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Author Mangano, G.; Miele, G.; Pastor, S.; Pisanti, O.; Sarikas, S. url  doi
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  Title Updated BBN bounds on the cosmological lepton asymmetry for non-zero theta(13) Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B  
  Volume 708 Issue 1-2 Pages 1-5  
  Keywords Neutrinos; Physics of the early Universe; Primordial asymmetries  
  Abstract We discuss the bounds on the cosmological lepton number from Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), in light of recent evidences for a large value of the neutrino mixing angle theta(13), sin(2) theta(13) greater than or similar to 0.01 at 2 sigma. The largest asymmetries for electron and mu, tau neutrinos compatible with He-4 and H-2 primordial yields are computed versus the neutrino mass hierarchy and mixing angles. The flavour oscillation dynamics is traced till the beginning of BBN and neutrino distributions after decoupling are numerically computed. The latter contains in general, non-thermal distortion due to the onset of flavour oscillations driven by solar squared mass difference in the temperature range where neutrino scatterings become inefficient to enforce thermodynamical equilibrium. Depending on the value of theta(13), this translates into a larger value for the effective number of neutrinos, N-eff. Upper bounds on this parameter are discussed for both neutrino mass hierarchies. Values for N-eff which are large enough to be detectable by the Planck experiment are found only for the (presently disfavoured) range sin(2) theta(13) <= 0.01.  
  Address [Pastor, Sergio] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Ed Inst Invest, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: pastor@ific.uv.es  
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  Publisher (up) 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 WOS:000301310000001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 967  
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Author ANTARES Collaboration (Aguilar, J.A. et al); Bigongiari, C.; Dornic, D.; Emanuele, U.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J.P.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Mangano, S.; Ruiz-Rivas, J.; Salesa, F.; Sanchez-Losa, A.; Toscano, S.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. url  doi
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  Title A method for detection of muon induced electromagnetic showers with the ANTARES detector Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 675 Issue Pages 56-62  
  Keywords Neutrino telescope; Electromagnetic shower identification; High energy muons; Energy reconstruction  
  Abstract The primary aim of ANTARES is neutrino astronomy with upward going muons created in charged current muon neutrino interactions in the detector and its surroundings. Downward going muons are background for neutrino searches. These muons are the decay products of cosmic-ray collisions in the Earth's atmosphere far above the detector. This paper presents a method to identify and count electromagnetic showers induced along atmospheric muon tracks with the ANTARES detector. The method is applied to both cosmic muon data and simulations and its applicability to the reconstruction of muon event energies is demonstrated.  
  Address [Aguilar, J. A.; Bigongiari, C.; Dornic, D.; Emanuele, U.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P.; Hernandez-Rey, J. J.; Mangano, S.; Rostovtsev, A.; Ruiz-Rivas, J.; Salesa, F.; Sanchez-Losa, A.; Toscano, S.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J. D.; Zuniga, J.] Univ Valencia, IFIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: manganos@ific.uv.es  
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  Publisher (up) 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 WOS:000302973600011 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 988  
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Author Cappuzzello, F.; Rea, C.; Bonaccorso, A.; Bondi, M.; Carbone, D.; Cavallaro, M.; Cunsolo, A.; Foti, A.; Orrigo, S.E.A.; Rodrigues, M.R.D.; Taranto, G. doi  openurl
  Title New structures in the continuum of C-15 populated by two-neutron transfer Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B  
  Volume 711 Issue 5 Pages 347-352  
  Keywords Transfer reactions; States of C-15; Two-neutron break-up  
  Abstract The C-13(O-18,O-16)C-15 reaction has been studied at 84 MeV incident energy. The ejectiles have been detected at forward angles and C-15 excitation energy spectra have been obtained up to about 20 MeV. Several known bound and resonant states of C-15 have been identified together with two unknown structures at 10.5 MeV (FWHM = 2.5 MeV) and 13.6 MeV (FWHM = 2.5 MeV). Calculations based Oil the removal of two uncorrelated neutrons from the projectile describe a significant part of the continuum observed in the energy spectra. In particular the structure at 10.5 MeV is dominated by a resonance of C-15 near the C-13 + n + n threshold. Similar structures are found in nearby nuclei such as C-14 and Be-11.  
  Address [Cappuzzello, F.; Bondi, M.; Carbone, D.; Foti, A.; Taranto, G.] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-95125 Catania, Italy, Email: cappuzzello@lns.infn.it  
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  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:000304236500002 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1033  
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Author Pi, M.; Barranco, M.; Navarro, J.; Ancilotto, F. doi  openurl
  Title Nucleation and cavitation in parahydrogen Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Chemical Physics Abbreviated Journal Chem. Phys.  
  Volume 399 Issue Pages 213-217  
  Keywords Nucleation; Cavitation; Metastable phases; Liquid parahydrogen  
  Abstract We have used a density functional approach to investigate thermal homogeneous nucleation and cavitation in parahydrogen. The effect of electrons as seeds of heterogeneous cavitation in liquid parahydrogen is also discussed within the capillary model.  
  Address [Pi, Marti; Barranco, Manuel] Univ Barcelona, Fac Fis, Dept ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain, Email: marti@ecm.ub.es  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0301-0104 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000304196100027 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1039  
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Author Wurm, M. et al; Mena, O. url  doi
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  Title The next-generation liquid-scintillator neutrino observatory LENA Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal Astropart Phys.  
  Volume 35 Issue 11 Pages 685-732  
  Keywords Neutrino detectors; Liquid-scintillator detectors; Low-energy neutrinos; Proton decay; Longbaseline neutrino beams  
  Abstract As part of the European LAGUNA design study on a next-generation neutrino detector, we propose the liquid-scintillator detector LENA (Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy) as a multipurpose neutrino observatory. The outstanding successes of the Borexino and KamLAND experiments demonstrate the large potential of liquid-scintillator detectors in low-energy neutrino physics. Low energy threshold, good energy resolution and efficient background discrimination are inherent to the liquid-scintillator technique. A target mass of 50 kt will offer a substantial increase in detection sensitivity. At low energies, the variety of detection channels available in liquid scintillator will allow for an energy and flavor-resolved analysis of the neutrino burst emitted by a galactic Supernova. Due to target mass and background conditions, LENA will also be sensitive to the faint signal of the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background. Solar metallicity, time-variation in the solar neutrino flux and deviations from MSW-LMA survival probabilities can be investigated based on unprecedented statistics. Low background conditions allow to search for dark matter by observing rare annihilation neutrinos. The large number of events expected for geoneutrinos will give valuable information on the abundances of Uranium and Thorium and their relative ratio in the Earth's crust and mantle. Reactor neutrinos enable a high-precision measurement of solar mixing parameters. A strong radioactive or pion decay-at-rest neutrino source can be placed close to the detector to investigate neutrino oscillations for short distances and sub-MeV to MeV energies. At high energies, LENA will provide a new lifetime limit for the SUSY-favored proton decay mode into kaon and antineutrino, surpassing current experimental limits by about one order of magnitude. Recent studies have demonstrated that a reconstruction of momentum and energy of GeV particles is well feasible in liquid scintillator. Monte Carlo studies on the reconstruction of the complex event topologies found for neutrino interactions at multi-GeV energies have shown promising results. If this is confirmed. LENA might serve as far detector in a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment currently investigated in LAGUNA-LBNO.  
  Address [Wurm, Michael; Bick, Daniel; Hagner, Caren; Lorenz, Sebastian] Univ Hamburg, Inst Expt Phys, Hamburg, Germany, Email: michael.wurm@desy.de  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0927-6505 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000304787800001 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1054  
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Author Carles, M.; Lerche, C.W.; Sanchez, F.; Mora, F.; Benlloch, J.M. doi  openurl
  Title Position correction with depth of interaction information for a small animal PET system Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 648 Issue Pages S176-S180  
  Keywords DOI; PET; Positioning algorithm; Gamma ray imaging; Continuous scintillators  
  Abstract In this work we study the effects on the spatial resolution when depth of interaction (001) information is included in the parameterization of the line of response (LOR) for a small animal positron emission tomography (PET) system. One of the most important degrading factors for PET is the parallax error introduced in systems that do not provide DOI information of the recorded gamma-rays. Our group has designed a simple and inexpensive method for DOI determination in continuous scintillation crystals. This method is based, on one hand, in the correlation between the scintillation light distribution width in monolithic crystals and the DOI, and, on the other hand, on a small modification of the widely applied charge dividing circuits (CDR). In this work we present a new system calibration that includes the DOI information, and also the development of the correction equations that relates the LOR without and with DOI information. We report the results obtained for different measurements along the transaxial field of view (FOV) and the image quality enhancement achieved specially at the edge of the FOV.  
  Address [Carles, M.; Sanchez, F.; Benlloch, J. M.] Inst Fis Corpuscular CSIC UV, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: montcar@ific.uv.es  
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  Publisher (up) 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 WOS:000305376900046 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration no  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1067  
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Author Llosa, G.; Barrio, J.; Lacasta, C.; Callier, S.; Raux, L.; de La Taille, C. doi  openurl
  Title First tests in the application of silicon photomultiplier arrays to dose monitoring in hadron therapy Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 648 Issue Pages S96-S99  
  Keywords Hadron therapy; Compton imaging; LaBr3; Continuous crystal; SiPM; MPPC; G-APD  
  Abstract A detector head composed of a continuous LaBr3 crystal coupled to a silicon photomultiplier array has been mounted and tested, for its use in a Compton telescope for dose monitoring in hadron therapy. The LaBr3 crystal has 16 mm x 18 mm x 5 mm size, and it is surrounded with reflecting material in five faces. The SiPM array has 16 (4 x 4) elements of 3 mm x 3 mm size. The SPIROC1 ASIC has been employed as readout electronics. The detector shows a linear behavior up to 1275 keV. The energy resolution obtained at 511 keV is 7% FWHM, and it varies as one over the square root of the energy up to the energies tested. The variations among the detector channels are within 12%. A preliminary measurement of the timing resolution gives 7 ns FWHM. The spatial resolution obtained with the center of gravity method is 1.2 mm FWHM. The tests performed confirm the correct functioning of the detector.  
  Address [Llosa, G.; Barrio, J.; Lacasta, C.] Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC CSIC UVEG, Valencia, Spain, Email: gabriela.llosa@ific.uv.es  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000305376900026 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1068  
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Author Soriano, A.; Gonzalez, A.; Orero, A.; Moliner, L.; Carles, M.; Sanchez, F.; Benlloch, J.M.; Correcher, C.; Carrilero, V.; Seimetz, M. doi  openurl
  Title Attenuation correction without transmission scan for the MAMMI breast PET Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 648 Issue Pages S75-S78  
  Keywords Breast PET; Attenuation correction  
  Abstract Whole-body Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners are required in order to span large Fields of View (FOV). Therefore, reaching the sensitivity and spatial resolution required for early stage breast tumor detection is not straightforward. MAMMI is a dedicated breast PET scanner with a ring geometry designed to provide PET images with a spatial resolution as high as 1.5 mm, being able to detect small breast tumors ( < 1 cm). The patient lays down in prone position during the scan, thus making possible to image the whole breast, up to regions close to the base of the pectoral without the requirement of breast compression. Attenuation correction (AC) for PET data improves the image quality and the quantitative accuracy of radioactivity distribution determination. In dedicated, high resolution breast cancer scanners, this correction would enhance the proper diagnosis in early disease stages. In whole-body PET scanners, AC is usually taken into account with the use of transmission scans, either by external radioactive rod sources or by Computed Tomography (CT). This considerably increases the radiation dose administered to the patient and time needed for the exploration. In this work we propose a method for breast shape identification by means of PET image segmentation. The breast shape identification will be used for the determination of the AC. For the case of a specific breast PET scanner the procedure we propose should provide AC similar to that obtained by transmission scans as we take advantage of the breast anatomical simplicity. Experimental validation of the proposed approach with a dedicated breast PET prototype is also presented. The main advantage of this method is an important dose reduction since the transmission scan is not required.  
  Address [Soriano, A.; Orero, A.; Moliner, L.; Carles, M.; Sanchez, F.; Benlloch, J. M.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46980 Paterna, Spain, Email: soriano@ific.uv.es  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000305376900021 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration no  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1069  
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Author AGATA Collaboration; Doncel, M.; Quintana, B.; Gadea, A.; Recchia, F.; Farnea, E. doi  openurl
  Title Background rejection capabilities of a Compton imaging telescope setup with a DSSD Ge planar detector and AGATA Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A  
  Volume 648 Issue Pages S131-S134  
  Keywords gamma-Spectroscopy; Gamma tracking; Imaging; Position-sensitive germanium detectors  
  Abstract In this work, we show the first Monte Carlo results about the performance of the Ge array which we propose for the DESPEC experiment at FAIR, when the background algorithm developed for AGATA is applied. The main objective of our study is to characterize the capabilities of the gamma-spectroscopy system, made up of AGATA detectors in a semi-spherical distribution covering a 1 pi solid angle and a set of planar Ge detectors in a daisy configuration, to discriminate between gamma sources placed at different locations.  
  Address [Doncel, M.; Quintana, B.] Univ Salamanca, Lab Radiac Ionizantes, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain, Email: doncel@usal.es  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000305376900035 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1071  
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Author ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Amoros, G.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Ferrer, A.; Fiorini, L.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; 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.; Romero Adam, E.; Ros, E.; Salt, J.; Sanchez Martinez, V.; Solans, C.A.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valladolid Gallego, E.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M.; Wildauer, A. url  doi
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  Title Search for FCNC single top-quark production at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector Type Journal Article
  Year 2012 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B  
  Volume 712 Issue 4-5 Pages 351-369  
  Keywords Top physics; Heavy-quark production; FCNC; Single top quark  
  Abstract A search for the production of single top-quarks via flavour-changing neutral-currents is presented. Data collected with the ATLAS detector at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.05 fb(-1), are used. Candidate events with a semileptonic top-quark decay signature are classified as signal- or background-like events by using several kinematic variables as input to a neural network. No signal is observed in the neural network output distribution and a Bayesian upper limit is placed on the production cross-section. The observed upper limit at 95% confidence level on the cross-section multiplied by the t -> Wb branching fraction is measured to be sigma(qg -> t) x B(t -> Wb) < 3.9 pb. This upper limit is converted using a model-independent approach into upper limits on the coupling strengths kappa(ugt)/Lambda < 6.9.10(-3) TeV-1 and kappa(cgt)/Lambda < 1.6.10(-2) TeV-1, where A is the new physics scale, and on the branching fractions B(t -> ug) < 5.7.10(-5) and B(t -> cg) < 2.7.10(-4).  
  Address [Akdogan, T.; Arik, E.; Arik, M.; Istin, S.; Ozcan, V. E.; Rador, T.] Bogazici Univ, Dept Phys, Istanbul, Turkey  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes WOS:000305378200006 Approved no  
  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1082  
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