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Author Oset, E.; Bayar, M.; Dote, A.; Hyodo, T.; Khemchandani, K.P.; Liang, W.H.; Martinez Torres, A.; Oka, M.; Roca, L.; Uchino, T.; Xiao, C.W. url  doi
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  Title Two-, Three-, Many-body Systems Involving Mesons. Multimeson Condensates Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Acta Physica Polonica B Abbreviated Journal Acta Phys. Pol. B  
  Volume 47 Issue 2 Pages 357-365  
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  Abstract In this paper, we review results from studies with unconventional many-hadron systems containing mesons: systems with two mesons and one baryon, three mesons, some novel systems with two baryons and one meson, and finally, systems with many vector mesons, up to six, with their spins aligned forming states of increasing spin. We show that in many cases, one has experimental counterparts for the states found, while in some other cases, they remain as predictions, which we suggest to be searched in BESIII, Belle, LHCb, FAIR and other facilities.  
  Address (up) Inst Invest Paterna, Ctr Mixto Univ Valencia CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, Apartado 22085, Valencia 46071, Spain  
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  Publisher Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0587-4254 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000373493700015 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2627  
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aaboud, M. et al); Alvarez Piqueras, D.; Barranco Navarro, L.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Cerda Alberich, L.; Costa, M.J.; Fernandez Martinez, P.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Hernandez Jimenez, Y.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Jimenez Pena, J.; King, M.; Lacasta, C.; Lacuesta, V.R.; Mamuzic, J.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Melini, D.; Mitsou, V.A.; Pedraza Lopez, S.; Rodriguez Rodriguez, D.; Romero Adam, E.; Ros, E.; Salt, J.; Sanchez Martinez, V.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Vos, M. url  doi
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  Title Search for top squarks in final states with one isolated lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum in root s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D  
  Volume 94 Issue 5 Pages 052009 - 32pp  
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  Abstract The results of a search for the top squark, the supersymmetric partner of the top quark, in final states with one isolated electron or muon, jets, and missing transverse momentum are reported. The search uses the 2015 LHC pp collision data at a center-of-mass energy of root s = 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS detector and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb(-1). The analysis targets two types of signal models: gluino-mediated pair production of top squarks with a nearly mass-degenerate top squark and neutralino and direct pair production of top squarks, decaying to the top quark and the lightest neutralino. The experimental signature in both signal scenarios is similar to that of a top quark pair produced in association with large missing transverse momentum. No significant excess over the Standard Model background prediction is observed, and exclusion limits on gluino and top squark masses are set at 95% confidence level. The results extend the LHC run-1 exclusion limit on the gluino mass up to 1460 GeV in the gluino-mediated scenario in the high gluino and low top squark mass region and add an excluded top squark mass region from 745 to 780 GeV for the direct top squark model with a massless lightest neutralino. The results are also reinterpreted to set exclusion limits in a model of vectorlike top quarks.  
  Address (up) Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA, Australia  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000383871400001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2838  
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Alvarez Piqueras, D.; Barranco Navarro, L.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Cerda Alberich, L.; Costa, M.J.; Fernandez Martinez, P.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Hernandez Jimenez, Y.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Irles Quiles, A.; Jimenez Pena, J.; King, M.; Lacasta, C.; Lacuesta, V.R.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Mitsou, V.A.; Pedraza Lopez, S.; Rodriguez Rodriguez, D.; Romero Adam, E.; Ros, E.; Salt, J.; Sanchez Martinez, V.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Vos, M. url  doi
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  Title Beam-induced and cosmic-ray backgrounds observed in the ATLAS detector during the LHC 2012 proton-proton running period Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.  
  Volume 11 Issue Pages P05013 - 78pp  
  Keywords Beam-line instrumentation (beam position and profile monitors; beam-intensity monitors; bunch length monitors); Data analysis; Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors  
  Abstract This paper discusses various observations on beam-induced and cosmic-ray backgrounds in the ATLAS detector during the LHC 2012 proton-proton run. Building on published results based on 2011 data, the correlations between background and residual pressure of the beam vacuum are revisited. Ghost charge evolution over 2012 and its role for backgrounds are evaluated. New methods to monitor ghost charge with beam-gas rates are presented and observations of LHC abort gap population by ghost charge are discussed in detail. Fake jets from colliding bunches and from ghost charge are analysed with improved methods, showing that ghost charge in individual radio-frequency buckets of the LHC can be resolved. Some results of two short periods of dedicated cosmic-ray background data-taking are shown; in particular cosmic-ray muon induced fake jet rates are compared to Monte Carlo simulations and to the fake jet rates from beam background. A thorough analysis of a particular LHC fill, where abnormally high background was observed, is presented. Correlations between backgrounds and beam intensity losses in special fills with very high beta* are studied.  
  Address (up) [Aad, G.; Jackson, P.; Lee, L.; Petridis, A.; White, M. J.] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA, Australia  
  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:000377851700036 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2730  
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Author Abbas, G.; Abyaneh, M.Z.; Biswas, A.; Gupta, S.; Patra, M.; Rajasekaran, G.; Srivastava, R. url  doi
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  Title High scale mixing relations as a natural explanation for large neutrino mixing Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication International Journal of Modern Physics A Abbreviated Journal Int. J. Mod. Phys. A  
  Volume 31 Issue 17 Pages 1650095 - 47pp  
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  Abstract The origin of small mixing among the quarks and a large mixing among the neutrinos has been an open question in particle physics. In order to answer this question, we postulate general relations among the quarks and the leptonic mixing angles at a high scale, which could be the scale of Grand Unified Theories. The central idea of these relations is that the quark and the leptonic mixing angles can be unified at some high scale either due to some quark lepton symmetry or some other underlying mechanism and as a consequence, the mixing angles of the leptonic sector are proportional to that of the quark sector. We investigate the phenomenology of the possible relations where the leptonic mixing angles are proportional to the quark mixing angles at the unification scale by taking into account the latest experimental constraints from the neutrino sector. These relations are able to explain the pattern of leptonic mixing at the low scale and thereby hint that these relations could be possible signatures of a quark lepton symmetry or some other underlying quark lepton mixing unification mechanism at some high scale linked to Grand Unified Theories.  
  Address (up) [Abbas, Gauhar; Abyaneh, Mehran Zahiri] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, Apt Correus 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: Gauhar.Abbas@ific.uv.es;  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0217-751x ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000379878600005 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2764  
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Author Abbas, G. url  doi
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  Title Right-right-left extension of the Standard Model Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Modern Physics Letters A Abbreviated Journal Mod. Phys. Lett. A  
  Volume 31 Issue 19 Pages 1650117 - 10pp  
  Keywords Extension of the gauge sector; parity  
  Abstract A right-right-left extension of the Standard Model is proposed. In this model, SM gauge group SU(2)(L) circle times U(1)(Y) is extended to SU(2)(L) circle times SU(2)(R) circle times SU(2)'(R) circle times SU(2)'(L) circle times U(1)(Y). The gauge symmetries SU(2)'(R), SU(2)'(L) are the mirror counterparts of the SU(2)(L) and SU(2)(R), respectively. Parity is spontaneously broken when the scalar Higgs fields acquire vacuum expectation values (VEVs) in a certain pattern. Parity is restored at the scale of SU(2)'(L). The gauge sector has a unique pattern. The scalar sector of the model is optimum, elegant and unique.  
  Address (up) [Abbas, Gauhar] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, Apt Correus 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: Gauhar.Abbas@ific.uv.es  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0217-7323 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000379143800006 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration no  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2751  
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Author Double Chooz collaboration (Abe, Y. et al); Novella, P. url  doi
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  Title Characterization of the spontaneous light emission of the PMTs used in the Double Chooz experiment Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.  
  Volume 11 Issue Pages P08001 - 25pp  
  Keywords Detector design and construction technologies and materials; Neutrino detectors; Photoemission  
  Abstract During the commissioning of the first of the two detectors of the Double Chooz experiment, an unexpected and dominant background caused by the emission of light inside the optical volume has been observed. A specific study of the ensemble of phenomena called Light Noise has been carried out in-situ, and in an external laboratory, in order to characterize the signals and to identify the possible processes underlying the effect. Some mechanisms of instrumental noise originating from the PMTs were identified and it has been found that the leading one arises from the light emission localized on the photomultiplier base and produced by the combined effect of heat and high voltage across the transparent epoxy resin covering the electric components. The correlation of the rate and the amplitude of the signal with the temperature has been observed. For the first detector in operation the induced background has been mitigated using online and offline analysis selections based on timing and light pattern of the signals, while a modification of the photomultiplier assembly has been implemented for the second detector in order to blacken the PMT bases.  
  Address (up) [Abrahao, T.; Nunokawa, H.; Wagner, S.] PUC Univ, R Marques de Sao Vicente,225 Gavea, Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Email: roberto.santorelli@ciemat.es  
  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:000387860100001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2869  
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Alvarez Piqueras, D.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Fernandez Martinez, P.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Hernandez Jimenez, Y.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Irles Quiles, A.; Jimenez Pena, J.; Kaci, M.; King, M.; Lacasta, C.; Lacuesta, V.R.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moles-Valls, R.; Oliver Garcia, E.; Pedraza Lopez, S.; Perez Garcia-Estañ, M.T.; Romero Adam, E.; Ros, E.; Salt, J.; Sanchez Martinez, V.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valero, A.; Valladolid Gallego, E.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Vos, M. url  doi
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  Title Measurements of the Higgs boson production and decay rates and coupling strengths using pp collision data at root s=7 and 8 TeV in the ATLAS experiment Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C  
  Volume 76 Issue 1 Pages 6 - 51pp  
  Keywords  
  Abstract Combined analyses of the Higgs boson production and decay rates as well as its coupling strengths to vector bosons and fermions are presented. The combinations include the results of the analyses of the H -> gamma gamma, ZZ*, WW*, Z gamma, b (b) over bar, tau tau and μμdecay modes, and the constraints on the associated production with a pair of top quarks and on the off-shell coupling strengths of the Higgs boson. The results are based on the LHC proton-proton collision datasets, with integrated luminosities of up to 4.7 fb(-1) at root s = 7 TeV and 20.3 fb(-1) at root s = 8 TeV, recorded by the ATLAS detector in 2011 and 2012. Combining all production modes and decay channels, the measured signal yield, normalised to the Standard Model expectation, is 1.18(-0.14)(+0.15). The observed Higgs boson production and decay rates are interpreted in a leading-order coupling framework, exploring a wide range of benchmark coupling models both with and without assumptions on the Higgs boson width and on the Standard Model particle content in loop processes. The data are found to be compatible with the Standard Model expectations for a Higgs boson at a mass of 125.36 GeV for all models considered.  
  Address (up) [Abreu, R.; Aleksa, M.; Gonzalez, B. Alvarez; Andari, N.; Anders, G.; Anghinolfi, F.; Armbruster, A. J.; Arnaez, O.; Avolio, G.; Baak, M. A.; Backes, M.; Backhaus, M.; Barak, L.; Beltramello, O.; Bianco, M.; Bogaerts, J. A.; Boveia, A.; Boyd, J.; Burckhart, H.; Campana, S.; Garrido, M. D. M. Capeans; Carli, T.; Catinaccio, A.; Cattai, A.; Cerv, M.; Chromek-Burckhart, D.; Conti, G.; Dell'Acqua, A.; Deviveiros, P. O.; Di Girolamo, A.; Di Girolamo, B.; Dittus, F.; Dobos, D.; Dudarev, A.; Duehrssen, M.; Eifert, T.; Ellis, N.; Elsing, M.; Farthouat, P.; Fassnacht, P.; Feigl, S.; Perez, S. Fernandez; Francis, D.; Froidevaux, D.; Gillberg, D.; Glatzer, J.; Goossens, L.; Gorini, B.; Gray, H. M.; Hawkings, R. J.; Helsens, C.; Correia, A. M. Henriques; Hervas, L.; Hoecker, A.; Hubacek, Z.; Huhtinen, M.; Iengo, P.; Jaekel, M. R.; Jakobsen, S.; Kaneda, M.; Klioutchnikova, T.; Krasznahorkay, A.; Lantzsch, K.; Lapoire, C.; Lassnig, M.; Miotto, G. Lehmann; Lenzi, B.; Lichard, P.; Macina, D.; Malyukov, S.; Mandelli, B.; Mapelli, L.; Marzin, A.; Milic, A.; Mornacchi, G.; Nairz, A. M.; Nakahama, Y.; Nessi, M.; Nicquevert, B.; Nordberg, M.; Oide, H.; Palestini, S.; Pauly, T.; Pernegger, H.; Peters, K.; Petersen, B. A.; Pommes, K.; Poppleton, A.; Poulard, G.; Poveda, J.; Prasad, S.; Rammensee, M.; Raymond, M.; Rembser, C.; Roe, S.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Salzburger, A.; Schaefer, D.; Schlenker, S.; Schmieden, K.; Serfon, C.; Sfyrla, A.; Solans, C. A.; Spigo, G.; Stelzer, H. J.; Teischinger, F. A.; Ten Kate, H.; Tremblet, L.; Tricoli, A.; Tsarouchas, C.; Unal, G.; van Woerden, M. C.; Vandelli, W.; Vigne, R.; Voss, R.; Vuillermet, R.; Wells, P. S.; Wengler, T.; Wenig, S.; Werner, P.; Wilkens, H. G.; Wotschack, J.; Young, C. J. S.; Zwalinski, L.; ATLAS Collaboration] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland  
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  Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000370645100005 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2566  
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Author Aceti, F.; Dai, L.R.; Oset, E. url  doi
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  Title a(1)(1420) peak as the pi f(0)(980) decay mode of the a(1)(1260) Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D  
  Volume 94 Issue 9 Pages 096015 - 9pp  
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  Abstract We study the decay mode of the a(1)(1260) into a pi(+) in p wave and the f(0)(980) that decays into pi(+)pi(-) in s wave. The mechanism proceeds via a triangular mechanism where the a(1)(1260) decays into K*K-, the K* decays to an external pi(+) and an internal K that fuses with the (K) over bar producing the f(0)(980) resonance. The mechanism develops a singularity at a mass of the a(1)(1260) around 1420 MeV, producing a peak in the cross section of the pp reaction, used to generate the mesonic final state, which provides a natural explanation of all the features observed in the COMPASS experiment, where a peak observed at this energy is tentatively associated to a new resonance called a(1)(1420). On the other hand, the triangular singularity studied here gives rise to a remarkable feature, where a peak is seen for a certain decay channel of a resonance at an energy about 200 MeV higher than its nominal mass.  
  Address (up) [Aceti, F.; Dai, L. R.; Oset, E.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, Inst Invest Paterna, Aptdo 22085, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: aceti@ific.uv.es;  
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  Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000388824300007 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2912  
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aaboud, M. et al); Alvarez Piqueras, D.; Barranco Navarro, L.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Cerda Alberich, L.; Costa, M.J.; Fernandez Martinez, P.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Hernandez Jimenez, Y.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Jimenez Pena, J.; King, M.; Lacasta, C.; Lacuesta, V.R.; Mamuzic, J.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Melini, D.; Mitsou, V.A.; Pedraza Lopez, S.; Rodriguez Rodriguez, D.; Romero Adam, E.; Ros, E.; Salt, J.; Sanchez Martinez, V.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Vos, M. url  doi
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  Title Measurement of the t(t)over-bar production cross-section using e μevents with b-tagged jets in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B  
  Volume 761 Issue Pages 136-157  
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  Abstract This paper describes a measurement of the inclusive top quark pair production cross-section (sigma(t (t) over bar)) with a data sample of 3.2 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 13 TeV, collected in 2015 by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. This measurement uses events with an opposite-charge electron-muon pair in the final state. Jets containing b-quarks are tagged using an algorithm based on track impact parameters and reconstructed secondary vertices. The numbers of events with exactly one and exactly two b-tagged jets are counted and used to determine simultaneously sigma(t (t) over bar) and the efficiency to reconstruct and b-tag a jet from a top quark decay, thereby minimising the associated systematic uncertainties. The cross-section is measured to be: s(t (t) over bar)= 818 +/- 8 (stat) +/- 27 (syst) +/- 19 (lumi) +/- 12 (beam) pb, where the four uncertainties arise from data statistics, experimental and theoretical systematic effects, the integrated luminosity and the LHC beam energy, giving a total relative uncertainty of 4.4%. The result is consistent with theoretical QCD calculations at next-to-next-to-leading order. A fiducial measurement corresponding to the experimental acceptance of the leptons is also presented.  
  Address (up) [Acharya, B. S.; Jackson, P.; Lee, L.; Petridis, A.; White, M. J.] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA, Australia  
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  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 0370-2693 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000384469900023 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2934  
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Author MoEDAL Collaboration (Acharya, B. et al); Bernabeu, J.; Garcia, C.; King, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Vento, V.; Vives, O. url  doi
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  Title Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL prototype trapping detector in 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.  
  Volume 08 Issue 8 Pages 067 - 25pp  
  Keywords Exotics; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Particle and resonance production  
  Abstract The MoEDAL experiment is designed to search for magnetic monopoles and other highly-ionising particles produced in high-energy collisions at the LHC. The largely passive MoEDAL detector, deployed at Interaction Point 8 on the LHC ring, relies on two dedicated direct detection techniques. The first technique is based on stacks of nuclear-track detectors with surface area similar to 18 m(2), sensitive to particle ionisation exceeding a high threshold. These detectors are analysed offline by optical scanning microscopes. The second technique is based on the trapping of charged particles in an array of roughly 800 kg of aluminium samples. These samples are monitored offline for the presence of trapped magnetic charge at a remote superconducting magnetometer facility. We present here the results of a search for magnetic monopoles using a 160 kg prototype MoEDAL trapping detector exposed to 8TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC, for an integrated luminosity of 0.75 fb(-1). No magnetic charge exceeding 0.5g(D) (where g(D) is the Dirac magnetic charge) is measured in any of the exposed samples, allowing limits to be placed on monopole production in the mass range 100 GeV <= m <= 3500 GeV. Model-independent cross-section limits are presented in fiducial regions of monopole energy and direction for 1g(D) <= vertical bar g vertical bar <= 6g(D), and model-dependent cross-section limits are obtained for Drell-Yan pair production of spin-1/2 and spin-0 monopoles for 1g(D) <= vertical bar g vertical bar <= 4g(D). Under the assumption of Drell-Yan cross sections, mass limits are derived for vertical bar g vertical bar = 2g(D) and vertical bar g vertical bar = 3g(D) for the first time at the LHC, surpassing the results from previous collider experiments.  
  Address (up) [Acharya, B.; Alexandre, J.; Ellis, J. R.; Fairbairn, M.; Mavromatos, N. E.; Sakellariadou, M.; Sarkar, S.] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London, England, Email: philippe.mermod@cern.ch  
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  ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000391754500001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2927  
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