Charged jets in p--Pb collisions at sNN = 5.02 TeV measured with the ALICE detectorHighly energetic jets are sensitive probes for the kinematics and the topology of nuclear collisions. Jets are collimated sprays of charged and neutral particles, which are produced in the…Rüdiger Haake·May 11, 2016SaveLearn
A search for the radiative neutrinoless double electron capture of 58NiA search for the radiative neutrinoless double electron capture with single \ emission has been performed in 58Ni. Gamma radiation from a 7286 g nickel sample in natural isotope composition…B. Lehnert, D. Degering, A. Frotscher et al.·May 11, 2016SaveLearn
Absolute hydrogen depth profiling using the resonant 1H(15N,αγ)12C nuclear reactionResonant nuclear reactions are a powerful tool for the determination of the amount and profile of hydrogen in thin layers of material. Usually, this tool requires the use of a standard of well-known…Tobias P. Reinhardt, Shavkat Akhmadaliev, Daniel Bemmerer et al.·May 9, 2016SaveLearn
Pseudorapidity dependence of the anisotropic flow of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at s NN=2.76 TeVWe present measurements of the elliptic (v2), triangular (v3) and quadrangular (v4) anisotropic azimuthal flow over a wide range of pseudorapidities ($-3.5< η<…ALICE Collaboration·May 6, 2016SaveLearn
Limit on the Radiative Neutrinoless Double Electron Capture of 36Ar from GERDA Phase INeutrinoless double electron capture is a process that, if detected, would give evidence of lepton number violation and the Majorana nature of neutrinos. A search for neutrinoless double electron…M. Agostini, M. Allardt, A. M. Bakalyarov et al.·May 5, 2016SaveLearn
Direct Neutrino Mass ExperimentsWith a mass at least six orders of magnitudes smaller than the mass of an electron -- but non-zero -- neutrinos are a clear misfit in the Standard Model of Particle Physics. On the one hand, its tiny…Susanne Mertens·May 5, 2016SaveLearn
Aspects of the momentum dependence of the equation of state and of the residual NN cross section, and their effects on nuclear stoppingWith the semiclassical Landau-Vlasov transport model we studied the stopping observable RE, the energy-based isotropy ratio, for the 129Xe\,+\,120Sn reaction at beam energies spanning…Z. Basrak, P. Eudes, V. de la Mota·May 2, 2016SaveLearn
Accessing proton generalized parton distributions and pion distribution amplitudes with the exclusive pion-induced Drell-Yan process at J-PARCGeneralized parton distributions (GPDs) encoding multidimensional information of hadron partonic structure appear as the building blocks in a factorized description of hard exclusive reactions. The…Takahiro Sawada, Wen-Chen Chang, Shunzo Kumano et al.·May 2, 2016SaveLearn
An improved method for estimating the neutron background in measurements of neutron capture reactionsThe relation between the neutron background in neutron capture measurements and the neutron sensitivity related to the experimental setup is examined. It is pointed out that a proper estimate of the…P. Žugec, D. Bosnar, N. Colonna et al.·May 1, 2016SaveLearn
Beam energy dependence of pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles produced in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC energiesHeavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN probe matter at extreme conditions of temperature and energy…Sumit Basu, Tapan K. Nayak, Kaustuv Datta·Apr 29, 2016SaveLearn
New Limits on Double Electron Capture of 40Ca and 180WWe analyzed low-background data from the CRESST-II experiment with a total net exposure of 730 kg days to extract limits on double electron capture processes. We established new limits for 40Ca…G. Angloher, M. Bauer, P. Bauer et al.·Apr 28, 2016SaveLearn
Octupole strength in the neutron-rich calcium isotopesLow-lying excited states of the neutron-rich calcium isotopes 48-52Ca have been studied via γ-ray spectroscopy following inverse-kinematics proton scattering on a liquid hydrogen target using…L. A. Riley, D. M. McPherson, M. L. Agiorgousis et al.·Apr 28, 2016SaveLearn
Highlights from BNL and RHIC 2015Highlights of news from Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in the period July 2014-June 2015 are presented. The news this year was mostly…M. J. Tannenbaum·Apr 28, 2016SaveLearn
Correlated event-by-event fluctuations of flow harmonics in Pb-Pb collisions at s_ NN=2.76 TeVWe report the measurements of correlations between event-by-event fluctuations of amplitudes of anisotropic flow harmonics in nucleus-nucleus collisions, obtained for the first time using a new…ALICE Collaboration·Apr 26, 2016SaveLearn
Triangular flow of negative pions emitted in PbAu collisions at sNN = 17.3 GeVDifferential triangular flow, v3(pT), of negative pions is measured at sNN= 17.3 GeV around midrapidity by the CERES/NA45 experiment at CERN in central PbAu collisions in the range…Jovan Milosevic·Apr 25, 2016SaveLearn
Photoproduction of the f1(1285) MesonThe f1(1285) meson with mass 1281.0 0.8 MeV/c2 and width 18.4 1.4 MeV (FWHM) was measured for the first time in photoproduction from a proton target using CLAS at Jefferson Lab.…R. Dickson, R. A. Schumacher·Apr 25, 2016SaveLearn
Determination of the Neutron-Capture Rate of 17C for the R-process NucleosynthesisWith the R3B-LAND setup at GSI we have measured exclusive relative-energy spectra of the Coulomb dissociation of 18C at a projectile energy around 425~AMeV on a lead target, which are…M. Heine, S. Typel, M. -R. Wu et al.·Apr 20, 2016SaveLearn
Integral measurement of the 12C(n,p)12B reaction up to 10 GeVThe integral measurement of the 12C(n,p)12B reaction was performed at the neutron time of flight facility nTOF at CERN. The total number of 12B nuclei produced per neutron pulse of…P. Žugec, N. Colonna, D. Bosnar et al.·Apr 19, 2016SaveLearn
Pseudorapidity dependence of long-range two-particle correlations in pPb collisions at sqrt(s[NN]) = 5.02 TeVTwo-particle correlations in pPb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV are studied as a function of the pseudorapidity separation (Delta eta) of the particle pair at small…CMS Collaboration·Apr 18, 2016SaveLearn
Target and Beam-Target Spin Asymmetries in Exclusive π+ and π- Electroproduction with 1.6 to 5.7 GeV ElectronsBeam-target double spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries in exclusive π+ and π- electroproduction were obtained from scattering of 1.6 to 5.7 GeV longitudinally polarized…P. E. Bosted, A. S. Biselli, S. Careccia et al.·Apr 15, 2016SaveLearn
Beam Normal Single Spin Asymmetry Measurements from QWeakThe Q weak experiment has made several interesting beam normal single spin asymmetry measurements. Preliminary result from a 3.2% measurement of the beam normal single spin asymmetry in elastic e+p…Buddhini P. Waidyawansa, the QWeak Collaboration·Apr 15, 2016SaveLearn
A new study of 10B(p,α)7Be reaction at low energiesThe 10B(p,α)7Be reaction is of great interest since it has many applications in different fields of research such as nuclear astrophysics, nuclear physics, and models of new reactors for…A. Caciolli, R. Depalo, C. Broggini et al.·Apr 15, 2016SaveLearn
Direct determination of the atomic mass difference of Re187 and Os187 for neutrino physics and cosmochronologyFor the first time a direct determination of the atomic mass difference of 187Re and 187Os has been performed with the Penning-trap mass spectrometer SHIPTRAP applying the novel phase-imaging…D. A. Nesterenko, S. Eliseev, K. Blaum et al.·Apr 15, 2016SaveLearn
From dripline to dripline: Nuclear astrophysics in the laboratoryFor the better part of a century the field of nuclear astrophysics has aimed to answer fundamental questions about nature, such as the origin of the elements and the behavior of high-density,…Zach Meisel·Apr 14, 2016SaveLearn
Spectroscopy of 46Ar by the (t,p) two-neutron transfer reactionStates in the N=28 nucleus 46Ar have been studied by a two-neutron transfer reaction at REX-ISOLDE (CERN). A beam of radioactive 44 at an energy of 2.16~AMeV and a tritium loaded titanium…K. Nowak, K. Wimmer, S. Hellgartner et al.·Apr 14, 2016SaveLearn