The primary components of two new candidate events (GW190403 051519 and GW190426 190642) fall in the mass gap predicted by pair-instability supernova theory. We also expand the population of binaries with significantly asymmetric mass ratios reported in GWTC-2 by an additional two events (q < 0.61 and q < 0.62 at 90% credibility for GW190403 051519 and GW190917 114630 respectively), and find that 2 of the 8 new events have effective inspiral spins χ eff > 0 (at 90% credibility), while no binary is consistent with χ eff < 0 at the same significance.
This work reports an electronic and micro-structural study of an appealing system for optoelectronics: tungsten disulfide (WS) on epitaxial graphene (EG) on SiC(0001). The WS is grown via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) onto the EG. Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) measurements assign the zero-degree orientation as the preferential azimuthal alignment for WS/EG. The valence-band (VB) structure emerging from this alignment is investigated by means of photoelectron spectroscopy measurements, with both high space and energy resolution. We find that the spin-orbit splitting of monolayer WS on graphene is of 462 meV, larger than what is reported to date for other substrates. We determine the value of the work function for the WS/EG to be 4.5 ± 0.1 eV. A large shift of the WS VB maximum is observed as well, due to the lowering of the WS work function caused by the donor-like interfacial states of EG. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations carried out on a coincidence supercell confirm the experimental band structure to an excellent degree. X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (XPEEM) measurements performed on single WS crystals confirm the van der Waals nature of the interface coupling between the two layers. In virtue of its band alignment and large spin-orbit splitting, this system gains strong appeal for optical spin-injection experiments and opto-spintronic applications in general.
We describe the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation package of the Borexino detector
and discuss the agreement of its output with data. The Borexino MC 'ab initio'
simulates the energy loss of particles in all detector components and generates
the resulting scintillation photons and their propagation within the liquid
scintillator volume. The simulation accounts for absorption, reemission, and
scattering of the optical photons and tracks them until they either are
absorbed or reach the photocathode of one of the photomultiplier tubes. Photon
detection is followed by a comprehensive simulation of the readout electronics
response. The algorithm proceeds with a detailed simulation of the electronics
chain. The MC is tuned using data collected with radioactive calibration
sources deployed inside and around the scintillator volume. The simulation
reproduces the energy response of the detector, its uniformity within the
fiducial scintillator volume relevant to neutrino physics, and the time
distribution of detected photons to better than 1% between 100 keV and several
MeV. The techniques developed to simulate the Borexino detector and their level
of refinement are of possible interest to the neutrino community, especially
for current and future large-volume liquid scintillator experiments such as
Kamland-Zen, SNO+, and Juno
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