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Author BABAR Collaboration (Lees, J.P. et al); Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Villanueva-Perez, P.
Title Measurement of the B -> X(s)l(+)l(-) Branching Fraction and Search for Direct CP Violation from a Sum of Exclusive Final States Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 112 Issue 21 Pages 211802 - 8pp
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Abstract We measure the total branching fraction of the flavor-changing neutral-current process B -> X(s)l(+)l(-), along with partial branching fractions in bins of dilepton and hadronic system (X-s) mass, using a sample of 471 x 10(6)Upsilon(4S) -> B (B) over bar events recorded with the BABAR detector. The admixture of charged and neutral B mesons produced at PEP-II2 are reconstructed by combining a dilepton pair with 10 different X-s final states. Extrapolating from a sum over these exclusive modes, we measure a lepton-flavor-averaged inclusive branching fraction B(B -> X(s)l(+)l(-)) = [6.73(-0.64)(+0.70)(stat)(-0.25)(+0.34)(exp syst) +/- 0.50(model syst)] x 10(-6) for m(l+l-)(2) > 0.1 GeV2/c(4). Restricting our analysis exclusively to final states from which a decaying B meson's flavor can be inferred, we additionally report measurements of the direct CP asymmetry A(CP) in bins of dilepton mass; over the full dilepton mass range, we find A(CP) = 0.04 +/- 0.11 +/- 0.01 for a leptonflavor-averaged sample.
Address [Lees, J. P.; Poireau, V.; Tisserand, V.] Univ Savoie, Lab Annecy le Vieux Phys Particules LAPP, CNRS, IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France
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Call Number (down) IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1827
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Author LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Ruiz Valls, P.
Title Observation of Photon Polarization in the b -> s gamma Transition Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 112 Issue 16 Pages 161801 - 8pp
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Abstract This Letter presents a study of the flavor-changing neutral current radiative B-+/- -> K-+/-pi(-/+)pi(+/-)gamma decays performed using data collected in proton-proton collisions with the LHCb detector at 7 and 8 TeV center-of-mass energies. In this sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1), nearly 14 000 signal events are reconstructed and selected, containing all possible intermediate resonances with a K-+/-pi(-/+)pi(+/-) final state in the [1.1, 1.9] GeV/c(2) mass range. The distribution of the angle of the photon direction with respect to the plane defined by the final-state hadrons in their rest frame is studied in intervals of K-+/-pi(-/+)pi(+/-) mass and the asymmetry between the number of signal events found on each side of the plane is obtained. The first direct observation of the photon polarization in the b -> s(gamma) transition is reported with a significance of 5.2 sigma.
Address [Bediaga, I.; De Miranda, J. M.; Ferreira Rodrigues, F.; Gomes, A.; Hicheur, A.; Massafferri, A.; Nasteva, I.; dos Reis, A. C.; Rodrigues, A. B.] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Email: giovanni.veneziano@cern.ch
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Notes WOS:000338513000004 Approved no
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Call Number (down) IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1839
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Author AGATA Collaboration (Crespi, F.C.L. et al); Gadea, A.
Title Isospin Character of Low-Lying Pygmy Dipole States in Pb-208 via Inelastic Scattering of O-17 Ions Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 113 Issue 1 Pages 012501 - 5pp
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Abstract The properties of pygmy dipole states in Pb-208 were investigated using the Pb-208(O-17, O-17'gamma) reaction at 340 MeV and measuring the gamma decay with high resolution with the AGATA demonstrator array. Cross sections and angular distributions of the emitted gamma rays and of the scattered particles were measured. The results are compared with (gamma, gamma') and (p, p') data. The data analysis with the distorted wave Born approximation approach gives a good description of the elastic scattering and of the inelastic excitation of the 2(+) and 3(-) states. For the dipole transitions a form factor obtained by folding a microscopically calculated transition density was used for the first time. This has allowed us to extract the isoscalar component of the 1(-) excited states from 4 to 8 MeV.
Address [Crespi, F. C. L.; Bracco, A.; Nicolini, R.; Pellegri, L.; Leoni, S.; Avigo, R.; Bottoni, S.; Camera, F.; Ceruti, S.; Morales, A. I.; Vandone, V.; Pullia, A.] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, I-20133 Milan, Italy, Email: angela.bracco@mi.infn.it
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000338665200009 Approved no
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Call Number (down) IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1848
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Author T2K Collaboration (Abe, K. et al); Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Escudero, L.; Izmaylov, A.; Monfregola, L.; Sorel, M.; Stamoulis, P.
Title Precise Measurement of the Neutrino Mixing Parameter theta(23) from Muon Neutrino Disappearance in an Off-Axis Beam Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 112 Issue 18 Pages 181801 - 8pp
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Abstract New data from the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment produce the most precise measurement of the neutrino mixing parameter theta(23). Using an off-axis neutrino beam with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV and a data set corresponding to 6.57 x 10(20) protons on target, T2K has fit the energy-dependent nu(mu) oscillation probability to determine oscillation parameters. The 68% confidence limit on sin(2)(theta(23)) is 0.514(-0.056)(+0.055) (0.511 +/- 0.055), assuming normal (inverted) mass hierarchy. The best-fit mass-squared splitting for normal hierarchy is Delta m(32)(2) = (2.51 +/- 0.10) x 10(-3) eV(2)/c(4) (inverted hierarchy: Delta m(13)(2) = (2.48 +/- 0.10) x 10(-3) eV(2)/c(4)). Adding a model of multinucleon interactions that affect neutrino energy reconstruction is found to produce only small biases in neutrino oscillation parameter extraction at current levels of statistical uncertainty.
Address [Kitching, P.] Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Ctr Particle Phys, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000339629400005 Approved no
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Call Number (down) IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1877
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Fassi, F.; 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.; Kaci, M.; King, M.; Lacasta, C.; Lacuesta, V.R.; March, L.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Miñano, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moles-Valls, R.; Moreno Llacer, M.; 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.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M.
Title Search for Invisible Decays of a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with a Z Boson in ATLAS Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 112 Issue 20 Pages 201802 - 19pp
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Abstract A search for evidence of invisible-particle decay modes of a Higgs boson produced in association with a Z boson at the Large Hadron Collider is presented. No deviation from the standard model expectation is observed in 4.5 fb(-1) (20.3 fb(-1)) of 7 (8) TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment. Assuming the standard model rate for ZH production, an upper limit of 75%, at the 95% confidence level is set on the branching ratio to invisible-particle decay modes of the Higgs boson at a mass of 125.5 GeV. The limit on the branching ratio is also interpreted in terms of an upper limit on the allowed dark matter-nucleon scattering cross section within a Higgs-portal dark matter scenario. Within the constraints of such a scenario, the results presented in this Letter provide the strongest available limits for low-mass dark matter candidates. Limits are also set on an additional neutral Higgs boson, in the mass range 110 < m(H) < 400 GeV, produced in association with a Z boson and decaying to invisible particles.
Address [Jackson, P.; Soni, N.; White, M. J.] Univ Adelaide, Sch Chem & Phys, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000339554800003 Approved no
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Call Number (down) IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1890
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Author ATF2 Collaboration (White, G.R. et al); Blanch, C.; Faus-Golfe, A.; Resta-Lopez, J.
Title Experimental Validation of a Novel Compact Focusing Scheme for Future Energy-Frontier Linear Lepton Colliders Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 112 Issue 3 Pages 034802 - 6pp
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Abstract A novel scheme for the focusing of high-energy leptons in future linear colliders was proposed in 2001 [P. Raimondi and A. Seryi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3779 (2001)]. This scheme has many advantageous properties over previously studied focusing schemes, including being significantly shorter for a given energy and having a significantly better energy bandwidth. Experimental results from the ATF2 accelerator at KEK are presented that validate the operating principle of such a scheme by demonstrating the demagnification of a 1.3 GeV electron beam down to below 65 nm in height using an energy-scaled version of the compact focusing optics designed for the ILC collider.
Address [Blanch, C.; Faus-Golfe, A.; Resta-Lopez, J.] Univ Valencia, IFC, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000331944800003 Approved no
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Call Number (down) IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1891
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Author Watanabe, H. et al; Montaner-Piza, A.
Title Monopole-Driven Shell Evolution below the Doubly Magic Nucleus Sn-132 Explored with the Long-Lived Isomer in Pd-126 Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 113 Issue 4 Pages 042502 - 6pp
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Abstract A new isomer with a half-life of 23.0(8) ms has been identified at 2406 keV in Pd-126 and is proposed to have a spin and parity of 10(+) with a maximally aligned configuration comprising two neutron holes in the 1h(11/2) orbit. In addition to an internal-decay branch through a hindered electric octupole transition, beta decay from the long-lived isomer was observed to populate excited states at high spins in Ag-126. The smaller energy difference between the 10(+) and 7(-) isomers in Pd-126 than in the heavier N = 80 isotones can be interpreted as being ascribed to the monopole shift of the 1h(11/2) neutron orbit. The effects of the monopole interaction on the evolution of single-neutron energies below Sn-132 are discussed in terms of the central and tensor forces.
Address [Watanabe, H.] Beihang Univ, Sch Phys & Nucl Energy Engn, IRCNPC, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China, Email: hiroshi@ribf.riken.jp
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000341261100004 Approved no
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Call Number (down) IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1910
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Author LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Ruiz Valls, P.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C.
Title Precision Measurement of the Mass and Lifetime of the Xi(0)(b) Baryon Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 113 Issue 3 Pages 032001 - 10pp
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Abstract Using a proton-proton collision data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1) collected by LHCb at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, about 3800 Xi(0)(b) -> Xi(+)(c)pi(-), Xi(+)(c) -> pK(-)pi(+) signal decays are reconstructed. From this sample, the first measurement of the Xi(0)(b) baryon lifetime is made, relative to that of the Lambda(0)(b) baryon. The mass differences M(Xi(0)(b)) – M(Lambda(0)(b)) and M(Xi(+)(c)) – M(Lambda(+)(c)) are also measured with precision more than 4 times better than the current world averages. The resulting values are tau(Xi b0)/tau(Lambda b0) = 1.006 +/- 0.018 +/- 0.010, M(Xi(0)(b)) – M(Lambda(0)(b)) = 172.44 +/- 0.39 +/- 0.17 MeV/c(2), M(Xi(+)(c)) – M(Lambda(+)(c)) = 181.51 +/- 0.14 +/- 0.10 MeV/c(2), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The relative rate of Xi(0)(b) to Lambda(0)(b) baryon production is measured to be f(Xi b0) B(Xi(0)(b) -> Xi(+)(c)pi(-)) B(Xi(+)(c) -> pK(-)pi(+))/f(Lambda b0) B(Lambda(0)(b) -> Lambda(+)(c)pi(-)) B(Lambda(+)(c) -> pK(-)pi(+)) = (1.88 +/- 0.04 +/- 0.03) x 10(-2), where the first factor is the ratio of fragmentation fractions, b -> Xi(0)(b) relative to b -> Lambda(0)(b). Relative production rates as functions of transverse momentum and pseudorapidity are also presented.
Address [Bediaga, I.; De Miranda, J. M.; Rodrigues, F. Ferreira; Gomes, A.; Hicheur, A.; Kucewicz, W.; Massafferri, A.; dos Reis, A. C.; Rodrigues, A. B.] CBPF, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000341260100003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number (down) IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1912
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Author Morales, A.I.; Algora, A.; Molina, F.; Rubio, B.
Title Half-Life Systematics across the N=126 Shell Closure: Role of First-Forbidden Transitions in the beta Decay of Heavy Neutron-Rich Nuclei Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 113 Issue 2 Pages 022702 - 5pp
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Abstract This Letter reports on a systematic study of beta-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei around doubly magic Pb-208. The lifetimes of the 126-neutron shell isotone Pt-204 and the neighboring Ir200-202, Pt-203, Au-204 are presented together with other 19 half-lives measured during the “stopped beam” campaign of the rare isotope investigations at GSI collaboration. The results constrain the main nuclear theories used in calculations of r-process nucleosynthesis. Predictions based on a statistical macroscopic description of the first-forbidden beta strength reveal significant deviations for most of the nuclei with N < 126. In contrast, theories including a fully microscopic treatment of allowed and first-forbidden transitions reproduce more satisfactorily the trend in the measured half-lives for the nuclei in this region, where the r-process pathway passes through during beta decay back to stability.
Address [Morales, A. I.; Benlliure, J.; Kurtukian-Nieto, T.; Verma, S.; Casarejos, E.; Alvarez-Pol, H.; Estevez-Aguado, M. E.] Univ Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago De Compostela, Spain, Email: anaisabel.morales@mi.infn.it
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
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Notes WOS:000341315100007 Approved no
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Call Number (down) IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1913
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Author Grodner, E. et al; Gadea, A.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Molina, F.; Rubio, B.
Title Hindered Gamow-Teller Decay to the Odd-Odd N = Z Ga-62: Absence of Proton-Neutron T=0 Condensate in A=62 Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 113 Issue 9 Pages 092501 - 5pp
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Abstract Search for a new kind of superfluidity built on collective proton-neutron pairs with aligned spin is performed studying the Gamow-Teller decay of the T = 1, J(pi) = 0(+) ground state of Ge-62 into excited states of the odd-odd N = Z nucleus Ga-62. The experiment is performed at GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Shwerionenforshung with the Ge-62 ions selected by the fragment separator and implanted in a stack of Si-strip detectors, surrounded by the RISING Ge array. A half-life of T-1/2 = 2 82.9(14) ms is measured for the Ge-62 ground state. Six excited states of Ga-62, populated below 2.5 MeV through Gamow-Teller transitions, are identified. Individual Gamow-Teller transition strengths agree well with theoretical predictions of the interacting shell model and the quasiparticle random phase approximation. The absence of any sizable low-lying Gamow-Teller strength in the reported beta-decay experiment supports the hypothesis of a negligible role of coherent T = 0 proton-neutron correlations in Ga-62.
Address [Grodner, E.] Univ Warsaw, Fac Phys, Warsaw, Poland
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Notes WOS:000341292800008 Approved no
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Call Number (down) IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1919
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