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Strip and pixels sensors, fabricated on high resistivity silicon substrate, normally of p-type, are used in detectors for High Energy Physics (HEP) typically in a hybrid detector assembly. Furthermore, and owing to their inherent advantages over hybrid sensors, Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS) fabricated in CMOS technology have been increasingly implemented in HEP experiments. In all cases, their use in higher radiation areas (HL-LHC and beyond) will require options to improve their radiation hardness and time resolution. These aspects demand a deep understanding of their radiation damage and reliable models to predict their behaviours at high fluences. As a first step, we fabricated several Schottky and n-on-p diodes, to allow a comparison of results and provide a backup solution for test devices, on 6 or 4-inch p-type silicon wafers with 50 {\mu}m epitaxial thickness and of doping concentration as they are normally used in HEP detectors and CMOS MAPS devices. In this paper, details of the design and fabrication process, along with test results of the fabricated devices before irradiation, will be provided. Additional test results on irradiated devices will be provided in subsequent publications.

In this manuscript, we study the behavior of charged isotropic compact stellar objects within the framework of the modified Gauss-Bonnety theory of gravity by considering the Tolman Kuchowicz spacetime. We use some matching conditions of spherically symmetric space-time with Bardeen model as an exterior geometry and examine the physical behavior of stellar structures. In the current analysis, we discuss the energy conditions to check the viability of our model. Many physical aspects have been examined, such as energy density, pressure evolution, equation of state parameter, and causality condition. Furthermore, an equilibrium condition can be visualized through the modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov equation. Further, we study mass-radius function, compactness and redshift function, which are some essential features of the charged compact star model. It is worthwhile to mention here for the current study that our stellar structure in the background of Bardeen's model is more viable and stable., Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures

Alternative gravity theory is currently an incredibly significant technique for addressing some enduring experimental difficulties, such as the universe's dark region. They may also be employed in celestial cosmology, producing results that are a stage beyond those found using Einstein's General Relativity. In this study, we examine the characteristics of anisotropic spherically symmetric stellar structures in the context of modified $f(R,T)$ gravity. In order to explain the distinctive characteristics of compact objects, we investigate how the fluid distribution in the star model is affected by the MIT bag model equation of state. By using Tolman V metric potentials, we establish the field equations, and by employing the experimental data of the three observed stars, we identify the values of unknown parameters. By using a realistic $f(R,T)$ model, we investigate the effect of the energy density, anisotropic factor, transversal and radial pressure within the cores of the aforementioned stars for a particular amount of the Bag constant. Further, we examine the stability of the cosmic structure and the physical validity of our suggested model via equilibrium conditions, energy, and causality parameters. To conclude, the physical conditions are fulfilled by our model, and the magnitude of the Bag constant agrees with the experimental data, demonstrating the model's feasibility., Comment: 16 pages, 17 figures, submitted for publication

The objective of our current study is to explore novel aspects of a stationary anisotropic relativistic hybrid compact star that consists of quark matter (QM) in its core and ordinary baryonic matter (OBM) in its crust. This study has been done by adopting separate equations of states (EoSs) for quark matter and baryonic matter. The MIT bag model equation of state $p_{q}=\frac{1}{3}(\rho_{q}-4B)$ has been used to demonstrate a correlation between the density and pressure of weird quark matter in the interior of the star. In addition, we present a simple linear equation of state $p_{r}=\beta_{1}\rho-\beta$ that links radial pressure and matter density for OBM. The stellar model was formulated within the context of $f(\mathcal{R},\mathcal{A})$ gravity, utilizing a linear correlation between Ricci tensor $\mathcal{R}$ and anticurvature scaler $\mathcal{A}$.To solve the field equations of this novel alternative gravity, we employ the Krori and Barua approach to the metric potentials. The validity of our suggested model is assessed using the graphical approach, while ensuring that the conditions are physically feasible. Our focus is specifically on the tiny celestial object known as LMC X-4 [$\text{M} = (1.04^{+0.09}_{-0.09})M_{\odot};\text{R}=8.301^{+0.2}_{-0.2}\text{km}$], which we consider a viable candidate for a strange quark star. We want to clarify the model's physical validity by examining a variety of physical assessments, including dynamical equilibrium, energy conditions, compactness factor, mass function, and surface redshift. The resulting outcome confirms the authenticity of the hybrid star model under analysis., Comment: 21 pages, 9 figures, Submitted for publication

In this research manuscript, we explore cylindrically symmetric solutions within the framework of modified $f(R)$ theories of gravity, where $R$ representing the Ricci scalar. The study focuses on analyzing the cylindrical solutions within realistic space-time regions and investigates three distinct cases of exact solutions derived from the field equations of $f(R)$ theory of gravity. Moreover, we examine well-known Levi-Civita and cosmic string solutions for the said modify gravity. Furthermore, the manuscript delves into the implications of the obtained results by exploring energy conditions for each case. Notably, a violation of null energy conditions is observed, suggesting the potential existence of cylindrical wormholes. The findings contribute to the understanding of modified $f(R)$ theories of gravity, providing valuable insights into the nature of cylindrically symmetric solutions and their implications in theoretical physics., Comment: 21 pages, 20 figures, Submitted for publication

The objective of this manuscript is to investigate the traversable wormhole solutions in the background of the $f(R, \phi)$ theory of gravity, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar and $\phi$ is the scalar potential respectively. For this reason, we use the Karmarkar criterion for traversable static wormhole geometry to create a wormhole shape function. The suggested shape function creates wormhole geometry that links two asymptotically flat spacetime regions and meets the necessary requirements. The embedding diagram in three-dimensional Euclidean space is also discussed in order to demonstrate the wormhole configurations. For our current analysis, we choose the suitable values of free parameters for $f(R, \phi)$ gravity models to discuss the wormhole geometry. It can be observed that our proposed shape function provides the wormhole solutions with less amount of exotic matter. It can be noticed that energy conditions especially null energy conditions are violated for all considered models. The violation of energy conditions indicates the existence of exotic matter and wormhole geometry. It is concluded that the shape function acquired through the Karmarkar technique yields validated wormhole configurations with even less exotic matter correlating to the chosen $f(R, \phi)$ gravity models., Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures

In this manuscript, we investigate the behavior of stellar structure through embedding approach in $f(R, \phi, X)$ modified theory of gravity, where $R$ denotes the Ricci scalar, $\phi$ represents the scalar potential and $X$ indicates the kinetic potential. For this purpose, we consider the spherically symmetric space-time with anisotropic fluid. We further choose three different stars i.e. LMC X-4, Cen X-3, and EXO 1785-248 to demonstrate the behavior of stellar structures. We further compare the Schwarzschild space-time as exterior geometry with spherically symmetric space-time to calculate the values of unknown parameters. In this regard, we investigate the graphical features of stellar spheres such es energy density, pressure components, anisotropic component, equation of state parameters, stability analysis and energy conditions. Furthermore, we investigate some extra conditions such as mass function, compactness factor and surface redshift respectively. Conclusively, all the compact stars under observations are realistic, stable, and are free from any physical or geometrical singularities. We find that the embedding class one solution for anisotropic compact stars is viable and stable., Comment: 20 pages, 21 figures

We explore the change in the sign of the Hubble parameter in the early universe and its stability in higher-order torsion gravity. Our study explores the various scenarios involving the sub-relativistic universe, radiation universe, ultra-relativistic universe, dust universe, and stiff fluid universe. Different analytical methods, including power-law, exponential scalar factor, and hybrid scale factor methods, are employed to examine the behavior of the universe about the equation of state (EoS) parameters. This study is based on the previous ones by presenting a more comprehensive analysis of the bouncing scenarios within the higher-order torsion gravity framework. It makes significant progress in reconstructing gravitational Lagrangians, which are tailored to specific parameter values, allowing for a thorough examination of the energy conditions necessary for successful bouncing models. These derived Lagrangians provide analytical solutions for a range of bouncing models, including symmetric bounce, super-bounce, oscillatory bounce, matter bounce, and exponential bouncing settings. The presence of exotic matter is responsible for the accelerated expansion of the universe, as it exhibits substantial negative pressure. A thorough analysis of torsion-based gravity theories and the specific investigations into bouncing scenarios set it apart from previous works exploring alternative gravity theories and their cosmological consequences. These contributions lie in the comprehensive exploration of bouncing models and the detailed examination of the energy conditions in higher-order torsion gravity., Comment: 21 pages, 22 figures, Submitted for publication

The basic aim of this manuscript is to investigate the cosmological solutions in the context of the modified $f(R, T)$ theory of gravity, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar and $T$ is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor. For our current work, we consider the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker space-time for finding the solutions of field equations. We investigate the nature of universe by considering acceleration expansion of universe, ultra relativistic universe, sub-relativistic universe, dust universe, radiation universe, stiff universe. Moreover, we apply the power law technique by taking two different $f(R, T)$ gravity models to observe the expanding nature of the universe. The bouncing scenario is also discussed by choosing some particular values of the model parameters and observed the energy conditions, which are satisfied for a successful bouncing model. It is also concluded that some solutions in $f(R, T)$ theory of gravity supports the concept of exotic matter and accelerated expansion of the universe due to a large amount of negative pressure., Comment: 18 pages, 10 figures

In this study, we explore several new characteristics of a static anisotropic hybrid star with strange quark matter (SQM) and ordinary baryonic matter (OBM) distribution. Here, we use the MIT bag model equation of state to connect the density and pressure of SQM inside stars, whereas the linear equation of state $p_r =\alpha \rho-\beta$ connects the radial pressure and matter density caused by baryonic matter. The stellar model was developed under a background of $f(Q)$ gravity using the quadratic form of $f(Q)$. We utilized the Tolman-Kuchowicz ansatz to find the solutions to the field equations under modified gravity. We have matched the interior solution to the external Schwarzschild spacetime in order to acquire the numerical values of the model parameters. We have selected the star Her X-1 to develop various profiles of the model parameters. Several significant physical characteristics have been examined analytically and graphically, including matter densities, tangential and radial pressures, energy conditions, anisotropy factor, redshirt, compactness, etc. The main finding is that there is no core singularity present in the formations of the star under investigation. The nature of mass and the bag constant $B_g$ have been studied in details through equi-mass and equi-$B_g$ contour. The maximum allowable mass and the corresponding radius have been obtained via $M-R$ plots., Comment: EPJ C published version

In this article, we explore some emerging properties of the stellar objects in the frame of the $f(R,T)$ gravity by employing the well-known Karmarkar condition, where $R$ and $T$ represent Ricci scalar and trace of energy momentum tensor respectively. It is worthy to highlight here that we assume the exponential type model of $f(R,T)$ theory of gravity $f(R,T)=R+\alpha(e^{-\beta R}-1)+\gamma T$ along with the matter Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}_{m}=-\frac{1}{3}(p_{r}+2 p_{t})$ to classify the complete set of modified field equations. We demonstrate the embedded class-I technique by using the static spherically symmetric line element along with anisotropic fluid matter distribution. Further, to achieve our goal, we consider a specific expression of metric potential $g_{rr}$, already presented in literature, and proceed by using the Karmarkar condition to obtain the second metric potential. In particular, we use four different compact stars, namely $LMC~X-4,$ $EXO~1785-248,$ $Cen~X-3$ and $4U~1820-30$ and compute the corresponding values of the unknown parameters appearing in metric potentials. Moreover, we conduct various physical evolutions such as graphical nature of energy density and pressure progression, energy constraints, mass function, adiabatic index, stability and equilibrium conditions to ensure the viability and consistency of our proposed model. Our analysis indicates that the obtained anisotropic outcomes are physically acceptable with the finest degree of accuracy., Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures, Accepted for publication in Chinese Journal of Physics

This work aims to investigate the behaviour of compact stars in the background of $f(R, T)$ theory of gravity. For current work, we consider the Krori-Barua metric potential i.e., $\nu(r)= Br^2+C$ and $\lambda(r)= Ar^2,$ where, $A, B$ and $C$ are constants. We use matching conditions of spherically symmetric space-time with Schwarzschild solution as an exterior geometry and examine the physical behaviour of stellar structure by assuming the exponential type $f(R, T)$ gravity model. In the present analysis, we discuss the graphical behaviour of energy density, radial pressure, tangential pressure, equation of state parameters, anisotropy and stability analysis respectively. Furthermore, an equilibrium condition can be visualized through the modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov equation. Some extra features of compact stars i.e. mass-radius function, compactness factor and surface redshift have also been investigated. Conclusively, all the results in current study validate the existence of compact stars under exponential $f(R, T)$ gravity model., Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures

We propose a logarithmic parametrization form of energy density for the scalar field dark energy in the framework of the standard theory of gravity, which supports the necessary transition from the decelerated to the accelerated behavior of the Universe. The model under consideration is constrained by available observational data, including cosmic chronometers data-sets (CC), Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (BAO) data-sets, and Supernovae (SN) data-sets, consisting of only two parameters $\alpha$ and $\beta$. The combined $CC$+$BAO$+$SN$ data-sets yields a transition redshift of $z_{tr}=0.79^{+0.02}_{-0.02}$, where the model exhibits signature-flipping and is consistent with recent observations. For the combined data-sets, the present value of the deceleration parameter is calculated to be $q_{0}=-0.43^{+0.06}_{-0.06}$. Furthermore, the analysis yields constraints on both the parameter density value for matter and the present value of the Hubble parameter, with values of $\Omega_{m0}=0.25849^{+0.00026}_{-0.00025}$ and $H_{0}=67.79_{-0.59}^{+0.59}$ $km/s/Mpc$, respectively, consistent with the results obtained from Planck 2018. Finally, the study investigates how the mass of a black hole evolves over time in a Universe with both matter and dark energy. It reveals that the black hole mass increases initially but stops increasing as dark energy dominates., Comment: The European Physical Journal C published version