First observation of unbound 11O, the mirror of the halo nucleus 11LiThe structure of the extremely proton-rich nucleus 11~8O3, the mirror of the two-neutron halo nucleus 11~3Li8, has been studied experimentally for the first time. Following…T. B. Webb, S. M. Wang, K. W. Brown et al.·Dec 20, 2018SaveLearn
PHENIX results on system size dependence of J/ψ nuclear modification in p,~d, 3He+A collisions at sNN=200 GeVThe dissociation of quarkonia in the medium created in heavy ion collisions is still one of the most debated topics in the heavy ion community. Progress in understanding the effect relies on a broad…J. Matthew Durham·Dec 20, 2018SaveLearn
Towards Neutron Capture on Exotic Nuclei: Demonstrating (d,pγ) as a Surrogate Reaction for (n,γ)The neutron-capture reaction plays a critical role in the synthesis of the elements in stars and is important for societal applications including nuclear power generation and stockpile-stewardship…A. Ratkiewicz, J. A. Cizewski, J. E. Escher et al.·Dec 20, 2018SaveLearn
Nucleon-nucleon correlations and the single-particle strength in atomic nucleiWe propose a phenomenological approach to examine the role of short- and long-range nucleon-nucleon correlations in the quenching of single-particle strength in atomic nuclei and their evolution in…S. Paschalis, M. Petri, A. O. Macchiavelli et al.·Dec 19, 2018SaveLearn
Using Nab to determine correlations in unpolarized neutron decayThe Nab experiment will measure the ratio of the weak axial-vector and vector coupling constants λ=gA/gV with precision δλ/λ3×10-4 and search for a Fierz term bF at a level…L. J. Broussard, S. Baeßler, T. L. Bailey et al.·Dec 19, 2018SaveLearn
Nuclear Dependence of Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries in Polarized p+A Collisions at RHICLarge transverse single-spin asymmetries (TSSA) in hadron production at forward rapidity have been observed in polarized p+p interactions for many decades, over a large range of center-of-mass…Stephen Pate·Dec 19, 2018SaveLearn
Direct photon production and flow at low transverse momenta in pp, p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisionsLow transverse momentum direct photon measurements have been carried out by the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC in small collision systems (pp, s=2.76 and 8 TeV and p--Pb,…Nicolas Schmidt·Dec 19, 2018SaveLearn
Semi-inclusive jets recoiling from γdir and π0 triggers in central Au+Au collisions at s NN = 200 GeV in STARWe report the first measurement of fully corrected semi-inclusive charged recoil jets for both direct-photon (γdir) and π0 triggers, within two trigger transverse energy ranges between 9…Nihar Ranjan Sahoo·Dec 19, 2018SaveLearn
Study of hard and electromagnetic processes at CERN-SPS energies: an investigation of the high-μB region of the QCD phase diagram with NA60+The exploration of the phase diagram of Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD) is carried out by studying ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. The energy range covered by the CERN SPS ($s…M. Agnello, F. Antinori, H. Appelshäuser et al.·Dec 19, 2018SaveLearn
Exploring the Structure of the Bound Proton with Deeply Virtual Compton ScatteringIn the past two decades, deeply virtual Compton scattering of electrons has been successfully used to advance our knowledge of the partonic structure of the free proton and investigate correlations…M. Hattawy, N. A. Baltzell, R. Dupré et al.·Dec 18, 2018SaveLearn
Clusters in light stable and exotic nucleiSince the discovery of molecular resonances in 12C+12C in the early sixties a great deal of research work has been undertaken to study alpha-clustering. Our knowledge on physics of nuclear…C. Beck·Dec 18, 2018SaveLearn
Inclusive jet measurements in pp and Pb-Pb collisions with ALICEMeasurements of jet yields in heavy-ion collisions can be used to constrain jet energy loss models, and in turn provide information about the physical properties of deconfined QCD matter. ALICE…James Mulligan·Dec 18, 2018SaveLearn
β- decay study of the 66Mn - 66Fe - 66Co - 66Ni chainBackground: Shell evolution can impact the structure of the nuclei and lead to effects such as shape coexistence. The nuclei around 68Ni represent an excellent study case, however, spectroscopic…M. Stryjczyk, Y. Tsunoda, I. G. Darby et al.·Dec 18, 2018SaveLearn
Sub-threshold production of K0s mesons and Λ hyperons in Au(1.23A GeV)+AuWe present first data on sub-threshold production of K0 s mesons and Λ hyperons in Au+Au collisions at sNN = 2.4 GeV. We observe an universal <Apart> scaling of hadrons containing…HADES collaboration, J. Adamczewski-Musch, O. Arnold et al.·Dec 18, 2018SaveLearn
Studies of Heavy Flavor Jets Using D0-hadron Correlations in Azimuth and Pseudorapidity in Au+Au Collisions at 200 GeV at the STAR ExperimentHeavy flavor (HF) quarks (charm, bottom) are important probes of the medium produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions because they are formed in the early stage and propagate throughout the…Alexander M. Jentsch·Dec 17, 2018SaveLearn
Measurement of D-meson nuclear modification factor and flow in Pb--Pb collisions with ALICE at the LHCHeavy quarks are sensitive probes of the colour-deconfined medium formed in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions, the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). The ALICE Collaboration measured the production of…Fabrizio Grosa·Dec 14, 2018SaveLearn
Addressing the hypertriton lifetime puzzle with ALICE at the LHCThe ALICE Collaboration collected a large data sample of Pb-Pb collisions at sNN = 5.02 TeV in 2015 at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the excellent particle identification (PID)…Stefano Trogolo·Dec 14, 2018SaveLearn
Impact of 16O(γ,α)12C measurements on the 12C(α,γ)16O astrophysical reaction rateThe 12C(α,γ)16O reaction, an important component of stellar helium burning, plays a key role in nuclear astrophysics. It has direct impact on the evolution and final state of massive…R. J. Holt, B. W. Filippone, Steven C. Pieper·Dec 11, 2018SaveLearn
3ΛH and 3 Λ H production and characterization in Cu+Cu collisions at sNN=200GeVProduction of the (anti)hypertriton nuclei 3ΛH and 3 Λ H in Cu+Cu interactions at sNN=200GeV is studied at three centrality bins of 0-10\%,…Feng Xian Liu, Gang Chen, Zhi Lei She et al.·Dec 11, 2018SaveLearn
A new investigation of half-lives for the decay modes of 50VA new search for the decay modes of the 4-fold forbidden non-unique decay of 50V has been performed at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (LNGS). In total an exposure of 197 kg × d has…M. Laubenstein, B. Lehnert, S. S. Nagorny et al.·Dec 11, 2018SaveLearn
Measurement of the Weak Axial-Vector Coupling Constant in the Decay of Free Neutrons Using a Pulsed Cold Neutron BeamWe present a precision measurement of the axial-vector coupling constant gA in the decay of polarized free neutrons. For the first time, a pulsed cold neutron beam was used for this purpose. By…Bastian Märkisch, Holger Mest, Heiko Saul et al.·Dec 11, 2018SaveLearn
Invariant-mass spectroscopy of 18Ne, 16O, and 10C excited states formed in neutron transfer reactionsNeutron transfer reactions with fast secondary beams of 17Ne, 15O, and 9C have been studied with the HiRA and CAESAR arrays. Excited states of 18Ne, 16O, and 10C in the…R. J. Charity, K. W. Brown, J. M. Elson et al.·Dec 11, 2018SaveLearn
Measurement of isolated photon-hadron and jet correlations in 5 TeV pp and p-Pb collisions with the ALICE detector at the LHCPhoton-jet correlations are a promising channel for the study of parton energy loss in nuclear collisions. While existing measurements in pp and nuclear collisions have used high energy photons and…Miguel Arratia·Dec 11, 2018SaveLearn
Strong absorption of hadrons with hidden and open strangeness in nuclear matterWe present the first observation of K- and ϕabsorption within nuclear matter by means of π- -induced reactions on C and W targets at an incident beam momentum of 1.7 GeV/c studied with HADES at…J. Adamczewski-Musch, O. Arnold, E. T. Atomssa et al.·Dec 10, 2018SaveLearn
The structure of 70Fe: Single-particle and collective degrees of freedomExcited states in the neutron-rich 70Fe nucleus were populated in a one-proton removal reaction from 71Co projectiles at 87~MeV/nucleon. A new transition was observed with the γ-ray…A. Gade, R. V. F. Janssens, J. A. Tostevin et al.·Dec 8, 2018SaveLearn