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A transient radio jet in an erupting dwarf nova.

Science 320:5881 (2008) 1318-1320

Authors:

Elmar Körding, Michael Rupen, Christian Knigge, Rob Fender, Vivek Dhawan, Matthew Templeton, Tom Muxlow

Abstract:

Astrophysical jets seem to occur in nearly all types of accreting objects, from supermassive black holes to young stellar objects. On the basis of x-ray binaries, a unified scenario describing the disc/jet coupling has evolved and been extended to many accreting objects. The only major exceptions are thought to be cataclysmic variables: Dwarf novae, weakly accreting white dwarfs, show similar outburst behavior to x-ray binaries, but no jet has yet been detected. Here we present radio observations of a dwarf nova in outburst showing variable flat-spectrum radio emission that is best explained as synchrotron emission originating in a transient jet. Both the inferred jet power and the relation to the outburst cycle are analogous to those seen in x-ray binaries, suggesting that the disc/jet coupling mechanism is ubiquitous.
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A transient radio jet in an erupting dwarf nova

(2008)

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Elmar Koerding, Michael Rupen, Christian Knigge, Rob Fender, Vivek Dhawan, Matthew Templeton, Tom Muxlow
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First run II measurement of the W boson mass at the Fermilab Tevatron

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 77:11 (2008)

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T Aaltonen, A Abulencia, J Adelman, T Akimoto, MG Albrow, B Álvarez González, S Amerio, D Amidei, A Anastassov, A Annovi, J Antos, G Apollinari, A Apresyan, T Arisawa, A Artikov, W Ashmanskas, A Attal, A Aurisano, F Azfar, P Azzi-Bacchetta, P Azzurri, N Bacchetta, W Badgett, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, S Baroiant, V Bartsch, G Bauer, PH Beauchemin, F Bedeschi, P Bednar, S Behari, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, A Belloni, D Benjamin, A Beretvas, J Beringer, T Berry, A Bhatti, M Binkley, D Bisello, I Bizjak, RE Blair, C Blocker, B Blumenfeld, A Bocci, A Bodek, V Boisvert, G Bolla, A Bolshov, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Boveia, B Brau, L Brigliadori, C Bromberg, E Brubaker, J Budagov, HS Budd, S Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, P Bussey, A Buzatu, KL Byrum, S Cabrera, M Campanelli, M Campbell, F Canelli, A Canepa, D Carlsmith, R Carosi, S Carrillo, S Carron, B Casal, M Casarsa, A Castro, P Catastini, D Cauz, 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, SH Chuang, K Chung, WH Chung, YS Chung, CI Ciobanu, MA Ciocci

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We describe a measurement of the W boson mass mW using 200pb-1 of s=1.96TeV pp̄ collision data taken with the CDF II detector. With a sample of 63964 W→eν candidates and 51128 W→μν candidates, we measure mW=[80.413±0.034(stat)±0.034(sys)=80.413±0.048]GeV/c2. This is the single most precise mW measurement to date. When combined with other measured electroweak parameters, this result further constrains the properties of new unobserved particles coupling to W and Z bosons. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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Determination of the strong phase in D0→K+π- Using quantum-correlated measurements

Physical Review Letters 100:22 (2008)

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JL Rosner, JP Alexander, DG Cassel, JE Duboscq, R Ehrlich, L Fields, L Gibbons, R Gray, SW Gray, DL Hartill, BK Heltsley, D Hertz, CD Jones, J Kandaswamy, DL Kreinick, VE Kuznetsov, H Mahlke-Krüger, D Mohapatra, PUE Onyisi, JR Patterson, D Peterson, D Riley, A Ryd, AJ Sadoff, X Shi, S Stroiney, WM Sun, T Wilksen, SB Athar, R Patel, J Yelton, P Rubin, BI Eisenstein, I Karliner, S Mehrabyan, N Lowrey, M Selen, EJ White, J Wiss, RE Mitchell, MR Shepherd, D Besson, TK Pedlar, D Cronin-Hennessy, KY Gao, J Hietala, Y Kubota, T Klein, BW Lang, R Poling, AW Scott, P Zweber, S Dobbs, Z Metreveli, KK Seth, A Tomaradze, J Libby, A Powell, G Wilkinson, KM Ecklund, W Love, V Savinov, A Lopez, H Mendez, J Ramirez, JY Ge, DH Miller, B Sanghi, IPJ Shipsey, B Xin, GS Adams, M Anderson, JP Cummings, I Danko, D Hu, B Moziak, J Napolitano, Q He, J Insler, H Muramatsu, CS Park, EH Thorndike, F Yang, M Artuso, S Blusk, S Khalil, J Li, R Mountain, S Nisar, K Randrianarivony, N Sultana, T Skwarnicki, S Stone, JC Wang, LM Zhang, G Bonvicini, D Cinabro, M Dubrovin, A Lincoln, J Rademacker

Abstract:

We exploit the quantum coherence between pair-produced D0 and D̄0 in ψ(3770) decays to study charm mixing, which is characterized by the parameters x and y, and to make a first determination of the relative strong phase δ between D0→K+π- and D̄0→K+π-. Using 281pb-1 of e+e- collision data collected with the CLEO-c detector at Ecm=3.77GeV, as well as branching fraction input and time-integrated measurements of RM(x2+y2)/2 and RWSΓ(D0→K+π-)/Γ(D̄0→K+π-) from other experiments, we find cosδ=1.03-0.17+0.31±0.06, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. By further including other mixing parameter measurements, we obtain an alternate measurement of cosδ=1.10±0.35±0.07, as well as xsinδ=(4.4-1.8+2. 7±2.9)×10-3 and δ=(22-12-11+11+9)°. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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Hunting for the Building Blocks of Galaxies like our own Milky Way with FORS

The Messenger 132 (2008) 41-45-41-45

Authors:

MG Haehnelt, M Rauch, A Bunker, G Becker, F Marleau, J Graham, S Cristiani, MJ Jarvis, C Lacey, S Morris, C Peroux, H Röttgering, T Theuns