Multiple Coulomb Scattering (MCS) is a well known phenomenon occurring when charged particles traverse materials. Measurements of muons traversing low \(Z\) materials made in the MuScat experiment ...showed that theoretical models and simulation codes, such as GEANT4 (v7.0), over-estimated the scattering. The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) measured the cooling of a muon beam traversing a liquid hydrogen or lithium hydride (LiH) energy absorber as part of a programme to develop muon accelerator facilities, such as a Neutrino Factory or a Muon Collider. The energy loss and MCS that occur in the absorber material are competing effects that alter the performance of the cooling channel. Therefore measurements of MCS are required in order to validate the simulations used to predict the cooling performance in future accelerator facilities. We report measurements made in the MICE apparatus of MCS using a LiH absorber and muons within the momentum range 160 to 245 MeV/c. The measured RMS scattering width is about 9% smaller than that predicted by the approximate formula proposed by the Particle Data Group. Data at 172, 200 and 240 MeV/c are compared to the GEANT4 (v9.6) default scattering model. These measurements show agreement with this more recent GEANT4 (v9.6) version over the range of incident muon momenta.
The last decade has seen unprecedented effort in dark matter model building at all mass scales coupled with the design of numerous new detection strategies. Transformative advances in quantum ...technologies have led to a plethora of new high-precision quantum sensors and dark matter detection strategies for ultralight (\(<10\,\)eV) bosonic dark matter that can be described by an oscillating classical, largely coherent field. This white paper focuses on searches for wavelike scalar and vector dark matter candidates.
Muon beams of low emittance provide the basis for the intense, well-characterised neutrino beams of a neutrino factory and for multi-TeV lepton-antilepton collisions at a muon collider. The ...international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) has demonstrated the principle of ionization cooling, the technique by which it is proposed to reduce the phase-space volume occupied by the muon beam at such facilities. This paper documents the performance of the detectors used in MICE to measure the muon-beam parameters, and the physical properties of the liquid hydrogen energy absorber during running.
We have studied the Dalitz plot of the e+e-→π0π0γ events (Nπ0π0γ∼65000) collected at \(\sqrt{s} \simeq{M}_{\phi}\) with the KLOE detector. In the dipion invariant mass (Mππ) region below 700 MeV, the ...process under study is dominated by the non-resonant process e+e-→ωπ0 with ω→π0γ whereas, for higher Mππ values, the radiative φ decay to the f0(980) is the dominant mechanism. Different theoretical models are used to fit the Dalitz plot, taking also into account a possible contribution of the σ(600). For each model, we extract the f0(980) mass and its coupling to ππ, KK̄ and to the φ.
From a sample of about 109ϕ mesons produced at DAΦNE, we have selected KL mesons tagged by observing KS→π+π− decays. We present results on the major KL branching ratios, including those of the ...semileptonic decays needed for the determination of |Vus|. These branching ratio measurements are fully inclusive with respect to final-state radiation. The KL lifetime has also been measured.
We have searched for the decay KS→3π0 with the KLOE experiment at DAΦNE using data from e+e− collisions at a center of mass energy W∼mϕc2 for an integrated luminosity L=450pb−1. The search has been ...performed with a pure KS beam obtained by tagging with KL interactions in the calorimeter and detecting six photons. We find an upper limit for the branching ratio of 1.2×10−7 at 90% C.L.
We present a response to the 2018 Request for Information (RFI) from the NITRD, NCO, NSF regarding the "Update to the 2016 National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan." ...Through this document, we provide a response to the question of whether and how the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan (NAIRDSP) should be updated from the perspective of Fermilab, America's premier national laboratory for High Energy Physics (HEP). We believe the NAIRDSP should be extended in light of the rapid pace of development and innovation in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) since 2016, and present our recommendations below. AI has profoundly impacted many areas of human life, promising to dramatically reshape society --- e.g., economy, education, science --- in the coming years. We are still early in this process. It is critical to invest now in this technology to ensure it is safe and deployed ethically. Science and society both have a strong need for accuracy, efficiency, transparency, and accountability in algorithms, making investments in scientific AI particularly valuable. Thus far the US has been a leader in AI technologies, and we believe as a national Laboratory it is crucial to help maintain and extend this leadership. Moreover, investments in AI will be important for maintaining US leadership in the physical sciences.
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