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Newly Upgraded Jefferson Lab Accelerator Delivers Full-Energy 12 GeV Electron Beam

The newly upgraded accelerator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has delivered full-energy electrons as part of commissioning activities for the ongoing 12 GeV Upgrade project. At 4:20 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, operators of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) delivered the first batch of 12 GeV electrons (12.065 GeV) to its newest experimental hall complex, Hall D.

23 Dec 2015

Synthetic Aperture Microwave Imaging System Could Help Shed Light on Fusion Experiments

A system of antennas similar to those that astrophysicists use to study radio emissions from stars and galaxies will help shed light on fusion experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). Called Synthetic Aperture Microwave Imaging (SAMI), the system aims to provide highly precise time and spatial resolution measurements of the density of current at the edge of fusion plasmas in the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U) -- the Laboratory's newly upgraded flagship facility that is set to embark on compelling new research programs.

23 Dec 2015

Pure Spin Current Could Help Detect Magnetic Fluctuations

Electrons have two degrees of freedom, or attributes: charge and spin. With the development of microfabrication technology in recent years, through the active combination of these two attributes, it has become possible to create devices that are head and shoulders above electronics of the past.

22 Dec 2015

Phonon and Photon Share Common Properties

A research group at Osaka University has succeeded in observing at the intended timing two-phonon quantum interference by using two cold calcium ions in ion traps, which spatially confine charged particles. A phonon is a unit of vibrational energy that arises from oscillating particles within crystals. Two-particle quantum interference experiments using two photons or atoms have been previously reported, but this group’s achievement is the world’s first observation using two phonons.

22 Dec 2015

Astrophysicists Obtain Precise Measurements for Orbiting Object in Einstein’s Cross Quasar

Spanish astrophysicists obtain precise measurements for an object orbiting a black hole five billion lightyears away. This is like detecting the ridges of a one euro coin located 100,000 kilometres away.

22 Dec 2015

Material Rotating Around Young Protostar Could Have Dragged in Twisted Magnetic Fields

Using new images that show unprecedented detail, scientists have found that material rotating around a very young protostar probably has dragged in and twisted magnetic fields from the larger area surrounding the star. The discovery, made with the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope, has important implications for how dusty disks -- the raw material for planet formation -- grow around young stars.

22 Dec 2015

Japanese Scientists Unlock Mystery Behind Auroral Breakup

Auroras are dimly present throughout the night in polar regions, but sometimes these lights explode in brightness. Now Japanese scientists have unlocked the mystery behind this spectacle, known as auroral breakup.

22 Dec 2015

Black Holes Could Swell to 50 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun

Black holes at the heart of galaxies could swell to 50 billion times the mass of the sun before losing the discs of gas they rely on to sustain themselves, according to research at the University of Leicester.

22 Dec 2015

Effective Protection for Microdevices Against Hacker Attacks Using Quantum Computers

RUB engineers have developed encryption technologies for practical applications to protect microdevices from hacker attacks conducted by quantum computers.

22 Dec 2015

Major Advance in Proof of Existence of Majorana-Type Particle

A NIMS MANA group theoretically demonstrated that the results of the experiments on the peculiar superconducting state reported by a Chinese research group in January 2015 prove the existence of the Majorana-type particles.

22 Dec 2015

Two Materials with Unusual Quantum-Mechanical Properties Connected Through Quantum Constriction

Work of physicists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), in which they connected two materials with unusual quantum-mechanical properties through a quantum constriction, could open up a novel path towards both a deeper understanding of physics and future electronic devices. Their results have just been published in the journal Science.

21 Dec 2015

Dynamic Version of Quantum Hall Effect Realized in Optical Superlattices

The transport of particles is usually induced by applying an external gradient to a system. Water, for example, flows down a slope and electric current is generated by applying a voltage. But already in ancient times another way of generating a directional motion was known: by periodic modulation of a system, as can be seen in the famous Archimedes' screw.

21 Dec 2015

Scientists Observe Highly Energetic Gamma Radiation from Distant PKS 1441+25 Galaxy

For the first time, scientists have observed gamma radiation from a well-known distant galaxy. In the center of the active galaxy PKS 1441+25 resides a massive black hole, which is surrounded by a luminous disk of matter.

21 Dec 2015

Celestial Lightsabre Lies Within Milky Way Galaxy

Perfectly timed for the release of "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens", this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a cosmic double-bladed lightsabre. In the centre of the image, partially obscured by a dark Jedi-like cloak of dust, an adolescent star shoots twin jets out into space, demonstrating the fearsome forces of the Universe.

21 Dec 2015

Extreme Cosmic Pressures Produced in Surprisingly Simple Experiments

The inside of planets, stellar shells and numerous other uncomfortable spots in space have one thing in common: matter there is under extreme pressure of several million atmospheres.

21 Dec 2015

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Newly Upgraded Jefferson Lab Accelerator Delivers Full-Energy 12 GeV Electron Beam

Synthetic Aperture Microwave Imaging System Could Help Shed Light on Fusion Experiments

Pure Spin Current Could Help Detect Magnetic Fluctuations

Phonon and Photon Share Common Properties

Astrophysicists Obtain Precise Measurements for Orbiting Object in Einstein’s Cross Quasar

Material Rotating Around Young Protostar Could Have Dragged in Twisted Magnetic Fields

Japanese Scientists Unlock Mystery Behind Auroral Breakup

Black Holes Could Swell to 50 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun

Effective Protection for Microdevices Against Hacker Attacks Using Quantum Computers

Major Advance in Proof of Existence of Majorana-Type Particle

Two Materials with Unusual Quantum-Mechanical Properties Connected Through Quantum Constriction

Dynamic Version of Quantum Hall Effect Realized in Optical Superlattices

Scientists Observe Highly Energetic Gamma Radiation from Distant PKS 1441+25 Galaxy

Celestial Lightsabre Lies Within Milky Way Galaxy

Extreme Cosmic Pressures Produced in Surprisingly Simple Experiments

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