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Studen, A.; Chesi, E.; Cindro, V.; Clinthorne, N.H.; Cochran, E.; Grosicar, B.; Honscheid, K.; Kagan, H.; Lacasta, C.; Llosa, G.; Linhart, V.; Mikuz, M.; Stankova, V.; Weilhammer, P.; Zontar, D. |
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A silicon PET probe |
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2011 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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648 |
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S255-S258 |
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PET; Silicon detectors |
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PET scanners with high spatial resolution offer a great potential in improving diagnosis, therapy monitoring and treatment validation for several severe diseases. One way to improve resolution of a PET scanner is to extend a conventional PET ring with a small probe with excellent spatial resolution. The probe is intended to be placed close to the area of interest. The coincidences of interactions within the probe and the external ring provide a subset of data which combined with data from external ring, greatly improve resolution in the area viewed by the probe. Our collaboration is developing a prototype of a PET probe, composed of high-resolution silicon pad detectors. The detectors are 1 mm thick, measuring 40 by 26 mm(2), and several such sensors are envisaged to either compensate for low stopping power of silicon or increase the area covered by the probe. The sensors are segmented into 1 mm(3) cubic voxels, giving 1040 readout pads per sensor. A module is composed of two sensors placed in a back-to-back configuration, allowing for stacking fraction of up to 70% within a module. The pads are coupled to a set of 16 ASICs (VaTaGP7.1 by IDEAS) per module and read out through a custom designed data acquisition board, allowing for trigger and data interfacing with the external ring. This paper presents an overview of probe requirements and expected performance parameters. It will focus on the characteristics of the silicon modules and their impact on overall probe performance, including spatial resolution, energy resolution and timing resolution. We will show that 1 mm(3) voxels will significantly extend the spatial resolution of conventional PET rings, and that broadening of timing resolution related to varying depth of photon interactions can be compensated to match the timing resolution of the external ring. The initial test results of the probe will also be presented. |
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[Studen, A.; Cindro, V.; Grosicar, B.; Mikuz, M.; Zontar, D.] Jozef Stefan Inst, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Email: andrej.studen@ijs.si |
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WOS:000305376900063 |
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Pierre Auger Collaboration (Abreu, P. et al); Pastor, S. |
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The Lateral Trigger Probability function for the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray showers detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory |
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2011 |
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Astroparticle Physics |
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Astropart Phys. |
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35 |
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5 |
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266-276 |
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Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays; Pierre Auger Observatory; Extensive Air Showers; Trigger performance; Surface detector; Hybrid detector |
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In this paper we introduce the concept of Lateral Trigger Probability (LTP) function, i.e., the probability for an Extensive Air Shower (EAS) to trigger an individual detector of a ground based array as a function of distance to the shower axis, taking into account energy, mass and direction of the primary cosmic ray. We apply this concept to the surface array of the Pierre Auger Observatory consisting of a 1.5 km spaced grid of about 1600 water Cherenkov stations. Using Monte Carlo simulations of ultra-high energy showers the LTP functions are derived for energies in the range between 10(17) and 10(19) eV and zenith angles up to 65 degrees. A parametrization combining a step function with an exponential is found to reproduce them very well in the considered range of energies and zenith angles. The LTP functions can also be obtained from data |
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[Abreu, P.; Andringa, S.; Assis, P.; Brogueira, P.; Cazon, L.; Conceicao, R.; Goncalves, P.; Pimenta, M.; Santo, C. E.; Santos, E.; Tome, B.] LIP, P-1000 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: auger_spokespersons@fnal.gov |
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Meloni, D.; Morisi, S.; Peinado, E. |
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Stability of dark matter from the D(4) x Z(2)(f) flavor group |
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2011 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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703 |
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3 |
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281-287 |
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We study a model based on the dihedral group D(4) in which the dark matter is stabilized by the interplay between a remnant Z(2) symmetry, of the same spontaneously broken non-abelian group, and an auxiliary Z(2)(f) introduced to eliminate unwanted couplings in the scalar potential. In the lepton sector the model is compatible with normal hierarchy only and predicts a vanishing reactor mixing angle, theta(13) = 0. Since m(nu 1) = 0, we also have a simple prediction for the effective mass in terms of the solar angle: vertical bar m(beta beta)vertical bar = vertical bar m(nu 2)vertical bar sin(2)theta circle dot similar to 10(-3) eV. There also exists a large portion of the model parameter space where the upper bounds on lepton flavor violating processes are not violated. We incorporate quarks in the same scheme finding that a description of the CKM mixing matrix is possible and that semileptonic K and D decays mediated by flavor changing neutral currents are under control. |
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[Meloni, D] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Fis E Amaldi, I-00146 Rome, Italy, Email: meloni@fis.uniroma3.it |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000295198300010 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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Pino, F.; Roe, N.; Orero, A.; Falcon, C.; Rojas, S.; Benlloch, J.M.; Ros, D.; Pavia, J. |
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Development of a variable-radius pinhole SPECT system with a portable gamma camera |
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2011 |
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Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear |
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Rev. Esp. Med. Nucl. |
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286-291 |
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SPECT; Small animal; Pinhole; Portable gamma camera; Continuous scintillator |
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Objective: To develop a small-animal SPECT system using a low cost commercial portable gamma camera equipped with a pinhole collimator, a continuous scintillation crystal and a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube. Material and methods: The gamma camera was attached to a variable radius system, which enabled us to optimize sensitivity and resolution by adjusting the radius of rotation to the size of the object. To investigate the capability of the SPECT system for small animal imaging, the dependence of resolution and calibration parameters on radius was assessed and acquisitions of small phantoms and mice were carried out. Results: Resolution values, ranging from 1.0 mm for a radius of 21.4 mm and 1.4 mm for a radius of 37.2 mm were obtained, thereby justifying the interest of a variable radius SPECT system. Conclusions: The image quality of phantoms and animals were satisfactory, thus confirming the usefulness of the system for small animal SPECT imaging. |
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[Pino, F; Roe, N; Ros, D] Univ Barcelona, Fac Med, Unitat Biofis, Barcelona 7, Spain, Email: fpino@iconcologia.net |
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Elsevier Science Inc |
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Montanari, D. et al; Gadea, A. |
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Probing the nature of particle-core couplings in Ca-49 with gamma spectroscopy and heavy-ion transfer reactions |
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2011 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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697 |
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288-293 |
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Multi-nucleon transfer; Gamma spectroscopy; Magnetic spectrometer; Particle-core coupling |
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Neutron rich nuclei around Ca-48 have been measured with the CLARA-PRISMA setup, making use of Ca-48 on Ni-64 binary reactions, at 5.9 MeV/A. Angular distributions of gamma rays give evidence, in several transfer channels, for a large spin alignment (approximate to 70%) perpendicular to the reaction plane, making it possible to firmly establish spin and parities of the excited states. In the case of Ca-49, states arising from different types of particle-core couplings are, for the first time, unambiguously identified on basis of angular distribution, polarization and lifetime measurements. Shell model and particle-vibration coupling calculations are used to pin down the nature of the states. Evidence is found for the presence, in the same excitation energy region, of two types of coupled states, i.e. single particle coupled to either Ca-48 or Ca-50 simple configurations, and particle-vibration coupled states based on the 3- phonon of Ca-48. |
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[Montanari, D.; Leoni, S.; Bocchi, G.; Bortignon, P. F.; Bracco, A.; Camera, F.; Colo, G.; Corsi, A.; Crespi, F. C. L.; Nicolini, R.] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, Milan, Italy, Email: silvia.leoni@mi.infn.it |
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ISI:000288300400005 |
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