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LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Ruiz Valls, P.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C. |
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Measurement of CP violation parameters and polarisation fractions in B-s(0) -> J/psi(K)over-bar*(0) decays |
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Journal Article |
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2015 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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11 |
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11 |
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082 - 38pp |
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Hadron-Hadron Scattering; B physics; Flavor physics; CP violation; Branching fraction |
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The first measurement of CP asymmetries in the decay B-s(0) -> J/psi(K) over bar*(892)(0) and an updated measurement of its branching fraction and polarisation fractions are presented. The results are obtained using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb (-1) of proton-proton collisions recorded with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. Together with constraints from B-0 -> J/psi rho(0), the results are used to constrain additional contributions due to penguin diagrams in the CP-violating phase phi(s), measured through B-s(0) decays to charmonium. |
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[Bediaga, I.; De Miranda, J. M.; Rodrigues, F. Ferreira; Gomes, A.; Massafferri, A.; Rodrigues, B. Osorio; dos Reis, A. C.; Rodrigues, A. B.] CBPF, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Email: carlos.vazquez@cern.ch |
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WOS:000365096300001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Lazaries, G.; Pallis, C. |
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Shift symmetry and Higgs inflation in supergravity with observable gravitational waves |
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Journal Article |
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2015 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. High Energy Phys. |
| Volume |
11 |
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11 |
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114 - 28pp |
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Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Supergravity Models; Supersymmetric Effective Theories |
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We demonstrate how to realize within supergravity a novel chaotic-type inflationary scenario driven by the radial parts of a conjugate pair of Higgs superfields causing the spontaneous breaking of a grand unified gauge symmetry at a scale assuming the value of the supersymmetric grand unification scale. The superpotential is uniquely determined at the renormalizable level by the gauge symmetry and a continuous R symmetry. We select two types of Kahler potentials, which respect these symmetries as well as an approximate shift symmetry. In particular, they include in a logarithm a dominant shift-symmetric term proportional to a parameter c together with a small term violating this symmetry and characterized by a parameter c(+). In both cases, imposing a lower bound on c, inflation can be attained with subplanckian values of the original inflaton, while the corresponding effective theory respects perturbative unitarity for r +/- = c(+)/c_ <= 1. These inflationary models do not lead to overproduction of cosmic defects, are largely independent of the one-loop radiative corrections and accommodate, for natural values of r +/-, observable gravitational waves consistently with all the current observational data. The inflaton mass is mostly confined in the range (3.7 – 8.1) x 10(10) GeV. |
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[Lazaries, G.] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Fac Engn, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece, Email: lazaride@eng.auth.gr; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000365101200001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2467 |
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XENON Collaboration (Aprile, E. et al); Orrigo, S.E.A. |
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Lowering the radioactivity of the photomultiplier tubes for the XENON1T dark matter experiment |
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Journal Article |
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2015 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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75 |
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11 |
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546 - 10pp |
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The low-background, VUV-sensitive 3-inch diameter photomultiplier tube R11410 has been developed by Hamamatsu for dark matter direct detection experiments using liquid xenon as the target material. We present the results from the joint effort between the XENON collaboration and the Hamamatsu company to produce a highly radio-pure photosensor (version R11410-21) for the XENON1T dark matter experiment. After introducing the photosensor and its components, we show the methods and results of the radioactive contamination measurements of the individual materials employed in the photomultiplier production. We then discuss the adopted strategies to reduce the radioactivity of the various PMT versions. Finally, we detail the results from screening 286 tubes with ultra-low background germanium detectors, as well as their implications for the expected electronic and nuclear recoil background of the XENON1T experiment. |
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[XENON Collaboration] Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy, Email: lbaudis@uzh.ch; |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:000365528200001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2477 |
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Beltran Jimenez, J.; Heisenberg, L.; Olmo, G.J.; Ringeval, C. |
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Cascading dust inflation in Born-lnfeld gravity |
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Journal Article |
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2015 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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11 |
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11 |
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046 - 30pp |
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modified gravity; inflation |
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In the framework of Born-Infeld inspired gravity theories, which deviates from General Relativity (GR) in the high curvature regime, we discuss the viability of Cosmic Inflation without scalar fields. For energy densities higher than the new mass scale of the theory, a gravitating (lust component is shown to generically induce an accelerated expansion of the Universe. Within such a simple scenario, inflation gracefiffly exits when the CR regime is recovered, but the Universe would remain matter dominated. In order to implement a reheating era after inflation, we then consider inflation to be driven by a mixture of unstable dust species decaying into radiation. Because the speed of sound gravitates within the BornInfeld model under consideration, our scenario ends up being predictive on various open questions of the inflationary paradigm. The total number of e-folds of acceleration is given by the lifetime of the unstable dust components and is related to the duration of reheating. As a result, inflation does not last much longer than the number of e-folds of deceleration allowing a small spatial curvature and large scale deviations to isotropy to be observable today. Energy densities are self-regulated as inflation can only start for a total energy density less than a threshold value, again related to the species' lifetime. Above this threshold, the Universe may bc nee thereby avoiding a singularity. Another distinctive feature is that the accelerated expansion is of the superinflationary ldnd, namely the first Hubble flow function is negative. We show however that the tensor modes are never excited and the tensor-to-scalar ratio is always vanishing, independently of the energy scale of inflation. |
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[Jimenez, Jose Beltran] Aix Marseille Univ, Ctr Phys Theor, UMR 7332, F-13288 Marseille, France, Email: jose.beltran@cpt.univ-mrs.fr; |
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1475-7516 |
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WOS:000365821200047 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2478 |
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LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Ruiz Valls, P.; Sanchez Mayordomo, C. |
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Search for the rare decays B-0 -> J/psi gamma and B-s(0)-> J/psi gamma |
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Journal Article |
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2015 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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92 |
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11 |
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112002 - 9pp |
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A search for the rare decay of a B-0 or B-s(0) meson into the final state J/psi gamma is performed, using data collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at root s = 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1). The observed number of signal candidates is consistent with a background-only hypothesis. Branching fraction values larger than 1.5 x 10(-6) for the B-0 -> J/psi gamma decay mode are excluded at 90% confidence level. For the B-s(0) -> J/psi gamma decay mode, branching fraction values larger than 7.3 x 10(-6) are excluded at 90% confidence level; this is the first branching fraction limit for this decay. |
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[Bediaga, I.; De Miranda, J. M.; Ferreira Rodrigues, F.; Gomes, A.; Massafferri, A.; Osorio Rodrigues, B.; dos Reis, A. C.; Rodrigues, A. B.] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
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WOS:000366095600002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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