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1. Topology Optimization of the Actuating Arm

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Posmykova, Eliska, Mesicek, Jakub, Kotzur, Daniel, Pagac, Marek, Petru, Jana, Kozior, Tomasz, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Gomide, Fernando, Advisory Editor, Kaynak, Okyay, Advisory Editor, Liu, Derong, Advisory Editor, Pedrycz, Witold, Advisory Editor, Polycarpou, Marios M., Advisory Editor, Rudas, Imre J., Advisory Editor, Wang, Jun, Advisory Editor, Pagac, Marek, editor, Hajnys, Jiri, editor, Kozior, Tomasz, editor, Nguyen, Hoang-Sy, editor, Nguyen, Van Dung, editor, and Nag, Akash, editor

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2024
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2. 3D Print of Clamping Tools Used in Electric Motor Manufacturing

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Prusa, Michal, Nemecek, Petr, Hajnys, Jiri, Mesicek, Jakub, Pagac, Marek, Petru, Jana, Cep, Robert, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Gomide, Fernando, Advisory Editor, Kaynak, Okyay, Advisory Editor, Liu, Derong, Advisory Editor, Pedrycz, Witold, Advisory Editor, Polycarpou, Marios M., Advisory Editor, Rudas, Imre J., Advisory Editor, Wang, Jun, Advisory Editor, Pagac, Marek, editor, Hajnys, Jiri, editor, Kozior, Tomasz, editor, Nguyen, Hoang-Sy, editor, Nguyen, Van Dung, editor, and Nag, Akash, editor

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2024
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3. Review of Directed Energy Deposition (DED) in Component Repair

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Blaha, Roman, Hajnys, Jiri, Mesicek, Jakub, Mechali, Abdesselam, Krisak, Dominik, Pagac, Marek, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Gomide, Fernando, Advisory Editor, Kaynak, Okyay, Advisory Editor, Liu, Derong, Advisory Editor, Pedrycz, Witold, Advisory Editor, Polycarpou, Marios M., Advisory Editor, Rudas, Imre J., Advisory Editor, Wang, Jun, Advisory Editor, Pagac, Marek, editor, Hajnys, Jiri, editor, Kozior, Tomasz, editor, Nguyen, Hoang-Sy, editor, Nguyen, Van Dung, editor, and Nag, Akash, editor

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2024
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8. Menopause and facial skin microbiomes: a pilot study revealing novel insights into their relationship

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Martin Patrick Pagac, Martin Stalder, and Remo Campiche

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menopause, aging, skin, microbiome, bacterial diversity, Cutibacterium, Geriatrics, RC952-954.6
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Introduction: The human skin microbial composition is affected by age. Previous studies reported skin microbiome diversity shifts between elderly and significantly younger subjects. Some studies implied that menopausal status, which is inherently linked to age, could be associated with changes in skin microbial compositions. Nevertheless, the influence of menopausal status on skin microbiome profiles while minimizing the impact of aging-associated changes in skin parameters still needs further clarification.Methods: We performed an observational study on healthy Caucasian female volunteers, which were grouped according to their pre- or postmenopausal status. Bacterial community structures on facial skin were analyzed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Cutometer® measurements were performed to evaluate aging-associated changes in facial skin biophysical properties.Results: The relative abundance of the lipophilic Cutibacterium genus was decreased, and bacterial diversity was increased in skin samples of postmenopausal volunteers. The mean age difference between examined groups in this study was 12.4 years only. Accordingly, Cutometer® measurements revealed no differences in aging-associated skin biophysical parameters between pre- and postmenopausal groups. Consequently, no correlation was detected between Shannon diversity and measured age-dependent biomechanical properties of facial skin.Discussion: These findings are in line with previous studies, which investigated the wide-ranging impact of chronological aging on skin microbial communities. However, this work reports for the first time a direct association between menopausal status and facial microbiomes on skin of similarly aged study participants, and hence uncouples aging-associated skin biophysical parameters, such as viscoelastic properties, from the equation. These findings open avenues for the development of microbiome-targeting strategies for treatment of menopause-associated skin disorders.

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2024
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9. A New Generation of Postbiotics for Skin and Scalp: In Situ Production of Lipid Metabolites by Malassezia

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Martin Patrick Pagac, Mathias Gempeler, and Remo Campiche

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skin microbiome, Malassezia, lipid mediator, oxylipin, prebiotics, postbiotics, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Effects of pre- and probiotics on intestinal health are well researched and microbiome-targeting solutions are commercially available. Even though a trend to appreciate the presence of certain microbes on the skin is seeing an increase in momentum, our understanding is limited as to whether the utilization of skin-resident microbes for beneficial effects holds the same potential as the targeted manipulation of the gut microflora. Here, we present a selection of molecular mechanisms of cross-communication between human skin and the skin microbial community and the impact of these interactions on the host’s cutaneous health with implications for the development of skin cosmetic and therapeutic solutions. Malassezia yeasts, as the main fungal representatives of the skin microfloral community, interact with the human host skin via lipid mediators, of which several are characterized by exhibiting potent anti-inflammatory activities. This review therefore puts a spotlight on Malassezia and provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge about these fungal-derived lipid mediators and their capability to reduce aesthetical and sensory burdens, such as redness and itching, commonly associated with inflammatory skin conditions. Finally, several examples of current skin microbiome-based interventions for cosmetic solutions are discussed, and models are presented for the use of skin-resident microbes as endogenous bio-manufacturing platforms for the in situ supplementation of the skin with beneficial metabolites.

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2024
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11. Numerical investigation on effect of different projectile nose shapes on ballistic impact of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy

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Mahesh Naik, V. Pranay, D. G. Thakur, Sunil Chandel, Sachin Salunkhe, Marek Pagac, and Emad S. Abouel Nasr

Subjects
AlSi10Mg alloy, additive manufacturing, impact, ballistic limit, FEA, Technology
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In the last few years, due to the superior mechanical qualities of Additive Manufacturing (AM) AlSi10Mg alloy to those of traditional casting process AlSi10Mg alloys, the application of AM technology has significantly increased. The ballistic impact research has a wide range of uses, notably in the mining, construction, spacecraft and defence sectors. This work focuses on analyzing the behavior of different projectile nose shapes on the AlSi10Mg alloy fabricated by AM. There are several projectile nose forms to consider, including blunt, hemispherical, conical, and ogive shapes. The impact of various projectile shapes on the ballistic limit of the additively created AlSi10Mg alloy is carefully examined in this study. All numerical simulations were carried out using LS-DYNA software, and the Johnson-Cook material and damage model were considered to assess the ballistic resistance behavior. The ballistic limit for various projectile shapes is computed using the Jonas-Lambert model, which describes the connection between residual velocity and starting projectile velocity. The results showed that, the ogive-shaped Projectile offers the highest ballistic limit, and the blunt projectile shows the lowest ballistic limit for a 5 mm thin target plate. The ballistic impact phenomenon showed plugging failure for the blunt nose projectile, the formation of plug and small fragments were observed in the case of hemispherical nose projectile, fragmenting failure is observed with radial necking in the case of conical nose projectile and petals are formed at the impacted zone in ogive nose shape projectile. Moreover, the ballistic limit of AM AlSi10Mg alloy was slightly higher compared to the ballistic limit of the die-cast AlSi10Mg alloy for the 7.62 mm AP bullet (core). Therefore, AM AlSi10Mg alloy may have equal or good ballistic properties compared to die-cast AlSi10Mg alloy.

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2024
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12. The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs

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Akerib, D. S., Akerlof, C. W., Akimov, D. Yu., Alquahtani, A., Alsum, S. K., Anderson, T. J., Angelides, N., Araújo, H. M., Arbuckle, A., Armstrong, J. E., Arthurs, M., Auyeung, H., Aviles, S., Bai, X., Bailey, A. J., Balajthy, J., Balashov, S., Bang, J., Barry, M. J., Bauer, D., Bauer, P., Baxter, A., Belle, J., Beltrame, P., Bensinger, J., Benson, T., Bernard, E. P., Bernstein, A., Bhatti, A., Biekert, A., Biesiadzinski, T. P., Birch, H. J., Birrittella, B., Boast, K. E., Bolozdynya, A. I., Boulton, E. M., Boxer, B., Bramante, R., Branson, S., Brás, P., Breidenbach, M., Brew, C. A. J., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V. V., Bunker, R., Burdin, S., Busenitz, J. K., Cabrita, R., Campbell, J. S., Carels, C., Carlsmith, D. L., Carlson, B., Carmona-Benitez, M. C., Cascella, M., Chan, C., Cherwinka, J. J., Chiller, A. A., Chiller, C., Chott, N. I., Cole, A., Coleman, J., Colling, D., Conley, R. A., Cottle, A., Coughlen, R., Cox, G., Craddock, W. W., Curran, D., Currie, A., Cutter, J. E., da Cunhaw, J. P., Dahl, C. E., Dardin, S., Dasu, S., Davis, J., Davison, T. J. R., de Viveiros, L., Decheine, N., Dobi, A., Dobson, J. E. Y., Druszkiewicz, E., Dushkin, A., Edberg, T. K., Edwards, W. R., Edwards, B. N., Edwards, J., Elnimr, M. M., Emmet, W. T., Eriksen, S. R., Faham, C. H., Fan, A., Fayer, S., Fiorucci, S., Flaecher, H., Florang, I. M. Fogarty, Ford, P., Francis, V. B., Fraser, E. D., Froborg, F., Fruth, T., Gaitskell, R. J., Gantos, N. J., Garcia, D., Gehman, V. M., Gelfand, R., Genovesi, J., Gerhard, R. M., Ghag, C., Gibson, E., Gilchriese, M. G. D., Gokhale, S., Gomber, B., Gonda, T. G., Greenall, A., Greenwood, S., Gregerson, G., van der Grinten, M. G. D., Gwilliam, C. B., Hall, C. R., Hamilton, D., Hans, S., Hanzel, K., Harrington, T., Harrison, A., Harrison, J., Hasselkus, C., Haselschwardt, S. J., Hemer, D., Hertel, S. A., Heise, J., Hillbrand, S., Hitchcock, O., Hjemfelt, C., Hoff, M. D., Holbrook, B., Holtom, E., Hor, J. Y-K., Horn, M., Huang, D. Q., Hurteau, T. W., Ignarra, C. M., Irving, M. N., Jacobsen, R. G., Jahangir, O., Jeffery, S. N., Ji, W., Johnson, M., Johnson, J., Johnson, P., Jones, W. G., Kaboth, A. C., Kamaha, A., Kamdin, K., Kasey, V., Kazkaz, K., Keefner, J., Khaitan, D., Khaleeq, M., Khazov, A., Khromov, A. V., Khurana, I., Kim, Y. D., Kim, W. T., Kocher, C. D., Kodroff, D., Konovalov, A. M., Korley, L., Korolkova, E. V., Koyuncu, M., Kras, J., Kraus, H., Kravitz, S. W., Krebs, H. J., Kreczko, L., Krikler, B., Kudryavtsev, V. A., Kumpan, A. V., Kyre, S., Lambert, A. R., Landerud, B., Larsen, N. A., Laundrie, A., Leason, E. A., Lee, H. S., Lee, J., Lee, C., Lenardo, B. G., Leonard, D. S., Leonard, R., Lesko, K. T., Levy, C., Li, J., Liu, Y., Liao, J., Liao, F. -T., Lin, J., Lindote, A., Linehan, R., Lippincott, W. H., Liu, R., Liu, X., Loniewski, C., Lopes, M. I., Lopez-Asamar, E., Paredes, B. López, Lorenzon, W., Lucero, D., Luitz, S., Lyle, J. M., Lynch, C., Majewski, P. A., Makkinje, J., Malling, D. C., Manalaysay, A., Manenti, L., Mannino, R. L., Marangou, N., Markley, D. J., MarrLaundrie, P., Martin, T. J., Marzioni, M. F., Maupin, C., McConnell, C. T., McKinsey, D. N., McLaughlin, J., Mei, D. -M., Meng, Y., Miller, E. H., Minaker, Z. J., Mizrachi, E., Mock, J., Molash, D., Monte, A., Monzani, M. E., Morad, J. A., Morrison, E., Mount, B. J., Murphy, A. St. J., Naim, D., Naylor, A., Nedlik, C., Nehrkorn, C., Nelson, H. N., Nesbit, J., Neves, F., Nikkel, J. A., Nikoleyczik, J. A., Nilima, A., O'Dell, J., Oh, H., O'Neill, F. G., O'Sullivan, K., Olcina, I., Olevitch, M. A., Oliver-Mallory, K. C., Oxborough, L., Pagac, A., Pagenkopf, D., Pal, S., Palladino, K. J., Palmaccio, V. M., Palmer, J., Pangilinan, M., Parveen, N., Patton, S. J., Pease, E. K., Penning, B. P., Pereira, G., Pereira, C., Peterson, I. B., Piepke, A., Pierson, S., Powell, S., Preece, R. M., Pushkin, K., Qie, Y., Racine, M., Ratcliff, B. N., Reichenbacher, J., Reichhart, L., Rhyne, C. A., Richards, A., Riffard, Q., Rischbieter, G. R. C., Rodrigues, J. P., Rose, H. J., Rosero, R., Rossiter, P., Rucinski, R., Rutherford, G., Saba, J. S., Sabarots, L., Santone, D., Sarychev, M., Sazzad, A. B. M. R., Schnee, R. W., Schubnell, M., Scovell, P. R., Severson, M., Seymour, D., Shaw, S., Shutt, G. W., Shutt, T. A., Silk, J. J., Silva, C., Skarpaas, K., Skulski, W., Smith, A. R., Smith, R. J., Smith, R. E., So, J., Solmaz, M., Solovov, V. N., Sorensen, P., Sosnovtsev, V. V., Stancu, I., Stark, M. R., Stephenson, S., Stern, N., Stevens, A., Stiegler, T. M., Stifter, K., Studley, R., Sumner, T. J., Sundarnath, K., Sutcliffe, P., Swanson, N., Szydagis, M., Tan, M., Taylor, W. C., Taylor, R., Taylor, D. J., Temples, D., Tennyson, B. P., Terman, P. A., Thomas, K. J., Thomson, J. A., Tiedt, D. R., Timalsina, M., To, W. H., Tomás, A., Tope, T. E., Tripathi, M., Tronstad, D. R., Tull, C. E., Turner, W., Tvrznikova, L., Utes, M., Utku, U., Uvarov, S., Va'vra, J., Vacheret, A., Vaitkus, A., Verbus, J. R., Vietanen, T., Voirin, E., Vuosalo, C. O., Walcott, S., Waldron, W. L., Walker, K., Wang, J. J., Wang, R., Wang, L., Wang, W., Wang, Y., Watson, J. R., Migneault, J., Weatherly, S., Webb, R. C., Wei, W. -Z., While, M., White, R. G., White, J. T., White, D. T., Whitis, T. J., Wisniewski, W. J., Wilson, K., Witherell, M. S., Wolfs, F. L. H., Wolfs, J. D., Woodward, D., Worm, S. D., Xiang, X., Xiao, Q., Xu, J., Yeh, M., Yin, J., Young, I., Zhang, C., and Zarzhitsky, P.

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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a second-generation direct dark matter experiment with spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering sensitivity above $1.4 \times 10^{-48}$ cm$^{2}$ for a WIMP mass of 40 GeV/c$^{2}$ and a 1000 d exposure. LZ achieves this sensitivity through a combination of a large 5.6 t fiducial volume, active inner and outer veto systems, and radio-pure construction using materials with inherently low radioactivity content. The LZ collaboration performed an extensive radioassay campaign over a period of six years to inform material selection for construction and provide an input to the experimental background model against which any possible signal excess may be evaluated. The campaign and its results are described in this paper. We present assays of dust and radon daughters depositing on the surface of components as well as cleanliness controls necessary to maintain background expectations through detector construction and assembly. Finally, examples from the campaign to highlight fixed contaminant radioassays for the LZ photomultiplier tubes, quality control and quality assurance procedures through fabrication, radon emanation measurements of major sub-systems, and bespoke detector systems to assay scintillator are presented., Comment: 45 pages (79 inc. tables), 7 figures, 9 tables

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2020
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14. Point Protection with Transfluthrin against Musca domestica L. in a Semi-Field Enclosure

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Robert L. Aldridge, Alexandra A. Pagac, Edmund J. Norris, Daniel L. Kline, Christopher J. Geden, and Kenneth J. Linthicum

Subjects
spatial repellent, point protection, filth fly, volatile pyrethroid, Science
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House flies are notoriously difficult to control, owing to their tendency to live in close relationships with humans and their livestock, and their rapid development of resistance to chemical controls. With this in mind, we explored an alternative chemical control, a spatial repellent to deter Musca domestica L. from points we wanted to protect (i.e., a baited trap). Our results demonstrated that the synthetic spatial repellent, transfluthrin, is effective in preventing M. domestica adults from entering protected traps for both a susceptible strain (CAR21) and a field-acquired permethrin-resistant strain (WHF; 24 h LD50 resistance ratio of 150), comprising 22% and 28% of the total number of flies collected, respectively. These results are promising and demonstrate that transfluthrin can be an effective spatial repellent to protect points of interest where needed.

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2024
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15. The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

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The LZ Collaboration, Akerib, D. S., Akerlof, C. W., Akimov, D. Yu., Alquahtani, A., Alsum, S. K., Anderson, T. J., Angelides, N., Araújo, H. M., Arbuckle, A., Armstrong, J. E., Arthurs, M., Auyeung, H., Bai, X., Bailey, A. J., Balajthy, J., Balashov, S., Bang, J., Barry, M. J., Barthel, J., Bauer, D., Bauer, P., Baxter, A., Belle, J., Beltrame, P., Bensinger, J., Benson, T., Bernard, E. P., Bernstein, A., Bhatti, A., Biekert, A., Biesiadzinski, T. P., Birrittella, B., Boast, K. E., Bolozdynya, A. I., Boulton, E. M., Boxer, B., Bramante, R., Branson, S., Brás, P., Breidenbach, M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V. V., Bunker, R., Burdin, S., Busenitz, J. K., Campbell, J. S., Carels, C., Carlsmith, D. L., Carlson, B., Carmona-Benitez, M. C., Cascella, M., Chan, C., Cherwinka, J. J., Chiller, A. A., Chiller, C., Chott, N. I., Cole, A., Coleman, J., Colling, D., Conley, R. A., Cottle, A., Coughlen, R., Craddock, W. W., Curran, D., Currie, A., Cutter, J. E., da Cunha, J. P., Dahl, C. E., Dardin, S., Dasu, S., Davis, J., Davison, T. J. R., de Viveiros, L., Decheine, N., Dobi, A., Dobson, J. E. Y., Druszkiewicz, E., Dushkin, A., Edberg, T. K., Edwards, W. R., Edwards, B. N., Edwards, J., Elnimr, M. M., Emmet, W. T., Eriksen, S. R., Faham, C. H., Fan, A., Fayer, S., Fiorucci, S., Flaecher, H., Florang, I. M. Fogarty, Ford, P., Francis, V. B., Froborg, F., Fruth, T., Gaitskell, R. J., Gantos, N. J., Garcia, D., Geffre, A., Gehman, V. M., Gelfand, R., Genovesi, J., Gerhard, R. M., Ghag, C., Gibson, E., Gilchriese, M. G. D., Gokhale, S., Gomber, B., Gonda, T. G., Greenall, A., Greenwood, S., Gregerson, G., van der Grinten, M. G. D., Gwilliam, C. B., Hall, C. R., Hamilton, D., Hans, S., Hanzel, K., Harrington, T., Harrison, A., Hasselkus, C., Haselschwardt, S. J., Hemer, D., Hertel, S. A., Heise, J., Hillbrand, S., Hitchcock, O., Hjemfelt, C., Hoff, M. D., Holbrook, B., Holtom, E., Hor, J. Y-K., Horn, M., Huang, D. Q., Hurteau, T. W., Ignarra, C. M., Irving, M. N., Jacobsen, R. G., Jahangir, O., Jeffery, S. N., Ji, W., Johnson, M., Johnson, J., Johnson, P., Jones, W. G., Kaboth, A. C., Kamaha, A., Kamdin, K., Kasey, V., Kazkaz, K., Keefner, J., Khaitan, D., Khaleeq, M., Khazov, A., Khromov, A. V., Khurana, I., Kim, Y. D., Kim, W. T., Kocher, C. D., Konovalov, A. M., Korley, L., Korolkova, E. V., Koyuncu, M., Kras, J., Kraus, H., Kravitz, S. W., Krebs, H. J., Kreczko, L., Krikler, B., Kudryavtsev, V. A., Kumpan, A. V., Kyre, S., Lambert, A. R., Landerud, B., Larsen, N. A., Laundrie, A., Leason, E. A., Lee, H. S., Lee, J., Lee, C., Lenardo, B. G., Leonard, D. S., Leonard, R., Lesko, K. T., Levy, C., Li, J., Liu, Y., Liao, J., Liao, F. -T., Lin, J., Lindote, A., Linehan, R., Lippincott, W. H., Liu, R., Liu, X., Loniewski, C., Lopes, M. I., Paredes, B. López, Lorenzon, W., Lucero, D., Luitz, S., Lyle, J. M., Lynch, C., Majewski, P. A., Makkinje, J., Malling, D. C., Manalaysay, A., Manenti, L., Mannino, R. L., Marangou, N., Markley, D. J., MarrLaundrie, P., Martin, T. J., Marzioni, M. F., Maupin, C., McConnell, C. T., McKinsey, D. N., McLaughlin, J., Mei, D. -M., Meng, Y., Miller, E. H., Minaker, Z. J., Mizrachi, E., Mock, J., Molash, D., Monte, A., Monzani, M. E., Morad, J. A., Morrison, E., Mount, B. J., Murphy, A. St. J., Naim, D., Naylor, A., Nedlik, C., Nehrkorn, C., Nelson, H. N., Nesbit, J., Neves, F., Nikkel, J. A., Nikoleyczik, J. A., Nilima, A., O'Dell, J., Oh, H., O'Neill, F. G., O'Sullivan, K., Olcina, I., Olevitch, M. A., Oliver-Mallory, K. C., Oxborough, L., Pagac, A., Pagenkopf, D., Pal, S., Palladino, K. J., Palmaccio, V. M., Palmer, J., Pangilinan, M., Patton, S. J., Pease, E. K., Penning, B. P., Pereira, G., Pereira, C., Peterson, I. B., Piepke, A., Pierson, S., Powell, S., Preece, R. M., Pushkin, K., Qie, Y., Racine, M., Ratcliff, B. N., Reichenbacher, J., Reichhart, L., Rhyne, C. A., Richards, A., Riffard, Q., Rischbieter, G. R. C., Rodrigues, J. P., Rose, H. J., Rosero, R., Rossiter, P., Rucinski, R., Rutherford, G., Rynders, D., Saba, J. S., Sabarots, L., Santone, D., Sarychev, M., Sazzad, A. B. M. R., Schnee, R. W., Schubnell, M., Scovell, P. R., Severson, M., Seymour, D., Shaw, S., Shutt, G. W., Shutt, T. A., Silk, J. J., Silva, C., Skarpaas, K., Skulski, W., Smith, A. R., Smith, R. J., Smith, R. E., So, J., Solmaz, M., Solovov, V. N., Sorensen, P., Sosnovtsev, V. V., Stancu, I., Stark, M. R., Stephenson, S., Stern, N., Stevens, A., Stiegler, T. M., Stifter, K., Studley, R., Sumner, T. J., Sundarnath, K., Sutcliffe, P., Swanson, N., Szydagis, M., Tan, M., Taylor, W. C., Taylor, R., Taylor, D. J., Temples, D., Tennyson, B. P., Terman, P. A., Thomas, K. J., Thomson, J. A., Tiedt, D. R., Timalsina, M., To, W. H., Tomás, A., Tope, T. E., Tripathi, M., Tronstad, D. R., Tull, C. E., Turner, W., Tvrznikova, L., Utes, M., Utku, U., Uvarov, S., Va'vra, J., Vacheret, A., Vaitkus, A., Verbus, J. R., Vietanen, T., Voirin, E., Vuosalo, C. O., Walcott, S., Waldron, W. L., Walker, K., Wang, J. J., Wang, R., Wang, L., Wang, Y., Watson, J. R., Migneault, J., Weatherly, S., Webb, R. C., Wei, W. -Z., While, M., White, R. G., White, J. T., White, D. T., Whitis, T. J., Wisniewski, W. J., Wilson, K., Witherell, M. S., Wolfs, F. L. H., Wolfs, J. D., Woodward, D., Worm, S. D., Xiang, X., Xiao, Q., Xu, J., Yeh, M., Yin, J., Young, I., and Zhang, C.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We describe the design and assembly of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, a direct detection search for cosmic WIMP dark matter particles. The centerpiece of the experiment is a large liquid xenon time projection chamber sensitive to low energy nuclear recoils. Rejection of backgrounds is enhanced by a Xe skin veto detector and by a liquid scintillator Outer Detector loaded with gadolinium for efficient neutron capture and tagging. LZ is located in the Davis Cavern at the 4850' level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. We describe the major subsystems of the experiment and its key design features and requirements.

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2019
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23. Erratum to: The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs

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D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof, D. Yu. Akimov, A. Alquahtani, S. K. Alsum, T. J. Anderson, N. Angelides, H. M. Araújo, A. Arbuckle, J. E. Armstrong, M. Arthurs, H. Auyeung, S. Aviles, X. Bai, A. J. Bailey, J. Balajthy, S. Balashov, J. Bang, M. J. Barry, D. Bauer, P. Bauer, A. Baxter, J. Belle, P. Beltrame, J. Bensinger, T. Benson, E. P. Bernard, A. Bernstein, A. Bhatti, A. Biekert, T. P. Biesiadzinski, H. J. Birch, B. Birrittella, K. E. Boast, A. I. Bolozdynya, E. M. Boulton, B. Boxer, R. Bramante, S. Branson, P. Brás, M. Breidenbach, C. A. J. Brew, J. H. Buckley, V. V. Bugaev, R. Bunker, S. Burdin, J. K. Busenitz, R. Cabrita, J. S. Campbell, C. Carels, D. L. Carlsmith, B. Carlson, M. C. Carmona-Benitez, M. Cascella, C. Chan, J. J. Cherwinka, A. A. Chiller, C. Chiller, N. I. Chott, A. Cole, J. Coleman, D. Colling, R. A. Conley, A. Cottle, R. Coughlen, G. Cox, W. W. Craddock, D. Curran, A. Currie, J. E. Cutter, J. P. da Cunha, C. E. Dahl, S. Dardin, S. Dasu, J. Davis, T. J. R. Davison, L. de Viveiros, N. Decheine, A. Dobi, J. E. Y. Dobson, E. Druszkiewicz, A. Dushkin, T. K. Edberg, W. R. Edwards, B. N. Edwards, J. Edwards, M. M. Elnimr, W. T. Emmet, S. R. Eriksen, C. H. Faham, A. Fan, S. Fayer, S. Fiorucci, H. Flaecher, I. M. Fogarty Florang, P. Ford, V. B. Francis, E. D. Fraser, F. Froborg, T. Fruth, R. J. Gaitskell, N. J. Gantos, D. Garcia, V. M. Gehman, R. Gelfand, J. Genovesi, R. M. Gerhard, C. Ghag, E. Gibson, M. G. D. Gilchriese, S. Gokhale, B. Gomber, T. G. Gonda, A. Greenall, S. Greenwood, G. Gregerson, M. G. D. van der Grinten, C. B. Gwilliam, C. R. Hall, D. Hamilton, S. Hans, K. Hanzel, T. Harrington, A. Harrison, J. Harrison, C. Hasselkus, S. J. Haselschwardt, D. Hemer, S. A. Hertel, J. Heise, S. Hillbrand, O. Hitchcock, C. Hjemfelt, M. D. Hoff, B. Holbrook, E. Holtom, J. Y-K. Hor, M. Horn, D. Q. Huang, T. W. Hurteau, C. M. Ignarra, M. N. Irving, R. G. Jacobsen, O. Jahangir, S. N. Jeffery, W. Ji, M. Johnson, J. Johnson, P. Johnson, W. G. Jones, A. C. Kaboth, A. Kamaha, K. Kamdin, V. Kasey, K. Kazkaz, J. Keefner, D. Khaitan, M. Khaleeq, A. Khazov, A. V. Khromov, I. Khurana, Y. D. Kim, W. T. Kim, C. D. Kocher, D. Kodroff, A. M. Konovalov, L. Korley, E. V. Korolkova, M. Koyuncu, J. Kras, H. Kraus, S. W. Kravitz, H. J. Krebs, L. Kreczko, B. Krikler, V. A. Kudryavtsev, A. V. Kumpan, S. Kyre, A. R. Lambert, B. Landerud, N. A. Larsen, A. Laundrie, E. A. Leason, H. S. Lee, J. Lee, C. Lee, B. G. Lenardo, D. S. Leonard, R. Leonard, K. T. Lesko, C. Levy, J. Li, Y. Liu, J. Liao, F.-T. Liao, J. Lin, A. Lindote, R. Linehan, W. H. Lippincott, R. Liu, X. Liu, C. Loniewski, M. I. Lopes, E. Lopez-Asamar, B. López Paredes, W. Lorenzon, D. Lucero, S. Luitz, J. M. Lyle, C. Lynch, P. A. Majewski, J. Makkinje, D. C. Malling, A. Manalaysay, L. Manenti, R. L. Mannino, N. Marangou, D. J. Markley, P. MarrLaundrie, T. J. Martin, M. F. Marzioni, C. Maupin, C. T. McConnell, D. N. McKinsey, J. McLaughlin, D.-M. Mei, Y. Meng, E. H. Miller, Z. J. Minaker, E. Mizrachi, J. Mock, D. Molash, A. Monte, M. E. Monzani, J. A. Morad, E. Morrison, B. J. Mount, A. St. J. Murphy, D. Naim, A. Naylor, C. Nedlik, C. Nehrkorn, H. N. Nelson, J. Nesbit, F. Neves, J. A. Nikkel, J. A. Nikoleyczik, A. Nilima, J. O’Dell, H. Oh, F. G. O’Neill, K. O’Sullivan, I. Olcina, M. A. Olevitch, K. C. Oliver-Mallory, L. Oxborough, A. Pagac, D. Pagenkopf, S. Pal, K. J. Palladino, V. M. Palmaccio, J. Palmer, M. Pangilinan, N. Parveen, S. J. Patton, E. K. Pease, B. P. Penning, G. Pereira, C. Pereira, I. B. Peterson, A. Piepke, S. Pierson, S. Powell, R. M. Preece, K. Pushkin, Y. Qie, M. Racine, B. N. Ratcliff, J. Reichenbacher, L. Reichhart, C. A. Rhyne, A. Richards, Q. Riffard, G. R. C. Rischbieter, J. P. Rodrigues, H. J. Rose, R. Rosero, P. Rossiter, R. Rucinski, G. Rutherford, J. S. Saba, L. Sabarots, D. Santone, M. Sarychev, A. B. M. R. Sazzad, R. W. Schnee, M. Schubnell, P. R. Scovell, M. Severson, D. Seymour, S. Shaw, G. W. Shutt, T. A. Shutt, J. J. Silk, C. Silva, K. Skarpaas, W. Skulski, A. R. Smith, R. J. Smith, R. E. Smith, J. So, M. Solmaz, V. N. Solovov, P. Sorensen, V. V. Sosnovtsev, I. Stancu, M. R. Stark, S. Stephenson, N. Stern, A. Stevens, T. M. Stiegler, K. Stifter, R. Studley, T. J. Sumner, K. Sundarnath, P. Sutcliffe, N. Swanson, M. Szydagis, M. Tan, W. C. Taylor, R. Taylor, D. J. Taylor, D. Temples, B. P. Tennyson, P. A. Terman, K. J. Thomas, J. A. Thomson, D. R. Tiedt, M. Timalsina, W. H. To, A. Tomás, T. E. Tope, M. Tripathi, D. R. Tronstad, C. E. Tull, W. Turner, L. Tvrznikova, M. Utes, U. Utku, S. Uvarov, J. Va’vra, A. Vacheret, A. Vaitkus, J. R. Verbus, T. Vietanen, E. Voirin, C. O. Vuosalo, S. Walcott, W. L. Waldron, K. Walker, J. J. Wang, R. Wang, L. Wang, W. Wang, Y. Wang, J. R. Watson, J. Migneault, S. Weatherly, R. C. Webb, W.-Z. Wei, M. While, R. G. White, J. T. White, D. T. White, T. J. Whitis, W. J. Wisniewski, K. Wilson, M. S. Witherell, F. L. H. Wolfs, J. D. Wolfs, D. Woodward, S. D. Worm, X. Xiang, Q. Xiao, J. Xu, M. Yeh, J. Yin, I. Young, C. Zhang, and P. Zarzhitsky

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
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2022
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24. LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Technical Design Report

Author

Mount, B. J., Hans, S., Rosero, R., Yeh, M., Chan, C., Gaitskell, R. J., Huang, D. Q., Makkinje, J., Malling, D. C., Pangilinan, M., Rhyne, C. A., Taylor, W. C., Verbus, J. R., Kim, Y. D., Lee, H. S., Lee, J., Leonard, D. S., Li, J., Belle, J., Cottle, A., Lippincott, W. H., Markley, D. J., Martin, T. J., Sarychev, M., Tope, T. E., Utes, M., Wang, R., Young, I., Araújo, H. M., Bailey, A. J., Bauer, D., Colling, D., Currie, A., Fayer, S., Froborg, F., Greenwood, S., Jones, W. G., Kasey, V., Khaleeq, M., Olcina, I., Paredes, B. López, Richards, A., Sumner, T. J., Tomás, A., Vacheret, A., Brás, P., Lindote, A., Lopes, M. I., Neves, F., Rodrigues, J. P., Silva, C., Solovov, V. N., Barry, M. J., Cole, A., Dobi, A., Edwards, W. R., Faham, C. H., Fiorucci, S., Gantos, N. J., Gehman, V. M., Gilchriese, M. G. D., Hanzel, K., Hoff, M. D., Kamdin, K., Lesko, K. T., McConnell, C. T., O'Sullivan, K., Oliver-Mallory, K. C., Patton, S. J., Saba, J. S., Sorensen, P., Thomas, K. J., Tull, C. E., Waldron, W. L., Witherell, M. S., Bernstein, A., Kazkaz, K., Xu, J., Akimov, D. Yu., Bolozdynya, A. I., Khromov, A. V., Konovalov, A. M., Kumpan, A. V., Sosnovtsev, V. V., Dahl, C. E., Temples, D., Carmona-Benitez, M. C., de Viveiros, L., Akerib, D. S., Auyeung, H., Biesiadzinski, T. P., Breidenbach, M., Bramante, R., Conley, R., Craddock, W. W., Fan, A., Hau, A., Ignarra, C. M., Ji, W., Krebs, H. J., Linehan, R., Lee, C., Luitz, S., Mizrachi, E., Monzani, M. E., O'Neill, F. G., Pierson, S., Racine, M., Ratcliff, B. N., Shutt, G. W., Shutt, T. A., Skarpaas, K., Stifter, K., To, W. H., Va'vra, J., Whitis, T. J., Wisniewski, W. J., Bai, X., Bunker, R., Coughlen, R., Hjemfelt, C., Leonard, R., Miller, E. H., Morrison, E., Reichenbacher, J., Schnee, R. W., Stark, M. R., Sundarnath, K., Tiedt, D. R., Timalsina, M., Bauer, P., Carlson, B., Horn, M., Johnson, M., Keefner, J., Maupin, C., Taylor, D. J., Balashov, S., Ford, P., Francis, V., Holtom, E., Khazov, A., Kaboth, A., Majewski, P., Nikkel, J. A., O'Dell, J., Preece, R. M., van der Grinten, M. G. D., Worm, S. D., Mannino, R. L., Stiegler, T. M., Terman, P. A., Webb, R. C., Levy, C., Mock, J., Szydagis, M., Busenitz, J. K., Elnimr, M., Hor, J. Y-K., Meng, Y., Piepke, A., Stancu, I., Kreczko, L., Krikler, B., Penning, B., Bernard, E. P., Jacobsen, R. G., McKinsey, D. N., Watson, R., Cutter, J. E., El-Jurf, S., Gerhard, R. M., Hemer, D., Hillbrand, S., Holbrook, B., Lenardo, B. G., Manalaysay, A. G., Morad, J. A., Stephenson, S., Thomson, J. A., Tripathi, M., Uvarov, S., Haselschwardt, S. J., Kyre, S., Nehrkorn, C., Nelson, H. N., Solmaz, M., White, D. T., Cascella, M., Dobson, J. E. Y., Ghag, C., Liu, X., Manenti, L., Reichhart, L., Shaw, S., Utku, U., Beltrame, P., Davison, T. J. R., Marzioni, M. F., Murphy, A. St. J., Nilima, A., Boxer, B., Burdin, S., Greenall, A., Powell, S., Rose, H. J., Sutcliffe, P., Balajthy, J., Edberg, T. K., Hall, C. R., Silk, J. S., Hertel, S., Akerlof, C. W., Arthurs, M., Lorenzon, W., Pushkin, K., Schubnell, M., Boast, K. E., Carels, C., Fruth, T., Kraus, H., Liao, F. -T., Lin, J., Scovell, P. R., Druszkiewicz, E., Khaitan, D., Koyuncu, M., Skulski, W., Wolfs, F. L. H., Yin, J., Korolkova, E. V., Kudryavtsev, V. A., Rossiter, P., Woodward, D., Chiller, A. A., Chiller, C., Mei, D. -M., Wang, L., Wei, W. -Z., While, M., Zhang, C., Alsum, S. K., Benson, T., Carlsmith, D. L., Cherwinka, J. J., Dasu, S., Gregerson, G., Gomber, B., Pagac, A., Palladino, K. J., Vuosalo, C. O., Xiao, Q., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V. V., Olevitch, M. A., Boulton, E. M., Emmet, W. T., Hurteau, T. W., Larsen, N. A., Pease, E. K., Tennyson, B. P., and Tvrznikova, L.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

In this Technical Design Report (TDR) we describe the LZ detector to be built at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF). The LZ dark matter experiment is designed to achieve sensitivity to a WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section of three times ten to the negative forty-eighth square centimeters., Comment: 392 pages. Submitted to the Department of Energy as part of the documentation for the Critical Decision Numbers Two and Three (CD-2 and CD-3) management processes. Report also available by chapter at this URL

Published
2017

25. RESEARCH ABOUT M300 MARAGING STEEL METALLIC POWDER FOR USE IN SLM 3D PRINTING.

Author

MECHALI, ABDESSELAM, SADILEK, MAREK, MRKVICA, IVAN, HLINKA, JOSEF, JAHAN, IBRAHIM, PAGAC, MAREK, GAUTAM, PREETI, MESICK, JAKUB, HAJNYS, JIRI, and PETRU, JANA

Subjects
SELECTIVE laser melting, MARAGING steel, PARTICLE size distribution, THREE-dimensional printing, SCANNING electron microscopy
Abstract

A growing number of steel components are being fabricated by 3D metal printing. Using metallic powder as the material fed into the laser is selective laser melting (SLM), one of the most popular and precise techniques. The main focus of this article is the investigation that Renishaw conducted on the powder that was supplied. The powder is made using the gas atomization method, and the powder obtained from the SLM process is then examined. The powder's morphology is analysed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The particles were seen to have a spherical shape, with a notable number of satellites attached to their surface. The particle size distribution (PSD) was examined and ranged from 15 to 90 µm. In addition, the porosity exhibited a range of values between 0.03% and 0.12%, with an average value of 0.07%. Additionally, the surface wettability was tested, and it was seen to display a wetting behavior (under 90°) which provided surface energy up to 46.21 mJ.m-2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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26. EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF SALINE ENVIRONMENTS ON THE PROPERTIES OF EOS PA2200: A STUDY ON WEIGHT GAIN AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

Author

MESICEK, J., VACEK, M., MA, Q. P., KREJSA, M., HAJNYS, J., KRIVY, V., PAGAC, M., and PETRU, J.

Subjects
WEIGHT gain, MARINE engineering, ROAD maintenance, SALINE waters, CHLORIDE ions
Abstract

This study investigates the influence of saline environments, including conditions arising in the vicinity of roads with winter maintenance by de-icing salts, and exposure in other specific environments affected by chloride ion deposition, on the material properties of EOS PA2200 (PA12). The research focuses on assessing weight gain and mechanical properties using tensile testing. The experimental findings provide insights into the potential effects of saline environments on the performance and durability of PA2200, contributing to a better understanding of its suitability for marine applications. The results reveal significant variations in weight gain and mechanical properties under different exposure durations and concentrations of saline solution. Additionally, microscopic analysis offers valuable insights into the morphological changes occurring within the material structure due to saline water exposure. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of material selection and design considerations for marine engineering applications. This research contributes to the broader understanding of material behavior in corrosive environments, offering valuable guidance for the development of more resilient and durable materials for marine applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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30. The Detector System of The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment

Author

An, F. P., Bai, J. Z., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Beavis, D., Beriguete, W., Bishai, M., Blyth, S., Brown, R. L., Butorov, I., Cao, D., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Carr, R., Cen, W. R., Chan, W. T., Chan, Y. L., Chang, J. F., Chang, L. C., Chang, Y., Chasman, C., Chen, H. Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, M. J., Chen, Q. Y., Chen, S. J., Chen, S. M., Chen, X. C., Chen, X. H., Chen, X. S., Chen, Y. X., Chen, Y., Cheng, J. H., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y. P., Cherwinka, J. J., Chidzik, S., Chow, K., Chu, M. C., Cummings, J. P., de Arcos, J., Deng, Z. Y., Ding, X. F., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dong, L., Dove, J., Draeger, E., Du, X. F., Dwyer, D. A., Edwards, W. R., Ely, S. R., Fang, S. D., Fu, J. Y., Fu, Z. W., Ge, L. Q., Ghazikhanian, V., Gill, R., Goett, J., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Gornushkin, Y. A., Grassi, M., Greenler, L. S., Gu, W. Q., Guan, M. Y., Guo, R. P., Guo, X. H., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, R. L., Han, R., Hans, S., He, M., He, Q., He, W. S., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Hinrichs, P., Ho, T. H., Hoff, M., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, L. M., Hu, L. J., Hu, T., Hu, W., Huang, E. C., Huang, H. Z., Huang, H. X., Huang, P. W., Huang, X., Huang, X. T., Huber, P., Hussain, G., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., Jaffke, P., Jen, K. L., Jetter, S., Ji, X. P., Ji, X. L., Jiang, H. J., Jiang, W. Q., Jiao, J. B., Johnson, R. A., Joseph, J., Kang, L., Kettell, S. H., Kohn, S., Kramer, M., Kwan, K. K., Kwok, M. W., Kwok, T., Lai, C. Y., Lai, W. C., Lai, W. H., Langford, T. J., Lau, K., Lebanowski, L., Lee, J., Lee, M. K. P., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Leung, K. Y., Lewis, C. A., Li, B., Li, C., Li, D. J., Li, F., Li, G. S., Li, J., Li, N. Y., Li, Q. J., Li, S. F., Li, S. C., Li, W. D., Li, X. B., Li, X. N., Li, X. Q., Li, Y., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Liang, J., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, P. Y., Lin, S. X., Lin, S. K., Lin, Y. C., Ling, J. J., Link, J. M., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, B. J., Liu, C., Liu, D. W., Liu, H., Liu, J. L., Liu, J. C., Liu, S., Liu, S. S., Liu, X., Liu, Y. B., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Lu, J. S., Luk, A., Luk, K. B., Luo, T., Luo, X. L., Ma, L. H., Ma, Q. M., Ma, X. Y., Ma, X. B., Ma, Y. Q., Mayes, B., McDonald, K. T., McFarlane, M. C., McKeown, R. D., Meng, Y., Mitchell, I., Mohapatra, D., Kebwaro, J. Monari, Morgan, J. E., Nakajima, Y., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Newsom, C., Ngai, H. Y., Ngai, W. K., Nie, Y. B., Ning, Z., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Pagac, A., Pan, H. -R., Patton, S., Pearson, C., Pec, V., Peng, J. C., Piilonen, L. E., Pinsky, L., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Raper, N., Ren, B., Ren, J., Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Sands III, W. R., Seilhan, B., Shao, B. B., Shih, K., Song, W. Y., Steiner, H., Stoler, P., Stuart, M., Sun, G. X., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Tam, Y. H., Tanaka, H. K., Tang, W., Tang, X., Taychenachev, D., Themann, H., Torun, Y., Trentalange, S., Tsai, O., Tsang, K. V., Tsang, R. H. M., Tull, C. E., Tung, Y. C., Viaux, N., Viren, B., Virostek, S., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, L. S., Wang, L. Y., Wang, L. Z., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, T., Wang, W., Wang, W. W., Wang, X. T., Wang, X., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Webber, D. M., Wei, H. Y., Wei, Y. D., Wen, L. J., Wenman, D. L., Whisnant, K., White, C. G., Whitehead, L., Whitten Jr., C. A., Wilhelmi, J., Wise, T., Wong, H. C., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, J., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, F. F., Wu, Q., Xia, D. M., Xia, J. K., Xiang, S. T., Xiao, Q., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, G., Xu, J. Y., Xu, J. L., Xu, J., Xu, W., Xu, Y., Xue, T., Yan, J., Yang, C. G., Yang, L., Yang, M. S., Yang, M. T., Ye, M., Yeh, M., Yeh, Y. S., Yip, K., Young, B. L., Yu, G. Y., Yu, Z. Y., Zeng, S., Zhan, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, F. H., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, K., Zhang, Q. X., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, S. H., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. C., Zhang, Y. H., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhao, J., Zhao, Q. W., Zhao, Y. F., Zhao, Y. B., Zheng, L., Zhong, W. L., Zhou, L., Zhou, N., Zhou, Z. Y., Zhuang, H. L., Zimmerman, S., and Zou, J. H.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The Daya Bay experiment was the first to report simultaneous measurements of reactor antineutrinos at multiple baselines leading to the discovery of $\bar{\nu}_e$ oscillations over km-baselines. Subsequent data has provided the world's most precise measurement of $\rm{sin}^22\theta_{13}$ and the effective mass splitting $\Delta m_{ee}^2$. The experiment is located in Daya Bay, China where the cluster of six nuclear reactors is among the world's most prolific sources of electron antineutrinos. Multiple antineutrino detectors are deployed in three underground water pools at different distances from the reactor cores to search for deviations in the antineutrino rate and energy spectrum due to neutrino mixing. Instrumented with photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), the water pools serve as shielding against natural radioactivity from the surrounding rock and provide efficient muon tagging. Arrays of resistive plate chambers over the top of each pool provide additional muon detection. The antineutrino detectors were specifically designed for measurements of the antineutrino flux with minimal systematic uncertainty. Relative detector efficiencies between the near and far detectors are known to better than 0.2%. With the unblinding of the final two detectors' baselines and target masses, a complete description and comparison of the eight antineutrino detectors can now be presented. This paper describes the Daya Bay detector systems, consisting of eight antineutrino detectors in three instrumented water pools in three underground halls, and their operation through the first year of eight detector data-taking., Comment: 52 pages, 51 figures

Published
2015
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31. Topology Optimization of the Clutch Lever Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing

Author

Aleksandra Mikulikova, Jakub Mesicek, Jan Karger, Jiri Hajnys, Quoc-Phu Ma, Ales Sliva, Jakub Smiraus, David Srnicek, Samuel Cienciala, and Marek Pagac

Subjects
topology optimization, additive manufacturing, 3D printing, selective laser melting, SLM, AlSi10Mg, Technology, Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, TK1-9971, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TA1-2040, Microscopy, QH201-278.5, Descriptive and experimental mechanics, QC120-168.85
Abstract

This article aims to review a redesign approach of a student racing car’s clutch lever component, which was topologically optimized and manufactured by Additive Manufacturing (AM). Finite Element Method (FEM) analysis was conducted before and after a Topology Optimization (TO) process in order to achieve equivalent stiffness and the desired safety factor for the optimized part. The redesigned clutch lever was manufactured by using AM–Selective Laser Melting (SLM) and printed from powdered aluminum alloy AlSi10Mg. The final evaluation of the study deals with the experimental test and comparison of the redesigned clutch lever with the existing part which was used in the previous racing car. Using TO as a main redesign tool and AM brought significant changes to the optimized part, especially the following: reduced mass of the component (10%), increased stiffness, kept safety factor above the 3.0 value and ensured the more aesthetic design and a good surface quality. Moreover, using TO and AM gave the opportunity to consolidate multi-part assembly into a single component manufactured by one manufacturing process that reduced the production time. The experimental results justified the simulation results and proved that even though the applied load was almost 1.5× higher than the assumed one, the maximum von Mises stress on the component was still below the yield limit of 220 MPa.

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2023
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32. A New Generation of Postbiotics for Skin and Scalp: In Situ Production of Lipid Metabolites by Malassezia.

Author

Pagac, Martin Patrick, Gempeler, Mathias, and Campiche, Remo

Subjects
INFLAMMATORY mediators, MICROBIAL communities, ANTI-inflammatory agents, METABOLITES, PROBIOTICS, MALASSEZIA
Abstract

Effects of pre- and probiotics on intestinal health are well researched and microbiome-targeting solutions are commercially available. Even though a trend to appreciate the presence of certain microbes on the skin is seeing an increase in momentum, our understanding is limited as to whether the utilization of skin-resident microbes for beneficial effects holds the same potential as the targeted manipulation of the gut microflora. Here, we present a selection of molecular mechanisms of cross-communication between human skin and the skin microbial community and the impact of these interactions on the host's cutaneous health with implications for the development of skin cosmetic and therapeutic solutions. Malassezia yeasts, as the main fungal representatives of the skin microfloral community, interact with the human host skin via lipid mediators, of which several are characterized by exhibiting potent anti-inflammatory activities. This review therefore puts a spotlight on Malassezia and provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge about these fungal-derived lipid mediators and their capability to reduce aesthetical and sensory burdens, such as redness and itching, commonly associated with inflammatory skin conditions. Finally, several examples of current skin microbiome-based interventions for cosmetic solutions are discussed, and models are presented for the use of skin-resident microbes as endogenous bio-manufacturing platforms for the in situ supplementation of the skin with beneficial metabolites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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33. Differential burdens of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) on sympatric rodent hosts.

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Brown, Jessica E., Tiffin, Hannah S., Pagac, Alexandra, Poh, Karen C., Evans, Jesse R., Miller, Taylor M., Herrin, Brian H., Tomlinson, Trey, Sutherland, Cameron, and Machtinger, Erika T.

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In the United States, there has been a steady increase in diagnosed cases of tick-borne diseases in people, most notably Lyme disease. The pathogen that causes Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, is transmitted by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis). Several small mammals are considered key reservoirs of this pathogen and are frequently-used hosts by blacklegged ticks. However, limited studies have evaluated between-species host use by ticks. This study compared I. scapularis burdens and tick-associated pathogen presence in wild-caught Clethrionomys gapperi (southern red-backed voles) and Peromyscus spp. (white-footed mice) in forested areas where the habitat of both species overlapped. Rodent trapping data collected over two summers showed a significant difference in the average tick burden between species. Adult Peromyscus spp. had an overall mean of 4.03 ticks per capture, while adult C. gapperi had a mean of 0.47 ticks per capture. There was a significant association between B. burgdorferi infection and host species with more Peromyscus spp. positive samples than C. gapperi (65.8% and 10.2%, respectively). This work confirms significant differences in tick-host use and pathogen presence between sympatric rodent species. It is critical to understand tick-host interactions and tick distributions to develop effective and efficient tick control methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024

35. Erratum to: The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs

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Akerib, D. S., Akerlof, C. W., Akimov, D. Yu., Alquahtani, A., Alsum, S. K., Anderson, T. J., Angelides, N., Araújo, H. M., Arbuckle, A., Armstrong, J. E., Arthurs, M., Auyeung, H., Aviles, S., Bai, X., Bailey, A. J., Balajthy, J., Balashov, S., Bang, J., Barry, M. J., Bauer, D., Bauer, P., Baxter, A., Belle, J., Beltrame, P., Bensinger, J., Benson, T., Bernard, E. P., Bernstein, A., Bhatti, A., Biekert, A., Biesiadzinski, T. P., Birch, H. J., Birrittella, B., Boast, K. E., Bolozdynya, A. I., Boulton, E. M., Boxer, B., Bramante, R., Branson, S., Brás, P., Breidenbach, M., Brew, C. A. J., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V. V., Bunker, R., Burdin, S., Busenitz, J. K., Cabrita, R., Campbell, J. S., Carels, C., Carlsmith, D. L., Carlson, B., Carmona-Benitez, M. C., Cascella, M., Chan, C., Cherwinka, J. J., Chiller, A. A., Chiller, C., Chott, N. I., Cole, A., Coleman, J., Colling, D., Conley, R. A., Cottle, A., Coughlen, R., Cox, G., Craddock, W. W., Curran, D., Currie, A., Cutter, J. E., da Cunha, J. P., Dahl, C. E., Dardin, S., Dasu, S., Davis, J., Davison, T. J. R., de Viveiros, L., Decheine, N., Dobi, A., Dobson, J. E. Y., Druszkiewicz, E., Dushkin, A., Edberg, T. K., Edwards, W. R., Edwards, B. N., Edwards, J., Elnimr, M. M., Emmet, W. T., Eriksen, S. R., Faham, C. H., Fan, A., Fayer, S., Fiorucci, S., Flaecher, H., Florang, I. M. Fogarty, Ford, P., Francis, V. B., Fraser, E. D., Froborg, F., Fruth, T., Gaitskell, R. J., Gantos, N. J., Garcia, D., Gehman, V. M., Gelfand, R., Genovesi, J., Gerhard, R. M., Ghag, C., Gibson, E., Gilchriese, M. G. D., Gokhale, S., Gomber, B., Gonda, T. G., Greenall, A., Greenwood, S., Gregerson, G., van der Grinten, M. G. D., Gwilliam, C. B., Hall, C. R., Hamilton, D., Hans, S., Hanzel, K., Harrington, T., Harrison, A., Harrison, J., Hasselkus, C., Haselschwardt, S. J., Hemer, D., Hertel, S. A., Heise, J., Hillbrand, S., Hitchcock, O., Hjemfelt, C., Hoff, M. D., Holbrook, B., Holtom, E., Hor, J. Y-K., Horn, M., Huang, D. Q., Hurteau, T. W., Ignarra, C. M., Irving, M. N., Jacobsen, R. G., Jahangir, O., Jeffery, S. N., Ji, W., Johnson, M., Johnson, J., Johnson, P., Jones, W. G., Kaboth, A. C., Kamaha, A., Kamdin, K., Kasey, V., Kazkaz, K., Keefner, J., Khaitan, D., Khaleeq, M., Khazov, A., Khromov, A. V., Khurana, I., Kim, Y. D., Kim, W. T., Kocher, C. D., Kodroff, D., Konovalov, A. M., Korley, L., Korolkova, E. V., Koyuncu, M., Kras, J., Kraus, H., Kravitz, S. W., Krebs, H. J., Kreczko, L., Krikler, B., Kudryavtsev, V. A., Kumpan, A. V., Kyre, S., Lambert, A. R., Landerud, B., Larsen, N. A., Laundrie, A., Leason, E. A., Lee, H. S., Lee, J., Lee, C., Lenardo, B. G., Leonard, D. S., Leonard, R., Lesko, K. T., Levy, C., Li, J., Liu, Y., Liao, J., Liao, F.-T., Lin, J., Lindote, A., Linehan, R., Lippincott, W. H., Liu, R., Liu, X., Loniewski, C., Lopes, M. I., Lopez-Asamar, E., Paredes, B. López, Lorenzon, W., Lucero, D., Luitz, S., Lyle, J. M., Lynch, C., Majewski, P. A., Makkinje, J., Malling, D. C., Manalaysay, A., Manenti, L., Mannino, R. L., Marangou, N., Markley, D. J., MarrLaundrie, P., Martin, T. J., Marzioni, M. F., Maupin, C., McConnell, C. T., McKinsey, D. N., McLaughlin, J., Mei, D.-M., Meng, Y., Miller, E. H., Minaker, Z. J., Mizrachi, E., Mock, J., Molash, D., Monte, A., Monzani, M. E., Morad, J. A., Morrison, E., Mount, B. J., Murphy, A. St. J., Naim, D., Naylor, A., Nedlik, C., Nehrkorn, C., Nelson, H. N., Nesbit, J., Neves, F., Nikkel, J. A., Nikoleyczik, J. A., Nilima, A., O’Dell, J., Oh, H., O’Neill, F. G., O’Sullivan, K., Olcina, I., Olevitch, M. A., Oliver-Mallory, K. C., Oxborough, L., Pagac, A., Pagenkopf, D., Pal, S., Palladino, K. J., Palmaccio, V. M., Palmer, J., Pangilinan, M., Parveen, N., Patton, S. J., Pease, E. K., Penning, B. P., Pereira, G., Pereira, C., Peterson, I. B., Piepke, A., Pierson, S., Powell, S., Preece, R. M., Pushkin, K., Qie, Y., Racine, M., Ratcliff, B. N., Reichenbacher, J., Reichhart, L., Rhyne, C. A., Richards, A., Riffard, Q., Rischbieter, G. R. C., Rodrigues, J. P., Rose, H. J., Rosero, R., Rossiter, P., Rucinski, R., Rutherford, G., Saba, J. S., Sabarots, L., Santone, D., Sarychev, M., Sazzad, A. B. M. R., Schnee, R. W., Schubnell, M., Scovell, P. R., Severson, M., Seymour, D., Shaw, S., Shutt, G. W., Shutt, T. A., Silk, J. J., Silva, C., Skarpaas, K., Skulski, W., Smith, A. R., Smith, R. J., Smith, R. E., So, J., Solmaz, M., Solovov, V. N., Sorensen, P., Sosnovtsev, V. V., Stancu, I., Stark, M. R., Stephenson, S., Stern, N., Stevens, A., Stiegler, T. M., Stifter, K., Studley, R., Sumner, T. J., Sundarnath, K., Sutcliffe, P., Swanson, N., Szydagis, M., Tan, M., Taylor, W. C., Taylor, R., Taylor, D. J., Temples, D., Tennyson, B. P., Terman, P. A., Thomas, K. J., Thomson, J. A., Tiedt, D. R., Timalsina, M., To, W. H., Tomás, A., Tope, T. E., Tripathi, M., Tronstad, D. R., Tull, C. E., Turner, W., Tvrznikova, L., Utes, M., Utku, U., Uvarov, S., Va’vra, J., Vacheret, A., Vaitkus, A., Verbus, J. R., Vietanen, T., Voirin, E., Vuosalo, C. O., Walcott, S., Waldron, W. L., Walker, K., Wang, J. J., Wang, R., Wang, L., Wang, W., Wang, Y., Watson, J. R., Migneault, J., Weatherly, S., Webb, R. C., Wei, W.-Z., While, M., White, R. G., White, J. T., White, D. T., Whitis, T. J., Wisniewski, W. J., Wilson, K., Witherell, M. S., Wolfs, F. L. H., Wolfs, J. D., Woodward, D., Worm, S. D., Xiang, X., Xiao, Q., Xu, J., Yeh, M., Yin, J., Young, I., Zhang, C., and Zarzhitsky, P.

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37. The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment

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Akerib, D.S., Akerlof, C.W., Akimov, D.Yu., Alquahtani, A., Alsum, S.K., Anderson, T.J., Angelides, N., Araújo, H.M., Arbuckle, A., Armstrong, J.E., Arthurs, M., Auyeung, H., Bai, X., Bailey, A.J., Balajthy, J., Balashov, S., Bang, J., Barry, M.J., Barthel, J., Bauer, D., Bauer, P., Baxter, A., Belle, J., Beltrame, P., Bensinger, J., Benson, T., Bernard, E.P., Bernstein, A., Bhatti, A., Biekert, A., Biesiadzinski, T.P., Birrittella, B., Boast, K.E., Bolozdynya, A.I., Boulton, E.M., Boxer, B., Bramante, R., Branson, S., Brás, P., Breidenbach, M., Buckley, J.H., Bugaev, V.V., Bunker, R., Burdin, S., Busenitz, J.K., Campbell, J.S., Carels, C., Carlsmith, D.L., Carlson, B., Carmona-Benitez, M.C., Cascella, M., Chan, C., Cherwinka, J.J., Chiller, A.A., Chiller, C., Chott, N.I., Cole, A., Coleman, J., Colling, D., Conley, R.A., Cottle, A., Coughlen, R., Craddock, W.W., Curran, D., Currie, A., Cutter, J.E., da Cunha, J.P., Dahl, C.E., Dardin, S., Dasu, S., Davis, J., Davison, T.J.R., de Viveiros, L., Decheine, N., Dobi, A., Dobson, J.E.Y., Druszkiewicz, E., Dushkin, A., Edberg, T.K., Edwards, W.R., Edwards, B.N., Edwards, J., Elnimr, M.M., Emmet, W.T., Eriksen, S.R., Faham, C.H., Fan, A., Fayer, S., Fiorucci, S., Flaecher, H., Fogarty Florang, I.M., Ford, P., Francis, V.B., Froborg, F., Fruth, T., Gaitskell, R.J., Gantos, N.J., Garcia, D., Geffre, A., Gehman, V.M., Gelfand, R., Genovesi, J., Gerhard, R.M., Ghag, C., Gibson, E., Gilchriese, M.G.D., Gokhale, S., Gomber, B., Gonda, T.G., Greenall, A., Greenwood, S., Gregerson, G., van der Grinten, M.G.D., Gwilliam, C.B., Hall, C.R., Hamilton, D., Hans, S., Hanzel, K., Harrington, T., Harrison, A., Hasselkus, C., Haselschwardt, S.J., Hemer, D., Hertel, S.A., Heise, J., Hillbrand, S., Hitchcock, O., Hjemfelt, C., Hoff, M.D., Holbrook, B., Holtom, E., Hor, J.Y-K., Horn, M., Huang, D.Q., Hurteau, T.W., Ignarra, C.M., Irving, M.N., Jacobsen, R.G., Jahangir, O., Jeffery, S.N., Ji, W., Johnson, M., Johnson, J., Johnson, P., Jones, W.G., Kaboth, A.C., Kamaha, A., Kamdin, K., Kasey, V., Kazkaz, K., Keefner, J., Khaitan, D., Khaleeq, M., Khazov, A., Khromov, A.V., Khurana, I., Kim, Y.D., Kim, W.T., Kocher, C.D., Konovalov, A.M., Korley, L., Korolkova, E.V., Koyuncu, M., Kras, J., Kraus, H., Kravitz, S.W., Krebs, H.J., Kreczko, L., Krikler, B., Kudryavtsev, V.A., Kumpan, A.V., Kyre, S., Lambert, A.R., Landerud, B., Larsen, N.A., Laundrie, A., Leason, E.A., Lee, H.S., Lee, J., Lee, C., Lenardo, B.G., Leonard, D.S., Leonard, R., Lesko, K.T., Levy, C., Li, J., Liu, Y., Liao, J., Liao, F.-T., Lin, J., Lindote, A., Linehan, R., Lippincott, W.H., Liu, R., Liu, X., Loniewski, C., Lopes, M.I., López Paredes, B., Lorenzon, W., Lucero, D., Luitz, S., Lyle, J.M., Lynch, C., Majewski, P.A., Makkinje, J., Malling, D.C., Manalaysay, A., Manenti, L., Mannino, R.L., Marangou, N., Markley, D.J., MarrLaundrie, P., Martin, T.J., Marzioni, M.F., Maupin, C., McConnell, C.T., McKinsey, D.N., McLaughlin, J., Mei, D.-M., Meng, Y., Miller, E.H., Minaker, Z.J., Mizrachi, E., Mock, J., Molash, D., Monte, A., Monzani, M.E., Morad, J.A., Morrison, E., Mount, B.J., Murphy, A.St.J., Naim, D., Naylor, A., Nedlik, C., Nehrkorn, C., Nelson, H.N., Nesbit, J., Neves, F., Nikkel, J.A., Nikoleyczik, J.A., Nilima, A., O’Dell, J., Oh, H., O’Neill, F.G., O’Sullivan, K., Olcina, I., Olevitch, M.A., Oliver-Mallory, K.C., Oxborough, L., Pagac, A., Pagenkopf, D., Pal, S., Palladino, K.J., Palmaccio, V.M., Palmer, J., Pangilinan, M., Patton, S.J., Pease, E.K., Penning, B.P., Pereira, G., Pereira, C., Peterson, I.B., Piepke, A., Pierson, S., Powell, S., Preece, R.M., Pushkin, K., Qie, Y., Racine, M., Ratcliff, B.N., Reichenbacher, J., Reichhart, L., Rhyne, C.A., Richards, A., Riffard, Q., Rischbieter, G.R.C., Rodrigues, J.P., Rose, H.J., Rosero, R., Rossiter, P., Rucinski, R., Rutherford, G., Rynders, D., Saba, J.S., Sabarots, L., Santone, D., Sarychev, M., Sazzad, A.B.M.R., Schnee, R.W., Schubnell, M., Scovell, P.R., Severson, M., Seymour, D., Shaw, S., Shutt, G.W., Shutt, T.A., Silk, J.J., Silva, C., Skarpaas, K., Skulski, W., Smith, A.R., Smith, R.J., Smith, R.E., So, J., Solmaz, M., Solovov, V.N., Sorensen, P., Sosnovtsev, V.V., Stancu, I., Stark, M.R., Stephenson, S., Stern, N., Stevens, A., Stiegler, T.M., Stifter, K., Studley, R., Sumner, T.J., Sundarnath, K., Sutcliffe, P., Swanson, N., Szydagis, M., Tan, M., Taylor, W.C., Taylor, R., Taylor, D.J., Temples, D., Tennyson, B.P., Terman, P.A., Thomas, K.J., Thomson, J.A., Tiedt, D.R., Timalsina, M., To, W.H., Tomás, A., Tope, T.E., Tripathi, M., Tronstad, D.R., Tull, C.E., Turner, W., Tvrznikova, L., Utes, M., Utku, U., Uvarov, S., Va’vra, J., Vacheret, A., Vaitkus, A., Verbus, J.R., Vietanen, T., Voirin, E., Vuosalo, C.O., Walcott, S., Waldron, W.L., Walker, K., Wang, J.J., Wang, R., Wang, L., Wang, Y., Watson, J.R., Migneault, J., Weatherly, S., Webb, R.C., Wei, W.-Z., While, M., White, R.G., White, J.T., White, D.T., Whitis, T.J., Wisniewski, W.J., Wilson, K., Witherell, M.S., Wolfs, F.L.H., Wolfs, J.D., Woodward, D., Worm, S.D., Xiang, X., Xiao, Q., Xu, J., Yeh, M., Yin, J., Young, I., and Zhang, C.

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2020
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39. Life stage impact on the human skin ecosystem: lipids and the microbial community

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Pagac, Martin Patrick, primary, Davient, Bala, additional, Ravikrishnan, Aarthi, additional, Chua, Ester, additional, Irudayaswamy, Antony, additional, Srinivas, Ramasamy, additional, Wearne, Stephen, additional, Muralidharan, Sneha, additional, Sridharan, Aishwarya, additional, Mohamed Naim, Ahmad Nazri, additional, Ho, Eliza, additional, Ng, Amanda, additional, Kwah, Junmei, additional, Png, Eileen, additional, Bendt, Anne, additional, Wenk, Markus, additional, Torta, Federico, additional, Nagarajan, Niranjan, additional, Common, John, additional, Chong, Yap Seng, additional, Tham, Elizabeth, additional, Shek, Lynette, additional, Loo, Evelyn, additional, Chambers, John, additional, Yew, Yik Weng, additional, Loh, Marie, additional, and Dawson, Thomas, additional

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2024
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44. The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs

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D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof, D. Yu. Akimov, A. Alquahtani, S. K. Alsum, T. J. Anderson, N. Angelides, H. M. Araújo, A. Arbuckle, J. E. Armstrong, M. Arthurs, H. Auyeung, S. Aviles, X. Bai, A. J. Bailey, J. Balajthy, S. Balashov, J. Bang, M. J. Barry, D. Bauer, P. Bauer, A. Baxter, J. Belle, P. Beltrame, J. Bensinger, T. Benson, E. P. Bernard, A. Bernstein, A. Bhatti, A. Biekert, T. P. Biesiadzinski, H. J. Birch, B. Birrittella, K. E. Boast, A. I. Bolozdynya, E. M. Boulton, B. Boxer, R. Bramante, S. Branson, P. Brás, M. Breidenbach, C. A. J. Brew, J. H. Buckley, V. V. Bugaev, R. Bunker, S. Burdin, J. K. Busenitz, R. Cabrita, J. S. Campbell, C. Carels, D. L. Carlsmith, B. Carlson, M. C. Carmona-Benitez, M. Cascella, C. Chan, J. J. Cherwinka, A. A. Chiller, C. Chiller, N. I. Chott, A. Cole, J. Coleman, D. Colling, R. A. Conley, A. Cottle, R. Coughlen, G. Cox, W. W. Craddock, D. Curran, A. Currie, J. E. Cutter, J. P. da Cunha, C. E. Dahl, S. Dardin, S. Dasu, J. Davis, T. J. R. Davison, L. de Viveiros, N. Decheine, A. Dobi, J. E. Y. Dobson, E. Druszkiewicz, A. Dushkin, T. K. Edberg, W. R. Edwards, B. N. Edwards, J. Edwards, M. M. Elnimr, W. T. Emmet, S. R. Eriksen, C. H. Faham, A. Fan, S. Fayer, S. Fiorucci, H. Flaecher, I. M. Fogarty Florang, P. Ford, V. B. Francis, E. D. Fraser, F. Froborg, T. Fruth, R. J. Gaitskell, N. J. Gantos, D. Garcia, V. M. Gehman, R. Gelfand, J. Genovesi, R. M. Gerhard, C. Ghag, E. Gibson, M. G. D. Gilchriese, S. Gokhale, B. Gomber, T. G. Gonda, A. Greenall, S. Greenwood, G. Gregerson, M. G. D. van der Grinten, C. B. Gwilliam, C. R. Hall, D. Hamilton, S. Hans, K. Hanzel, T. Harrington, A. Harrison, J. Harrison, C. Hasselkus, S. J. Haselschwardt, D. Hemer, S. A. Hertel, J. Heise, S. Hillbrand, O. Hitchcock, C. Hjemfelt, M. D. Hoff, B. Holbrook, E. Holtom, J. Y-K. Hor, M. Horn, D. Q. Huang, T. W. Hurteau, C. M. Ignarra, M. N. Irving, R. G. Jacobsen, O. Jahangir, S. N. Jeffery, W. Ji, M. Johnson, J. Johnson, P. Johnson, W. G. Jones, A. C. Kaboth, A. Kamaha, K. Kamdin, V. Kasey, K. Kazkaz, J. Keefner, D. Khaitan, M. Khaleeq, A. Khazov, A. V. Khromov, I. Khurana, Y. D. Kim, W. T. Kim, C. D. Kocher, D. Kodroff, A. M. Konovalov, L. Korley, E. V. Korolkova, M. Koyuncu, J. Kras, H. Kraus, S. W. Kravitz, H. J. Krebs, L. Kreczko, B. Krikler, V. A. Kudryavtsev, A. V. Kumpan, S. Kyre, A. R. Lambert, B. Landerud, N. A. Larsen, A. Laundrie, E. A. Leason, H. S. Lee, J. Lee, C. Lee, B. G. Lenardo, D. S. Leonard, R. Leonard, K. T. Lesko, C. Levy, J. Li, Y. Liu, J. Liao, F.-T. Liao, J. Lin, A. Lindote, R. Linehan, W. H. Lippincott, R. Liu, X. Liu, C. Loniewski, M. I. Lopes, E. Lopez-Asamar, B. López Paredes, W. Lorenzon, D. Lucero, S. Luitz, J. M. Lyle, C. Lynch, P. A. Majewski, J. Makkinje, D. C. Malling, A. Manalaysay, L. Manenti, R. L. Mannino, N. Marangou, D. J. Markley, P. MarrLaundrie, T. J. Martin, M. F. Marzioni, C. Maupin, C. T. McConnell, D. N. McKinsey, J. McLaughlin, D.-M. Mei, Y. Meng, E. H. Miller, Z. J. Minaker, E. Mizrachi, J. Mock, D. Molash, A. Monte, M. E. Monzani, J. A. Morad, E. Morrison, B. J. Mount, A. St. J. Murphy, D. Naim, A. Naylor, C. Nedlik, C. Nehrkorn, H. N. Nelson, J. Nesbit, F. Neves, J. A. Nikkel, J. A. Nikoleyczik, A. Nilima, J. O’Dell, H. Oh, F. G. O’Neill, K. O’Sullivan, I. Olcina, M. A. Olevitch, K. C. Oliver-Mallory, L. Oxborough, A. Pagac, D. Pagenkopf, S. Pal, K. J. Palladino, V. M. Palmaccio, J. Palmer, M. Pangilinan, N. Parveen, S. J. Patton, E. K. Pease, B. P. Penning, G. Pereira, C. Pereira, I. B. Peterson, A. Piepke, S. Pierson, S. Powell, R. M. Preece, K. Pushkin, Y. Qie, M. Racine, B. N. Ratcliff, J. Reichenbacher, L. Reichhart, C. A. Rhyne, A. Richards, Q. Riffard, G. R. C. Rischbieter, J. P. Rodrigues, H. J. Rose, R. Rosero, P. Rossiter, R. Rucinski, G. Rutherford, J. S. Saba, L. Sabarots, D. Santone, M. Sarychev, A. B. M. R. Sazzad, R. W. Schnee, M. Schubnell, P. R. Scovell, M. Severson, D. Seymour, S. Shaw, G. W. Shutt, T. A. Shutt, J. J. Silk, C. Silva, K. Skarpaas, W. Skulski, A. R. Smith, R. J. Smith, R. E. Smith, J. So, M. Solmaz, V. N. Solovov, P. Sorensen, V. V. Sosnovtsev, I. Stancu, M. R. Stark, S. Stephenson, N. Stern, A. Stevens, T. M. Stiegler, K. Stifter, R. Studley, T. J. Sumner, K. Sundarnath, P. Sutcliffe, N. Swanson, M. Szydagis, M. Tan, W. C. Taylor, R. Taylor, D. J. Taylor, D. Temples, B. P. Tennyson, P. A. Terman, K. J. Thomas, J. A. Thomson, D. R. Tiedt, M. Timalsina, W. H. To, A. Tomás, T. E. Tope, M. Tripathi, D. R. Tronstad, C. E. Tull, W. Turner, L. Tvrznikova, M. Utes, U. Utku, S. Uvarov, J. Va’vra, A. Vacheret, A. Vaitkus, J. R. Verbus, T. Vietanen, E. Voirin, C. O. Vuosalo, S. Walcott, W. L. Waldron, K. Walker, J. J. Wang, R. Wang, L. Wang, W. Wang, Y. Wang, J. R. Watson, J. Migneault, S. Weatherly, R. C. Webb, W.-Z. Wei, M. While, R. G. White, J. T. White, D. T. White, T. J. Whitis, W. J. Wisniewski, K. Wilson, M. S. Witherell, F. L. H. Wolfs, J. D. Wolfs, D. Woodward, S. D. Worm, X. Xiang, Q. Xiao, J. Xu, M. Yeh, J. Yin, I. Young, C. Zhang, and P. Zarzhitsky

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a second-generation direct dark matter experiment with spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering sensitivity above $${1.4 \times 10^{-48}}\, {\hbox {cm}}^{2}$$ 1.4 × 10 - 48 cm 2 for a WIMP mass of $${40}\, \hbox {GeV}/{\hbox {c}}^{2}$$ 40 GeV / c 2 and a $${1000}\, \hbox {days}$$ 1000 days exposure. LZ achieves this sensitivity through a combination of a large $${5.6}\, \hbox {t}$$ 5.6 t fiducial volume, active inner and outer veto systems, and radio-pure construction using materials with inherently low radioactivity content. The LZ collaboration performed an extensive radioassay campaign over a period of six years to inform material selection for construction and provide an input to the experimental background model against which any possible signal excess may be evaluated. The campaign and its results are described in this paper. We present assays of dust and radon daughters depositing on the surface of components as well as cleanliness controls necessary to maintain background expectations through detector construction and assembly. Finally, examples from the campaign to highlight fixed contaminant radioassays for the LZ photomultiplier tubes, quality control and quality assurance procedures through fabrication, radon emanation measurements of major sub-systems, and bespoke detector systems to assay scintillator are presented.

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2020
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45. Assembly and Installation of the Daya Bay Antineutrino Detectors

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Band, H. R., Brown, R. L., Carr, R., Chen, X. C., Chen, X. H., Cherwinka, J. J., Chu, M. C., Draeger, E., Dwyer, D. A., Edwards, W. R., Gill, R., Goett, J., Greenler, L. S., Gu, W. Q., He, W. S., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Hinrichs, P., Ho, T. H., Hoff, M., Hsiung, Y. B., Jin, Y., Kang, L., Kettell, S. H., Kramer, M., Kwan, K. K., Kwok, M. W., Lewis, C. A., Li, G. S., Li, N., Li, S. F., Li, X. N., Lin, C. J., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, J. L., Luk, K. B., Luo, X. L., Ma, X. Y., McFarlane, M. C., McKeown, R. D., Nakajima, Y., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Pagac, A., Qian, X., Seilhan, B., Shih, K., Steiner, H., Tang, X., Themann, H., Tsang, K. V., Tsang, R. H. M., Virostek, S., Wang, L., Wang, W., Wang, Z. M., Webber, D. M., Wei, Y. D., Wen, L. J., Wenman, D. L., Wilhelmi, J., Wingert, M., Wise, T., Wong, H. L. H., Wu, F. F., Xiao, Q., Yang, L., Zhang, Z. J., Zhong, W. L., and Zhuang, H. L.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Daya Bay reactor antineutrino experiment is designed to make a precision measurement of the neutrino mixing angle theta13, and recently made the definitive discovery of its nonzero value. It utilizes a set of eight, functionally identical antineutrino detectors to measure the reactor flux and spectrum at baselines of 300 - 2000m from the Daya Bay and Ling Ao Nuclear Power Plants. The Daya Bay antineutrino detectors were built in an above-ground facility and deployed side-by-side at three underground experimental sites near and far from the nuclear reactors. This configuration allows the experiment to make a precision measurement of reactor antineutrino disappearance over km-long baselines and reduces relative systematic uncertainties between detectors and nuclear reactors. This paper describes the assembly and installation of the Daya Bay antineutrino detectors., Comment: 31 pages, 19 figures

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2013
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46. Residual Stress Build-Up in Aluminum Parts Fabricated with SLM Technology Using the Bridge Curvature Method

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Quoc-Phu Ma, Jakub Mesicek, Frantisek Fojtik, Jiri Hajnys, Pavel Krpec, Marek Pagac, and Jana Petru

Subjects
selective laser melting (SLM), residual stress, hole drilling method (HDM), bridge curvature method (BCM), finite element analysis (FEA), aluminum alloys, Technology, Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, TK1-9971, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TA1-2040, Microscopy, QH201-278.5, Descriptive and experimental mechanics, QC120-168.85
Abstract

In metal 3D printing with Selective Laser Melting (SLM) technology, due to large thermal gradients, the residual stress (RS) distribution is complicated to predict and control. RS can distort the shape of the components, causing severe failures in fabrication or functionality. Thus, several research papers have attempted to quantify the RS by designing geometries that distort in a predictable manner, including the Bridge Curvature Method (BCM). Being different from the existing literature, this paper provides a new perspective of the RS build-up in aluminum parts produced with SLM using a combination of experiments and simulations. In particular, the bridge samples are printed with AlSi10Mg, of which the printing process and the RS distribution are experimentally assessed with the Hole Drilling Method (HDM) and simulated using ANSYS and Simufact Additive. Subsequently, on the basis of the findings, suggestions for improvements to the BCM are made. Throughout the assessment of BCM, readers can gain insights on how RS is built-up in metallic 3D-printed components, some available tools, and their suitability for RS prediction. These are essential for practitioners to improve the precision and functionality of SLM parts should any post-subtractive or additive manufacturing processes be employed.

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2022
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47. Observation of electron-antineutrino disappearance at Daya Bay

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An, F. P., Bai, J. Z., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Beavis, D., Beriguete, W., Bishai, M., Blyth, S., Boddy, K., Brown, R. L., Cai, B., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Carr, R., Chan, W. T., Chang, J. F., Chang, Y., Chasman, C., Chen, H. S., Chen, H. Y., Chen, S. J., Chen, S. M., Chen, X. C., Chen, X. H., Chen, X. S., Chen, Y., Chen, Y. X., Cherwinka, J. J., Chu, M. C., Cummings, J. P., Deng, Z. Y., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dong, L., Draeger, E., Du, X. F., Dwyer, D. A., Edwards, W. R., Ely, S. R., Fang, S. D., Fu, J. Y., Fu, Z. W., Ge, L. Q., Ghazikhanian, V., Gill, R. L., Goett, J., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Gornushkin, Y. A., Greenler, L. S., Gu, W. Q., Guan, M. Y., Guo, X. H., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, R. L., Hans, S., He, M., He, Q., He, W. S., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Hinrichs, P., Ho, T. H., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, T., Huang, H. X., Huang, H. Z., Huang, P. W., Huang, X., Huang, X. T., Huber, P., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., Jetter, S., Ji, X. L., Ji, X. P., Jiang, H. J., Jiang, W. Q., Jiao, J. B., Johnson, R. A., Kang, L., Kettell, S. H., Kramer, M., Kwan, K. K., Kwok, M. W., Kwok, T., Lai, C. Y., Lai, W. C., Lai, W. H., Lau, K., Lebanowski, L., Lee, J., Lee, M. K. P., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Leung, K. Y., Lewis, C. A., Li, B., Li, F., Li, G. S., Li, J., Li, Q. J., Li, S. F., Li, W. D., Li, X. B., Li, X. N., Li, X. Q., Li, Y., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Liang, J., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, S. K., Lin, S. X., Lin, Y. C., Ling, J. J., Link, J. M., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, B. J., Liu, C., Liu, D. W., Liu, H., Liu, J. C., Liu, J. L., Liu, S., Liu, X., Liu, Y. B., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Luk, A., Luk, K. B., Luo, T., Luo, X. L., Ma, L. H., Ma, Q. M., Ma, X. B., Ma, X. Y., Ma, Y. Q., Mayes, B., McDonald, K. T., McFarlane, M. C., McKeown, R. D., Meng, Y., Mohapatra, D., Morgan, J. E., Nakajima, Y., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Nemchenok, I., Newsom, C., Ngai, H. Y., Ngai, W. K., Nie, Y. B., Ning, Z., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Oh, D., Olshevski, A., Pagac, A., Patton, S., Pearson, C., Pec, V., Peng, J. C., Piilonen, L. E., Pinsky, L., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Raper, N., Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Seilhan, B., Shao, B. B., Shih, K., Steiner, H., Stoler, P., Sun, G. X., Sun, J. L., Tam, Y. H., Tanaka, H. K., Tang, X., Themann, H., Torun, Y., Trentalange, S., Tsai, O., Tsang, K. V., Tsang, R. H. M., Tull, C., Viren, B., Virostek, S., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, L. S., Wang, L. Y., Wang, L. Z., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, T., Wang, W., Wang, X., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Webber, D. M., Wei, Y. D., Wen, L. J., Wenman, D. L., Whisnant, K., White, C. G., Whitehead, L., Whitten Jr., C. A., Wilhelmi, J., Wise, T., Wong, H. C., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, J., Worcester, E. T., Wu, F. F., Wu, Q., Xia, D. M., Xiang, S. T., Xiao, Q., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, G., Xu, J., Xu, J. L., Xu, W., Xu, Y., Xue, T., Yang, C. G., Yang, L., Ye, M., Yeh, M., Yeh, Y. S., Yip, K., Young, B. L., Yu, Z. Y., Zhan, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, F. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, K., Zhang, Q. X., Zhang, S. H., Zhang, Y. C., Zhang, Y. H., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. P., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhao, J., Zhao, Q. W., Zhao, Y. B., Zheng, L., Zhong, W. L., Zhou, L., Zhou, Z. Y., Zhuang, H. L., and Zou, J. H.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment has measured a non-zero value for the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ with a significance of 5.2 standard deviations. Antineutrinos from six 2.9 GW$_{\rm th}$ reactors were detected in six antineutrino detectors deployed in two near (flux-weighted baseline 470 m and 576 m) and one far (1648 m) underground experimental halls. With a 43,000 ton-GW_{\rm th}-day livetime exposure in 55 days, 10416 (80376) electron antineutrino candidates were detected at the far hall (near halls). The ratio of the observed to expected number of antineutrinos at the far hall is $R=0.940\pm 0.011({\rm stat}) \pm 0.004({\rm syst})$. A rate-only analysis finds $\sin^22\theta_{13}=0.092\pm 0.016({\rm stat})\pm0.005({\rm syst})$ in a three-neutrino framework., Comment: 5 figures. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett

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2012
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48. A side-by-side comparison of Daya Bay antineutrino detectors

Author

Daya Bay Collaboration, An, F. P., An, Q., Bai, J. Z., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Beriguete, W., Bishai, M., Blyth, S., Brown, R. L., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Carr, R., Chang, J. F., Chang, Y., Chasman, C., Chen, H. S., Chen, S. J., Chen, S. M., Chen, X. C., Chen, X. H., Chen, X. S., Chen, Y., Cherwinka, J. J., Chu, M. C., Cummings, J. P., Deng, Z. Y., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Draeger, E., Du, X. F., Dwyer, D., Edwards, W. R., Ely, S. R., Fang, S. D., Fu, J. Y., Fu, Z. W., Ge, L. Q., Gill, R. L., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Gornushkin, Y. A., Greenler, L. S., Gu, W. Q., Guan, M. Y., Guo, X. H., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, R. L., Hans, S., Hao, H. F., He, M., He, Q., He, W. S., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Hinrichs, P., Ho, T. H., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, T., Huang, H. X., Huang, H. Z., Huang, P. W., Huang, X., Huang, X. T., Huber, P., Jaffe, D. E., Jetter, S., Ji, X. L., Ji, X. P., Jiang, H. J., Jiang, W. Q., Jiao, J. B., Johnson, R. A., Kang, L., Kettell, S. H., Kramer, M., Kwan, K. K., Kwok, M. W., Kwok, T., Lai, C. Y., Lai, W. C., Lai, W. H., Lau, K., Lebanowski, L., Lee, M. K. P., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Leung, K. Y., Lewis, C. A., Li, F., Li, G. S., Li, J., Li, Q. J., Li, S. F., Li, W. D., Li, X. B., Li, X. N., Li, X. Q., Li, Y., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, S. K., Lin, S. X., Lin, Y. C., Ling, J. J., Link, J. M., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, B. J., Liu, D. W., Liu, J. C., Liu, J. L., Liu, S., Liu, X., Liu, Y. B., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Luk, A., Luk, K. B., Luo, X. L., Ma, L. H., Ma, Q. M., Ma, X. Y., Ma, Y. Q., Mayes, B., McDonald, K. T., McFarlane, M. C., McKeown, R. D., Meng, Y., Mohapatra, D., Nakajima, Y., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Nemchenok, I., Newsom, C., Ngai, H. Y., Ngai, W. K., Nie, Y. B., Ning, Z., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevski, A., Pagac, A., Patton, S., Pec, V., Peng, J. C., Piilonen, L. E., Pinsky, L., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Seilhan, B., Shao, B. B., Shih, K., Steiner, H., Stoler, P., Sun, G. X., Sun, J. L., Tam, Y. H., Tanaka, H. K., Tang, X., Torun, Y., Trentalange, S., Tsai, O., Tsang, K. V., Tsang, R. H. M., Tull, C., Viren, B., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, L. S., Wang, L. Y., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, W., Wang, X., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Webber, D. M., Wei, Y. D., Wen, L. J., Wenman, D. L., Whisnant, K., White, C. G., Whitehead, L., Wilhelmi, J., Wise, T., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, J., Wu, F. F., Wu, Q., Xi, J. B., Xia, D. M., Xiao, Q., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, G., Xu, J., Xu, J. L., Xu, Y., Xue, T., Yang, C. G., Yang, L., Ye, M., Yeh, M., Yeh, Y. S., Young, B. L., Yu, Z. Y., Zhan, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, F. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, S. H., Zhang, Y. C., Zhang, Y. H., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. P., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhao, H., Zhao, J., Zhao, Q. W., Zhao, Y. B., Zheng, L., Zhong, W. L., Zhou, L., Zhou, Y. Z., Zhou, Z. Y., Zhuang, H. L., and Zou, J. H.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is designed to determine precisely the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ with a sensitivity better than 0.01 in the parameter sin$^22\theta_{13}$ at the 90% confidence level. To achieve this goal, the collaboration will build eight functionally identical antineutrino detectors. The first two detectors have been constructed, installed and commissioned in Experimental Hall 1, with steady data-taking beginning September 23, 2011. A comparison of the data collected over the subsequent three months indicates that the detectors are functionally identical, and that detector-related systematic uncertainties exceed requirements., Comment: 24 pages, 36 figures

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2012
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49. Acrylic Target Vessels for a High-Precision Measurement of theta13 with the Daya Bay Antineutrino Detectors

Author

Band, H. R., Brown, R., Cherwinka, J., Cao, J., Chang, Y., Edwards, B., He, W. S., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y., Ho, T. H., Hsiung, Y. B., Greenler, L., Kettell, S. H., Lewis, C., Luk, K. B., Li, X., Littlejohn, B. R., Pagac, A., Wang, C. H., Wang, W., Wang, Y., Wise, T., Xiao, Q., Yeh, M., and Zhuang, H.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

This paper describes in detail the acrylic target vessels used to encapsulate the target and gamma catcher regions in the Daya Bay experiment's first pair of antineutrino detectors. We give an overview of the design, fabrication, shipping, and installation of the acrylic target vessels and their liquid overflow tanks. The acrylic quality assurance program and vessel characterization, which measures all geometric, optical, and material properties relevant to {\nu}e detection at Daya Bay are summarized. This paper is the technical reference for the Daya Bay acrylic vessels and can provide guidance in the design and use of acrylic components in future neutrino or dark matter experiments., Comment: 47 pages, 38 Figures, 14 Tables. Submitted to JINST

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2012
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50. Comparative susceptibility of adult house fly (Diptera: Muscidae) and an important predator, Carcinops pumilio(Coleoptera: Histeridae), to Beauveria bassiana(Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae)

Author

Geden, Christopher J, White, Roxie L, Pagac, Alexandra A, and Machtinger, Erika T

Abstract

House flies (Musca domesticaL.) (Diptera: Muscidae) are challenging pests to control. Biological control using Carcinops pumiliobeetles may help to reduce house fly populations. However, it is unknown if C. pumiliobeetles are compatible with Beauveria bassiana, another house fly biological control option. Five strains of commercially available (GHA, HF23, and L90) and newly discovered (NFH10 and PSU1) strains of B. bassianawere used to test the comparative susceptibility of adult house flies and adult C. pumiliousing different laboratory exposure methods. Adult house flies were susceptible to B. bassianain contact filter paper assays (89%–98% mortality) and immersion assays (100% mortality) at the same 108conidia suspension using 0.1% CapSil as an aqueous surfactant. Carcinops pumiliowere less susceptible than flies to B. bassianainfection using the contact and immersion assays at the same 108conidial concentration, with 4.4%–12.2% and 8.3%–24.6% mortality, respectively. Immersion in an aqueous conidial suspension resulted in higher mortality compared to contact with treated filter papers at the same 108concentration with house flies and beetles. We conclude that C. pumiliocan safely be used as a biological control agent for house flies with B. bassianain animal production systems.

Published
2024
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