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Discrete particle simulations have become the standard in science and industrial applications exploring the properties of particulate systems. Most of such simulations rely on the concept of interacting spherical particles to describe the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-01 Igor Ostanin , Vasileios Angelidakis , Timo Plath , Sahar Pourandi , Anthony Thornton , Thomas Weinhart

We lay out a comprehensive physics case for a future high-energy muon collider, exploring a range of collision energies (from 1 to 100 TeV) and luminosities. We highlight the advantages of such a collider over proposed alternatives. We show…

This paper proposes the estimation of a mutual shape from a set of different segmentation results using both active contours and information theory. The mutual shape is here defined as a consensus shape estimated from a set of different…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-18 S. Jehan-Besson , R. Clouard , C. Tilmant , A. de Cesare , A. Lalande , J. Lebenberg , P. Clarysse , L. Sarry , F. Frouin , M. Garreau

The paper presents cross sections for collisions of neutral atoms/molecules with a charged nanoparticle, which is the source of the dipole potential. The accuracy of the orbital limited motion (OLM) approximation is estimated. It is shown…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-12-19 M. N. Shneider

The exclusive production of one $\mu^+\mu^-$ pair in collisions of two ultra-relativistic nuclei is considered. We present the simple method for calculation of the Born cross section for this process. Then we found that the Coulomb…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Hencken , E. A. Kuraev , V. G. Serbo

The cross section for muon pair productions by electrons scattering over photons, $\sigma_{MPP}$, is calculated analytically in the leading order. It is pointed out that for the center-of-mass energy range, $s \geq 5 m^{2}_{\mu}$, the cross…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Athar , G. -L. Lin , J. -J. Tseng

Interaction cross section measurements in fixed-target scattering experiments are typically performed by measuring the attenuation of a beam of particles that is incident upon a target slab of material. A fully active sampling calorimeter,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-30 Johnny Ho , David W. Schmitz

Inclusive cross section for pion production in proton - proton collisions are calculated based on unintegrated parton distribution functions (uPDFs). In addition to purely gluonic terms the present approach includes also quark degrees of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Marta Tichoruk , Antoni Szczurek

We present a very simple method for calculating the mixed Coulomb-nuclear effects in the $pp$ and $\bar{p}p$ scattering amplitudes, and illustrate the method using simple models frequently used to describe their differential cross sections…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-15 Loyal Durand , Phuoc Ha

Existing data on near-barrier fusion excitation functions of medium and heavy nucleus-nucleus systems have been analyzed using a simple diffused barrier formula derived assuming the Gaussian shape of the barrier height distributions. Fusion…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-12-30 Debasis Atta , D. N. Basu

Background. Neutrino-induced pion production can give important informationon the axial coupling to nucleon resonances. Furthermore, pion production represents a major background to quasielastic-like events. Single pion production data from…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-04-10 Olga Lalakulich , Ulrich Mosel

By exploiting differences in muon lifetimes it is possible to distinguish $\nu_{\mu}$ from $\bar{\nu_{\mu}}$ charged current interactions in underground neutrino detectors. Such observations would be a useful tool in understanding the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 J. M. LoSecco

The cross sections for the processes $\gamma \nu\to \gamma \gamma \nu$, $\gamma\gamma\to\gamma\nu\bar{\nu}$ and $\nu\bar{\nu}\to\gamma\gamma\gamma$ are calculated for a range of center of mass energies from below $m_e$ to considerably above…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Duane A. Dicus , Chung Kao , Wayne W. Repko

New generation dark matter experiments aim at exploring the 10e-9 - 10e-10 pb cross-section region for the WIMP-nucleon scalar interactions. Neutrons produced in the detector components are one of the main factors that can limit detector…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Tomasello , V. A. Kudryavtsev , M. Robinson

Primary cosmic rays when interact with our atmosphere, produce a cascade of lighter secondary particles namely pion, kaon, neutrons, muons, electrons, positrons and neutrinos. Muons are one of the most abundant and easily detectable…

We present the calculation of the atmospheric neutrino fluxes with an interaction model named JAM, which is used in PHITS (Particle and Heavy-Ion Transport code System). The JAM interaction model agrees with the HARP experiment a little…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-06-20 Morihiro Honda , Takaaki Kajita , Katsuaki Kasahara , Shoichi Midorikawa

One of the useful features of muon colliders is the naturally narrow spread in beam energies. Measurements of threshold cross sections then become a prime candidate for precision measurements of particle masses, widths, and couplings as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 M. S. Berger

A Monte Carlo simulation program is presented which can be used to determine the small-$x$ evolution of a heavy onium using Mueller's colour dipole formulation, giving the full distribution of dipoles in rapidity and impact parameter.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 G. P. Salam

Muon-catalyzed fusion has recently regained significant attention due to experimental and theoretical developments being performed. The present authors [Phys. Rev. C {\bf 109} 054625 (2024)] proposed the tractable $T$-matrix model based on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-17 Qian Wu , Zhu-Fang Cui , Masayasu Kamimura

In this report we will discuss properties of and models for nuclear transitions in muonic molecules formed via collisions of muonic atoms of hydrogen isotopes with light nuclei like $L\!i$ and $B\!e$. Their importance for nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-09-08 V. B. Belyaev , M. Decker , H. Fiedeldey , S. A. Rakityansky , W. Sandhas , S. A. Sofianos