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Author Edelhauser, L.; Porod, W.; Singh, R.K.
Title Spin discrimination in three-body decays Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 08 Issue 8 Pages 053 - 31pp
Keywords Beyond Standard Model; Supersymmetric Standard Model
Abstract The identification of the correct model for physics beyond the Standard Model requires the determination of the spin of new particles. We investigate to which extent the spin of a new particle X can be identified in scenarios where it decays dominantly in three-body decays X -> f (f) over barY. Here we assume that Y is a candidate for dark matter and escapes direct detection at a high energy collider such as the LHC. We show that in the case that all intermediate particles are heavy, one can get information on the spins of X and Y at the LHC by exploiting the invariant mass distribution of the two standard model fermions. We develop a model-independent strategy to determine the spins without prior knowledge of the unknown couplings and test it in a series of Monte Carlo studies.
Address [Edelhaeuser, Lisa; Porod, Werner; Singh, Ritesh K.] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Theoret Phys & Astrophys, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany, Email: ledelhaeuser@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de
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 1126-6708 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000282368500014 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration (down) yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 355
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Author Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Laing, A.; Martin-Albo, J.; Soler, F.J.P.
Title Performance of the MIND detector at a Neutrino Factory using realistic muon reconstruction Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 624 Issue 3 Pages 601-614
Keywords Neutrino Factory; Detector; Neutrino oscillation
Abstract A Neutrino Factory producing an intense beam composed of v(e)((v) over bar (e)) and (v) over bar (mu)(v(mu)) from muon decays has been shown to have the greatest sensitivity to the two currently unmeasured neutrino mixing parameters theta(13) and delta(CP) Using the wrong-sign muon signal to measure v(e)-> v(mu)((v) over bar (e) ->(v) over bar (mu)) oscillations in a 50kt Magnetised Iron Neutrino Detector (MIND) sensitivity to delta(CP) could be maintained down to small values of theta(13) However the detector efficiencies used in these previous studies were calculated assuming perfect pattern recognition In this paper MIND is reassessed taking into account for the first time a realistic pattern recognition for the muon candidate Reoptimisation of the analysis utilises a combination of methods including a multivariate analysis similar to the one used in MINOS to maintain high efficiency while suppressing backgrounds ensuring that the signal selection efficiency and the background levels are comparable or better than the ones in previous analyses As a result MIND remains the most sensitive future facility for the discovery of CP violation from neutrino oscillations.
Address [Laing, A.; Soler, F. J. P.] Univ Glasgow, Sch Phys & Astron, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
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 ISI:000285370600008 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration (down) yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 309
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Author Carbone, C.; Mena, O.; Verde, L.
Title Cosmological parameters degeneracies and non-Gaussian halo bias Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 07 Issue 7 Pages 020 - 17pp
Keywords power spectrum; redshift surveys; galaxy clusters; cosmological parameters from LSS
Abstract We study the impact of the cosmological parameters uncertainties on the measurements of primordial non-Gaussianity through the large-scale non-Gaussian halo bias effect. While this is not expected to be an issue for the standard Lambda CDM model, it may not be the case for more general models that modify the large-scale shape of the power spectrum. We consider the so-called local non-Gaussianity model, parametrized by the f(NL) non-Gaussianity parameter which is zero for a Gaussian case, and make forecasts on f(NL) from planned surveys, alone and combined with a Planck CMB prior. In particular, we consider EUCLID- and LSST-like surveys and forecast the correlations among f(NL) and the running of the spectral index alpha(s), the dark energy equation of state w, the effective sound speed of dark energy perturbations c(s)(2), the total mass of massive neutrinos M-nu = Sigma m(nu), and the number of extra relativistic degrees of freedom N-nu(rel). Neglecting CMB information on f(NL) and scales k > 0.03h/Mpc, we find that, if N-nu(rel) is assumed to be known, the uncertainty on cosmological parameters increases the error on f(NL) by 10 to 30% depending on the survey. Thus the f(NL) constraint is remarkable robust to cosmological model uncertainties. On the other hand, if N-nu(rel) is simultaneously constrained from the data, the f(NL) error increases by similar to 80%. Finally, future surveys which provide a large sample of galaxies or galaxy clusters over a volume comparable to the Hubble volume can measure primordial non-Gaussianity of the local form with a marginalized 1-sigma error of the order Delta f(NL) similar to 2 – 5, after combination with CMB priors for the remaining cosmological parameters. These results are competitive with CMB bispectrum constraints achievable with an ideal CMB experiment.
Address [Carbone, Carmelita] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Astron, I-40127 Bologna, Italy, Email: carmelita.carbone@unibo.it
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 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000283573200010 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration (down) yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 347
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Author Baron, R.; Boucaud, P.; Dimopoulos, P.; Frezzotti, R.; Palao, D.; Rossi, G.; Farchioni, F.; Munster, G.; Sudmann, T.; Gimenez, V.; Herdoiza, G.; Jansen, K.; Lubicz, V.; Simula, S.; Michael, C.; Scorzato, L.; Shindler, A.; Urbach, C.; Wenger, U.
Title Light meson physics from maximally twisted mass lattice QCD Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 08 Issue 8 Pages 097 - 41pp
Keywords Lattice QCD; Quark Masses and SM Parameters; QCD
Abstract We present a comprehensive investigation of light meson physics using maximally twisted mass fermions for N-f = 2 mass-degenerate quark flavours. By employing four values of the lattice spacing, spatial lattice extents ranging from 2.0 fm to 2.5 fm and pseudo scalar masses in the range 280 less than or similar to m(PS) less than or similar to 650MeV we control the major systematic effects of our calculation. This enables us to confront our N-f = 2 data with SU(2) chiral perturbation theory and extract low energy constants of the effective chiral Lagrangian and derived quantities, such as the light quark mass.
Address [Baron, Remi; Boucaud, Phillip] Univ Paris 11, Phys Theor Lab, Ctr Orsay, F-91405 Orsay, France, Email: remi.baron@centraliens.net
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 1126-6708 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000282367800036 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration (down) yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 348
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Author de Azcarraga, J.A.; Izquierdo, J.M.; Picon, M.
Title Contractions of Filippov algebras Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Journal of Mathematical Physics Abbreviated Journal J. Math. Phys.
Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages 013516 - 24pp
Keywords
Abstract We introduce in this paper the contractions B-c of n-Lie (or Filippov) algebras B and show that they have a semidirect structure as their n = 2 Lie algebra counterparts. As an example, we compute the nontrivial contractions of the simple A(n+1) Filippov algebras. By using the. Inonu-Wigner and the generalized Weimar-Woods contractions of ordinary Lie algebras, we compare (in the B = A(n+1) simple case) the Lie algebras Lie B-c (the Lie algebra of inner endomorphisms of B-c) with certain contractions (Lie B)(IW) and (Lie B)(W-W) of the Lie algebra Lie B associated with B.
Address [de Azcarraga, Jose A.; Picon, Moises] Univ Valencia, Dept Theoret Phys, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: j.a.de.azcarraga@ific.uv.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Inst Physics Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0022-2488 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000286898400034 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration (down) yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 574
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Author Montanari, D. et al; Gadea, A.
Title Probing the nature of particle-core couplings in Ca-49 with gamma spectroscopy and heavy-ion transfer reactions Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 697 Issue 4 Pages 288-293
Keywords Multi-nucleon transfer; Gamma spectroscopy; Magnetic spectrometer; Particle-core coupling
Abstract 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.
Address [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
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 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000288300400005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration (down) yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 542
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Author Antonelli, M. et al; Martinez-Vidal, F.; Pich, A.
Title Flavor physics in the quark sector Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Physics Reports Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rep.
Volume 494 Issue 3-4 Pages 197-414
Keywords
Abstract In the past decade, one of the major challenges of particle physics has been to gain an in-depth understanding of the role of quark flavor. In this time frame, measurements and the theoretical interpretation of their results have advanced tremendously. A much broader understanding of flavor particles has been achieved; apart from their masses and quantum numbers, there now exist detailed measurements of the characteristics of their interactions allowing stringent tests of Standard Model predictions. Among the most interesting phenomena of flavor physics is the violation of the CP symmetry that has been subtle and difficult to explore. In the past, observations of CP violation were confined to neutral K mesons, but since the early 1990s, a large number of CP-violating processes have been studied in detail in neutral B mesons. In parallel, measurements of the couplings of the heavy quarks and the dynamics for their decays in large samples of K, D, and B mesons have been greatly improved in accuracy and the results are being used as probes in the search for deviations from the Standard Model. In the near future, there will be a transition from the current to a new generation of experiments; thus a review of the status of quark flavor physics is timely. This report is the result of the work of physicists attending the 5th CKM workshop, hosted by the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, September 9-13, 2008. It summarizes the results of the current generation of experiments that are about to be completed and it confronts these results with the theoretical understanding of the field which has greatly improved in the past decade.
Address [Cabibbo, N.; Cavoto, G.; Faccini, R.; Ferroni, F.; Franco, E.; Giagu, S.; Martinelli, G.; Rescigno, M.; Silvestrini, L.; Virto, J.] INFN Sez Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy, Email: rfaccini@slac.stanford.edu
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 0370-1573 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000282194400001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration (down) yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 374
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Author Horvat, S.; Magas, V.K.; Strottman, D.D.; Csernai, L.P.
Title Entropy development in ideal relativistic fluid dynamics with the Bag Model equation of state Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 692 Issue 4 Pages 277-280
Keywords Quark deconfinement; Quark-gluon plasma production; Phase transitions; Relativistic heavy-ion collisions; Hydrodynamic models
Abstract We consider an idealized situation where the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) is described by a perfect, (3 + 1)-dimensional fluid dynamic model starting from an initial state and expanding until a final state where freeze-out and/or hadronization takes place. We study the entropy production with attention to effects of (i) numerical viscosity, (ii) late stages of flow where the Bag Constant and the partonic pressure are becoming similar, (iii) and the consequences of final freeze-out and constituent quark matter formation.
Address [Horvat, Sz; Csernai, L. P.] Univ Bergen, Inst Phys & Technol, N-5007 Bergen, Norway, Email: szhorvat@ift.uib.no
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 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000282249400011 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration (down) yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 375
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Amoros, G.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Escobar, C.; Ferrer, A.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Hernandez Jimenez, Y.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Irles Quiles, A.; Kaci, M.; Lacasta, C.; Lacuesta, V.R.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Miñano, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moles-Valls, R.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Oliver Garcia, E.; Perez Garcia-Estañ, M.T.; Ros, E.; Salt, J.; Solans, C.A.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valladolid Gallego, E.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M.; Wildauer, A.
Title Performance of the ATLAS detector using first collision data Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 09 Issue 9 Pages 056 - 66pp
Keywords Hadron-Hadron Scattering
Abstract More than half a million minimum-bias events of LHC collision data were collected by the ATLAS experiment in December 2009 at centre-of-mass energies of 0.9 TeV and 2.36 TeV. This paper reports on studies of the initial performance of the ATLAS detector from these data. Comparisons between data and Monte Carlo predictions are shown for distributions of several track- and calorimeter-based quantities. The good performance of the ATLAS detector in these first data gives confidence for successful running at higher energies.
Address [Aad, G.; Ahles, F.; Aktas, A.; Anders, C. F.; Beckingham, M.; Bernhard, R.; Bianchi, R. M.; Bitenc, U.; Bruneliere, R.; Caron, S.; Carpentieri, C.; Christov, A.; Dahlhoff, A.; Dietrich, J.; Dingfelder, J.; Eckert, S.; Flechl, M.; Hartert, J.; Heldmann, M.; Herten, G.; Horner, S.; Jakobs, K.; Janus, M.; Joos, D.; Ketterer, C.; Koenig, S.; Kollefrath, M.; Kononov, A. I.; Kuehn, S.; Lai, S.; Landgraf, U.; Lohwasser, K.; Ludwig, I.; Ludwig, J.; Lumb, D.; Maassen, M.; Mahboubi, K.; Mazur, M.; Meinhardt, J.; Meirose, B.; Messmer, I.; Mohr, W.; Nilsen, H.; Parzefall, U.; Pfeifer, B.; Bueso, X. Portell; Rammensee, M.; Runge, K.; Rurikova, Z.; Schmidt, E.; Schroff, D.; Schumacher, M.; Stoerig, K.; Sundermann, J. E.; Thoma, S.; Tobias, J.; Venturi, M.; Vivarelli, I.; von Radziewski, H.; Warsinsky, M.; Webel, M.; Weiser, C.; Werner, M.; Wiik, L. A. M.; Xie, S.; Zimmermann, S.] Univ Freiburg, Fak Math & Phys, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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 1126-6708 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000286230100001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration (down) yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 302
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Author de Vega, I.; Bañuls, M.C.; Perez, A.
Title Effects of dissipation on an adiabatic quantum search algorithm Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication New Journal of Physics Abbreviated Journal New J. Phys.
Volume 12 Issue Pages 123010 - 19pp
Keywords
Abstract According to recent studies (Amin et al 2008 Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 060503), the effect of a thermal bath may improve the performance of a quantum adiabatic search algorithm. In this paper, we compare the effects of such a thermal environment on the algorithm performance with those of a structured environment similar to the one encountered in systems coupled to an electromagnetic field that exists within a photonic crystal. Whereas for all the parameter regimes explored here, the algorithm performance is worsened by contact with a thermal environment, the picture appears to be different when one considers a structured environment. In this case we show that by tuning the environment parameters to certain regimes, the algorithm performance can actually be improved with respect to the closed system case. Additionally, the relevance of considering the dissipation rates as complex quantities is discussed in both cases. More specifically, we find that the imaginary part of the rates cannot be neglected with the usual argument that it simply amounts to an energy shift and in fact influences crucially the system dynamics.
Address [de Vega, Ines] Univ Ulm, Inst Theoret Phys, D-89069 Ulm, Germany, Email: ines.devega@uni-ulm.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 1367-2630 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000285582800002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration (down) yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 303
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