Near-threshold π- photoproduction on the deuteronThe first experimental investigation of the near-threshold cross section for incoherent π- photoproduction on the deuteron γ d -> π- pp is presented. The experimental technique involved…B. Strandberg, K. G. Fissum, J. R. M. Annand et al.·Dec 7, 2018SaveLearn
First experimental constraint on the 191Os(n,γ) reaction rate relevant to s-process nucleosynthesisThe nuclear level density and γ-decay strength of 192Os have been extracted using particle-γ coincidence data from the 192Os(α,αγ)192Os reaction by means of the Oslo…I. K. B. Kullmann, A. C. Larsen, T. Renstrø m et al.·Dec 6, 2018SaveLearn
The Future of High-Energy Heavy-Ion FacilitiesThe plans within the next decade of the high-energy heavy-ion facilities RHIC at BNL and LHC at CERN are reviewed in detail, focusing on the physics programme for sNN 200 GeV. The…Jan Fiete Grosse-Oetringhaus·Dec 6, 2018SaveLearn
First Measurements of the Double-Polarization Observables F, P, and H in ω Photoproduction off Transversely Polarized Protons in the N Resonance RegionFirst measurements of double-polarization observables in ω photoproduction off the proton are presented using transverse target polarization and data from the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer…P. Roy, S. Park, V. Crede et al.·Dec 5, 2018SaveLearn
Solar Neutrino MeasurementsWe present the most recent results from the two currently running solar neutrino experiments, Borexino at the Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy and SuperK at Kamioka mine in Japan. SuperK has released…Andrea Pocar·Dec 5, 2018SaveLearn
PHENIX measurements of low momentum direct photon radiationThe versatility of RHIC allowed the PHENIX collaboration to measure low momentum direct photons from small systems, such as p+p, p+A, d+Au at sNN = 200 GeV as well as from large A+A…Vladimir Khachatryan·Dec 5, 2018SaveLearn
Charged-particle pseudorapidity density at mid-rapidity in p-Pb collisions at sNN = 8.16 TeVThe pseudorapidity density of charged particles, dNch/dη, in p-Pb collisions has been measured at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon-nucleon pair of sNN =…ALICE Collaboration·Dec 4, 2018SaveLearn
Exotic decay channels are not the cause of the neutron lifetime anomalySince long neutron lifetimes measured with a beam of cold neutrons are significantly different from lifetimes measured with ultracold neutrons bottled in a trap. It is often speculated that this…D. Dubbers, H. Saul, B. Märkisch et al.·Dec 3, 2018SaveLearn
Some properties of the pT regions observed at the LHC energiesThe inclusive spectra of the charged particles, π0- and η-mesons produced in the pp collisions at LHC energies were analyzed . The data revealed several pT regions, which could be…Mais Suleymanov·Dec 3, 2018SaveLearn
Determination of hexadecapole (β4) deformation of the light-mass nucleus 24Mg using quasi-elastic measurementQuasi-elastic scattering measurements have been performed using 16O and 24Mg projectiles off 90Zr at energies around the Coulomb barrier. Experimental data have been analyzed in the…Y. K. Gupta, B. K. Nayak, U. Garg et al.·Nov 30, 2018SaveLearn
Study of J/ψ azimuthal anisotropy at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at s NN = 5.02 TeVThe second (v2) and third (v3) flow harmonic coefficients of J/ψ mesons are measured at forward rapidity (2.5 < y < 4.0) in Pb-Pb collisions at s NN = 5.02 TeV with the…ALICE Collaboration·Nov 30, 2018SaveLearn
Storage ring mass spectrometry for nuclear structure and astrophysics researchIn the last two and a half decades ion storage rings have proven to be powerful tools for precision experiments with unstable nuclides in realm of nuclear structure and astrophysics. There are…Y. H. Zhang, Yu. A. Litvinov, T. Uesaka et al.·Nov 29, 2018SaveLearn
Quarkonium production in Pb--Pb and Xe--Xe collisions with ALICE at the LHCQuarkonium production is an excellent probe to investigate the properties of the hot and dense medium, which can be created in heavy-ion collisions. The production and hadronisation of heavy quarks…Markus K. Koehler·Nov 27, 2018SaveLearn
Cross Sections for A(e,e')X ReactionsRecent JLAB measurements of inclusive (e,A) cross sections as a function of outgoing lepton momentum may provide information on the nucleon spectral function in targets that will be relevant for the…U. Mosel, K. Gallmeister·Nov 26, 2018SaveLearn
Double-beta decay of 130Te to the first 0+ excited state of 130Xe with CUORE-0We report on a search for double beta decay of 130Te to the first 0+ excited state of 130Xe using a 9.8 kg·yr exposure of 130Te collected with the CUORE-0 experiment. In…CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso et al.·Nov 26, 2018SaveLearn
Competition between direct and sequential two-neutron transfers in the 18O + 28Si collision at 84 MeVIn this work we study the simultaneous and sequential two-neutron transfer mechanisms to the 28Si nucleus induced by (t,p) and (18O, 16O) reactions. New experimental cross sections for…E. N. Cardozo, J. Lubian, R. Linares et al.·Nov 26, 2018SaveLearn
The Nab Experiment: A Precision Measurement of Unpolarized Neutron Beta DecayNeutron beta decay is one of the most fundamental processes in nuclear physics and provides sensitive means to uncover the details of the weak interaction. Neutron beta decay can evaluate the ratio…J. Fry, R. Alarcon, S. Baessler et al.·Nov 25, 2018SaveLearn
Status and Prospects of Discrete Symmetries Tests in Positronium Decays with the J-PET DetectorPositronium is a unique laboratory to study fundamental symmetries in the Standard Model, reflection in space (P), reversal in time (T), charge conjugation (C) and…M. Silarski·Nov 25, 2018SaveLearn
Jet fragmentation transverse momentum measurements from di-hadron correlations in s = 7 TeV pp and sNN = 5.02 TeV p-Pb collisionsThe transverse structure of jets was studied via jet fragmentation transverse momentum (jT) distributions, obtained using two-particle correlations in proton-proton and proton-lead…ALICE Collaboration·Nov 24, 2018SaveLearn
Lévy-stable two-pion Bose-Einstein correlation functions measured with PHENIX in sNN = 200 GeV Au+Au collisionsMeasurement of quantumstatistical correlation functions in high energy nuclear physics is an important tool to investigate the QCD phase diagram. It may be used to search for the critical point, and…Sándor Lökös·Nov 24, 2018SaveLearn
Effects of the detector non-uniformity in pion directed flow measurement relative to the spectator plane by the NA49 experiment at the CERN SPSResults are presented for directed flow of negatively charged pions measured relative to the spectator plane in Pb+Pb collisions at the beam energy 40A GeV recorded by the NA49 experiment at CERN.…Oleg Golosov, Evgeny Kashirin, Viktor Klochkov et al.·Nov 23, 2018SaveLearn
Application of isochronous mass spectrometry for the study of angular momentum population in projectile fragmentation reactionsIsochronous mass spectrometry was applied to measure isomeric yield ratios of fragmentation reaction products. This approach is complementary to conventional gamma-ray spectroscopy in particular for…X. L. Tu, A. Kelic-Heil, Yu. A. Litvinov et al.·Nov 23, 2018SaveLearn
Non-linear flow modes of identified particles in Pb--Pb collisions at sNN = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detectorThe non-linear flow modes, v4,22, v5,32 and v6,33 as a function of transverse momentum (pT) have been measured for the first time in Pb--Pb collisions at…Naghmeh Mohammadi·Nov 22, 2018SaveLearn
Isochronous mass measurements of Tz=-1 fp-shell nuclei from projectile fragmentation of 58NiAtomic masses of seven Tz=-1, fp-shell nuclei from 44V to 56Cu and two low-lying isomers, 44mV (Jπ=6+) and 52mCo (Jπ=2+), have been measured with relative precisions…Y. H. Zhang, P. Zhang, X. H. Zhou et al.·Nov 22, 2018SaveLearn
The NUMEN project: NUclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decayThe article describes the main achievements of the NUMEN project together with an updated and detailed overview of the related R&D activities and theoretical developments. NUMEN proposes an…F. Cappuzzello, C. Agodi, M. Cavallaro et al.·Nov 21, 2018SaveLearn