A review of the developments of radioxenon detectors for nuclear explosion monitoring

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - Developments in radioxenon monitoring since the implementation of the International Monitoring System are reviewed with emphasis on the most...     

Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Higgs' Mechanism in the Nonsymmetric Jordan-Thiry Theory

In the paper we construct the nonsymmetric Jordan-Thiry theory unifying Moffat's theory of gravitation, the Yang-Mills' field, the Higgs' fields and scalar forces in a geometric manner. We discuss spontaneous symmetry breaking, the Higgs' mechanism and mass generation in the theory. The scalar field Ψ (as in classical Jordan-Thiry theory) is connected to the effective gravitational constant. This field is massive and has Yukawa-type behavior. We discuss the relation between R₊ invariance and U(1)_F from G. U. T. within Einstein λ-transformation, and fermion number conservation. In this way we connect W _μ-field from nonsymmetric theory of gravitation with a gauge field A from G. U. T. We derive the equation of motion for a test particle from conservation laws in the hydrodynamic limit.     

Heavy SUSY Higgs bosons at e + e − linear colliders

The production mechanisms and decay modes of the heavy neutral and charged Higgs bosons in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model are investigated at future e ⁺ e ^? colliders in the TeV energy regime. We generate supersymmetric particle spectra by requiring the MSSM Higgs potential to produce correct radiative electroweak symmetry breaking, and we assume a common scalar mass m₀, gaugino mass m_1/2 and trilinear coupling A, as well as gauge and Yukawa coupling unification at the Grand Unification scale. Particular emphasis is put on the low tan β solution in this scenario where decays of the Higgs bosons to Standard Model particles compete with decays to supersymmetric charginos/neutralinos as well as sfermions. In the high tan β case, the supersymmetric spectrum is either too heavy or the supersymmetric decay modes are suppressed, since the Higgs bosons decay almost exclusively into b and τ pairs. The main production mechanisms for the heavy Higgs particles are the associated AH production and H ⁺H^? pair production with cross sections of the order of a few fb.     

Highly reliable strain-tuning of an Erbium-doped fiber laser for the interrogation of multiplexed Bragg grating sensors

The authors implemented a tunable linear cavity Erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser for the interrogation of multiplexed fiber Bragg grating sensors (BGS). A high-strength single-pulse draw-tower fiber Bragg grating (FBG) was used as the mechanically tunable element enabling the rapid wavelength sweeping of the laser center wavelength. A simple algorithm to process the noisy acquired data and identify the peak of the BGS spectra was employed. For the first time, this type of configuration was used to reliably interrogate at least three fiber Bragg grating sensors with a standard wavelength spacing between the Bragg wavelengths of 3 nm, without risk of breaking the stretched fiber, using an FBG with a simple PZT driven mount as the tuning elements.     

Search for heavy neutral MSSM Higgs bosons with CMS: reach and Higgs mass precision

The search for MSSM Higgs bosons will be an important goal at the LHC. We analyze the search reach of the CMS experiment for the heavy neutral MSSM Higgs bosons with an integrated luminosity of 30 or 60 fb^-1. This is done by combining the latest results for the CMS experimental sensitivities based on full simulation studies with state-of-the-art theoretical predictions of the MSSM Higgs-boson properties. The results are interpreted in MSSM benchmark scenarios in terms of the parameters tan β and the Higgs-boson mass scale, M_A. We study the dependence of the 5σ discovery contours in the M_A–tan β plane on variations of the other supersymmetric parameters. The largest effects arise from a change in the higgsino mass parameter μ, which enters both via higher-order radiative corrections and via the kinematics of Higgs decays into supersymmetric particles. While the variation of μ can shift the prospective discovery reach (and correspondingly the ”LHC wedge” region) by about Δtan β=10, we find that the discovery reach is rather stable with respect to the impact of other supersymmetric parameters. Within the discovery region we analyze the accuracy with which the masses of the heavy neutral Higgs bosons can be determined. We find that an accuracy of 1–4% should be achievable, which could make it possible in favorable regions of the MSSM parameter space to experimentally resolve the signals of the two heavy MSSM Higgs bosons at the LHC.     

Solid-state transitions in crystalline tetracene

Solid-state transitions in crystalline tetracene have been investigated by Raman spectroscopy and by anisotropy of the effect of a magnetic field on its prompt fluorescence. Discontinuous changes in the temperature dependence of Raman lattice modes and new phonon lines occur near 182 and 144 K, signifying the occurrence of two phase transitions. The magnetic anisotropy effect shows a gradual change with temperature, suggesting the transition at 182 K is preceded by a continuous rotation of the intermolecular plane.