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This paper presents a spectra normalization method for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) measurements by converting the recorded characteristic line intensity at varying conditions to the intensity under a standard condition with…
Previous work on calculating energy spectra from Compton scattering events has either neglected considering the pulsed structure of the incident laser beam, or has calculated these effects in an approximate way subject to criticism. In this…
We used the 8$\pi$ $\gamma$-ray spectrometer at the TRIUMF-ISAC radiocative ion beam facility to obtain high-precision branching ratios for $^{19}$Ne $\beta^+$ decay to excited states in $^{19}$F. Together with other previous work, our…
We perform spectroscopy on the hyperfine splitting of $^{85}$Rb atoms trapped in far-off-resonance optical traps. The existence of a spatially dependent shift in the energy levels is shown to induce an inherent dephasing effect, which…
The energetic bremsstrahlung photons up to 100 MeV produced in heavy ion collisions can be used as a sensitive probe to the short range correlation in atomic nuclei. The energy of the $\gamma$-rays can be measured by collecting the…
The measurement of peak laser intensities exceeding $10^{20} \text{W/cm$^2$}$ is in general a very challenging task. We suggest a simple method to accurately measure such high intensities up to about $10^{23} \text{W/cm$^2$}$, by colliding…
The highest precision in direct mass measurements is obtained with Penning trap mass spectrometry. Most experiments use the interconversion of the magnetron and cyclotron motional modes of the stored ion due to excitation by external…
The bremsstrahlung flux-averaged cross-sections $\langle{\sigma(E_{\rm{\gamma max}})}\rangle$ and the cross-sections per equivalent photon $\langle{\sigma(E_{\rm{\gamma max}})_{\rm{Q}}}\rangle$ were measured for the photonuclear…
M\"ossbauer spectroscopy, which provides knowledge related to electronic states in materials, has been applied to various fields such as condensed matter physics and material sciences. In conventional spectral analyses based on least-square…
Large-scale randomized experiments, sometimes called A/B tests, are increasingly prevalent in many industries. Though such experiments are often analyzed via frequentist $t$-tests, arguably such analyses are deficient: $p$-values are hard…
We theoretically and computationally investigate the behavior of infinite atom arrays when illuminated by nearly resonant light. We use higher order mean field equations to investigate the coherent reflection and transmission and incoherent…
The total reaction cross section of high-energy nucleus-nucleus collision refects the nuclear density profiles of the colliding nuclei and has been a standard tool to investigate the size properties of short-lived unstable nuclei. This…
A key goal of radio and $\gamma-$ray observations of active galactic nuclei is to characterize their time variability in order to elucidate physical processes responsible for the radiation. I describe algorithms for relevant time series…
We investigate the Smith-Purcell emission produced by electron- or ion-beam-driven coherent excitation of nuclei arranged in periodic crystal lattices. The excitation and subsequent radiative decay of the nuclei can leave the target in the…
The methods of obtaining the average spectral shape in a low statistics regime are presented. Different approaches to averaging are extensively tested with simulated spectra, based on the ASCA responses. The issue of binning up the spectrum…
X-ray and gamma fluxes from the high intensity laser-plasma interaction are extremely short, well beyond temporal resolution of any detectors. If laser pulses come repetitively, the single photon counting technique allows to accumulate the…
The PIENU experiment aims at the measurement of the branching ratio R = \Gamma (\pi -> e \nu + \pi -> e \nu \gamma) / \Gamma (\pi -> \mu \nu + \pi -> \mu \nu \gamma) at the <0.1% precision level, with which mass scales of 1000 TeV/c^{2} can…
The Maier-Leibniz Doppler-Shift technique is the most popular and accurate technique used in fission experiments to separate the yield of gamma rays from each of the two fission fragments. The technique exploits the aberration, i.e., the…
Accurate quantitative mapping of gamma-ray sources is critical for applications ranging from radiological emergency response and environmental monitoring to nuclear security and deep space exploration. Here, we show that integrating…
$\gamma$-ray angular distributions help assign spin and parity to excited energy levels in nuclei. The spectroscopy of $^{94,96}$Sr studied through the single neutron transfer reactions with $^{95}$Sr beam in inverse kinematics…