National Technical University of Athens

About: National Technical University of Athens is a education organization based out in Athens, Attiki, Greece. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Large Hadron Collider & Nonlinear system. The organization has 13445 authors who have published 31259 publications receiving 723504 citations. The organization is also known as: Athens Polytechnic & NTUA.

Search for Higgs boson pair production in the γ γ bb¯ final state with 13 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment

Abstract: A search is performed for resonant and non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the $ \upgamma \upgamma b\overline{b} $ final state. The data set used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb$^{−1}$ of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. No significant excess relative to the Standard Model expectation is observed. The observed limit on the non-resonant Higgs boson pair cross-section is 0.73 pb at 95% confidence level. This observed limit is equivalent to 22 times the predicted Standard Model cross-section. The Higgs boson self-coupling (κ$_{λ}$ = λ$_{HHH}$/λ$_{HHH}^{SM}$ ) is constrained at 95% confidence level to −8.2 < κ$_{λ}$ < 13.2. For resonant Higgs boson pair production through $ X\to HH\to \upgamma \upgamma b\overline{b} $ , the limit is presented, using the narrow-width approximation, as a function of m$_{X}$ in the range 260 GeV < m$_{X}$ < 1000 GeV. The observed limits range from 1.1 pb to 0.12 pb over this mass range.

A four-step phase-fitted method for the numerical integration of second order initial-value problems

Abstract: A four-step method with phase-lag of infinite order is developed for the numerical integration of second order initial-value problems. Extensive numerical testing indicates that this new method can be generally more accurate than other four-step methods.

TiO2/graphene composite photocatalysts for NOx removal: A comparison of surfactant-stabilized graphene and reduced graphene oxide

Abstract: Nanocomposite TiO2/graphene photocatalysts were synthesized via solvothermal process using titanium isopropoxide as a TiO2 precursor. Surfactant-stabilized graphene (ssG) prepared via liquid phase exfoliation and graphene oxide (GO) obtained via oxidation of graphite were used for preparation of two types of composites TiO2/G and TiO2/rGO, respectively, each with graphene loadings 0.01%, 0.1% and 1%. Hydrophilic non ionic surfactant Pluronic F127 was employed in order graphene stabilization in water and homogeneous dispersion with the TiO2 precursor to be achieved. The crystalline structure, composition, morphology, porosity and light absorption of the photocatalysts and their photocatalytic activity in NOx oxidation under UV and visible light irradiation were comparatively investigated. The titania/graphene (ssG and rGO) nanocomposites exhibited higher photocatalytic efficiency than pure TiO2 especially under visible light irradiation in terms of total NOx (NO and NO2) removal and NO2 emission. Differences in the photocatalytic efficiency between the TiO2/G and TiO2/rGO composites were observed originating from the type and the loading of the graphene. In general, the TiO2/rGO exhibited superior efficiency than the TiO2/G and the best results were recorded for low 0.1% graphene loading. The findings are discussed taking into consideration the variation in the BET SSA and the Eg values, as well as the differences in the electronic structure of the ssG and the rGO, the former to be a zero-band gap material and the latter a semiconductor with tunable band gap. The presence of graphene component was determined as a key parameter governing the separation of the photogenerated electron–holes pair through interfacial charge transfer. The significantly increased activity of the TiO2/rGO composites under visible light in NOx removal and the very low levels of NO2 release in comparison to the pure TiO2 render these materials promising photocatalysts for efficient air purification.