M. Bender

Publication List Details

Period

1990 - 2009

Number

200

Co-Authors

Tensor part of the Skyrme energy density functional. II: Deformation properties of magic and semi-magic nuclei (2009)

Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Duguet, T., Lesinski, T., Meyer, J.

We study systematically the impact of the time-even tensor terms of the Skyrme energy density functional, i.e. terms bilinear in the spin-current tensor density, on deformation properties of closed...

Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Frankfurt, Robert-Mayer-Str. 8–10, D–60325 Frankfurt am Main (2009)

T. Cornelius, M. Bender, T. Bürvenich, P. Fleischer, P. –g. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn, ...

The spectrum of low lying nuclear states is traditionally associated with the collective motion of the nuclear surface. Various empirically developed collective models (Bohr-Hamiltonian, fluid...

Density functional theory and Kohn-Sham scheme for self-bound systems (2009)

Messud, J., Bender, M., Suraud, E.

We demonstrate how the separation of the total energy of a self-bound system into a functional of the internal one-body Fermionic density and a function of an arbitrary wave vector describing the...

Heavy-ion induced desorption of a TiZrV coated vacuum chamber bombarded with 5 MeV/u Ar8+ beam at grazing incidence (2009)

Hedlund, E, Westerberg, L, Malyshev, OB, Leandersson, M, Kollmus, H, Bellachioma, MC, ...

TiZrV nonevaporable getter NEG coated vacuum chambers is a new vacuum technology which is already used in many particle accelerators worldwide. This coating is also of interest for heavy-ion...

Energy scaling of the ion-induced desorption yield for perpendicular collisions of Ar and U with stainless steel in the energy range of 5 and 100 MeV/u (2009)

Kollmus, H, Kraemer, A, Bender, M, Bellachioma, MC, Reich-Sprenger, H, Mahner, E, ...

For the GSI future project Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research a beam intensity of 10^12 U^(28+) ions/s is planned to be extracted from the GSI heavy ion synchrotron SIS18. Measurements...

Configuration Mixing within the Energy Density Functional Formalism: Removing Spurious Contributions from Non-Diagonal Energy Kernels (2008)

Lacroix, D., Duguet, T., Bender, M.

Multi-reference calculations along the lines of the Generator Coordinate Method or the restoration of broken symmetries within the nuclear Energy Density Functional (EDF) framework are becoming a...

Particle-Number Restoration within the Energy Density Functional Formalism (2008)

Bender, M., Duguet, T., Lacroix, D.

We give a detailed analysis of the origin of spurious divergences and finite steps that have been recently identified in particle-number restoration calculations within the nuclear energy density...

Particle-Number Restoration within the Energy Density Functional formalism: Nonviability of terms depending on noninteger powers of the density matrices (2008)

Duguet, T., Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Lacroix, D., Lesinski, T.

We discuss the origin of pathological behaviors that have been recently identified in particle-number-restoration calculations performed within the nuclear energy density functional framework. A...

Collectivity-induced quenching of signatures for shell closures (2008)

Bender, M., Bertsch, G. F.

Mass differences are an often used as signature and measure for shell closure. Using the angular-momentum projected Generator Coordinate Method and the Skyrme interaction SLy4, we analyze the...

Review Editors (2008)

I. C. Prentice, R. J. Scholes, D. Archer, M. R. Ashmore, O. Aumont, ...

3.2 Terrestrial and Ocean Biogeochemistry:

Configuration mixing of angular-momentum and particle-number projected triaxial HFB states using the Skyrme energy density functional (2008)

Bender, M.

We present a method based on mean-field states generated by triaxial quadrupole constraints which are projected on particle number and angular momentum and mixed by the generator coordinate method on...

An Inelastic Thermal Spike Model to calculate Ion Induced Desorption Yields (2008)

Bender, M., Kollmus, H., Reich-Sprenger, H., Toulemonde, M., Assmann, W.

The ion induced desorption is a severe luminosity limitation for low charge state heavy ion accelerators. Therefore it was intensively investigated in dedicated experiments during the last years....

An Inelastic Thermal Spike Model to calculate Ion Induced Desorption Yields (2008)

Bender, M., Kollmus, H., Reich-Sprenger, H., Toulemonde, M., Assmann, W.

The ion induced desorption is a severe luminosity limitation for low charge state heavy ion accelerators. Therefore it was intensively investigated in dedicated experiments during the last years....

Ar ion induced desorption yields at the energies 5–17.7 MeV/u (2008)

Hedlund, E, Westerberg, L, Malyshev, OB, Edqvist, E, Leandersson, M, Kollmus, H, ...

Particle accelerators have, during operation with heavy ion beams, shown a significant pressure rise when inteintensity of the beam is increased. This pressure riseis due to ion induced desorption,...

Mean field and beyond in α-decay chains of superheavy elements B+G (2007)

P. –g. Reinhard, P. Fleischer, M. Bender

brought evidence for the synthesis of new superheavy elements. One ofthe key observable in these experiments is the Qα value along the α-decay chains. In this contribution, we want to investigate...

Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Frankfurt, Robert-Mayer-Str. 8–10, D–60325 Frankfurt am Main 2 (2007)

T. Cornelius, M. Bender, T. Bürvenich, L. Kudling, A. Sulaksono, P. –g. Reinhard, ...

Magic numbers are a key feature of any finite Fermion system as they provide crucial clues on the underlying mean field. The study of shell closures is thus very interesting in exotic nuclei. One...

Shell stabilization in superheavy elements B+G (2007)

M. Bender, P. –g. Reinhard

Superheavy elements (SHE) are by definition those very heavy nuclei which have a negligible liquid-drop fission barrier.Quantum mechanical shell effects create one or several minima in the potential...

The tensor part of the Skyrme energy density functional. I. Spherical nuclei (2007)

Lesinski, T., Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Duguet, T., Meyer, J.

We perform a systematic study of the impact of the J^2 tensor term in the Skyrme energy functional on properties of spherical nuclei. In the Skyrme energy functional, the tensor terms originate both...

Large-amplitude $Qn-Qp$ collectivity in the neutron-rich oxygen isotope $^{20}$O (2007)

Severyukhin, A. P., Bender, M., Flocard, H.

By means of HFB calculations with independent constraints on axial neutron and proton quadrupole moments Q_n and Q_p, we investigate the large amplitude isoscalar and isovector deformation properties...

The tensor part of the Skyrme energy density functional. I. Spherical nuclei (2007)

Lesinski, T., Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Duguet, T., Meyer, J.

We perform a systematic study of the impact of the J^2 tensor term in the Skyrme energy functional on properties of spherical nuclei. In the Skyrme energy functional, the tensor terms originate both...

The tensor part of the Skyrme energy density functional. I. Spherical nuclei (2007)

Lesinski, T., Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Duguet, T., Meyer, J.

We perform a systematic study of the impact of the J^2 tensor term in the Skyrme energy functional on properties of spherical nuclei. In the Skyrme energy functional, the tensor terms originate both...

The Beam and Detector for the NA48 Neutral Kaon CP Violation Experiment at CERN (2007)

Fanti, V, Lai, A, Marras, D, Musa, L, Nappi, A, Batley, J Richard, ...

The Beam and Detector, used for the NA48 experiment, devoted to the measurement of $Re(\epsilon^{\prime}/\epsilon)$, and for the NA48/1 experiment on rare K_S and neutral hyperon decays, are...

Nuclear charge radii of neutron-deficient lead isotopes beyond N=104 midshell investigated by in-source laser spectroscopy (2007)

Barre, N, Bender, M, Dean, S, ...

The shape of exotic even-mass Pb182-190 isotopes was probed by measurement of optical isotope shifts providing mean square charge radii (delta < r(2)>). The experiment was carried out at the ISOLDE...

Large-amplitude Qn-Qp collectivity in the neutron-rich oxygen isotope 20O (2007)

Severyukhin, A. P., Bender, M., Flocard, H.

By means of HFB calculations with independent constraints on axial neutron and proton quadrupole moments Q_n and Q_p, we investigate the large amplitude isoscalar and isovector deformation properties...

The beam and detector for the NA48 neutral kaon CP violation experiment at CERN (2007)

Fanti, V., Lai, A., Marras, D., Musa, L., Nappi, A., Batley, R., ...

The beam and detector, used for the NA48 experiment, devoted to the measurement of Re(ε′/ε), and for the NA48/1 experiment on rare KS and neutral hyperon decays, are described.

The tensor part of the Skyrme energy density functional. I. Spherical nuclei (2007)

Lesinski, T., Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Duguet, T., Meyer, J.

We perform a systematic study of the impact of the J^2 tensor term in the Skyrme energy functional on properties of spherical nuclei. In the Skyrme energy functional, the tensor terms originate both...

The Tensor Part of the Skyrme Energy Density Functional (2007)

Lesinski, T., Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Duguet, Thomas, Meyer, J.

We systematically study the effect of the J^2 tensor terms in the Skyrme energy functional on properties of spherical nuclei. We build a set of 36 parameterizations covering a wide range of the...

Preattentive visualization of information relevance (2007)

Deller, M., Ebert, A., Bender, M., Agne, S., Barthel, H.

When presenting complex, multidimensional data to users, emphasis of relevant information plays an important role. Especially when data is arranged according to several criteria, the simultaneous use...

The Tensor Part of the Skyrme Energy Density Functional (2007)

Lesinski, T., Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Duguet, Thomas, Meyer, J.

We systematically study the effect of the J^2 tensor terms in the Skyrme energy functional on properties of spherical nuclei. We build a set of 36 parameterizations covering a wide range of the...

The tensor part of the Skyrme energy density functional. I. Spherical nuclei (2007)

Lesinski, T., Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Duguet, T., Meyer, J.

We perform a systematic study of the impact of the J^2 tensor term in the Skyrme energy functional on properties of spherical nuclei. In the Skyrme energy functional, the tensor terms originate both...

The beam and detector for the NA48 neutral kaon CP violation experiment at CERN (2007)

Fanti, V., Lai, A., Marras, D., Musa, L., Nappi, A., Batley, R., ...

The beam and detector, used for the NA48 experiment, devoted to the measurement of Re(ε′/ε), and for the NA48/1 experiment on rare KS and neutral hyperon decays, are described.

The tensor part of the Skyrme energy density functional. I. Spherical nuclei (2007)

Lesinski, T., Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Duguet, T., Meyer, J.

We perform a systematic study of the impact of the J^2 tensor term in the Skyrme energy functional on properties of spherical nuclei. In the Skyrme energy functional, the tensor terms originate both...

The Tensor Part of the Skyrme Energy Density Functional (2007)

Lesinski, T., Bender, M., Bennaceur, K., Duguet, Thomas, Meyer, J.

We systematically study the effect of the J^2 tensor terms in the Skyrme energy functional on properties of spherical nuclei. We build a set of 36 parameterizations covering a wide range of the...

The beam and detector for the NA48 neutral kaon CP violation experiment at CERN (2007)

Fanti, V., Lai, A., Marras, D., Musa, L., Nappi, A., Batley, R., ...

The beam and detector, used for the NA48 experiment, devoted to the measurement of Re(ε′/ε), and for the NA48/1 experiment on rare KS and neutral hyperon decays, are described.

Preconditions to ground based GPS water vapour tomography (2007)

Bender, M., Raabe, A.

The GPS water vapour tomography is a new technique which provides spatially resolved water vapour distributions in the atmosphere under all weather conditions. This work investigates the information...

Preconditions to ground based GPS water vapour tomography (2007)

Bender, M., Raabe, A.

The GPS water vapour tomography is a new technique which provides spatially resolved water vapour distributions in the atmosphere under all weather conditions. This work investigates the information...

Global study of the spectroscopic properties of the first 2+ state in even-even nuclei (2006)

Sabbey, B., Bender, M., Bertsch, G. F.

We discuss the systematics of the 2+ excitation energy and the transition probability from this 2+ to the ground state for most of the even-even nuclei, from O16 up to the actinides, for which data...

Pairing correlations beyond the mean field (2006)

Bender, M., Duguet, T.

We discuss dynamical pairing correlations in the context of configuration mixing of projected self-consistent mean-field states, and the origin of a divergence that might appear when such...

Shape coexistence in neutron-deficient Kr isotopes: Constraints on the single-particle spectrum of self-consistent mean-field models from collective excitations (2006)

Bender, M., Bonche, P.

We discuss shape coexistence in the neutron-deficient Kr72-Kr78 isotopes in the framework of configuration mixing calculations of particle-number and angular-momentum projected axial mean-field...

Beyond mean-field study of excited states: Analysis within the Lipkin model (2006)

Severyukhin, A. P., Bender, M.

Beyond mean-field methods based on restoration of symmetries and configuration mixing by the generator coordinate method (GCM) enable to calculate on the same footing correlations in the ground state...

Quantum calculation of Coulomb reorientation and near-barrier fusion (2006)

Simenel, C., Bender, M., Chomaz, Ph., Duguet, T., De France, G.

We investigate the role of deformation on the fusion probability around the barrier using the Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock theory with a full Skyrme force. We obtain a distribution of fusion...

Spectroscopy and single-particle structure of the odd-Z heavy elements $^{255}$Lr, $^{251}$Md and $^{247}$Es (2006)

Chatillon, A., Theisen, Ch., Greenlees, P.T., Auger, G., Bastin, J.E., Bouchez, E., ...

The odd-Z isotope $^{255}$Lr and its daughter $^{251}$Md and grand-daughter $^{247}Es were studied in two experiments performed at GANIL and the University of Jyväskylä. The $^{255}$Lr nuclei were...

Spectroscopy and single-particle structure of the odd-Z heavy elements $^{255}$Lr, $^{251}$Md and $^{247}$Es (2006)

Chatillon, A., Theisen, Ch., Greenlees, P.T., Auger, G., Bastin, J.E., Bouchez, E., ...

The odd-Z isotope $^{255}$Lr and its daughter $^{251}$Md and grand-daughter $^{247}Es were studied in two experiments performed at GANIL and the University of Jyväskylä. The $^{255}$Lr nuclei were...

Spectroscopy and single-particle structure of the odd-Z heavy elements $^{255}$Lr, $^{251}$Md and $^{247}$Es (2006)

Chatillon, A., Theisen, Ch., Greenlees, P.T., Auger, G., Bastin, J.E., Bouchez, E., ...

The odd-Z isotope $^{255}$Lr and its daughter $^{251}$Md and grand-daughter $^{247}Es were studied in two experiments performed at GANIL and the University of Jyväskylä. The $^{255}$Lr nuclei were...

Spectroscopy and single-particle structure of the odd-Z heavy elements $^{255}$Lr, $^{251}$Md and $^{247}$Es (2006)

Chatillon, A., Theisen, Ch., Greenlees, P.T., Auger, G., Bastin, J.E., Bouchez, E., ...

The odd-Z isotope $^{255}$Lr and its daughter $^{251}$Md and grand-daughter $^{247}Es were studied in two experiments performed at GANIL and the University of Jyväskylä. The $^{255}$Lr nuclei were...

From finite nuclei to the nuclear liquid drop: leptodermous expansion based on the self-consistent mean-field theory (2005)

Bender, M., Nazarewicz, W., Vertse, T.

The parameters of the nuclear liquid drop model, such as the volume, surface, symmetry, and curvature constants, as well as bulk radii, are extracted from the non-relativistic and relativistic energy...

Global study of quadrupole correlation effects (2005)

Bender, M., Bertsch, G. F.

We discuss the systematics of ground-state quadrupole correlations of binding energies and mean-square charge radii for all even-even nuclei, from O16 up to the superheavies, for which data are...

Microscopic models for exotic nuclei (2005)

Bender, M.

Starting from successful self-consistent mean-field models, this paper discusses why and how to go beyond the mean field approximation. To include long-range correlations from fluctuations in...

La conservación del pavo en los Estados Unidos (2005)

Sponenberg, D. P., Bender, M., Johnson, P., Smith, E., Gogal, R., Pierson, F.W., ...

El tipo tradicional de pavos en los EEUU es más ligero y delgado que el tipo industrial. Los pavos fueron usados en sistemas de crianza extensiva para autoconsumo y venta local. Hubo muchas...

La conservación del pavo en los Estados Unidos (2005)

Sponenberg, D. P., Bender, M., Johnson, P., Smith, E., Gogal, R., Pierson, F.W., ...

El tipo tradicional de pavos en los EEUU es más ligero y delgado que el tipo industrial. Los pavos fueron usados en sistemas de crianza extensiva para autoconsumo y venta local. Hubo muchas...

STUDY OF PILOT-CONTROLLER INTEGRATION FOR EMERGENCY CONDITIONS, (2005)

Cole,G., Bender,M., Shoquist,R., Santella,R., Lovinger,D.

The objective of this program was to develop a design concept which will minimize catastropic flight control failures through appropriate pilotcontroller integration. This report describes a...

Database selection and result merging in P2P web search (2005)

Chernov, S., Serdyukov, P., Bender, M., Michel, S., Weikum, G., Zimmer, C.

Intelligent Web search engines are extremely popular now. Currently, only the commercial centralized search engines like Google can process terabytes of Web data. Alternative search engines...

Systematics of quadrupolar correlation energies (2004)

Bender, M., Bertsch, G. F.

We calculate correlation energies associated with the quadrupolar shape degrees of freedom with a view to improving the self-consistent mean-field theory of nuclear binding energies. The Generator...

Further explorations of Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass formulas. III: Role of particle-number projection (2004)

Samyn, M., Goriely, S., Bender, M., Pearson, J. M.

Starting from HFB-6, we have constructed a new mass table, referred to as HFB-8, including all the 9200 nuclei lying between the two drip lines over the range of Z and N > 6 and Z < 122. It differs...

Microscopic study of 240Pu, mean-field and beyond (2004)

Bender, M., Bonche, P.

The influence of exact angular-momentum projection and configuration mixing on properties of a heavy, well-deformed nucleus is discussed for the example of Pu240. Starting from a self-consistent...

Self-Consistent Description of Multipole Strength in Exotic Nuclei I: Method (2004)

Terasaki, J., Engel, J., Bender, M., Dobaczewski, J., Nazarewicz, W., Stoitsov, M.

We use the canonical Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov basis to implement a completely self-consistent quasiparticle-random-phase approximation with arbitrary Skyrme energy density functionals and...

Ganzheitliche Ansätze zur nachhaltigen Wiederverwendung von Heizungspumpen (2004)

Bender, M., Denisow, K., Erhardt, K., Fetting, T., Grau, M., Grieger, S., ...

Im Projekt "Life-Cycle-Extension durch Konzeption und Implementierung neuer Nutzungsstrategien zur nachhaltigen Wiederverwendung technisch komplexer Produkte" (Pump-Up) kooperieren Partner aus...

OLED devices manufactured using a vertical In-Line concept (2004)

Schreil, M., Eritt, M., Amelung, J., Leo, K., Hoffmann, U., Bender, M.

We present results on Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED), manufactured in a vertical In-Line set-up. The OLED show a luminance of 100 cd/m2 at 6 V and a current and power efficiency of about 7 cd/A...

Integriertes Produktrecycling (2004)

Bender, M., Denisow, K., Erhardt, K., Fetting, T., Grau, M., Grieger, S., ...

Im Projekt Pump-Up kooperieren Partner aus Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft mit dem Ziel, Strategien des Produktrecycling zu entwickeln. Am Beispiel der Heizungspumpe arbeiten sie an einer ökologisch...

Configuration mixing of angular momentum projected self-consistent mean-field states for neutron-deficient Pb isotopes (2003)

Bender, M., Bonche, P., Duguet, T.

We study the low-lying collective excitation spectra of the neutron-deficient lead isotopes Pb182-Pb194 by performing a configuration mixing of angular-momentum and particle-number projected...

Further explorations of Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass formulas. II: Role of the effective mass (2003)

Goriely, S., Samyn, M., Bender, M., Pearson, J. M.

We have constructed four new complete mass tables, referred to as HFB-4 to HFB-7, each one including all the 9200 nuclei lying between the two drip lines over the range of Z and N>8 and Z

Correlation energies by the generator coordinate method: computational aspects for quadrupolar deformations (2003)

Bender, M., Bertsch, G.

We investigate truncation schemes to reduce the computational cost of calculating correlations by the generator coordinate method based on mean-field wave functions. As our test nuclei, we take...

Beyond-mean-field-model analysis of low-spin normal-deformed and superdeformed collective states of S32, Ar36, Ar38 and Ca40 (2003)

Bender, M., Flocard, H.

We investigate the coexistence of spherical, deformed and superdeformed states at low spin in S32, Ar36, Ar38 and Ca40. The microscopic states are constructed by configuration mixing of BCS states...

Time-Reversal Violating Schiff Moment of 225Ra (2003)

Engel, J., Bender, M., Dobaczewski, J., De Jesus, J. H., Olbratowski, P.

We use the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock method, allowing all symmetries to be broken, to calculate the time-reversal-violating nuclear Schiff moment (which induces atomic electric dipole moments) in the...

Systematics of Fission Barriers in Superheavy Elements (2003)

Buervenich, T., Bender, M., Maruhn, J. A.

We investigate the systematics of fission barriers in superheavy elements in the range Z = 108-120 and N = 166-182. Results from two self-consistent models for nuclear structure, the relativistic...

Spectroscopy of heavy nuclei by configuration mixing of symmetry restored mean-field states: Shape coexistence in neutron-deficient Pb isotopes (2003)

Bender, M., Bonche, P., Duguet, T.

We study shape coexistence and low-energy excitation spectra in neutron-deficient Pb isotopes using configuration mixing of angular-momentum and particle-number projected self-consistent mean-field...

Skyrme mean-field study of rotational bands in transfermium isotopes (2003)

Bender, M., Bonche, P., Duguet, T.

Self-consistent mean field calculations with the SLy4 interaction and a density-dependent pairing force are presented for nuclei in the Nobelium mass region. Predicted quasi-particle spectra are...

Shape Coexistence in Pb186: Beyond-mean-field description by configuration mixing of symmetry restored wave functions (2002)

Duguet, T., Bender, M., Bonche, P.

We study shape coexistence in Pb186 using configuration mixing of angular-momentum and particle-number projected self-consistent mean-field states. The same Skyrme interaction SLy6 is used everywhere...

A measurement of the $K_s$ lifetime (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

A measurement of the $\KS$ lifetime is presented using data recorded by the NA48 experiment at the CERN-SPS during 1998 and 1999. The $\KS$ lifetime is derived from the ratio of decay time...

Beyond mean-field description of the low-lying spectrum of 16O (2002)

Bender, M.

Starting from constrained Skyrme-mean-field calculations, the low-energy excitation spectrum of 16O is calculated by configuration mixing of particle-number and angular-momentum projected mean-field...

A Measurement of the $K_{s}$ Lifetime (2002)

Lai, A, Marras, D, Batley, J Richard, Bevan, A, Dosanjh, R S, Gershon, T J, ...

A measurement of the $\KS$ lifetime is presented using data recorded by the NA48 experiment at the CERN-SPS during 1998 and 1999. The $\KS$ lifetime is derived from the ratio of decay time...

Precise measurement of the decay $K_{L} \to\pi^{0}\gamma\gamma$ (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

The decay rate of $\klpgg$ has been measured with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. A total of $2558$ $\klpgg$ candidates have been observed with a residual background of $3.2\%$. The branching...

New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses have been performed using decays to 3$\pi^0$ with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. Using symmetric decays to reduce systematic effects, the results...

A measurement of the $K_s$ lifetime (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

Abstract: A measurement of the $\KS$ lifetime is presented using data recorded by the NA48 experiment at the CERN-SPS during 1998 and 1999. The $\KS$ lifetime is derived from the ratio of decay time...

Precise measurement of the decay $K_{L} \to\pi^{0}\gamma\gamma$ (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

The decay rate of $\klpgg$ has been measured with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. A total of $2558$ $\klpgg$ candidates have been observed with a residual background of $3.2\%$. The branching...

New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses have been performed using decays to 3$\pi^0$ with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. Using symmetric decays to reduce systematic effects, the results...

A measurement of the $K_s$ lifetime (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

Abstract: A measurement of the $\KS$ lifetime is presented using data recorded by the NA48 experiment at the CERN-SPS during 1998 and 1999. The $\KS$ lifetime is derived from the ratio of decay time...

Precise measurement of the decay $K_{L} \to\pi^{0}\gamma\gamma$ (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

The decay rate of $\klpgg$ has been measured with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. A total of $2558$ $\klpgg$ candidates have been observed with a residual background of $3.2\%$. The branching...

New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses have been performed using decays to 3$\pi^0$ with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. Using symmetric decays to reduce systematic effects, the results...

Precise measurement of the decay $K_{L} \to\pi^{0}\gamma\gamma$ (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

The decay rate of $\klpgg$ has been measured with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. A total of $2558$ $\klpgg$ candidates have been observed with a residual background of $3.2\%$. The branching...

New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses have been performed using decays to 3$\pi^0$ with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. Using symmetric decays to reduce systematic effects, the results...

Precise measurement of the decay $K_{L} \to\pi^{0}\gamma\gamma$ (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

The decay rate of $\klpgg$ has been measured with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. A total of $2558$ $\klpgg$ candidates have been observed with a residual background of $3.2\%$. The branching...

New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses (2002)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Batley, J R., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

New measurements of the $\eta$ and $K^0$ masses have been performed using decays to 3$\pi^0$ with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. Using symmetric decays to reduce systematic effects, the results...

Gamow-Teller strength and the spin-isospin coupling constants of the Skyrme energy functional (2001)

Bender, M., Dobaczewski, J., Engel, J., Nazarewicz, W.

We investigate the effects of the spin-isospin channel of the Skyrme energy functional on predictions for Gamow-Teller distributions and superdeformed rotational bands. We use the generalized Skyrme...

The Z=82 shell closure in neutron-deficient Pb isotopes (2001)

Bender, M., Cornelius, T., Lalazissis, G. A., Maruhn, J. A., Nazarewicz, W.

Recent mass measurements show a substantial weakening of the binding energy difference delta_{2p} (Z,N) = E(Z-2,N) - 2 E(Z,N) + E(Z+2,N) in the neutron-deficient Pb isotopes. As delta_{2p} is often...

A precise measurement of the direct CP violation parameter $Re(\epsilon'/\epsilon)$ (2001)

Lai, A, Marras, D, Bevan, A, Dosanjh, R S, Gershon, T J, Hay, B, ...

The direct CP violation parameter \Ree\ has been measured from the decay rates of neutral kaons into two pions using the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. With 3.3 million \klpiopio\ events collected...

Measurement of the quadratic slope parameter in the $K_{L}\rightarrow 3\pi^{0}$ decay Dalitz plot (2001)

Lai, A, Marras, D, Musa, L, Bevan, A, Dosanjh, R S, Gershon, T J, ...

A value of \( (-6.1\pm 0.9_{stat}\pm 0.5_{syst})\times 10^{-3} \) is obtained for the quadratic slope parameter \( h \) in the \( K_{L}\rightarrow 3\pi ^{0} \) decay Dalitz plot at the NA48...

Comment on ``Structure of exotic nuclei and superheavy elements in a relativistic shell model'' (2001)

Bender, M.

A recent paper [M. Rashdan, Phys. Rev. C 63, 044303 (2001)] introduces the new parameterization NL-RA1 of the relativistic mean-field model which is claimed to give a better description of nuclear...

GCM Analysis of the collective properties of lead isotopes with exact projection on particle numbers (2001)

Valor, A., Bender, M., Bonche, P., Flocard, H.

We present a microscopic analysis of the collective behaviour of the lead isotopes in the vicinity of Pb208. In this study, we rely on a coherent approach based on the Generator Coordinate Method...

Shell stabilization of super- and hyperheavy nuclei without magic gaps (2001)

Bender, M., Nazarewicz, W.

Quantum stabilization of superheavy elements is quantified in terms of the shell-correction energy. We compute the shell correction using self-consistent nuclear models: the non-relativistic...

Measurement of the quadratic slope parameter in the $K_{L} \rightarrow 3\pi^{0}$ decay Dalitz plot (2001)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Musa, L., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

A value of \( (-6.1\pm 0.9_{stat}\pm 0.5_{syst})\times 10^{-3} \) is obtained for the quadratic slope parameter \( h \) in the \( K_{L}\rightarrow 3\pi ^{0} \) decay Dalitz plot at the NA48...

Measurement of the quadratic slope parameter in the $K_{L} \rightarrow 3\pi^{0}$ decay Dalitz plot (2001)

Lai, A., Marras, D., Musa, L., Bevan, A., Dosanjh, R S., Gershon, T J., ...

A value of \( (-6.1\pm 0.9_{stat}\pm 0.5_{syst})\times 10^{-3} \) is obtained for the quadratic slope parameter \( h \) in the \( K_{L}\rightarrow 3\pi ^{0} \) decay Dalitz plot at the NA48...

Mean-field models and superheavy elements (2000)

Bender, M., Maruhn, J. A.

We discuss the performance of two widely used nuclear mean-field models, the relativistic mean-field theory (RMF) and the non-relativistic Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach (SHF), with particular emphasis...

Extrapolation of mean-field models to superheavy nuclei (2000)

Bender, M.

The extrapolation of self-consistent nuclear mean-field models to the region of superheavy elements is discussed with emphasis on the extrapolating power of the models. The predictions of modern...

Pairing gaps from nuclear mean-field models (2000)

Bender, M., Rutz, K., Maruhn, J. A.

We discuss the pairing gap, a measure for nuclear pairing correlations, in chains of spherical, semi-magic nuclei in the framework of self-consistent nuclear mean-field models. The equations for the...

alpha-decay chains of Z=114, A=289 and Z=118, A=293 in the relativistic mean-field model (1999)

Bender, M.

A comparison of calculated and experimental Q_alpha values of superheavy even-even nuclei and a few selected odd-N nuclei is presented in the framework of the relativistic mean-field model with the...

Shell Corrections of Superheavy Nuclei in Self-Consistent Calculations (1999)

Kruppa, A. T., Bender, M., Nazarewicz, W., Vertse, T., Cwiok, S.

Shell corrections to the nuclear binding energy as a measure of shell effects in superheavy nuclei are studied within the self-consistent Skyrme-Hartree-Fock and Relativistic Mean-Field theories. Due...

Consequences of the center-of-mass correction in nuclear mean-field models (1999)

Bender, M., Rutz, K., Maruhn, J. A.

We study the influence of the scheme for the correction for spurious center-of-mass motion on the fit of effective interactions for self-consistent nuclear mean-field calculations. We find that...

Pairing Gap and Polarisation Effects (1999)

Rutz, K., Bender, M., Maruhn, J. A.

The phenomenological adjustment of the nuclear pairing strength is usually performed with respect to the odd-even staggering of the binding energies. We find that the results strongly depend on the...

A new measurement of direct CP violation in two pion decays of the neutral kaon (1999)

Fanti, V, Lai, A, Marras, D, Musa, L, Bevan, A V, Gershon, T J, ...

The NA48 experiment at CERN has performed a new measurement of direct CP violation, based on data taken in 1997 by simultaneously collecting $kl$ and $ks$ decays into $pipin$ and $pipic$. The result...

Shell structure of superheavy nuclei in self-consistent mean-field models (1999)

Bender, M., Rutz, K., Maruhn, J. A., Greiner, W.

We study the extrapolation of nuclear shell structure to the region of superheavy nuclei in self-consistent mean-field models -- the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach and the relativistic mean-field model...

Measurement of the decay rate and form factor parameter $\alpha_{K}*$ in the decay $K_{L} \rightarrow e^{+}e^{-}\gamma$ (1999)

Fanti, V, Lai, A, Musa, L, Marras, D, Nappi, A, Hay, B, ...

The decay rate of the neutral K meson $\mathrm{K_{L} \rightarrow e^{+}e^{-}\gamma}$ has been measured with the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. A total of 6864 events has been observed with an...

Beta decay of r-process waiting-point nuclei in a self-consistent approach (1999)

Engel, J., Bender, M., Dobaczewski, J., Nazarewicz, W., Surman, R.

Beta-decay rates for spherical neutron-rich r-process waiting-point nuclei are calculated within a fully self-consistent Quasiparticle Random-Phase Approximation, formulated in the...

Potential energy surfaces of superheavy nuclei (1999)

Bender, M., Rutz, K., Maruhn, J. A., Greiner, W.

We investigate the structure of the potential energy surfaces of the superheavy nuclei 258Fm, 264Hs, (Z=112,N=166), (Z=114,N=184), and (Z=120,N=172) within the framework of self-consistent nuclear...

Direct search for light gluinos (1998)

Fanti, V, Lai, A, Musa, L, Marras, D, Nappi, A, Hay, B, ...

We present the results for a direct search for light gluinos through the appearance of $\eta\rightarrow 3\pin$ with high transverse momentum in the vacuum tank of the NA48 experiment at CERN. We find...

A Precision Measurement of $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ in CP-violating K$^0 \to \pi\pi$ Decays with the NA48 Experiment at the CERN SPS (1997)

Bender, M

This article describes the NA48 experiment at CERN, in particular the layout of the simultaneous Kaon beams, the K$_S$-tagging, the magnetic spectrometer and the electromagnetic liquid krypton...

The Drift Chamber Electronics and Readout for the NA48 Experiment (1997)

Augustin, I, Bender, M, Holder, M, Kreutz, A, Otto, W, Roschangar, M, ...

A drift chamber readout system for about 8000 channels with continuous sensitivity, i.e. concurrent data recording and readout, is described. Drift times are measured in bins of 1.56 ns with respect...

First Measurement of the Rate $K^0_L \to \pi \mu \nu \gamma$ (1997)

Bender, M, Augustin, I, Holder, M, Schwarze, I, Ziolkowski, M, Fanti, V, ...

In a preliminary version of the NA48 experiment at the CERN SPS, in which an iron- scintillator sandwich calorimeter was used as a photon detector, the ratio of K$_L \to \pi\mu\nu\gamma$ and K$_L \to...

An HFB scheme in natural orbitals (1997)

Bender, M., Rutz, K., Maruhn, J. A.

We present a formulation of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) equations which solves the problem directly in the basis of natural orbitals. This provides a very efficient scheme which is particularly...

Superheavy nuclei in selfconsistent nuclear calculations (1996)

Rutz, K., Bender, M., Buervenich, T., Schilling, T., Maruhn, J. A., ...

The shell structure of superheavy nuclei is investigated within various parametrizations of relativistic and nonrelativistic nuclear mean field models. The heaviest known even-even nucleus 264Hs is...

Human papillomavirus DNA in cutaneous primary and metastasized squamous cell carcinomas from patients with epidermodysplasia verruciformis.

Ostrow, R S, Bender, M, Niimura, M, Seki, T, Kawashima, M, Pass, F, ...

DNA extracted from squamous cell carcinomas from patients with the chronic wart disease syndrome, epidermodysplasia verruciformis, was analyzed for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-specific...

The Drosophila ecdysone receptor (EcR) gene is required maternally for normal oogenesis.

Carney, G E, Bender, M

Oogenesis in Drosophila is regulated by the steroid hormone ecdysone and the sesquiterpenoid juvenile hormone. Response to ecdysone is mediated by a heteromeric receptor composed of the EcR and USP...

Human papillomavirus DNA in cutaneous primary and metastasized squamous cell carcinomas from patients with epidermodysplasia verruciformis.

Ostrow, R S, Bender, M, Niimura, M, Seki, T, Kawashima, M, Pass, F, ...

DNA extracted from squamous cell carcinomas from patients with the chronic wart disease syndrome, epidermodysplasia verruciformis, was analyzed for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-specific...

The Drosophila ecdysone receptor (EcR) gene is required maternally for normal oogenesis.

Carney, G E, Bender, M

Oogenesis in Drosophila is regulated by the steroid hormone ecdysone and the sesquiterpenoid juvenile hormone. Response to ecdysone is mediated by a heteromeric receptor composed of the EcR and USP...