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Author Quintero-Quintero, A.; Patiño-Camargo, G.; Soriano, A.; Palma, J.D.; Vilar-Palop, J.; Pujades, M.C.; Llorca-Domaica, N.; Ballester, F.; Vijande, J.; Candela-Juan, C.
Title Calibration of a thermoluminescent dosimeter worn over lead aprons in fluoroscopy guided procedures Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Journal of Radiological Protection Abbreviated Journal J. Radiol. Prot.
Volume 38 Issue 2 Pages 549-563
Keywords backscatter correction factor; TLD; lead apron; fluoroscopy; eye lens dose
Abstract (up) Fluoroscopy guided interventional procedures provide remarkable benefits to patients. However, medical staff working near the scattered radiation field may be exposed to high cumulative equivalent doses, thus requiring shielding devices such as lead aprons and thyroid collars. In this situation, it remains an acceptable practice to derive equivalent doses to the eye lenses or other unprotected soft tissues with a dosimeter placed above these protective devices. Nevertheless, the radiation backscattered by the lead shield differs from that generated during dosimeter calibration with a water phantom. In this study, a passive personal thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) was modelled by means of the Monte Carlo (MC) code Penelope. The results obtained were validated against measurements performed in reference conditions in a secondary standard dosimetry laboratory. Next, the MC model was used to evaluate the backscatter correction factor needed for the case where the dosimeter is worn over a lead shield to estimate the personal equivalent dose H-p(0.07) to unprotected soft tissues. For this purpose, the TLD was irradiated over a water slab phantom with a photon beam representative of the result of a fluoroscopy beam scattered by a patient. Incident beam angles of 0 degrees and 60 degrees, and lead thicknesses between the TLD and phantom of 0.25 and 0.5 mm Pb were considered. A backscatter correction factor of 1.23 (independent of lead thickness) was calculated comparing the results with those faced in reference conditions (i.e., without lead shield and with an angular incidence of 0 degrees). The corrected dose algorithm was validated in laboratory conditions with dosi-meters irradiated over a thyroid collar and angular incidences of 0 degrees, 40 degrees and 60 degrees, as well as with dosimeters worn by interventional radiologists and cardiologists. The corrected dose algorithm provides a better approach to estimate the equivalent dose to unprotected soft tissues such as eye lenses. Dosimeters that are not shielded from backscatter radiation might underestimate personal equivalent doses when worn over a lead apron and, therefore, should be specifically characterized for this purpose.
Address [Quintero-Quintero, A.; Patino-Camargo, G.] Univ Valencia, Dept Atom Mol & Nucl Phys, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain, Email: ccanjuan@gmail.com
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0952-4746 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000428913900001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3552
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Author n_TOF Collaboration (Barbagallo, M. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.
Title Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the Be-7(n,p)Li-7 reaction at n_TOF Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 887 Issue Pages 27-33
Keywords Cosmological Lithium problem; Big bang nucleosynthesis; Be-7(n,p)Li-7 reaction; n_TOF spallation neutron source
Abstract (up) Following the completion of the second neutron beam line and the related experimental area (EAR2) at the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN, several experiments were planned and performed. The high instantaneous neutron flux available in EAR2 allows to investigate neutron induced reactions with charged particles in the exit channel even employing targets made out of small amounts of short-lived radioactive isotopes. After the successful measurement of the Be-7(n,alpha)alpha cross section, the Be-7(n,p)Li-7 reaction was studied in order to provide still missing cross section data of relevance for Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), in an attempt to find a solution to the cosmological Lithium abundance problem. This paper describes the experimental setup employed in such a measurement and its characterization.
Address [Barbagallo, M.; Mastromarco, M.; Damone, L. A.; Mazzone, A.; Colonna, N.; Tagliente, G.; Variale, V.] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, Bari, Italy, Email: finocchiaro@lns.infn.ir
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000427814400005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3528
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Author Anamiati, G.; Castillo-Felisola, O.; Fonseca, R.M.; Helo, J.C.; Hirsch, M.
Title High-dimensional neutrino masses Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 12 Issue 12 Pages 066 - 26pp
Keywords Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics
Abstract (up) For Majorana neutrino masses the lowest dimensional operator possible is the Weinberg operator at d = 5. Here we discuss the possibility that neutrino masses originate from higher dimensional operators. Specifically, we consider all tree-level decompositions of the d = 9, d = 11 and d = 13 neutrino mass operators. With renormalizable interactions only, we find 18 topologies and 66 diagrams for d = 9, and 92 topologies plus 504 diagrams at the d = 11 level. At d = 13 there are already 576 topologies and 4199 diagrams. However, among all these there are only very few genuine neutrino mass models: At d = (9, 11, 13) we find only (2,2,2) genuine diagrams and a total of (2,2,6) models. Here, a model is considered genuine at level d if it automatically forbids lower order neutrino masses without the use of additional symmetries. We also briefly discuss how neutrino masses and angles can be easily fitted in these high-dimensional models.
Address [Anamiati, Gaetana; Hirsch, M.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, Edificio Inst Paterna,Apartado 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: anamiati@ific.uv.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000453296100001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3845
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Author Arguelles, C.A.; Kelly, K.J.; Muñoz, V.M.
Title Millicharged particles from the heavens: single- and multiple-scattering signatures Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 11 Issue 11 Pages 099 - 34pp
Keywords Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics
Abstract (up) For nearly a century, studying cosmic-ray air showers has driven progress in our understanding of elementary particle physics. In this work, we revisit the production of millicharged particles in these atmospheric showers and provide new constraints for XENON1T and Super-Kamiokande and new sensitivity estimates of current and future detectors, such as JUNO. We discuss distinct search strategies, specifically studies of single-energy-deposition events, where one electron in the detector receives a relatively large energy transfer, as well as multiple-scattering events consisting of (at least) two relatively small energy depositions. We demonstrate that these atmospheric search strategies especially the multiple-scattering signature – provide significant room for improvement beyond existing searches, in a way that is complementary to anthropogenic, beam-based searches for MeV-GeV millicharged particles. Finally, we also discuss the implementation of a Monte Carlo simulation for millicharged particle detection in large-volume neutrino detectors, such as IceCube.
Address [Arguelles, Carlos A.] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA, Email: carguelles@fas.harvard.edu;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000718091700002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5038
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Author ANTARES, IceCube, Pierre Auger and Telescope Array Collaborations (Albert, A. et al); Alves, S.; Calvo, D.; Carretero, V.; Gozzini, R.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Khan-Chowdhury, N.R.; Manczak, J.; Pieterse, C.; Real, D.; Sanchez-Losa, A.; Salesa Greus, F.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J.
Title Search for Spatial Correlations of Neutrinos with Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Astrophysical Journal Abbreviated Journal Astrophys. J.
Volume 934 Issue 2 Pages 164 - 21pp
Keywords Neutrino astronomy; High energy astrophysics; Ultra-high-energy cosmic radiation
Abstract (up) For several decades, the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) has been an unsolved question of high-energy astrophysics. One approach for solving this puzzle is to correlate UHECRs with high-energy neutrinos, since neutrinos are a direct probe of hadronic interactions of cosmic rays and are not deflected by magnetic fields. In this paper, we present three different approaches for correlating the arrival directions of neutrinos with the arrival directions of UHECRs. The neutrino data are provided by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and ANTARES, while the UHECR data with energies above similar to 50 EeV are provided by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. All experiments provide increased statistics and improved reconstructions with respect to our previous results reported in 2015. The first analysis uses a high-statistics neutrino sample optimized for point-source searches to search for excesses of neutrino clustering in the vicinity of UHECR directions. The second analysis searches for an excess of UHECRs in the direction of the highest-energy neutrinos. The third analysis searches for an excess of pairs of UHECRs and highest-energy neutrinos on different angular scales. None of the analyses have found a significant excess, and previously reported overfluctuations are reduced in significance. Based on these results, we further constrain the neutrino flux spatially correlated with UHECRs.
Address [Albert, A.; Drouhin, D.; Pradier, T.] Univ Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0004-637x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000837839400001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5333
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Author Poley, L.; Blue, A.; Bloch, I.; Buttar, C.; Fadeyev, V.; Fernandez-Tejero, J.; Fleta, C.; Hacker, J.; Lacasta, C.; Miñano, M.; Renzmann, M.; Rossi, E.; Sawyer, C.; Sperlich, D.; Stegler, M.; Ullan, M.; Unno, Y.
Title Mapping the depleted area of silicon diodes using a micro-focused X-ray beam Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.
Volume 14 Issue Pages P03024 - 14pp
Keywords Si microstrip and pad detectors; Detector design and construction technologies and materials; Particle tracking detectors (Solid-state detectors); Radiation-hard detectors
Abstract (up) For the Phase-II Upgrade of the ATLAS detector at CERN, the current ATLAS Inner Detector will be replaced with the ATLAS Inner Tracker (ITk). The ITk will be an all-silicon detector, consisting of a pixel tracker and a strip tracker. Sensors for the ITk strip tracker are required to have a low leakage current up to bias voltages of 500V to maintain a low noise and power dissipation. In order to minimise sensor leakage currents, particularly in the high-radiation environment inside the ATLAS detector, sensors are foreseen to be operated at low temperatures and to be manufactured from wafers with a high bulk resistivity of several k Omega.cm. Simulations showed the electric field inside sensors with high bulk resistivity to extend towards the sensor edge, which could lead to increased surface currents for narrow dicing edges. In order to map the electric field inside biased silicon sensors with high bulk resistivity, three diodes from ATLAS silicon strip sensor prototype wafers were studied with a monochromatic, micro-focused X-ray beam at the Diamond Light Source (Didcot, U.K.). For all devices under investigation, the electric field inside the diode was mapped and its dependence on the applied bias voltage was studied.
Address [Poley, L.] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA, Email: Anne-Luise.Poley@desy.de
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1748-0221 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000463330900012 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3973
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Author Poley, L. et al; Bernabeu, J.; Civera, J.V.; Lacasta, C.; Leon, P.; Platero, A.; Platero, V; Solaz, C.; Soldevila, U.; Vidal, G.
Title The ABC130 barrel module prototyping programme for the ATLAS strip tracker Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.
Volume 15 Issue 9 Pages P09004 - 78pp
Keywords Detector design and construction technologies and materials; Si microstrip and pad detectors; Radiation-hard detectors; Front-end electronics for detector readout
Abstract (up) For the Phase-II Upgrade of the ATLAS Detector [1], its Inner Detector, consisting of silicon pixel, silicon strip and transition radiation sub-detectors, will be replaced with an all new 100% silicon tracker, composed of a pixel tracker at inner radii and a strip tracker at outer radii. The future ATLAS strip tracker will include 11,000 silicon sensor modules in the central region (barrel) and 7,000 modules in the forward region (end-caps), which are foreseen to be constructed over a period of 3.5 years. The construction of each module consists of a series of assembly and quality control steps, which were engineered to be identical for all production sites. In order to develop the tooling and procedures for assembly and testing of these modules, two series of major prototyping programs were conducted: an early program using readout chips designed using a 250 nm fabrication process (ABCN-250) [2, 3] and a subsequent program using a follow-up chip set made using 130 nm processing (ABC130 and HCC130 chips). This second generation of readout chips was used for an extensive prototyping program that produced around 100 barrel-type modules and contributed significantly to the development of the final module layout. This paper gives an overview of the components used in ABC130 barrel modules, their assembly procedure and findings resulting from their tests.
Address [Poley, L.; Anderssen, E.; Ciocio, A.; Cornell, E.; Haber, C.; Haugen, T. E.; Heim, T.; Johnson, T. A.; Krizka, K.; Labitan, C.; Li, B.; Li, C.; MacFadyen, R.; Mladina, E.; Ottino, G.; Sanethavong, P.; Santpur, S. Neha; Witharm, R.] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA, Email: APoley@cern.ch
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1748-0221 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000577273400004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4572
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Author LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Garcia Martin, L.M.; Henry, L.; Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Remon Alepuz, C.; Ruiz Valls, P.; Ruiz Vidal, J.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C.
Title Measurement of forward top pair production in the dilepton channel in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 08 Issue 8 Pages 174 - 19pp
Keywords Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Top physics; Heavy quark production; Jet physics; QCD
Abstract (up) Forward top quark pair production is studied in pp collisions in the μeb final state using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.93 fb(-1) collected with the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The cross-section is measured in a fiducial region where both leptons have a transverse momentum greater than 20 GeV and a pseudorapidity between 2.0 and 4.5. The quadrature sum of the azimuthal separation and the difference in pseudorapidities, denoted AR, between the two leptons must be larger than 0.1. The b-jet axis is required to be separated from both leptons by a Delta R of 0.5, and to have a transverse momentum in excess of 20 GeV and a pseudorapidity between 2.2 and 4.2. The cross-section is measured to be sigma(t (t) over bar )= 126 +/- 19 (stat) +/- 16 (sts) +/- 5 (lumi) fb where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the luminosity determination. The measurement is compatible with the Standard Model prediction.
Address [Bediaga, I; Cruz Torres, M.; De Miranda, J. M.; Gomes, A.; Massafferri, A.; Molina Rodriguez, J.; dos Reis, A. C.; Soares Lavra, L.; Tourinho Jadallah Aoude, R.] CBPF, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Email: stephen.farry@cern.ch
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000443527200002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3717
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Author Belle II Collaboration (Abudinen, F. et al); Gomis, P.; Marinas, C.
Title Measurement of the integrated luminosity of the Phase 2 data of the Belle II experiment Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Chinese Physics C Abbreviated Journal Chin. Phys. C
Volume 44 Issue 2 Pages 021001 - 12pp
Keywords luminosity; Bhabha; digamma; Belle II
Abstract (up) From April to July 2018, a data sample at the peak energy of the resonance was collected with the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB electron-positron collider. This is the first data sample of the Belle II experiment. Using Bhabha and digamma events, we measure the integrated luminosity of the data sample to be (, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. This work provides a basis for future luminosity measurements at Belle II.
Address [Jia, S.; Li, S. X.; Zhou, X. Y.] Beihang Univ, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1674-1137 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000509919700001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4270
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Author Goasduff, A. et al; Gadea, A.
Title The GALILEO gamma-ray array at the Legnaro National Laboratories Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 1015 Issue Pages 165753 - 15pp
Keywords High-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy; HPGe; Silicon; Neutron; Electronics; DAQ
Abstract (up) GALILEO, a new 4 pi high-resolution gamma-detection array, based on HPGe detectors, has been developed and installed at the Legnaro National Laboratories. The GALILEO array greatly benefits from a fully-digital readout chain, customized DAQ, and a variety of complementary detectors to improve the resolving power by the detection of particles, ions or high-energy gamma-ray transitions. In this work, a full description of the array, including electronics and DAQ, is presented together with its complementary instrumentation.
Address [Goasduff, A.; Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Barrientos, D.; Biasotto, M.; Brugnara, D.; Cocconi, P.; Cortes, M. L.; de Angelis, G.; Egea, F. J.; Fantinel, S.; Gambalonga, A.; Gottardo, A.; Gozzelino, A.; Gregor, E. T.; Gulmini, M.; Hadynska-Klek, K.; Illana, A.; Jaworski, G.; Napoli, D. R.; Pellumaj, J.; Perez-Vidal, R. M.; Rosso, D.; Siciliano, M.; Toniolo, N.; Volpe, V.; Zanon, I] INFN Lab Nazl Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy, Email: alain.goasduff@lnl.infn.it
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000717077900015 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5025
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