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1. Improved Measurement of the Evolution of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay

Author

An, FP, An, FP, Bai, WD, Balantekin, AB, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, HY, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, Y-C, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dolzhikov, D, Dove, J, Dugas, KV, Duyang, HY, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Han, Y, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, JH, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, RH, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, JX, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Luk, KB, An, FP, An, FP, Bai, WD, Balantekin, AB, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, HY, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, Y-C, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dolzhikov, D, Dove, J, Dugas, KV, Duyang, HY, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Han, Y, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, JH, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, RH, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, JX, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, and Luk, KB

Abstract

Reactor neutrino experiments play a crucial role in advancing our knowledge of neutrinos. In this Letter, the evolution of the flux and spectrum as a function of the reactor isotopic content is reported in terms of the inverse-beta-decay yield at Daya Bay with 1958 days of data and improved systematic uncertainties. These measurements are compared with two signature model predictions: the Huber-Mueller model based on the conversion method and the SM2018 model based on the summation method. The measured average flux and spectrum, as well as the flux evolution with the ^{239}Pu isotopic fraction, are inconsistent with the predictions of the Huber-Mueller model. In contrast, the SM2018 model is shown to agree with the average flux and its evolution but fails to describe the energy spectrum. Altering the predicted inverse-beta-decay spectrum from ^{239}Pu fission does not improve the agreement with the measurement for either model. The models can be brought into better agreement with the measurements if either the predicted spectrum due to ^{235}U fission is changed or the predicted ^{235}U, ^{238}U, ^{239}Pu, and ^{241}Pu spectra are changed in equal measure.

Published
2023

2. Search for electron-Antineutrinos associated with gravitational-wave events GW150914, GW151012, GW151226, GW170104, GW170608, GW170814, and GW170817 at Daya Bay

Author

An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvořák, M, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Lu, JS, Luk, KB, Ma, XB, Ma, XY, Ma, YQ, Marshall, C, Martinez Caicedo, DA, McDonald, KT, McKeown, RD, Meng, Y, An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvořák, M, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Lu, JS, Luk, KB, Ma, XB, Ma, XY, Ma, YQ, Marshall, C, Martinez Caicedo, DA, McDonald, KT, McKeown, RD, and Meng, Y

Abstract

The establishment of a possible connection between neutrino emission and gravitational-wave (GW) bursts is important to our understanding of the physical processes that occur when black holes or neutron stars merge. In the Daya Bay experiment, using the data collected from December 2011 to August 2017, a search was performed for electron-Antineutrino signals that coincided with detected GW events, including GW150914, GW151012, GW151226, GW170104, GW170608, GW170814, and GW170817. We used three time windows of 10, 500, and 1000 s relative to the occurrence of the GW events and a neutrino energy range of 1.8 to 100 MeV to search for correlated neutrino candidates. The detected electron-Antineutrino candidates were consistent with the expected background rates for all the three time windows. Assuming monochromatic spectra, we found upper limits (90% confidence level) of the electron-Antineutrino fluence of (1.13-2.44)×1011 cm-2 at 5 MeV to 8.0×107 cm-2 at 100 MeV for the three time windows. Under the assumption of a Fermi-Dirac spectrum, the upper limits were found to be (5.4-7.0)×109 cm-2 for the three time windows.

Published
2021

3. Antineutrino Energy Spectrum Unfolding Based on the Daya Bay Measurement and Its Applications

Author

collaboration, Daya Bay, collaboration, Daya Bay, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvorak, M, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Lu, JS, Luk, KB, Ma, XB, Ma, XY, Ma, YQ, Marshall, C, Caicedo, DA Martinez, McDonald, KT, McKeown, RD, collaboration, Daya Bay, collaboration, Daya Bay, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvorak, M, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Lu, JS, Luk, KB, Ma, XB, Ma, XY, Ma, YQ, Marshall, C, Caicedo, DA Martinez, McDonald, KT, and McKeown, RD

Abstract

The prediction of reactor antineutrino spectra will play a crucial role as reactor experiments enter the precision era. The positron energy spectrum of 3.5 million antineutrino inverse beta decay reactions observed by the Daya Bay experiment, in combination with the fission rates of fissile isotopes in the reactor, is used to extract the positron energy spectra resulting from the fission of specific isotopes. This information can be used to produce a precise, data-based prediction of the antineutrino energy spectrum in other reactor antineutrino experiments with different fission fractions than Daya Bay. The positron energy spectra are unfolded to obtain the antineutrino energy spectra by removing the contribution from detector response with the Wiener-SVD unfolding method. Consistent results are obtained with other unfolding methods. A technique to construct a data-based prediction of the reactor antineutrino energy spectrum is proposed and investigated. Given the reactor fission fractions, the technique can predict the energy spectrum to a 2% precision. In addition, we illustrate how to perform a rigorous comparison between the unfolded antineutrino spectrum and a theoretical model prediction that avoids the input model bias of the unfolding method.

Published
2021

4. Search for electron-Antineutrinos associated with gravitational-wave events GW150914, GW151012, GW151226, GW170104, GW170608, GW170814, and GW170817 at Daya Bay

Author

An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvořák, M, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Lu, JS, Luk, KB, Ma, XB, Ma, XY, Ma, YQ, Marshall, C, Martinez Caicedo, DA, McDonald, KT, McKeown, RD, Meng, Y, Napolitano, J, An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvořák, M, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Lu, JS, Luk, KB, Ma, XB, Ma, XY, Ma, YQ, Marshall, C, Martinez Caicedo, DA, McDonald, KT, McKeown, RD, Meng, Y, and Napolitano, J

Abstract

The establishment of a possible connection between neutrino emission and gravitational-wave (GW) bursts is important to our understanding of the physical processes that occur when black holes or neutron stars merge. In the Daya Bay experiment, using the data collected from December 2011 to August 2017, a search was performed for electron-Antineutrino signals that coincided with detected GW events, including GW150914, GW151012, GW151226, GW170104, GW170608, GW170814, and GW170817. We used three time windows of 10, 500, and 1000 s relative to the occurrence of the GW events and a neutrino energy range of 1.8 to 100 MeV to search for correlated neutrino candidates. The detected electron-Antineutrino candidates were consistent with the expected background rates for all the three time windows. Assuming monochromatic spectra, we found upper limits (90% confidence level) of the electron-Antineutrino fluence of (1.13-2.44)×1011 cm-2 at 5 MeV to 8.0×107 cm-2 at 100 MeV for the three time windows. Under the assumption of a Fermi-Dirac spectrum, the upper limits were found to be (5.4-7.0)×109 cm-2 for the three time windows.

Published
2021

5. Antineutrino Energy Spectrum Unfolding Based on the Daya Bay Measurement and Its Applications

Author

collaboration, Daya Bay, collaboration, Daya Bay, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvorak, M, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Lu, JS, Luk, KB, Ma, XB, Ma, XY, Ma, YQ, Marshall, C, Caicedo, DA Martinez, McDonald, KT, McKeown, RD, collaboration, Daya Bay, collaboration, Daya Bay, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvorak, M, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Lu, JS, Luk, KB, Ma, XB, Ma, XY, Ma, YQ, Marshall, C, Caicedo, DA Martinez, McDonald, KT, and McKeown, RD

Abstract

The prediction of reactor antineutrino spectra will play a crucial role as reactor experiments enter the precision era. The positron energy spectrum of 3.5 million antineutrino inverse beta decay reactions observed by the Daya Bay experiment, in combination with the fission rates of fissile isotopes in the reactor, is used to extract the positron energy spectra resulting from the fission of specific isotopes. This information can be used to produce a precise, data-based prediction of the antineutrino energy spectrum in other reactor antineutrino experiments with different fission fractions than Daya Bay. The positron energy spectra are unfolded to obtain the antineutrino energy spectra by removing the contribution from detector response with the Wiener-SVD unfolding method. Consistent results are obtained with other unfolding methods. A technique to construct a data-based prediction of the reactor antineutrino energy spectrum is proposed and investigated. Given the reactor fission fractions, the technique can predict the energy spectrum to a 2% precision. In addition, we illustrate how to perform a rigorous comparison between the unfolded antineutrino spectrum and a theoretical model prediction that avoids the input model bias of the unfolding method.

Published
2021

6. Antineutrino energy spectrum unfolding based on the Daya Bay measurement and its applications * *Supported in part by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Guangdong provincial government, the Shenzhen municipal government, the China General Nuclear Power Group, the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, the Ministry of Education in TW, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic, the Charles University Research Centre UNCE, the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, the National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research of Chile

Author

An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dolzhikov, D, Dove, J, Dvořák, M, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Grassi, M, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, JH, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, RH, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, JX, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Luk, KB, Z., B, B., X, Y., X, Q., Y, Mandujano, RC, An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, Dalager, O, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dolzhikov, D, Dove, J, Dvořák, M, Dwyer, DA, Gallo, JP, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Grassi, M, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, JH, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, JJ, Li, QJ, Li, RH, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, JX, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Luk, KB, Z., B, B., X, Y., X, Q., Y, and Mandujano, RC

Abstract

The prediction of reactor antineutrino spectra will play a crucial role as reactor experiments enter the precision era. The positron energy spectrum of 3.5 million antineutrino inverse beta decay reactions observed by the Daya Bay experiment, in combination with the fission rates of fissile isotopes in the reactor, is used to extract the positron energy spectra resulting from the fission of specific isotopes. This information can be used to produce a precise, data-based prediction of the antineutrino energy spectrum in other reactor antineutrino experiments with different fission fractions than Daya Bay. The positron energy spectra are unfolded to obtain the antineutrino energy spectra by removing the contribution from detector response with the Wiener-SVD unfolding method. Consistent results are obtained with other unfolding methods. A technique to construct a data-based prediction of the reactor antineutrino energy spectrum is proposed and investigated. Given the reactor fission fractions, the technique can predict the energy spectrum to a 2% precision. In addition, we illustrate how to perform a rigorous comparison between the unfolded antineutrino spectrum and a theoretical model prediction that avoids the input model bias of the unfolding method.

Published
2021

7. Improved measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux at Daya Bay

Author

Adey, D, Adey, D, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dolgareva, M, Dove, J, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Huo, W, Hussain, G, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, SJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Lin, YC, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, Y, Liu, YH, Loh, CW, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Adey, D, Adey, D, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dolgareva, M, Dove, J, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Huo, W, Hussain, G, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, SJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Lin, YC, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, Y, Liu, YH, Loh, CW, Lu, C, and Lu, HQ

Abstract

This work reports a precise measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux using 2.2 million inverse beta decay (IBD) events collected with the Daya Bay near detectors in 1230 days. The dominant uncertainty on the neutron detection efficiency is reduced by 56% with respect to the previous measurement through a comprehensive neutron calibration and detailed data and simulation analysis. The new average IBD yield is determined to be (5.91±0.09)×10-43 cm2/fission with total uncertainty improved by 29%. The corresponding mean fission fractions from the four main fission isotopes U235, U238, Pu239, and Pu241 are 0.564, 0.076, 0.304, and 0.056, respectively. The ratio of measured to predicted antineutrino yield is found to be 0.952±0.014±0.023 (1.001±0.015±0.027) for the Huber-Mueller (ILL-Vogel) model, where the first and second uncertainty are experimental and theoretical model uncertainty, respectively. This measurement confirms the discrepancy between the world average of reactor antineutrino flux and the Huber-Mueller model.

Published
2019

8. Response to Comment on Daya Bay's definition and use of Delta(m^2_ee)

Author

Collaboration, The Day Bay, Collaboration, The Day Bay, Adey, D, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Dash, N, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvorak, M, Dwyer, DA, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, SJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, Y, Liu, YH, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Lu, JS, Collaboration, The Day Bay, Collaboration, The Day Bay, Adey, D, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Dash, N, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvorak, M, Dwyer, DA, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, SJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, Y, Liu, YH, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, and Lu, JS

Abstract

The Daya Bay Collaboration responds to comments posted by S. Parke and R. Zukanovich Funchal regarding our use of Delta(m^2_ee).

Published
2019

9. Measurement of the cosmic ray proton spectrum from 40 GeV to 100 TeV with the DAMPE satellite.

Author

DAMPE Collaboration, DAMPE Collaboration, An, Q, Asfandiyarov, R, Azzarello, P, Bernardini, P, Bi, XJ, Cai, MS, Chang, J, Chen, DY, Chen, HF, Chen, JL, Chen, W, Cui, MY, Cui, TS, Dai, HT, D'Amone, A, De Benedittis, A, De Mitri, I, Di Santo, M, Ding, M, Dong, TK, Dong, YF, Dong, ZX, Donvito, G, Droz, D, Duan, JL, Duan, KK, D'Urso, D, Fan, RR, Fan, YZ, Fang, F, Feng, CQ, Feng, L, Fusco, P, Gallo, V, Gan, FJ, Gao, M, Gargano, F, Gong, K, Gong, YZ, Guo, DY, Guo, JH, Guo, XL, Han, SX, Hu, YM, Huang, GS, Huang, XY, Huang, YY, Ionica, M, Jiang, W, Jin, X, Kong, J, Lei, SJ, Li, S, Li, WL, Li, X, Li, XQ, Li, Y, Liang, YF, Liang, YM, Liao, NH, Liu, CM, Liu, H, Liu, J, Liu, SB, Liu, WQ, Liu, Y, Loparco, F, Luo, CN, Ma, M, Ma, PX, Ma, SY, Ma, T, Ma, XY, Marsella, G, Mazziotta, MN, Mo, D, Niu, XY, Pan, X, Peng, WX, Peng, XY, Qiao, R, Rao, JN, Salinas, MM, Shang, GZ, Shen, WH, Shen, ZQ, Shen, ZT, Song, JX, Su, H, Su, M, Sun, ZY, Surdo, A, Teng, XJ, Tykhonov, A, Vitillo, S, Wang, C, Wang, H, Wang, HY, Wang, JZ, DAMPE Collaboration, DAMPE Collaboration, An, Q, Asfandiyarov, R, Azzarello, P, Bernardini, P, Bi, XJ, Cai, MS, Chang, J, Chen, DY, Chen, HF, Chen, JL, Chen, W, Cui, MY, Cui, TS, Dai, HT, D'Amone, A, De Benedittis, A, De Mitri, I, Di Santo, M, Ding, M, Dong, TK, Dong, YF, Dong, ZX, Donvito, G, Droz, D, Duan, JL, Duan, KK, D'Urso, D, Fan, RR, Fan, YZ, Fang, F, Feng, CQ, Feng, L, Fusco, P, Gallo, V, Gan, FJ, Gao, M, Gargano, F, Gong, K, Gong, YZ, Guo, DY, Guo, JH, Guo, XL, Han, SX, Hu, YM, Huang, GS, Huang, XY, Huang, YY, Ionica, M, Jiang, W, Jin, X, Kong, J, Lei, SJ, Li, S, Li, WL, Li, X, Li, XQ, Li, Y, Liang, YF, Liang, YM, Liao, NH, Liu, CM, Liu, H, Liu, J, Liu, SB, Liu, WQ, Liu, Y, Loparco, F, Luo, CN, Ma, M, Ma, PX, Ma, SY, Ma, T, Ma, XY, Marsella, G, Mazziotta, MN, Mo, D, Niu, XY, Pan, X, Peng, WX, Peng, XY, Qiao, R, Rao, JN, Salinas, MM, Shang, GZ, Shen, WH, Shen, ZQ, Shen, ZT, Song, JX, Su, H, Su, M, Sun, ZY, Surdo, A, Teng, XJ, Tykhonov, A, Vitillo, S, Wang, C, Wang, H, Wang, HY, and Wang, JZ

Abstract

The precise measurement of the spectrum of protons, the most abundant component of the cosmic radiation, is necessary to understand the source and acceleration of cosmic rays in the Milky Way. This work reports the measurement of the cosmic ray proton fluxes with kinetic energies from 40 GeV to 100 TeV, with 2 1/2 years of data recorded by the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE). This is the first time that an experiment directly measures the cosmic ray protons up to ~100 TeV with high statistics. The measured spectrum confirms the spectral hardening at ~300 GeV found by previous experiments and reveals a softening at ~13.6 TeV, with the spectral index changing from ~2.60 to ~2.85. Our result suggests the existence of a new spectral feature of cosmic rays at energies lower than the so-called knee and sheds new light on the origin of Galactic cosmic rays.

Published
2019

10. Improved measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux at Daya Bay

Author

Adey, D, Adey, D, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dolgareva, M, Dove, J, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Huo, W, Hussain, G, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, SJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Lin, YC, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, Y, Liu, YH, Loh, CW, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Adey, D, Adey, D, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dolgareva, M, Dove, J, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Huo, W, Hussain, G, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, SJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Lin, YC, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, Y, Liu, YH, Loh, CW, Lu, C, and Lu, HQ

Abstract

This work reports a precise measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux using 2.2 million inverse beta decay (IBD) events collected with the Daya Bay near detectors in 1230 days. The dominant uncertainty on the neutron detection efficiency is reduced by 56% with respect to the previous measurement through a comprehensive neutron calibration and detailed data and simulation analysis. The new average IBD yield is determined to be (5.91±0.09)×10-43 cm2/fission with total uncertainty improved by 29%. The corresponding mean fission fractions from the four main fission isotopes U235, U238, Pu239, and Pu241 are 0.564, 0.076, 0.304, and 0.056, respectively. The ratio of measured to predicted antineutrino yield is found to be 0.952±0.014±0.023 (1.001±0.015±0.027) for the Huber-Mueller (ILL-Vogel) model, where the first and second uncertainty are experimental and theoretical model uncertainty, respectively. This measurement confirms the discrepancy between the world average of reactor antineutrino flux and the Huber-Mueller model.

Published
2019

11. Response to Comment on Daya Bay's definition and use of Delta(m^2_ee)

Author

Collaboration, The Day Bay, Collaboration, The Day Bay, Adey, D, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Dash, N, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvorak, M, Dwyer, DA, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, SJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, Y, Liu, YH, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, Lu, JS, Collaboration, The Day Bay, Collaboration, The Day Bay, Adey, D, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Dash, N, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvorak, M, Dwyer, DA, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, SJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, Y, Liu, YH, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, and Lu, JS

Abstract

The Daya Bay Collaboration responds to comments posted by S. Parke and R. Zukanovich Funchal regarding our use of Delta(m^2_ee).

Published
2019

12. Measurement of the cosmic ray proton spectrum from 40 GeV to 100 TeV with the DAMPE satellite.

Author

DAMPE Collaboration, DAMPE Collaboration, An, Q, Asfandiyarov, R, Azzarello, P, Bernardini, P, Bi, XJ, Cai, MS, Chang, J, Chen, DY, Chen, HF, Chen, JL, Chen, W, Cui, MY, Cui, TS, Dai, HT, D'Amone, A, De Benedittis, A, De Mitri, I, Di Santo, M, Ding, M, Dong, TK, Dong, YF, Dong, ZX, Donvito, G, Droz, D, Duan, JL, Duan, KK, D'Urso, D, Fan, RR, Fan, YZ, Fang, F, Feng, CQ, Feng, L, Fusco, P, Gallo, V, Gan, FJ, Gao, M, Gargano, F, Gong, K, Gong, YZ, Guo, DY, Guo, JH, Guo, XL, Han, SX, Hu, YM, Huang, GS, Huang, XY, Huang, YY, Ionica, M, Jiang, W, Jin, X, Kong, J, Lei, SJ, Li, S, Li, WL, Li, X, Li, XQ, Li, Y, Liang, YF, Liang, YM, Liao, NH, Liu, CM, Liu, H, Liu, J, Liu, SB, Liu, WQ, Liu, Y, Loparco, F, Luo, CN, Ma, M, Ma, PX, Ma, SY, Ma, T, Ma, XY, Marsella, G, Mazziotta, MN, Mo, D, Niu, XY, Pan, X, Peng, WX, Peng, XY, Qiao, R, Rao, JN, Salinas, MM, Shang, GZ, Shen, WH, Shen, ZQ, Shen, ZT, Song, JX, Su, H, Su, M, Sun, ZY, Surdo, A, Teng, XJ, Tykhonov, A, Vitillo, S, Wang, C, Wang, H, Wang, HY, DAMPE Collaboration, DAMPE Collaboration, An, Q, Asfandiyarov, R, Azzarello, P, Bernardini, P, Bi, XJ, Cai, MS, Chang, J, Chen, DY, Chen, HF, Chen, JL, Chen, W, Cui, MY, Cui, TS, Dai, HT, D'Amone, A, De Benedittis, A, De Mitri, I, Di Santo, M, Ding, M, Dong, TK, Dong, YF, Dong, ZX, Donvito, G, Droz, D, Duan, JL, Duan, KK, D'Urso, D, Fan, RR, Fan, YZ, Fang, F, Feng, CQ, Feng, L, Fusco, P, Gallo, V, Gan, FJ, Gao, M, Gargano, F, Gong, K, Gong, YZ, Guo, DY, Guo, JH, Guo, XL, Han, SX, Hu, YM, Huang, GS, Huang, XY, Huang, YY, Ionica, M, Jiang, W, Jin, X, Kong, J, Lei, SJ, Li, S, Li, WL, Li, X, Li, XQ, Li, Y, Liang, YF, Liang, YM, Liao, NH, Liu, CM, Liu, H, Liu, J, Liu, SB, Liu, WQ, Liu, Y, Loparco, F, Luo, CN, Ma, M, Ma, PX, Ma, SY, Ma, T, Ma, XY, Marsella, G, Mazziotta, MN, Mo, D, Niu, XY, Pan, X, Peng, WX, Peng, XY, Qiao, R, Rao, JN, Salinas, MM, Shang, GZ, Shen, WH, Shen, ZQ, Shen, ZT, Song, JX, Su, H, Su, M, Sun, ZY, Surdo, A, Teng, XJ, Tykhonov, A, Vitillo, S, Wang, C, Wang, H, and Wang, HY

Abstract

The precise measurement of the spectrum of protons, the most abundant component of the cosmic radiation, is necessary to understand the source and acceleration of cosmic rays in the Milky Way. This work reports the measurement of the cosmic ray proton fluxes with kinetic energies from 40 GeV to 100 TeV, with 2 1/2 years of data recorded by the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE). This is the first time that an experiment directly measures the cosmic ray protons up to ~100 TeV with high statistics. The measured spectrum confirms the spectral hardening at ~300 GeV found by previous experiments and reveals a softening at ~13.6 TeV, with the spectral index changing from ~2.60 to ~2.85. Our result suggests the existence of a new spectral feature of cosmic rays at energies lower than the so-called knee and sheds new light on the origin of Galactic cosmic rays.

Published
2019

13. Cosmogenic neutron production at Daya Bay

Author

An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dolgareva, M, Dove, J, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Gill, R, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Grassi, M, Gu, WQ, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, T, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Huo, W, Hussain, G, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Jiao, JB, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Khan, A, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Kwok, MW, Langford, TJ, Lau, K, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, DJ, Li, F, Li, GS, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Lin, Y-C, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Loh, CW, Lu, C, An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dolgareva, M, Dove, J, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Gill, R, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Grassi, M, Gu, WQ, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, T, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Huo, W, Hussain, G, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Jiao, JB, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Khan, A, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Kwok, MW, Langford, TJ, Lau, K, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, DJ, Li, F, Li, GS, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Lin, Y-C, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Loh, CW, and Lu, C

Abstract

Neutrons produced by cosmic ray muons are an important background for underground experiments studying neutrino oscillations, neutrinoless double beta decay, dark matter, and other rare-event signals. A measurement of the neutron yield in the three different experimental halls of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment at varying depth is reported. The neutron yield in Daya Bay's liquid scintillator is measured to be $Y_n=(10.26\pm 0.86)\times 10^{-5}$, $(10.22\pm 0.87)\times 10^{-5}$, and $(17.03\pm 1.22)\times 10^{-5}~\mu^{-1}~$g$^{-1}~$cm$^2$ at depths of 250, 265, and 860 meters-water-equivalent. These results are compared to other measurements and the simulated neutron yield in Fluka and Geant4. A global fit including the Daya Bay measurements yields a power law coefficient of $0.77 \pm 0.03$ for the dependence of the neutron yield on muon energy.

Published
2018

14. Cosmogenic neutron production at Daya Bay

Author

An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dolgareva, M, Dove, J, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Gill, R, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Grassi, M, Gu, WQ, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, T, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Huo, W, Hussain, G, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Jiao, JB, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Khan, A, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Kwok, MW, Langford, TJ, Lau, K, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, DJ, Li, F, Li, GS, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Lin, Y-C, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Loh, CW, Lu, C, An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dolgareva, M, Dove, J, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Gill, R, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Grassi, M, Gu, WQ, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, T, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Huo, W, Hussain, G, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Jiao, JB, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Khan, A, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Kwok, MW, Langford, TJ, Lau, K, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, DJ, Li, F, Li, GS, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Lin, Y-C, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Loh, CW, and Lu, C

Abstract

Neutrons produced by cosmic ray muons are an important background for underground experiments studying neutrino oscillations, neutrinoless double beta decay, dark matter, and other rare-event signals. A measurement of the neutron yield in the three different experimental halls of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment at varying depth is reported. The neutron yield in Daya Bay's liquid scintillator is measured to be $Y_n=(10.26\pm 0.86)\times 10^{-5}$, $(10.22\pm 0.87)\times 10^{-5}$, and $(17.03\pm 1.22)\times 10^{-5}~\mu^{-1}~$g$^{-1}~$cm$^2$ at depths of 250, 265, and 860 meters-water-equivalent. These results are compared to other measurements and the simulated neutron yield in Fluka and Geant4. A global fit including the Daya Bay measurements yields a power law coefficient of $0.77 \pm 0.03$ for the dependence of the neutron yield on muon energy.

Published
2018

15. Independent measurement of the neutrino mixing angle theta(13) via neutron capture on hydrogen at Daya Bay

Author

An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Beriguete, W, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Butorov, I, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, LC, Chang, Y, Chasman, C, Chen, H, Chen, QY, Chen, SM, Chen, X, Chen, YX, Chen, Y, Cheng, YP, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, de Arcos, J, Deng, ZY, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Draeger, E, Du, XF, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Ely, SR, Fu, JY, Ge, LQ, Gill, R, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guan, MY, Guo, XH, Hackenburg, RW, Han, GH, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, M, Heng, YK, Hinrichs, P, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, LM, Hu, LJ, Hu, T, Hu, W, Huang, EC, Huang, H, Huang, XT, Huber, P, Hussain, G, Isvan, Z, Jaffe, DE, Jaffke, P, Jen, KL, Jetter, S, Ji, XP, Ji, XL, Jiang, HJ, Jiao, JB, Johnson, RA, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kramer, M, Kwan, KK, Kwok, MW, Kwok, T, Lai, WC, Lau, K, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, A, Leung, JKC, Lewis, CA, Li, DJ, Li, F, Li, GS, Li, QJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, PY, An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Beriguete, W, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Butorov, I, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, LC, Chang, Y, Chasman, C, Chen, H, Chen, QY, Chen, SM, Chen, X, Chen, YX, Chen, Y, Cheng, YP, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, de Arcos, J, Deng, ZY, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Draeger, E, Du, XF, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Ely, SR, Fu, JY, Ge, LQ, Gill, R, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guan, MY, Guo, XH, Hackenburg, RW, Han, GH, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, M, Heng, YK, Hinrichs, P, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, LM, Hu, LJ, Hu, T, Hu, W, Huang, EC, Huang, H, Huang, XT, Huber, P, Hussain, G, Isvan, Z, Jaffe, DE, Jaffke, P, Jen, KL, Jetter, S, Ji, XP, Ji, XL, Jiang, HJ, Jiao, JB, Johnson, RA, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kramer, M, Kwan, KK, Kwok, MW, Kwok, T, Lai, WC, Lau, K, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, A, Leung, JKC, Lewis, CA, Li, DJ, Li, F, Li, GS, Li, QJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, and Lin, PY

Abstract

A new measurement of the $\theta_{13}$ mixing angle has been obtained at the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment via the detection of inverse beta decays tagged by neutron capture on hydrogen. The antineutrino events for hydrogen capture are distinct from those for gadolinium capture with largely different systematic uncertainties, allowing a determination independent of the gadolinium-capture result and an improvement on the precision of $\theta_{13}$ measurement. With a 217-day antineutrino data set obtained with six antineutrino detectors and from six 2.9 GW$_{th}$ reactors, the rate deficit observed at the far hall is interpreted as $\sin^22\theta_{13}=0.083\pm0.018$ in the three-flavor oscillation model. When combined with the gadolinium-capture result from Daya Bay, we obtain $\sin^22\theta_{13}=0.089\pm0.008$ as the final result for the six-antineutrino-detector configuration of the Daya Bay experiment.

Published
2014

16. Independent measurement of the neutrino mixing angle theta(13) via neutron capture on hydrogen at Daya Bay

Author

An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Beriguete, W, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Butorov, I, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, LC, Chang, Y, Chasman, C, Chen, H, Chen, QY, Chen, SM, Chen, X, Chen, YX, Chen, Y, Cheng, YP, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, de Arcos, J, Deng, ZY, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Draeger, E, Du, XF, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Ely, SR, Fu, JY, Ge, LQ, Gill, R, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guan, MY, Guo, XH, Hackenburg, RW, Han, GH, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, M, Heng, YK, Hinrichs, P, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, LM, Hu, LJ, Hu, T, Hu, W, Huang, EC, Huang, H, Huang, XT, Huber, P, Hussain, G, Isvan, Z, Jaffe, DE, Jaffke, P, Jen, KL, Jetter, S, Ji, XP, Ji, XL, Jiang, HJ, Jiao, JB, Johnson, RA, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kramer, M, Kwan, KK, Kwok, MW, Kwok, T, Lai, WC, Lau, K, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, A, Leung, JKC, Lewis, CA, Li, DJ, Li, F, Li, GS, Li, QJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, PY, An, FP, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Beriguete, W, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Butorov, I, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, LC, Chang, Y, Chasman, C, Chen, H, Chen, QY, Chen, SM, Chen, X, Chen, YX, Chen, Y, Cheng, YP, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Cummings, JP, de Arcos, J, Deng, ZY, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Draeger, E, Du, XF, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Ely, SR, Fu, JY, Ge, LQ, Gill, R, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guan, MY, Guo, XH, Hackenburg, RW, Han, GH, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, M, Heng, YK, Hinrichs, P, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, LM, Hu, LJ, Hu, T, Hu, W, Huang, EC, Huang, H, Huang, XT, Huber, P, Hussain, G, Isvan, Z, Jaffe, DE, Jaffke, P, Jen, KL, Jetter, S, Ji, XP, Ji, XL, Jiang, HJ, Jiao, JB, Johnson, RA, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Kramer, M, Kwan, KK, Kwok, MW, Kwok, T, Lai, WC, Lau, K, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, A, Leung, JKC, Lewis, CA, Li, DJ, Li, F, Li, GS, Li, QJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, and Lin, PY

Abstract

A new measurement of the $\theta_{13}$ mixing angle has been obtained at the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment via the detection of inverse beta decays tagged by neutron capture on hydrogen. The antineutrino events for hydrogen capture are distinct from those for gadolinium capture with largely different systematic uncertainties, allowing a determination independent of the gadolinium-capture result and an improvement on the precision of $\theta_{13}$ measurement. With a 217-day antineutrino data set obtained with six antineutrino detectors and from six 2.9 GW$_{th}$ reactors, the rate deficit observed at the far hall is interpreted as $\sin^22\theta_{13}=0.083\pm0.018$ in the three-flavor oscillation model. When combined with the gadolinium-capture result from Daya Bay, we obtain $\sin^22\theta_{13}=0.089\pm0.008$ as the final result for the six-antineutrino-detector configuration of the Daya Bay experiment.

Published
2014

17. Exact quantum master equation via the calculus on path integrals

Author

Xu, RX, Cui, P., Li, XQ, Mo, Y., Yan, YJ, Xu, RX, Cui, P., Li, XQ, Mo, Y., and Yan, YJ

Abstract

An exact quantum master equation formalism is constructed for the efficient evaluation of quantum non-Markovian dissipation beyond the weak system-bath interaction regime in the presence of time-dependent external field. A novel truncation scheme is further proposed and compared with other approaches to close the resulting hierarchically coupled equations of motion. The interplay between system-bath interaction strength, non-Markovian property, and required level of hierarchy is also demonstrated with the aid of simple spin-boson systems. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2005

18. Kinetic study for hopping conduction through deoxyribonucleic acid molecules

Author

Yang, YG, Yin, PG, Li, XQ, Yan, Y., Yang, YG, Yin, PG, Li, XQ, and Yan, Y.

Abstract

Recent experiments indicated that disorder effect in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) may lead to a transition of the electronic hole transport mechanism from band resonant tunneling to thermally activated hopping. In this letter, based on Mott's variable-range hopping theory, we present a kinetic study for the hole transport properties of DNA molecules. Beyond the conventional argument in large-scale systems, our numerical study for finite-size DNA molecules reveals a number of unique features for: (i) the current-voltage characteristics, (ii) the temperature and length dependence, and (iii) the transition from conducting to insulating behaviors. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2005

19. Exact quantum master equation via the calculus on path integrals

Author

Xu, RX, Cui, P., Li, XQ, Mo, Y., Yan, YJ, Xu, RX, Cui, P., Li, XQ, Mo, Y., and Yan, YJ

Abstract

An exact quantum master equation formalism is constructed for the efficient evaluation of quantum non-Markovian dissipation beyond the weak system-bath interaction regime in the presence of time-dependent external field. A novel truncation scheme is further proposed and compared with other approaches to close the resulting hierarchically coupled equations of motion. The interplay between system-bath interaction strength, non-Markovian property, and required level of hierarchy is also demonstrated with the aid of simple spin-boson systems. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2005

20. Kinetic study for hopping conduction through deoxyribonucleic acid molecules

Author

Yang, YG, Yin, PG, Li, XQ, Yan, Y., Yang, YG, Yin, PG, Li, XQ, and Yan, Y.

Abstract

Recent experiments indicated that disorder effect in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) may lead to a transition of the electronic hole transport mechanism from band resonant tunneling to thermally activated hopping. In this letter, based on Mott's variable-range hopping theory, we present a kinetic study for the hole transport properties of DNA molecules. Beyond the conventional argument in large-scale systems, our numerical study for finite-size DNA molecules reveals a number of unique features for: (i) the current-voltage characteristics, (ii) the temperature and length dependence, and (iii) the transition from conducting to insulating behaviors. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2005

21. Exact quantum master equation via the calculus on path integrals

Author

Xu, RX, Cui, P., Li, XQ, Mo, Y., Yan, YJ, Xu, RX, Cui, P., Li, XQ, Mo, Y., and Yan, YJ

Abstract

An exact quantum master equation formalism is constructed for the efficient evaluation of quantum non-Markovian dissipation beyond the weak system-bath interaction regime in the presence of time-dependent external field. A novel truncation scheme is further proposed and compared with other approaches to close the resulting hierarchically coupled equations of motion. The interplay between system-bath interaction strength, non-Markovian property, and required level of hierarchy is also demonstrated with the aid of simple spin-boson systems. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2005

22. Radiative decay of the [Formula Presented] into two pseudoscalar mesons

Author

Bai, JZ, Bai, JZ, Ban, Y, Bian, JG, Blum, I, Chen, AD, Chen, GP, Chen, HF, Chen, HS, Chen, J, Chen, JC, Chen, XD, Chen, Y, Chen, YB, Cheng, BS, Choi, JB, Cui, XZ, Ding, HL, Dong, LY, Du, ZZ, Dunwoodie, W, Gao, CS, Gao, ML, Gao, SQ, Gratton, P, Gu, JH, Gu, SD, Gu, WX, Guo, YN, Guo, ZJ, Han, SW, Han, Y, Harris, FA, He, J, He, JT, He, KL, He, M, Heng, YK, Hitlin, DG, Hu, GY, Hu, HM, Hu, JL, Hu, QH, Hu, T, Huang, GS, Huang, XP, Huang, YZ, Izen, JM, Jiang, CH, Jin, Y, Jones, BD, Ju, X, Kang, JS, Ke, ZJ, Kelsey, MH, Kim, BK, Kim, HJ, Kim, SK, Kim, TY, Kong, D, Lai, YF, Lang, PF, Lankford, A, Li, CG, Li, D, Li, HB, Li, J, Li, JC, Li, PQ, Li, W, Li, WG, Li, XH, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, ZC, Liu, B, Liu, F, Liu, HM, Liu, J, Liu, JP, Liu, RG, Liu, Y, Liu, ZX, Lou, XC, Lowery, B, Lu, GR, Lu, F, Lu, JG, Luo, XL, Ma, EC, Ma, JM, Malchow, R, Mao, HS, Mao, ZP, Meng, XC, Mo, XH, Nie, J, Olsen, SL, Oyang, J, Paluselli, D, Bai, JZ, Bai, JZ, Ban, Y, Bian, JG, Blum, I, Chen, AD, Chen, GP, Chen, HF, Chen, HS, Chen, J, Chen, JC, Chen, XD, Chen, Y, Chen, YB, Cheng, BS, Choi, JB, Cui, XZ, Ding, HL, Dong, LY, Du, ZZ, Dunwoodie, W, Gao, CS, Gao, ML, Gao, SQ, Gratton, P, Gu, JH, Gu, SD, Gu, WX, Guo, YN, Guo, ZJ, Han, SW, Han, Y, Harris, FA, He, J, He, JT, He, KL, He, M, Heng, YK, Hitlin, DG, Hu, GY, Hu, HM, Hu, JL, Hu, QH, Hu, T, Huang, GS, Huang, XP, Huang, YZ, Izen, JM, Jiang, CH, Jin, Y, Jones, BD, Ju, X, Kang, JS, Ke, ZJ, Kelsey, MH, Kim, BK, Kim, HJ, Kim, SK, Kim, TY, Kong, D, Lai, YF, Lang, PF, Lankford, A, Li, CG, Li, D, Li, HB, Li, J, Li, JC, Li, PQ, Li, W, Li, WG, Li, XH, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, ZC, Liu, B, Liu, F, Liu, HM, Liu, J, Liu, JP, Liu, RG, Liu, Y, Liu, ZX, Lou, XC, Lowery, B, Lu, GR, Lu, F, Lu, JG, Luo, XL, Ma, EC, Ma, JM, Malchow, R, Mao, HS, Mao, ZP, Meng, XC, Mo, XH, Nie, J, Olsen, SL, Oyang, J, and Paluselli, D

Abstract

Radiative decays of the radially excited charmonium resonance, (Formula presented) into (Formula presented) (Formula presented) and (Formula presented) final states have been measured in a sample of (Formula presented) (Formula presented) events collected by the BES Collaboration. The branching ratios (Formula presented) and (Formula presented) are obtained. When compared to the corresponding radiative (Formula presented) decays, the observed (Formula presented) radiative decay rates into (Formula presented) and (Formula presented) are consistent with the prediction of the “12%” rule. © 2003 The American Physical Society.

Published
2003

23. Characterization of entanglement transformation via group representation theory

Author

Cen, LX, Li, XQ, Yan, YJ, Cen, LX, Li, XQ, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

Entanglement transformation of composite quantum systems is investigated in the context of group representation theory. Representation of the direct product group SL(2, C) circle times SL(2, C), composed of local operators acting on the binary composite system, is realized in the four-dimensional complex space in terms of a set of novel bases that are pseudo-orthonormalized. The two-to-one homomorphism is then established for the group SL(2, C) circle times SL(2, C) onto the SO(4, C). It is shown that the resulting representation theory leads to the complete characterization for the entanglement transformation of the binary composite system.

Published
2003

24. Characterization of entanglement transformation via group representation theory

Author

Cen, LX, Li, XQ, Yan, YJ, Cen, LX, Li, XQ, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

Entanglement transformation of composite quantum systems is investigated in the context of group representation theory. Representation of the direct product group SL(2, C) circle times SL(2, C), composed of local operators acting on the binary composite system, is realized in the four-dimensional complex space in terms of a set of novel bases that are pseudo-orthonormalized. The two-to-one homomorphism is then established for the group SL(2, C) circle times SL(2, C) onto the SO(4, C). It is shown that the resulting representation theory leads to the complete characterization for the entanglement transformation of the binary composite system.

Published
2003

25. Radiative decay of the [Formula Presented] into two pseudoscalar mesons

Author

Bai, JZ, Bai, JZ, Ban, Y, Bian, JG, Blum, I, Chen, AD, Chen, GP, Chen, HF, Chen, HS, Chen, J, Chen, JC, Chen, XD, Chen, Y, Chen, YB, Cheng, BS, Choi, JB, Cui, XZ, Ding, HL, Dong, LY, Du, ZZ, Dunwoodie, W, Gao, CS, Gao, ML, Gao, SQ, Gratton, P, Gu, JH, Gu, SD, Gu, WX, Guo, YN, Guo, ZJ, Han, SW, Han, Y, Harris, FA, He, J, He, JT, He, KL, He, M, Heng, YK, Hitlin, DG, Hu, GY, Hu, HM, Hu, JL, Hu, QH, Hu, T, Huang, GS, Huang, XP, Huang, YZ, Izen, JM, Jiang, CH, Jin, Y, Jones, BD, Ju, X, Kang, JS, Ke, ZJ, Kelsey, MH, Kim, BK, Kim, HJ, Kim, SK, Kim, TY, Kong, D, Lai, YF, Lang, PF, Lankford, A, Li, CG, Li, D, Li, HB, Li, J, Li, JC, Li, PQ, Li, W, Li, WG, Li, XH, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, ZC, Liu, B, Liu, F, Liu, HM, Liu, J, Liu, JP, Liu, RG, Liu, Y, Liu, ZX, Lou, XC, Lowery, B, Lu, GR, Lu, F, Lu, JG, Luo, XL, Ma, EC, Ma, JM, Malchow, R, Mao, HS, Mao, ZP, Meng, XC, Mo, XH, Nie, J, Olsen, SL, Oyang, J, Paluselli, D, Bai, JZ, Bai, JZ, Ban, Y, Bian, JG, Blum, I, Chen, AD, Chen, GP, Chen, HF, Chen, HS, Chen, J, Chen, JC, Chen, XD, Chen, Y, Chen, YB, Cheng, BS, Choi, JB, Cui, XZ, Ding, HL, Dong, LY, Du, ZZ, Dunwoodie, W, Gao, CS, Gao, ML, Gao, SQ, Gratton, P, Gu, JH, Gu, SD, Gu, WX, Guo, YN, Guo, ZJ, Han, SW, Han, Y, Harris, FA, He, J, He, JT, He, KL, He, M, Heng, YK, Hitlin, DG, Hu, GY, Hu, HM, Hu, JL, Hu, QH, Hu, T, Huang, GS, Huang, XP, Huang, YZ, Izen, JM, Jiang, CH, Jin, Y, Jones, BD, Ju, X, Kang, JS, Ke, ZJ, Kelsey, MH, Kim, BK, Kim, HJ, Kim, SK, Kim, TY, Kong, D, Lai, YF, Lang, PF, Lankford, A, Li, CG, Li, D, Li, HB, Li, J, Li, JC, Li, PQ, Li, W, Li, WG, Li, XH, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, ZC, Liu, B, Liu, F, Liu, HM, Liu, J, Liu, JP, Liu, RG, Liu, Y, Liu, ZX, Lou, XC, Lowery, B, Lu, GR, Lu, F, Lu, JG, Luo, XL, Ma, EC, Ma, JM, Malchow, R, Mao, HS, Mao, ZP, Meng, XC, Mo, XH, Nie, J, Olsen, SL, Oyang, J, and Paluselli, D

Abstract

Radiative decays of the radially excited charmonium resonance, (Formula presented) into (Formula presented) (Formula presented) and (Formula presented) final states have been measured in a sample of (Formula presented) (Formula presented) events collected by the BES Collaboration. The branching ratios (Formula presented) and (Formula presented) are obtained. When compared to the corresponding radiative (Formula presented) decays, the observed (Formula presented) radiative decay rates into (Formula presented) and (Formula presented) are consistent with the prediction of the “12%” rule. © 2003 The American Physical Society.

Published
2003

26. Characterization of entanglement transformation via group representation theory

Author

Cen, LX, Li, XQ, Yan, YJ, Cen, LX, Li, XQ, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

Entanglement transformation of composite quantum systems is investigated in the context of group representation theory. Representation of the direct product group SL(2, C) circle times SL(2, C), composed of local operators acting on the binary composite system, is realized in the four-dimensional complex space in terms of a set of novel bases that are pseudo-orthonormalized. The two-to-one homomorphism is then established for the group SL(2, C) circle times SL(2, C) onto the SO(4, C). It is shown that the resulting representation theory leads to the complete characterization for the entanglement transformation of the binary composite system.

Published
2003

27. Interplay between partial incoherence, partial inelasticity, resonance, and heterogeneity in long-range electron transfer and transport

Author

Yu, XY, Zhang, HY, Han, P., Li, XQ, Yan, YJ, Yu, XY, Zhang, HY, Han, P., Li, XQ, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

A generalized scattering matrix formalism is constructed to elucidate the interplay of electron resonance, coherence, dephasing, inelastic scattering, and heterogeneity, which play important roles in the physics of long-range electron transfer/transport. The theory consists of an extension of the standard Buttiker phase-breaking model and an analytical expression of the electron transmission coefficient for donor-bridge-acceptor systems with arbitrary length and sequence. The theory incorporates the following features: Dephasing-assisted off-resonance enhancement, inelasticity-induced turnover, resonance enhancement and its dephasing-induced suppression, dephasing-induced smooth superexchange-hopping transition, and heterogeneity effects. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2002

28. A partially incoherent rate theory of long-range charge transfer in deoxyribose nucleic acid

Author

Zhang, HY, Li, XQ, Han, P., Yu, XY, Yan, YJ, Zhang, HY, Li, XQ, Han, P., Yu, XY, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

A quantum chemistry based Green's function formulation of long-range charge transfer in deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) double helix is proposed. The theory takes into account the effects of DNA's electronic structure and its incoherent interaction with aqueous surroundings. In the implementation, the electronic tight-binding parameters for unsolvated DNA molecules are determined at the HF/6-31G{*} level, while those for individual nucleobase-water couplings are at a semiempirical level by fitting with experimental redox potentials. Numerical results include that: (i) the oxidative charge initially at the donor guanine site does hop sequentially over all guanine sites; however, the revealed rates can be of a much weaker distance dependence than that described by the ordinary Ohm's law; (ii) the aqueous surroundings-induced partial incoherences in thymine/adenine bridge bases lead them to deviate substantially from the superexchange regime; (iii) the time scale of the partially incoherent hole transport through the thymine/adenine pi stack in DNA is about 5 ps. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2002

29. Highly coherent solid-state quantum bit from a pair of quantum dots

Author

Li, XQ, Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

In this letter, we propose a scheme to buildup a highly coherent solid-state quantum bit (qubit) from two coupled quantum dots. Quantum information is stored in the state of the electron-hole pair with the electron and hole located in different dots, and universal quantum gates involving any pair of qubits are realized by effective coupling interaction via virtually exchanging cavity photons. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2002

30. First measurement of the branching fraction of the decay ψ(2S)→τ+ τ

Author

Bai, JZ, Ban, Y, Bian, JG, Blum, I, Chen, AD, Chen, HF, Chen, HS, Chen, J, Chen, JC, Chen, XD, Chen, Y, Chen, YB, Cheng, BS, Chi, SP, Chu, YP, Choi, JB, Cui, XZ, Dai, YS, Dong, LY, Du, ZZ, Dunwoodie, W, Fu, HY, Fu, LP, Gao, CS, Gratton, P, Gu, SD, Gu, YF, Guo, YN, Guo, ZJ, Han, SW, Han, Y, Harris, FA, He, J, He, JT, He, KL, He, M, He, X, Hong, T, Heng, YK, Hitlin, DG, Hu, GY, Hu, HM, Hu, QH, Hu, T, Huang, GS, Huang, XP, Huang, YZ, Izen, JM, Ji, XB, Jiang, CH, Jin, Y, Jones, BD, Kang, JS, Ke, ZJ, Kelsey, MH, Kim, BK, Kim, HJ, Kim, SK, Kim, TY, Kong, D, Lai, YF, Lankford, A, Li, D, Li, HB, Li, HH, Li, J, Li, JC, Li, PQ, Li, QJ, Li, RY, Li, W, Li, WG, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Liu, B, Liu, F, Liu, HM, Liu, J, Liu, JP, Liu, TR, Liu, RG, Liu, Y, Liu, ZX, Lou, XC, Lowery, B, Lu, GR, Lu, F, Lu, JG, Lu, ZJ, Luo, XL, Ma, EC, Ma, JM, Malchow, R, Mao, HS, Mao, ZP, Meng, XC, Mo, XH, Nie, J, Bai, JZ, Ban, Y, Bian, JG, Blum, I, Chen, AD, Chen, HF, Chen, HS, Chen, J, Chen, JC, Chen, XD, Chen, Y, Chen, YB, Cheng, BS, Chi, SP, Chu, YP, Choi, JB, Cui, XZ, Dai, YS, Dong, LY, Du, ZZ, Dunwoodie, W, Fu, HY, Fu, LP, Gao, CS, Gratton, P, Gu, SD, Gu, YF, Guo, YN, Guo, ZJ, Han, SW, Han, Y, Harris, FA, He, J, He, JT, He, KL, He, M, He, X, Hong, T, Heng, YK, Hitlin, DG, Hu, GY, Hu, HM, Hu, QH, Hu, T, Huang, GS, Huang, XP, Huang, YZ, Izen, JM, Ji, XB, Jiang, CH, Jin, Y, Jones, BD, Kang, JS, Ke, ZJ, Kelsey, MH, Kim, BK, Kim, HJ, Kim, SK, Kim, TY, Kong, D, Lai, YF, Lankford, A, Li, D, Li, HB, Li, HH, Li, J, Li, JC, Li, PQ, Li, QJ, Li, RY, Li, W, Li, WG, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Liu, B, Liu, F, Liu, HM, Liu, J, Liu, JP, Liu, TR, Liu, RG, Liu, Y, Liu, ZX, Lou, XC, Lowery, B, Lu, GR, Lu, F, Lu, JG, Lu, ZJ, Luo, XL, Ma, EC, Ma, JM, Malchow, R, Mao, HS, Mao, ZP, Meng, XC, Mo, XH, and Nie, J

Abstract

The branching fraction of the ψ(2S) decay into τ + τ - has been measured for the first time using the BES detector at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider. The result is B ττ =(2.710. 43±0.55)× 10 -3 , where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. This value, along with those for the branching fractions into e + e - and μ + μ - of this resonance, satisfy well the relation predicted by the sequential lepton hypothesis. Combining all these values with the leptonic width of the resonance, the total width of the ψ(25) is determined to be (252±37) keV. ©2002 The American Physical Society.

Published
2002

31. Interplay between partial incoherence, partial inelasticity, resonance, and heterogeneity in long-range electron transfer and transport

Author

Yu, XY, Zhang, HY, Han, P., Li, XQ, Yan, YJ, Yu, XY, Zhang, HY, Han, P., Li, XQ, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

A generalized scattering matrix formalism is constructed to elucidate the interplay of electron resonance, coherence, dephasing, inelastic scattering, and heterogeneity, which play important roles in the physics of long-range electron transfer/transport. The theory consists of an extension of the standard Buttiker phase-breaking model and an analytical expression of the electron transmission coefficient for donor-bridge-acceptor systems with arbitrary length and sequence. The theory incorporates the following features: Dephasing-assisted off-resonance enhancement, inelasticity-induced turnover, resonance enhancement and its dephasing-induced suppression, dephasing-induced smooth superexchange-hopping transition, and heterogeneity effects. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2002

32. A partially incoherent rate theory of long-range charge transfer in deoxyribose nucleic acid

Author

Zhang, HY, Li, XQ, Han, P., Yu, XY, Yan, YJ, Zhang, HY, Li, XQ, Han, P., Yu, XY, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

A quantum chemistry based Green's function formulation of long-range charge transfer in deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) double helix is proposed. The theory takes into account the effects of DNA's electronic structure and its incoherent interaction with aqueous surroundings. In the implementation, the electronic tight-binding parameters for unsolvated DNA molecules are determined at the HF/6-31G{*} level, while those for individual nucleobase-water couplings are at a semiempirical level by fitting with experimental redox potentials. Numerical results include that: (i) the oxidative charge initially at the donor guanine site does hop sequentially over all guanine sites; however, the revealed rates can be of a much weaker distance dependence than that described by the ordinary Ohm's law; (ii) the aqueous surroundings-induced partial incoherences in thymine/adenine bridge bases lead them to deviate substantially from the superexchange regime; (iii) the time scale of the partially incoherent hole transport through the thymine/adenine pi stack in DNA is about 5 ps. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2002

33. Interplay between partial incoherence, partial inelasticity, resonance, and heterogeneity in long-range electron transfer and transport

Author

Yu, XY, Zhang, HY, Han, P., Li, XQ, Yan, YJ, Yu, XY, Zhang, HY, Han, P., Li, XQ, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

A generalized scattering matrix formalism is constructed to elucidate the interplay of electron resonance, coherence, dephasing, inelastic scattering, and heterogeneity, which play important roles in the physics of long-range electron transfer/transport. The theory consists of an extension of the standard Buttiker phase-breaking model and an analytical expression of the electron transmission coefficient for donor-bridge-acceptor systems with arbitrary length and sequence. The theory incorporates the following features: Dephasing-assisted off-resonance enhancement, inelasticity-induced turnover, resonance enhancement and its dephasing-induced suppression, dephasing-induced smooth superexchange-hopping transition, and heterogeneity effects. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2002

34. Highly coherent solid-state quantum bit from a pair of quantum dots

Author

Li, XQ, Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

In this letter, we propose a scheme to buildup a highly coherent solid-state quantum bit (qubit) from two coupled quantum dots. Quantum information is stored in the state of the electron-hole pair with the electron and hole located in different dots, and universal quantum gates involving any pair of qubits are realized by effective coupling interaction via virtually exchanging cavity photons. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2002

35. Exact equivalence between the sequential long-range charge transfer rates and the electric conductances in evaluation of chemical yields

Author

Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, Zhang, HY, Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, and Zhang, HY

Abstract

Analytical expressions for calculating the stationary yields of chemical products are derived in a general kinetic scheme for the multistep or sequential hopping rate processes. Established further is an exact mapping between the stationary chemical yields and the normalized electric direct currents. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2001

36. A superexchange-mediated sequential hopping theory for charge transfer in DNA

Author

Li, XQ, Zhang, HY, Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, Zhang, HY, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

A formulation that readily allows quantitative comparisons with experimental chemical yields in long-range charge transfer in DNA is developed. The theory is based on a superexchange-mediated sequential hopping model that takes into account the multistep charge migrations (hopping) among guanine bases and the individual substep of superexchange (tunneling) through adenines and/or thymines. An exact Ohm's law is established for kinetic multistep hopping processes, while the scattering matrix technique is exploited to determine the coherent unistep contributions. Presented are also the quantitative comparisons with the experimental measurements in some DNA molecules involving intrastrand and/or interstrand charge transfer processes in aqueous solution. The dependence of product yield on both the length and the sequence of DNA is clearly demonstrated.

Published
2001

37. Electrical transport through individual DNA molecules

Author

Li, XQ, Yan, Y., Li, XQ, and Yan, Y.

Abstract

A theoretical model is presented to describe electrical transport through individual DNA molecules. By contacting the proposed model with the experimentally measured data, a variety of valuable quantities are identified. The partially decoherent nature on the guanine-cytosine (GC) pairs of DNA is also elaborated in contrast to the completely incoherent hopping mechanism discussed in the context of charge transfer experiments. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2001

38. Scattering matrix approach to electronic dephasing in long-range electron transfer

Author

Li, XQ, Yan, Y., Li, XQ, and Yan, Y.

Abstract

Based on the Buttiker dephasing model, we propose an analytical scattering matrix approach to the long-range electron transfer phenomena. The present efficient scheme smoothly interpolates between the superexchange and the sequential hopping mechanisms. Various properties such as the drastic dephasing-assisted enhancement and turnover behaviors are demonstrated in good agreement with those obtained via the dynamical reduced density-matrix methods. These properties are further elucidated as results of the interplay among the dephasing strength, the tunneling parameter, and the bridge length of the electron transfer system. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2001

39. Exact equivalence between the sequential long-range charge transfer rates and the electric conductances in evaluation of chemical yields

Author

Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, Zhang, HY, Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, and Zhang, HY

Abstract

Analytical expressions for calculating the stationary yields of chemical products are derived in a general kinetic scheme for the multistep or sequential hopping rate processes. Established further is an exact mapping between the stationary chemical yields and the normalized electric direct currents. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2001

40. Electrical transport through individual DNA molecules

Author

Li, XQ, Yan, Y., Li, XQ, and Yan, Y.

Abstract

A theoretical model is presented to describe electrical transport through individual DNA molecules. By contacting the proposed model with the experimentally measured data, a variety of valuable quantities are identified. The partially decoherent nature on the guanine-cytosine (GC) pairs of DNA is also elaborated in contrast to the completely incoherent hopping mechanism discussed in the context of charge transfer experiments. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2001

41. A superexchange-mediated sequential hopping theory for charge transfer in DNA

Author

Li, XQ, Zhang, HY, Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, Zhang, HY, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

A formulation that readily allows quantitative comparisons with experimental chemical yields in long-range charge transfer in DNA is developed. The theory is based on a superexchange-mediated sequential hopping model that takes into account the multistep charge migrations (hopping) among guanine bases and the individual substep of superexchange (tunneling) through adenines and/or thymines. An exact Ohm's law is established for kinetic multistep hopping processes, while the scattering matrix technique is exploited to determine the coherent unistep contributions. Presented are also the quantitative comparisons with the experimental measurements in some DNA molecules involving intrastrand and/or interstrand charge transfer processes in aqueous solution. The dependence of product yield on both the length and the sequence of DNA is clearly demonstrated.

Published
2001

42. Scattering matrix approach to electronic dephasing in long-range electron transfer

Author

Li, XQ, Yan, Y., Li, XQ, and Yan, Y.

Abstract

Based on the Buttiker dephasing model, we propose an analytical scattering matrix approach to the long-range electron transfer phenomena. The present efficient scheme smoothly interpolates between the superexchange and the sequential hopping mechanisms. Various properties such as the drastic dephasing-assisted enhancement and turnover behaviors are demonstrated in good agreement with those obtained via the dynamical reduced density-matrix methods. These properties are further elucidated as results of the interplay among the dephasing strength, the tunneling parameter, and the bridge length of the electron transfer system. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2001

43. Electrical transport through individual DNA molecules

Author

Li, XQ, Yan, Y., Li, XQ, and Yan, Y.

Abstract

A theoretical model is presented to describe electrical transport through individual DNA molecules. By contacting the proposed model with the experimentally measured data, a variety of valuable quantities are identified. The partially decoherent nature on the guanine-cytosine (GC) pairs of DNA is also elaborated in contrast to the completely incoherent hopping mechanism discussed in the context of charge transfer experiments. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2001

44. Exact equivalence between the sequential long-range charge transfer rates and the electric conductances in evaluation of chemical yields

Author

Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, Zhang, HY, Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, and Zhang, HY

Abstract

Analytical expressions for calculating the stationary yields of chemical products are derived in a general kinetic scheme for the multistep or sequential hopping rate processes. Established further is an exact mapping between the stationary chemical yields and the normalized electric direct currents. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2001

45. A superexchange-mediated sequential hopping theory for charge transfer in DNA

Author

Li, XQ, Zhang, HY, Yan, YJ, Li, XQ, Zhang, HY, and Yan, YJ

Abstract

A formulation that readily allows quantitative comparisons with experimental chemical yields in long-range charge transfer in DNA is developed. The theory is based on a superexchange-mediated sequential hopping model that takes into account the multistep charge migrations (hopping) among guanine bases and the individual substep of superexchange (tunneling) through adenines and/or thymines. An exact Ohm's law is established for kinetic multistep hopping processes, while the scattering matrix technique is exploited to determine the coherent unistep contributions. Presented are also the quantitative comparisons with the experimental measurements in some DNA molecules involving intrastrand and/or interstrand charge transfer processes in aqueous solution. The dependence of product yield on both the length and the sequence of DNA is clearly demonstrated.

Published
2001

46. Scattering matrix approach to electronic dephasing in long-range electron transfer

Author

Li, XQ, Yan, Y., Li, XQ, and Yan, Y.

Abstract

Based on the Buttiker dephasing model, we propose an analytical scattering matrix approach to the long-range electron transfer phenomena. The present efficient scheme smoothly interpolates between the superexchange and the sequential hopping mechanisms. Various properties such as the drastic dephasing-assisted enhancement and turnover behaviors are demonstrated in good agreement with those obtained via the dynamical reduced density-matrix methods. These properties are further elucidated as results of the interplay among the dephasing strength, the tunneling parameter, and the bridge length of the electron transfer system. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2001

47. Unified approach to the Bloch-Redfield theory and quantum Fokker-Planck equations

Author

Yan, YJ, Shuang, F., Xu, RX, Cheng, JX, Li, XQ, Yang, C., Zhang, HY, Yan, YJ, Shuang, F., Xu, RX, Cheng, JX, Li, XQ, Yang, C., and Zhang, HY

Abstract

By using a rather simple algebraic approach, we revisit and further bridge between two most commonly used quantum dissipation theories, the Bloch-Redfield theory and a class of Fokker-Planck equations. The nature of the common approximation scheme involving in these two theories is analyzed in detail. While the Bloch-Redfield theory satisfies the detailed-balance relation, we also construct a class of Fokker-Planck equations that satisfy the detailed-balance relation up to the second moments in phase-space. Developed is also a generalized Fokker-Planck equation that preserves the general positivity of the reduced density operator. Both T-1-relaxation and pure-T-2 dephasing are considered, and their temperature dependence is shown to be very different. Provided is also an analogy between the quantum pure-T-2 dephasing and the classical heat transport. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0021- 9606(00)50430-9].

Published
2000

48. Measurement of the mass and full width of the ηcmeson

Author

Bai, JZ, Ban, Y, Bian, JG, Blum, I, Chen, AD, Chen, GP, Chen, HF, Chen, HS, Chen, J, Chen, JC, Chen, XD, Chen, Y, Chen, YB, Cheng, BS, Choi, JB, Cui, XZ, Ding, HL, Dong, LY, Du, ZZ, Dunwoodie, W, Gao, CS, Gao, ML, Gao, SQ, Gratton, P, Gu, JH, Gu, SD, Gu, WX, Guo, YN, Guo, ZJ, Han, SW, Han, Y, Harris, FA, He, J, He, JT, He, KL, He, M, Heng, YK, Hitlin, DG, Hu, GY, Hu, HM, Hu, JL, Hu, QH, Hu, T, Huang, GS, Huang, XP, Huang, YZ, Izen, JM, Jiang, CH, Jin, Y, Jones, BD, Ju, X, Kang, JS, Ke, ZJ, Kelsey, MH, Kim, BK, Kim, HJ, Kim, SK, Kim, TY, Kong, D, Lai, YF, Lang, PF, Lankford, A, Li, CG, Li, D, Li, HB, Li, J, Li, JC, Li, PQ, Li, W, Li, WG, Li, XH, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, ZC, Liu, B, Liu, F, Liu, HM, Liu, J, Liu, JP, Liu, RG, Liu, Y, Liu, ZX, Lou, XC, Lowery, B, Lu, GR, Lu, F, Lu, JG, Luo, XL, Ma, EC, Ma, JM, Malchow, R, Mao, HS, Mao, ZP, Meng, XC, Mo, XH, Nie, J, Olsen, SL, Oyang, J, Paluselli, D, Bai, JZ, Ban, Y, Bian, JG, Blum, I, Chen, AD, Chen, GP, Chen, HF, Chen, HS, Chen, J, Chen, JC, Chen, XD, Chen, Y, Chen, YB, Cheng, BS, Choi, JB, Cui, XZ, Ding, HL, Dong, LY, Du, ZZ, Dunwoodie, W, Gao, CS, Gao, ML, Gao, SQ, Gratton, P, Gu, JH, Gu, SD, Gu, WX, Guo, YN, Guo, ZJ, Han, SW, Han, Y, Harris, FA, He, J, He, JT, He, KL, He, M, Heng, YK, Hitlin, DG, Hu, GY, Hu, HM, Hu, JL, Hu, QH, Hu, T, Huang, GS, Huang, XP, Huang, YZ, Izen, JM, Jiang, CH, Jin, Y, Jones, BD, Ju, X, Kang, JS, Ke, ZJ, Kelsey, MH, Kim, BK, Kim, HJ, Kim, SK, Kim, TY, Kong, D, Lai, YF, Lang, PF, Lankford, A, Li, CG, Li, D, Li, HB, Li, J, Li, JC, Li, PQ, Li, W, Li, WG, Li, XH, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, ZC, Liu, B, Liu, F, Liu, HM, Liu, J, Liu, JP, Liu, RG, Liu, Y, Liu, ZX, Lou, XC, Lowery, B, Lu, GR, Lu, F, Lu, JG, Luo, XL, Ma, EC, Ma, JM, Malchow, R, Mao, HS, Mao, ZP, Meng, XC, Mo, XH, Nie, J, Olsen, SL, Oyang, J, and Paluselli, D

Abstract

In a sample of 7.8 million J/ψ decays collected in the Beijing Spectrometer, the process J/ψ→γη c is observed for five different η c decay channels: K + K - π + π - , π + π - π + π - , K±K S 0 π∓ (with K S 0 →π + π - ), φφ (with φ→K + K - ) and K + K - π 0 . From these signals, we determine the mass of η c to be 2976.6±2.9 ±1.3 MeV. Combining this result with a previously reported result from a similar study using ψ(2S)→γη c detected in the same spectrometer gives m ηc =2976.3±2.3±1.2 MeV. For the combined samples, we obtain Γ ηc =11.0±8.1±4.1 MeV. ©2000 The American Physical Society.

Published
2000

49. Unified approach to the Bloch-Redfield theory and quantum Fokker-Planck equations

Author

Yan, YJ, Shuang, F., Xu, RX, Cheng, JX, Li, XQ, Yang, C., Zhang, HY, Yan, YJ, Shuang, F., Xu, RX, Cheng, JX, Li, XQ, Yang, C., and Zhang, HY

Abstract

By using a rather simple algebraic approach, we revisit and further bridge between two most commonly used quantum dissipation theories, the Bloch-Redfield theory and a class of Fokker-Planck equations. The nature of the common approximation scheme involving in these two theories is analyzed in detail. While the Bloch-Redfield theory satisfies the detailed-balance relation, we also construct a class of Fokker-Planck equations that satisfy the detailed-balance relation up to the second moments in phase-space. Developed is also a generalized Fokker-Planck equation that preserves the general positivity of the reduced density operator. Both T-1-relaxation and pure-T-2 dephasing are considered, and their temperature dependence is shown to be very different. Provided is also an analogy between the quantum pure-T-2 dephasing and the classical heat transport. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0021- 9606(00)50430-9].

Published
2000

50. Unified approach to the Bloch-Redfield theory and quantum Fokker-Planck equations

Author

Yan, YJ, Shuang, F., Xu, RX, Cheng, JX, Li, XQ, Yang, C., Zhang, HY, Yan, YJ, Shuang, F., Xu, RX, Cheng, JX, Li, XQ, Yang, C., and Zhang, HY

Abstract

By using a rather simple algebraic approach, we revisit and further bridge between two most commonly used quantum dissipation theories, the Bloch-Redfield theory and a class of Fokker-Planck equations. The nature of the common approximation scheme involving in these two theories is analyzed in detail. While the Bloch-Redfield theory satisfies the detailed-balance relation, we also construct a class of Fokker-Planck equations that satisfy the detailed-balance relation up to the second moments in phase-space. Developed is also a generalized Fokker-Planck equation that preserves the general positivity of the reduced density operator. Both T-1-relaxation and pure-T-2 dephasing are considered, and their temperature dependence is shown to be very different. Provided is also an analogy between the quantum pure-T-2 dephasing and the classical heat transport. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0021- 9606(00)50430-9].

Published
2000

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