Publications (9)
Experimental Test of Nonlocal Causality
M. Ringbauer, C. Giarmatzi, R. Chaves +3
Explaining observations in terms of causes and effects is central to all of empirical science. Correlations between entangled quantum particles, however, seem to defy such an expla…
A next-generation LHC heavy-ion experiment
D. Adamová, G. Aglieri Rinella, M. Agnello +395
The present document discusses plans for a compact, next-generation multi-purpose detector at the LHC as a follow-up to the present ALICE experiment. The aim is to build a nearly m…
Detection and Imaging of High-Z Materials with a Muon Tomography Station Using GEM Detectors
K. Gnanvo, B. Benson, W. Bittner +9
Muon tomography based on the measurement of multiple scattering of atmospheric cosmic ray muons is a promising technique for detecting and imaging heavily shielded high-Z nuclear m…
On the Exponentials of Some Structured Matrices
Viswanath Ramakrishna, F. Costa
In this note explicit algorithms for calculating the exponentials of important structured 4 x 4 matrices are provided. These lead to closed form formulae for these exponentials. Th…
Indefinite Causal Order in a Quantum Switch
K. Goswami, C. Giarmatzi, M. Kewming +4
In quantum mechanics events can happen in no definite causal order: in practice this can be verified by measuring a causal witness, in the same way that an entanglement witness ver…
Experimental characterisation of a non-Markovian quantum process
K. Goswami, C. Giarmatzi, C. Monterola +3
Every quantum system is coupled to an environment. Such system-environment interaction leads to temporal correlation between quantum operations at different times, resulting in non…
HEROICA: an Underground Facility for the Fast Screening of Germanium Detectors
E. Andreotti, A. Garfagnini, W. Maneschg +29
An infrastructure to characterize germanium detectors has been designed and constructed at the HADES Underground Research Laboratory, located in Mol (Belgium). Thanks to the 223m o…
Inclusive J/psi production in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 2.76 TeV
ALICE Collaboration, B. Abelev, J. Adam +966
The ALICE Collaboration has measured inclusive J/psi production in pp collisions at a center of mass energy sqrt(s)=2.76 TeV at the LHC. The results presented in this Letter refer…
Versatile firmware for the Common Readout Unit (CRU) of the ALICE experiment at the LHC
O. Bourrion, J. Bouvier, F. Costa +4
As from the run 3 of CERN LHC scheduled in 2022, the upgraded ALICE experiment will use a Common Readout Unit (CRU) at the heart of the data acquisition system. The CRU, based on t…