Department of Physics and Technology
Recent Submissions
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First experimental evidence of hop fibres in historical textiles
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Hop (Humulus lupulus) has been used in Scandinavia since at least the ninth century AD, as documented through archaeological findings and written, historical records. The written records are mainly focused on the use of ... -
Performance of the upgraded PreProcessor of the ATLAS level-1 calorimeter trigger
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11)The PreProcessor of the ATLAS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger prepares the analogue trigger signals sent from the ATLAS calorimeters by digitising, synchronising, and calibrating them to reconstruct transverse energy deposits, ... -
Search for top squarks in events with a Higgs or Z boson using 139 fb - 1 of pp collision data at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-23)This paper presents a search for direct top squark pair production in events with missing transverse momentum plus either a pair of jets consistent with Standard Model Higgs boson decay into b-quarks or a same-flavour ... -
Comparing the effects of solar-related and terrestrial drivers on the northern polar vortex
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Northern polar vortex experiences significant variability during Arctic winter. Solar activity contributes to this variability via solar irradiance and energetic particle precipitation. Recent studies have found that ... -
Search for heavy neutral Higgs bosons produced in association with b-quarks and decaying into b-quarks at √s =13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-13)A search for heavy neutral Higgs bosons produced in association with one or two b-quarks and decaying to b-quark pairs is presented using 27.8 fb−1 of √s=13 TeV proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector ... -
Search for new non-resonant phenomena in high-mass dilepton final states with the ATLAS detector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-04)A search for new physics with non-resonant signals in dielectron and dimuon final states in the mass range above 2 TeV is presented. This is the first search for non-resonant signals in dilepton final states at the LHC to ... -
Measurements of the Higgs boson inclusive and differential fiducial cross sections in the 4 ℓ decay channel at √s = 13 TeV
(Journal article, 2020)Inclusive and differential fiducial cross sections of the Higgs boson are measured in the H → Z Z∗ → 4 ( = e, μ) decay channel. The results are based on protonproton collision data produced at the Large Hadron Collider at ... -
Impacts of CO2 and H2S on the risk of hydrate formation during pipeline transport of natural gas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Evaluation of maximum content of water in natural gas before water condenses out at a given temperature and pressure is the initial step in hydrate risk analysis during pipeline transport of natural gas. The impacts of CO2 ... -
Multiplicity dependence of π, K, and p production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper presents the measurements of π±, K±, p and p¯¯¯ transverse momentum (pT) spectra as a function of charged-particle multiplicity density in proton–proton (pp) collisions at s√ = 13 TeV with the ALICE detector at ... -
Top-quark physics at the CLIC electron-positron linear collider
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is a proposed future high-luminosity linear electron-positron collider operating at three energy stages, with nominal centre-of-mass energies s√ = 380 GeV, 1.5 TeV, and 3 TeV. Its aim is ... -
MMS Measurements of the Vlasov Equation: Probing the Electron Pressure Divergence Within Thin Current Sheets
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)We investigate the kinetic structure of electron‐scale current sheets found in the vicinity of the magnetopause and embedded in the magnetosheath within the reconnection exhaust. A new technique for computing terms of the ... -
Z boson production in Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV measured by the ATLAS experiment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The production yield of Z bosons is measured in the electron and muon decay channels in Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Data from the 2015 LHC run corresponding to an integrated luminosity of ... -
Design and Implementation of a High-Speed Readout and Control System for a Digital Tracking Calorimeter for proton CT
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-02-18)Particle therapy, a non-invasive technique for treating cancer using protons and light ions, has become more and more common. For example, a particle treatment facility is currently being built, in Bergen, Norway. Proton ... -
Enthalpies of Hydrate Formation and Dissociation from Residual Thermodynamics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-11)We have proposed a consistent thermodynamic scheme for evaluation of enthalpy changes of hydrate phase transitions based on residual thermodynamics. This entails obtaining every hydrate property such as gas hydrate ... -
Search for a stable six-quark state at BABAR
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Recent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination uuddss could be a deeply bound state (S) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, ... -
Characterising Mesoscale Fast Flow Channels in the Polar Cap Ionosphere
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-01-22)The large-scale ionospheric convection that circulates in the high-latitude polar caps was initially assumed to be a smooth, laminar flow. However, it has now come to light that this is an oversimplified understanding of ... -
Origin and development of the Godbert-Greenwald furnace for measuring minimum ignition temperatures of dust clouds
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Hot surfaces that can ignite explosible dust clouds can occur in various process situations in industry, e.g. inside furnaces, burners and dryers of various kinds. Hot surfaces can also be generated accidentally e.g. by ... -
Ion Behaviors in the Reconnection Diffusion Region of a Corrugated Magnetotail Current Sheet
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The current sheet structure and ion behaviors in a magnetotail reconnection diffusion region are investigated. The multispacecraft analysis suggests a corrugated current sheet structure, interpreted as due to a flapping ... -
On the High‐Energy Spectral Component and Fine Time Structure of Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Terrestrial gamma ray flashes (TGFs) are very short bursts of gamma radiation associated to thunderstorm activity and are the manifestation of the highest‐energy natural particle acceleration phenomena occurring on Earth. ... -
Numerical investigation of a transformable modular PET system: Consideration of point-spread functions, module arrangements, and operation protocols
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful tool for mapping the dynamic distribution of substances in visually opaque systems. A modular, scalable, transformable, and relocatable PET system is custom built to provide ...