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Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science
Mahaffey unearths lost reactors on far-flung islands and finds trees that were exposed to active fission -- which then changed gender or bloomed in the dead of winter. He explains why we have nuclear submarines but not nuclear aircraft and why cold fusion does not -- and cannot -- exist. And who knew that radiation-counting was once a fashionable trend? Though parts of our nuclear history might seem like fiction -- such as when cowboys got their hands on a reactor -- Mahaffey's prose holds the reader in thrall of the energy of scientific curiosity and ingenuity that may hold the key to solving our energy crisis -- or even send us to Mars.
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Neutrino Cosmology
The role that neutrinos have played in the evolution of the Universe is the focus of one of the most fascinating research areas that has stemmed from the interplay between cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics. In this self-contained book, the authors bring together all aspects of the role of neutrinos in cosmology, spanning from leptogenesis to primordial nucleosynthesis, their role in CMB and structure formation, to the problem of their direct detection. The book starts by guiding the reader through aspects of fundamental neutrino physics, such as the standard cosmological model and the statistical mechanics in the expanding Universe, before discussing the history of neutrinos in chronological order from the very early stages until today. This timely book will interest graduate students and researchers in astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics, who work with either a theoretical or experimental focus.
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Grace in all simplicity : beauty, truth, and wonders on the path to the Higgs boson and new laws of nature
\"Grace in All Simplicity narrates the saga of how we have prospected for some of Nature's most tightly held secrets, the basic constituents of matter and the fundamental forces that rule them. Our current understanding of the world (and universe) we inhabit is the result of curiosity, diligence, and daring, of abstraction and synthesis, and of an abiding faith in the value of exploration. In these pages we will meet scientists of both past and present. These men and women are professional scientists and amateurs, the eccentric and the conventional, performers and introverts\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Low energy analysis techniques for CUORE
CUORE is a tonne-scale cryogenic detector operating at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) that uses tellurium dioxide bolometers to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of
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Te. CUORE is also suitable to search for low energy rare events such as solar axions or WIMP scattering, thanks to its ultra-low background and large target mass. However, to conduct such sensitive searches requires improving the energy threshold to 10 keV. In this paper, we describe the analysis techniques developed for the low energy analysis of CUORE-like detectors, using the data acquired from November 2013 to March 2015 by CUORE-0, a single-tower prototype designed to validate the assembly procedure and new cleaning techniques of CUORE. We explain the energy threshold optimization, continuous monitoring of the trigger efficiency, data and event selection, and energy calibration at low energies in detail. We also present the low energy background spectrum of CUORE-0 below
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keV
. Finally, we report the sensitivity of CUORE to WIMP annual modulation using the CUORE-0 energy threshold and background, as well as an estimate of the uncertainty on the nuclear quenching factor from nuclear recoils inCUORE-0.
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Development of MMC Gamma Detectors for Precise Characterization of Uranium Isotopes
Precise nuclear data from radioactive decays are important for the accurate non-destructive assay of fissile materials in nuclear safeguards. We are developing high energy resolution gamma detectors based on metallic magnetic calorimeters (MMCs) to accurately measure gamma-ray energies and branching ratios of uranium isotopes. Our MMC gamma detectors exhibit good linearity, reproducibility and a consistent response function for low energy gamma-rays. We illustrate the capabilities of MMCs to improve literature values of nuclear data with an analysis of gamma spectra of U-233. In this context, we also improve the value of the energy for the single gamma-ray of the U-233 daughter Ra-225 by over an order of magnitude from 40.09 ± 0.05 to 40.0932 ± 0.0007 keV.
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Multilingual Dictionary of Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering
This multilingual dictionary explains, in simple and clear
language, the most frequently-used terms and expressions in the field of nuclear
reactor physics and engineering, and provides translations of these terms from
English into French, German, Swedish and Polish.
This unique resource offers many advantages over the use of online translation tools,
which are often incorrect when dealing with scientific and technical words. Instead,
this dictionary has used a wide variety of peer-reviewed books and journal papers to
ensure the highest accuracy and establish itself as a reliable and credible
reference for the reader.
It covers a broad range of exciting topics and the latest developments in the field,
including reactor technology, reactor components and systems, reactor operation and
control, reactor types, reactor physics, thermal engineering, reactor safety,
radiation protection, nuclear fuel, nuclear chemistry, the safeguarding of nuclear
materials, and much more.
This dictionary is kept on a technical level corresponding to Master and PhD studies
of nuclear physics and engineering. It will provide the reader with a broad
understanding of the necessary information that a researcher or nuclear physicist or
engineer would need to possess; therefore, it will be an invaluable resource for
students within this and related disciplines.
Features:
Contains over 1500 key terms from the field
The first book to provide translations in five languages: English,
French, German, Swedish and Polish
Accessible to Master and PhD students, in addition to early career
researchers in nuclear reactor physics and engineering
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Locust: C++ software for simulation of RF detection
The Locust simulation package is a new C++ software tool developed to simulate the measurement of time-varying electromagnetic fields using RF detection techniques. Modularity and flexibility allow for arbitrary input signals, while concurrently supporting tight integration with physics-based simulations as input. External signals driven by the Kassiopeia particle tracking package are discussed, demonstrating conditional feedback between Locust and Kassiopeia during software execution. An application of the simulation to the Project 8 experiment is described. Locust is publicly available at https://github.com/project8/locust_mc.
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Parton Densities in Quantum Chromodynamics
The purpose of this book is to give a systematic pedagogical exposition of the quantitative analysis of Wilson lines and gauge-invariant correlation functions in quantum chromodynamics. Using techniques from the previous volume (Wilson Lines in Quantum Field Theory, 2014), an ab initio methodology is developed and practical tools for its implementation are presented. Emphasis is put on the implications of gauge invariance and path-dependence properties of transverse-momentum dependent parton density functions. The latter are associated with the QCD factorization approach to semi-inclusive hadronic processes, studied at currently operating and planned experimental facilities. Contents:IntroductionParticle Number Operators in Quantum Mechanics and in Quantum Field TheoryGeometry of Quantum Field TheoriesBasics of Wilson Lines in QCDGauge-Invariant Parton DensitiesSimplifying Wilson Line CalculationsBrief Literature GuideConventions and Reference FormulaeIntegrationsBibliographyIndex
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Plasma physics and engineering
Reflecting recent developments in plasma science and technology, this second edition continues to be one of the best textbooks in the field. It covers plasma chemistry and engineering, combustion, chemical physics, lasers, electronics, methods of material treatment, fuel conversion, and environmental control. Along with many new topics, this edition includes two new chapters on microdischarges and discharges in liquids. It contains a database on plasma kinetics and thermodynamics, numerical formulas for practical calculations, and many problems and concept questions.
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