Browsing Physics by Subject "Nuclear physics"
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Formal Developments for Lattice QCD with Applications to Hadronic Systems
In order to make reliable predictions with controlled uncertainties for a wide range of nuclear phenomena, a theoretical bottom-up approach, by which hadrons emerge from the underlying theory of strong interactions, quantum ... -
Karlsruhe Tritium Experiment: Detector System Commissioning and In-Situ PIN-Diode Array Dead-Layer Measurement
(2013-07-23)The <underline>Ka</underline>rlsruhe <underline>Tri</underline>tium <underline>N</underline>eutrino (KATRIN) experimental goal is to measure the neutrino mass to 0.2 eV sensitivity at the 90 percent confidence level. This ... -
A novel method for electron energy measurement: Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy
A prototype spectrometer - the first of its kind - has been constructed at the University of Washington to demonstrate a new technique for β-decay studies called Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES). The ... -
Nuclei as Probes of Meson-Nucleon Interactions at High and Low Energy
(2013-07-23)This dissertation explores two main topics: 1) Color Transparency and quasi-elastic knockout reactions involving pions and &rho mesons; and 2) determination of the J/&psi-nucleon scattering amplitude and scattering ... -
On the Determination of Elastic and Inelastic Nuclear Observables from Lattice QCD
(2013-11-14)One of the overarching goals of nuclear physics is to rigorously compute properties of hadronic systems directly from the fundamental theory of the strong interaction, Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). In particular, the hope ... -
Searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay of germanium-76 in the presence of backgrounds
(2013-04-17)The neutrino, an elementary particle, has been the subject of experimental investigation for over 50 years. Recent experiments have shown that neutrinos have mass and oscillate, but questions about fundamental properties ... -
Systematic Azimuth Quadrupole and Minijet Trends from Two-Particle Correlations in Heavy-Ion Collisions
(2014-02-24)Heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) produce a tremendous amount of data but new techniques are necessary for a comprehensive understanding of the physics behind these collisions. We present ...