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Studies of crystal collimation for heavy ion operation at the LHC

At CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), proton and heavy-ion beams are accelerated to multi-TeV energies to be collided for the needs of the scientific community around the world. The total stored beam energy of tens to hundreds ofMJ creates potential threa ...

EPFL2024

Dilution versus fractionation: Separation technologies hyphenated with spICP-MS for characterizing metallic nanoparticles in aerosols

Christian Ludwig, Andrea Testino, Jian Wang, Tianyu Cen

The presence of metal salts has become one of the major limitations for measuring metallic nanoparticles (NPs) in single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (spICP-MS). Their presence generates a background signal in spICP-MS that can be ...

2024

Adding Color to Mass Spectra of Biopolymers: Charge Determination Analysis (CHARDA) Assigns Charge State to Every Ion Peak

Yury Tsybin, Natalia Gasilova, Laure Menin, Anton Kozhinov, Konstantin Nagornov

Traditionally, mass spectrometry (MS) output is the ion abundance plotted versus the ionic mass-to-charge ratio m/z. While employing only commercially available equipment, Charge Determination Analysis (CHARDA) adds a third dimension to MS, estimating for ...

Amer Chemical Soc2024

Sheath collapse at critical shallow angle due to kinetic effects

Alessandro Geraldini

The Debye sheath is known to vanish completely in magnetised plasmas for a sufficiently small electron gyroradius and small angle between the magnetic field and the wall. This angle depends on the current onto the wall. When the Debye sheath vanishes, ther ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2022

Numerics and computation in gyrokinetic simulations of electromagnetic turbulence with global particle-in-cell codes

Laurent Villard, Alberto Bottino, Emmanuel Lanti

Electromagnetic turbulence is addressed in tokamak and stellarator plasmas with the global gyrokinetic particle-in-cell codes ORB5 (E Lanti et al, Comp. Phys. Comm., 251, 107072 (2020)) and EUTERPE (V Kornilov et al, Phys. Plasmas, 11, 3196 (2004)). The la ...

2021

Development of advanced linearized gyrokinetic collision operators using a moment approach

Paolo Ricci, Justin Richard Ball, Louis Nicolas Stenger, Rogério Manuel Cabete De Jesus Jorge, Baptiste Jimmy Frei, Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann

The derivation and numerical implementation of a linearized version of the gyrokinetic (GK) Coulomb collision operator (Jorge et al., J. Plasma Phys., vol. 85, 2019, 905850604) and of the widely used linearized GK Sugama collision operator (Sugama et al., ...

Cambridge University Press2021

Investigation of the low-energy stereodynamics in the Ne(3P2) + N2, CO reactions

Andreas Osterwalder, Junwen Zou

We report on an experimental investigation of the low-energy stereodynamics of the energy transfer reactions Ne(3P2) + X, producing Ne(1S) + X+ and [Ne–X]+ (X = N2 or CO). Collision energies in the range 0.2 K–700 K are obtained by using the merged beam te ...

2020

Bootstrapping massive quantum field theories

Denis Karateev, João Miguel Augusto Penedones Fernandes

We propose a new non-perturbative method for studying UV complete unitary quantum field theories (QFTs) with a mass gap in general number of spacetime dimensions. The method relies on unitarity formulated as positive semi-definiteness of the matrix of inne ...

Springer Nature2020

Observation of a new baryon state in the Lambda(0)(b)pi(+)pi(-) mass spectrum

Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Yiming Li, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Christoph Frei, Tatsuya Nakada, Michel De Cian, Luca Pescatore, Elena Graverini, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, François Fleuret, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, Minh Tâm Tran, Pietro Marino, Renato Quagliani, Federico Leo Redi, Federico Betti, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Maxime Schubiger, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Guido Andreassi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Violaine Bellée, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Preema Rennee Pais, Zhirui Xu, Pavol Stefko, Yi Zhang, Tara Nanut, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Lei Zhang, Vladimir Macko, Jessica Prisciandaro, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Mark Tobin, Sebastian Schulte, Lino Ferreira Lopes, Niko Neufeld, Michael Thompson McCann, Matthew Needham, Ana Bárbara Rodrigues Cavalcante, Marc-Olivier Bettler, Vincenzo Battista, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Mirco Dorigo, Xiaoxue Han, Liupan An, Thibaud Humair, Hang Yin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Tommaso Colombo, Evgenii Shmanin, Dipanwita Dutta, Zheng Wang, Yi Wang, Hans Dijkstra, Gerhard Raven, Peter Clarke, Frédéric Teubert, Giovanni Carboni, Victor Coco, Adam Davis, Paolo Durante, Wenyu Zhang, Yu Zheng, Anton Petrov, Maxim Borisyak, Feng Jiang, Zhipeng Tang

A new baryon state is observed in the Lambda(0)(b)pi(+)pi(-) mass spectrum with high significance using a data sample of pp collisions, collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies root s = 7, 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated lum ...

Springer Nature2020

TDCOSMO. IV. Hierarchical time-delay cosmography - joint inference of the Hubble constant and galaxy density profiles

Frédéric Courbin, Martin Raoul Robert Millon, Aymeric Alexandre Galan, Adriano Agnello

The H0LiCOWcollaboration inferred via strong gravitational lensing time delays a Hubble constant value of H0 = 73 :3+1:7 1:8 km s 1 Mpc 1, describing deflector mass density profiles by either a power-law or stars (constant mass-to-light ratio) plus standar ...

EDP SCIENCES S A2020

Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Coulomb Collision Operator

Paolo Ricci, Rogério Manuel Cabete De Jesus Jorge, Baptiste Jimmy Frei

A gyrokinetic Coulomb collision operator is derived, which is particularly useful to describe the plasma dynamics at the periphery region of magnetic confinement fusion devices. The derived operator is able to describe collisions occurring in distribution ...

Cambridge University Press2019

Linear collisionless dynamics of the GAM with kinetic electrons: Comparison simulations/theory

Alberto Bottino

Barely trapped and passing electrons have been recently predicted to strongly enhance the damping rate of Geodesic Acoustic Modes (GAMs) in tokamak plasmas, while keeping their real frequency almost unchanged as compared to the case with adiabatic electron ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2019

Observation of New Resonances in the Lambda(0)(b)pi(+)pi(-) System

Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Yiming Li, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Christoph Frei, Tatsuya Nakada, Michel De Cian, Luca Pescatore, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom, François Fleuret, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, Minh Tâm Tran, Elena Graverini, Pietro Marino, Federico Leo Redi, Renato Quagliani, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Federico Betti, Guido Andreassi, Violaine Bellée, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Olivier Göran Girard, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Axel Kuonen, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Preema Rennee Pais, Pavol Stefko, Elisabeth Maria Niel, Tara Nanut, Jian Wang, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Mingkui Wang, Vladimir Macko, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Zhirui Xu, Yi Zhang, Sebastian Schulte, Xiaoqing Zhou, Lei Zhang, Lino Ferreira Lopes, Ho Ling Li, Surapat Ek-In, Mark Tobin, Xing Li, Ana Bárbara Rodrigues Cavalcante, Niko Neufeld, Vincenzo Battista, Matthew Needham, Marc-Olivier Bettler, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Mirco Dorigo, Xiaoxue Han, Liupan An, Thibaud Humair, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Yao Zhou, Tommaso Colombo, Evgenii Shmanin, Simone Meloni, Dipanwita Dutta, Zheng Wang, Yi Wang, Hans Dijkstra, Gerhard Raven, Peter Clarke, Frédéric Teubert, Giovanni Carboni, Victor Coco, Adam Davis, Paolo Durante, Wenyu Zhang, Yu Zheng, Anton Petrov, Maxim Borisyak, Feng Jiang, Zhipeng Tang, Xuan Li, Alexey Boldyrev, Almagul Kondybayeva, Hossein Afsharnia

We report the observation of a new structure in the Lambda(0)(b)pi(+)pi(- )spectrum using the full LHCb data set of pp collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb(-1), collected at root s = 7, 8, and 13 TeV. A study of the structure sugge ...

2019

Force measurement of a gas-assisted atomization using an impulse probe

Farzad Vakili Farahani

The main objective of this study was to develop further insight into the mass flux characterization of an effervescent atomization. The spray is injected through an industrial effervescent nozzle, and is measured using a newly developed coupled PDPA + IS m ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Observation of the decay Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda(+)(c)p(p)over-bar pi(-)

Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Christoph Frei, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Michel De Cian, Luca Pescatore, François Fleuret, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Alessio Ferrari, Basile Schäli, Elena Graverini, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, Renato Quagliani, Jessica Prisciandaro, Federico Betti, Mark Tobin, Greig Alan Cowan, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Vladislav Balagura, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Mirco Dorigo, Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Sebastiana Gianì, Zhirui Xu, Federico Leo Redi, Maxime Schubiger, Yi Zhang, Guido Andreassi, Lei Zhang, Violaine Bellée, Preema Rennee Pais, Tommaso Colombo, Minh Tâm Tran, Vladimir Macko, Niko Neufeld, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Matthew Needham, Daniel Gallichan, Mai Tu Xuan, Marc-Olivier Bettler, Severin Stähly, Frederico Alves Lima, Maurizio Martinelli, Marilisa Neri, Simon Van Mulders, Donal Patrick Hill, Cédric Potterat, Alexandra Bondarenko, Liang Sun, Michael Thompson McCann, Adriano Pastore, Jean Wicht, Léonard Yannick Maurice Eymann, Nathalie Sophie Adeline Serra, Xiaoxue Han, Matteo Fontana, Liupan An, Laia Castilla Amorós, Luc Henry, Xiao Yuan, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Nandita Aggarwal, Thibaud Humair, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Hang Yin, Thomas Jean Julien Fussinger, Juan Federico Esteban Müller, Brice Emile Maurin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Craig Matthew Smith, Axel Kuonen, Vincenzo Battista, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Dipanwita Dutta, Zheng Wang, Yi Wang, Hans Dijkstra, Gerhard Raven, Peter Clarke, Frédéric Teubert, Giovanni Carboni, Victor Coco, Adam Davis, Yu Zheng, Anton Petrov, Maxim Borisyak, Feng Jiang, Zhipeng Tang

The decay Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda(+)(c)p (p) over bar pi(-) is observed using pp collision data collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of root s = 7 and 8 Tev, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1). The ratio of branchin ...

2018

CO2 hydrogenation reaction over pristine Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Al2O3 supported Ru: Comparison and determination of the activation energies

Andreas Züttel, Noris André Gallandat, Emanuele Moioli, Wen Luo, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler

Fe, Co, Ni and Cu are the main non-noble industrially significant catalysts in the CO2 and CO gas phase hydrogenation reaction towards hydrocarbons and alcohols. These catalysts are typically supported on metal oxides such as SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3 and ZnO, in ...

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2018

Cross-code gyrokinetic verification and benchmark on the linear collisionless dynamics of the geodesic acoustic mode

Alberto Bottino, Gabriele Merlo

The linear properties of the geodesic acoustic modes (GAMs) in tokamaks are investigated by means of the comparison of analytical theory and gyrokinetic numerical simulations. The dependence on the value of the safety factor, finite-orbit-width of the ions ...

Amer Inst Physics2017

Observation of Five New Narrow Omega(0)(c) States Decaying to Xi K-+(c)-

Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Yiming Li, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Christoph Frei, Tatsuya Nakada, Michel De Cian, Luca Pescatore, François Fleuret, Elena Graverini, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Renato Quagliani, Federico Betti, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Katharina Müller, Jian Wang, Zhirui Xu, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Jessica Prisciandaro, Mark Tobin, Minh Tâm Tran, Niko Neufeld, Matthew Needham, Marc-Olivier Bettler, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Cédric Potterat, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Mirco Dorigo, Jean Wicht, Xiaoxue Han, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Federico Leo Redi, Ilya Komarov, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Thibaud Humair, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Guido Andreassi, Violaine Bellée, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Preema Rennee Pais, Pavol Stefko, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Hans Dijkstra, Gerhard Raven, Peter Clarke, Frédéric Teubert, Giovanni Carboni, Victor Coco, Adam Davis, Paolo Durante, Yu Zheng, Anton Petrov, Maxim Borisyak, Feng Jiang

The Xi K-+(c)- mass spectrum is studied with a sample of pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.3 fb(-1), collected by the LHCb experiment. The Xi(+)(c) is reconstructed in the decay mode pK(-)pi(vertical bar) . Five new, narrow e ...

2017

Observation of the decay B-s(0) -> phi pi(+)pi(-) and evidence for B-0 -> phi pi(+)pi(-)

Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Yiming Li, Guido Haefeli, Frédéric Blanc, Christoph Frei, Tatsuya Nakada, Michel De Cian, Luca Pescatore, François Fleuret, Elena Graverini, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Renato Quagliani, Federico Betti, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Jian Wang, Zhirui Xu, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Jessica Prisciandaro, Mark Tobin, Minh Tâm Tran, Niko Neufeld, Matthew Needham, Marc-Olivier Bettler, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Cédric Potterat, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Mirco Dorigo, Jean Wicht, Xiaoxue Han, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Federico Leo Redi, Ilya Komarov, Thibaud Humair, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Guido Andreassi, Violaine Bellée, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Preema Rennee Pais, Pavol Stefko, Hans Dijkstra, Gerhard Raven, Peter Clarke, Frédéric Teubert, Giovanni Carboni, Victor Coco, Adam Davis, Paolo Durante, Yu Zheng, Anton Petrov, Maxim Borisyak, Feng Jiang

The first observation of the rare decay B-s(0) -> phi pi(+) pi(-) and evidence for B-0 -> phi pi(+) pi(-) are reported, using pp collision data recorded by the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies root s = 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated lu ...

American Physical Society2017

Novel Approaches in Cold Ion Spectroscopy for Structural Characterization of Biomolecules in the Gas Phase

Vladimir Kopysov

Mass spectrometry is a powerful analytical technique, which has become invaluable across a wide range of scientific fields, such as "omics" sciences (e.g., proteomics), doping control and forensic sciences, drug development, environmental analysis, geologi ...

EPFL2016