A Common Optical Potential for 4He+12C at Intermediate EnergiesA common optical potential for 4He+12C at intermediate bombarding energies, which is essential in analyzing exotic nuclei with 4He clusters, was obtained based on the São Paulo potential…Li-Yuan Hu, Yu-Shou Song, Ying-Wei Hou et al.·Nov 18, 2016SaveLearn
Shell and explosive hydrogen burningThe nucleosynthesis of light elements, from helium up to silicon, mainly occurs in Red Giant and Asymptotic Giant Branch stars and Novae. The relative abundances of the synthesized nuclides…A. Boeltzig, C. G. Bruno, F. Cavanna et al.·Nov 18, 2016SaveLearn
Electroweak Decay Studies of Highly Charged Radioactive Ions with TITAN at TRIUMFSeveral modes of electroweak radioactive decay require an interaction between the nucleus and bound electrons within the constituent atom. Thus, the probabilities of the respective decays are not…K. G. Leach, I. Dillmann, R. Klawitter et al.·Nov 18, 2016SaveLearn
Recent results on collective effects in small systems from PHENIX at RHICCollisions of simple systems, such as p+p, or p+Nucleus have been used as benchmarks for our understanding of heavy ion collsions, since it was assumed they would be free of the effects from…Sarah Campbell·Nov 17, 2016SaveLearn
Ultra-peripheral Collisions with the ATLAS DetectorThe first ATLAS measurement of ultra-peripheral collisions is described. Dimuon pairs from photon--photon scattering have been measured with data of Pb+Pb collisions at $sNN =…Miguel Arratia·Nov 16, 2016SaveLearn
Rearrangement of valence neutrons in the neutrinoless double-β decay of 136XeA quantitative description of the change in ground-state neutron occupancies between 136Xe and 136Ba, the initial and final state in the neutrinoless double-β decay of 136Xe, has…S. V. Szwec, B. P. Kay, T. E. Cocolios et al.·Nov 16, 2016SaveLearn
Hard Two-Photon Contribution to Elastic Lepton-Proton Scattering: Determined by the OLYMPUS ExperimentThe OLYMPUS collaboration reports on a precision measurement of the positron-proton to electron-proton elastic cross section ratio, R2γ, a direct measure of the contribution of hard two-photon…B. S. Henderson, L. D. Ice, D. Khaneft et al.·Nov 15, 2016SaveLearn
Target and beam-target spin asymmetries in exclusive pion electroproduction for Q2>1 GeV2. II. e p → e π0 pBeam-target double-spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries were measured for the exclusive π0 electroproduction reaction γ* p p π0, expanding an analysis of the $γ* p n…P. E. Bosted, A. Kim, K. P. Adhikari et al.·Nov 15, 2016SaveLearn
Recent results from the NA61/SHINE strong interaction physics programmeThe main physics goals of the NA61/SHINE programme on strong interactions are the study of the properties of the onset of deconfinement and the search for signatures of the critical point of strongly…Evgeny Andronov·Nov 15, 2016SaveLearn
Performance studies of D-meson tagged jets in pp collisions at s=7\,TeV with ALICEWe present the current status of the measurement of jets that contain a D meson (D-tagged jets) with ALICE. D-meson candidates, identified via their hadronic decay channels, were combined with the…Salvatore Aiola·Nov 14, 2016SaveLearn
Estimation of Stopped Protons at Energies Relevant for a Beam Energy Scan at the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion ColliderThe recent net-proton fluctuation results of the STAR (Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC) experiment from beam energy scan (BES) program at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have drawn much…Dhananjaya Thakur, Sunil Jakhar, Prakhar Garg et al.·Nov 14, 2016SaveLearn
Neutron-antineutron oscillations beyond the quasi-free limitPrompted by plans to conduct a new neutron oscillation experiment at the European Spallation Source (ESS), we consider issues associated with the magnetic field that must be present, some of which…E. David Davis, Albert R. Young·Nov 13, 2016SaveLearn
Nuclear Fusion in Laser-Driven Counter-Streaming Collisionless PlasmasNuclear fusion reactions are the most important processes in nature to power stars and produce new elements, and lie at the center of the understanding of nucleosynthesis in the universe. It is…Xiaopeng Zhang, Jiarui Zhao, Dawei Yuan et al.·Nov 12, 2016SaveLearn
Determination of the scalar polarizabilities of the proton using beam asymmetry Σ3 in Compton scatteringThe scalar dipole polarizabilities, αE1 and βM1, are fundamental properties related to the internal dynamics of the nucleon. The currently accepted values of the proton polarizabilities…V. Sokhoyan, E. J. Downie, E. Mornacchi et al.·Nov 11, 2016SaveLearn
W and Z boson production in p-Pb collisions at s NN = 5.02 TeVThe W and Z boson production was measured via the muonic decay channel in proton-lead collisions at s NN = 5.02 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider with the ALICE detector. The…Alice Collaboration·Nov 9, 2016SaveLearn
Tagging fast neutrons from a 252Cf fission-fragment sourceCoincidence and time-of-flight measurement techniques are employed to tag fission neutrons emitted from a 252Cf source sealed on one side with a very thin layer of Au. The source is positioned within…Julius Scherzinger, Ramsey Al Jebali, John Annand et al.·Nov 9, 2016SaveLearn
Measurement of the 232Th (n, γ )/58Ni (n, p) reaction rate ratio in the leakage neutron field of CFBR-II fast burst reactorA ThO2 sample and a nickel activation foil were irradiated in the leakage neutron field of CFBR-II reactor. The activities of the activation products were measured after irradiation to obtain…Qiang Wang, Li-Na Zeng, Zi-Hui Ai et al.·Nov 9, 2016SaveLearn
Measurement of excitation spectra in the 12C(p,d) reaction near the η' emission thresholdExcitation spectra of 11C were measured in the 12C(p,d) reaction near the η' emission threshold. A proton beam extracted from the synchrotron SIS-18 at GSI with an incident energy…Y. K. Tanaka, K. Itahashi, H. Fujioka et al.·Nov 9, 2016SaveLearn
Precise measurement of the Ke2/Kμ2 branching ratio and search for new physics beyond the Standard ModelThe E36 experiment recently conducted at J-PARC by the TREK Collaboration will provide a precise mesurement of the decay ratio RK = Γ(K+ → e+νe) / Γ(K+ → μ+νμ) with the…Sébastien Bianchin·Nov 8, 2016SaveLearn
Charmonium physics with heavy ions: experimental resultsThirty years ago, the suppression of charmonium production in heavy-ion collisions was first proposed as an unambiguous signature for the formation of a Quark-Gluon Plasma. Since then, experiments at…E. Scomparin·Nov 8, 2016SaveLearn
Production and interaction of the eta meson with nucleons and nucleiWe report on the status of the search for eta-mesic nuclei and the studies of the interaction of the eta meson with nucleons. Recently we have completed the analysis of the new WASA-at-COSY data on…Wojciech Krzemien, Oleksandr Khreptak, Paweł Moskal et al.·Nov 7, 2016SaveLearn
Test of the Brink-Axel hypothesis for the pygmy dipole resonanceThe gamma strength function and level density of 1- states in 96Mo have been extracted from a high-resolution study of the (p,p') reaction at 295 MeV and extreme forward angles. By comparison…D. Martin, P. von Neumann-Cosel, A. Tamii et al.·Nov 6, 2016SaveLearn
Jets and high-pT probes measured in the STAR experimentHard probes created through large momentum transfers are used to study the properties of QCD matter created in heavy-ion collisions, by comparing the measurements to those in p+p collisions. Jets,…Nihar Ranjan Sahoo·Nov 6, 2016SaveLearn
Charged-particle nuclear modification factors in PbPb and pPb collisions at sqrt(s[NN]) = 5.02 TeVThe spectra of charged particles produced within the pseudorapidity window abs(eta) < 1 at sqrt(s[NN]) = 5.02 TeV are measured using 404 inverse microbarns of PbPb and 27.4 inverse picobarns of pp…CMS Collaboration·Nov 5, 2016SaveLearn
Reactor Antineutrino Signals at Morton and BoulbyIncreasing the distance from which an antineutrino detector is capable of monitoring the operation of a registered reactor, or discovering a clandestine reactor, strengthens the Non-Proliferation of…Steve Dye·Nov 5, 2016SaveLearn