Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross section in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV using the CDF detector

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 80:11 (2009)

Authors:

T Aaltonen, J Adelman, BA González, S Amerio, D Amidei, A Anastassov, A Annovi, J Antos, G Apollinari, A Apresyan, T Arisawa, A Artikov, J Asaadi, W Ashmanskas, A Attal, A Aurisano, F Azfar, W Badgett, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, P Barria, P Bartos, G Bauer, PH Beauchemin, F Bedeschi, D Beecher, S Behari, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, A Beretvas, A Bhatti, M Binkley, D Bisello, I Bizjak, RE Blair, C Blocker, B Blumenfeld, A Bocci, A Bodek, V Boisvert, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Boveia, B Brau, A Bridgeman, L Brigliadori, C Bromberg, E Brubaker, J Budagov, HS Budd, S Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, P Bussey, A Buzatu, KL Byrum, S Cabrera, C Calancha, S Camarda, M Campanelli, M Campbell, F Canelli, A Canepa, B Carls, D Carlsmith, R Carosi, S Carrillo, S Carron, B Casal, M Casarsa, A Castro, P Catastini, D Cauz, V Cavaliere, M Cavalli-Sforza, A Cerri, L Cerrito, SH Chang, YC Chen, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, G Chlachidze, F Chlebana, K Cho, D Chokheli, JP Chou, G Choudalakis, K Chung, WH Chung, YS Chung, T Chwalek, CI Ciobanu, MA Ciocci, A Clark, D Clark, G Compostella, ME Convery, J Conway

Abstract:

A measurement of the cross section for the inclusive production of isolated photons by the CDF experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron collider is presented. The measurement covers the pseudorapidity region |ηγ|<1.0 and the transverse energy range ETγ>30GeV and is based on 2.5fb-1 of integrated luminosity. The sample is almost a factor of 7 larger than those used for recent published results and extends the ETγ coverage by 100 GeV. The result agrees with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations within uncertainties over the range 50

Godot and the new physics

Proceedings of Science (2009)

Abstract:

A survey is made of selected topics in flavour physics where real progress is expected in the coming half-decade, paying particular attention to those where New Physics signals may appear. © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licence.

LHCb detector commissioning: Results with cosmics and first beam

Proceedings of Science (2009)

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With high-energy collisions at the LHC imminent, this contribution describes the final commissioning of LHCb detector with comics and non-circulating beam. The status of each major sub-detector is reported, with particular attention paid to recent highlights. © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike Licence.

Synchrotron tests of 3D Medipix2 and TimePix X-Ray Detectors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (2009) 2145-2150

Authors:

A Mac Raighne, KC Akiba, L Alianelli, M Artuso, R Bates, F Bayer, J Buytaert, P Collins, M Crossley, L Eklund, C Fleta, A Gallas, M Gandelman, M Gersabeck, EN Gimenez, V Gligorov, T Huse, M John, LF Llin, M Lozano, D Maneuski, J Marchal, T Michel, M Nicol, G Pellegrini, DE Perira, R Plackett, V O'Shea, C Parkes, E Rodrigues, KJS Sawhney, N Tartoni, P Vazquez

Abstract:

In this article we report on the use micro-focus synchrotron X-ray radiation and pion beams to compare the detection efficiencies and charge sharing properties of novel 3D detectors to that of the current planar technology. Detector substrates are bump-bonded to the Medipx2 and Timepix chips. 55μm square pixel maps of the detection efficiencies have been produced using X-ray and MIP beams. For X-rays, a drop of 3-4% detection efficiency over the pixel area was found due to the central electrode. The corner electrodes show no degradation in efficiency compared to that of the planar device. For MIPs a drop of 0.5% in efficiency due to the central electrode was observed. Evidence of a considerable reduction in charge sharing in the 3D detectors compared to the planar devices is also shown. ©2009 IEEE.

The charm renaissance: D-physics - A selective review

28th Physics in Collisions, PIC 2008 - Proceedings of the International Symposium (2009) 113-129