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)
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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 50Godot and the new physics
Proceedings of Science (2009)
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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
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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