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Prompt neutron emission in 250No spontaneous fission associated with ground and isomeric state decays
2024, 48(6): 064002. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/ad361aThe complete-fusion reaction 204Pb(48Ca,2n)250No was used to study two activities of 250No with distinct half-lives. A total of 1357 events were observed in the SFiNx neutron detection system. The average number of neutrons emitted per spontaneous fission of 250No was determined to be
$ (4.1 \pm 0.1) $ . The unusually symmetrical shape of the prompt neutron multiplicity distribution was restored and presented for the first time. Statistical tests were performed to compare the prompt neutron multiplicity distributions associated with the ground state and K-isomer state decays. -
Optimization of performance of the KM2A full array using the Crab Nebula
2024, 48(6): 065001. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/ad2e82The full array of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) has been in operation since July 2021. For its kilometer-square array (KM2A), we optimized the selection criteria for very high and ultra-high energy γ-rays using data collected from August 2021 to August 2022, resulting in an improvement in significance of the detection in the Crab Nebula of approximately 15%, compared with that of previous cuts. With the implementation of these new selection criteria, the angular resolution was also significantly improved by approximately 10% at tens of TeV. Other aspects of the full KM2A array performance, such as the pointing error, were also calibrated using the Crab Nebula. The resulting energy spectrum of the Crab Nebula in the energy range of 10-1000 TeV are well fitted by a log-parabola model, which is consistent with the previous results from LHAASO and other experiments.
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Impacts of gravitational-wave background from supermassive black hole binaries on the detection of compact binaries by LISA
2024, 48(6): 065103. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/ad34c2In the frequency band of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), extensive research has been conducted on the impact of foreground confusion noise generated by galactic binaries within the Milky Way Galaxy. Additionally, recent evidence of a stochastic signal, announced by the NANOGrav, EPTA, PPTA, CPTA, and InPTA, indicates that the stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) generated by supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) can contribute strong background noise within the LISA band. Given the presence of such strong noise, it is expected to have significant impacts on LISA's scientific missions. In this study, we investigate the impacts of the SGWB generated by SMBHBs on the detection of individual massive black hole binaries, verified galactic binaries, and extreme mass ratio inspirals in the context of LISA. We find it essential to resolve and eliminate the excess noise from the SGWB to guarantee the success of LISA's missions.
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Probing dipole operators and four-fermion operators at the low-energy lepton colliders
Published: 2024-06-24
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Exploring Heavy Higgs Bosons at a 100 TeV Hadron Collider within the Semi-Constrained NMSSM
Published: 2024-06-24
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Searches for multi-Z boson productions and anomalous gauge boson couplings at a muon collider
Published: 2024-06-24
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Masses of the conjectured H-dibaryon at different temperatures
2024, 48(8): 083105-083105-11. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/ad3d4cShow AbstractWe present a lattice QCD determination of masses of the conjectured H-dibaryon, denoted as
$ m_H $ , at nine different temperatures:$ T/T_c = $ 0.24, 0.63, 0.76, 0.84, 0.95, 1.09, 1.27, 1.52, and 1.90. The masses of baryons N, Σ, Ξ, and Λ at different temperatures were also computed. The simulations were performed on an anisotropic lattice with$ N_f=2+1 $ flavours of clover fermion at a quark mass corresponding to$m_\pi=384(4)\; {{\rm{MeV}}}$ . The thermal ensembles were provided by the FASTSUM collaboration, whereas the zero temperature ensembles were provided by the Hadspec collaboration. We also calculated the spectral density of the correlation function of those particles. The spectral density distributions show a rich peak structure at the lowest temperature; at intermediate temperatures, the mass values of those particles obtained by the extrapolation method reflect a two-peak structure. While the spectral density for the octet baryon becomes smooth at$ T/T_c = $ 1.27, 1.52, and 1.90, the spectral density for the H-dibaryon becomes smooth at$ T/T_c = 1.90 $ . At$ T/T_c =0.24 $ , the mass difference of the H-dibaryon and Λ pair, expressed as$ \Delta m = m_H - 2\,m_{\Lambda} $ , was estimated to be$ \Delta m = -14.6(6.2) $ MeV, which suggests the existence of a bound H-dibaryon state. -
Prospects to study hyperon-nucleon interactions at BESIII
2024, 48(7): 073003-073003-9. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/ad3ddeShow AbstractThe prospects to study hyperon-nucleus/nucleon interactions at BESIII and similar
$ e^+ e^- $ colliders are analyzed in this paper. Utilizing the large quantity of hyperons produced by the decay of 10 billion$ J/\psi $ and 2.7 billion$ \psi(3686) $ collected at BESIII, the cross sections of several specific elastic and inelastic hyperon-nucleus reactions can be measured via scattering between hyperons and nucleus in the dense objects of the BESIII detector. Subsequently, the cross sections of the corresponding hyperon-nucleon interactions can be extracted from further phenomenological calculations. The interactions between antihyperons and nucleus/nucleon, including scattering and annihilation, can also be studied using the method proposed in this study. The results will definitely benefit the realization of precise probes for hyperon-nuclei/nucleus interactions and establish constraints to study the potential of strong interaction, the origin of color confinement, a unified model for baryon-baryon interactions, and the internal structure of neutron stars. In addition, the desirable prospects of corresponding studies in the future Super Tau-Charm Factory (STCF) are discussed and estimated in this study. -
Imprints of a gravitational wave through the weak field deflection of photons
2024, 48(8): 085104-085104-6. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/ad4e25Show AbstractIn this study, we investigate the novel phenomenon of gravitational lensing experienced by gravitational waves traveling past a Schwarzschild black hole perturbed by a specific, first-order, polar gravitational wave. We apply the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, finding a topological contribution to the deflection of light rays passing near the black hole. We demonstrate that the deflection angle can be determined by analyzing a region entirely outside the path of the light ray, leading to a calculation based solely on the parameters of the perturbing wave (Legendre polynomial order, l; frequency, σ). This approach offers a unique perspective on gravitational lensing and expands our understanding of black hole interactions with gravitational waves.
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