Electron Beam Guns for High Energy Electron Accelerators: An Overview

Thermionic electron beam is a fundamental part of all types of linear accelerators around the world in the field of Experimental High Energy Physics. Thermionic beam is very inexpensive and simple to produce. In this work, we give an overview of generation, design and applications of the electron beam with particular reference to e-beam generation at high energy linear accelerators. Experimental data are presented in tabular form for ready reference. We also make an evaluation of these high energy sources with our in-house designed e-beam gun. Finally, a comparison has been presented in terms of characteristic parameters of all these high performance sources.

Quintessence anisotropic stellar models in quadratic and Born-Infeld modified teleparallel Rastall gravity

This study aims to discuss anisotropic solutions that are spherically symmetric in the quintessence field,which describe compact stellar objects in the modified Rastall teleparallel theory of gravity.To achieve this goal,the Krori and Barua arrangement for spherically symmetric components of the line element is incorporated.We explore the field equations by selecting appropriate off-diagonal tetrad fields.Born-Infeld function of torsion f(T)=β√λT+1-1 and power law form h(T)=δTn are used.The Born-Infeld gravity was the first modified teleparallel gravity to discuss inflation.We use the linear equation of state pr=ξρto separate the quintessence density.After obtaining the field equations,we investigate different physical parameters that demonstrate the stability and physical acceptability of the stellar models.We use observational data,such as the mass and radius of the compact star candidates PSRJ 1416-2230,Cen X-3,&4U 1820-30,to ensure the physical plausibility of our findings.

Physical Properties of Ⅲ-Antiminodes—a First Principles Study

一全面 III-Antimonide 二进制混合物的第一原则研究几乎没在文学被发现。我们报导硼 antimonide (BSb ) 的结构、电子的性质的宽广研究，铝 antimonide (AlSb ) ，镓 antimonide (GaSb ) 和在锌闪锌矿的铟 antimonide (InSb ) 基于密度分阶段执行功能的理论(DFT ) 。我们的计算加本地 orbitals (FP-L (APW+lo )) 基于完整潜力的线性化的扩充飞机波浪方法。功能的交换关联精力和相应潜力的不同形式为结构、电子的性质被采用。我们格子参数，体积 moduli，他们的压力衍生物，和连贯的精力的计算结果与可得到的试验性的数据一致。硼 antimonide 被发现是这个组的最难的混合物。为乐队结构计算，除了 LDA 和 GGA，我们使用了 GGA-EV，近似由 Engel 和 Vosko 采用了。有 GGA-EV 的乐队差距结果具有在更早的工作上的重要改进。

Investigations of mechanical, electronic, and magnetic properties of non-magnetic MgTe and ferro-magnetic Mg_(0.75)T M_(0.25)Te (TM = Fe, Co, Ni): An ab-initio calculation

The mechanical, electronic and magnetic properties of non-magnetic MgTe and ferro-magnetic （FM） Mgo.75 TM025 Te （TM = Fe, Co, Ni） in the zinc-blende phase are studied by ab-initio calculations for the first time. We use the generalized gradient approximation functional for computing the structural stability, and mechanical properties, while the modified Becke and Johnson local （spin） density approximation （mBJLDA） is utilized for determining the electronic and magnetic properties. By comparing the energies of non-magnetic and FM calculations, we find that the compounds are stable in the FM phase, which is confirmed by their structural stabilities in terms of enthalpy of formation. Detailed descriptions of elastic properties of Mgo.75TMo.25Te alloys in the FM phase are also presented. For electronic properties, the spin- polarized electronic band structures and density of states are computed, showing that these compounds are direct bandgap materials with strong hybridizations of TM 3d states and Te p states. Further, the ferromagnetism is discussed in terms of the Zener free electron model, RKKY model and double exchange model. The charge density contours in the （110） plane are calculated to study bonding properties. The spin exchange splitting and crystal field splitting energies are also calculated. The distribution of electron spin density is employed in computing the magnetic moments appearing at the magnetic sites （Fe, Co, Ni）, as well as at the non-magnetic sites （Mg, Te）. It is found that the p-d hybridization causes not only magnetic moments on the magnetic sites but also induces negligibly small magnetic moments at the non-magnetic sites.

A Complete Foliation of Schwarzschild Spacetime by Free Falling Hypersurfaces

Free falling hypersurfaces in the Schwarzschild geometry have been studied to provide a complete foliation of spacetime. The hypersurfaces do not cross into the maximally extended spacetime and are well behaved everywhere except at the singularity r =0 the mean extrinsic curvature becomes infinity.

Cosmological constraints on ultra-light axion fields

Ultra-light axions(ULAs)with mass less than 10-20 eV have interesting behaviors that may contribute to either dark energy or dark matter at different epochs of the Universe.Their properties can be explored by cosmological observations,such as expansion history of the Universe,cosmic large-scale structure,cosmic microwave background,etc.In this work,we study the ULAs with mass around 10-33 eV,which means that the ULA field still rolls slowly at present with the equation of state w=-1 as dark energy.To investigate the mass and other properties of this kind of ULA field,we adopt the measurements of Type Ia supernova(SN Ia),baryon acoustic oscillation(BAO),and Hubble parameter H(z).The Markov Chain Monte Carlo(MCMC)technique is employed to perform the constraints on the parameters.Finally,by exploring four cases of the model,we find that the mass of this ULA field is about 3×10-33 eV if assuming the initial axion fieldφi=Mpl.We also investigate a general case by assumingφi≤Mpl,and find that the fitting results ofφi/Mpl are consistent with or close to 1 for the datasets that we use.

THE DONNACHIE-LANDSHOFF MODEL AND Σ^(-)p ELASTIC SCATTERING

Using theΣ-form factor it is shown that the Donnachie-Landshoff pomeron gives a good description of the high energy total and elastic differential cross-section data forΣ-p scattering.

RECENT RESULTS OF HYPERCHARGE EXCHANGE REACTIONS AND SIMPLE REGGE POLE MODEL

Most recent data for the differential cross section and polarisation for the hypercharge exchange reaction π+p → K+Σ+ and its line-reversed partners is explained by using the simple Regge pole model with phenomenological residue functions.

DIPOLE POMERON MODEL AND RECENT RESULTS ON K^(-)p ELASTIC SCATTERING

The differential cross section data for high energy K-p elastic scattering showing a break near-t=4(Gev/c)^(2) have been fitted for pL=20,100 and 200GeV/c with-t extended up to 14(Gev/c)^(2) by using a dipole pomeron mode.

Valence Quark Ratio in the Proton

Beginning with precise data on the ratio of structure functions in deep inelastic scattering(DIS)from ^3He and ^3H,collected on the domain 0.19≤xB≤0.83,where xBis the Bjorken scaling variable,we employ a robust method for extrapolating such data to arrive at a model-independent result for the xB=1 value of the ratio of neutron and proton structure functions.Combining this with information obtained in analyses of DIS from nuclei,corrected for target-structure dependence,we arrive at a prediction for the proton valence-quark ratio:d_(v)/u_(v)|_(xB→1)=0.230(57).Requiring consistency with this result presents a challenge to many descriptions of proton structure.

Quantification of Phases in Lahore (Pakistan) Airborne Particulates by Matrix-Flushing Method

The mass concentrations of eighteen airborne samples collected from Lahore (Pakistan) are found in the range from 595 to 3027μg/m3with average value of 1130 μg/m3. Most of these values are normal and as reported in the literature for other parts of the world. The major phases identified in the samples by the X-ray powder diffraction technique are Albite (Anorthite), Calcite, Clinochlore (Chlorite), Gypsum, Illite, Quartz and Talc which have also been reported by other researchers to be present in the airborne particulates of other world locations. The average weight percentages of the phases (minerals) in the samples are respectively 15.5, 10.6, 23.7, 2.4, 19.1, 20.2, and 8.5. Some of the elements (e.g., boron, cadmium, lithium, manganese, titanium, and zinc) quantified in two samples determined using a spark-source mass spectrometer appear also to derive their origin from man-made activities. However no compound synthesized in the atmosphere is detected by the X-ray diffraction method.

Study of magnetic and optical properties of Zn1-xTMxTe(TM = Mn,Fe,Co,Ni) diluted magnetic semiconductors：First principle approach

We present structural,magnetic and optical characteristics of Zn_（1-x）TM_xTe（TM = Mn,Fe,Co,Ni and x = 6.25%）,calculated through Wien2 k code,by using full potential linearized augmented plane wave（FP-LAPW） technique.The optimization of the crystal structures have been done to compare the ferromagnetic（FM） and antiferromagnetic（AFM） ground state energies,to elucidate the ferromagnetic phase stability,which further has been verified through the formation and cohesive energies.Moreover,the estimated Curie temperatures T_c have demonstrated above room temperature ferromagnetism（RTFM） in Zn_（1-x）TM_xTe（TM =Mn,Fe,Co,Ni and x= 6.25%）.The calculated electronic properties have depicted that Mn- and Co-doped ZnTe behave as ferromagnetic semiconductors,while half-metallic ferromagnetic behaviors are observed in Fe- and Ni-doped ZnTe.The presence of ferromagnetism is also demonstrated to be due to both the p-d and s-d hybridizations between the host lattice cations and TM impurities.The calculated band gaps and static real dielectric constants have been observed to vary according to Penn＇s model.The evaluated band gaps lie in near visible and ultraviolet regions,which make these materials suitable for various important device applications in optoelectronic and spintronic.

Optimization of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Using Differential Evolution

We show how the traditional grid based method for finding neutrino oscillation parameters m2 and tan 2θ can be combined with an optimization technique,Differential Evolution(DE),to get a significant decrease in computer processing time required to obtain minimal chi-square(χ2) in four different regions of the parameter space.We demonstrate efficiency for the two-neutrinos case.For this,the χ2 function for neutrino oscillations is evaluated for grids with different density of points in standard allowed regions of the parameter space of m2 and tan 2θ using experimental and theoretical total event rates of chlorine(Homestake),Gallex+GNO,SAGE,Superkamiokande,and SNO detectors.We find that using DE in combination with the grid based method with small density of points can produce the results comparable with the one obtained using high density grid,in much lesser computation time.

D^0D^^0＊(D^0D^0＊) system in QCD-improved many body potential

For a system of current interest（composed of charm, anticharm and a pair of light quarks）, we show trends in phenomenological implications of QCD-based improvements to a simple quark model treatment. We employ a resonating group method to render this difficult four-body problem manageable. We use a quadratic confinement so as to be able to improve beyond the Born approximation. We report the position of the pole corresponding to the D^0D^0＊ molecule for the best fit of a model parameter to the relevant QCD simulations. We point out the interesting possibility that the pole can be shifted to 3872 Me V by introducing another parameter I0 that changes the strength of the interaction in this one component of X（3872）. The revised value of this second parameter can guide future trends in modeling of the full exotic meson X（3872）. We also report the changes with I_0 in the S-wave spin averaged cross sections for D^0D^0＊-→ωJ/ψ and D^0D^0＊-→ρJ/ψ. These cross sections are important regarding the study of QGP（quark gluon plasma）.

Measurement of J/ψ decays into Λ■ π^+π^-

Based on 58 million J/ψ events collected by the BESⅡ detector at the BEPC, J/ψ→ΛΛ π＋π- is observed for the first time. The branching fraction is measured to be Br（J/ψ→ΛΛ π＋π-）=（4.30±0.13±0.99）×10-3, excluding the decays to intermediate states, namely J/ψ→Ξ-Ξ＋, J/ψ→Σ（1385）-Σ（1385）＋, and J/ψ→Σ（1385）＋Σ（1385）-. The branching fractions for these intermediate resonance channels are measured to be：Br（J/ψ→Ξ-Ξ＋）=（0.90±0.03±0.18）×10-3, Br（J/ψ→Σ（1385）-Σ（1385）＋）=（1.23±0.07±0.30）×10-3,and Br（J/ψ→Σ（1385）＋Σ（1385）-）=（1.50±0.08±0.38）×10-3, respectively. The angular distribution is of the form dN/d（cosθ）α（1＋αcos2θ） with α=（0.35±0.29±0.06） for J/ψ→Ξ-Ξ＋, α=（-0.54±0.22±0.10） for J/ψ→Σ（1385）-Σ（1385）＋, and α=（-0.35±0.29±0.06） for J/ψ→Σ（1385）＋Σ（1385）-.