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A Short Review on the Latest Neutrinos Mass and Number Constraints from Cosmological Observables. UNIVERSE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/universe8050284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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We review the neutrino science, focusing on its impact on cosmology along with the latest constraints on its mass and number of species. We also discuss its status as a possible solution to some of the recent cosmological tensions, such as the Hubble constant or the matter fluctuation parameter. We end by showing forecasts from next-generation planned or candidate surveys, highlighting their constraining power, alone or in combination, but also the limitations in determining neutrino mass distribution among its species.
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Rivat S. Drawing scales apart: The origins of Wilson's conception of effective field theories. STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 2021; 90:321-338. [PMID: 34808558 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This article traces the origins of Kenneth Wilson's conception of effective field theories (EFTs) in the 1960s. I argue that what really made the difference in Wilson's path to his first prototype of EFT are his long-standing pragmatic aspirations and methodological commitments. Wilson's primary interest was to work on mathematically interesting physical problems and he thought that progress could be made by treating them as if they could be analyzed in principle by a sufficiently powerful computer. The first point explains why he had no qualms about twisting the structure of field theories; the second why he divided the state-space of a toy model field theory into continuous slices by following a standard divide-and-conquer algorithmic strategy instead of working directly with a fully discretized and finite theory. I also show how Wilson's prototype bears the mark of these aspirations and commitments and clear up a few striking ironies along the way.
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- Sébastien Rivat
- Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstr. 22, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
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QCD Theory of the Hadrons and Filling the Yang–Mills Mass Gap. Symmetry (Basel) 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/sym12111887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The rank-3 antisymmetric tensors which are the magnetic monopoles of SU(N) Yang–Mills gauge theory dynamics, unlike their counterparts in Maxwell’s U(1) electrodynamics, are non-vanishing, and do permit a net flux of Yang–Mills analogs to the magnetic field through closed spatial surfaces. When electric source currents of the same Yang–Mills dynamics are inverted and their fermions inserted into these Yang–Mills monopoles to create a system, this system in its unperturbed state contains exactly three fermions due to the monopole rank-3 and its three additive field strength gradient terms in covariant form. So to ensure that every fermion in this system occupies an exclusive quantum state, the Exclusion Principle is used to place each of the three fermions into the fundamental representation of the simple gauge group with an SU(3) symmetry. After the symmetry of the monopole is broken to make this system indivisible, the gauge bosons inside the monopole become massless, the SU(3) color symmetry of the fermions becomes exact, and a propagator is established for each fermion. The monopoles then have the same antisymmetric color singlet wavefunction as a baryon, and the field quanta of the magnetic fields fluxing through the monopole surface have the same symmetric color singlet wavefunction as a meson. Consequently, we are able to identify these fermions with colored quarks, the gauge bosons with gluons, the magnetic monopoles with baryons, and the fluxing entities with mesons, while establishing that the quarks and gluons remain confined and identifying the symmetry breaking with hadronization. Analytic tools developed along the way are then used to fill the Yang–Mills mass gap.
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Hassan MT, Bateman F, Collett B, Darius G, DeAngelis C, Dewey MS, Jones GL, Komives A, Laptev A, Mendenhall MP, Nico JS, Noid G, Stephenson EJ, Stern I, Trull C, Wietfeldt FE. The aCORN Backscatter-Suppressed Beta Spectrometer. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT 2017; 867:10.1016/j.nima.2017.05.029. [PMID: 31092963 PMCID: PMC6512858 DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2017.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Backscatter of electrons from a beta spectrometer, with incomplete energy deposition, can lead to undesirable effects in many types of experiments. We present and discuss the design and operation of a backscatter-suppressed beta spectrometer that was developed as part of a program to measure the electronantineutrino correlation coefficient in neutron beta decay (aCORN). An array of backscatter veto detectors surrounds a plastic scintillator beta energy detector. The spectrometer contains an axial magnetic field gradient, so electrons are efficiently admitted but have a low probability for escaping back through the entrance after backscattering. The design, construction, calibration, and performance of the spectrometer are discussed.
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- M T Hassan
- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Physics Department, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Physics Department, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135, USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- CEEM, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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Lin GL, Steger H, Yao YP. Nonlinear realization of heavy fermions and heavy-top-quark effects in bosonic vertices. PHYSICAL REVIEW. D, PARTICLES AND FIELDS 1991; 44:2139-2165. [PMID: 10014095 DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.44.2139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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