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Song, T.; Berrehrah, H.; Torres-Rincon, J.M.; Tolos, L.; Cabrera, D.; Cassing, W.; Bratkovskaya, E. |
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Single electrons from heavy-flavor mesons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2017 |
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Physical Review C |
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Phys. Rev. C |
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96 |
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1 |
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014905 - 18pp |
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We study the single electron spectra from D- and B-meson semileptonic decays in Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200, 62.4, and 19.2 GeV by employing the parton-hadron-string dynamics (PHSD) transport approach that has been shown to reasonably describe the charm dynamics at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and Large Hadron Collider energies on a microscopic level. In this approach the initial charm and bottom quarks are produced by using the PYTHIA event generator which is tuned to reproduce the fixed-order next-to-leading logarithm calculations for charm and bottom production. The produced charm and bottom quarks interact with off-shell (massive) partons in the quark-gluon plasma with scattering cross sections which are calculated in the dynamical quasiparticle model that is matched to reproduce the equation of state of the partonic system above the deconfinement temperature T-c. At energy densities close to the critical energy density (approximate to 0.5 GeV/fm(3)) the charm and bottom quarks are hadronized intoD and B mesons through either coalescence or fragmentation. After hadronization the D and B mesons interact with the light hadrons by employing the scattering cross sections from an effective Lagrangian. The final D and B mesons then produce single electrons through semileptonic decay. We find that the PHSD approach well describes the nuclear modification factor R-AA and elliptic flow upsilon(2) of single electrons in d + Au and Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV and the elliptic flow in Au + Au reactions at root s(NN) = 62.4 GeV from the PHENIX Collaboration, however, the large RAA at root s(NN) = 62.4 GeV is not described at all. Furthermore, we make predictions for the RAA of D mesons and of single electrons at the lower energy of root s(NN) = 19.2 GeV. Additionally, the medium modification of the azimuthal angle phi between a heavy quark and a heavy antiquark is studied. We find that the transverse flow enhances the azimuthal angular distributions close to phi = 0 because the heavy flavors strongly interact with nuclear medium in relativistic heavy-ion collisions and almost flow with the bulk matter. |
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[Song, Taesoo; Berrehrah, Hamza; Bratkovskaya, Elena] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Inst Theoret Phys, Frankfurt, Germany, Email: song@fias.uni-frankfurt.de |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2469-9985 |
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WOS:000405203800005 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3202 |
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T2K Collaboration (Abe, K. et al); Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Izmaylov, A.; Novella, P.; Sorel, M.; Stamoulis, P. |
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First measurement of the muon neutrino charged current single pion production cross section on water with the T2K near detector |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2017 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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95 |
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1 |
Pages |
012010 - 11pp |
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The T2K off-axis near detector, ND280, is used to make the first differential cross section measurements of muon neutrino charged current single positive pion production on a water target at energies similar to 0.8 GeV. The differential measurements are presented as a function of the muon and pion kinematics, in the restricted phase space defined by p(pi+) > 200 MeV/c, p(mu) > 200 MeV/c, cos(theta(pi+)) > 0.3 and cos(theta(mu)) > 0.3. The total flux integrated nu(mu) charged current single positive pion production cross section on water in the restricted phase space is measured to be <sigma >(phi) = 4.25 +/- 0.48(stat) +/- 1.56(syst) x 10(-40) cm(2)/nucleon. The total cross section is consistent with the NEUT prediction (5.03 x 10(-40) cm(2)/nucleon) and 2 sigma lower than the GENIE prediction (7.68 x 10(-40) cm(2)/nucleon). The differential cross sections are in good agreement with the NEUT generator. The GENIE simulation reproduces well the shapes of the distributions, but overestimates the overall cross section normalization. |
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[Ariga, A.; Ereditato, A.; Hierholzer, M.; Nirkko, M.; Pistillo, C.; Redij, A.; Wilkinson, C.] Univ Bern, Albert Einstein Ctr Fundamental Phys, High Energy Phys Lab, Bern, Switzerland |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2470-0010 |
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WOS:000400774700003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3135 |
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BABAR Collaboration (Lees, J.P. et al); Martinez-Vidal, F.; Oyanguren, A. |
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Search for B+ -> K+tau(+)tau(-) at the BABAR Experiment |
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Journal Article |
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2017 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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118 |
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3 |
Pages |
031802 - 8pp |
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We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process B+ -> K+tau(+)tau(-) using data from the BABAR experiment. The data sample, collected at the center-of-mass energy of the Upsilon(4S) resonance, corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 424 fb(-1) and to 471 x 10(6) B (B) over bar pairs. We reconstruct one B meson, produced in the Upsilon(4S) -> B+B- decay, in one of many hadronic decay modes and search for activity compatible with a B+ -> K+tau(+)tau(-) decay in the rest of the event. Each tau lepton is required to decay leptonically into an electron or muon and neutrinos. Comparing the expected number of background events with the data sample after applying the selection criteria, we do not find evidence for a signal. The resulting upper limit, at the 90% confidence level, is B(B+ -> K+tau(+)tau(-)) < 2.25 x 10(-3). |
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[Lees, J. P.; Poireau, V.; Tisserand, V.] Univ Savoie, IN2P3, CNRS, LAPP, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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0031-9007 |
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WOS:000392290200010 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2945 |
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Gariazzo, S.; Mena, O.; Ramirez, H.; Boubekeur, L. |
Title |
Primordial power spectrum features in phenomenological descriptions of inflation |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2017 |
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Physics of the Dark Universe |
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Phys. Dark Universe |
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17 |
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38-45 |
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Inflation; Primordial power spectrum; Sound speed |
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We extend an alternative, phenomenological approach to inflation by means of an equation of state and a sound speed, both of them functions of the number of e-folds and four phenomenological parameters. This approach captures a number of possible inflationary models, including those with non-canonical kinetic terms or scale-dependent non-gaussianities. We perform Markov Chain Monte Carlo analyses using the latest cosmological publicly available measurements, which include Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data from the Planck satellite. Within this parameterization, we discard scale invariance with a significance of about 10 sigma, and the running of the spectral index is constrained as alpha(s) = -0.60(-0.10)(+0.08) x 10(-3) (68% CL errors). The limit on the tensor-to-scalar ratio is r < 0.005 at 95% CL from CMB data alone. We find no significant evidence for this alternative parameterization with present cosmological observations. The maximum amplitude of the equilateral non-gaussianity that we obtain, vertical bar f(NL)(equil)vertical bar < 1, is much smaller than the current Planck mission errors, strengthening the case for future high-redshift, all-sky surveys, which could reach the required accuracy on equilateral non-gaussianities. |
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[Gariazzo, Stefano] Univ Turin, Dept Phys, Via P Giuria 1, I-10125 Turin, Italy, Email: omena@ific.uv.es |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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2212-6864 |
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WOS:000411869100006 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3319 |
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Hinarejos, M.; Bañuls, M.C.; Perez, A.; de Vega, I. |
Title |
Non-Markovianity and memory of the initial state |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Journal of Physics A |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Phys. A |
Volume |
50 |
Issue |
32 |
Pages |
335301 - 17pp |
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non-Markovianity; quantum distinguisability; quantum fidelity |
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We explore in a rigorous manner the intuitive connection between the non-Markovianity of the evolution of an open quantum system and the performance of the system as a quantum memory. Using the paradigmatic case of a two-level open quantum system coupled to a bosonic bath, we compute the recovery fidelity, which measures the best possible performance of the system to store a qubit of information. We deduce that this quantity is connected, but not uniquely determined, by the non-Markovianity, for which we adopt the Breuer-Laine-Piilo measure proposed in Breuer et al (2009 Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 210401). We illustrate our findings with explicit calculations for the case of a structured environment. |
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[Hinarejos, Margarida] Univ Republica, Fac Ingn, Inst Fis, Av Julio Herrera y Reissig 565, Montevideo 11300, Uruguay, Email: Armando.Perez@uv.es |
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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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1751-8113 |
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WOS:000405672800001 |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3206 |
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