AIM:To investigating the relationship between thoracic and cardiac 18F-Natrium-Fluoride(18F-Na F)uptake,as a marker of ongoing calcification and cardiovascular risk factors.METHODS:Seventy-eight patients(44 females,me...AIM:To investigating the relationship between thoracic and cardiac 18F-Natrium-Fluoride(18F-Na F)uptake,as a marker of ongoing calcification and cardiovascular risk factors.METHODS:Seventy-eight patients(44 females,mean age 63,range 44-83)underwent whole body 18F-Na F positron emission tomography/computed tomography.Cardiovascular risk(CVR)was used to divide these patients in three categories:Low(LR),medium(MR)and high risk(HR).18F-Na F uptake was measured by manually drawing volumes of interest on the ascendingaorta,on the aortic arch,on the descending aorta and on the myocardium;average standardized uptake value was normalized for blood-pool,to obtain target-tobackground ratio(TBR).Values from the three aortic segments were then averaged to obtain an index of the whole thoracic aorta.RESULTS:A significant difference in whole thoracic aorta TBR was detected between HR and LR(1.84±0.76 vs 1.07±0.3,P<0.001),but also between MR and HR-LR(1.4±0.4,P<0.02 and P<0.01,respectively).Significance of this TBR stratification strongly varied among thoracic aorta subsegments and the lowest P values were reached in the descending aorta(P<0.01).Myocardial uptake provided an effective CVR classes stratification(P<0.001).Correlation between TBR and CVR was appreciable when the whole thoracic aorta was considered(R=0.67),but it peaked when correlating the descending thoracic segment(R=0.75),in comparison with the aortic arch and the ascending segment(R=0.55 and 0.53,respectively).CONCLUSION:Fluoride uptake within the thoracic aorta wall effectively depicts patients'risk class and correlates with cardiovascular risk.Descending aorta is the most effective in CVR determination.展开更多
Incorporating nitrogen(N)atom in graphene is considered a key technique for tuning its electrical properties.However,this is still a great challenge,and it is unclear how to build N-graphene with desired nitrogen conf...Incorporating nitrogen(N)atom in graphene is considered a key technique for tuning its electrical properties.However,this is still a great challenge,and it is unclear how to build N-graphene with desired nitrogen configurations.There is a lack of experimental evidence to explain the influence and mechanism of structural defects for nitrogen incorporation into graphene compared to the derived DFT theories.Herein,this gap is bridged through a systematic study of different nitrogen-containing gaseous plasma post-treatments on graphene nanowalls(CNWs)to produce N-CNWs with incorporated and substituted nitrogen.The structural and morphological analyses describe a remarkable difference in the plasma–surface interaction,nitrogen concentration and nitrogen incorporation mechanism in CNWs by using different nitrogen-containing plasma.Electrical conductivity measurements revealed that the conductivity of the N-graphene is strongly influenced by the position and concentration of C–N bonding configurations.These findings open up a new pathway for the synthesis of N-graphene using plasma post-treatment to control the concentration and configuration of incorporated nitrogen for application-specific properties.展开更多
In this study, we investigate the generation of twin γ ray beams in the collision of an ultrahigh intensity laser pulse with a laser wakefield accelerated electron beam using a particle-in-cell simulation. We conside...In this study, we investigate the generation of twin γ ray beams in the collision of an ultrahigh intensity laser pulse with a laser wakefield accelerated electron beam using a particle-in-cell simulation. We consider the composed target of a homogeneous underdense preplasma in front of an ultrathin solid foil. The electrons in the preplasma are trapped and accelerated by the wakefield. When the laser pulse is reflected by the thin solid foil, the wakefield accelerated electrons continue to move forward and pass through the foil almost without influence from the reflected laser pulse or foil. Consequently, two groups of γ ray flashes, with tunable time delay and energy, are generated by the wakefield accelerated electron beam interacting with the reflected laser pulse from the foil as well as another counter-propagating petawatt laser pulse behind the foil. Additionally, we study the dependence of the γ photon emission on the preplasma densities, driving laser polarization, and solid foil.展开更多
Ion beam deceleration properties of a newly developed low-energy ion beam implantation system were studied. The objective of this system was to produce general purpose low-energy (5 to 15 keV) implantations with high ...Ion beam deceleration properties of a newly developed low-energy ion beam implantation system were studied. The objective of this system was to produce general purpose low-energy (5 to 15 keV) implantations with high current beam of hundreds of μA level, providing the most wide implantation area possible and allowing continuously magnetic scanning of the beam over the sample(s). This paper describes the developed system installed in the high-current ion implanter at the Laboratory of Accelerators and Radiation Technologies of the Nuclear and Technological Cam-pus, Sacavém, Portugal (CTN).展开更多
As JET is developing and testing operational scenarios for higher fusion performance,an increase in pulse disruptivity is being observed.On a deeper analysis,we find that several radiative phenomena play an active rol...As JET is developing and testing operational scenarios for higher fusion performance,an increase in pulse disruptivity is being observed.On a deeper analysis,we find that several radiative phenomena play an active role in determining the outcome of the pulse.The analysis is enabled by the use of real-time tomography based on the bolometer diagnostic.Even though plasma tomography is an inverse problem,we use machine learning to train a forward model that provides the radiation profile directly,based on a single matrix multiplication step.This model is used to investigate radiative phenomena including sawtooth crashes,ELMs and MARFE,and their relationship to the radiated power in different regions of interest.In particular,we use realtime tomography to monitor the core region,and to throw an alarm whenever core radiation exceeds a certain threshold.Our results suggest that this measure alone can anticipate a significant fraction of disruptions in the JET baseline scenario.展开更多
Mass spectrometry is an essential part of ion implantation. Therefore, in order to guarantee beam purity avoiding contamination of the implanted samples, a system was developed for the high current implanter at the La...Mass spectrometry is an essential part of ion implantation. Therefore, in order to guarantee beam purity avoiding contamination of the implanted samples, a system was developed for the high current implanter at the Laboratory of Accelerators and Radiation Technologies (LATR) at the Instituto Superior Técnico. The system presented and discussed in this paper was developed using a LabVIEW code and uses a PC to control and display the mass spectrum. It also permits to save all data acquired for posterior analysis. In order to show some capabilities of this system, some experimental results are presented.展开更多
This paper brings the comparison of performances of CO_(2)conversion by plasma and plasma-assisted catalysis based on the data collected from literature in this field,organised in an open access online database.This t...This paper brings the comparison of performances of CO_(2)conversion by plasma and plasma-assisted catalysis based on the data collected from literature in this field,organised in an open access online database.This tool is open to all users to carry out their own analyses,but also to contributors who wish to add their data to the database in order to improve the relevance of the comparisons made,and ultimately to improve the efficiency of CO_(2)conversion by plasma-catalysis.The creation of this database and database user interface is motivated by the fact that plasma-catalysis is a fast-growing field for all CO_(2)conversion processes,be it methanation,dry reforming of methane,methanolisation,or others.As a result of this rapid increase,there is a need for a set of standard procedures to rigorously compare performances of different systems.However,this is currently not possible because the fundamental mechanisms of plasma-catalysis are still too poorly understood to define these standard procedures.Fortunately however,the accumulated data within the CO_(2)plasma-catalysis community has become large enough to warrant so-called“big data”studies more familiar in the fields of medicine and the social sciences.To enable comparisons between multiple data sets and make future research more effective,this work proposes the first database on CO_(2)conversion performances by plasma-catalysis open to the whole community.This database has been initiated in the framework of a H_(2)0_(2)0 European project and is called the“PIONEER Data Base”.The database gathers a large amount of CO_(2)conversion performance data such as conversion rate,energy efficiency,and selectivity for numerous plasma sources coupled with or without a catalyst.Each data set is associated with metadata describing the gas mixture,the plasma source,the nature of the catalyst,and the form of coupling with the plasma.Beyond the database itself,a data extraction tool with direct visualisation features or advanced filtering functionalities has been developed and is available online to the public.The simple and fast visualisation of the state of the art puts new results into context,identifies literal gaps in data,and consequently points towards promising research routes.More advanced data extraction illustrates the impact that the database can have in the understanding of plasma-catalyst coupling.Lessons learned from the review of a large amount of literature during the setup of the database lead to best practice advice to increase comparability between future CO_(2)plasma-catalytic studies.Finally,the community is strongly encouraged to contribute to the database not only to increase the visibility of their data but also the relevance of the comparisons allowed by this tool.展开更多
In this paper,we report the detection of the very-high-energy(VHE,100 GeV<E<100 TeV)and ultra-high-energy(UHE,E>100 TeV)y-ray emissions from the direction of the young star-forming region W43,observed by the ...In this paper,we report the detection of the very-high-energy(VHE,100 GeV<E<100 TeV)and ultra-high-energy(UHE,E>100 TeV)y-ray emissions from the direction of the young star-forming region W43,observed by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observation(LHAASO).The extendedγ-ray source was detected with a significance of~16σby KM2A and~17σby WCDA,respectively.The angular extension of this y-ray source is about 0.5 degrees,corresponding to a physical size of about 50pc.We discuss the origin of theγ-ray emission and possible cosmic ray acceleration in the W43 region using multi-wavelength data.Our findings suggest that W43 is likely another young star cluster capable of accelerating cosmic rays(CRs)to at least several hundred TeV.展开更多
Based on a sample of 2.7x 10^(9)ψ(3686)events collected by the BESIII detector operating at the BEP-CII collider,the decay 4(3686)→YX_(cJ),X_(cJ)→ηηη’is analyzed.The decay modes X_(c1)and X_(c2)→ηηη’are ob...Based on a sample of 2.7x 10^(9)ψ(3686)events collected by the BESIII detector operating at the BEP-CII collider,the decay 4(3686)→YX_(cJ),X_(cJ)→ηηη’is analyzed.The decay modes X_(c1)and X_(c2)→ηηη’are observed for the first time,and their corresponding branching fractions are determined to be B(X_(c1)→ηηη’)=(1.40±0.13(stat.)±0.09(sys.))×10^(-4)and B(X_(c2)→ηηη’)=(4.18±0.84(stat.)±0.48(sys.))×10^(-5).An upper limit on the branching fraction of x_(co)→ηηη’is set as 2.59×10^(-5)at a 90%confidence level(CL).A partial wave analys-is(PWA)of the decay X_(c1)→ηηη’is performed to search for the 1^(-+)exotic stateη1(1855).The PWA result indic-ates that the structure in theηη’mass spectrum is attributed to f_(0)(1500),while in the m mass spectrum,it is attrib-uted to the 0^(++)phase space.The upper limit of B(x_(cl)→η1(1855)η)·B(η1(1855)→ηη')<9.79×10^(-5)is set based on the PWA at 90%CL.展开更多
文摘AIM:To investigating the relationship between thoracic and cardiac 18F-Natrium-Fluoride(18F-Na F)uptake,as a marker of ongoing calcification and cardiovascular risk factors.METHODS:Seventy-eight patients(44 females,mean age 63,range 44-83)underwent whole body 18F-Na F positron emission tomography/computed tomography.Cardiovascular risk(CVR)was used to divide these patients in three categories:Low(LR),medium(MR)and high risk(HR).18F-Na F uptake was measured by manually drawing volumes of interest on the ascendingaorta,on the aortic arch,on the descending aorta and on the myocardium;average standardized uptake value was normalized for blood-pool,to obtain target-tobackground ratio(TBR).Values from the three aortic segments were then averaged to obtain an index of the whole thoracic aorta.RESULTS:A significant difference in whole thoracic aorta TBR was detected between HR and LR(1.84±0.76 vs 1.07±0.3,P<0.001),but also between MR and HR-LR(1.4±0.4,P<0.02 and P<0.01,respectively).Significance of this TBR stratification strongly varied among thoracic aorta subsegments and the lowest P values were reached in the descending aorta(P<0.01).Myocardial uptake provided an effective CVR classes stratification(P<0.001).Correlation between TBR and CVR was appreciable when the whole thoracic aorta was considered(R=0.67),but it peaked when correlating the descending thoracic segment(R=0.75),in comparison with the aortic arch and the ascending segment(R=0.55 and 0.53,respectively).CONCLUSION:Fluoride uptake within the thoracic aorta wall effectively depicts patients'risk class and correlates with cardiovascular risk.Descending aorta is the most effective in CVR determination.
基金funded by the European Union’s Horizon Research and Innovation Program under Grant agreement No. 766894partially supported also by JSPS, MESS and ARRS under the Japan-Slovenia Research Cooperative Program grants to U.C., M.H. and H.Kthe allocation of synchrotron radiation beam time at Bessy II via projects 17205612ST/R, 17206156ST, 18106986ST, 19107892-ST/R and 191-08281 ST/R as well as Calypso
文摘Incorporating nitrogen(N)atom in graphene is considered a key technique for tuning its electrical properties.However,this is still a great challenge,and it is unclear how to build N-graphene with desired nitrogen configurations.There is a lack of experimental evidence to explain the influence and mechanism of structural defects for nitrogen incorporation into graphene compared to the derived DFT theories.Herein,this gap is bridged through a systematic study of different nitrogen-containing gaseous plasma post-treatments on graphene nanowalls(CNWs)to produce N-CNWs with incorporated and substituted nitrogen.The structural and morphological analyses describe a remarkable difference in the plasma–surface interaction,nitrogen concentration and nitrogen incorporation mechanism in CNWs by using different nitrogen-containing plasma.Electrical conductivity measurements revealed that the conductivity of the N-graphene is strongly influenced by the position and concentration of C–N bonding configurations.These findings open up a new pathway for the synthesis of N-graphene using plasma post-treatment to control the concentration and configuration of incorporated nitrogen for application-specific properties.
基金financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11664039, 11575150, 11964038 and 11875007)particularly grateful to CFSA at the University of Warwick for allowing us to use the EPOCH code (developed under UK EPSRC (Grant Nos. EP/G054940/1, EP/ G055165/1 and EP/G056803/1))。
文摘In this study, we investigate the generation of twin γ ray beams in the collision of an ultrahigh intensity laser pulse with a laser wakefield accelerated electron beam using a particle-in-cell simulation. We consider the composed target of a homogeneous underdense preplasma in front of an ultrathin solid foil. The electrons in the preplasma are trapped and accelerated by the wakefield. When the laser pulse is reflected by the thin solid foil, the wakefield accelerated electrons continue to move forward and pass through the foil almost without influence from the reflected laser pulse or foil. Consequently, two groups of γ ray flashes, with tunable time delay and energy, are generated by the wakefield accelerated electron beam interacting with the reflected laser pulse from the foil as well as another counter-propagating petawatt laser pulse behind the foil. Additionally, we study the dependence of the γ photon emission on the preplasma densities, driving laser polarization, and solid foil.
文摘Ion beam deceleration properties of a newly developed low-energy ion beam implantation system were studied. The objective of this system was to produce general purpose low-energy (5 to 15 keV) implantations with high current beam of hundreds of μA level, providing the most wide implantation area possible and allowing continuously magnetic scanning of the beam over the sample(s). This paper describes the developed system installed in the high-current ion implanter at the Laboratory of Accelerators and Radiation Technologies of the Nuclear and Technological Cam-pus, Sacavém, Portugal (CTN).
基金This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 and 2019-2020 under grant agreement No.633053.The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.IPFN(Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear)received financial support from FCT(Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia)through projects UIDB/50010/2020 and UIDP/50010/2020.The authors are thankful for the granted use of computational resources provided by CCFE/UKAEA at Culham,UK.
文摘As JET is developing and testing operational scenarios for higher fusion performance,an increase in pulse disruptivity is being observed.On a deeper analysis,we find that several radiative phenomena play an active role in determining the outcome of the pulse.The analysis is enabled by the use of real-time tomography based on the bolometer diagnostic.Even though plasma tomography is an inverse problem,we use machine learning to train a forward model that provides the radiation profile directly,based on a single matrix multiplication step.This model is used to investigate radiative phenomena including sawtooth crashes,ELMs and MARFE,and their relationship to the radiated power in different regions of interest.In particular,we use realtime tomography to monitor the core region,and to throw an alarm whenever core radiation exceeds a certain threshold.Our results suggest that this measure alone can anticipate a significant fraction of disruptions in the JET baseline scenario.
文摘Mass spectrometry is an essential part of ion implantation. Therefore, in order to guarantee beam purity avoiding contamination of the implanted samples, a system was developed for the high current implanter at the Laboratory of Accelerators and Radiation Technologies (LATR) at the Instituto Superior Técnico. The system presented and discussed in this paper was developed using a LabVIEW code and uses a PC to control and display the mass spectrum. It also permits to save all data acquired for posterior analysis. In order to show some capabilities of this system, some experimental results are presented.
基金funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No.813393partially funded by the Portuguese FCT-Funda??o para a Ciência e a Tecnologia,under projects UIDB/50010/2020,UIDP/50010/2020 and PTDC/FIS-PLA/1616/2021。
文摘This paper brings the comparison of performances of CO_(2)conversion by plasma and plasma-assisted catalysis based on the data collected from literature in this field,organised in an open access online database.This tool is open to all users to carry out their own analyses,but also to contributors who wish to add their data to the database in order to improve the relevance of the comparisons made,and ultimately to improve the efficiency of CO_(2)conversion by plasma-catalysis.The creation of this database and database user interface is motivated by the fact that plasma-catalysis is a fast-growing field for all CO_(2)conversion processes,be it methanation,dry reforming of methane,methanolisation,or others.As a result of this rapid increase,there is a need for a set of standard procedures to rigorously compare performances of different systems.However,this is currently not possible because the fundamental mechanisms of plasma-catalysis are still too poorly understood to define these standard procedures.Fortunately however,the accumulated data within the CO_(2)plasma-catalysis community has become large enough to warrant so-called“big data”studies more familiar in the fields of medicine and the social sciences.To enable comparisons between multiple data sets and make future research more effective,this work proposes the first database on CO_(2)conversion performances by plasma-catalysis open to the whole community.This database has been initiated in the framework of a H_(2)0_(2)0 European project and is called the“PIONEER Data Base”.The database gathers a large amount of CO_(2)conversion performance data such as conversion rate,energy efficiency,and selectivity for numerous plasma sources coupled with or without a catalyst.Each data set is associated with metadata describing the gas mixture,the plasma source,the nature of the catalyst,and the form of coupling with the plasma.Beyond the database itself,a data extraction tool with direct visualisation features or advanced filtering functionalities has been developed and is available online to the public.The simple and fast visualisation of the state of the art puts new results into context,identifies literal gaps in data,and consequently points towards promising research routes.More advanced data extraction illustrates the impact that the database can have in the understanding of plasma-catalyst coupling.Lessons learned from the review of a large amount of literature during the setup of the database lead to best practice advice to increase comparability between future CO_(2)plasma-catalytic studies.Finally,the community is strongly encouraged to contribute to the database not only to increase the visibility of their data but also the relevance of the comparisons allowed by this tool.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12393854,12175121,12393851,12393852,12393853,12205314,12105301,12305120,12261160362,12105294,U1931201,12375107,and 12173039)the Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province,China(Grant No.24NSFSC2319)+2 种基金Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.YSBR-061)in Thailand by the National Science and Technology Development Agency(NSTDA)the National Research Council of Thailand(NRCT)under the High-Potential Research Team Grant Program(Grant No.N42A650868)。
文摘In this paper,we report the detection of the very-high-energy(VHE,100 GeV<E<100 TeV)and ultra-high-energy(UHE,E>100 TeV)y-ray emissions from the direction of the young star-forming region W43,observed by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observation(LHAASO).The extendedγ-ray source was detected with a significance of~16σby KM2A and~17σby WCDA,respectively.The angular extension of this y-ray source is about 0.5 degrees,corresponding to a physical size of about 50pc.We discuss the origin of theγ-ray emission and possible cosmic ray acceleration in the W43 region using multi-wavelength data.Our findings suggest that W43 is likely another young star cluster capable of accelerating cosmic rays(CRs)to at least several hundred TeV.
基金National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFA1606000,2023YFA1606704)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(11635010,11935015,11935016,11935018,12025502,12035009,12035013,12061131003,12192260,12192261,12192262,12192263,12192264,12192265,12221005,12225509,12235017,12361141819)+14 种基金the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)Large-Scale Scientific Facility ProgramCAS(YSBR-101)100 Talents Program of CASThe Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics(INPAC)and Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and CosmologyAgencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo de Chile(ANID),Chile(ANID PIA/APOYO AFB230003)German Research Foundation DFG(FOR5327)Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare,ItalyKnut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation(2021.0174,2021.0299)Ministry of Development of Turkey(DPT2006K-120470)National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF-2022R1A2C1092335)National Science and Technology fund of MongoliaNational Science Research and Innovation Fund(NSRF)via the Program Management Unit for Human Resources Institutional Development,Research and Innovation of Thailand(B50G670107)Polish National Science Centre(2024/53/B/ST2/00975)Swedish Research Council(2019.04595)U.S.Department of Energy(DE-FG02-05ER41374)。
文摘Based on a sample of 2.7x 10^(9)ψ(3686)events collected by the BESIII detector operating at the BEP-CII collider,the decay 4(3686)→YX_(cJ),X_(cJ)→ηηη’is analyzed.The decay modes X_(c1)and X_(c2)→ηηη’are observed for the first time,and their corresponding branching fractions are determined to be B(X_(c1)→ηηη’)=(1.40±0.13(stat.)±0.09(sys.))×10^(-4)and B(X_(c2)→ηηη’)=(4.18±0.84(stat.)±0.48(sys.))×10^(-5).An upper limit on the branching fraction of x_(co)→ηηη’is set as 2.59×10^(-5)at a 90%confidence level(CL).A partial wave analys-is(PWA)of the decay X_(c1)→ηηη’is performed to search for the 1^(-+)exotic stateη1(1855).The PWA result indic-ates that the structure in theηη’mass spectrum is attributed to f_(0)(1500),while in the m mass spectrum,it is attrib-uted to the 0^(++)phase space.The upper limit of B(x_(cl)→η1(1855)η)·B(η1(1855)→ηη')<9.79×10^(-5)is set based on the PWA at 90%CL.
