Precision measurement of the mass difference between light nuclei and anti-nucleiThe measurement of the mass differences for systems bound by the strong force has reached a very high precision with protons and anti-protons. The extension of such measurement from (anti-)baryons to…ALICE collaboration·Aug 17, 2015SaveLearn
Anisotropic distributions in a multi-phase transport modelWith A Multi-Phase Transport (AMPT) model we investigate the relation between the magnitude, fluctuations and correlations of the initial state spatial anisotropy n and the final…You Zhou, Kai Xiao, Zhao Feng et al.·Aug 13, 2015SaveLearn
24Mg(p, α)21Na reaction study for spectroscopy of 21NaThe 24Mg(p, α)21Na reaction was measured at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in order to better constrain spins and parities of energy…S. M. Cha, K. Y. Chae, A. Kim et al.·Aug 10, 2015SaveLearn
Stochastic modeling and survival analysis of marginally trapped neutrons for a magnetic trapping neutron lifetime experimentIn a variety of neutron lifetime experiments, in addition to β-decay, neutrons can be lost by other mechanisms including wall losses. Failure to account for these other loss mechanisms produces…K. J. Coakley, M. S. Dewey, M. G. Huber et al.·Aug 10, 2015SaveLearn
Shell evolution approaching the N=20 island of inversion: structure of 26NaThe levels in 26Na with single particle character have been observed for the first time using the d(25Na,p gamma) reaction at 5 MeV/nucleon. The measured excitation energies and the deduced…G. L. Wilson, W. N. Catford, N. A. Orr et al.·Aug 7, 2015SaveLearn
New Photodisintegration Model of GEANT4 for the dγ np Reaction with a Dibaryon Effective Field TheoryWe develop a new hadronic model for GEANT4 that is specialized for the disintegration of the deuteron by photons, dγ n p. For the description of two-nucleon interactions, we employ a pionless…Jae Won Shin, Chang Ho Hyun·Aug 7, 2015SaveLearn
Neutral multi-MeV/u particles from laser-induced processes in ultra-dense deuterium D(0): accurate two-collector timing and magnetic analysisLaser-induced processes in ultra-dense deuterium D(0) layers eject multi-MeV u-1 particles using ns laser pulse energies of <200 mJ. Such particles have been observed previously as mA currents to…Leif Holmlid·Aug 6, 2015SaveLearn
Photoproduction of ω Mesons off the ProtonThe differential cross sections and unpolarized spin-density matrix elements for the reaction γp pω were measured using the CBELSA/TAPS experiment for initial photon energies ranging from the…A. Wilson, V. Crede, A. V. Anisovich et al.·Aug 6, 2015SaveLearn
Recoil Polarization Measurements of the Proton Electromagnetic Form Factor Ratio to High Momentum TransferThe electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon characterize the effect of its internal structure on its response to an electromagnetic probe as studied in elastic electron-nucleon scattering. These…Andrew J. R. Puckett·Aug 6, 2015SaveLearn
Breaking of axial symmetry in excited heavy nuclei as identified in Giant Dipole Resonance dataA recent theoretical prediction of a breaking of axial symmetry in quasi all heavy nuclei is confronted to a new critical analysis of photon strength functions of nuclei in the valley of stability.…Eckart Grosse, Arnd R. Junghans, Ralph Massarczyk·Aug 4, 2015SaveLearn
Toward precision mass measurements of neutron-rich nuclei relevant to r-process nucleosynthesisThe open question of where, when, and how the heavy elements beyond iron enrich our Universe has triggered a new era in nuclear physics studies.\ Of all the relevant nuclear physics inputs, the mass…B. H. Sun, Yu. A. Litvinov, I. Tanihata et al.·Aug 4, 2015SaveLearn
Observation of Spin-Dependent Charge Symmetry Breaking in ΛN Interaction: Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy of 4ΛHeThe energy spacing between the ground-state spin doublet of 4ΛHe(1+,0+) was determined to be 1406 2 2 keV, by measuring γ rays for the 1+ 0+ transition with a high…T. O. Yamamoto, M. Agnello, Y. Akazawa et al.·Aug 3, 2015SaveLearn
Σ- p emission rates in K- absorptions at rest on 6Li, 7Li, 9Be, 13C and 16OAn experimental study of the K-stopA→ Σ- p A' reaction on A=6Li, 7Li, 9Be, 13C and 16O p-shell nuclei is presented. The data were collected by the FINUDA…FINUDA Collaboration, M. Agnello, L. Benussi et al.·Aug 1, 2015SaveLearn
Measurement of interaction between antiprotonsOne of the primary goals of nuclear physics is to understand the force between nucleons, which is a necessary step for understanding the structure of nuclei and how nuclei interact with each other.…STAR Collaboration·Jul 26, 2015SaveLearn
Shapes of the 192,190Pb ground states from beta decay studies using the total absorption techniqueThe beta decay of 192,190Pb has been studied using the total absorption technique at the ISOLDE(CERN) facility. The beta-decay strength deduced from the measurements, combined with QRPA…M. E. Estevez Aguado, A. Algora, J. Agramunt et al.·Jul 25, 2015SaveLearn
Centrality dependence of pion freeze-out radii in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeVWe report on the measurement of freeze-out radii for pairs of identical-charge pions measured in Pb--Pb collisions at s NN=2.76 TeV as a function of collision centrality and the…ALICE Collaboration·Jul 24, 2015SaveLearn
Novel technique to extract experimental symmetry free energy information of nuclear matterA new method of accessing information on the symmetry free energy from yields of fragments produced in Fermi-energy heavy-ion collisions is proposed. Furthermore, by means of quantum fluctuation…J. Mabiala, H. Zheng, A. Bonasera et al.·Jul 24, 2015SaveLearn
Measurements of elliptic and triangular flow in high-multiplicity 3He+Au collisions at s_NN=200 GeVWe present the first measurement of elliptic (v2) and triangular (v3) flow in high-multiplicity 3He+Au collisions at s_NN=200 GeV. Two-particle correlations, where the…A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala et al.·Jul 22, 2015SaveLearn
Event shape engineering for inclusive spectra and elliptic flow in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeVWe report on results obtained with the Event Shape Engineering technique applied to Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV. By selecting events in the same centrality interval, but with very…ALICE Collaboration·Jul 22, 2015SaveLearn
Precision measurements with LPCTrap at GANILThe experimental achievements and the results obtained so far with the LPCTrap device installed at GANIL are presented. The apparatus is dedicated to the study of the weak interaction at low energy…E. Lienard, G. Ban, C. Couratin et al.·Jul 21, 2015SaveLearn
The study of the thermal neutron flux in the deep underground laboratory DULB-4900We report on the study of thermal neutron flux using monitors based on mixture of ZnS(Ag) and LiF enriched with a lithium-6 isotope at the deep underground laboratory DULB-4900 at the Baksan Neutrino…V. V. Alekseenko, Yu. M. Gavrilyuk, A. M. Gangapshev et al.·Jul 20, 2015SaveLearn
Gamma Rossi-alpha, Feynman-alpha and Gamma Differential Die-Away concepts as a potential alternative/complement to the traditional thermal neutron based analysis in SafeguardsA new concept for thermal neutron based correlation and multiplicity measurements is proposed in this paper. The main idea of the concept consists of using 2.223 MeV gammas (or 1.201 MeV, DE)…Dina Chernikova, Syed F. Naeem, Nermin Trnjanin et al.·Jul 20, 2015SaveLearn
Centrality and transverse momentum dependence of elliptic flow of multi-strange hadrons and ϕ meson in Au+Au collisions at sNN = 200 GeVWe present high precision measurements of elliptic flow near midrapidity (|y|<1.0) for multi-strange hadrons and ϕ meson as a function of centrality and transverse momentum in Au+Au collisions at…STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins et al.·Jul 19, 2015SaveLearn
Preliminary Results on the Experimental Investigation of the Structure Functions of Bound NucleonsWe present preliminary results on an experimental study of the nuclear modification of the longitudinal (σL) and transverse (σT) structure functions of nucleons bound in nuclear targets. The…A. Bodek·Jul 17, 2015SaveLearn
Search for 2K(2ν)-capture of Xe-124The results of a search for two neutrino mode of double K-capture of Xe-124 using a large copper low-background proportional counter are presented. Data collected during 3220 hours of measurements…Yu. M. Gavrilyuk, A. M. Gangapshev, V. V. Kazalov et al.·Jul 16, 2015SaveLearn