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Abstract:

This Letter presents measurements of the polarization of the top quark in top-antitop quark pair events, using 4:7 fb–1of proton-proton collision data recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at √s = 7 TeV. Final states containing one or two isolated leptons (electrons or muons) and jets are considered. Two measurements of αℓP, the product of the leptonic spin-analyzing power and the top quark polarization, are performed assuming that the polarization is introduced by either a CP conserving or a maximally CP violating production process. The measurements obtained, αℓPCPC=–0.035 ± 0.014(stat) ± 0:037(syst) and αℓPCPV= 0.020 ± 0:016(stat)+0.013–0.017(syst), are in good agreement with the standard model prediction of negligible top quark polarization.

Abstract:

We report on recent measurements made at FACET by the E-203 collaboration to test a longitudinal bunch profile monitor based on Coherent Smith-Purcell radiation. The capacity of this monitor to resolve sub-picosecond bunches will be shown as well as a comparison of profile reconstructed for different data sets. We also present recent electromagnetic simulations of the interactions between the beam and the grating as well as the expected resolution of such monitor with a "notch collimator".

Abstract:

The potential of Coherent Smith-Purcell radiation as a longitudinal bunch profile monitor has already been demonstrated and has recently been extended to the sub-picosecond range. As a critical step toward the construction of a single shot bunch profile monitor using Coherent Smith-Purcell radiation it is important to measure very accurately the distribution of such radiation. Optimum background suppression techniques need to be found and relatively cheap detectors suitable for the far infra-red need to be qualified. To perform these tasks a test stand has been installed at the end of the linac of the synchrotron SOLEIL. This test stand and the first results from its commissioning will be presented here.

Abstract:

There is a strong interest in the development of single shot diagnostics of fs relativistic electron bunches within a number of research areas including compact particle accelerators and THz and X-ray sources of radiation. The goal of this work is to investigate some properties of coherent Smith-Purcell radiation and to use it for the reconstruction of the longitudinal profile of a fs-long electron bunch. © 2013 IEEE.

Abstract:

Background

Laparoscopically assisted anorectoplasty (LAARP) was expected to achieve better fecal continence than conventional procedures. However, the issue of which approach is better remains controversial. We compared outcomes between the conventional procedure and LAARP in male infants with rectoprostatic urethral fistula.

Methods

Institutes belonging to the Japanese Study Group of Anorectal Anomalies (JSGA) were invited to participate. Subjects were male infants with rectoprostatic urethral fistula treated by the conventional approach (abdominoperineal pull-through and PSARP) or LAARP between 2000 and 2006. Medical charts and operative records were reviewed retrospectively.

Results

Eighty-one patients (conventional: 36, LAARP: 45) were enrolled from 15 centers. In both groups, the mean Kelly score was 5. The total score of the scoring system was newly developed by the Japanese Study Group of Anorectal Anomalies. Follow-up Project (5-15 points) was 10.7 and 12.1 in the conventional group and the LAARP group, respectively (p=0.07). The incidence of failed rectoanal anastomosis, mucosal prolapse, and anal stenosis was comparable in both groups. Posterior urethral diverticula were detected on cystourethrograms in 7% and 11% (p=1.0) and on MRI in 0% and 34% (p=0.02) of the conventional and the LAARP groups, respectively. Overall, 94% of diverticula were asymptomatic.

Conclusions

Fecal continence and complication rates after LAARP were comparable to those observed after the conventional method. Posterior urethral diverticula were detected more frequently after LAARP.