Neutron-rich matter exists naturally in neutron stars and some nuclei. It can also be created during mergers of neutron stars in space and collisions between two heavy nuclei in terrestrial nuclear laboratories. The nature and Equation of State (EOS) of such matter are still very poorly known while they have broad impacts on many interesting issues in both astrophysics and nuclear physics. In...
Although the gravitational interaction between matter and antimatter has been the subject of theoretical speculation since the discovery of the latter in 1928, only recently, for the first time, the ALPHA experiment was able to observe the effects of gravity on antimatter atoms, namely on anti-hydrogen. The experimental strategy is based on the balancing of the gravitational force with the...
High-energy physics is facing increasingly computational challenges in real-time event reconstruction for the near-future high-luminosity era, especially for charged particles track finding. In this talk, I will present a recently developed algorithm for track reconstruction based on the minimisation of an Ising-like Hamiltonian with a linear algebra approach: the track finding problem is...
Amid the experimental results still needed to achieve a wide understanding of the Standard Model strong interaction mechanisms in the low-energy strangeness sector, the kaon-nucleon/nuclei interaction studies are a key component. The impact of these measurements ranges from various QCD models, like Chiral Symmetry Perturbation, Lattice QCD, etc., to nuclear physics and astrophysics.
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Micromegas (MICRO-MEsh GAseous Structures) are ionization gaseous detectors belonging to the Multi-Pattern Gaseous Detector (MPGD) family, which have been used in a large range of nuclear and particle physics experiments since their invention in 1996. It is parallel-plate structure divided into two regions by a micromesh suspended over an anode plane by insulator pillars: the conversion...
