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1. Demonstration of event position reconstruction based on diffusion in the NEXT-white detector

Author

Haefner, J, Navarro, KE, Guenette, R, Jones, BJP, Tripathi, A, Adams, C, Almazán, H, Álvarez, V, Aparicio, B, Aranburu, AI, Arazi, L, Arnquist, IJ, Auria-Luna, F, Ayet, S, Azevedo, CDR, Bailey, K, Ballester, F, Barrio-Torregrosa, M del, Bayo, A, Benlloch-Rodríguez, JM, Borges, FIGM, Brodolin, A, Byrnes, N, Cárcel, S, Carrión, JV, Cebrián, S, Church, E, Cid, L, Conde, CAN, Contreras, T, Cossío, FP, Dey, E, Díaz, G, Dickel, T, Elorza, M, Escada, J, Esteve, R, Felkai, R, Fernandes, LMP, Ferrario, P, Ferreira, AL, Foss, FW, Freitas, EDC, Freixa, Z, Generowicz, J, Goldschmidt, A, Gómez-Cadenas, JJ, González, R, Grocott, J, Hafidi, K, Hauptman, J, Henriques, CAO, Morata, JA Hernando, Herrero-Gómez, P, Herrero, V, Hervés Carrete, C, Ifergan, Y, Labarga, L, Larizgoitia, L, Larumbe, A, Lebrun, P, Lopez, F, López-March, N, Madigan, R, Mano, RDP, Marques, AP, Martín-Albo, J, Martínez-Lema, G, Martínez-Vara, M, Meziani, ZE, Miller, RL, Mistry, K, Molina-Canteras, J, Monrabal, F, Monteiro, CMB, Mora, FJ, Muñoz Vidal, J, Novella, P, Nuñez, A, Nygren, DR, Oblak, E, Palacio, J, Palmeiro, B, Para, A, Parmaksiz, I, Pelegrin, J, Pérez Maneiro, M, Querol, M, Redwine, AB, Renner, J, Rivilla, I, Rodríguez, J, Rogero, C, Rogers, L, Romeo, B, Romo-Luque, C, Santos, FP, dos Santos, JMF, Shomroni, I, and Simón, A

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical sciences, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

Noble element time projection chambers are a leading technology for rare event detection in physics, such as for dark matter and neutrinoless double beta decay searches. Time projection chambers typically assign event position in the drift direction using the relative timing of prompt scintillation and delayed charge collection signals, allowing for reconstruction of an absolute position in the drift direction. In this paper, alternate methods for assigning event drift distance via quantification of electron diffusion in a pure high pressure xenon gas time projection chamber are explored. Data from the NEXT-White detector demonstrate the ability to achieve good position assignment accuracy for both high- and low-energy events. Using point-like energy deposits from 83mKr calibration electron captures (E∼45 keV), the position of origin of low-energy events is determined to 2 cm precision with bias

Published
2024

2. Precision studies of QCD in the low energy domain of the EIC

Author

Burkert, VD, Elouadrhiri, L, Afanasev, A, Arrington, J, Contalbrigo, M, Cosyn, W, Deshpande, A, Glazier, DI, Ji, X, Liuti, S, Oh, Y, Richards, D, Satogata, T, Vossen, A, Abdolmaleki, H, Albataineh, A, Aidala, CA, Alexandrou, C, Avagyan, H, Bacchetta, A, Baker, M, Benmokhtar, F, Bernauer, JC, Bissolotti, C, Briscoe, W, Byers, D, Cao, Xu, Carlson, CE, Cichy, K, Cloet, IC, Cocuzza, C, Cole, PL, Constantinou, M, Courtoy, A, Dahiyah, H, Dehmelt, K, Diehl, S, Dilks, C, Djalali, C, Dupré, R, Dusa, SC, El-Bennich, B, Fassi, L El, Frederico, T, Freese, A, Gamage, BR, Gamberg, L, Ghoshal, RR, Girod, FX, Goncalves, VP, Gotra, Y, Guo, FK, Guo, X, Hattawy, M, Hatta, Y, Hayward, T, Hen, O, Huber, GM, Hyde, C, Isupov, EL, Jacak, B, Jacobs, W, Jentsch, A, Ji, CR, Joosten, S, Kalantarians, N, Kang, Z, Kim, A, Klein, S, Kriesten, B, Kumano, S, Kumar, A, Kumericki, K, Kuchera, M, Lai, WK, Li, Jin, Li, Shujie, Li, W, Li, X, Lin, H-W, Liu, KF, Liu, Xiaohui, Markowitz, P, Mathieu, V, McEneaney, M, Mekki, A, de Melo, JPBC, Meziani, ZE, Milner, R, Mkrtchyan, H, Mochalov, V, Mokeev, V, Morozov, V, Moutarde, H, Murray, M, Mtingwa, S, Nadel-Turonski, P, Okorokov, VA, Onyie, E, and Pappalardo, LL

Subjects
Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Affordable and Clean Energy, EIC, QCD, Spin, Mass, Pressure, GPDs, NSD-Nuclear Theory, NSD-Relativistic Nuclear Collisions, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Nuclear and plasma physics, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

This White Paper aims at highlighting the important benefits in the science reach of the EIC. High luminosity operation is generally desirable, as it enables producing and harvesting scientific results in a shorter time period. It becomes crucial for programs that would require many months or even years of operation at lower luminosity.

Published
2023

3. Reflectance and fluorescence characteristics of PTFE coated with TPB at visible, UV, and VUV as a function of thickness

Author

Haefner, J, Fahs, A, Ho, J, Stanford, C, Guenette, R, Adams, C, Almazán, H, Álvarez, V, Aparicio, B, Aranburu, AI, Arazi, L, Arnquist, IJ, Auria-Luna, F, Ayet, S, Azevedo, CDR, Bailey, K, Ballester, F, Benlloch-Rodríguez, JM, Borges, FIGM, Bounasser, S, Byrnes, N, Cárcel, S, Carrión, JV, Cebrián, S, Church, E, Conde, CAN, Contreras, T, Cossío, FP, Denisenko, AA, Dey, E, Díaz, G, Dickel, T, Escada, J, Esteve, R, Felkai, R, Fernandes, LMP, Ferrario, P, Ferreira, AL, Foss, FW, Freitas, EDC, Freixa, Z, Generowicz, J, Goldschmidt, A, Gómez-Cadenas, JJ, González, R, Grocott, J, Hafidi, K, Hauptman, J, Henriques, CAO, Morata, JA Hernando, Herrero-Gómez, P, Herrero, V, Ho, P, Ifergan, Y, Jones, BJP, Kekic, M, Labarga, L, Larizgoitia, L, Lebrun, P, Gutierrez, D Lopez, López-March, N, Madigan, R, Mano, RDP, Martín-Albo, J, Martínez-Lema, G, Martínez-Vara, M, Marques, AP, Meziani, ZE, Miller, R, Mistry, K, Molina-Canteras, J, Monrabal, F, Monteiro, CMB, Mora, FJ, Vidal, J Muñoz, Navarro, K, Novella, P, Nuñez, A, Nygren, DR, Oblak, E, Odriozola-Gimeno, M, Palmeiro, B, Para, A, Querol, M, Redwine, AB, Renner, J, Rivilla, I, Rodríguez, J, Rogero, C, Rogers, L, Romeo, B, Romo-Luque, C, Santos, FP, dos Santos, JMF, Simón, A, Sorel, M, Teixeira, JMR, Toledo, JF, Torrent, J, and Usón, A

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical sciences
Abstract

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is an excellent diffuse reflector widely used in light collection systems for particle physics experiments. In noble element systems, it is often coated with tetraphenyl butadiene (TPB) to allow detection of vacuum ultraviolet scintillation light. In this work this dependence is investigated for PTFE coated with TPB in air for light of wavelengths of 200 nm, 260 nm, and 450 nm. The results show that TPB-coated PTFE has a reflectance of approximately 92% for thicknesses ranging from 5 mm to 10 mm at 450 nm, with negligible variation as a function of thickness within this range. A cross-check of these results using an argon chamber supports the conclusion that the change in thickness from 5 mm to 10 mm does not affect significantly the light response at 128 nm. Our results indicate that pieces of TPB-coated PTFE thinner than the typical 10 mm can be used in particle physics detectors without compromising the light signal.

Published
2023

4. Proton spin structure and generalized polarizabilities in the strong quantum chromodynamics regime

Author

Ruth, D, Zielinski, R, Gu, C, Allada (Cummings), M, Badman, T, Huang, M, Liu, J, Zhu, P, Allada, K, Zhang, J, Camsonne, A, Chen, J-P, Slifer, K, Aniol, K, Annand, J, Arrington, J, Averett, T, Baghdasaryan, H, Bellini, V, Boeglin, W, Brock, J, Carlin, C, Chen, C, Cisbani, E, Crabb, D, Daniel, A, Day, D, Duve, R, Fassi, L El, Friedman, M, Fuchey, E, Gao, H, Gilman, R, Glamazdin, S, Gueye, P, Hafez, M, Han, Y, Hansen, O, Shabestari, M Hashemi, Hen, O, Higinbotham, D, Horn, T, Iqbal, S, Jensen, E, Kang, H, Keith, CD, Kelleher, A, Keller, D, Khanal, H, Korover, I, Kumbartzki, G, Li, W, Lichtenstadt, J, Lindgren, R, Long, E, Malace, S, Markowitz, P, Maxwell, J, Meekins, DM, Meziani, ZE, McLean, C, Michaels, R, Mihovilovič, M, Muangma, N, Camacho, C Munoz, Musson, J, Myers, K, Oh, Y, Carmignotto, M Pannunzio, Perdrisat, C, Phillips, S, Piasetzky, E, Pierce, J, Punjabi, V, Qiang, Y, Reimer, PE, Roblin, Y, Ron, G, Rondon, O, Russo, G, Saenboonruang, K, Sawatzky, B, Shahinyan, A, Shneor, R, Širca, S, Sjoegren, J, Solvignon-Slifer, P, Sparveris, N, Sulkosky, V, Wesselmann, F, Yan, W, Yang, H, Yao, H, Ye, Z, Yurov, M, Zhang, Y, Zhao, YX, and Zheng, X

Subjects
Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Fluids & Plasmas
Abstract

The strong interaction is not well understood at low energies or for interactions with low momentum transfer. Chiral perturbation theory gives testable predictions for the nucleonic generalized polarizabilities, which are fundamental quantities describing the nucleon’s response to an external field. We report a measurement of the proton’s generalized spin polarizabilities extracted with a polarized electron beam and a polarized solid ammonia target in the region where chiral perturbation theory is expected to be valid. The investigated structure function g2 characterizes the internal spin structure of the proton. From its moments, we extract the longitudinal–transverse spin polarizability δLT and twist-3 matrix element and polarizability d2¯. Our results provide discriminating power between existing chiral perturbation theory calculations and will help provide a better understanding of this strong quantum chromodynamics regime.

Published
2022

5. The dynamics of ions on phased radio-frequency carpets in high pressure gases and application for barium tagging in xenon gas time projection chambers

Author

Jones, BJP, Raymond, A, Woodruff, K, Byrnes, N, Denisenko, AA, Foss, FW, Navarro, K, Nygren, DR, Vuong, TT, Adams, C, Almazán, H, Álvarez, V, Aparicio, B, Aranburu, AI, Arazi, L, Arnquist, IJ, Ayet, S, Azevedo, CDR, Bailey, K, Ballester, F, Benlloch-Rodríguez, JM, Borges, FIGM, Bounasser, S, Cárcel, S, Carrión, JV, Cebrián, S, Church, E, Conde, CAN, Contreras, T, Cossío, FP, Díaz, G, Díaz, J, Dickel, T, Escada, J, Esteve, R, Fahs, A, Felkai, R, Fernandes, LMP, Ferrario, P, Ferreira, AL, Freitas, EDC, Freixa, Z, Generowicz, J, Goldschmidt, A, Gómez-Cadenas, JJ, González, R, González-Díaz, D, Guenette, R, Gutiérrez, RM, Haefner, J, Hafidi, K, Hauptman, J, Henriques, CAO, Morata, JA Hernando, Herrero-Gómez, P, Herrero, V, Ho, J, Ifergan, Y, Kekic, M, Labarga, L, Laing, A, Lebrun, P, Gutierrez, D Lopez, López-March, N, Losada, M, Mano, RDP, Martín-Albo, J, Martínez, A, Martínez-Lema, G, Martínez-Vara, M, McDonald, AD, Meziani, ZE, Mistry, K, Monrabal, F, Monteiro, CMB, Mora, FJ, Vidal, J Muñoz, Novella, P, Oblak, E, Odriozola-Gimeno, M, Palmeiro, B, Para, A, Pérez, J, Querol, M, Redwine, AB, Renner, J, Ripoll, L, Rivilla, I, García, Y Rodríguez, Rodríguez, J, Rogero, C, Rogers, L, Romeo, B, Romo-Luque, C, Santos, FP, dos Santos, JMF, Simón, A, Sorel, M, Stanford, C, and Teixeira, JMR

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Other Physical Sciences, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Nuclear and plasma physics
Abstract

Radio-frequency (RF) carpets with ultra-fine pitches are examined for ion transport in gases at atmospheric pressures and above. We develop new analytic and computational methods for modeling RF ion transport at densities where dynamics are strongly influenced by buffer gas collisions. An analytic description of levitating and sweeping forces from phased arrays is obtained, then thermodynamic and kinetic principles are used to calculate ion loss rates in the presence of collisions. This methodology is validated against detailed microscopic SIMION simulations. We then explore a parameter space of special interest for neutrinoless double beta decay experiments: transport of barium ions in xenon at pressures from 1 to 10 bar. Our computations account for molecular ion formation and pressure dependent mobility as well as finite temperature effects. We discuss the challenges associated with achieving suitable operating conditions, which lie beyond the capabilities of existing devices, using presently available or near-future manufacturing techniques.

Published
2022

6. Measurement of the Xe136 two-neutrino double-β-decay half-life via direct background subtraction in NEXT

Author

Novella, P, Sorel, M, Usón, A, Adams, C, Almazán, H, Álvarez, V, Aparicio, B, Aranburu, AI, Arazi, L, Arnquist, IJ, Ayet, S, Azevedo, CDR, Bailey, K, Ballester, F, Benlloch-Rodríguez, JM, Borges, FIGM, Bounasser, S, Byrnes, N, Cárcel, S, Carrión, JV, Cebrián, S, Church, E, Conde, CAN, Contreras, T, Cossío, FP, Denisenko, AA, Díaz, G, Díaz, J, Dickel, T, Escada, J, Esteve, R, Fahs, A, Felkai, R, Fernandes, LMP, Ferrario, P, Ferreira, AL, Foss, FW, Freitas, EDC, Freixa, Z, Generowicz, J, Goldschmidt, A, Gómez-Cadenas, JJ, González, R, González-Díaz, D, Guenette, R, Gutiérrez, RM, Haefner, J, Hafidi, K, Hauptman, J, Henriques, CAO, Morata, JA Hernando, Herrero-Gómez, P, Herrero, V, Ho, J, Ifergan, Y, Jones, BJP, Kekic, M, Labarga, L, Laing, A, Larizgoitia, L, Lebrun, P, Gutierrez, D Lopez, López-March, N, Losada, M, Mano, RDP, Martín-Albo, J, Martínez, A, Martínez-Lema, G, Martínez-Vara, M, McDonald, AD, Meziani, ZE, Mistry, K, Monrabal, F, Monteiro, CMB, Mora, FJ, Vidal, J Muñoz, Navarro, K, Nygren, DR, Oblak, E, Odriozola-Gimeno, M, Palmeiro, B, Para, A, Pérez, J, Querol, M, Raymond, A, Redwine, AB, Renner, J, Ripoll, L, Rivilla, I, García, Y Rodríguez, Rodríguez, J, Rogero, C, Rogers, L, Romeo, B, Romo-Luque, C, Santos, FP, dos Santos, JMF, Simón, A, Stanford, C, and Teixeira, JMR

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Nuclear and plasma physics
Abstract

We report a measurement of the half-life of the Xe136 two-neutrino double-β decay performed with a novel direct-background-subtraction technique. The analysis relies on the data collected with the NEXT-White detector operated with Xe136-enriched and Xe136-depleted xenon, as well as on the topology of double-electron tracks. With a fiducial mass of only 3.5 kg of Xe, a half-life of 2.34-0.46+0.80(stat)-0.17+0.30(sys)×1021yr is derived from the background-subtracted energy spectrum. The presented technique demonstrates the feasibility of unique background-model-independent neutrinoless double-β-decay searches.

Published
2022

7. Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches

Author

Adams, C, Álvarez, V, Arazi, L, Arnquist, IJ, Azevedo, CDR, Bailey, K, Ballester, F, Benlloch-Rodríguez, JM, Borges, FIGM, Byrnes, N, Cárcel, S, Carrión, JV, Cebrián, S, Church, E, Conde, CAN, Contreras, T, Denisenko, AA, Díaz, G, Díaz, J, Escada, J, Esteve, R, Felkai, R, Fernandes, LMP, Ferrario, P, Ferreira, AL, Foss, F, Freitas, EDC, Freixa, Z, Generowicz, J, Goldschmidt, A, Gómez-Cadenas, JJ, González, R, González-Díaz, D, Gosh, S, Guenette, R, Gutiérrez, RM, Haefner, J, Hafidi, K, Hauptman, J, Henriques, CAO, Hernando Morata, JA, Herrero, P, Herrero, V, Ho, J, Ifergan, Y, Jones, BJP, Kekic, M, Labarga, L, Laing, A, Lebrun, P, López-March, N, Losada, M, Mano, RDP, Martín-Albo, J, Martínez, A, Martínez-Vara, M, Martínez-Lema, G, McDonald, AD, Meziani, ZE, Monrabal, F, Monteiro, CMB, Mora, FJ, Muñoz Vidal, J, Newhouse, C, Novella, P, Nygren, DR, Oblak, E, Palmeiro, B, Para, A, Pérez, J, Querol, M, Redwine, A, Renner, J, Ripoll, L, Rivilla, I, Rodríguez García, Y, Rodríguez, J, Rogero, C, Rogers, L, Romeo, B, Romo-Luque, C, Santos, FP, dos Santos, JMF, Simón, A, Sorel, M, Stanford, C, Teixeira, JMR, Thapa, P, Toledo, JF, Torrent, J, Usón, A, Veloso, JFCA, Vuong, TT, Webb, R, Weiss-Babai, R, White, JT, Woodruff, K, and Yahlali, N

Subjects
Mathematical Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of 136Xe using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of enriched xenon could reach in less than 5 years of operation a sensitivity to the half-life of 0νββ decay better than 1027 years, improving the current limits by at least one order of magnitude. This prediction is based on a well-understood background model dominated by radiogenic sources. The detector concept presented here represents a first step on a compelling path towards sensitivity to the parameter space defined by the inverted ordering of neutrino masses, and beyond. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Published
2021

8. Boosting background suppression in the NEXT experiment through Richardson-Lucy deconvolution

Author

Simón, A, Ifergan, Y, Redwine, AB, Weiss-Babai, R, Arazi, L, Adams, C, Almazán, H, Álvarez, V, Aparicio, B, Aranburu, AI, Arnquist, IJ, Azevedo, CDR, Bailey, K, Ballester, F, Benlloch-Rodríguez, JM, Borges, FIGM, Byrnes, N, Cárcel, S, Carrión, JV, Cebrián, S, Church, E, Conde, CAN, Contreras, T, Cossío, FP, Denisenko, AA, Díaz, G, Díaz, J, Escada, J, Esteve, R, Felkai, R, Fernandes, LMP, Ferrario, P, Ferreira, AL, Foss, F, Freitas, EDC, Freixa, Z, Generowicz, J, Goldschmidt, A, Gómez-Cadenas, JJ, González, R, González-Díaz, D, Gosh, S, Guenette, R, Gutiérrez, RM, Haefner, J, Hafidi, K, Hauptman, J, Henriques, CAO, Hernando Morata, JA, Herrero, P, Herrero, V, Ho, J, Jones, BJP, Kekic, M, Labarga, L, Laing, A, Lebrun, P, López-March, N, Losada, M, Mano, RDP, Martín-Albo, J, Martínez, A, Martínez-Vara, M, Martínez-Lema, G, McDonald, AD, Meziani, ZE, Monrabal, F, Monteiro, CMB, Mora, FJ, Muñoz Vidal, J, Newhouse, C, Novella, P, Nygren, DR, Oblak, E, Odriozola-Gimeno, M, Palmeiro, B, Para, A, Pérez, J, Querol, M, Renner, J, Ripoll, L, Rivilla, I, Rodríguez García, Y, Rodríguez, J, Rogero, C, Rogers, L, Romeo, B, Romo-Luque, C, Santos, FP, dos Santos, JMF, Sorel, M, Stanford, C, Teixeira, JMR, Thapa, P, Toledo, JF, Torrent, J, Usón, A, Veloso, JFCA, Vuong, TT, and Webb, R

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics
Abstract

Next-generation neutrinoless double beta decay experiments aim for half-life sensitivities of ∼ 1027 yr, requiring suppressing backgrounds to < 1 count/tonne/yr. For this, any extra background rejection handle, beyond excellent energy resolution and the use of extremely radiopure materials, is of utmost importance. The NEXT experiment exploits differences in the spatial ionization patterns of double beta decay and single-electron events to discriminate signal from background. While the former display two Bragg peak dense ionization regions at the opposite ends of the track, the latter typically have only one such feature. Thus, comparing the energies at the track extremes provides an additional rejection tool. The unique combination of the topology-based background discrimination and excellent energy resolution (1% FWHM at the Q-value of the decay) is the distinguishing feature of NEXT. Previous studies demonstrated a topological background rejection factor of ∼ 5 when reconstructing electron-positron pairs in the 208Tl 1.6 MeV double escape peak (with Compton events as background), recorded in the NEXT-White demonstrator at the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, with 72% signal efficiency. This was recently improved through the use of a deep convolutional neural network to yield a background rejection factor of ∼ 10 with 65% signal efficiency. Here, we present a new reconstruction method, based on the Richardson-Lucy deconvolution algorithm, which allows reversing the blurring induced by electron diffusion and electroluminescence light production in the NEXT TPC. The new method yields highly refined 3D images of reconstructed events, and, as a result, significantly improves the topological background discrimination. When applied to real-data 1.6 MeV e−e+ pairs, it leads to a background rejection factor of 27 at 57% signal efficiency. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Published
2021

9. Demonstration of background rejection using deep convolutional neural networks in the NEXT experiment

Author

Kekic, M, Adams, C, Woodruff, K, Renner, J, Church, E, Del Tutto, M, Hernando Morata, JA, Gómez-Cadenas, JJ, Álvarez, V, Arazi, L, Arnquist, IJ, Azevedo, CDR, Bailey, K, Ballester, F, Benlloch-Rodríguez, JM, Borges, FIGM, Byrnes, N, Cárcel, S, Carrión, JV, Cebrián, S, Conde, CAN, Contreras, T, Díaz, G, Díaz, J, Diesburg, M, Escada, J, Esteve, R, Felkai, R, Fernandes, AFM, Fernandes, LMP, Ferrario, P, Ferreira, AL, Freitas, EDC, Generowicz, J, Ghosh, S, Goldschmidt, A, González-Díaz, D, Guenette, R, Gutiérrez, RM, Haefner, J, Hafidi, K, Hauptman, J, Henriques, CAO, Herrero, P, Herrero, V, Ifergan, Y, Jones, BJP, Labarga, L, Laing, A, Lebrun, P, López-March, N, Losada, M, Mano, RDP, Martín-Albo, J, Martínez, A, Martínez-Lema, G, Martínez-Vara, M, McDonald, AD, Meziani, ZE, Monrabal, F, Monteiro, CMB, Mora, FJ, Muñoz Vidal, J, Novella, P, Nygren, DR, Palmeiro, B, Para, A, Pérez, J, Querol, M, Redwine, AB, Ripoll, L, Rodríguez García, Y, Rodríguez, J, Rogers, L, Romeo, B, Romo-Luque, C, Santos, FP, dos Santos, JMF, Simón, A, Sofka, C, Sorel, M, Stiegler, T, Toledo, JF, Torrent, J, Usón, A, Veloso, JFCA, Webb, R, Weiss-Babai, R, White, JT, and Yahlali, N

Subjects
Mathematical Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are widely used state-of-the-art computer vision tools that are becoming increasingly popular in high-energy physics. In this paper, we attempt to understand the potential of CNNs for event classification in the NEXT experiment, which will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 136Xe. To do so, we demonstrate the usage of CNNs for the identification of electron-positron pair production events, which exhibit a topology similar to that of a neutrinoless double-beta decay event. These events were produced in the NEXT-White high-pressure xenon TPC using 2.6 MeV gamma rays from a 228Th calibration source. We train a network on Monte Carlo-simulated events and show that, by applying on-the-fly data augmentation, the network can be made robust against differences between simulation and data. The use of CNNs offers significant improvement in signal efficiency and background rejection when compared to previous non-CNN-based analyses. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Published
2021

10. Novel observation of isospin structure of short-range correlations in calcium isotopes

Author

Nguyen, D, Ye, Z, Aguilera, P, Ahmed, Z, Albataineh, H, Allada, K, Anderson, B, Anez, D, Aniol, K, Annand, J, Arrington, J, Averett, T, Baghdasaryan, H, Bai, X, Beck, A, Beck, S, Bellini, V, Benmokhtar, F, Camsonne, A, Chen, C, Chen, JP, Chirapatpimol, K, Cisbani, E, Dalton, MM, Daniel, A, Day, D, Deconinck, W, Defurne, M, Flay, D, Fomin, N, Friend, M, Frullani, S, Fuchey, E, Garibaldi, F, Gaskell, D, Gilad, S, Gilman, R, Glamazdin, S, Gu, C, Guèye, P, Hanretty, C, Hansen, JO, Shabestari, MH, Higinbotham, DW, Huang, M, Iqbal, S, Jin, G, Kalantarians, N, Kang, H, Kelleher, A, Korover, I, Lerose, J, Leckey, J, Li, S, Lindgren, R, Long, E, Mammei, J, Margaziotis, DJ, Markowitz, P, Meekins, D, Meziani, ZE, Michaels, R, Mihovilovic, M, Muangma, N, Camacho, CM, Norum, BE, Nuruzzaman, Pan, K, Phillips, S, Piasetzky, E, Pomerantz, I, Posik, M, Punjabi, V, Qian, X, Qiang, Y, Qiu, X, Reimer, PE, Rakhman, A, Riordan, S, Ron, G, Rondon-Aramayo, O, Saha, A, Selvy, L, Shahinyan, A, Shneor, R, Širca, S, Slifer, K, Solvignon, P, Sparveris, N, Subedi, R, Sulkosky, V, Wang, D, Watson, JW, Weinstein, LB, Wojtsekhowski, B, Wood, SA, Yaron, I, Zhan, X, Zhang, J, and Zhang, YW

Subjects
nucl-ex
Abstract

Short-range correlations (SRCs) have been identified as being responsible for the high-momentum tail of the nucleon momentum distribution, n(k). Hard, short-range interactions of nucleon pairs generate the high-momentum tail and imprint a universal character on n(k) for all nuclei at large momentum. Triple coincidence experiments have shown a strong dominance of np pairs, but these measurements involve large final-state interactions. This paper presents the results from Jefferson Lab experiment E08014 which measured inclusive electron scattering cross section from Ca isotopes. By comparing the inclusive cross section from Ca48 to Ca40 in a kinematic region dominated by SRCs we provide a new way to study the isospin structure of SRCs.

Published
2020

11. Erratum to: Dispersive corrections in elastic electron-nucleus scattering: an investigation in the intermediate energy regime and their impact on the nuclear matter (The European Physical Journal A, (2020), 56, 5, (126), 10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00135-7)

Author

Guèye, P, Kabir, AA, Giuliani, P, Glister, J, Lee, BW, Gilman, R, Higinbotham, DW, Piasetzky, E, Ron, G, Sarty, AJ, Strauch, S, Adeyemi, A, Allada, K, Armstrong, W, Arrington, J, Arenaövel, H, Beck, A, Benmokhtar, F, Berman, BL, Boeglin, W, Brash, E, Camsonne, A, Calarco, J, Chen, JP, Choi, S, Chudakov, E, Coman, L, Craver, B, Cusanno, F, Dumas, J, Dutta, C, Feuerbach, R, Freyberger, A, Frullani, S, Garibaldi, F, Hansen, JO, Holmstrom, T, Hyde, CE, Ibrahim, H, Ilieva, Y, Jiang, X, Jones, MK, Katramatou, AT, Kelleher, A, Khrosinkova, E, Kuchina, E, Kumbartzki, G, LeRose, JJ, Lindgren, R, Markowitz, P, Beck, SMT, McCullough, E, Meekins, D, Meziane, M, Meziani, ZE, Michaels, R, Moffit, B, Norum, BE, Petratos, GG, Oh, Y, Olson, M, Paolone, M, Paschke, K, Perdrisat, CF, Potokar, M, Pomatsalyuk, R, Pomerantz, I, Puckett, A, Punjabi, V, Qian, X, Qiang, Y, Ransome, RD, Reyhan, M, Roche, J, Rousseau, Y, Sawatzky, B, Schulte, E, Schwamb, M, Shabestari, M, Shahinyan, A, Shneor, R, Širca, S, Slifer, K, Solvignon, P, Song, J, Sparks, R, Subedi, R, Urciuoli, GM, Wang, K, Wojtsekhowski, B, Yan, X, Yao, H, Zhan, X, and Zhu, X

Subjects
Nuclear & Particles Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

In the original PDF online version of this article, the references 22–26 were missing.These are the missing references.

Published
2020

12. Dispersive corrections in elastic electron-nucleus scattering: an investigation in the intermediate energy regime and their impact on the nuclear matter

Author

Guèye, P, Kabir, AA, Giuliani, P, Glister, J, Lee, BW, Gilman, R, Higinbotham, DW, Piasetzky, E, Ron, G, Sarty, AJ, Strauch, S, Adeyemi, A, Allada, K, Armstrong, W, Arrington, J, Arenaövel, H, Beck, A, Benmokhtar, F, Berman, BL, Boeglin, W, Brash, E, Camsonne, A, Calarco, J, Chen, JP, Choi, S, Chudakov, E, Coman, L, Craver, B, Cusanno, F, Dumas, J, Dutta, C, Feuerbach, R, Freyberger, A, Frullani, S, Garibaldi, F, Hansen, JO, Holmstrom, T, Hyde, CE, Ibrahim, H, Ilieva, Y, Jiang, X, Jones, MK, Katramatou, AT, Kelleher, A, Khrosinkova, E, Kuchina, E, Kumbartzki, G, LeRose, JJ, Lindgren, R, Markowitz, P, Beck, SMT, McCullough, E, Meekins, D, Meziane, M, Meziani, ZE, Michaels, R, Moffit, B, Norum, BE, Petratos, GG, Oh, Y, Olson, M, Paolone, M, Paschke, K, Perdrisat, CF, Potokar, M, Pomatsalyuk, R, Pomerantz, I, Puckett, A, Punjabi, V, Qian, X, Qiang, Y, Ransome, RD, Reyhan, M, Roche, J, Rousseau, Y, Sawatzky, B, Schulte, E, Schwamb, M, Shabestari, M, Shahinyan, A, Shneor, R, Širca, S, Slifer, K, Solvignon, P, Song, J, Sparks, R, Subedi, R, Urciuoli, GM, Wang, K, Wojtsekhowski, B, Yan, X, Yao, H, Zhan, X, and Zhu, X

Subjects
nucl-ex, nucl-th, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

Measurements of elastic electron scattering data within the past decade have highlighted two-photon exchange contributions as a necessary ingredient in theoretical calculations to precisely evaluate hydrogen elastic scattering cross sections. This correction can modify the cross section at the few percent level. In contrast, dispersive effects can cause significantly larger changes from the Born approximation. The purpose of this experiment is to extract the carbon-12 elastic cross section around the first diffraction minimum, where the Born term contributions to the cross section are small to maximize the sensitivity to dispersive effects. The analysis uses the LEDEX data from the high resolution Jefferson Lab Hall A spectrometers to extract the cross sections near the first diffraction minimum of 12C at beam energies of 362 MeV and 685 MeV. The results are in very good agreement with previous world data, although with less precision. The average deviation from a static nuclear charge distribution expected from linear and quadratic fits indicate a 30.6% contribution of dispersive effects to the cross section at 1 GeV. The magnitude of the dispersive effects near the first diffraction minimum of 12C has been confirmed to be large with a strong energy dependence and could account for a large fraction of the magnitude for the observed quenching of the longitudinal nuclear response. These effects could also be important for nuclei radii extracted from parity-violating asymmetries measured near a diffraction minimum.

Published
2020

13. Comparing proton momentum distributions in A = 2 and 3 nuclei via 2H 3H and 3He (e,e′p) measurements

Author

Cruz-Torres, R, Li, S, Hauenstein, F, Schmidt, A, Nguyen, D, Abrams, D, Albataineh, H, Alsalmi, S, Androic, D, Aniol, K, Armstrong, W, Arrington, J, Atac, H, Averett, T, Ayerbe Gayoso, C, Bai, X, Bane, J, Barcus, S, Beck, A, Bellini, V, Bhatt, H, Bhetuwal, D, Biswas, D, Blyth, D, Boeglin, W, Bulumulla, D, Camsonne, A, Castellanos, J, Chen, JP, Cohen, EO, Covrig, S, Craycraft, K, Dongwi, B, Duer, M, Duran, B, Dutta, D, Fuchey, E, Gal, C, Gautam, TN, Gilad, S, Gnanvo, K, Gogami, T, Gomez, J, Gu, C, Habarakada, A, Hague, T, Hansen, O, Hattawy, M, Hen, O, Higinbotham, DW, Hughes, E, Hyde, C, Ibrahim, H, Jian, S, Joosten, S, Karki, A, Karki, B, Katramatou, AT, Keppel, C, Khachatryan, M, Khachatryan, V, Khanal, A, King, D, King, P, Korover, I, Kutz, T, Lashley-Colthirst, N, Laskaris, G, Li, W, Liu, H, Liyanage, N, Lonardoni, D, Machleidt, R, Marcucci, LE, Markowitz, P, McClellan, RE, Meekins, D, Mey-Tal Beck, S, Meziani, ZE, Michaels, R, Mihovilovič, M, Nelyubin, V, Nuruzzaman, N, Nycz, M, Obrecht, R, Olson, M, Ou, L, Owen, V, Pandey, B, Pandey, V, Papadopoulou, A, Park, S, Patsyuk, M, Paul, S, Petratos, GG, Piasetzky, E, Pomatsalyuk, R, Premathilake, S, Puckett, AJR, and Punjabi, V

Subjects
nucl-ex, nucl-th, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report the first measurement of the (e,e′p) reaction cross-section ratios for Helium-3 (He3), Tritium (H3), and Deuterium (d). The measurement covered a missing momentum range of 40≤pmiss≤550MeV/c, at large momentum transfer (〈Q2〉≈1.9 (GeV/c)2) and xB>1, which minimized contributions from non quasi-elastic (QE) reaction mechanisms. The data is compared with plane-wave impulse approximation (PWIA) calculations using realistic spectral functions and momentum distributions. The measured and PWIA-calculated cross-section ratios for He3/d and H3/d extend to just above the typical nucleon Fermi-momentum (kF≈250 MeV/c) and differ from each other by ∼20%, while for He3/H3 they agree within the measurement accuracy of about 3%. At momenta above kF, the measured He3/H3 ratios differ from the calculation by 20%−50%. Final state interaction (FSI) calculations using the generalized Eikonal Approximation indicate that FSI should change the He3/H3 cross-section ratio for this measurement by less than 5%. If these calculations are correct, then the differences at large missing momenta between the He3/H3 experimental and calculated ratios could be due to the underlying NN interaction, and thus could provide new constraints on the previously loosely-constrained short-distance parts of the NN interaction.

Published
2019

14. Measurements of Nonsinglet Moments of the Nucleon Structure Functions and Comparison to Predictions from Lattice QCD for Q2=4 GeV2

Author

Albayrak, I, Mamyan, V, Christy, ME, Ahmidouch, A, Arrington, J, Asaturyan, A, Bodek, A, Bosted, P, Bradford, R, Brash, E, Bruell, A, Butuceanu, C, Coleman, SJ, Commisso, M, Connell, SH, Dalton, MM, Danagoulian, S, Daniel, A, Day, DB, Dhamija, S, Dunne, J, Dutta, D, Ent, R, Gaskell, D, Gasparian, A, Gran, R, Horn, T, Huang, Liting, Huber, GM, Jayalath, C, Johnson, M, Jones, MK, Kalantarians, N, Liyanage, A, Keppel, CE, Kinney, E, Li, Y, Malace, S, Manly, S, Markowitz, P, Maxwell, J, Mbianda, NN, McFarland, KS, Meziane, M, Meziani, ZE, Mills, GB, Mkrtchyan, H, Mkrtchyan, A, Mulholland, J, Nelson, J, Niculescu, G, Niculescu, I, Pentchev, L, Puckett, A, Punjabi, V, Qattan, IA, Reimer, PE, Reinhold, J, Rodriguez, VM, Rondon-Aramayo, O, Sakuda, M, Sakumoto, WK, Segbefia, E, Seva, T, Sick, I, Slifer, K, Smith, GR, Steinman, J, Solvignon, P, Tadevosyan, V, Tajima, S, Tvaskis, V, Vulcan, WF, Walton, T, Wesselmann, FR, Wood, SA, and Ye, Zhihong

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, E06-009 Collaboration, nucl-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

We present extractions of the nucleon nonsinglet moments utilizing new precision data on the deuteron F_{2} structure function at large Bjorken-x determined via the Rosenbluth separation technique at Jefferson Lab Experimental Hall C. These new data are combined with a complementary set of data on the proton previously measured in Hall C at similar kinematics and world datasets on the proton and deuteron at lower x measured at SLAC and CERN. The new Jefferson Lab data provide coverage of the upper third of the x range, crucial for precision determination of the higher moments. In contrast to previous extractions, these moments have been corrected for nuclear effects in the deuteron using a new global fit to the deuteron and proton data. The obtained experimental moments represent an order of magnitude improvement in precision over previous extractions using high x data. Moreover, recent exciting developments in lattice QCD calculations provide a first ever comparison of these new experimental results with calculations of moments carried out at the physical pion mass, as well as a new approach that first calculates the quark distributions directly before determining moments.

Published
2019

15. Electroexcitation of the Δ+(1232) at low momentum transfer

Author

Blomberg, A, Anez, D, Sparveris, N, Sarty, AJ, Paolone, M, Gilad, S, Higinbotham, D, Ahmed, Z, Albataineh, H, Allada, K, Anderson, B, Aniol, K, Annand, J, Arrington, J, Averett, T, Baghdasaryan, H, Bai, X, Beck, A, Beck, S, Bellini, V, Benmokhtar, F, Boeglin, W, Camacho, CM, Camsonne, A, Chen, C, Chen, JP, Chirapatpimol, K, Cisbani, E, Dalton, M, Deconinck, W, Defurne, M, De Leo, R, Flay, D, Fomin, N, Friend, M, Frullani, S, Fuchey, E, Garibaldi, F, Gilman, R, Gu, C, Hamilton, D, Hanretty, C, Hansen, O, Hashemi Shabestari, M, Hen, O, Holmstrom, T, Huang, M, Iqbal, S, Kalantarians, N, Kang, H, Kelleher, A, Khandaker, M, Korover, I, Leckey, J, LeRose, J, Lindgren, R, Long, E, Mammei, J, Margaziotis, DJ, Martí Jimenez-Arguello, A, Meekins, D, Meziani, ZE, Mihovilovic, M, Muangma, N, Norum, B, Nuruzzaman, Pan, K, Phillips, S, Piasetzky, E, Polychronopoulou, A, Pomerantz, I, Posik, M, Punjabi, V, Qian, X, Rakhman, A, Reimer, PE, Riordan, S, Ron, G, Saha, A, Schulte, E, Selvy, L, Shneor, R, Sirca, S, Sjoegren, J, Subedi, R, Sulkosky, V, Tireman, W, Wang, D, Watson, J, Wojtsekhowski, B, Yan, W, Yaron, I, Ye, Z, Zhan, X, Zhang, J, Zhang, Y, Zhao, B, Zhao, Z, Zheng, X, and Zhu, P

Subjects
CMR, Pion electroproduction, Nucleon deformation, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report on new measurements at the resonance at the low momentum transfer region, where the mesonic cloud dynamics is predicted to be dominant and rapidly changing, offering a test bed for chiral effective field theory calculations. The new data explore the dependence of the resonant quadrupole amplitudes and for the first time indicate that the Electric and the Coulomb quadrupole amplitudes converge as. The measurements of the Coulomb quadrupole amplitude have been extended to the lowest momentum transfer ever reached, and suggest that more than half of its magnitude is attributed to the mesonic cloud in this region. The new data disagree with predictions of constituent quark models and are in reasonable agreement with dynamical calculations that include pion cloud effects, chiral effective field theory and lattice calculations. The measurements indicate that improvement is required to the theoretical calculations and provide valuable input that will allow their refinements.

Published
2016

16. Electron-Ion Collider: The next QCD frontier: Understanding the glue that binds us all

Author

Accardi, A, Albacete, JL, Anselmino, M, Armesto, N, Aschenauer, EC, Bacchetta, A, Boer, D, Brooks, WK, Burton, T, Chang, NB, Deng, WT, Deshpande, A, Diehl, M, Dumitru, A, Dupré, R, Ent, R, Fazio, S, Gao, H, Guzey, V, Hakobyan, H, Hao, Y, Hasch, D, Holt, R, Horn, T, Huang, M, Hutton, A, Hyde, C, Jalilian-Marian, J, Klein, S, Kopeliovich, B, Kovchegov, Y, Kumar, K, Kumerički, K, Lamont, MAC, Lappi, T, Lee, JH, Lee, Y, Levin, EM, Lin, FL, Litvinenko, V, Ludlam, TW, Marquet, C, Meziani, ZE, McKeown, R, Metz, A, Milner, R, Morozov, VS, Mueller, AH, Müller, B, Müller, D, Nadel-Turonski, P, Paukkunen, H, Prokudin, A, Ptitsyn, V, Qian, X, Qiu, JW, Ramsey-Musolf, M, Roser, T, Sabatié, F, Sassot, R, Schnell, G, Schweitzer, P, Sichtermann, E, Stratmann, M, Strikman, M, Sullivan, M, Taneja, S, Toll, T, Trbojevic, D, Ullrich, T, Venugopalan, R, Vigdor, S, Vogelsang, W, Weiss, C, Xiao, BW, Yuan, F, Zhang, YH, and Zheng, L

Subjects
nucl-ex, hep-ex, hep-ph, nucl-th, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

This White Paper presents the science case of an Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), focused on the structure and interactions of gluon-dominated matter, with the intent to articulate it to the broader nuclear science community. It was commissioned by the managements of Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) with the objective of presenting a summary of scientific opportunities and goals of the EIC as a follow-up to the 2007 NSAC Long Range plan. This document is a culmination of a community-wide effort in nuclear science following a series of workshops on EIC physics over the past decades and, in particular, the focused ten-week program on “Gluons and quark sea at high energies” at the Institute for Nuclear Theory in Fall 2010. It contains a brief description of a few golden physics measurements along with accelerator and detector concepts required to achieve them. It has been benefited profoundly from inputs by the users’ communities of BNL and JLab. This White Paper offers the promise to propel the QCD science program in the US, established with the CEBAF accelerator at JLab and the RHIC collider at BNL, to the next QCD frontier.

Published
2016

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