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Use Of Quantum Mechanical Calculations To Investigate Small Silicon Carbide Clusters, Jean W. Henry
Use Of Quantum Mechanical Calculations To Investigate Small Silicon Carbide Clusters, Jean W. Henry
Theses and Dissertations
Density Functional Theory (DFT) method was employed to model silicon carbide small clusters. Comparing the DFT calculation results with experimental results that observed by using photoelectron spectroscopy (PES), DFT predicts the same structures that experiment observed. For electron affinity, DFT results are in good agreement with experimental results, the root mean square negative offset 0.1 eV found using medium size of basis set (cc-pVDZ+) calculation. DFT results for vibrational frequencies are in good agreement with experiment results; the root mean square error is 72.5 cm-1 wave number. 16 ground state structures of SimCn (m ≤ 4, …
Control And Characterization Of Line-Addressable Micromirror Arrays, Harris J. Hall
Control And Characterization Of Line-Addressable Micromirror Arrays, Harris J. Hall
Theses and Dissertations
This research involved the design and implementation of a complete line-addressable control system for a 32x32 electrostatic piston-actuated micromirror array device. Line addressing reduces the number of control lines from N2 to 2N making it possible to design larger arrays and arrays with smaller element sizes. The system utilizes the electromechanical bi-stability of individual elements to bold arbitrary bi-stable phase patterns. The control system applies pulse width modulated (PWM) signals to the rows and columns of the micromirror array. Three modes of operation were conceived and built into the system. The first was the traditional signal scheme which requires …
Attenuation And Refraction Of An Electromagnetic Wave In An Electron Beam Generated Plasma, Nathaniel P. Lockwood
Attenuation And Refraction Of An Electromagnetic Wave In An Electron Beam Generated Plasma, Nathaniel P. Lockwood
Theses and Dissertations
Artificially generated plasmas may be employed to alter the propagation characteristics of electromagnetic waves. The purpose of this report is to study the propagation of electromagnetic waves in an electron beam generated plasma. To understand the physics related to this concept requires the development of computational tools dealing with a plasma created by an electron beam, an assessment of the temporal and spatial evolution of the plasma, and a characterization of the refraction and attenuation of electromagnetic (EM) waves in a collisional plasma. Three computer programs were developed to characterize the effectiveness of an electron beam generated plasma in refracting …
Non-Sequential Double Ionization Of Ne In Intense Laser Pulses: A Coincidence Experiment, Robert Moshammer, Bernold Feuerstein, Daniel Fischer, Alexander Dorn, Claus Dieter Schroter, J. Deipenwisch, Jose R. Crespo Lopez-Urrutia, C. Hohr, Paul B. Neumayer, Joachim Hermann Ullrich, Horst Rottke, Christoph Trump, M. Wittmann, Georg Korn, Wolfgang Sandner
Non-Sequential Double Ionization Of Ne In Intense Laser Pulses: A Coincidence Experiment, Robert Moshammer, Bernold Feuerstein, Daniel Fischer, Alexander Dorn, Claus Dieter Schroter, J. Deipenwisch, Jose R. Crespo Lopez-Urrutia, C. Hohr, Paul B. Neumayer, Joachim Hermann Ullrich, Horst Rottke, Christoph Trump, M. Wittmann, Georg Korn, Wolfgang Sandner
Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works
The dynamics of Neon double ionization by 25 fs, 1.0 PW/cm2 laser pulses at 795 nm has been studied in a many particle coincidence experiment. The momentum vectors of all ejected atomic fragments (electrons and ions) have been measured using combined electron and recoil-ion momentum spectroscopy. Electron emission spectra for double and single ionization will be discussed. In both processes the mean electron energies differ considerably and high energetic electrons with energies of more than 120 eV have been observed for double ionization. The experimental results are in qualitative agreement with the rescattering model.
Photoluminescence Of Single Quantum Well Structures In Gallium Arsenide, Christian A. Bartholomew
Photoluminescence Of Single Quantum Well Structures In Gallium Arsenide, Christian A. Bartholomew
Theses and Dissertations
The continued development of state-of the-art semiconductor technologies and devices by the United States Air Force and the Department of Defense requires accurate and efficient techniques to evaluate and model these new materials. Of particular interest to the Air Force are quantum well structures which can be used for small-scale laser sources in fly-by-light applications, as efficient infrared countermeasures to heat-seeking missiles, or as advanced seekers in optically guided missiles. This thesis provides the initial experimental procedures and data necessary to begin producing accurate yet robust models. Although carrier effective masses could not be evaluated using hot-electron photoluminescence, photoluminescence excitation …
Spectral And Temporal Characterization Of High Temperature Events, William F. Bagby
Spectral And Temporal Characterization Of High Temperature Events, William F. Bagby
Theses and Dissertations
The remote observations of the temporal and spectral characteristics of the infrared (IR) emissions from exploding ordnance have been correlated with explosion conditions. A Bomem MR-154 Fourier Transform Interferometer with two detectors, InSb and HgCdTe, was used to record spectra in the 1.3 - 20 micrometers range. Data was collected at spectral resolutions of 16/cm and 4/cm, and temporal resolutions of 0.045 sand 0.123 5, respectively. The data files range in size from 900 Kilobytes to several Megabytes. These are reduced to 2-dimensional representations of temporal features that are less than 100 Kilobytes. The data analysis indicates the possibility of …
Analyzing The Effects Of Meteorology On Radar Measured Index Of Refraction Structure Parameter, Jeffrey W. Budai
Analyzing The Effects Of Meteorology On Radar Measured Index Of Refraction Structure Parameter, Jeffrey W. Budai
Theses and Dissertations
Forecasting optical turbulence is essential for the Air Force's Airborne Laser program to optimize placement of aircraft. To find bow meteorology affects Cn2, the intensity of turbulence in the index of refraction, case studies of synoptically interesting times are first chosen. Correlation coefficients are then computed between radar measured Cn2 and meteorological quantities. The potential for mechanically turbulent activity is looked at. In the analysis of this work, six meteorological features were found likely to affect Cn2. Two features associated with affecting potential refractivity, and thus Cn2, are jets …
Numerical Study Of Optical Delay In Semiconductor Multilayer Distributed Bragg Reflector And Tunable Microcavity Structures, Michael I. K. Etan
Numerical Study Of Optical Delay In Semiconductor Multilayer Distributed Bragg Reflector And Tunable Microcavity Structures, Michael I. K. Etan
Theses and Dissertations
The Air Force has a growing need for the greater bandwidth, speed, and flexibility offered by optical communication links. Future space systems and airborne platforms will most likely use optical signals for efficient power transmission and to minimize the possibility of spoofing and eavesdropping. Tunable optical delays play an important role in the implementation of free space optical communication links. The primary challenge in implementing these systems is the active maintenance of coherent wave fronts across the system's optical aperture. For space applications, this aperture may he hundreds of meters in diameter. Spatial segmentation of a large aperture into smaller …
Bistable Operation Of A Two-Section 1.3-Mm Inas Quantum Dot Laser—Absorption Saturation And The Quantum Confined Stark Effect, Xiaodong Huang, A. Stintz, Hua Li, Audra Rice, G. T. Liu, L.F. Lester, Julian Cheng, K.J. Malloy
Bistable Operation Of A Two-Section 1.3-Mm Inas Quantum Dot Laser—Absorption Saturation And The Quantum Confined Stark Effect, Xiaodong Huang, A. Stintz, Hua Li, Audra Rice, G. T. Liu, L.F. Lester, Julian Cheng, K.J. Malloy
Faculty Publications
Room temperature, continuous-wave bistability was observed in oxide-confined, two-section, 1.3- m quantum-dot (QD) lasers with an integrated intracavity quantum-dot saturable absorber. The origin of the hysteresis and bistability were shown to be due to the nonlinear saturation of the QD absorption and the electroabsorption induced by the quantum confined Stark effect.
Interplay Between Plasmons And The Band Structure For The Mo(112) Surface, I. N. Yakovkin, Jiandi Zhang, Peter A. Dowben
Interplay Between Plasmons And The Band Structure For The Mo(112) Surface, I. N. Yakovkin, Jiandi Zhang, Peter A. Dowben
Peter Dowben Publications
Recent photoemission and inverse photoemission results for the Mo(112) surface are discussed in the framework of the calculated band structure. For the Mo(112) surface, the main photoemission features combine contributions from both the surface and the bulk. Except for those photon energies near to excitations of the bulk and multipole surface plasmons, the comparison of the bulk band structure, along the k points normal to the surface, shows a good agreement with photoemission spectra in the position of the critical points. The dominant surface states at Г̅̅̅ are found to have the a1 symmetry, while the band along Г̅̅̅ …
Inclusive Jet Production In Pp̅ Collisions, B. Abbott
Inclusive Jet Production In Pp̅ Collisions, B. Abbott
Gregory Snow Publications
We report a new measurement of the pseudorapidity (η) and transverse-energy (ET) dependence of the inclusive jet production cross section in pp̅ collisions at √s = TeV using 95 pb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The differential cross section d2σ/(dErdη) is presented up to |η| = 3, significantly extending previous measurements. The results are in good overall agreement with next-to-leading order predictions from QCD and indicate a preference for certain parton distribution functions.
Nonvolatile Grating In An Azobenzene Polymer With Optimized Molecular Reorientation, Pengfei Wu, D.V.G.L.N. Rao, B. R. Kimball, M. Nakashima, B. S. Decristofano
Nonvolatile Grating In An Azobenzene Polymer With Optimized Molecular Reorientation, Pengfei Wu, D.V.G.L.N. Rao, B. R. Kimball, M. Nakashima, B. S. Decristofano
Physics Faculty Publications
We demonstrated a nonvolatile grating using an azobenzene polymer film with polarized two color beams. The reorientation of azobenzene molecules can be optimized when the two color light beams are polarized perpendicularly. The stored information can be read repeatedly without volatility with the same wavelength as the writing beam.
Measurement Of Dijet Cross Sections For Events With A Leading Neutron In Photoproduction At Hera, J. Breitweg, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, A. Pellegrino, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Levi, A. Margotti, T. Massam, R. Nania, F. Palmonari
Measurement Of Dijet Cross Sections For Events With A Leading Neutron In Photoproduction At Hera, J. Breitweg, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, A. Pellegrino, J. Repond, R. Stanek, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, G. Levi, A. Margotti, T. Massam, R. Nania, F. Palmonari
Faculty Publications
Differential cross sections for dijet photoproduction in association with a leading neutron using the reaction e+ + p → e+ + n + jet + jet + Xr have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 6.4 pb-1. The fraction of dijet events with a leading neutron in the final state was studied as a function of the jet kinematic variables. The cross sections were measured for jet transverse energies EjetT > 6 GeV, neutron energy En > 400 GeV, and neutron production angle θn < 0.8 mrad. The data are broadly consistent with factorization of the lepton and hadron vertices and with a simple one-pion-exchange model. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Neutrino Reactions On The Deuteron, S. Nakamura, T. Sato, Vladimir Gudkov, K. Kubodera
Neutrino Reactions On The Deuteron, S. Nakamura, T. Sato, Vladimir Gudkov, K. Kubodera
Faculty Publications
The cross sections for the ν-d and ν̅ -d reactions are calculated for incident energy up to Eν=170 MeV with the use of a phenomenological Lagrangian approach. We assess and improve the reliability of the employed calculational method by examining the dependence of the results on various input and approximations that go into the calculation. The main points of improvement over the existing work are (1) use of the “modern” NN potentials, (2) use of the more accurate nucleon weak-interaction form factors, and (3) monitoring the strength of a vertex that governs the exchange-current contribution, with the use …
Diamagnetic Persistent Current In Diffusive Normal-Metal Rings, E. M.Q. Jariwala, P. Mohanty, M. B. Ketchen, Richard A. Webb
Diamagnetic Persistent Current In Diffusive Normal-Metal Rings, E. M.Q. Jariwala, P. Mohanty, M. B. Ketchen, Richard A. Webb
Faculty Publications
We have measured a diamagnetic persistent current with flux periodicities of both h/e and h/2e in an array of thirty diffusive mesoscopic gold rings. At the lowest temperatures, the magnitudes of the currents per ring corresponding to the h/e- and h/2e-periodic responses are both comparable to the Thouless energy Ec≡ħ/τD, where τD is the diffusion time. Taken in conjunction with earlier experiments, our results strongly challenge the conventional theories of persistent current. We consider a new approach associated with the saturation of …
Incoherent Beam Combining Using Stimulated Brillouin Scattering In Multimode Fibers, Timothy H. Russell, Won B. Roh, John R. Marciante
Incoherent Beam Combining Using Stimulated Brillouin Scattering In Multimode Fibers, Timothy H. Russell, Won B. Roh, John R. Marciante
Faculty Publications
A beam combining technique for producing a single, spatially coherent beam from two mutually incoherent (temporally and spatially) lasers is demonstrated and the spatial coherence properties of the resulting beam are characterized. The technique is based on simultaneous excitation of stimulated Brillouin scattering by two independent lasers operating at two different wavelengths in a long multimode optical fiber. Though spectrally independent, the resulting Stokes beams produce essentially identical intensity distributions corresponding to the fundamental fiber mode. Abstract © 2001 Optical Society of America.
Search For Large Extra Dimensions In Dielectron And Diphoton Production, B. Abbott, Gregory R. Snow, D0 Collaboration
Search For Large Extra Dimensions In Dielectron And Diphoton Production, B. Abbott, Gregory R. Snow, D0 Collaboration
Gregory Snow Publications
We report a search for effects of large extra spatial dimensions in pp̅ collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.8 TeV with the D0 detector, using events containing a pair of electrons or photons. The data are in good agreement with the expected background and do not exhibit evidence for large extra dimensions. We set the most restrictive lower limits to date, at the 95% C.L. on the effective Planck scale between 1.0 and 1.4 TeV for several formalisms and numbers of extra dimensions.
High Resolution Charged Particle-Energy Detecting, Multiple Sequential Stage, Compact, Small Diameter, Retractable Cylindrical Mirror Analyzer System, And Method Of Use, Peter A. Dowben, Carlo Waldfried, Tara J. Mcavoy, David N. Mcilroy
High Resolution Charged Particle-Energy Detecting, Multiple Sequential Stage, Compact, Small Diameter, Retractable Cylindrical Mirror Analyzer System, And Method Of Use, Peter A. Dowben, Carlo Waldfried, Tara J. Mcavoy, David N. Mcilroy
Peter Dowben Publications
Disclosed is a compact, small diameter, high resolution charged particle-energy detecting, retractable cylindrical mirror analyzer system. Multiple sequential stages enable charged particle-energy detection with an improved resolution as compared to that possible where only a single stage is utilized. The relatively small size allows for positioning, via a manipulator of the cylindrical mirror analyzer system, which is attached to a linear motion feedthrough mounted on a conflat flange of a vacuum system.
Spectral Equivalence Of Bosons And Fermions In One-Dimensional Harmonic Potentials, Michael Crescimanno, Adam S. Landsberg
Spectral Equivalence Of Bosons And Fermions In One-Dimensional Harmonic Potentials, Michael Crescimanno, Adam S. Landsberg
WM Keck Science Faculty Papers
Recently, Schmidt and Schnack [Physica A 260, 479 (1998)], following earlier references, reiterate that the specific heat of N noninteracting bosons in a one-dimensional harmonic well equals that of N noninteracting fermions in the same potential. We show that this peculiar relationship between heat capacities results from a more dramatic equivalence between Bose and Fermi systems. Namely, we prove that the excitations of such Bose and Fermi systems are spectrally equivalent. Two complementary proofs of this equivalence are provided; one based on a combinatoric argument, the other from analysis of the underlying dynamical symmetry group.
Self-Assembled Fe Nanowires Using Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition And Caf2 Masks On Stepped Si(111), J.-L. Lin, D.Y. Petrovykh, A. Kirakosian, H. Rauscher, F.J. Himpsel, Peter A. Dowben
Self-Assembled Fe Nanowires Using Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition And Caf2 Masks On Stepped Si(111), J.-L. Lin, D.Y. Petrovykh, A. Kirakosian, H. Rauscher, F.J. Himpsel, Peter A. Dowben
Peter Dowben Publications
Linear arrays of 3 nm wide Fe stripes with 15 nm spacing are fabricated by self-assembly. They are formed by photolysis of ferrocene that is selectively adsorbed between CaF2 stripes. An ultraviolet nitrogen laser removes the organic ligands from ferrocene. Arrays of CaF2 stripes serve as masks, which are self-assembled on a stepped Si(111) surface. Scanning tunneling microscopy is used to investigate the surface morphology during growth. A generalization of this method to other wire materials is discussed.
Measuring G With A Joystick Pendulum, Thomas J. Bensky
Measuring G With A Joystick Pendulum, Thomas J. Bensky
Physics
A method for experimentally measuring g, the Earth's gravitational acceleration, is presented. This method uses a computer joystick and computer as the primary measuring device. If a computer is available, it costs almost nothing to implement, and can be adapted for use as a high school or undergraduate lab exercise, or as a lecture demonstration.
Effect Of Chemical Sputtering On The Growth And Structural Evolution Of Magnetron Sputtered Cnx Thin Films, Niklas Hellgren, Mats P.J Jõesaar, Esteban Broitman, Per Sandström, Lars Hultman, Jan-Eric Sundgren
Effect Of Chemical Sputtering On The Growth And Structural Evolution Of Magnetron Sputtered Cnx Thin Films, Niklas Hellgren, Mats P.J Jõesaar, Esteban Broitman, Per Sandström, Lars Hultman, Jan-Eric Sundgren
Educator Scholarship & Departmental Newsletters
The growth and microstructure evolution of carbon nitride CNx (0≤x≤0.35) films, deposited by reactive d.c. magnetron sputtering in Ar/N2 discharges has been studied. The substrate temperature TS varied between 100 and 550°C, and the N2 fraction in the discharge gas varied from 0 to 100%. It is found that the deposition rate and film morphology show strong dependence on TS and nitrogen fraction. For growth temperature of 100°C, the films are amorphous, and essentially unaffected by the nitrogen fraction. For TS>200°C, however, the nitrogen fraction has more significant effect on the growth and …
Knots And Random Walks In Vibrated Granular Chains, E. Ben-Naim, Z.A. Daya, P. Vorobieff, R.E. Ecke
Knots And Random Walks In Vibrated Granular Chains, E. Ben-Naim, Z.A. Daya, P. Vorobieff, R.E. Ecke
Eli Ben-Naim
We study experimentally statistical properties of the opening times of knots in vertically vibrated granular chains. Our measurements are in good qualitative and quantitative agreement with a theoretical model involving three random walks interacting via hard core exclusion in one spatial dimension. In particular, the knot survival probability follows a universal scaling function which is independent of the chain length, with a corresponding diffusive characteristic time scale. Both the large-exit-time and the small-exit-time tails of the distribution are suppressed exponentially, and the corresponding decay coefficients are in excellent agreement with the theoretical values.
Tilted Bilayer Membranes As Simple Transmission Quarter-Wave Retardation Plates, R. M.A. Azzam, Fadi A. Mahmoud
Tilted Bilayer Membranes As Simple Transmission Quarter-Wave Retardation Plates, R. M.A. Azzam, Fadi A. Mahmoud
Electrical Engineering Faculty Publications
A tilted bilayer membrane, which consists of two thin films of transparent optically isotropic materials of different refractive indices, can function as a transmission quarter-wave retarder (QWR) at a high angle of incidence. A specific design using a cryolite-Si membrane in the infrared is presented, and its tolerances to small shifts of wavelength, incidence angle, and film thickness errors are discussed. Some designs provide a dual QWR in transmission and reflection. Such devices provide simple linear-to-circular (and circular-to-linear) polarization transformers. Bilayer eighth-wave retarders without diattenuation are also introduced.
Charge Exchange Contribution To The Decay Of The Ring Current, Measured By Energetic Neutral Atoms (Enas), A. M. Jorgensen, M. G. Henderson, E. C. Roelof, G. D. Reeves, Harlan E. Spence
Charge Exchange Contribution To The Decay Of The Ring Current, Measured By Energetic Neutral Atoms (Enas), A. M. Jorgensen, M. G. Henderson, E. C. Roelof, G. D. Reeves, Harlan E. Spence
Physics & Astronomy
In this paper we calculate the contribution of charge exchange to the decay of the ring current. Past works have suggested that charge exchange of ring current protons is primarily responsible for the decay of the ring current during the late recovery phase, but there is still much debate about the fast decay of the early recovery phase. We use energetic neutral atom (ENA) measurements from Polar to calculate the total ENA energy escape. To get the total ENA escape we apply a forward modeling technique, and to estimate the total ring current energy escape we use the Dessler-Parker-Sckopke relationship. …
Particle Size Determination: An Undergraduate Lab In Mie Scattering, I. Weiner '01, M. Rust '01, Thomas D. Donnelly
Particle Size Determination: An Undergraduate Lab In Mie Scattering, I. Weiner '01, M. Rust '01, Thomas D. Donnelly
All HMC Faculty Publications and Research
A technique for determining the size of microscopic spherical particles using light scattering is presented as an undergraduate physics lab. Scatterer size is determined from angular scattering distribution measurements of laser light scattered from a dilute suspension of latex spheres with diameters of 4.99±0.05 and 6.038±0.045 μm. Previous experiments of this type used approximate theoretical corrections and required the construction of specialized sample cells to minimize complicating effects. As a significant improvement to these, we generate angular scattering distributions from Mie theory and, using an accurate numerical procedure, correct these distributions for Snell’s law and foreshortening effects. Scatterer size …
Polarization Retention In Srbi2Ta2O9 Thin Films Investigated At Nanoscale, Alexei Gruverman, M. Tanaka
Polarization Retention In Srbi2Ta2O9 Thin Films Investigated At Nanoscale, Alexei Gruverman, M. Tanaka
Alexei Gruverman Publications
The nanoscale mechanism of retention behavior in SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) thin films has been investigated by means of piezoresponse scanning force microscopy. It has been found that SBT films with Pt electrodes (SBT/Pt) exhibit a strong dependence of retention characteristics upon domain polarity: positive domains with the polarization vector pointing to the bottom electrode exhibit excellent stability in sharp contrast to the negative domains which show poor retention. The backswitching of the negative domains proceeds via sidewise motion of the domain walls and shows a log-time dependence. The strong effect of the poling voltage parameters (duration …
Fully Differential Cusp Electron Production Cross Sections For 75-Kev H₂⁺ + He Collisions, L. An, Kh Khayvat, Michael Schulz
Fully Differential Cusp Electron Production Cross Sections For 75-Kev H₂⁺ + He Collisions, L. An, Kh Khayvat, Michael Schulz
Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works
A kinematically complete experiment on single ionization for 75-keV H2+ + H e collisions was performed by measuring the fully momentum analyzed projectiles and recoil ions in coincidence. The electron momentum was deduced from momentum conservation. Clear signatures of the postcollision interaction between the outgoing projectiles and the electrons were observed in the momentum spectra of all collision products simultaneously.
Measurement Of The Top Quark Mass With The Collider Detector At Fermilab, T. Affolder, Kenneth A. Bloom, Collider Detector At Fermilab Collaboration
Measurement Of The Top Quark Mass With The Collider Detector At Fermilab, T. Affolder, Kenneth A. Bloom, Collider Detector At Fermilab Collaboration
Kenneth Bloom Publications
This report describes a measurement of the top quark mass in pp̅ collisions at a center of mass energy of 1.8 TeV. The data sample was collected with the CDF detector during the 1992–1995 collider run at the Fermilab Tevatron, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 106 pb-1. Candidate tt̅ events in the ‘‘lepton+jets’’ decay channel provide our most precise measurement of the top quark mass. For each event a top quark mass is determined by using energy and momentum constraints on the production of the tt̅ pair and its subsequent decay. A likelihood fit to the …
Dirac Theory Of Ring-Shaped Electron Distributions In Atoms, P Krekora, R E. Wagner, Q Su, Rainer Grobe
Dirac Theory Of Ring-Shaped Electron Distributions In Atoms, P Krekora, R E. Wagner, Q Su, Rainer Grobe
Faculty publications – Physics
The time-dependent Dirac equation is solved numerically on a space-time grid for an atom in a strong static magnetic field and a laser field. The resonantly induced relativistic motion of the atomic electron leads to a ringlike spatial probability density similar to the features that have been recently predicted [Wagner, Su, and Grobe, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3282 (2000)] based on a phase-space method. We further demonstrate that spin-orbit coupling for a fast-moving electron in such an atom becomes significant and the time dependence of the spin can dephase even if initially aligned parallel to the direction of the static …