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Investigation of a novel hydrogen plasma waveguide for high-intensity laser pulses

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (2001)

Authors:

DJ Spence, A Butler, SM Hooker

Abstract:

We present measurements of the electron density profile in the guiding channel of a novel plasma waveguide. The results of experiments to demonstrate guiding at peak intensities of >10−17 W cm−2 will be presented.

Measurement of open beauty production in photoproduction at HERA

European Physical Journal C 18:4 (2001) 625-637

Authors:

J Breitweg, S Chekanov, M Derrick, D Krakauer, S Magill, B Musgrave, A Pellegrino, J Repond, R Stanek, R Yoshida, MCK Mattingly, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, G Cara Romeo, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, M Corradi, S de Pasquale, P Giusti, G Iacobucci, G Levi, A Margotti, T Massam, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Pesci, G Sartorelli, A Zichichi, G Aghuzumtsyan, C Amelung, I Brock, K Coböken, S Goers, H Hartmann, K Heinloth, E Hilger, P Irrgang, HP Jakob, A Kappes, UF Katz, R Kerger, O Kind, E Paul, J Rautenberg, H Schnurbusch, A Stifutkin, J Tandler, KC Voss, A Weber, H Wieber, DS Bailey, O Barret, NH Brook, JE Cole, B Foster, GP Heath, HF Heath, S Robins, E Rodrigues, J Scott, RJ Tapper, M Capua, A Mastroberardino, M Schioppa, G Susinno, HY Jeoung, JY Kim, JH Lee, IT Lim, KJ Ma, MY Pac, A Caldwell, W Liu, X Liu, B Mellado, S Paganis, S Sampson, WB Schmidke, F Sciulli, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, J Figiel, K Klimek, K Olkiewicz, K Piotrzkowski, MB Przybycień, P Stopa, L Zawiejski, B Bednarek, K Jeleń, D Kisielewska, AM Kowal, T Kowalski, E Rulikowska-Zarebska

Abstract:

The production and semi-leptonic decay of heavy quarks have been studied in the photoproduction process e+p → e+ + dijet + e- + X with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 38.5 pb-1. Events with photon-proton centre-of-mass energies, Wγp, between 134 and 269 GeV and a photon virtuality, Q2, less than 1 GeV2 were selected requiring at least two jets of transverse energy Ejet1(2)T > 7(6) GeV and an electron in the final state. The electrons were identified by employing the ionisation energy loss measurement. The contribution of beauty quarks was determined using the transverse momentum of the electron relative to the axis of the closest jet, prelT. The data, after background subtraction, were fit with a Monte Carlo simulation including beauty and charm decays. The measured beauty cross section was extrapolated to the parton level with the b quark restricted to the region of transverse momentum pbT > = 5 GeV and pseudorapidity |ηb| < 2. The extrapolated cross section is 1.6 ± 0.4 (stat.)+0.3-0.5(syst.)+0.2-0.4(ext.) nb. The result is compared to a perturbative QCD calculation performed to next-to-leading order.
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Search for resonance decays to a v̄ plus jet in e+p scattering at des y HERA

Physical Review D 63:5 (2001)

Authors:

J Breitweg, S Chekanov, M Derrick, D Krakauer, S Magill, B Musgrave, A Pellegrino, J Repond, R Stanek, R Yoshida, MCK Mattingly, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, G Cara Romeo, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, M Corradi, S De Pasquale, P Giusti, G Lacobucci, G Levi, A Margotti, T Massam, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Pesci, G Sartorelli, A Zichichi, C Amelung, CA Bornheim, I Brock, K Coböken, J Crittenden, R Deffner, H Hartmann, K Heinloth, E Hilger, P Irrgang, HP Jakob, A Kappes, UF Katz, R Kerger, E Paul, J Rautenberg, H Schnurbusch, A Stifutkin, J Tandler, KC Voss, A Weber, H Wieber, DS Bailey, O Barret, NH Brook, B Foster, GP Heath, HF Heath, E Rodrigues, J Scott, RJ Tapper, M Capua, A Mastroberardino, MY Pac, A Caldvvell, W Liu, X Liu, B Mellado, A Eskreys, J Figiel, K Klimek, K Olkiewicz, K Piotrzkowski, MB Przybycien, P Stopa, L Zawiejski, B Bednarek, K Jeleri, D Kisielewska, AM Kowal, T Kowalski

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A study of the v̄-jet mass spectrum in e+p→v̄X events at a center-of-mass energy 300 GeV has been performed with the ZEUS detector at the HERA collider at DESY using an integrated luminosity of 47.7 pb-1. The mass spectrum is in good agreement with that expected from standard model processes over the v̄-jet mass range studied. No significant excess attributable to the decay of a narrow resonance is observed. By using both e+p→>e+X and e+p-vX data, mass-dependent limits are set on the s-channel production of scalar and vector resonant states. Couplings to first-generation quarks are considered and limits are presented as a function of the e+q and v̄q branching ratios. These limits are used to constrain the production of leptoquarks and A-parity violating squarks. © 2001 The American Physical Society.
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Investigation of a hydrogen plasma waveguide.

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 63:1 Pt 2 (2001) 015401

Authors:

DJ Spence, SM Hooker

Abstract:

A hydrogen plasma waveguide for high-intensity laser pulses is described. The guiding channel is formed by a small-scale discharge in a hydrogen-filled capillary. The measured lifetime of the capillary is inferred to be greater than 10(6) shots. The results of interferometric measurements of the electron density in the capillary are presented. The guiding channel is found to be highly ionized with an axial electron density of 2.7x10(18) cm(-3), and parabolic, the curvature corresponding to a matched spot-size of 37.5 microm.
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Measurement of dijet cross sections for events with a leading neutron in photoproduction at HERA

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B 596:1-2 (2001) 3-29

Authors:

J Breitweg, S Chekanov, M Derrick, D Krakauer, S Magill, B Musgrave, A Pellegrino, J Repond, R Stanek, R Yoshida, MCK Mattingly, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, GC Romeo, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, M Corradi, S De Pasquale, P Giusti, G Iacobucci, G Levi, A Margotti, T Massam, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Pesci, G Sartorelli, A Zichichi, C Amelung, A Bornheim, I Brock, K Coböken, J Crittenden, R Deffner, H Hartmann, K Heinloth, E Hilger, P Irrgang, HP Jakob, A Kappes, UF Katz, R Kerger, E Paul, J Rautenberg, H Schnurbusch, A Stifutkin, J Tandler, KC Voss, A Weber, H Wieber, DS Bailey, O Barret, NH Brook, B Foster, GP Heath, HF Heath, E Rodrigues, J Scott, RJ Tapper, M Capua, A Mastroberardino, M Schioppa, G Susinno, HY Jeoung, JY Kim, JH Lee, IT Lim, KJ Ma, MY Pac, A Caldwell, W Liu, X Liu, B Mellado, S Paganis, S Sampson, WB Schmidke, F Sciulli, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, J Figiel, K Klimek, K Olkiewicz, K Piotrzkowski, MB Przybycien, P Stopa, L Zawiejski, B Bednarek, K Jelen, D Kisielewska, AM Kowal, T Kowalski, M Przybycien, E Rulikowska-Zarebska, L Suszycki, D Szuba, A Kotanski, LAT Bauerdick, U Behrens, JK Bienlein, K Borras, V Chiochia, D Dannheim, K Desler, G Drews, A Fox-Murphy, U Fricke, F Goebel, S Goers, P Göttlicher, R Graciani, T Haas, W Hain, GF Hartner, K Hebbel, S Hillert, W Koch, U Kötz, H Kowalski, H Labes, B Löhr, R Mankel, J Martens, M Martínez, M Milite, M Moritz, D Notz, MC Petrucci, A Polini, M Rohde, AA Savin, U Schneekloth, F Selonke, M Sievers, S Stonjek, G Wolf, U Wollmer, C Youngman, W Zeuner, C Coldewey, ALD Viani, A Meyer, S Schlenstedt, PB Straub, G Barbagli, E Gallo, A Parenti, PG Pelfer, A Bamberger, A Benen, N Coppola, S Eisenhardt, P Markun, H Raach, S Wölfle, PJ Bussey, M Bell, AT Doyle, C Glasman, SW Lee, A Lupi, N Macdonald, GJ McCance, DH Saxon, LE Sinclair, IO Skillicorn, R Waugh, I Bohnet, N Gendner, U Holm, A Meyer-Larsen, H Salehi, K Wick, T Carli, A Garfagnini, I Gialas, LK Gladilin, D Kçira, R Klanner, E Lohrmann, R Gonçalo, KR Long, DB Miller, AD Tapper, R Walker, P Cloth, D Filges, T Ishii, M Kuze, K Nagano, K Tokushuku, S Yamada, Y Yamazaki, SH Ahn, SB Lee, SK Park, H Lim, D Son, F Barreiro, G García, O González, L Labarga, J del Peso, I Redondo, J Terrón, M Vázquez, M Barbi, F Corriveau, DS Hanna, A Ochs, S Padhi, DG Stairs, M Wing, T Tsurugai, A Antonov, V Bashkirov, M Danilov, BA Dolgoshein, D Gladkov, V Sosnovtsev, S Suchkov, RK Dementiev, PF Ermolov, YA Golubkov, II Katkov, LA Khein, NA Korotkova, IA Korzhavina, VA Kuzmin, OY Lukina, AS Proskuryakov, LM Shcheglova, AN Solomin, NN Vlasov, SA Zotkin, C Bokel, M Botje, N Brümmer, J Engelen, S Grijpink, E Koffeman, P Kooijman, S Schagen, A van Sighem, E Tassi, H Tiecke, N Tuning, JJ Velthuis, J Vossebeld, L Wiggers, E de Wolf, B Bylsma, LS Durkin, J Gilmore, CM Ginsburg, CL Kim, TY Ling, S Boogert, AM Cooper-Sarkar, RCE Devenish, J Grosse-Knetter, T Matsushita, O Ruske, MR Sutton, R Walczak, A Bertolin, R Brugnera, R Carlin, F Dal Corso, S Dusini, S Limentani, A Longhin, M Posocco, L Stanco, M Turcato, L Adamczyk, L Iannotti, BY Oh, JR Okrasinski, PRB Saull, WS Toothacker, JJ Whitmore, Y Iga, G D'Agostini, G Marini, A Nigro, C Cormack, JC Hart, NA McCubbin, TP Shah, D Epperson, C Heusch, HFW Sadrozinski, A Seiden, R Wichmann, DC Williams, IH Park, N Pavel, H Abramowicz, S Dagan, S Kananov, A Kreisel, A Levy, T Abe, T Fusayasu, T Kohno, K Umemori, T Yamashita, R Hamatsu, T Hirose, M Inuzuka, S Kitamura, K Matsuzawa, T Nishimura, M Arneodo, N Cartiglia, R Cirio, M Costa, MI Ferrero, S Maselli, V Monaco, C Peroni, M Ruspa, R Sacchi, A Solano, A Staiano, DC Bailey, CP Fagerstroem, R Galea, T Koop, GM Levman, JF Martin, A Mirea, A Sabetfakhri, JM Butterworth, ME Hayes, EA Heaphy, TW Jones, JB Lane, BJ West, J Ciborowski, R Ciesielski, G Grzelak, RJ Nowak, JM Pawlak, R Pawlak, B Smalska, T Tymieniecka, AK Wróblewski, JA Zakrzewski, AF Zarnecki, M Adamus, T Gadaj, O Deppe, Y Eisenberg, D Hochman, U Karshon, WF Badgett, D Chapin, R Cross, C Foudas, S Mattingly, DD Reeder, WH Smith, A Vaiciulis, T Wildschek, M Wodarczyk, A Deshpande, S Dhawan, VW Hughes, S Bhadra, C Catterall, JE Cole, WR Frisken, R Hall-Wilton, M Khakzad, S Menary
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