtität Frankfurt an experimental setup allows to produce quasi maxwell-distributed neutron fields to measure maxwell-averaged cross sections (MACS) relevant for s-process nucleosynthesis. The setup was upgraded by a fast electric linear guide to transport samples from the activation to the detection site. The cyclic activation of the sample allows to increase the signal-to-noise ratio and to measure neutron captures that lead to nuclei with
half-lives on the order of seconds. In a first campaign, MACS of the reactions 51V(n,γ), 107,109Ag(n,γ) and 103Rh(n,γ) were measured. The new components of the setup aswell as the data analysis framework are described and the results of the measurements are discussed.
We study the polarization of relativistic fluids using the relativistic density operator at global and local equilibrium. In global equilibrium, a new technique to compute exact expectation values is introduced, which is used to obtain the exact polarization vector for fields of any spin. The same result has been extended to the case of massless fields. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that at local equilibrium not only the thermal vorticity but also the thermal shear contribute to the polarization vector. It is shown that assuming an isothermal local equilibrium, the new term can solve the polarization sign puzzle in heavy ion collisions.
Terahertz (THz) radiation lies between the micro and far-infrared range in the electromagnetic spectrum. Compared with microwave and millimeter waves, it has a larger signal bandwidth and extremely narrow antenna beam. Thus, it is easier to achieve high-resolution for imaging and detection applications. The unique properties, such as penetration for majority non-polar materials, non-ionizing characteristic and the spectral fingerprint of materials, makes THz imaging an appealing artifice in the military, biomedical, astronomical communications, and other areas. However, THz radiation’s current low power level and detection sensitivity block THz imaging system from including fewer optical elements than the visible or infrared range. This leads to imaging resolution, contrast, and imaging field of view degenerate and makes the aberration more serious. THz imaging based on the space Fourier spectrum detection is developed in this thesis to achieve high-quality imaging. The main concept of Fourier imaging is by recording the field distribution in the Fourier plane (focal plane) of the imaging system; the information of the target is obtained. The numerical processing method is needed to extract the amplitude and phase information of the imaged target. With additional process, three-dimensional (3D) information can be obtained based on the phase information. The novel recording and reconstructing ways of the Fourier imaging system enables it to have a higher resolution, better contrast, and broader field of view than conventional imaging systems such as microscopy and plane to plane telescopic imaging system.
The work presented in this thesis consists of two imaging systems, one is working at 300 GHz based on the fundamental heterodyne detection of the THz radiation, the other is operated at 600 GHz by utilizing the sub harmonic heterodyne detection technique. The realization and test of the heterodyne detection are based on the THz antenna-coupled field-effect transistor (TeraFET) detector developed by Dr. Alvydas Lisauskas. Both systems use two synchronized electronic multiplier chains to radiate the THz waves. One radiation works as the local oscillator (LO), the other works as illumination with a slight frequency shift, the radiations are mixed on the detector scanning in the Fourier plane to record the complex Fourier spectrum of the imaged target. The LO has the same frequency range as the illuminating radiation for fundamental heterodyne detection but half the frequency range for the sub-harmonic heterodyne detection. The 2-mm resolution, 60-dB contrast, and 5.5-cm diameter imaging area at 300 GHz and the of 500-μm resolution, 40-dB contrast, and 3.5-cm diameter imaging area at 600 GHz are achieved (the 300-GHz illuminating radiation has the approximate power of 600 μW , the 600-GHz illuminating radiation has the approximate power of 60 μW ).
The thesis consists of 6 parts. After the introduction, the second chapter expands on the topic of Fourier optics from a theoretical point of view and the simulations of the Fourier imaging system. First, the theory of the electromagnetic field propagation in free space and through an optical system are investigated to elicit the Fourier transform function of the imaging system. The simulation is used for theoretical considerations and the implementation of a Fourier optic script that allows for numerical investigations on reconstruction. The preliminary imaging field of view and resolution are also demonstrated. The third chapter describes the Fourier imaging system at 300 GHz based on the fundamental heterodyne detection, including the experimental setup, the 2D, and 3D imaging results. The following fourth chapter reports the integration of the TeraFET detector with two substrate lenses (one is a Si lens on the back-side Si substrate, the other is a wax/PTFE lens on the front side containing the bonding wires) for sub-harmonic heterodyne detection at 600 GHz. The characteristic of the wax/PTFE lens at THz range is presented. After that, the compared imaging results between the detector with and without the wax/PTFE lens are shown. The fifth chapter extends the demonstration on the lateral and depth resolution of the Fourier imaging system in detail and uses the experimental results at 600 GHz to validate the analytical predictions. The comparison of the resolution between the Fourier imaging system and the conventional microscopy system proves that the Fourier imaging system has better imaging quality under the same system configuration. The last chapter in this thesis concludes on the findings of the THz Fourier imaging and gives an outlook for the enhancement of the Fourier imaging system at THz range.