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Gender Fairness Within The Force Concept Inventory, Adrienne L. Traxler, Rachel Henderson, John Stewart, Gay Stewart, Alexis Papak, Rebecca Lindell Jan 2018

Gender Fairness Within The Force Concept Inventory, Adrienne L. Traxler, Rachel Henderson, John Stewart, Gay Stewart, Alexis Papak, Rebecca Lindell

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Research on the test structure of the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) has largely ignored gender, and research on FCI gender effects (often reported as “gender gaps”) has seldom interrogated the structure of the test. These rarely crossed streams of research leave open the possibility that the FCI may not be structurally valid across genders, particularly since many reported results come from calculus-based courses where 75% or more of the students are men. We examine the FCI considering both psychometrics and gender disaggregation (while acknowledging this as a binary simplification), and find several problematic questions whose removal decreases the apparent gender …


Question 1: Throwing Out Energy; Question 2: Blood Pressure, Larry Weinstein Jan 2018

Question 1: Throwing Out Energy; Question 2: Blood Pressure, Larry Weinstein

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The article presents two questions on the amount of energy wasted by Americans whenever they throw out unused ice in their drinks, and why is blood pressure measured on the upper arm.


Tuning Vortex Fluctuations And The Resistive Transition In Superconducting Films With A Thin Overlayer, Alex Gurevich Jan 2018

Tuning Vortex Fluctuations And The Resistive Transition In Superconducting Films With A Thin Overlayer, Alex Gurevich

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It is shown that the temperature of the resistive transition Tr of a superconducting film can be increased by a thin superconducting or normal overlayer. For instance, deposition of a highly conductive thin overlayer onto a dirty superconducting film can give rise to an “antiproximity effect,” which manifests itself in an initial increase of Tr (d2) with the overlayer thickness d2 followed by a decrease of Tr (d2)at larger d2. Such a nonmonotonic thickness dependence of Tr (d2) results from the interplay of the …


Room Temperature Measurements Of Higher Order Modes For The Sps Prototype Rf Dipole Crabbing Cavity, Subashini De Silva, P. Berrutti, Jean R. Delayen, N. A. Huque, Hyekyoung Park Jan 2018

Room Temperature Measurements Of Higher Order Modes For The Sps Prototype Rf Dipole Crabbing Cavity, Subashini De Silva, P. Berrutti, Jean R. Delayen, N. A. Huque, Hyekyoung Park

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LHC High Luminosity Upgrade will be developing two local crabbing systems to increase the luminosity of the colliding bunches at the ATLAS and CMS experiments. One of the crabbing systems uses the rf-dipole cavity design that will be crabbing the beam in the horizontal plane. The fully integrated crabbing cavity has two higher order mode couplers in damping those excited modes. Currently two sets of HOM couplers have been fabricated at Jefferson Lab for prototyping and testing with the LARP crabbing cavities. This paper presents the measurements of the higher order modes with the prototype HOM couplers carried out at …


Ψ(2s) Versus J/Ψ Suppression In Proton-Nucleus Collisions From Factorization Violating Soft Color, Yan-Qing Ma, Raju Venugopalan, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Hong-Fei Zhang Jan 2018

Ψ(2s) Versus J/Ψ Suppression In Proton-Nucleus Collisions From Factorization Violating Soft Color, Yan-Qing Ma, Raju Venugopalan, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Hong-Fei Zhang

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We argue that the large suppression of the ψ(2S) inclusive cross section relative to the J/ψ inclusive cross section in proton-nucleus (p+A) collisions can be attributed to factorization breaking effects in the formation of quarkonium. These factorization breaking effects arise from soft color exchanges between charm-anticharm pairs undergoing hadronization and comoving partons that are long lived on time scales of quarkonium formation. We compute the short distance pair production of heavy quarks in the color glass condensate (CGC) effective field theory and employ an improved color evaporation model (ICEM) to describe their hadronization into quarkonium at large distances. The …


High Field Q Slope And The Effect Of Low-Temperature Baking At 3 Ghz, G. Ciovati, G. Eremeev, F. Hannon Jan 2018

High Field Q Slope And The Effect Of Low-Temperature Baking At 3 Ghz, G. Ciovati, G. Eremeev, F. Hannon

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A strong degradation of the unloaded quality factor with field, called high field Q slope, is commonly observed above Bp ≅ 100 mT in elliptical superconducting niobium cavities at 1.3 and 1.5 GHz. In the present experiments several 3 GHz niobium cavities were measured up to and above Bp ≅ 100 mT. The measurements show that a high field Q slope phenomenon limits the field reach at this frequency, that the high field Q slope onset field depends weakly on the frequency, and that the high field Q slope can be removed by the typical empirical solution of …


Simulation Of Inverse Compton Scattering And Its Implications On The Scattered Linewidth, N. Ranjan, B. Terzić, G. A. Krafft, V. Petrillo, I. Drebot, L. Serafini Jan 2018

Simulation Of Inverse Compton Scattering And Its Implications On The Scattered Linewidth, N. Ranjan, B. Terzić, G. A. Krafft, V. Petrillo, I. Drebot, L. Serafini

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Rising interest in inverse Compton sources has increased the need for efficient models that properly quantify the behavior of scattered radiation given a set of interaction parameters. The current state-of-the-art simulations rely on Monte Carlo-based methods, which, while properly expressing scattering behavior in high-probability regions of the produced spectra, may not correctly simulate such behavior in low-probability regions (e.g. tails of spectra). Moreover, sampling may take an inordinate amount of time for the desired accuracy to be achieved. In this paper, we present an analytic derivation of the expression describing the scattered radiation linewidth and propose a model to describe …


Light Scattering From An Atomic Gas Under Conditions Of Quantum Degeneracy, V. M. Porozova, L. V. Gerasimov, M. D. Havey Jan 2018

Light Scattering From An Atomic Gas Under Conditions Of Quantum Degeneracy, V. M. Porozova, L. V. Gerasimov, M. D. Havey

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Elastic light scattering from a macroscopic atomic sample existing in the Bose-Einstein condensate phase reveals a unique physical configuration of interacting light and matter waves. However, the joint coherent dynamics of the optical excitation induced by an incident photon is influenced by the presence of incoherent scattering channels. For a sample of sufficient length the excitation transports as a polariton wave and the propagation Green's function obeys the scattering equation which we derive. The polariton dynamics could be tracked in the outgoing channel of the scattered photon as we show via numerical solution of the scattering equation for one-dimensional geometry. …


Scattering Processes And Resonances From Lattice Qcd, Raúl A. Briceño, Jozef J. Dudek, Ross D. Young Jan 2018

Scattering Processes And Resonances From Lattice Qcd, Raúl A. Briceño, Jozef J. Dudek, Ross D. Young

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The vast majority of hadrons observed in nature are not stable under the strong interaction; rather they are resonances whose existence is deduced from enhancements in the energy dependence of scattering amplitudes. The study of hadron resonances offers a window into the workings of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) in the low-energy nonperturbative region, and in addition many probes of the limits of the electroweak sector of the standard model consider processes which feature hadron resonances. From a theoretical standpoint, this is a challenging field: the same dynamics that binds quarks and gluons into hadron resonances also controls their decay into lighter …


Solutions For Fermi Questions, May 2018: Question 1: Throwing Out Energy; Question 2: Blood Pressure, Larry Weinstein Jan 2018

Solutions For Fermi Questions, May 2018: Question 1: Throwing Out Energy; Question 2: Blood Pressure, Larry Weinstein

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The article provides answers to questions including the amount of energy wasted when Americans throw out unused ice from their drinks, and why blood pressure is measured on the upper arm.


Measurements Of The Separated Longitudinal Structure Function Fl From Hydrogen And Deuterium Targets At Low Q2, V. Tvaskis, A. Tvaskis, I. Niculescu, D. Abbott, G. S. Adams, A. Afanasev, A. Ahmidouch, T. Angelescu, J. Arrington, A. Klein Jan 2018

Measurements Of The Separated Longitudinal Structure Function Fl From Hydrogen And Deuterium Targets At Low Q2, V. Tvaskis, A. Tvaskis, I. Niculescu, D. Abbott, G. S. Adams, A. Afanasev, A. Ahmidouch, T. Angelescu, J. Arrington, A. Klein

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Structure functions, as measured in lepton-nucleon scattering, have proven to be very useful in studying the partonic dynamics within the nucleon. However, it is experimentally difficult to separately determine the longitudinal and transverse structure functions, and consequently there are substantially less data available in particular for the longitudinal structure function. Here, we present separated structure functions for hydrogen and deuterium at low four-momentum transfer squared, Q2 < 1GeV2, and compare them with parton distribution parametrization and kT factorization approaches. While differences are found, the parametrizations generally agree with the data, even at the very low-Q2 scale of …


Measurement Of The Beam Asymmetry Σ And The Target Asymmetry T In The Photoproduction Of Ω Mesons Off The Proton Using Clas At Jefferson Laboratory, P. Roy, K. P. Adhikari, G. Charles, G. Gavalian, A. Klein, M. Mayer, Y. Prok, B. Torayev, J. Zhang, Z. W. Zhao Jan 2018

Measurement Of The Beam Asymmetry Σ And The Target Asymmetry T In The Photoproduction Of Ω Mesons Off The Proton Using Clas At Jefferson Laboratory, P. Roy, K. P. Adhikari, G. Charles, G. Gavalian, A. Klein, M. Mayer, Y. Prok, B. Torayev, J. Zhang, Z. W. Zhao

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he photoproduction of ω mesons off the proton has been studied in the reaction γp using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) and the frozen-spin target in Hall B at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. For the first time, the target asymmetry T has been measured in photoproduction from the decay ω → π+ππ0, using a transversely polarized target with energies ranging from just above the reaction threshold up to 2.8 GeV. Significant nonzero values are observed for these asymmetries, reaching about 30–40% in the third-resonance region. New measurements for the …


Quark Pseudodistributions At Short Distances, A. V. Radyushkin Jan 2018

Quark Pseudodistributions At Short Distances, A. V. Radyushkin

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We perform a one-loop study of the small-z2 3 behavior of the Ioffe-time distribution (ITD) M(ν, z2 3), the basic function that may be converted into parton pseudo- and quasi-distributions. We calculate the corrections on the operator level, so that our results may be also used for pseudo-distribution amplitudes and generalized parton pseudodistributions. We separate two sources of the z2 3-dependence at small z2 the reduced ITD given by the ratio M(ν, z2 due to ln z2 3)/M(0, z2 3. One is related to the ultraviolet (UV) singularities generated by the gauge link. Our …


Numerical Study Of The Relativistic Three-Body Quantization Condition In The Isotropic Approximation, Raúl A. Briceño, Maxwell T. Hansen, Stephen R. Sharpe Jan 2018

Numerical Study Of The Relativistic Three-Body Quantization Condition In The Isotropic Approximation, Raúl A. Briceño, Maxwell T. Hansen, Stephen R. Sharpe

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We present numerical results showing how our recently proposed relativistic three-particle quantization condition can be used in practice. Using the isotropic (generalized s-wave) approximation, and keeping only the leading terms in the effective range expansion, we show how the quantization condition can be solved numerically in a straightforward manner. In addition, we show how the integral equations that relate the intermediate three-particle infinite-volume scattering quantity, Kdf,3, to the physical scattering amplitude can be solved at and below threshold. We test our methods by reproducing known analytic results for the 1/L expansion of the threshold state, the volume …


Center Of Mass Motion Of Short-Range Correlated Nucleon Pairs Studied Via The A(E, E'Pp) Reaction, Clas Collaboration, L. B. Weinstein, M. J. Amaryan, F. Hauenstein, A. Klein, S. E. Kuhn Jan 2018

Center Of Mass Motion Of Short-Range Correlated Nucleon Pairs Studied Via The A(E, E'Pp) Reaction, Clas Collaboration, L. B. Weinstein, M. J. Amaryan, F. Hauenstein, A. Klein, S. E. Kuhn

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Short-range correlated (SRC) nucleon pairs are a vital part of the nucleus, accounting for almost all nucleons with momentum greater than the Fermi momentum (kF). A fundamental characteristic of SRC pairs is having large relative momenta as compared to kF, and smaller center of mass (c.m.) which indicates a small separation distance between the nucleons in the pair. Determining the c.m. momentum distribution of SRC pairs is essential for understanding their formation process. We report here on the extraction of the c.m. motion of proton-proton (pp) SRC pairs in carbon and, for the first …


Exclusive Photoproduction Of Πº Up To Large Values Of Mandelstam Variables S, T, And U With Clas, Clas Collaboration, M. C. Kunkel, M. J. Amaryan, S. Bültmann, G. Charles, C. E. Hyde, A. Klein, S E. Kuhn, J. Poudel, Y. Prok, L. B. Weinstein, Z. W. Zhao Jan 2018

Exclusive Photoproduction Of Πº Up To Large Values Of Mandelstam Variables S, T, And U With Clas, Clas Collaboration, M. C. Kunkel, M. J. Amaryan, S. Bültmann, G. Charles, C. E. Hyde, A. Klein, S E. Kuhn, J. Poudel, Y. Prok, L. B. Weinstein, Z. W. Zhao

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Exclusive photoproduction cross sections have been measured for the process γp→pπ0[e+e(γ)] with the Dalitz decay final state using tagged photon energies in the range of Eγ= 1.275–5.425 GeV. The complete angular distribution of the final state π0 , for the entire photon energy range up to large values of t and u, has been measured for the first time. The data obtained show that the cross section dσ/dt , at mid to large angles, decreases with energy as s−6.89±0.26 . This is in agreement with the perturbative QCD quark …


Measurement Of The Q² Dependence Of The Deuteron Spin Structure Function G1 And Its Moments At Low Q² With Clas, Clas Collaboration, K. P. Adhikari, L. El Fassi, S E. Kuhn, M. J. Amaryan, S. Bültmann, G. Charles, Gail Dodge, N. Guler, C. E. Hyde, A. Klein, D. Payette, J. Poudel, Y. Prok, L. B. Weinstein, J. Zhang, Z. W. Zhao Jan 2018

Measurement Of The Q² Dependence Of The Deuteron Spin Structure Function G1 And Its Moments At Low Q² With Clas, Clas Collaboration, K. P. Adhikari, L. El Fassi, S E. Kuhn, M. J. Amaryan, S. Bültmann, G. Charles, Gail Dodge, N. Guler, C. E. Hyde, A. Klein, D. Payette, J. Poudel, Y. Prok, L. B. Weinstein, J. Zhang, Z. W. Zhao

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We measured the g1 spin structure function of the deuteron at low Q2, where QCD can be approximated with chiral perturbation theory (χPT). The data cover the resonance region, up to an invariant mass of W ≈ 1.9  GeV. The generalized Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum, the moment Γd1 and the spin polarizability γd0 are precisely determined down to a minimum Q2 of 0.02  GeV2 for the first time, about 2.5 times lower than that of previous data. We compare them to several χPT calculations and models. These results are the first in a …


First Test Results Of Superconducting Twin Axis Cavity For Erl Applications, Hyekyoung Park, Subashini De Silva, Jean R. Delayen, Andrew Hutton, Frank Marhauser Jan 2018

First Test Results Of Superconducting Twin Axis Cavity For Erl Applications, Hyekyoung Park, Subashini De Silva, Jean R. Delayen, Andrew Hutton, Frank Marhauser

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RF superconducting (SRF) cavities with two beam pipes have been proposed in the past for energy recovery linac applications. The relatively complex geometry of those cavities presented a serious challenge for fabrication and surface processing. The main concerns have now been overcome with the fabrication and successful RF testing of a new elliptical twin-axis cavity proposed by Jefferson Lab (JLab) and optimized by the Center for Accelerator Science (CAS) at Old Dominion University (ODU) in the framework of a DoE accelerator stewardship program. The cavity design provides uniform accelerating or decelerating fields for both beams. This paper describes the cavity …


Probing The Wave Nature Of Light-Matter Interaction, D. E. Boone, C. H. Jackson, A. T. Swecker, J. S. Hergenrather, K. S. Wenger, O. Kokhan, Balša Terzić, I. Melnikov, I. N. Ivanov, E. C. Stevens, G. Scarel Jan 2018

Probing The Wave Nature Of Light-Matter Interaction, D. E. Boone, C. H. Jackson, A. T. Swecker, J. S. Hergenrather, K. S. Wenger, O. Kokhan, Balša Terzić, I. Melnikov, I. N. Ivanov, E. C. Stevens, G. Scarel

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The wave-particle duality of light is a controversial topic in modern physics. In this context, this work highlights the ability of the wave-nature of light on its own to account for the conservation of energy in light-matter interaction. Two simple fundamental properties of light as wave are involved: its period and its power P. The power P depends only on the amplitude of the wave’s electric and magnetic fields (Poynting’s vector), and can easily be measured with a power sensor for visible and infrared lasers. The advantage of such a wave-based approach is that it unveils unexpected effects of light’s …


Cryogenic Probe Station At Old Dominion University Center For Accelerator Science, Junki Makita, Jean R. Delayen, Alex Gurevich, Gianluigi Ciovati Jan 2018

Cryogenic Probe Station At Old Dominion University Center For Accelerator Science, Junki Makita, Jean R. Delayen, Alex Gurevich, Gianluigi Ciovati

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With a growing effort in research and development of an alternative material to bulk Nb for a superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavity, it is important to have a cost effective method to benchmark new materials of choice. At Old Dominion University's Center for Accelerator Science, a cryogenic probe station (CPS) will be used to measure the response of superconductor samples under RF fields. The setup consists of a closed-cycle refrigerator for cooling a sample wafer to a cryogenic temperature, a superconducting magnet providing a field parallel to the sample, and DC probes in addition to RF probes. The RF probes will …


Determination Of The Field-Dependence Of The Surface Resistance Of Superconductors From Cavity Tests, Jean R. Delayen, Subashini De Silva, Hyekyoung Park Jan 2018

Determination Of The Field-Dependence Of The Surface Resistance Of Superconductors From Cavity Tests, Jean R. Delayen, Subashini De Silva, Hyekyoung Park

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Cryogenic tests of superconducting cavities yield an average surface resistance as a function of the peak surface magnetic field. An analytical formalism has been developed to extract the actual field dependence of the surface resistance from cavity tests and is applied to coaxial cavities and cavities of more complex geometries.


Rf Tests Of Rf-Dipole Prototype Crabbing Cavities For Lhc High Luminosity Upgrade, Subashini De Silva, Hyekyoung Park, Jean R. Delayen, Zi Li Jan 2018

Rf Tests Of Rf-Dipole Prototype Crabbing Cavities For Lhc High Luminosity Upgrade, Subashini De Silva, Hyekyoung Park, Jean R. Delayen, Zi Li

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The superconducting rf-dipole crabbing cavity is one of the two crabbing cavity designs proposed for the LHC high luminosity upgrade. The proof-of-principle (P-o-P) rf-dipole cavity operating at 400 MHz has demonstrated performance exceeding the design specifications. The prototype cavity for SPS beam test has been designed to include the fundamental power coupler, HOM couplers, and all the ancillary components intended to meet the design requirements. The crab cavities will be installed in the SPS beam line prior to the installation in LHC; this will be the first crabbing cavity operation on a proton beam. The fabrication of two prototype rf-dipole …


Lessons Learned From Rf-Dipole Prototype Cavities For Lhc High Luminosity Upgrade, Subashini De Silva, Jean R. Delayen, Z. Li, H. Park Jan 2018

Lessons Learned From Rf-Dipole Prototype Cavities For Lhc High Luminosity Upgrade, Subashini De Silva, Jean R. Delayen, Z. Li, H. Park

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The RF-Dipole Crabbing Cavity designed for the LHC High Luminosity Upgrade includes two higher order mode (HOM) couplers. One of the HOM couplers is an rf filter, which is a high pass filter designed to couple to the horizontal dipole modes and accelerating modes up to 2 GHz, while rejecting the fundamental operating mode at 400 MHz. The coupler consists of a high pass filter circuit where the rejection of the operating mode and transmission of HOMs are sensitive to dimensional deviations. An rf test box has been designed to measure the transmission of the rf filter in order to …


Measurements Of Frequency, Temperature, Rf Field Dependent Surface Resistance Using Superconducting Half-Wave Cavity, Hyekyoung Park, Subashini De Silva, Jean R. Delayen Jan 2018

Measurements Of Frequency, Temperature, Rf Field Dependent Surface Resistance Using Superconducting Half-Wave Cavity, Hyekyoung Park, Subashini De Silva, Jean R. Delayen

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A theory of surface resistance of superconductor was rigorously formulated by Bardeen, Cooper, Schrieffer more than 50 years ago. Since then the accelerator community has been used the theory as a guideline to improve the surface resistance of the superconducting cavity. It has been observed that the surface resistance is dependent on frequency, temperature and rf field strength, and surface preparation. To verify these dependences, a well-controlled study is required. Although many different types of cavities have been tested, the typical superconducting cavities are built for specific frequencies of their application. They do not provide data other than at its …


Coupled Bunch Instability From Jleic Crab Cavity Higher Order Modules, S. I. Sosa, R. Li, H. Park, S. De Silva, V. S. Morozov, J. R. Delayen Jan 2018

Coupled Bunch Instability From Jleic Crab Cavity Higher Order Modules, S. I. Sosa, R. Li, H. Park, S. De Silva, V. S. Morozov, J. R. Delayen

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Particle bunches traveling in a ring can excite wakefields inside any radio-frequency element present. These electromagnetic modes can resonate long enough and interact with subsequent passing bunches. A coherent oscillation between bunches can quickly become an instability and needs to be addressed. The Jefferson Lab electron ion collider has a large 50 mrad crossing angle and thus relies on bunch crabbing to achieve high luminosity. Bunch crabbing is done with compact superconducting rf dipole cavities. We study coupled bunch oscillations driven by the higher order modes of multicell RFD crab cavities under study for JLEIC, we calculate the instability growth …


Simulation Study Of The Magnetized Electron Beam, S.A.K. Wijethunga, J.F. Benesch, Jean R. Delayen, F. E. Hannon, Geoffrey A. Krafft, M. A. Poelker, R. Suleiman Jan 2018

Simulation Study Of The Magnetized Electron Beam, S.A.K. Wijethunga, J.F. Benesch, Jean R. Delayen, F. E. Hannon, Geoffrey A. Krafft, M. A. Poelker, R. Suleiman

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Electron cooling of the ion beam plays an important role in electron ion colliders to obtain the required high luminosity. This cooling efficiency can be enhanced by using a magnetized electron beam, where the cooling process occurs inside a solenoid field. This paper compares the predictions of ASTRA and GPT simulations to measurements made using a DC high voltage photogun producing magnetized electron beam, related to beam size and rotation angles as a function of the photogun magnetizing solenoid and other parameters.


Production Of Magnetized Electron Beam From A Dc High Voltage Photogun, M.A. Mamun, P.A. Adderly, J. Benesch, B. Bullard, J. Delayen, J. Grames, J. Guo, F. Hannon, J. Hansknecht, C. Hernandez-Garcia, R. Kazimi, Geoffrey Krafft, M. Poelker, R. Suleiman, M. Tiefenback, Y. Wang, Sajini Wijethunga, S. Zhang Jan 2018

Production Of Magnetized Electron Beam From A Dc High Voltage Photogun, M.A. Mamun, P.A. Adderly, J. Benesch, B. Bullard, J. Delayen, J. Grames, J. Guo, F. Hannon, J. Hansknecht, C. Hernandez-Garcia, R. Kazimi, Geoffrey Krafft, M. Poelker, R. Suleiman, M. Tiefenback, Y. Wang, Sajini Wijethunga, S. Zhang

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Bunched-beam electron cooling is a key feature of all proposed designs of the future electron-ion collider, and a requirement for achieving the highest promised collision luminosity. At the Jefferson Lab Electron Ion Collider (JLEIC), fast cooling of ion beams will be accomplished via so-called 'magnetized cooling' implemented using a recirculator ring that employs an energy recovery linac. In this contribution, we describe the production of magnetized electron beam using a compact 300 kV DC high voltage photogun with an inverted insulator geometry, and using alkali-antimonide photocathodes. Beam magnetization was assessed using a modest diagnostic beamline that includes YAG view screens …


300 Kv Dc High Voltage Photogun With Inverted Insulator Geometry And Csk₂Sb Photocathode, Y.W. Wang, P.A. Adderley, J. F. Benesch, D.B. Bullard, J.M. Grames, F. E. Hannon, J. Hansknecht, C. Hernandez-Garcia, R. Kazimi, Geoffrey A. Krafft, M. A. Mamun, G. G. Palacios Serrano, M. Poelker, R. Suleiman, M. G. Tiefenback, S.A.K. Wijethunga Jan 2018

300 Kv Dc High Voltage Photogun With Inverted Insulator Geometry And Csk₂Sb Photocathode, Y.W. Wang, P.A. Adderley, J. F. Benesch, D.B. Bullard, J.M. Grames, F. E. Hannon, J. Hansknecht, C. Hernandez-Garcia, R. Kazimi, Geoffrey A. Krafft, M. A. Mamun, G. G. Palacios Serrano, M. Poelker, R. Suleiman, M. G. Tiefenback, S.A.K. Wijethunga

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A compact DC high voltage photogun with inverted-insulator geometry was designed, built and operated reliably at 300 kV bias voltage using alkali-antimonide photocathodes. This presentation describes key electrostatic design features of the photogun with accompanying emittance measurements obtained across the entire photocathode surface that speak to field non-uniformity within the cathode/anode gap. A summary of initial photocathode lifetime measurements at beam currents up to 4.5 mA is also presented.


Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations Of Weak Transitions In A=6-10 Nuclei, S. Pastore, A. Baroni, S. Gandolfi, R. Schiavilla, R. B. Wiringa Jan 2018

Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations Of Weak Transitions In A=6-10 Nuclei, S. Pastore, A. Baroni, S. Gandolfi, R. Schiavilla, R. B. Wiringa

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Ab initio calculations of the Gamow-Teller (GT) matrix elements in the β decays of 6He and 10C and electron captures in 7Be are carried out using both variational and Green's function Monte Carlo wave functions obtained from the Argonne v18 two-nucleon and Illinois-7 three-nucleon interactions, and axial many-body currents derived from either meson-exchange phenomenology or chiral effective field theory. The agreement with experimental data is excellent for the electron captures in 7Be, while theory overestimates the 6He and 10C data by ~2% and ~10%, respectively. We show that for these systems correlations in the nuclear …


Resonances From Lattice Qcd, Raúl A. Briceño Jan 2018

Resonances From Lattice Qcd, Raúl A. Briceño

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The spectrum of hadron is mainly composed as shortly-lived states (resonance) that decay onto two or more hadrons. These resonances play an important role in a variety of phenomenologically significant processes. In this talk, I give an overview on the present status of a rigorous program for studying of resonances and their properties using lattice QCD. I explain the formalism needed for extracting resonant amplitudes from the finite-volume spectra. From these one can extract the masses and widths of resonances. I present some recent examples that illustrate the power of these ideas. I then explain similar formalism that allows for …