Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O presente trabalho refere-se ao estudo sobre a razão da produção difrativa e total de B+ decaindo em J=y +K+, no ambiente do experimento CMS do colisor de prótons LHC do CERN, contribuindo assim com a compreensão geral do Modelo Padrão (SM) como a teoria das interações fundamentais entre as partículas elementares. Inicialmente, é apresentada uma análise com o intuito de selecionar os eventos que possuem um méson B+, uma vez que o canal de decaimento mencionado: poderá ser a primeira medida da produção exclusiva do méson B à escala de energia do LHC; é um dos principais canais de fundo para outras análises; e possibilita a utilização de um canal limpo para a calibração do CMS. Em seguida, é apresentada a forma de se identificar eventos difrativos no CMS, utilizando a baixa multiplicidade de torres ativas nos calorímetros CASTOR e HF. Esse estudo foi baseado em simulações computacionais, as quais reproduziram as condições físicas esperadas para o CMS/LHC, à energia de centro de massa de 10 TeV. Utilizou-se na geração de eventos o Monte Carlo POMWIG para as amostras difrativas e o PYTHIA para as demais. / This work concerns the study of the diffractive production ratio of the B+ meson decaying into J=y + K+, in the CMS/LHC environment, thus contributing to an general understanding of the Standard Model (SM) as the theory of fundamental interactions between elementary particles. To begin with, an analysis is done in order to select the events that have B+, as the study of the mentioned channel could provide the first measurement of the exclusive production of B mesons at the energy scale of the LHC. Also, it is an important channel both for further analysis and to make CMS calibrations. Furthermore, we show how to identify diffractive events in CMS, using low multiplicity of active cells in the forward calorimeters, HF and CASTOR. This study was based on computer simulations, which reproduce the Physics conditions expected for CMS at 10 TeV. The POMWIG generator was used to produce the diffractive samples and the others were done with PYTHIA.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Neste trabalho estudamos as características das distribuições da lacuna de rapidez em amostras de eventos de minimum bias de colisões pp a ps=7 TeV no CMS/LHC. Tais eventos são constituídos por processos difrativos, além de processos de QCD mole. São investigados o tamanho e a localização das lacunas, assim como as correlações entre as distribuições obtidas a partir dos objetos reconstruídos no detector e as distribuições obtidas a partir das partículas geradas via simulação Monte Carlo. Uma boa compreensão dessas distribuições pode, eventualmente, possibilitar a caracterização de eventos difrativos nos dados. / Rapidity gap distributions in minimum bias events from pp collisions at ps = 7TeV are studied. Minimum bias events are composed by diffractive processes and soft QCD processes. Gap size and position, as well as correlations between reconstructed distributions and Monte Carlo simulated distributions are investigated. A good understanding of such distributions may, eventually, make it possible characterize diffractive events in real data.

Orientador: Márcio José Menon / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T11:17:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fagundes_DanielAlmeida_M.pdf: 4182023 bytes, checksum: ab06bb58827a859896805f7809e62f4d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: O tratamento teórico do espalhamento elástico de hádrons em altas energias constitui um problema em aberto, tanto para a teoria quântica de campos das interações fortes, a Cromodinâmica Quântica (QCD), quanto para as diferentes abordagens fenomenológicas. Neste trabalho apresentamos um estudo sobre o problema inverso do espalhamento elástico de hádrons nas representações de parâmetro de impacto e eiconal, especificamente, sobre a extração empírica das funções de perfil, recobrimento inelástica e eiconal a partir dos dados experimentais e com base somente em princípios e teoremas gerais em altas energias (independentes de modelo). Por condição de aplicabilidade e interesse atual o estudo é restrito ao espalhamento elástico próton-próton na região de energias de centro de momentos 19.4 a 62.5 GeV. Em particular, é introduzida uma nova representação para a Fórmula da Parte Real de Martin, independente de invariância de escala e adequada a parametrizações empíricas de dados experimentais. Através dessa representação e de duas outras parametrizações empíricas desenvolvidas previamente (vinculada e não-vinculada), determinam-se várias características da função de recobrimento inelástica e da parte imaginária da função eiconal (opacidade) no espa¸ co de momento transferido, destacando-se: (1) evidência de um efeito periférico ("cauda") na função de recobrimento inelástica na região de parâmetro de impacto acima de 2 fm; (2) desenvolvimento de parametrizações analíticas para essa função indicando componentes gaussinas com centros em 0.0, ~0 7 e ~1 3 fm; (3) evidência de um zero finito (troca de sinal) na função opacidade no espaço de momento transferido; (4) desenvolvimento de parametrizações empíricas para essa função indicando fatores de forma tipo produto de dois monopólos com parâmetros vinculados (e não dipolo) e um termo com zero; (5) estudo detalhado da determinação da função opacidade no espaço de momento transferido através da abordagem semi-analítica (métodos semi-analítico, de termo explícito e de termo explícito condicionado). Discutem-se também implementações que possam ser introduzidas em modelos eiconais, em especial inspirados em QCD, a partir dos resultados empíricos obtidos nesse trabalho / Abstract: The theoretical description of high-energy elastic hadron scattering constitutes an open problem in both, the underlying quantum field theory of strong interactions (QCD) and the phenomenological context. In this work the inverse problem in elastic hadron scattering is discussed in the impact parameter and eikonal frameworks, specifically a study on the empirical extraction of the profile, the inelastic overlap and the eikonal functions, from the experimental data and some principles and high-energy theorems (model independent). The analysis is limited to elastic proton-proton scattering in the center of momentum energy interval 19.4 - 62.5 GeV. In particular, a novel representation for the Martin¿s Real Part Formula is introduced but without the scaling property and suitable for empirical analysis. By means of this representation, and two other parametrizations previously introduced (constrained and unconstrained), several properties of the inelastic overlap function and the imaginary part of the eikonal (opacity) in the momentum transfer space are determined, in special: (1) evidence of a peripheral effect (tail) in the inelastic overlap function in the parameter impact space above 2 fm; (2) development of analytical parametrizations for this function leading to three gaussian components with centers at 0.0, ~0 7 and ~1 3 fm; (3) evidence of a finite zero (change of sign) in the opacity function in the momentum transfer space; (4) development of empirical parametrization for this function consistent with form factors as a product of two monopoles with constrained masses (not a dipole type) and a term with zero; (5) detailed discussion on the determination of the opacity function in the momentum transfer space through the semi-analytical approach. The applicability of these empirical results in the development of eikonal models (mainly those inspired in QCD) is also discussed / Mestrado / Reações Específicas e Fenomenologia de Partículas / Mestre em Física

Les micros ou nanostructures diffractantes sont utilisées depuis de nombreuses années pour sécuriser les documents sensibles, comme les cartes d'identité, les documents de voyage tels que passeports, visas, ou encore les documents fiduciaires. Cependant, le développement des techniques de reprographie et l'implication croissante des organisations criminelles rendent la contrefaçon des documents imprimés de plus en plus accessible. Jusqu'ici, les techniques de fabrication et surtout de réplication des structures diffractantes utilisées pour la protection anti-fraude imposaient une limitation sur l'épaisseur des structures qui typiquement ne pouvaient pas dépasser quelques centaines de nanomètres. Mes travaux de thèse s'inscrivent dans la recherche puis le développement des techniques, très avant-garde, de réalisation et de réplication de structures comportant un relief vertical pouvant atteindre plusieurs microns. La disponibilité de ce type de structures épaisses ouvre de nombreuses possibilités de nouvelles fonctions optiques et donc une nouvelle barrière importante contre la falsification des documents de sécurité. / Diffractive micro/nano structures are used for many years to secure sensitive documents such as identity cards, travel documents (passports, visas...). However, the development of reprographic techniques and the increasing involvement of criminal organizations make counterfeiting of printed documents more accessible. Until now, the manufacturing techniques and especially replication of diffractive structures used for anti-fraud protection imposed a limitation on the thickness of the structures that typically could not exceed a few hundred nanometers. My PhD work is part of the research and the development of very advanced mastering and replication techniques which can, thereafter, realize structures with a vertical relief of up to several microns. The availability of this type of thick structure opens many possibilities for new optical functions and thus a new major barrier against counterfeiting.

The demand for high optical resolution has brought researchers to explore the use of beam shaping diffractive optical elements (DOEs) for improving performance of high numerical aperture (NA) optical systems. DOEs can be designed to modulate the amplitude, phase and/or polarization of a laser beam such that it focuses into a targeted irradiance distribution, or point spread function (PSF). The focused PSF can be reshaped in both the transverse focal plane and along the optical axis. Optical lithography, microscopy and direct laser writing are but a few of the many applications in which a properly designed DOE can significantly improve optical performance of the system. Designing DOEs for use in high-NA applications is complicated by electric field depolarization that occurs with tight focusing. The linear polarization of off-axis rays is tilted upon refraction towards the focal point, generating additional transverse and longitudinal polarization components. These additional field components contribute significantly to the shape of the PSF under tight focusing and cannot be neglected as in scalar diffraction theory. The PSF can be modeled more rigorously using the electromagnetic diffraction integrals derived by Wolf, which account for the full vector character of the field. In this work, optimization algorithms based on vector diffraction theory were developed for designing DOEs that reshape the PSF of a 1.4-NA objective lens. The optimization techniques include simple exhaustive search, iterative optimization (Method of Generalized Projections), and evolutionary computation (Particle Swarm Optimization). DOE designs were obtained that can reshape either the transverse PSF or the irradiance distribution along the optical axis. In one example of transverse beam shaping, all polarization components were simultaneously reshaped so their vector addition generates a focused flat-top square irradiance pattern. Other designs were obtained that can be used to narrow the axial irradiance distribution, giving a focused beam that is superresolved relative to the diffraction limit. In addition to theory, experimental studies were undertaken that include (1) fabricating an axially superresolving DOE, (2) incorporating the DOE into the optical setup, (3) imaging the focused PSF, and (4) measuring aberrations in the objective lens to study how these affect performance of the DOE.

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The emergence of energy communities entails the development of alternative energy systems, where consumers become active participants in the complex networks of material and semiotic actors. This paper looks at how local sociotechnical imaginaries are performed on island of Gotland, in Sweden. Grounded in Science, technology and society studies and co-production theory, this study provides a framework analysis of a set of documents and an interview, through the identification of conflicting visions, or sociotechnical imaginaries, of energy transition locally. The Swedish energy system is adapting slowly to the changing environment, and conflicts have emerged between national and local imaginaries. Here, the literature fails to provide satisfying arguments around political processes leading to the creation of alternative visions of energy futures. This study shows how normative orientations shape and are shaped by each other, and how alternative visions of progress often fail to be actualized and performed as long as they exist in combination with dominant visions. The two imaginaries, on one side the dominant, on the other the radical, fail to come to terms with each other because of the structural inadequacy of a system dominated by a political rationality which is unaware of itself.

The newly emerging technology of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) has the potential to revolutionise molecular imaging. XFELs generate very intense X-ray pulses and predictions suggest that they may be used for structure determination to atomic resolution even for single molecules. XFELs produce femtosecond pulses that outrun processes of radiation damage and permit the study of structures at room temperature and of structural dynamics. While the first demonstrations of flash X-ray diffractive imaging (FXI) on biological particles were encouraging, they also revealed technical challenges. In this work we demonstrated how some of these challenges can be overcome. We exemplified, with heterogeneous cell organelles, how tens of thousands of FXI diffraction patterns can be collected, sorted, and analysed in an automatic data processing pipeline. We improved  image resolution and reduced problems with missing data. We validated, described, and deposited the experimental data in the Coherent X-ray Imaging Data Bank. We demonstrated that aerosol injection can be used to collect FXI data at high hit ratios and with low background. We reduced problems with non-volatile sample contaminants by decreasing aerosol droplet sizes from ~1000 nm to ~150 nm. We achieved this by adapting an electrospray aerosoliser to the Uppsala sample injector. Mie scattering imaging was used as a diagnostic tool to measure positions, sizes, and velocities of individual injected particles. XFEL experiments generate large amounts of data at high rates. Preparation, execution, and data analysis of these experiments benefits from specialised software. In this work we present new open-source software tools that facilitates prediction, online-monitoring, display, and pre-processing of XFEL diffraction data. We hope that this work is a valuable contribution in the quest of transitioning FXI from its first experimental demonstration into a technique that fulfills its potentials.

In this dissertation, a novel approach to modeling the scattered field of a periodic corrugated cylinder, from an oblique incident planewave, is presented. The approach utilizes radial waveguide approximations for fields within the corrugations, which are point matched to approximated scattered fields outside of the corrugation to solve for the expansion coefficients. The point matching is done with TMz and TEz modes simultaneously, allowing for hybrid modes to exist. The derivation of the fields and boundary conditions used are discussed in detail. Axial and radial propagating modes for the scattered fields are derived and discussed. Close treatment is given to field equations summation truncation and conversion to matrix form, for numerical computing. A detailed account of the modeling approach using Mathematica® and NCAlgebra for the noncommutative algebra, involved in solving for the expansion coefficients, are also given. The modeling techniques offered provide a full description and prediction of the scattered field of a periodic corrugated cylinder. The model is configured to approximate a smooth cylinder, which is then compared against that of a textbook standard smooth cylinder. The methodology and analysis applied in this research provide a solution for computational electromagnetics, RF communications, Radar systems and the like, for the design, development, and analysis of such systems. Through the rapid modeling techniques developed in this research, early knowledge discovery can be made allowing for better more effective decision making to be made early in the design and investigation process of an RF project. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

In this dissertation, a novel approach to modeling the scattered field of a periodic corrugated cylinder, from an oblique incident planewave, is presented. The approach utilizes radial waveguide approximations for fields within the corrugations, which are point matched to approximated scattered fields outside of the corrugation to solve for the expansion coefficients. The point matching is done with TMz and TEz modes simultaneously, allowing for hybrid modes to exist. The derivation of the fields and boundary conditions used are discussed in detail. Axial and radial propagating modes for the scattered fields are derived and discussed. Close treatment is given to field equations summation truncation and conversion to matrix form, for numerical computing. A detailed account of the modeling approach using Mathematica® and NCAlgebra for the noncommutative algebra, involved in solving for the expansion coefficients, are also given. The modeling techniques offered provide a full description and prediction of the scattered field of a periodic corrugated cylinder. The model is configured to approximate a smooth cylinder, which is then compared against that of a textbook standard smooth cylinder. The methodology and analysis applied in this research provide a solution for computational electromagnetics, RF communications, Radar systems and the like, for the design, development, and analysis of such systems. Through the rapid modeling techniques developed in this research, early knowledge discovery can be made allowing for better more effective decision making to be made early in the design and investigation process of an RF project. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection