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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Cardillo, F.; Castillo, F.L.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Escobar, C.; Estrada Pastor, O.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fullana Torregrosa, E.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G.R.; Guerrero Rojas, J.G.R.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Lacasta, C.; Lozano Bahilo, J.J.; Mamuzic, J.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Martinez Agullo, P.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Poveda, J.; Prades Ibañez, A.; Rodriguez Bosca, S.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Sabatini, P.; Salt, J.; Santra, A.; Sayago Galvan, I.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M. url  doi
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  Title Search for charged-lepton-flavour violation in Z-boson decays with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Nature Physics Abbreviated Journal Nat. Phys.  
  Volume 17 Issue (up) Pages 819-825  
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  Abstract Leptons with essentially the same properties apart from their mass are grouped into three families (or flavours). The number of leptons of each flavour is conserved in interactions, but this is not imposed by fundamental principles. Since the formulation of the standard model of particle physics, the observation of flavour oscillations among neutrinos has shown that lepton flavour is not conserved in neutrino weak interactions. So far, there has been no experimental evidence that this also occurs in interactions between charged leptons. Such an observation would be a sign of undiscovered particles or a yet unknown type of interaction. Here the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN reports a constraint on lepton-flavour-violating effects in weak interactions, searching for Z-boson decays into a tau lepton and another lepton of different flavour with opposite electric charge. The branching fractions for these decays are measured to be less than 8.1 x 10(-6) (e tau) and 9.5 x 10(-6) (mu tau) at the 95% confidence level using 139 fb(-1) of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 13 TeV and 20.3 fb(-1) at root s = 8 TeV. These results supersede the limits from the Large Electron-Positron Collider experiments conducted more than two decades ago.  
  Address [Aad, G.; Barbero, M.; Bartolini, G.; Calvet, T. P.; Coadou, Y.; Diaconu, C.; Djama, F.; Duperrin, A.; Feligioni, L.; Fortin, E.; Guo, Z.; Hallewell, G. D.; Hubaut, F.; Knoops, E. B. F. G.; Le Guirriec, E.; Monnier, E.; Muanza, S.; Nagy, E.; Nguyen, H. D. N.; Petit, E.; Pralavorio, P.; Rozanov, A.; Strebler, T.; Talby, M.; Tisserant, S.; Toth, J.; Vu, N. K.] Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France, Email: atlas.publications@cern.ch  
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  Publisher Nature Research Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 1745-2473 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000668820400003 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4892  
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Cardillo, F.; Castillo, F.L.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Escobar, C.; Estrada Pastor, O.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fullana Torregrosa, E.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G.R.; Guerrero Rojas, J.G.R.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Lacasta, C.; Lozano Bahilo, J.J.; Madaffari, D.; Mamuzic, J.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Martinez Agullo, P.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Poveda, J.; Prades Ibañez, A.; Rodriguez Bosca, S.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Sabatini, P.; Salt, J.; Santra, A.; Sayago Galvan, I.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Vos, M. url  doi
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  Title Test of the universality of τ and μ lepton couplings in W-boson decays with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Nature Physics Abbreviated Journal Nat. Phys.  
  Volume 17 Issue (up) Pages 813-818  
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  Abstract The standard model of particle physics encapsulates our best current understanding of physics at the smallest scales. A fundamental axiom of this theory is the universality of the couplings of the different generations of leptons to the electroweak gauge bosons. The measurement of the ratio of the decay rate of W bosons to t leptons and muons, R(tau/mu), constitutes an important test of this axiom. Using 139 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions recorded with the ATLAS detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, we report a measurement of this quantity from di-leptonic tt events where the top quarks decay into a W boson and a bottom quark. We can distinguish muons originating from W bosons and those originating from an intermediate t lepton through the muon transverse impact parameter and differences in the muon transverse momentum spectra. The measured value of R(tau/mu) is 0.992 +/- 0.013 [+/- 0.007(stat) +/- 0.011(syst)] and is in agreement with the hypothesis of universal lepton couplings as postulated in the standard model. This is the only such measurement from the Large Hadron Collider, so far, and obtains twice the precision of previous measurements.  
  Address [Aad, G.; Barbero, M.; Bartolini, G.; Calvet, T. P.; Coadou, Y.; Diaconu, C.; Djama, F.; Duperrin, A.; Feligioni, L.; Fortin, E.; Guo, Z.; Hallewell, G. D.; Hubaut, F.; Knoops, E. B. F. G.; Le Guirriec, E.; Monnier, E.; Muanza, S.; Nagy, E.; Nguyen, H. D. N.; Petit, E.; Pralavorio, P.; Rozanov, A.; Strebler, T.; Talby, M.; Tisserant, S.; Toth, J.; Vu, N. K.] Aix Marseille Univ, CPPM, CNRS IN2P3, Marseille, France  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Nature Research Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1745-2473 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000669764700003 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4895  
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Author Morales, A.I.; Tuzon, P. url  doi
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  Title Misconceptions, Knowledge, and Attitudes Towards the Phenomenon of Radioactivity Type Journal Article
  Year 2022 Publication Science & Education Abbreviated Journal Sci. Educ.  
  Volume 31 Issue (up) Pages 405-426  
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  Abstract The teaching of the phenomenon of radioactivity is considered a key ingredient in the path towards developing critical thinking skills in many secondary science education curricula. Despite being one of the basic concepts in general physics courses, the scientific teaching literature of the last 40 years reports a great deal of misconceptions and conceptual errors related to radioactivity that seemingly appear regardless of the educational level and context. This study reports the first cross-sectional diagnostic study in Spain to secondary education students and pre-service teachers. Data were collected in the year 2019 through a questionnaire adapted from a previously validated one to explore the main misconceptions, attitudes, and knowledge status on the topic on a sample of 191 secondary school students and 29 Physics-and-Chemistry trainee teachers in the Spanish region of Valencia. Open and closed questions were used to categorize the entity itself, its properties, and the main misconceptions related to radioactivity. The responses were analysed using conventional statistical methods. The results indicate an evolution from a widespread dissenting notion on the phenomenon, which is staunchly related to danger, hazard, and destruction in the lowest educational levels, towards a more rational, relative, and multidimensional perspective in the highest ones. On the other hand, the ideas, emotions, and attitudes of the inquired individuals are in good agreement with the main misconceptions reported in the literature.  
  Address [Morales Lopez, Ana Isabel] Inst Fis Corpuscular, C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, Valencia 46980, Spain, Email: aimolo@ific.uv.es;  
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  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 0926-7220 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000679599100001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration no  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4903  
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Author Gimenez-Alventosa, V.; Gimenez, V.; Oliver, S. doi  openurl
  Title PenRed: An extensible and parallel Monte-Carlo framework for radiation transport based on PENELOPE Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Computer Physics Communications Abbreviated Journal Comput. Phys. Commun.  
  Volume 267 Issue (up) Pages 108065 - 12pp  
  Keywords Radiation transport; Monte Carlo simulation; Electron-photon showers; Parallel computing; MPI; Medical physics  
  Abstract Monte Carlo methods provide detailed and accurate results for radiation transport simulations. Unfortunately, the high computational cost of these methods limits its usage in real-time applications. Moreover, existing computer codes do not provide a methodology for adapting these kinds of simulations to specific problems without advanced knowledge of the corresponding code system, and this restricts their applicability. To help solve these current limitations, we present PenRed, a general-purpose, standalone, extensible and modular framework code based on PENELOPE for parallel Monte Carlo simulations of electron-photon transport through matter. It has been implemented in C++ programming language and takes advantage of modern object-oriented technologies. In addition, PenRed offers the capability to read and process DICOM images as well as to construct and simulate image-based voxelized geometries, so as to facilitate its usage in medical applications. Our framework has been successfully verified against the original PENELOPE Fortran code. Furthermore, the implemented parallelism has been tested showing a significant improvement in the simulation time without any loss in precision of results. Program summary Program title: PenRed: Parallel Engine for Radiation Energy Deposition. CPC Library link to program files: https://doi .org /10 .17632/rkw6tvtngy.1 Licensing provision: GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL). Programming language: C++ standard 2011. Nature of problem: Monte Carlo simulations usually require a huge amount of computation time to achieve low statistical uncertainties. In addition, many applications necessitate particular characteristics or the extraction of specific quantities from the simulation. However, most available Monte Carlo codes do not provide an efficient parallel and truly modular structure which allows users to easily customise their code to suit their needs without an in-depth knowledge of the code system. Solution method: PenRed is a fully parallel, modular and customizable framework for Monte Carlo simulations of the passage of radiation through matter. It is based on the PENELOPE [1] code system, from which inherits its unique physics models and tracking algorithms for charged particles. PenRed has been coded in C++ following an object-oriented programming paradigm restricted to the C++11 standard. Our engine implements parallelism via a double approach: on the one hand, by using standard C++ threads for shared memory, improving the access and usage of the memory, and, on the other hand, via the MPI standard for distributed memory infrastructures. Notice that both kinds of parallelism can be combined together in the same simulation. Moreover, both threads and MPI processes, can be balanced using the builtin load balance system (RUPER-LB [30]) to maximise the performance on heterogeneous infrastructures. In addition, PenRed provides a modular structure with methods designed to easily extend its functionality. Thus, users can create their own independent modules to adapt our engine to their needs without changing the original modules. Furthermore, user extensions will take advantage of the builtin parallelism without any extra effort or knowledge of parallel programming. Additional comments including restrictions and unusual features: PenRed has been compiled in linux systems withg++ of GCC versions 4.8.5, 7.3.1, 8.3.1 and 9; clang version 3.4.2 and intel C++ compiler (icc) version 19.0.5.281. Since it is a C++11-standard compliant code, PenRed should be able to compile with any compiler with C++11 support. In addition, if the code is compiled without MPI support, it does not require any non standard library. To enable MPI capabilities, the user needs to install whatever available MPI implementation, such as openMPI [24] or mpich [25], which can be found in the repositories of any linux distribution. Finally, to provide DICOM processing support, PenRed can be optionally compiled using the dicom toolkit (dcmtk) [32] library. Thus, PenRed has only two optional dependencies, an MPI implementation and the dcmtk library.  
  Address [Gimenez-Alventosa, V] Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Instrumentac Imagen Mol I3M, Ctr Mixto CSIC, Cami Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain, Email: vicent.gimenez@i3m.upv.es;  
  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 0010-4655 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000678508900001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration no  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4907  
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Author Davesne, D.; Pastore, A.; Navarro, J. url  doi
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  Title Linear response theory with finite-range interactions Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics Abbreviated Journal Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys.  
  Volume 120 Issue (up) Pages 103870 - 55pp  
  Keywords Linear response theory; Finite-range interactions; Gogny and Nakada interactions; Finite size instabilities; Continued fraction approximation; Multipolar expansion  
  Abstract This review focuses on the calculation of infinite nuclear matter response functions using phenomenological finite-range interactions, equipped or not with tensor terms. These include Gogny and Nakada families, which are commonly used in the literature. Because of the finite-range, the main technical difficulty stems from the exchange terms of the particle-hole interaction. We first present results based on the so-called Landau and Landau-like approximations of the particle-hole interaction. Then, we review two methods which in principle provide numerically exact response functions. The first one is based on a multipolar expansion of both the particle-hole interaction and the particle-hole propagator and the second one consists in a continued fraction expansion of the response function. The numerical precision can be pushed to any degree of accuracy, but it is actually shown that two or three terms suffice to get converged results. Finally, we apply the formalism to the determination of possible finite-size instabilities induced by a finite-range interaction.  
  Address [Davesne, D.] Univ Lyon, F-69003 Lyon, France, Email: alessandro.pastore@york.ac.uk  
  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 0146-6410 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000674530100008 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4910  
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Author Pich, A. url  doi
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  Title Precision physics with inclusive QCD processes Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics Abbreviated Journal Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys.  
  Volume 117 Issue (up) Pages 103846 - 41pp  
  Keywords QCD; Standard Model; Precision physics  
  Abstract The inclusive production of hadrons through electroweak currents can be rigorously analysed with short-distance theoretical tools. The associated observables are insensitive to the involved infrared behaviour of the strong interaction, allowing for very precise tests of Quantum Chromodynamics. The theoretical predictions for sigma(e(+)e(-) -> hadrons) and the hadronic decay widths of the tau lepton and the Z, W and Higgs bosons have reached an impressive accuracy of O(alpha(4)(s)). Precise experimental measurements of the Z and tau hadronic widths have made possible the accurate determination of the strong coupling at two very different energy scales, providing a highly significant experimental verification of asymptotic freedom. A detailed discussion of the theoretical description of these processes and their current phenomenological status is presented. The most precise determinations of alpha(s) from other sources are also briefly reviewed and compared with the fully-inclusive results.  
  Address [Pich, Antonio] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, Dept Fis Teor, Parc Cient,Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Spain, Email: antonio.pich@ific.uv.es  
  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 0146-6410 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000671808200002 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration no  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4916  
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Author Algora, A.; Ganioglu, E.; Sarriguren, P.; Guadilla, V.; Fraile, L.M.; Nacher, E.; Rubio, B.; Tain, J.L.; Agramunt, J.; Gelletly, W.; Briz, J.A.; Cakirli, R.B.; Fallot, M.; Jordan, D.; Halasz, Z.; Kuti, I.; Montaner, A.; Onillon, A.; Orrigo, S.E.A.; Cerdan, A.P.; Rice, S.; Vedia, V.; Valencia, E. url  doi
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  Title Total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy study of the beta-decay of Hg-186 Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B  
  Volume 819 Issue (up) Pages 136438 - 7pp  
  Keywords Betadecay; Totalabsorption spectroscopy; Shape coexistence  
  Abstract The Gamow-Teller strength distribution of the decay of Hg-186 into Au-186 has been determined for the first time using the total absorption gamma spectroscopy technique and has been compared with theoretical QRPA calculations using the SLy4 Skyrme force. The measured Gamow-Teller strength distribution and the half-life are described by mixing oblate and prolate configurations independently in the parent and daughter nuclei. In this theoretical framework the best description of the experimental beta strength is obtained with dominantly prolate components for both parent Hg-186 and daughter Au-186. The approach also allowed us to determine an upper limit of the oblate component in the parent state. The complexity of the analysis required the development of a new approach in the analysis of the X-ray gated total absorption spectrum.  
  Address [Algora, A.; Guadilla, V; Nacher, E.; Rubio, B.; Tain, J. L.; Agramunt, J.; Jordan, D.; Montaner, A.; Orrigo, S. E. A.; Cerdan, A. Perez; Valencia, E.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: algora@ific.uv.es;  
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  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 0370-2693 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000679259200010 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4923  
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Author Carrasco-Ribelles, L.A.; Pardo-Mas, J.R.; Tortajada, S.; Saez, C.; Valdivieso, B.; Garcia-Gomez, J.M. doi  openurl
  Title Predicting morbidity by local similarities in multi-scale patient trajectories Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Journal of Biomedical Informatics Abbreviated Journal J. Biomed. Inform.  
  Volume 120 Issue (up) Pages 103837 - 9pp  
  Keywords Patient trajectory; Risk prediction; Local alignment; Dynamic programming; Diabetes; Cardiovascular disease  
  Abstract Patient Trajectories (PTs) are a method of representing the temporal evolution of patients. They can include information from different sources and be used in socio-medical or clinical domains. PTs have generally been used to generate and study the most common trajectories in, for instance, the development of a disease. On the other hand, healthcare predictive models generally rely on static snapshots of patient information. Only a few works about prediction in healthcare have been found that use PTs, and therefore benefit from their temporal dimension. All of them, however, have used PTs created from single-source information. Therefore, the use of longitudinal multi-scale data to build PTs and use them to obtain predictions about health conditions is yet to be explored. Our hypothesis is that local similarities on small chunks of PTs can identify similar patients concerning their future morbidities. The objectives of this work are (1) to develop a methodology to identify local similarities between PTs before the occurrence of morbidities to predict these on new query individuals; and (2) to validate this methodology on risk prediction of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) occurrence in patients with diabetes. We have proposed a novel formal definition of PTs based on sequences of longitudinal multi-scale data. Moreover, a dynamic programming methodology to identify local alignments on PTs for predicting future morbidities is proposed. Both the proposed methodology for PT definition and the alignment algorithm are generic to be applied on any clinical domain. We validated this solution for predicting CVD in patients with diabetes and we achieved a precision of 0.33, a recall of 0.72 and a specificity of 0.38. Therefore, the proposed solution in the diabetes use case can result of utmost utility to secondary screening.  
  Address [Carrasco-Ribelles, Lucia A.; Pardo-Mas, Jose Ramon; Saez, Carlos; Garcia-Gomez, Juan M.] Univ Politecn Valencia, Biomed Data Sci Lab BDSLAB, Inst Tecnol Informat & Comunicac ITACA, Camino Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain, Email: lucarri@etsii.upv.es;  
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  Publisher Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1532-0464 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000683527500003 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration no  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4934  
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Author Wieduwilt, P.; Paschen, B.; Schreeck, H.; Schwenker, B.; Soltau, J.; Ahlburg, P.; Dingfelder, J.; Frey, A.; Gomis, P.; Lutticke, F.; Marinas, C. url  doi
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  Title Performance of production modules of the Belle II pixel detector in a high-energy particle beam Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 991 Issue (up) Pages 164978 - 15pp  
  Keywords DEPFET; DESY testbeam; Pixel detector; Belle II; Vertex detector  
  Abstract The Belle II experiment at the Super B factory SuperKEKB, an asymmetric e(+) e(-) collider located in Tsukuba, Japan, is tailored to perform precision B physics measurements. The centre of mass energy of the collisions is equal to the rest mass of the gamma (4S) resonance of m(gamma(4S)) = 10.58 GeV. A high vertex resolution is essential for measuring the decay vertices of B mesons. Typical momenta of the decay products are ranging from a few tens of MeV to a few GeV and multiple scattering has a significant impact on the vertex resolution. The VerteX Detector (VXD) for Belle II is therefore designed to have as little material as possible inside the acceptance region. Especially the innermost two layers, populated by the PiXel Detector (PXD), have to be ultra-thin. The PXD is based on DEpleted P-channel Field Effect Transistors (DEPFETs) with a thickness of only 75 μm. Spatial resolution and hit efficiency of production detector modules were studied in beam tests performed at the DESY test beam facility. The spatial resolution was investigated as a function of the incidence angle and improvements due to charge sharing are demonstrated. The measured module performance is compatible with the requirements for Belle II.  
  Address [Paschen, B.; Ahlburg, P.; Dingfelder, J.; Luetticke, F.] Univ Bonn, Phys Inst, Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany, Email: philipp.wieduwilt@phys.uni-goettingen.de;  
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  Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000686054900010 Approved no  
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Author Vijande, J.; Tedgren, A.C.; Ballester, F.; Baltas, D.; Papagiannis, P.; Rivard, M.J.; Siebert, F.A.; De Werd, L.; Perez-Calatayud, J. doi  openurl
  Title Source strength determination in iridium-192 and cobalt-60 brachytherapy: A European survey on the level of agreement between clinical measurements and manufacturer certificates Type Journal Article
  Year 2021 Publication Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology Abbreviated Journal Phys. Imag. Radiat. Oncol.  
  Volume 19 Issue (up) Pages 108-111  
  Keywords RAKR; Calibration; HDR; PDR; Brachytherapy  
  Abstract Background and purpose: Brachytherapy treatment outcomes depend on the accuracy of the delivered dose distribution, which is proportional to the reference air-kerma rate (RAKR). Current societal recommendations require the medical physicist to compare the measured RAKR values to the manufacturer source calibration certificate. The purpose of this work was to report agreement observed in current clinical practice in the European Union. Materials and methods: A European survey was performed for high- and pulsed-dose-rate (HDR and PDR) highenergy sources (Ir-192 and Co-60), to quantify observed RAKR differences. Medical physicists at eighteen hospitals from eight European countries were contacted, providing 1,032 data points from 2001 to 2020. Results: Over the survey period, 77% of the Ir-192 measurements used a well chamber instead of the older Krieger phantom method. Mean differences with the manufacturer calibration certificate were 0.01% +/- 1.15% for Ir-192 and -0.1% +/- 1.3% for Co-60. Over 95% of RAKR measurements in the clinic were within 3% of the manufacturer calibration certificate. Conclusions: This study showed that the agreement level was generally better than that reflected in prior societal recommendations positing 5%. Future recommendations on high-energy HDR and PDR source calibrations in the clinic may consider tightened agreements levels.  
  Address [Vijande, Javier; Ballester, Facundo] Univ Valencia UV, Dept Fis Atom Mol & Nucl, Burjassot, Spain, Email: Javier.vijande@uv.es  
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  Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  Notes WOS:000694711800017 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4969  
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