Electromagnetic design of the spectrometer section of the KATRIN experiment

The aim of the KATRIN experiment is to determine the neutrino mass directly, with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV (90% CL). KATRIN is located at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and is currently under construction (J. Angrik et al., 2004 [3]).The experiment will analyze the shape of the tritium β-spectrum in the region of the tritium endpoint. A nonzero neutrino mass reduces the maximal energy of the electron and changes the shape of the tritium spectrum, especially close to the endpoint. To reach the sensitivity KATRIN is aiming for, an high energy resolution as well as high statistics and low background are needed. In order to achieve this, KATRIN uses the MAC-E-Filter (Magnetic Adiabatic Collimation followed by Electrostatic Filter) principle, and several background reduction mechanisms. The optimization of both MAC-E-Filter and background reduction is the main challenge of the electromagnetic design. This article describes how these issues are tackled and discusses the actual realization of two major electromagnetic design components.     

First-principles prediction and partial characterization of the vibrational states of water up to dissociation

A new, accurate, global, mass-independent, first-principles potential energy surface (PES) is presented for the ground electronic state of the water molecule. The PES is based on 2200 energy points computed at the all-electron aug-cc-pCV6Z IC-MRCI(8,2) level of electronic structure theory and includes the relativistic one-electron mass-velocity and Darwin corrections. For H₂¹⁶O, the PES has a dissociation energy of D₀ = 41 109 cm⁻¹ and supports 1150 vibrational energy levels up to 41 083 cm⁻¹. The deviation between the computed and the experimentally measured energy levels is below 15 cm⁻¹ for all the states with energies less than 39 000 cm⁻¹. Characterization of approximate vibrational quantum numbers is performed using several techniques: energy decomposition, wave function plots, normal mode distribution, expectation values of the squares of internal coordinates, and perturbing the bending part of the PES. Vibrational normal mode labels, though often not physically meaningful, have been assigned to all the states below 26 500 cm⁻¹ and to many more above it, including some highly excited stretching states all the way to dissociation. Issues to do with calculating vibrational band intensities for the higher-lying states are discussed.     

The GSI oscillation mystery

In this talk, a short discussion of the GSI anomaly is given. We discuss the physics involved using a comparison with pion decay, and explain why the observed oscillations cannot be caused by standard neutrino mixing.     

高能反应机制与自旋效应

高能强子一强子反应实验中发现一系列引人注目的自旋效应,这些效应出现的机理一直是人们关注的热门课题之一.近几年,在实验及理论家共同的努力下,虽仍有许多不清楚的问题,但已取得一些突破.结果表明,不仅对这些现象产生机理研究能为强子结构及强子反应机制提供信息,而且这些现象本身也用作探索强子反应机制的工具.例如用它们来研究小x_B光子与强子反应的性质.本报告将首先简单总结这些现象及其产生机理研究的结论,然后介绍该例的主要思想及结果.     

A limited resource model of fault-tolerant capability against cascading failure of complex network

We propose a novel capacity model for complex networks against cascading failure. In this model, vertices with both higher loads and larger degrees should be paid more extra capacities, i.e. the allocation of extra capacity on vertex i will be proportional to k_i ^γ , where k_i is the degree of vertex i and γ > 0 is a free parameter. We have applied this model on Barabási-Albert network as well as two real transportation networks, and found that under the same amount of available resource, this model can achieve better network robustness than previous models.     

Ether drift experiments and electromagnetic momentum

Propagation of Aharonov-Bohm matter waves and light waves in moving media is characterized by the interaction electromagnetic momentum. Thus, recent models of light propagation in moving rarefied media justify and call for an optical experiment of the Mascart-Jamin type, capable of testing the modern interpretations of ether drift experiments.     

高速扫描相机时间测量不确定度分析

以国内普遍使用的SJZ-30型高速扫描相机为例,用精测转速方法的结果处理数据,转速测量相对合成不确定度小于0.1%,时间间隔测量的相对扩展不确定度为0.2%.扫描速度在像面上的位置误差,采用"中值扫描速度",可予以校正.同时讨论了进一步降低转速测量不确定度和位置误差的方法.     

在实验室建设中深化近代物理实验教学体系改革

介绍了南开大学物理科学学院近代物理实验室通过“基地”、“211工程”和“世行贷款”等实验室建设,对近代物理实验教学体系进行改革的概况。     

Lagrangian Theory of Tensor Fields over Spaces with Contravariant and Covariant Affine Connections and Metrics and Its Application to Einstein's Theory of Gravitation in V 4 Spaces

The Lagrangian formalism for tensor fields over differentiable manifolds with contravariant and covariant affine connections (whose components differ not only by sign) and a metric is considered. The functional, the Lie, the covariant, and the total variations of a Lagrangian density, depending on components of tensor fields (with finite rank) and their first and second covariant derivatives, are established. A variation operator is determined and the corollaries of its commutation relations with the covariant and the Lie differential operators are found. The canonical (common) method of Lagrangians with partial derivatives (MLPD) and the method of Lagrangians with covariant derivatives (MLCD) are outlined. They differ each other by the commutation relations the variation operator has to obey with the covariant and the Lie differential operator. The covariant Euler–Lagrange equations are found on the basis of the MLCD. The energy-momentum tensors are considered on the basis of the Lie variation and the covariant Noether identities.As an application of the investigated general scheme, (pseudo) Riemannian spaces with contravariant and covariant affine connections (whose components differ not only by sign) are considered as a special case of -spaces with Riemannian metric, symmetric covariant connection and a weaker definition of dual vector basis with conformal noncanonical contraction operator . The geodesic and autoparallel equations in -spaces are found as different equations in contrast to the case of V ₄-spaces. The Euler–Lagrange equations as Einstein's field equations in -spaces and the corresponding energy-momentum tensors (EMTs) are obtained and compared with the Einstein equations and the EMTs in V ₄-spaces. The geodesic and the auto-parallel equations are discussed.     

Precision tests of the standard model,the Higgs,and new physics

We present a concise review of the status of the standard model and of the search for new physics.