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- Anomalous Ferromagnetic Phase in the Gd1−xErxB4 Series: Crystal Growth, Thermal, and Magnetic Properties(2023-07-23) MASUNAGA, S. H.; V. B. Barbeta; ABUD, F.; TORIKACHVILI, M. S.; JARDIM, R. F.© 2023 by the authors.Rare-earth tetraborides RB4 are of great interest due to the occurrence of geometric magnetic frustration and corresponding unusual magnetic properties. While the Gd3+ spins in GdB4 align along the ab plane, Er3+ spins in the isomorphic ErB4 are confined to the c–axis. The magnetization in the latter exhibits a plateau at the midpoint of the saturation magnetization. Therefore, solid solutions of (Gd, Er)B4 provide an excellent playground for exploring the intricate magnetic behavior in these compounds. Single crystals of Gd1−xErxB4 (x = 0, 0.2, and 0.4) were grown in aluminum flux. X-ray diffraction scans revealed single-phase materials, and a drop in the unit cell volume with increasing Er content, suggesting the partial substitution of Er at the Gd sites. Heat capacity measurements indicated a systematic decrease of the Néel temperature (TN) with increasing Er content. The effective magnetic moment determined from the magnetization measurement agreed with the calculated free ion values for Gd3+ and Er3+, providing further evidence for the successful substitution of Er for Gd. The partial substitution resulted in an anomalous ferromagnetic phase below TN, exhibiting significant anisotropy, predominantly along the c-axis. This intriguing behavior merits further studies of the magnetism in the Gd1−xErxB4 borides.
- Evaluating the Reliability of Different Voting Schemes for Fault Tolerant Approximate Systems(2023-06-20) BALEN, T. R.; GONZALEZ, C. J.; OLIVEIRA, I. F. V.; DA ROSA JR. L. S.; SOARES, R. I.; SCHVITTZ, R. B.; ADDED, N.; MACCHIONE, E. L. A.; AGUIAR, V. A. P.; Marcilei Aparecida Guazzelli; MEDINA, N. H.; BUTZEN, P. F.© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.This work presents a study on the reliability of voters for approximate fault tolerant systems in the context of single event effects and electromagnetic interference. A first case study analyses different topologies of single-bit majority voters for logic circuits employing fault injection by simulation. In these simulations, an analysis is first performed to identify the critical diffusion areas of the physical implementation according to the voter input vector. Additionally, as a second case study, practical heavy ion experiments on different architectures of software-based approximate voters for mixed-signal applications are also presented, and the cross section of each voter is evaluated. The system comprising the voters was irradiated in two distinct experiments with an 16O ion beam, producing an effective LET at the active region of 5.5 MeV/mg/cm 2 . As a complementary study, a conducted electromagnetic interference injection was also performed, considering two distinct voting schemes. Results of the case-studies allow identifying the most tolerant voter architectures (among the studied ones) for approximate computing applications under single event effects and electromagnetic interference.
- Modeling of MOSFETs Altered by Ionizing Radiation Using Artificial Neural Networks(2023-08-05) SANTOS, L. S. A. DOS; ALLEGRO, P. R. P.; Marcilei Aparecida Guazzelli; GUIDI, A. L.; G. JUNIOR, P. R.; A. JUNIOR, V. S.; TOUFEN, D. L.; VILAS BOAS, A. C.© 2023, The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Sociedade Brasileira de Física.The ionizing radiation absorbed by semiconductor devices can change their properties by modifying their electrical parameters and, in the case of memories, it can modify the information contained in these components. Thus, the ability to predict how ionizing radiation affects electronic circuits becomes especially important in environments where there is the possibility of prolonged exposure to intense radiation, such as satellites, nuclear reactors, particle accelerators, and medical equipment, among others. In this sense, this paper proposes a methodology to reproduce the behavior of TID (total ionizing dose) damaged MOSFET transistors using the fully connected artificial neural networks, taking advantage of its universal estimator characteristics to oversample the dataset’s pattern and give it a better resolution. The dataset complexity requires a specific architecture choice, being necessary the use of two neural network models to separately reproduce the MOSFET electric current magnitude order and its curve shape. Results show a very good capability to reproduce and interpolate the MOSFET behavior, which makes the proposed method a promising way to simulate circuits based on MOSFETs that are exposed to ionizing radiation.
- A focus on selected perspectives of the NUMEN project(2022-11-09) CAVALLARO, M.; AGODI, C.; BELLONE, J. I.; BRASOLIN, S.; BRISCHETTO, G. A.; BUSSA, M. P.; CALABRESE, S.; CALVO, D.; CAMPAJOLA, L.; CAPIROSSI, V.; CAPPUZZELLO, F.; CARBONE, D.; CIRALDO, I.; COLONNA, M.; DE BENEDICTIS, C.; DE GREGORIO, G.; DELAUNAY, F.; DUMITRACHE, F.; FERRARESI, C.; FINOCCHIARO, P.; FISICHELLA, M.; GALLIAN, S.; GAMBACURTA, D.; GANDOLFO, E. M.; GARGANO, A.; GIOVANNINI, M.; IAZZI, F.; LANZALONE, G.; LAVAGNO, A.; MEREU, P.; NERI, L.; PANDOLA, L.; PANERO, R.; PERSIANI, R.; PINNA, F.; RUSSO, A. D.; RUSSO, G.; SANTOPINTO, E.; SARTIRANA, D.; SGOUROS, O.; SHAR,A, V. R.; SOUKERAS, V.; SPATAFORA, A.; TORRESI, D.; TUDISCO, S.; AVANZI, L. H.; CARDOZO, E. N.; CHINAGLIA, E. F.; COSTA, K. M.; FERREIRA, J. L.; LINARES, R.; LUBIAN, J.; MASUNAGA, S. H.; MEDINA, N. H.; MORALLES, M.; OLIVEIRA, J. R. B.; SANTARELLI, T. M.; Roberto Santos; Marcilei Aparecida Guazzelli; ZAGATTO, V. A. B.; KOULOURIS, S.; PAKOU, A.; SOULIOTIS, G.; ACOSTA, L.; AMADOR-VALENZUELA, P.; BIJKER, R.; CHAVEZ LOMELI, E. R.; GARCIA-TECOCOATZI, H.; HUERTA HERNANDEZ, A.; MARIN-LAMBARRI, D. J.; VARGA HERNANDEZ, H.; VILLAGRAN, R. G.; BOZTOSUN, I.; DAPO, H.; EKE, C.; FIRAT, S.; HACISALIHOGU, A.; KUCUK, Y.; SOLAKCI, S. O.; YILDIRIM, A.; AUERBACH, N.; BURRELLO, S.; LENSKE, H.; ISSAK, J.; PIETRALLA, N.; WERNER, V.; LAY, J. A.; PETRASCU, H.; FERRETTI, J.; KOTILA, J.; DONALDSON, L. M.; KHUMALO, T.; NEVELING. R.; PELLEGRI, L.© 2022 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.The use of double charge exchange reactions is discussed in view of their application to extract information that may be helpful to determinate the nuclear matrix elements entering in the expression of neutrinoless double beta decay half-life. The strategy adopted in the experimental campaigns performed at INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud and in the analysis methods within the NUMEN project is briefly described, emphasizing the advantages of the multi-channel approach to nuclear reaction data analysis. An overview on the research and development activities on the MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer is also given, with a focus on the chosen technological solutions for the focal plane detector which will guarantee the performances at high-rate conditions.
- Banana and its nutrients: the power of the heart(2022-11-09) PALMA, M. S.; CURADO, J. F.; RIZZUTTO, M.; MEDINA, N. H.; Marcilei Aparecida Guazzelli© 2022 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.Macro and micronutrients are essential minerals for the development of living beings, and this separation is given in quantitative reason, that is, while macronutrients, such as potassium and calcium, are required in larger amounts, micronutrients such as iron and zinc, are required in small quantities. For humans, potassium (K) is an essential macronutrient. In the human body, potassium has the function of regulating osmotic pressure, transmitting nerve impulses and carrying out muscle contraction. Its existence is found in high concentration in bananas. The heart banana plant is a little-known part among the by-products generated by banana cultivation, and is commonly discarded in the soil in order to increase its organic content, due to its high content of minerals such as potassium, calcium and zinc. Thus, this research work aimed to explore the nutritional potential of unconventional parts of banana for human consumption, through Energy Dispersion X-Ray Fluorescence technique, with which it is possible to identify and quantify the main constituent elements. The species were studied Musa Acuminata 'Dwarf/Cavendish', Musa Acuminata x M. Balbisiana 'Apple/Manzano', Musa Ornata 'Ornamental' and Musa Acuminata 'Fig'. The quantity of potassium and of other elements such as Ca, Fe, Mn, Zn, and Rb in the banana heart samples were studied superior to the findings in the literature.
- Vibration measurement by projection of phase-modulated and amplitude-modulated structured light(2023-01-05) DIB, L. F. G.; HENRIQUE, M. C.; SAITA, M. T.; BARBOSA, E. A.© 2023 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. All rights reserved.Most of the whole-field optical methods for vibration measurement have low sensitivity when the points of the studied surface vibrate with the same amplitude. Those techniques also usually require complex and/or expensive solutions which are difficult to implement in engineering processes when the vibration amplitudes are relatively high. In order to overcome those limitations we propose a method for out-of-plane vibration measurement which uses structured light projection. The vibrating surface is obliquely illuminated by straight and parallel interference fringes produced by a Twyman-Green interferometer with a 532-nm laser as light source. In order to enable fringe visualization two techniques were employed, namely, the phase modulation of the fringe pattern by using a vibrating mirror in the interferometer, and a stroboscopic illumination by using a Fabry-Perot etalon amplitude modulator. We demonstrated the technique by measuring the vibration amplitudes of small objects in the millimeter and submillimeter range.
- Multichannel experimental and theoretical approach to the C 12 (O 18, F 18) B 12 single-charge-exchange reaction at 275 MeV: Initial-state interaction and single-particle properties of nuclear wave functions(2023) SPATAFORA, A.; CARBONE, D.; CAPPUZZELLO, F.; CAVALLARO, M.; ACOSTA, L.; AGODI, C.; AMADOR-VALENZUELA, P; BORELLO-LEWIN, T.; BRISCHETTO, G. A.; CALABRESE, S.; CALVO, D.; CAPIROSSI, V.; CHAVEZ LOMELI, E. R.; CIRALDO, I.; DE GREGORIO, G.; DELAUNAY, F.; DJAPO, H.; EKE, C.; FINOCCHIARO, P.; FIRAT, S.; FISICHELLA, M.; FOTI, A.; GARGANO, A.; HACISALIHOGLU, A.; IAZZI, F.; LA FAUCI, L.; LINARES, R.; LUBIAN, J.; MEDINA, N.; MORALLES, M.; OLIVEIRA, J. R. B.; PAKOU, A.; PANDOLA, L.; PETRASCU, H.; PINNA, F.; RUSSO, G.; SGOUROS, O.; Marcilei Aparecida Guazzelli; SOLAKCI, S. O.; SOUKERAS, V.; SOULIOTIS, G.; TORRESI, D.; TUDISCO, S.; YILDIRIM, A.; ZAGATTO, V. A. B.© 2023 American Physical Society. Background: Single-charge-exchange reactions are appropriate tools to study the nuclear response to one-particle/one-hole isospin probes, gaining additional interest from the connection to beta decay. This analogy has been recently extended to second order, connecting double-charge-exchange reactions and double beta decays. Nowadays, the availability of powerful experimental setups and advanced nuclear theories and models allows one to access precious information on key nuclear structure aspects embedded in the widely sought neutrinoless double beta decay. Purpose: We intend to bring to light the main nuclear structure and reaction features involved in the O18+C12 collision at 275 MeV incident energy. In this paper, the main focus is on the role of the initial- and final-state interactions in the overall reaction dynamics and on the single-particle nuclear structure properties accessed via the study of single-nucleon transfer reactions. Forthcoming articles will be devoted to go into the details of the response to one- and two-particle/hole isospin probes. Methods: Cross-section energy spectra and angular distributions were measured in a unique experimental setup for the C12(O18,O18)C12 elastic and inelastic scattering, the C12(O18,O17)C13 one-neutron stripping, the C12(O18,F19)B11 one-proton pickup, and the C12(O18,F18)B12 single-charge-exchange nuclear reactions. A unique comprehensive and coherent theoretical calculation, able to describe the whole network of direct reactions using state-of-the-art nuclear structure and reaction theories, was performed, and it is presented for the first time in this article. This holistic approach, applied both to the experimental and theoretical analysis, is the main feature and worth of the work here presented. Results: The energy and angular resolutions achieved in each reaction channel allowed us to isolate specific transitions and to map the diffraction patterns in the angular distributions. The cross-section calculations describe well the experimental data, both in terms of the absolute values and diffraction patterns. Although the distorted wave Born approximation (DWBA) calculations prove to be accurate in describing all the studied channels, better results are achieved when the couplings to inelastic transitions in both the incoming and outgoing partitions are introduced, as done in the coupled channels Born approximation (CCBA) calculations. Otherwise, no real improvement is found when the coupling effects among different partitions are explicitly taken into account in the coupled reaction channels (CRC) calculations. Conclusions: The multichannel approach proposed in this paper is a promising method for accurate investigations of direct reactions originating in heavy-ion collisions. This is quite appealing for the precise spectroscopy of heavy nuclei proposed in many areas of nuclear physics. An example is the NUMEN project with its challenging commitment to provide valuable information on neutrinoless double beta decay nuclear matrix elements from single- and double-charge-exchange cross-section measurements.
- Unsupervised machine learning application to identify single-event transients (SETs) from noise events in MOSFET transistor ionizing radiation effects(2023) ALLEGRO, P. R. P.; TOUFEN, D. L.; AGUIAR, V. A. P.; SANTOS, L. S. A.; OLIVEIRA W. N.; ADDED, N.; MEDINA, N. H.; MACCHIONE, E. L. A.; ALBERTON , S. G.; Marcilei Aparecida Guazzelli; MELO, M. A. A.; OLIVEIRA, J. A.© 2023This article presents a novel application of the k-means unsupervised machine learning algorithm to the problem of identifying single event transient (SET) events from noise during heavy-ion irradiation experiments of an electronic device. We explore the performance of the k-means algorithm by analyzing experimental datasets of SET events produced by several heavy-ions irradiations of a MOSFET transistor. Data anomalies and effectiveness of the chosen features (mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis) were investigated using the Isolation Forest and Random Forest algorithms, respectively. The results show a high capability of the K-means algorithm to identify SET events from noise using the first four statistical moments as features, allowing in the future the use of this method for in situ event detection and diagnosis without previous algorithm training or pre-analysis of the experimental data.
- Vibration amplitude mapping by stroboscopic structured light projection(2023-03-15) RIBEIRO, I. L. F.; CARVALHO, G. L.; DIB, L. F. G.; BARBOSA, E. A.; WETTER, N. U.© 2022 Elsevier B.V.In this work a method to evaluate the distribution of vibration amplitudes of objects was demonstrated, combining for the first time oblique structured light projection, stroboscopic illumination and fringe evaluation. The light pattern was formed by straight and parallel fringes produced by a slightly misaligned Twyman–Green interferometer illuminated by a 40-mW, 650-nm diode laser. Stroboscopic illumination was achieved by driving the laser with a PWM signal with the same frequency than that of the vibrating object. By evaluating the fringes with phase stepping and phase unwrapping procedures, the amplitude mapping of a formica bar and circular rubber membranes was performed. By averaging the fringe position over the light pulse duration a correction ratio between the actual phase and the measured phase was obtained as a function of the pulse duty cycle, and the dependence of the fringe visibility on the duty cycle was studied. The experiments showed that relatively large amplitudes in a range from tens of millimeters up to few millimeters can be measured.
- Heavy-Ion-Induced Avalanche Multiplication in Low-Voltage Power VDMosfet(2021-09-13) ALBERTON. S. G.; MEDINA, N. H.; ADDED, N.; AGUIAR, V. A. P.; Marcilei Aparecida Guazzelli; Roberto Santos© 2021 IEEE.Lackner's theory for avalanche multiplication in semiconductor devices provides physical interpretation for the model parameters and obtaining them through experimental methods is necessary. In this work, the charge collection mechanisms of heavy-ion-induced avalanche multiplication in power MOSFETs are studied based on Lackner's impact ionization model. The heavy-ion-induced impact ionization coefficients were estimated by comparing collected charge values obtained from computational simulations and experimental measurements.