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Measurement of the 171Tm beta spectrum

Lesya Shchutska, Maarten Willibrord Uriël Van Dijk, Alexey Boyarsky

The beta spectrum of the main transition of the 171Tm was measured using a double focalizing spectrometer. The instrument was lately improved in order to reduce its low energy threshold to 34 keV. We used the spectrometer to measure the energy end-point of ...

2023

Schmitt trigger-based control strategy for the discharge phase of an ultra-high-voltage bidirectional flyback

Yves Perriard, Alexis Boegli, Raphaël Johannes Charles Mottet

The control strategy to discharge a capacitive load such as a dielectric elastomer actuator charged to several kilo-volts is critical to obtain a safe and reliable actuation. In the case of this publication, an ultra-high voltage bidirectional flyback conv ...

IEEE2021

Measurement off f(s)/f(u) Variation with Proton-Proton Collision Energy and B-Meson Kinematics

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yi Wang, Aurelio Bay, Ho Ling Li, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, François Fleuret, Mirco Dorigo, Liupan An, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Hang Yin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Elena Graverini, Michel De Cian, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Sebastian Schulte, Tommaso Colombo, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Minh Tâm Tran, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Lino Ferreira Lopes, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Surapat Ek-In, Ana Bárbara Rodrigues Cavalcante, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Thi Dung Nguyen, Olivier Göran Girard, Mâu Chung Nguyên, Axel Kuonen, Vincenzo Battista, Brice Emile Maurin, Xiaoqing Zhou, Alexandre Brea Rodriguez

The ratio of the B-s(0) and B+ fragmentation fractions f(s) and f(u) is studied with B-s(0) -> J/psi phi and B+ -> J/psi K+ decays using data collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at 7, 8, and 13 TeV center-of-mass energies. The anal ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2020

Control Strategy for the Discharge Phase of an Ultra-High Voltage (>7kV) Bi-Directional Flyback Converter Driving Capacitive Actuators

Yves Perriard, Alexis Boegli, Raphaël Johannes Charles Mottet

Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEAs) require ultra high voltages in the order of several kilo volts to operate. To supply such voltages, a DC-DC flyback converter topology was selected. One of the main advantage of using such a structure is the possibilit ...

IEEE2020

Measurement of the B-c(-) meson production fraction and asymmetry in 7 and 13 TeV pp collisions

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yi Wang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, François Fleuret, Mirco Dorigo, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Renato Quagliani, Hang Yin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Michel De Cian, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Sebastian Schulte, Tommaso Colombo, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Minh Tâm Tran, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Lino Ferreira Lopes, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Ana Bárbara Rodrigues Cavalcante, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Maxime Schubiger, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Thi Dung Nguyen, Olivier Göran Girard, Mâu Chung Nguyên, Axel Kuonen, Vincenzo Battista, Conor Thomas Fitzpatrick, Brice Emile Maurin, Remy Jean Henry Albrecht

The production fraction of the B-c(-) meson with respect to the sum of B- and (B) over bar (0) mesons is measured in both 7 and 13 TeV center-of-mass (c.m.) energy pp collisions produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), using the LHCb detector. The rate ...

American Physical Society2019

Evidence for an nc(1S)ff- resonance in B0 yc(1S)K+ decays

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Yi Wang, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Jean Wicht, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Hang Yin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Michel De Cian, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Alessio Ferrari, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, François Fleuret, Vladislav Balagura, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Maxime Schubiger, Christoph Frei, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Greig Alan Cowan, Mark Tobin, Jessica Prisciandaro, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Vincenzo Battista, Conor Thomas Fitzpatrick, Tommaso Colombo, Brice Emile Maurin, Ian William Marison, Arnaud Merlin Gauthey, Daniel Gallichan, Marilisa Neri, Michael Thompson McCann, Mai Tu Xuan, Matteo Fontana, Albert Puig Navarro, Simon Van Mulders, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Severin Stähly, Craig Matthew Smith, Alexandra Bondarenko, Léonard Yannick Maurice Eymann, Adriano Pastore, Nathalie Sophie Adeline Serra, Xiao Yuan, Laia Castilla Amorós, Luc Henry, Juan Federico Esteban Müller, Giovanni Veneziano, Basile Schäli, Nandita Aggarwal, Benedikt Sebastian Braun, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Thomas Jean Julien Fussinger, Gang Yu, Frederico Alves Lima

A Dalitz plot analysis of /30 ric(1S)K+7decays is performed using data samples of pp collisions collected with the LHCb detector at centre -of -mass energies of./7 = 7, 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb-1. A satisfactor ...

SPRINGER2018

Toward Achieving Harmonization in a Nanocytotoxicity Assay Measurement Through an Interlaboratory Comparison Study

Nadia Rachel Von Moos

Development of reliable cell-based nanotoxicology assays is important for evaluation of potentially hazardous engineered nanomaterials. Challenges to producing a reliable assay protocol include working with nanoparticle dispersions and living cell lines, a ...

2017

A precise measurement of the B-0 meson oscillation frequency

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Federico Leo Redi, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Renato Quagliani, Maxime Schubiger, Guido Andreassi, Bastien Luca Muster, Violaine Bellée, Maria Vieites Diaz, Frédéric Guillaume Dupertuis, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Julien Rouvinet, Alessandro Mapelli, Katharina Müller

The oscillation frequency, Delta m(d), of B-0 mesons is measured using semileptonic decays with a D- or D*(-) meson in the final state. The data sample corresponds to 3.0 fb(-1) of pp collisions, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies ...

Springer2016

Single photons from dissipation in coupled cavities

Vincenzo Savona, Hugo Pierre Alexandre Flayac

We propose a single-photon source based on a pair of weakly nonlinear optical cavities subject to a one-directional dissipative coupling. When both cavities are driven by mutually coherent fields, sub-Poissonian light is generated in the target cavity even ...

Amer Physical Soc2016

Measurement of the resonant and CP components in (B)over-bar(0) -> J/psi pi(+)pi(-) decays

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Pietro Marino, Luca Pescatore, Mirco Dorigo, Jean Wicht, Sebastiana Gianì, Liupan An, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Ilya Komarov, Bastien Luca Muster, Frédéric Guillaume Dupertuis, Julien Rouvinet, Pierre Jaton, Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana, Joël Bressieux, Songmei Wu, Raluca Anca Muresan

The resonant structure of the reaction (B) over bar (0) --> J/psi pi(+)pi(-) is studied using data from 3 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected by the LHCb experiment, one third at 7 TeV center-of-mass energy and the remainder at 8 TeV. The invariant m ...

American Physical Society2014

The nu MSM and muon to electron conversion experiments

Mikhail Chapochnikov, Laurent Canetti

We review briefly the different constraints on the three right-handed neutrinos of the nu MSM, an extension of the Standard Model that can explain baryon asymmetry, dark matter and neutrino masses. We include in the discussion the proposed experiments on m ...

Springer Netherlands2013

Measurement of CP violation and the B-s(0) meson decay width difference with B-s(0) -> J/psi K+K- and B-s(0) -> J/psi pi(+) pi(-)decays

Jian Wang, Olivier Schneider, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Jessica Prisciandaro, Tatsuya Nakada, Christoph Frei, Mark Tobin, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Michel De Cian, Greig Alan Cowan, Maurizio Martinelli, Vladislav Balagura, Donal Patrick Hill, Jean Wicht, Ilya Komarov, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Bastien Luca Muster, Frédéric Guillaume Dupertuis, Julien Rouvinet, Christophe Salzmann, Pierre Jaton, Barinjaka Rakotomiaramanana, Joël Bressieux, Songmei Wu, Raluca Anca Muresan, Johan Luisier, Albert Puig Navarro, Anne Keune, Vincent Fave

The time-dependent CP asymmetry in B-s(0) -> J/psi K+ K- decays is measured using pp collision data at root s = 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1: 0 fb(-1), collected with the LHCb detector. The decay-time distribution is characterized ...

American Physical Society2013

Asymptotic safety of gravity and the Higgs-boson mass

Mikhail Chapochnikov

If gravity is asymptotically safe, then the ultimate theory might be just the standard model (minimally supplemented by a few light particles to accommodate neutrino masses and oscillations, dark matter, and the baryon asymmetry of the Universe) plus gravi ...

SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica, Springer2012

Observation of Two Charged Bottomoniumlike Resonances in Y(5S) Decays

Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Chao Wang, Yiming Li, Jun Yong Kim, Remi Léandre Albert Louvot

We report the observation of two narrow structures in the mass spectra of the pi(+/-) Y(nS) (n = 1, 2, 3) and pi(+/-) h(b)(mP) (m = 1, 2) pairs that are produced in association with a single charged pion in Y(5S) decays. The measured masses and widths of t ...

2012

Constraints on sterile neutrino as a dark matter candidate from the diffuse X-ray background

Mikhail Chapochnikov, Alexey Boyarsky, Oleg Ruchayskiy

Sterile neutrinos with masses in the kilo-electronvolt range are viable candidates for the warm dark matter. We analyse existing data for the extragalactic diffuse X-ray background for signatures of sterile neutrino decay. The absence of a detectable signa ...

2006

High-bootstrap, noninductively sustained electron internal transport barriers in the Tokamak a Configuration Variable

Olivier Sauter, Timothy Goodman, Stefano Coda, Roland Behn, Yann Camenen, Alberto Bottino, Emiliano Fable, Costanza Zucca, Andrei Martynov, Andrea Scarabosio, Petri Nikkola

Important ingredients of the advanced-tokamak route to fusion have been explored in depth in the Tokamak a Configuration Variable [F. Hofmann, J. B. Lister, M. Anton , Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 36, B277 (1994)] over the past two years. Using a uniquel ...

American Institute of Physics2005