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We present the first proof-of-concept simulations of detectors using biomaterials to detect particle interactions. The essential idea behind a "DNA detector" involves the attachment of a forest of precisely-sequenced single or…
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Quantum Monte Carlo methods have proved very valuable to study the structure and reactions of light nuclei and nucleonic matter starting from realistic nuclear interactions and currents. These ab-initio calculations reproduce many low-lying…
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Properties of response functions of room temperature gamma-radiation detectors based on wide band-gap semiconductors are researched using Monte-Carlo method. It is shown that approximate formulas which connect detector sensitivity with…
A Monte Carlo model to simulate nuclear collisions in the energy range going from SPS to LHC, is presented. The model includes in its initial stage both soft and semihard components, which lead to the formation of color strings.…
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This paper describes a strategy for a general search used by the ATLAS Collaboration to find potential indications of new physics. Events are classified according to their final state into many event classes. For each event class an…
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Angular distribution and correlation measurements are an essential part in nuclear structure experiments, especially when spectroscopic information of a specific nucleus is unknown. In most cases, the experimental determination of the…
Monte Carlo computer simulations are virtually the only way to analyze the thermodynamic behavior of a system in a precise way. However, the various existing methods exhibit extreme differences in their efficiency, depending on model…
Knowledge of $\nu_e$-$\mathrm{Fe}/\mathrm{Pb}$ differential cross sections for $\nu_e$ energy below several tens of MeV scale is believed to be crucial in understanding Supernova physics. In a segmented detector at Spallation Neutrino…
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