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We have analyzed a limited sample set of 120 GHz, and 150 GHz time-resolved millimeter wave (mmW) photoconductive decay (mmPCD) signals of 300 nm thick air-stable encapsulated perovskite film (methyl-ammonium lead halide) excited using a pulsed 532-nm laser with fluence 10.6 micro-Joules per cm-2. We correlated 12 parameters derived directly from acquired mmPCD kinetic-trace data and its step-response, each with the sample-age based on the date of the experiment. Five parameters with a high negative correlation with sample age were finally selected as predictors in the Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) machine learning model for prediction of the age of the sample. The effects of aging (between 0 and 40,000 hours after film production) are quantified mainly in terms of a shift in peak voltage, the response ratio (conductance parameter), loss-compensated transmission coefficient, and the radiofrequency (RF) area of the transient itself (flux). Changes in the other step-response parameters and the decay length of the aging transients are also shown. The GPR model is found to work well for a forward prediction of the age of the sample using this method. It is noted that the Matern-5 over 2 GPR kernel for supervised learning provides the best realistic solution for age prediction with R squared around 0.97.

The mass defect formula reflects the equivalence of mass and energy for bound nuclear systems. We study three-nucleon systems $^3$H and $^3$He, considering the neutron and proton as indistinguishable particles ($AAA$ model) or taking into account the real masses of neutrons and protons ($AAB$ model). We have focused on conceptual problems of the $AAA$ model, which is widely used for $3N$ calculations. In particular, the $AAA$ model is incompatible with the mass defect formula, which naturally corresponds to the $AAB$ model. In addition, the $AAA$ model has a cyclic permutation symmetry, which is breaking in the natural $AAB$ model. The latter problem cannot be eliminated within the perturbative $AAA$ approach, in which the mass difference effect is simulated by correcting the kinetic energy operator. Earlier it was reported that the accuracy of such $AAA$ calculations is 1~keV. An example of the $AAB$ calculation, we numerically estimate the effect of the difference between the neutron and proton masses on the energy calculated without any approximation with the accuracy of 0.1~keV. Another manifestation of the equivalence of mass $m$ and energy $E$ can be expressed by the formula $dE/dm=Const$. To show this dependence of the three-body energy on the nucleon mass, we performed realistic calculations within the $AAA$ approximation, varying the averaged nucleon mass. The mass-energy compensation effect for the three-body Hamiltonian is shown. According to this, we have determined the effective nucleon mass required to compensate for the perturbative effect of a three-body potential., Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures

In the last decade, for studying 3$N$ bound states and $Nd$ scattering the Tucson-Melbourne (TM) and Urbana 3$N$ force derived from the chiral EFT have been applied. We plan to use the TM 3$N$ force for studying the $Nd$ scattering on the basis of the Faddeev equations in configuration space. In the given paper, we present our final formulas for components of the TM 3$N$ potential obtained in the coordinate space., Comment: 22 pages

The three-body $KK\bar K$ model for the $K(1460)$ resonance is developed on the basis of the Faddeev equations in configuration space. A single-channel approach is using with taking into account the difference of masses of neutral and charged kaons. It is demonstrated that a splitting the mass of the $K(1460)$ resonance takes a place around 1460 MeV according to $K^0K^0{\bar K}^0$, $K^0K^+K^-$ and $K^+K^0{\bar K}^0$, $ K^+K^+K^-$ neutral and charged particle configurations, respectively. The calculations are performed with two sets of $KK$ and $K\bar K$ phenomenological potentials, where the latter interaction is considered the same for the isospin singlet and triplet states. The effect of repulsion of the $KK$ interaction on the mass of the $KK\bar K$ system is studied and the effect of the mass polarization is evaluated. The first time the Coulomb interaction for description of the $K(1460)$ resonance is considered. The mass splitting in the $K$(1460) resonances is evaluated to be in range of 10 MeV with taking into account the Coulomb force. The three-body model with the $K\bar K$ potential, which has the different strength of the isospin singlet and triplet parts that are related by the condition of obtaining a quasi-bound three-body state is also considered. Our results are in reasonable agreement with the experimental mass of the $K(1460)$ resonance., Comment: 16 pages 8 figures

We report here the first experimental result for the anisotropy of the one-way maximum attainable speed of the electron, $\vec{\Delta c_{1,e}}$, obtained via the study of a sidereal time dependence of a difference between the electron and positron beam momenta in the CESR storage ring at Cornell University. At 95 percent confidence, an upper limit for the component of $\Delta \vec {c}_{1,e}/c$ perpendicular to Earth's rotational axis is found to be $5.5 \times 10^{-15}$., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures

The kaonic clusters $K^{-}K^{-}p$ and $ppK^{-}$ are described based on the configuration space Faddeev equations for $AAB$ system. The $AB$ interaction is given by isospin-dependent potentials. For this isospin model, we show that the relation $\left\vert E_{3}(V_{AA}=0)\right\vert~<~2\left\vert E_{2}\right\vert$ is satisfied when $E_{2}$ is the binding energy of the $AB$ subsystem and $E_{3}(V_{AA}=0)$ is the three-body binding energy when interaction between identical particles is omitted, $V_{AA}=0$. For the $NN{\bar K}$ system, taking into account weak attraction of $NN$ interaction the relation leads to the evaluation $|E_3|\le 2|E_2|$. The "isospinless model" for the kaonic clusters based on the isospin averaged $N{\bar K}$ potential demonstrates the opposite relation $\left\vert E_{3}(V_{AA}=0)\right\vert~>~2\left\vert E_{2}\right\vert$. The isospin "given charge formalism" is presented for $NN{\bar K}$ cluster. This formalism is related to isospin model by unitary transformation of the isospin basis. An interpretation of the "particle representation" for $NN{\bar K}$ system is proposed., Comment: 19 pages, 3 figures

The structure of the $^9$Be low-lying spectrum is studied within the cluster model $\alpha+\alpha+n$. In the model the total orbital momentum is fixed for each energy level. Thus each level is determined as a member of the spin-flip doublet corresponding to the total orbital momentum ($L^\pi=0^+, 2^+,4^+, 1^-, 2^-,3^-, 4^-$) of the system. The Ali-Bodmer potential (model E) is applied for the $\alpha\alpha$ interaction. We employ a local $\alpha n$ potential which was constructed to reproduce the $\alpha-n$ scattering data. The Pauli blocking is simulated by the repulsive core of the $s$-wave components of these potentials. Configuration space Faddeev equations are used to calculate the energy of the bound state ($E_{cal.}$=-1.493 MeV v.s. $E_{exp.}$=-1.5735 MeV) and resonances. A variant of the method of analytical continuation in the coupling constant is applied to calculate the energies of low-lying levels. Available $^9$Be spectral data are satisfactorily reproduced by the proposed model., Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures

We evaluate the mass polarization term of the kinetic-energy operator for different three-body nuclear $AAB$ systems by employing the method of Faddeev equations in configuration space. For a three-boson system this term is determined by the difference of the doubled binding energy of the $AB$ subsystem $2E_{2}$ and the three-body binding energy $E_{3}(V_{AA}=0)$ when the interaction between the identical particles is omitted. In this case: $\left\vert E_{3}(V_{AA}=0)\right\vert >2\left\vert E_{2}\right\vert$. In the case of a system complicated by isospins(spins), such as the kaonic clusters $ K^{-}K^{-}p$ and $ppK^{-}$, the similar evaluation impossible. For these systems it is found that $\left\vert E_{3}(V_{AA}=0)\right\vert <2\left\vert E_{2}\right\vert$. A model with an $AB$ potential averaged over spin(isospin) variables transforms the later case to the first one. The mass polarization effect calculated within this model is essential for the kaonic clusters. Besides we have obtained the relation $|E_3|\le |2E_2|$ for the binding energy of the kaonic clusters., Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures

The Kolmogorov-Arnold stochasticity parameter technique is applied for the first time to the study of cancer genome sequencing, to reveal mutations. Using data generated by next generation sequencing technologies, we have analyzed the exome sequences of brain tumor patients with matched tumor and normal blood. We show that mutations contained in sequencing data can be revealed using this technique thus providing a new methodology for determining subsequences of given length containing mutations i.e. its value differs from those of subsequences without mutations. A potential application for this technique involves simplifying the procedure of finding segments with mutations, speeding up genomic research, and accelerating its implementation in clinical diagnostic. Moreover, the prediction of a mutation associated to a family of frequent mutations in numerous types of cancers based purely on the value of the Kolmogorov function, indicates that this applied marker may recognize genomic sequences that are in extremely low abundance and can be used in revealing new types of mutations., Comment: To appear in Royal Society Open Science, 12 pages, 2 figures

Confined states of a positronium (Ps) in the spherical and circular quantum dots (QDs) are theoretically investigated in two size-quantization regimes: strong and weak. Two-band approximation of Kane dispersion law and parabolic dispersion law of charge carriers are considered. It is shown that the electronpositron pair instability is a consequence of dimensionality reduction, not of the size quantization (SQ). The binding energies for the Ps in circular and spherical QDs are calculated. The Ps formation dependence on the QD radius is studied.

We present a conceptual design for a novel continuous wave electron-linac based high-intensity high-brightness slow-positron production source with a projected intensity on the order of 10$^{10}$ e$^+$/s. Reaching this intensity in our design relies on the transport of positrons (T$_+$ below 600 keV) from the electron-positron pair production converter target to a low-radiation and low-temperature area for moderation in a high-efficiency cryogenic rare gas moderator, solid Ne. This design progressed through Monte Carlo optimizations of: electron/positron beam energies and converter target thickness, transport of the e$^+$ beam from the converter to the moderator, extraction of the e$^+$ beam from the magnetic channel, a synchronized raster system, and moderator efficiency calculations. For the extraction of e$^+$ from the magnetic channel, a magnetic field terminator plug prototype has been built and experimental results on the effectiveness of the prototype are presented. The dissipation of the heat away from the converter target and radiation protection measures are also discussed., Comment: 10 pages, 13 figures

The cluster $^4\rm He+\Lambda+\rm n$ model is applied to describe the $^6_\Lambda$He hypernucleus. The consideration is based on the configuration space Faddeev equations for a system of non-identical particles. A set of the pair potentials includes the OBE simulating (NSC97f) model for the $\Lambda \rm n$ interaction and the phenomenological potentials for the $\alpha\Lambda$ and $\alpha \rm n$ interactions. We calculated energies of spin (1$^-$,2$^-$) doublet. For the 2$^-$ excitation energy, the obtained value is 0.18 MeV. The hyperon binding energy of the bound 1$^-$ state is less than the experimental value, which may be an evidence for violation of the exact three-body cluster structure., Comment: 10 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures, to be published in Mathematical Modelling and Geometry

Dark sectors, consisting of new, light, weakly-coupled particles that do not interact with the known strong, weak, or electromagnetic forces, are a particularly compelling possibility for new physics. Nature may contain numerous dark sectors, each with their own beautiful structure, distinct particles, and forces. This review summarizes the physics motivation for dark sectors and the exciting opportunities for experimental exploration. It is the summary of the Intensity Frontier subgroup "New, Light, Weakly-coupled Particles" of the Community Summer Study 2013 (Snowmass). We discuss axions, which solve the strong CP problem and are an excellent dark matter candidate, and their generalization to axion-like particles. We also review dark photons and other dark-sector particles, including sub-GeV dark matter, which are theoretically natural, provide for dark matter candidates or new dark matter interactions, and could resolve outstanding puzzles in particle and astro-particle physics. In many cases, the exploration of dark sectors can proceed with existing facilities and comparatively modest experiments. A rich, diverse, and low-cost experimental program has been identified that has the potential for one or more game-changing discoveries. These physics opportunities should be vigorously pursued in the US and elsewhere., Comment: Report of the Community Summer Study 2013 (Snowmass) Intensity Frontier New, Light, Weakly-Coupled Particles subgroup

A new computational method for solving the nucleon-deuteron breakup scattering problem has been applied to study the inelastic neutron-deuteron scattering on the basis of the configuration-space Faddeev equations. This method is based on the spline-decomposition in the angular variable and on a generalization of the Numerov method for the hyperradius. The Merkuriev-Gignoux-Laverne approach has been generalized for arbitrary nucleon-nucleon potentials and with an arbitrary number of partial waves. Neutron-deuteron observables at the incident nucleon energy 14.1 MeV have been calculated using the charge-independent AV14 nucleon-nucleon potential. Results have been compared with those of other authors and with experimental neutron-deuteron scattering data., Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures

The paradigm of \Lambda CDM cosmology works impressively well and with the concept of inflation it explains the universe after the time of decoupling. However there are still a few concerns; after much effort there is no detection of dark matter and there are significant problems in the theoretical description of dark energy. We will consider a variant of the cosmological spherical shell model, within FRW formalism and will compare it with the standard \Lambda CDM model. We will show that our new topological model satisfies cosmological principles and is consistent with all observable data, but that it may require new interpretation for some data. Considered will be constraints imposed on the model, as for instance the range for the size and allowed thickness of the shell, by the supernovae luminosity distance and CMB data. In this model propagation of the light is confined along the shell, which has as a consequence that observed CMB originated from one point or a limited space region. It allows to interpret the uniformity of the CMB without inflation scenario. In addition this removes any constraints on the uniformity of the universe at the early stage and opens a possibility that the universe was not uniform and that creation of galaxies and large structures is due to the inhomogeneities that originated in the Big Bang., Comment: Proceedings of The Time Machine Factory Conference, Turin, October 14 to 20, 2012, 5 pages, 6 figures, Cosmology, Cosmological Microwave Background, Inflation Model

Two dimensional InAs/GaAs quantum ring (QR) is considered using the effective potential approach. The symmetry of QR shape is violated as it is in the well-known Bohigas annular billiard. We calculate energy spectrum and studied the spatial localization of a single electron in such QR. For weak violation of the QR shape symmetry, the spectrum is presented as a set of quasi-doublets. Tunneling between quasi-doublet states is studied by the dependence on energy of the states. The dependence is changed with variation of the QR geometry that is related to the eccentricity of the QR. An interpretation of the experimental result obtained in [1] is proposed. We show that the "chaos-assisted tunneling" effect found in this paper can be explained by inter-band interactions occurred by anti-crossing of the levels with different "radial" quantum numbers., Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures; v.2, pages 13, figures 10. The relation between the anti-crossing, quantum chaos and tunneling is briefly stressed and clarified, one reference is added ([27]). The results were unchanged

We consider the several phenomena which are taking place in Quantum Dots (QD) and Quantum Rings (QR): The connection of the Quantum Chaos (QC) with the reflection symmetry of the QD, Disappearance of the QC in the tunnel coupled chaotic QD, electron localization and transition between Double Concentric QR in the transverse magnetic field, transition of electron from QR to the QD located in the center of QR. Basis of this consideration is the effective Schr\"odinger equation for the corresponding systems., Comment: 32 pages, 26 figures; This paper is the basis of two talks of Sergei Matinyan presented at the workshop "Low Dimension Systems & Gauge principle" (Yerevan, Tbilisi, 2011)

Virtual Compton Scattering (VCS) on the proton has been studied at Jefferson Lab using the exclusive photon electroproduction reaction (e p --> e p gamma). This paper gives a detailed account of the analysis which has led to the determination of the structure functions P_LL-P_TT/epsilon and P_LT, and the electric and magnetic generalized polarizabilities (GPs) alpha_E(Q^2) and beta_M(Q^2) at values of the four-momentum transfer squared Q^2= 0.92 and 1.76 GeV^2. These data, together with the results of VCS experiments at lower momenta, help building a coherent picture of the electric and magnetic GPs of the proton over the full measured Q^2-range, and point to their non-trivial behavior., Comment: version 2: modified according to PRC Editor's and Referee's recommendations. Archival paper for the E93-050 experiment at JLab Hall A. 28 pages, 23 figures, 5 cross-section tables. To be submitted to Phys.Rev.C

We investigate the electron localization in double concentric quantum rings (DCQRs) when a perpendicular magnetic field is applied. In weakly coupled DCQRs, the situation can occur when the single electron energy levels associated with different rings may be crossed. To avoid degeneracy, the anti-crossing of these levels has a place. We show that in this DCQR the electron spatial transition between the rings occurs due to the electron level anti-crossing. The anti-crossing of the levels with different radial quantum numbers provides the conditions for electron tunneling between rings. To study electronic structure of the semiconductor DCQR, the single sub-band effective mass approach with energy dependence was used. Results of numerical simulation for the electron transition are presented for DCQRs of geometry related to one fabricated in experiment., Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures

The electronic structure of the semiconductor double concentric quantum nano-ring (DCQR) is studied under the single sub-band effective mass approach. We show that in the weakly coupled DCQR, that has been placed in transverse magnetic field, the electron spatial transition between the rings can occur due to electron level anti-crossing. The anti-crossing of the levels with different radial quantum numbers provides the conditions when the electron tunneling between rings becomes possible. Results of numerical simulation for the electron transition are presented for DCQRs of different geometry. In particularly, the system of a QR with a QD located at center of this QR is considered., Comment: 20 pages, 18 figures

The electric form factor of the neutron was determined from studies of the reaction He3(e,e'n)pp in quasi-elastic kinematics in Hall A at Jefferson Lab. Longitudinally polarized electrons were scattered off a polarized target in which the nuclear polarization was oriented perpendicular to the momentum transfer. The scattered electrons were detected in a magnetic spectrometer in coincidence with neutrons that were registered in a large-solid-angle detector. More than doubling the Q2-range over which it is known, we find GEn = 0.0225 +/- 0.0017 (stat) +/- 0.0024 (syst), 0.0200 +/- 0.0023 +/- 0.0018, and 0.0142 +/- 0.0019 +/- 0.0013 for Q2 = 1.72, 2.48, and 3.41 GeV2, respectively., Comment: submitted to PRL

A new computational method for solving the nucleon-deuteron breakup scattering problem has been applied to study the elastic neutron- and proton-deuteron scattering on the basis of the configuration-space Faddeev-Noyes-Noble-Merkuriev equations. This method is based on the spline-decomposition in the angular variable and on a generalization of the Numerov method for the hyperradius. The Merkuriev-Gignoux-Laverne approach has been generalized for arbitrary nucleon-nucleon potentials and with an arbitrary number of partial waves. The nucleon-deuteron observables at the incident nucleon energy 3 MeV have been calculated using the charge-independent AV14 nucleon-nucleon potential including the Coulomb force for the proton-deuteron scattering. Results have been compared with those of other authors and with experimental proton-deuteron scattering data., Comment: 24 pages, 12 figures, talk at 12th International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon May 31-June 4, 2010, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA

Spherical shaped Si quantum dots (QDs) embedded into the SiO2 substrate are considered in the single sub-band effective mass approach. Nonparabolicity of the Si conduction band is described by the energy dependence of electron effective mass. Calculations of low-lying single electron and hole energy levels are performed. For small sizes QD (diameter D<6nm) there is a strong confinement regime when the number of energy levels is restricted to several levels. The first order of the perturbation theory is used to calculate neutral exciton recombination energy taking into account the Coulomb force between electron and heavy hole. The PL exciton data are reproduced well by our model calculations. For weak confinement regime (size D>10 nm), when the number of confinement levels is limited by several hundred, we considered the statistical properties of the electron confinement. Distribution function for the electron energy levels is calculated and results are discussed., Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures

A high quality beam of linearly polarized photons of several GeV will become available with the coherent bremsstrahlung technique at JLab. We have developed a polarimeter which requires about two meters of the beam line, has an analyzing power of 20% and an efficiency of 0.02%. The layout and first results of a polarimeter test on the laser back-scattering photon beam at SPring-8/LEPS are presented.

Configuration space Faddeev equations are applied to describe the Be9Lambda low-lying resonances of the ground band in the alpha+alpha+Lambda cluster model. The method of analytical continuation in coupling constant is used., Comment: 4 pages, 3 Postscript figures, Talk at the 18th International IUPAP Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics, Aug. 21-26, 2006, Santos, Brazil

A new computational method for solving the configuration-space Faddeev equations for the breakup scattering problem has been applied to nd scattering both below and above the two-body threshold., Comment: 4 pages, 3 Postscript figures, uses espcrc1.sty Talk at the 18th International IUPAP Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics, Aug. 21-26, 2006, Santos, Brazil

In the framework of perturbative QCD, double inclusive cross sections for high $p_t$ parton production in nucleus-nucleus collisions are computed with multiple rescattering taken into account. The induced long-range correlations between numbers of jets at forward and backward rapidities are found to reach $10\div 20$% for light nuclei at $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV/c and to be suppressed for heavy nuclei and LHC energies., Comment: 17 pages, 6 figures. V2: Major revisions

The entanglement of two atoms (ions) doped into a carbon nanotube has been investigated theoretically. Based on the photon Green function formalism for quantizing electromagnetic field in the presence of carbon nanotubes, small-diameter metallic nanotubes are shown to result in a high degree of the two-qubit atomic entanglement for long times due to the strong atom-field coupling., Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures

We analyze optical absorption by atomically doped carbon nanotubes with a special focus on the frequency range close to the atomic transition frequency. We derive the optical absorbtion line-shape function and, having analyzed particular achiral nanotubes of different diameters, predict the effect of absorbtion line splitting due to strong atom-vacuum-field coupling in small-diameter nanotubes. We expect this effect to stimulate relevant experimental efforts and thus to open a path to new device applications of atomically doped carbon nanotubes in modern nanotechnologies., Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures

Charm photoproduction rates off nuclei below the nucleon threshold are estimated using the phenomenologically known structure functions both for x>1 and x<1. The rates rapidly fall below the threshold from values of the order 10 pb for Pb close to the threshold (at 7.5 GeV) down to values of the order 1 pb at 6 GeV., Comment: 11 p[ages, 7 figures

Leptoproduction of nucleons into the backward hemisphere on nuclear targets is studied at relativistic subasymptotic energies and momenta. The relativistic internucleon potential is extracted from appropriate photoproduction data. Different production mechanisms are found to work together and interfere. Whenever rescattering is kinematically possible, it gives the bulk of the contribution, except at very high Q^2. Comparison with the existing data at E=2.4 GeV shows a reasonable agreement., Comment: 20 pages in Latex, 11 figures in PS

The structure function of the nucleus in the cumulative region $x>1$ is studied in terms of nucleon degrees of freedom. At high $Q^2$ the resulting expressions are presented as a sum of contributions from few-nucleon correlations. Two-nucleon correlations are studied in some detail. Spin variables are averaged out. In the region $1

Charm photoproduction rates off nuclei below the nucleon threshold are estimated using the phenomenologically known structure functions both for $x<1$ and $x>1$. The rates rapidly fall from values of the order 1 nb at the threshold to values of the order 1 pb at 6 GeV for Pb target., Comment: 5 pages text in LaTex, 3 figures in PS

The characteristics of the four $^4$He atom cluster are investigated using the differential equations for Yakubovsky components. Binding energy, mean-square radius and density function are calculated for the ground state.The spatial properties of the cluster and its subsystems are studied., Comment: RevTeX, 2 EPS figures