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Author Cui, Z.F.; Zhang, J.L.; Binosi, D.; De Soto, F.; Mezrag, C.; Papavassiliou, J.; Roberts, C.D.; Rodriguez-Quintero, J.; Segovia, J.; Zafeiropoulos, S. url  doi
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  Title Effective charge from lattice QCD Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Chinese Physics C Abbreviated Journal Chin. Phys. C  
  Volume 44 Issue 8 Pages 083102 - 10pp  
  Keywords running coupling; quantum chromodynamics; Dyson-Schwinger equations; lattice field theory; emergence of mass; confinement  
  Abstract Using lattice configurations for quantum chromodynamics (QCD) generated with three domain-wall fermions at a physical pion mass, we obtain a parameter-free prediction of QCD 's renormalisation-group-invariant process-independent effective charge, (alpha) over cap (k(2)). Owing to the dynamical breaking of scale invariance, evident in the emergence of a gluon mass-scale, m(0) = 0.43(1) GeV, this coupling saturates at infrared momenta: (alpha) over cap/pi = 0.97(4). Amongst other things: (alpha) over cap (k(2)) is almost identical to the process-dependent (PD) effective charge defined via the Bjorken sum rule; and also that PD charge which, employed in the one-loop evolution equations, delivers agreement between pion parton distribution functions computed at the hadronic scale and experiment. The diversity of unifying roles played by (alpha) over cap (k(2)) suggests that it is a strong candidate for that object which represents the interaction strength in QCD at any given momentum scale; and its properties support a conclusion that QCD is a mathematically well-defined quantum field theory in four dimensions.  
  Address [Cui, Z-F; Roberts, C. D.] Nanjing Univ, Sch Phys, Nanjing 210093, Peoples R China, Email: cdroberts@nju.edu.cn;  
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  Language (up) English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 1674-1137 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000557419600001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4495  
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Cabrera Urban, S.; 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.; Miralles Lopez, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Poveda, J.; Rodriguez Bosca, S.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Salt, J.; Santra, A.; Sayago Galvan, I.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Vos, M. url  doi
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  Title CP Properties of Higgs Boson Interactions with Top Quarks in the (tt)over-barH and tH Processes Using H -> gamma gamma with the ATLAS Detector Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.  
  Volume 125 Issue 6 Pages 061802 - 21pp  
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  Abstract A study of the charge conjugation and parity (CP) properties of the interaction between the Higgs boson and top quarks is presented. Higgs bosons are identified via the diphoton decay channel (H -> gamma gamma), and their production in association with a top quark pair ((tt) over barH) or single top quark (tH) is studied. The analysis uses 139 fb(-1) of proton-proton collision data recorded at a center-of-mass energy off root s= 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Assuming a CP-even coupling, the (tt) over barH process is observed with a significance of 5.2 standard deviations. The measured cross section times H -> gamma gamma branching ratio is 1.64(-0.36)(+0.38)(stat)(-0.14)(+0.17) (sys) fb, and the measured rate for (tt) over barH is 1.43(-0.31)(+0.33) (stat)(-0.15)(+0.21) (sys) times the Standard Model expectation. The tH production process is not observed and an upper limit on its rate of 12 times the Standard Model expectation is set. A CP-mixing angle greater (less) than 43 (-43)degrees is excluded at 95% confidence level.  
  Address [Duvnjak, D.; Jackson, P.; Kong, A. X. Y.; Oliver, J. L.; Petridis, A.; Ruggeri, T. A.; Sharma, A. S.; White, M. J.] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA, Australia  
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  Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor  
  Language (up) English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000555785600003 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4496  
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Author Pich, A.; Rosell, I.; Sanz-Cillero, J.J. url  doi
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  Title Bottom-up approach within the electroweak effective theory: Constraining heavy resonances Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D  
  Volume 102 Issue 3 Pages 035012 - 12pp  
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  Abstract The LHC has confirmed the existence of a mass gap between the known particles and possible new states. Effective field theory is then the appropriate tool to search for low-energy signals of physics beyond the Standard Model. We adopt the general formalism of the electroweak effective theory, with a nonlinear realization of the electroweak symmetry breaking, where the Higgs is a singlet with independent couplings. At higher energies we consider a generic resonance Lagrangian which follows the above-mentioned nonlinear realization and couples the light particles to bosonic heavy resonances with J(P) = 0(+/-) and J(P) = 1(+/-). Integrating out the resonances and assuming a proper short-distance behavior, it is possible to determine or to constrain most of the bosonic low-energy constants in terms of resonance masses. Therefore, the current experimental bounds on these bosonic low-energy constants allow us to constrain the resonance masses above the TeV scale, by following a typical bottom-up approach, i.e., the fit of the low-energy constants to precise experimental data enables us to learn about the high-energy scales, the underlying theory behind the Standard Model.  
  Address [Pich, Antonio] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, Apt Correus 22085, Valencia 46071, Spain  
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  Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000557730600006 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration no  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4497  
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Author Sanchis-Lozano, M.A.; Sarkisyan-Grinbaum, E.K.; Domenech-Garret, J.L.; Sanchis-Gual, N. url  doi
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  Title Cosmological analogies in the search for new physics in high-energy collisions Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D  
  Volume 102 Issue 3 Pages 035013 - 7pp  
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  Abstract In this paper, analogies between multiparticle production in high-energy collisions and the time evolution of the early Universe are discussed. A common explanation is put forward under the assumption of an unconventional early state: a rapidly expanding universe before recombination (last scattering surface), followed by the cosmic microwave background, later evolving up to present days, versus the formation of hidden/dark states in hadronic collisions followed by a conventional QCD parton shower yielding final-state particles. In particular, long-range angular correlations are considered pointing out deep connections between the two physical cases potentially useful for the discovery of new physics.  
  Address [Sanchis-Lozano, Miguel-Angel] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Dr Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: Miguel.Angel.Sanchis@ific.uv.es;  
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  Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor  
  Language (up) English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000558084500004 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4498  
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Alvarez Piqueras, D.; Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo, F.L.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Cerda Alberich, L.; 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.; Melini, D.; Miñano, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Rodriguez Bosca, S.; Rodriguez Rodriguez, D.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Salt, J.; Santra, A.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Vos, M. url  doi
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  Title Search for heavy neutral Higgs bosons produced in association with b-quarks and decaying into b-quarks at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D  
  Volume 102 Issue 3 Pages 032004 - 31pp  
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  Abstract A search for heavy neutral Higgs bosons produced in association with one or two b-quarks and decaying to b-quark pairs is presented using 27.8 fb(-1) of root s=13 TeV proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider during 2015 and 2016. No evidence of a signal is found. Upper limits on the heavy neutral Higgs boson production cross section times its branching ratio to b (b) over bar are set, ranging from 4.0 to 0.6 pb at 95% confidence level over a Higgs boson mass range of 450 to 1400 GeV. Results are interpreted within the two-Higgs-doublet model and the minimal supersymmetric Standard Model.  
  Address [Deliot, F.; Duvnjak, D.; Jackson, P.; Oliver, J. L.; Petridis, A.; Qureshi, A.; Sharma, A. S.; White, M. J.] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA, Australia  
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  Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor  
  Language (up) English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000558968400001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4499  
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Alvarez Piqueras, D.; Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo, F.L.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Cerda Alberich, L.; 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.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Lacasta, C.; Lozano Bahilo, J.J.; Madaffari, D.; Mamuzic, J.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Melini, D.; Miñano, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Rodriguez Bosca, S.; Rodriguez Rodriguez, D.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Salt, J.; Santra, A.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Valero, A.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Vos, M. url  doi
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  Title Search for direct production of electroweakinos in final states with one lepton, missing transverse momentum and a Higgs boson decaying into two b-jets in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C  
  Volume 80 Issue 8 Pages 691 - 29pp  
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  Abstract The results of a search for electroweakino pair production pp -> (chi) over tilde (+/-)(1) (chi) over tilde (0)(2) in which the chargino ((chi) over tilde (+/-)(1)) decays into a W boson and the lightest neutralino ((chi) over tilde (0)(1)), while the heavier neutralino ((chi) over tilde (0)(2)) decays into the Standard Model 125 GeV Higgs boson and a second (chi) over tilde (0)(1) are presented. The signal selection requires a pair of b-tagged jets consistent with those from a Higgs boson decay, and either an electron or a muon from the W boson decay, together with missing transverse momentum from the corresponding neutrino and the stable neutralinos. The analysis is based on data corresponding to 139 fb(-1) of root s = 13 TeV pp collisions provided by the Large Hadron Collider and recorded by the ATLAS detector. No statistically significant evidence of an excess of events above the Standard Model expectation is found. Limits are set on the direct production of the electroweakinos in simplified models, assuming pure wino cross-sections. Masses of (chi) over tilde (+/-)(1) (chi) over tilde (0)(2) up to 740 GeV are excluded at 95% confidence level for a massless (chi) over tilde (0)(1).  
  Address [Alderweireldt, S.; Aleksa, M.; Armbruster, A. J.; Avolio, G.; Barisits, M. S.; Bielski, R.; Bortfeldt, J.; Boyd, J.; Buat, Q.; Butti, P.; Buttinger, W.; Calace, N.; Camarda, S.; Camincher, C.; Campana, S.; Garrido, M. D. M. Capeans; Carli, T.; Catinaccio, A.; Cattai, A.; Chelstowska, M. A.; Coimbra, A. E. C.; Cortes-Gonzalez, A.; Czodrowski, P.; Dao, V; Dell'Acqua, A.; Deviveiros, P. O.; Di Girolamo, A.; Dittus, F.; Dudarev, A.; Duhrssen, M.; Dyndal, M.; Eifert, T.; Ellis, N.; Elsing, M.; Errenst, M.; Farthouat, P.; Fassnacht, P.; Feng, E. J.; Francis, D.; Froidevaux, D.; Goossens, L.; Gorini, B.; Guenther, J.; Guindon, S.; Hagebock, S.; Hawkings, R. J.; Heinrich, L.; Helsens, C.; Correia, A. M. Henriques; Hervas, L.; Hoecker, A.; Huhtinen, M.; Iengo, P.; Jenni, P.; Jovicevic, J.; Klioutchnikova, T.; Kohler, N. M.; Krasznahorkay, A.; Kuehn, S.; Kuwertz, E. S.; Langenberg, R. J.; Lassnig, M.; Miotto, G. Lehmann; Lenzi, B.; Longo, L.; Tobon, C. A. Marin; Marzin, A.; Mcfayden, J. A.; Meehan, S.; Meng, L.; Berlingen, J. Montejo; Morley, A. K.; Mornacchi, G.; Moschovakos, P.; Nairz, A. M.; Nessi, M.; Nordberg, M.; Javurek, T.; Palestini, S.; Pandini, C. E.; Pauly, T.; Pernegger, H.; Petersen, B. A.; Pontecorvo, L.; Poveda, J.; Astigarraga, M. E. Pozo; Queitsch-Maitland, M.; Raymond, M.; Rembser, C.; Rizzi, C.; Roe, S.; Rummler, A.; Salzburger, A.; Samarati, J.; Pineda, A. Sanchez; Schaepe, S.; Schioppa, E. J.; Schlenker, S.; Schmieden, K.; Schovancova, J.; Sidiropoulou, O.; Sanchez, C. A. Solans; Spigo, G.; Stewart, G. A.; Stockton, M. C.; Ten Kate, H.; Unal, G.; Vallier, A.; Vandelli, W.; Schroeder, T. Vazquez; Venturi, N.; Vuillermet, R.; Wells, P. S.; Wengler, T.; Wenig, S.; Wilkens, H. G.; Young, C. J. S.; Zanzi, D.; Zwalinski, L.; ATLAS Collaboration] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland  
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  ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium  
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Author de Gouvea, A.; De Romeri, V.; Ternes, C.A. url  doi
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  Title Probing neutrino quantum decoherence at reactor experiments Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.  
  Volume 08 Issue 8 Pages 049 - 17pp  
  Keywords Neutrino Physics; Beyond Standard Model  
  Abstract We explore how well reactor antineutrino experiments can constrain or measure the loss of quantum coherence in neutrino oscillations. We assume that decoherence effects are encoded in the size of the neutrino wave-packet, sigma. We find that the current experiments Daya Bay and the Reactor Experiment for Neutrino Oscillation (RENO) already constrain sigma >1.0x10(-4) nm and estimate that future data from the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) would be sensitive to sigma <2.1x10(-3) nm. If the effects of loss of coherence are within the sensitivity of JUNO, we expect sigma to be measured with good precision. The discovery of nontrivial decoherence effects in JUNO would indicate that our understanding of the coherence of neutrino sources is, at least, incomplete.  
  Address [de Gouvea, Andre] Northwestern Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208 USA, Email: degouvea@northwestern.edu;  
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  ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium  
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Author Coloma, P.; Esteban, I.; Gonzalez-Garcia, M.C.; Menendez, J. url  doi
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  Title Determining the nuclear neutron distribution from Coherent Elastic neutrino-Nucleus Scattering: current results and future prospects Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.  
  Volume 08 Issue 8 Pages 030 - 22pp  
  Keywords Neutrino Physics; Effective Field Theories  
  Abstract Coherent Elastic neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CE nu NS), a process recently measured for the first time at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source, is directly sensitive to the weak form factor of the nucleus. The European Spallation Source (ESS), presently under construction, will generate the most intense pulsed neutrino flux suitable for the detection of CE nu NS. In this paper we quantify its potential to determine the root mean square radius of the point-neutron distribution, for a variety of target nuclei and a suite of detectors. To put our results in context we also derive, for the first time, a constraint on this parameter from the analysis of the energy and timing data of the CsI detector at the COHERENT experiment.  
  Address [Coloma, Pilar] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Edificio Inst Invest, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: pilar.coloma@ift.csic.es;  
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  ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000561296500001 Approved no  
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Author Alves, J.M.; Botella, F.J.; Branco, G.C.; Nebot, M. url  doi
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  Title Extending trinity to the scalar sector through discrete flavoured symmetries Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C  
  Volume 80 Issue 8 Pages 710 - 14pp  
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  Abstract We conjecture the existence of a relation between elementary scalars and fermions, making it plausible the existence of three Higgs doublets. We introduce a Trinity Principle (TP) which, given the fact that there are no massless quarks, requires the existence of a minimum of three Higgs doublets. The TP states that each row of the mass matrix of a quark of a given charge should receive the contribution from one and only one scalar doublet and furthermore a given scalar doublet should contribute to one and only one row of the mass matrix of a quark of a given charge. This principle is analogous to the Natural Flavour Conservation (NFC) of Glashow and Weinberg with the key distinction that NFC required the introduction of a flavour blind symmetry, while the TP requires a flavoured symmetry, to be implemented in a natural way. We provide two examples which satisfy the Trinity Principle based on Z(3) and Z(2) x Z(2)' flavoured symmetries, and show that they are the minimal multi-Higgs extensions of the Standard Model where CP can be imposed as a symmetry of the full Lagrangian and broken by the vacuum, without requiring soft-breaking terms. We show that the vacuum phases are sufficient to generate a complex CKM matrix, in agreement with experiment. The above mentioned flavoured symmetries lead to a strong reduction in the number of parameters in the Yukawa interactions, enabling a control of the Scalar Flavour Changing Neutral Couplings (SFCNC). We analyse some of the other physical implications of the two models, including an estimate of the enhancement of the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe provided by the new sources of CP violation, and a discussion of the strength of their tree-level SFCNC.  
  Address [Alves, Joao M.; Branco, Gustavo C.; Nebot, Miguel] Univ Lisboa UL, Inst Super Tecn IST, Dept Fis, Ave Rovisco Pais 1, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: j.magalhaes.alves@tecnico.ulisboa.pt;  
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Author Fernandez-Tejero, J. et al; Soldevila, U. doi  openurl
  Title Humidity sensitivity of large area silicon sensors: Study and implications Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 978 Issue Pages 164406 - 6pp  
  Keywords Humidity sensitivity; Large area silicon sensors; Slim-edge; HL-LHC  
  Abstract The production of large area sensors is one of the main challenges that the ATLAS collaboration faces for the new Inner-Tracker full-silicon detector. During the prototype fabrication phase for the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider upgrade, several ATLAS institutes observed indications of humidity sensitivity of large area sensors, even at relative humidities well below the dew point. Specifically, prototype Barrel and End-Cap silicon strip sensors fabricated in 6-inch wafers manifest a prompt decrease of the breakdown voltage when operating under high relative humidity, adversely affecting the performance of the sensors. In addition to the investigation of these prototype sensors, a specific fabrication batch with special passivation is also studied, allowing for a deeper understanding of the responsible mechanisms. This work presents an extensive study of this behaviour on large area sensors. The locations of the hotspots at the breakdown voltage at high humidity are revealed using different infrared thermography techniques. Several palliative treatments are attempted, proving the influence of sensor cleaning methods, as well as baking, on the device performance, but no improvement on the humidity sensitivity was achieved. Furthermore, a study of the incidence of the sensitivity in different batches is also presented, introducing a hypothesis of the origins of the humidity sensitivity associated to the sensor edge design, together with passivation thickness and conformity. Several actions to be taken during sensor production and assembly are extracted from this study, in order to minimize the impact of humidity sensitivity on the performance of large area silicon sensors for High Energy Physics experiments.  
  Address [Fernandez-Tejero, J.; Avino, O.; Fleta, C.; Ullan, M.; Vellvehi, M.] CSIC, Ctr Nacl Microelect IMB CNM, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain, Email: Xavi.Fdez@cern.ch  
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  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
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