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LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al); Jashal, B.K.; Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A.; Remon Alepuz, C.; Ruiz Vidal, J. |
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Constraints on the CKM angle gamma from B-+/- -> Dh(+/-) decays using D -> h(+/-)h '(-/+)pi(0) final states |
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2022 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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099 - 24pp |
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CKM Angle Gamma; CP Violation; B Physics; Hadron-Hadron Scattering |
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A data sample collected with the LHCb detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb(-1) is used to measure eleven CP violation observables in B-+/- -> Dh(+/-) decays, where h is either a kaon or a pion. The neutral D meson decay is reconstructed in the three-body final states: K-+/-pi(-/+)pi(0); pi(+)pi(-)pi(0); K+ K- pi(0) and the suppressed pi K-+(-/+)pi(0) combination. The mode where a large CP asymmetry is expected, B-+/- -> [K-+/-pi(-/+)pi(0)] K-D(+/-), is observed with a significance greater than seven standard deviations. The ratio of the partial width of this mode relative to that of the favoured mode, B-+/- -> [K-+/-pi(-/+)pi(0)] K-D(+/-), is R-ADS(K) = (1.27 +/- 0.16 +/- 0.02) x 10(-2). Evidence for a large CP asymmetry is also seen: A(ADS(K)) = – 0.38 +/- 0.12 +/- 0.02. Constraints on the CKM angle gamma are calculated from the eleven reported observables. |
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[Leite, J. Baptista; Bediaga, I; Torres, M. Cruz; De Miranda, J. M.; dos Reis, A. C.; Falcao, L. N.; Gomes, A.; Massafferri, A.; Machado, D. Torres] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis CBPF, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Email: malcolm.john@physics.ox.ac.uk |
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ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al); Amos, K.R.; Aparisi Pozo, J.A.; Bailey, A.J.; Cabrera Urban, S.; Cantero, J.; Cardillo, F.; Castillo Gimenez, V.; Costa, M.J.; Didenko,, M.; Escobar, C.; Fiorini, L.; Fullana Torregrosa, E.; Fuster, J.; Garcia, C.; Garcia Navarro, J.E.; Gomez Delegido, A.J.; Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.; Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G.R.; Guerrero Rojas, J.G.R.; Higon-Rodriguez, E.; Lacasta, C.; Lozano Bahilo, J.J.; Marti-Garcia, S.; Martinez Agullo, P.; Miralles Lopez, M.; Mitsou, V.A.; Monsonis Romero, L.; Moreno Llacer, M.; Munoz Perez, D.; Navarro-Gonzalez, J.; Poveda, J.; Prades Ibañez, A.; Rubio Jimenez, A.; Ruiz-Martinez, A.; Sabatini, P.; Salt, J.; Sanchez Sebastian, V.; Sayago Galvan, I.; Senthilkumar, V.; Soldevila, U.; Sanchez, J.; Torro Pastor, E.; Valero, A.; Valiente Moreno, E.; Valls Ferrer, J.A.; Varriale, L.; Villaplana Perez, M.; Vos, M. |
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Constraints on the Higgs boson self-coupling from single- and double-Higgs production with the ATLAS detector using pp collisions at & RADIC;s=13 TeV |
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2023 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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843 |
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137745 - 20pp |
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Constraints on the Higgs boson self-coupling are set by combining double-Higgs boson analyses in the bb over bar bb over bar , bb over bar & tau;+& tau;- and bb over bar & gamma; & gamma; decay channels with single-Higgs boson analyses targeting the & gamma;& gamma;, Z Z*, W W *, & tau;+& tau;- and bb over bar decay channels. The data used in these analyses were recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at & RADIC;s = 13 TeV and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 126-139 fb-1. The combination of the double-Higgs analyses sets an upper limit of & mu;HH < 2.4 at 95% confidence level on the double-Higgs production cross-section normalised to its Standard Model prediction. Combining the single-Higgs and double-Higgs analyses, with the assumption that new physics affects only the Higgs boson self-coupling (& lambda;HHH), values outside the interval -0.4 < & kappa;& lambda; = (& lambda;HHH/& lambda;SM H H H ) < 6.3 are excluded at 95% confidence level. The combined single-Higgs and double-Higgs analyses provide results with fewer assumptions, by adding in the fit more coupling modifiers introduced to account for the Higgs boson interactions with the other Standard Model particles. In this relaxed scenario, the constraint becomes -1.4 < & kappa;& lambda; < 6.1 at 95% CL. |
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[Filmer, E. K.; Jackson, P.; Kong, A. X. Y.; Potti, H.; Ruggeri, T. A.; Ting, E. X. L.; White, M. J.] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
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ANTARES Collaboration (Adrian-Martinez, S. et al); Barrios-Marti, J.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Sanchez-Losa, A.; Tönnis, C.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. |
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Constraints on the neutrino emission from the Galactic Ridge with the ANTARES telescope |
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2016 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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143-148 |
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Neutrino telescope; Diffuse muon neutrino flux; ANTARES |
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A highly significant excess of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos has been reported by the IceCube Collaboration. Some features of the energy and declination distributions of IceCube events hint at a North/South asymmetry of the neutrino flux. This could be due to the presence of the bulk of our Galaxy in the Southern hemisphere. The ANTARES neutrino telescope, located in the Mediterranean Sea, has been taking data since 2007. It offers the best sensitivity to muon neutrinos produced by galactic cosmic ray interactions in this region of the sky. In this letter a search for an extended neutrino flux from the Galactic Ridge region is presented. Different models of neutrino production by cosmic ray propagation are tested. No excess of events is observed and upper limits for different neutrino flux spectral indices Gamma are set. For Gamma = 2.4 the 90% confidence level flux upper limit at 100 TeV for one neutrino flavour corresponds to phi(1f)(0) (100TeV) = 2.0 . 10(-17) GeV-1 cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1). Under this assumption, at most two events of the IceCube cosmic candidates can originate from the Galactic Ridge. A simple power-law extrapolation of the Fermi-LAT flux to account for IceCube High Energy Starting Events is excluded at 90% confidence level. |
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[Adrian-Martinez, S.; Ardid, M.; Martinez-Mora, J. A.; Saldana, M.] Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Invest Gestio Integrada Zones Costaneres IGI, Paranimf 1, Gandia 46730, Spain, Email: luigiantonio.fusco@bo.infn.it |
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de Azcarraga, J.A.; Izquierdo, J.M.; Picon, M. |
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Contractions of Filippov algebras |
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2011 |
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Journal of Mathematical Physics |
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J. Math. Phys. |
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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. |
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[de Azcarraga, Jose A.; Picon, Moises] Univ Valencia, Dept Theoret Phys, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: j.a.de.azcarraga@ific.uv.es |
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Amer Inst Physics |
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de Medeiros Varzielas, I.; Lopez-Ibañez, M.L.; Melis, A.; Vives, O. |
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Controlled flavor violation in the MSSM from a unified Delta(27) flavor symmetry |
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2018 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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Beyond Standard Model; Supersymmetric Standard Model; Quark Masses and SM Parameters |
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We study the phenomenology of a unified supersymmetric theory with a flavor symmetry Delta(27). The model accommodates quark and lepton masses, mixing angles and CP phases. In this model, the Dirac and Majorana mass matrices have a unified texture zero structure in the (1, 1) entry that leads to the Gatto-Sartori-Tonin relation between the Cabibbo angle and ratios of the masses in the quark sectors, and to a natural departure from zero of the theta 13(l) angle in the lepton sector. We derive the flavor structures of the trilinears and soft mass matrices, and show their general non-universality. This causes large flavor violating effects. As a consequence, the parameter space for this model is constrained, allowing it to be (dis)proven by flavor violation searches in the next decade. Although the results are model specific, we compare them to previous studies to show similar flavor effects (and associated constraints) are expected in general in supersymmetric flavor models, and may be used to distinguish them. |
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[Varzielas, Ivo de Medeiros] Univ Lisbon, Inst Super Tecn, Dept Fis, CFTP, Ave Rovisco Pais 1, P-1049 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: ivo.de@udo.edu; |
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Khosa, C.K.; Mars, L.; Richards, J.; Sanz, V. |
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Convolutional neural networks for direct detection of dark matter |
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2020 |
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Journal of Physics G |
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J. Phys. G |
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dark matter; dark matter detection; neural networks; xenon1T; WIMPs |
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The XENON1T experiment uses a time projection chamber (TPC) with liquid xenon to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), a proposed dark matter particle, via direct detection. As this experiment relies on capturing rare events, the focus is on achieving a high recall of WIMP events. Hence the ability to distinguish between WIMP and the background is extremely important. To accomplish this, we suggest using convolutional neural networks (CNNs); a machine learning procedure mainly used in image recognition tasks. To explore this technique we use XENON collaboration open-source software to simulate the TPC graphical output of dark matter signals and main backgrounds. A CNN turns out to be a suitable tool for this purpose, as it can identify features in the images that differentiate the two types of events without the need to manipulate or remove data in order to focus on a particular region of the detector. We find that the CNN can distinguish between the dominant background events (ER) and 500 GeV WIMP events with a recall of 93.4%, precision of 81.2% and an accuracy of 87.2%. |
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[Khosa, Charanjit K.; Mars, Lucy; Richards, Joel; Sanz, Veronica] Univ Sussex, Dept Phys & Astron, Brighton BN1 9QH, E Sussex, England, Email: charanjit.kaur@sussex.ac.uk; |
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Villaescusa-Navarro, F.; Dalal, N. |
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Cores and cusps in warm dark matter halos |
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2011 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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dark matter theory; dark matter simulations; dwarfs galaxies; rotation curves of galaxies |
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The apparent presence of large core radii in Low Surface Brightness galaxies has been claimed as evidence in favor of warm dark matter. Here we show that WDM halos do not have cores that are large fractions of the halo size: typically, r(core)/r(200) less than or similar to 10(-3). This suggests an astrophysical origin for the large cores observed in these galaxies, as has been argued by other authors. |
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[Villaescusa-Navarro, Francisco] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: villa@ific.uv.es |
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Lattanzi, M.; Gerbino, M.; Freese, K.; Kane, G.; Valle, J.W.F. |
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Cornering (quasi) degenerate neutrinos with cosmology |
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2020 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Neutrino Physics |
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In light of the improved sensitivities of cosmological observations, we examine the status of quasi-degenerate neutrino mass scenarios. Within the simplest extension of the standard cosmological model with massive neutrinos, we find that quasi-degenerate neutrinos are severely constrained by present cosmological data and neutrino oscillation experiments. We find that Planck 2018 observations of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies disfavour quasi-degenerate neutrino masses at 2.4 Gaussian sigma 's, while adding baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) data brings the rejection to 5.9 sigma 's. The highest statistical significance with which one would be able to rule out quasi-degeneracy would arise if the sum of neutrino masses is Sigma m(v) = 60 meV (the minimum allowed by neutrino oscillation experiments); indeed a sensitivity of 15 meV, as expected from a combination of future cosmological probes, would further improve the rejection level up to 17 sigma. We discuss the robustness of these projections with respect to assumptions on the underlying cosmological model, and also compare them with bounds from beta decay endpoint and neutrinoless double beta decay studies. |
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[Lattanzi, Massimiliano; Gerbino, Martina] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Ferrara, Polo Sci & Tecnol,Edificio C,Via Saragat 1, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy, Email: lattanzi@fe.infn.it; |
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Chatterjee, S.S.; Masud, M.; Pasquini, P.; Valle, J.W.F. |
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Cornering the revamped BMV model with neutrino oscillation data |
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2017 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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774 |
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179-182 |
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Using the latest global determination of neutrino oscillation parameters from [1] we examine the status of the simplest revamped version of the BMV (Babu-Ma-Valle) model, proposed in [2]. The model predicts a striking correlation between the “poorly determined” atmospheric angle 623 and CP phase Sep, leading to either maximal CP violation or none, depending on the preferred 623 octants. We determine the allowed BMV parameter regions and compare with the general three-neutrino oscillation scenario. We show that in the BMV model the higher octant is possible only at 99% C. L., a stronger rejection than found in the general case. By performing quantitative simulations of forthcoming DUNE and T2HK experiments, using only the four “well-measured” oscillation parameters and the indication for normal mass ordering, we also map out the potential of these experiments to corner the model. The resulting global sensitivities are given in a robust form, that holds irrespective of the true values of the oscillation parameters. |
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[Chatterjee, Sabya Sachi] Inst Phys, Sachivalaya Marg, Bhubaneswar 751005, Orissa, India, Email: sabya@iopb.res.in; |
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Gimenez-Alventosa, V.; Gimenez, V.; Ballester, F.; Vijande, J.; Andreo, P. |
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Correction factors for ionization chamber measurements with the 'Valencia' and 'large field Valencia' brachytherapy applicators |
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2018 |
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Physics in Medicine and Biology |
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Phys. Med. Biol. |
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63 |
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12 |
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skin applicator; Valencia applicator; large field Valencia applicator; HDR brachytherap; brachytherapy dosimetry; Monte Carlo |
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Treatment of small skin lesions using HDR brachytherapy applicators is a widely used technique. The shielded applicators currently available in clinical practice are based on a tungsten-alloy cup that collimates the source-emitted radiation into a small region, hence protecting nearby tissues. The goal of this manuscript is to evaluate the correction factors required for dose measurements with a plane-parallel ionization chamber typically used in clinical brachytherapy for the 'Valencia' and 'large field Valencia' shielded applicators. Monte Carlo simulations have been performed using the PENELOPE-2014 system to determine the absorbed dose deposited in a water phantom and in the chamber active volume with a Type A uncertainty of the order of 0.1%. The average energies of the photon spectra arriving at the surface of the water phantom differ by approximately 10%, being 384 keV for the 'Valencia' and 343 keV for the 'large field Valencia'. The ionization chamber correction factors have been obtained for both applicators using three methods, their values depending on the applicator being considered. Using a depth-independent global chamber perturbation correction factor and no shift of the effective point of measurement yields depth-dose differences of up to 1% for the 'Valencia' applicator. Calculations using a depth-dependent global perturbation factor, or a shift of the effective point of measurement combined with a constant partial perturbation factor, result in differences of about 0.1% for both applicators. The results emphasize the relevance of carrying out detailed Monte Carlo studies for each shielded brachytherapy applicator and ionization chamber. |
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[Gimenez-Alventosa, V.] Univ Politecn Valencia, CSIC, Ctr Mixto, Inst Instrumentac Imagen Mol I3M, E-46022 Valencia, Spain, Email: Javier.vijande@uv.es |
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WOS:000434682500004 |
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