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Pino, F.; Roe, N.; Orero, A.; Falcon, C.; Rojas, S.; Benlloch, J.M.; Ros, D.; Pavia, J. |
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Development of a variable-radius pinhole SPECT system with a portable gamma camera |
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2011 |
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Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear |
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Rev. Esp. Med. Nucl. |
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30 |
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5 |
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286-291 |
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SPECT; Small animal; Pinhole; Portable gamma camera; Continuous scintillator |
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Objective: To develop a small-animal SPECT system using a low cost commercial portable gamma camera equipped with a pinhole collimator, a continuous scintillation crystal and a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube. Material and methods: The gamma camera was attached to a variable radius system, which enabled us to optimize sensitivity and resolution by adjusting the radius of rotation to the size of the object. To investigate the capability of the SPECT system for small animal imaging, the dependence of resolution and calibration parameters on radius was assessed and acquisitions of small phantoms and mice were carried out. Results: Resolution values, ranging from 1.0 mm for a radius of 21.4 mm and 1.4 mm for a radius of 37.2 mm were obtained, thereby justifying the interest of a variable radius SPECT system. Conclusions: The image quality of phantoms and animals were satisfactory, thus confirming the usefulness of the system for small animal SPECT imaging. |
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[Pino, F; Roe, N; Ros, D] Univ Barcelona, Fac Med, Unitat Biofis, Barcelona 7, Spain, Email: fpino@iconcologia.net |
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Elsevier Science Inc |
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0212-6982 |
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WOS:000294659400004 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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753 |
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Boucenna, M.S.; Profumo, S. |
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Direct and indirect singlet scalar dark matter detection in the lepton-specific two-Higgs-doublet model |
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2011 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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84 |
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5 |
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055011 - 7pp |
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A recent study of gamma-ray data from the Galactic center motivates the investigation of light (similar to 7-10 GeV) particle dark matter models featuring tau-lepton pairs as dominant annihilation final state. The lepton-specific two-Higgs-doublet model provides a natural framework where light, singlet scalar dark matter can pair-annihilate dominantly into tau leptons. We calculate the nucleon-dark matter cross section for singlet scalar dark matter within the lepton-specific two-Higgs-doublet model framework, and compare with recent results from direct detection experiments. We study how direct dark matter searches can be used to constrain the dark matter interpretation of gamma-ray observations, for different dominant annihilation final states. We show that models exist with the correct thermal relic abundance that could fit the claimed gamma-ray excess from the Galactic center region and have direct detection cross sections of the order of what is needed to interpret recent anomalous events reported by direct detection experiments. |
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[Boucenna, MS] Univ Valencia, AHEP Grp, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: boucenna@ific.uv.es |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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1550-7998 |
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WOS:000294927600006 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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756 |
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Barenboim, G.; Panotopoulos, G. |
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Direct neutralino searches in the NMSSM with gravitino LSP in the degenerate scenario |
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2011 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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08 |
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8 |
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027 - 16pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Supersymmetric Standard Model |
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In the present work a two-component dark matter model is studied adopting the degenerate scenario in the R-parity conserving NMSSM. The gravitino LSP and the neutralino NLSP are extremely degenerate in mass, avoiding the BBN bounds and obtaining a high reheating temperature for thermal leptogenesis. In this model both gravitino (absolutely stable) and neutralino (quasi-stable) contribute to dark matter, and direct detection searches for neutralino are discussed. Points that survive all the constraints correspond to a singlino-like neutralino. |
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[Barenboim, G] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: gabriela.barenboim@uv.es |
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Springer |
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1126-6708 |
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WOS:000294901400055 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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771 |
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Granero, D.; Vijande, J.; Ballester, F.; Rivard, M.J. |
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Dosimetry revisited for the HDR Ir-192 brachytherapy source model mHDR-v2 |
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2011 |
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Medical Physics |
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Med. Phys. |
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38 |
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1 |
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487-494 |
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Ir-192; brachytherapy; dosimetry; TG-43; PSS model; MCNP5; PENELOPE2008; GEANT4 |
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Purpose: Recently, the manufacturer of the HDR Ir-192 mHDR-v2 brachytherapy source reported small design changes (referred to herein as mHDR-v2r) that are within the manufacturing tolerances but may alter the existing dosimetric data for this source. This study aimed to (1) check whether these changes affect the existing dosimetric data published for this source; (2) obtain new dosimetric data in close proximity to the source, including the contributions from 192Ir electrons and considering the absence of electronic equilibrium; and (3) obtain scatter dose components for collapsed cone treatment planning system implementation. Methods: Three different Monte Carlo (MC) radiation transport codes were used: MCNP5, PENELOPE2008, and GEANT4. The source was centrally positioned in a 40 cm radius water phantom. Absorbed dose and collision kerma were obtained using 0.1 mm (0.5 mm) thick voxels to provide high-resolution dosimetry near (far from) the source. Dose-rate distributions obtained with the three MC codes were compared. Results: Simulations of mHDR-v2 and mHDR-v2r designs performed with three radiation transport codes showed agreement typically within 0.2% for r >= 0.25 cm. Dosimetric contributions from source electrons were significant for r<0.25 cm. The dose-rate constant and radial dose function were similar to those from previous MC studies of the mHDR-v2 design. The 2D anisotropy function also coincided with that of the mHDR-v2 design for r >= 0.25 cm. Detailed results of dose distributions and scatter components are presented for the modified source design. Conclusions: Comparison of these results to prior MC studies showed agreement typically within 0.5% for r >= 0.25 cm. If dosimetric data for r<0.25 cm are not needed, dosimetric results from the prior MC studies will be adequate. c 2011 American Association of Physicists in Medicine. |
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[Granero, Domingo] Hosp Gen Univ, Dept Radiat Phys, ERESA, E-46014 Valencia, Spain, Email: dgranero@eresa.com |
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Amer Assoc Physicists Medicine Amer Inst Physics |
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0094-2405 |
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ISI:000285769800050 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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557 |
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Fernandez-Carames, T.; Valcarce, A.; Vijande, J. |
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Doubly charmed exotic mesons: A gift of nature? |
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2011 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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699 |
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4 |
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291-295 |
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Exotic mesons; Quark model; Multiquark states |
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We study doubly charmed exotic states by solving the scattering problem of two D mesons. Our results point to the existence of a stable isoscalar doubly charmed meson with quantum numbers (I)J(P) = (0)1(+). We perform a thorough comparison to the results obtained within the hyperspherical harmonic formalism. Such exotic states could be measured at LHC and RHIC. Their experimental observation would, for the first time, confirm the contribution of multiquark structures to hadron spectroscopy. |
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[Carames, T. F.; Valcarce, A.] Univ Salamanca, Dept Fis Fundamental, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain, Email: valcarce@usal.es |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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ISI:000291073200016 |
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IFIC @ elepoucu @ |
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634 |
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