Search for single-top production in ep collisions at HERA
Physics Letters B Elsevier BV 708:1-2 (2012) 27-36
TOP2011 Proceedings: Top Mass Measurements at the Tevatron
ArXiv 1201.6338 (2012)
Abstract:
First observed in 1995, the top quark is the third-generation up-type quark of the standard model of particle physics (SM). The CDF and D\O\ collaborations have analyzed many \ttbar\ events produced by the Tevatron collider, studying many properties of the top quark. Among these, the mass of the top quark is a fundamental parameter of the SM, since its value constrains the mass of the yet to be observed Higgs boson. The analyzed events were used to measure the mass of the top quark $m_t \simeq 173.2 \gevcc$ with an uncertainty of less than $1 \gevcc$. We report on the latest top mass measurements at the Tevatron, using up to $6 \invfb$ of data for each experiment.Measurement ofC P -violating asymmetries inD 0 → π + π − andD 0 → K + K − decays at CDF
Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 85:1 (2012) 012009
Generation of scaled protogalactic seed magnetic fields in laser-produced shock waves
Nature 481:7382 (2012) 480-483
Abstract:
The standard model for the origin of galactic magnetic fields is through the amplification of seed fields via dynamo or turbulent processes to the level consistent with present observations. Although other mechanisms may also operate, currents from misaligned pressure and temperature gradients (the Biermann battery process) inevitably accompany the formation of galaxies in the absence of a primordial field. Driven by geometrical asymmetries in shocks associated with the collapse of protogalactic structures, the Biermann battery is believed to generate tiny seed fields to a level of about 10 -21 gauss (refs 7, 8). With the advent of high-power laser systems in the past two decades, a new area of research has opened in which, using simple scaling relations, astrophysical environments can effectively be reproduced in the laboratory. Here we report the results of an experiment that produced seed magnetic fields by the Biermann battery effect. We show that these results can be scaled to the intergalactic medium, where turbulence, acting on timescales of around 700 million years, can amplify the seed fields sufficiently to affect galaxy evolution. © 2012 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.Search for decays of stopped, long-lived particles from 7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector
ArXiv 1201.5595 (2012)