Publications (33)
An injector for the CLIC test Facility (CTF3)
L. Rinolfi, H. Braun, R. Pittin +4
The CLIC Test Facility (CTF3) is an intermediate step to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the key concepts of the new RF power source for CLIC. CTF3 will use electron beams…
Revealing weak spin-orbit coupling effects on charge carriers in a -conjugated polymer
H. Malissa, R. Miller, D. L. Baird +7
We measure electrically detected magnetic resonance (EDMR) on organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) made of the polymer poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (M…
Studying the Underlying Event in Drell-Yan and High Transverse Momentum Jet Production at the Tevatron
The CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman +576
We study the underlying event in proton-antiproton collisions by examining the behavior of charged particles (transverse momentum pT > 0.5 GeV/c, pseudorapidity |η| < 1) produced…
Search for First-Generation Scalar Leptoquarks in collisions at =1.96 TeV
The CDF Collaboration, D. Acosta, J. Adelman +626
We report on a search for pair production of first-generation scalar leptoquarks () in collisions at =1.96 TeV using an integrated luminosity of 203 $pb^{…
Mantid - Data Analysis and Visualization Package for Neutron Scattering and Experiments
O. Arnold, J. C. Bilheux, J. M. Borreguero +25
The Mantid framework is a software solution developed for the analysis and visualization of neutron scattering and muon spin measurements. The framework is jointly developed by sof…
Climate simulations for 1880-2003 with GISS modelE
J. Hansen, M. Sato, R. Ruedy +44
We carry out climate simulations for 1880-2003 with GISS modelE driven by ten measured or estimated climate forcings. An ensemble of climate model runs is carried out for each forc…
Apparent Faster-Than-Light Pulse Propagation in Interstellar Space: A new probe of the Interstellar Medium
F. A. Jenet, D. Fleckenstein, A. Ford +4
Radio pulsars emit regular bursts of radio radiation that propagate through the interstellar medium (ISM), the tenuous gas and plasma between the stars. Previously known dispersive…
Observation of contemporaneous optical radiation from a gamma-ray burst
C. Akerlof, R. Balsano, S. Barthelmy +18
The origin of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been enigmatic since their discovery. The situation improved dramatically in 1997, when the rapid availability of precise coordinates for…
Reversible state transfer between light and a single trapped atom
A. D. Boozer, A. Boca, R. Miller +2
We demonstrate the reversible mapping of a coherent state of light with mean photon number n-bar ~= 1.1 to and from the hyperfine states of an atom trapped within the mode of a hig…
Quasicontinuum Models of Interfacial Structure and Deformation
V. B. Shenoy, R. Miller, E. B. Tadmor +2
Microscopic models of the interaction between grain boundaries (GBs) and both dislocations and cracks are of importance in understanding the role of microstructure in altering the…
Local Magnetic Susceptibility of the Positive Muon in the Quasi 1D S=1/2 Antiferromagnet dichlorobis (pyridine) copper (II)
J. A. Chakhalian, R. F. Kiefl, R. Miller +9
We report muon spin rotation measurements of the local magnetic susceptibility around a positive muon in the paramagnetic state of the quasi one-dimensional spin 1/2 antiferromagne…
Observation of the Vacuum-Rabi Spectrum for One Trapped Atom
A. Boca, R. Miller, K. M. Birnbaum +3
The transmission spectrum for one atom strongly coupled to the field of a high-finesse optical resonator is observed to exhibit a clearly resolved vacuum-Rabi splitting characteris…
Atomic Qubit Manipulations with an Electro-Optic Modulator
P. J. Lee, B. B. Blinov, K. Brickman +6
We report new techniques for driving high-fidelity stimulated Raman transitions in trapped ion qubits. An electro-optic modulator induces sidebands on an optical source, and interf…
A Multi-Moded RF Delay Line Distribution System for the Next Linear Collider
S. G. Tantawi, C. Nantista, N. Kroll +5
The Delay Line Distribution System (DLDS) is an alternative to conventional pulse compression, which enhances the peak power of rf sources while matching the long pulse of those so…
Possible Localization Behavior of the Inherent Conducting Polymer (CH)ReO
E. --W. Scheidt, R. Miller, Ch. Helbig +5
Polymeric methyltrioxorhenium (poly-MTO) represents the first example of an inherent conducting organometallic oxide. It adopts the structural motives and transport properties of s…
Optical pumping via incoherent Raman transitions
A. D. Boozer, R. Miller, T. E. Northup +2
A new optical pumping scheme is presented that uses incoherent Raman transitions to prepare a trapped Cesium atom in a specific Zeeman state within the 6S_{1/2}, F=3 hyperfine mani…
Dangerous human-made interference with climate: A GISS modelE study
J. Hansen, M. Sato, R. Ruedy +44
We investigate the issue of "dangerous human-made interference with climate" using simulations with GISS modelE driven by measured or estimated forcings for 1880-2003 and extended…
A polarized fast radio burst at low Galactic latitude
E. Petroff, S. Burke-Spolaor, E. F. Keane +35
We report on the discovery of a new fast radio burst, FRB 150215, with the Parkes radio telescope on 2015 February 15. The burst was detected in real time with a dispersion measure…
Theory of Photon Blockade by an Optical Cavity with One Trapped Atom
K. M. Birnbaum, A. Boca, R. Miller +3
In our recent paper [1], we reported observations of photon blockade by one atom strongly coupled to an optical cavity. In support of these measurements, here we provide an expande…
The CDF Calorimetry Upgrade for Run IIb
S. Kuhlmann, H. Frisch, M. Cordelli +8
The physics program at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider will continue to explore the high energy frontier of particle physics until the commissioning of the LHC at CERN. The luminosi…
Reflectance and fluorescence characteristics of PTFE coated with TPB at visible, UV, and VUV as a function of thickness
J. Haefner, A. Fahs, J. Ho +100
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is an excellent diffuse reflector widely used in light collection systems for particle physics experiments. In noble element systems, it is often coa…
Comparison of Three-jet Events in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at Center-of-mass Energy 1.8 TeV to Predictions from a Next-to-leading Order QCD Calculation
D. Acosta, T. Affolder, M. G. Albrow +410
The properties of three-jet events with total transverse energy greater than 320 GeV and individual jet energy greater than 20 GeV have been analyzed and compared to absolute predi…
Detector R&D for future Neutrino Experiments with the NuMI Beamline
G. Barenboim, A. Bodek, C. Bromberg +36
A report to the Fermilab Director from the Study Group on Future Neutrino Experiments at Fermilab
A Compact Dication Source for Ba Tagging and Heavy Metal Ion Sensor Development
K. E. Navarro, B. J. P. Jones, J. Baeza-Rubio +107
We present a tunable metal ion beam that delivers controllable ion currents in the picoamp range for testing of dry-phase ion sensors. Ion beams are formed by sequential atomic eva…
Cooling to the Ground State of Axial Motion for One Atom Strongly Coupled to an Optical Cavity
A. D. Boozer, A. Boca, R. Miller +2
Localization to the ground state of axial motion is demonstrated for a single, trapped atom strongly coupled to the field of a high finesse optical resonator. The axial atomic moti…
Design of the electronic structure of poly-MTO
R. Miller, Ch. Helbig, G. Eickerling +3
Polymeric methyltrioxorhenium (poly-MTO) is the first member of a new class of organometallic hybrids which adopts the structural motives and physical properties of classical perow…
Higher Dipole Bands in the NLC Accelerating Structure
C. Adolphsen, K. L. F. Bane, V. A. Dolgashev +3
We show that scattering matrix calculations for dipole modes between 23-43 GHz for the 206 cell detuned structure (DS) are consistent with finite element calculations and results o…
Multi-Method Timing of Transient Radio Pulsars with the GBT350 and GBNCC Surveys
E. F. Lewis, M. A. McLaughlin, J. K. Swiggum +23
We present the timing solutions for three radio pulsars discovered with the Green Bank North Celestial Cap (GBNCC) and 350-MHz Green Bank Telescope drift-scan surveys. These pulsar…
Observations of Rotating Radio Transients with the First Station of the Long Wavelength Array
G. B. Taylor, K. Stovall, M. McCrackan +5
Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs) are a subclass of pulsars first identified in 2006 that are detected only in searches for single pulses and not through their time averaged emissi…
Local Magnetic Susceptibility of the Positive Muon in the Quasi 1D S=1/2 Antiferromagnet KCuF
J. Chakhalian, R. F. Kiefl, R. Miller +7
We report muon spin rotation measurements of the local magnetic susceptibility around a positive muon in the paramagnetic state of the quasi one-dimensional spin 1/2 antiferromagne…
Sympathetic Cooling of Trapped Cd+ Isotopes
B. B. Blinov, L. Deslauriers, P. Lee +3
We sympathetically cool a trapped 112Cd+ ion by directly Doppler-cooling a 114Cd+ ion in the same trap. This is the first demonstration of optically addressing a single trapped ion…
Poly-MTO, {(CH_3)_{0.92} Re O_3}_\infty, a Conducting Two-Dimensional Organometallic Oxide
R. Miller, E. -W. Scheidt, G. Eickerling +7
Polymeric methyltrioxorhenium, {(CH_{3})_{0.92}ReO_{3}}_{\infty} (poly-MTO), is the first member of a new class of organometallic hybrids which adopts the structural pattern and ph…
An Adaptive Finite Element Approach to Atomic-Scale Mechanics - The Quasicontinuum Method
V. B. Shenoy, R. Miller, E. B. Tadmor +3
Mixed atomistic and continuum methods offer the possibility of carrying out simulations of material properties at both larger length scales and longer times than direct atomistic c…