Publications (24)
Calibration and GEANT4 Simulations of the Phase II Proton Compute Tomography (pCT) Range Stack Detector
S. A. Uzunyan, G. Blazey, S. Boi +13
Northern Illinois University in collaboration with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) and Delhi University has been designing and building a proton CT scanner for applica…
Measurement of the differential cross section dÏ/dt in elastic scattering at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV
D0 Collaboration, V. M. Abazov, B. Abbott +406
We present a measurement of the elastic differential cross section as a function of the four-momentum-transfer squared t. The data sample cor…
Epitaxial aluminum contacts to InAs nanowires
N. L. B. Ziino, P. Krogstrup, M. H. Madsen +5
We report a method for making epitaxial superconducting contacts to semiconducting nanowires. The temperature and gate characteristics demonstrate barrier-free electrical contact,…
The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. First visual-channel radial-velocity measurements and orbital parameter updates of seven M-dwarf planetary systems
T. Trifonov, M. Kürster, M. Zechmeister +166
Context: The main goal of the CARMENES survey is to find Earth-mass planets around nearby M-dwarf stars. Seven M-dwarfs included in the CARMENES sample had been observed before wit…
A New Proton CT Scanner
S. A. Uzunyan, G. Blazey, S. Boi +15
The design, construction, and preliminary testing of a second generation proton CT scanner is presented. All current treatment planning systems at proton therapy centers use X-ray…
Phobos results on charged particle multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions in Au+Au, Cu+Cu, d+Au, and p+p collisions at ultra-relativistic energies
B. Alver, B. B. Back, M. D. Baker +76
Pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles emitted in , , , and collisions over a wide energy range have been measured using the PHOBOS detector at…
The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs: High-resolution optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of 324 survey stars
A. Reiners, M. Zechmeister, J. A. Caballero +170
The CARMENES radial velocity (RV) survey is observing 324 M dwarfs to search for any orbiting planets. In this paper, we present the survey sample by publishing one CARMENES spectr…
The Foundation Supernova Survey: Measuring Cosmological Parameters with Supernovae from a Single Telescope
D. O. Jones, D. M. Scolnic, R. J. Foley +27
Measurements of the dark energy equation-of-state parameter, , have been limited by uncertainty in the selection effects and photometric calibration of Type Ia supernova…
Hamamatsu PMT R7056 Study for the Extinction Monitoring System of the Mu2e Experiment at Fermilab
S. Boi, A. Dyshkant, D. Hedin +3
The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab proposes to search for the coherent neutrino-less conversion of muons to electrons in the presence of a nucleus. The experimental signature for an a…
Combination of CDF and D0 W-Boson Mass Measurements
CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +771
We summarize and combine direct measurements of the mass of the boson in proton-antiproton collision data collected by CDF and D0 experiments at th…
System size, energy, centrality and pseudorapidity dependence of charged-particle density in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at RHIC
PHOBOS Collaboration, G. I. Veres, B. Alver +66
Charged particle pseudorapidity distributions are presented from the PHOBOS experiment at RHIC, measured in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at sqrt{s_NN}=19.6, 22.4, 62.4, 130 and 200 G…
The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed Type Ia Supernovae from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from The Combined Pantheon Sample
D. M. Scolnic, D. O. Jones, A. Rest +37
We present optical light curves, redshifts, and classifications for 365 spectroscopically confirmed Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) Medium Deep Surv…
The Foundation Supernova Survey: Photospheric Velocity Correlations in Type Ia Supernovae
Kyle G. Dettman, Saurabh W. Jha, Mi Dai +14
The ejecta velocities of type-Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), as measured by the Si II line, have been shown to correlate with other supernova properties, including color and stan…
Comparison of and differential elastic cross sections and observation of the exchange of a colorless -odd gluonic compound
V. M. Abazov, B. Abbott, B. S. Acharya +473
We describe an analysis comparing the elastic cross section as measured by the D0 Collaboration at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV to that in collisions as meas…
Dependence of X-Ray Burst Models on Nuclear Reaction Rates
R. H. Cyburt, A. M. Amthor, A. Heger +5
X-ray bursts are thermonuclear flashes on the surface of accreting neutron stars and reliable burst models are needed to interpret observations in terms of properties of the neutro…
Identified hadron transverse momentum spectra in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_(NN))=62.4 GeV
PHOBOS Collaboration, B. B. Back, M. D. Baker +56
Transverse momentum spectra of pions, kaons, protons and antiprotons from Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_(NN)) = 62.4 GeV have been measured by the PHOBOS experiment at the Relativisti…
Epitaxy of Semiconductor-Superconductor nanowires
P. Krogstrup, N. L. B. Ziino, W. Chang +6
Controlling the properties of semiconductor/metal interfaces is a powerful method for designing functionality and improving the performance of electrical devices. Recently semicond…
Nucleon-Gold Collisions at 200 AGeV Using Tagged d+Au Interactions in PHOBOS
B. B. Back, M. D. Baker, M. Ballintijn +58
Forward calorimetry in the PHOBOS detector has been used to study charged hadron production in d+Au, p+Au and n+Au collisions at sqrt(s_nn) = 200 GeV. The forward proton calorimete…
Participant and spectator scaling of spectator fragments in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 19.6 and 22.4 GeV
B. Alver, B. B. Back, M. D. Baker +79
Spectator fragments resulting from relativistic heavy ion collisions, consisting of single protons and neutrons along with groups of stable nuclear fragments up to Nitrogen (Z=7),…
Development of a proton Computed Tomography Detector System
Md. Naimuddin, G. Coutrakon, G. Blazey +15
Computer tomography is one of the most promising new methods to image abnormal tissues inside the human body. Tomography is also used to position the patient accurately before radi…
Development of a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) scanner at NIU
S. A. Uzunyan, G. Blazey, S. Boi +17
We describe the development of a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) scanner at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in collaboration with Fermilab and Delhi University. This paper prov…
Should Type Ia Supernova Distances be Corrected for their Local Environments?
D. O. Jones, A. G. Riess, D. M. Scolnic +13
Recent analyses suggest that distance residuals measured from Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are correlated with local host galaxy properties within a few kpc of the SN explosion. How…
Combination of the top-quark mass measurements from the Tevatron collider
The CDF, D0 collaborations, T. Aaltonen +858
The top quark is the heaviest known elementary particle, with a mass about 40 times larger than the mass of its isospin partner, the bottom quark. It decays almost 100% of the time…
Non-flow correlations and elliptic flow fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200GeV
PHOBOS Collaboration, B. Alver, B. B. Back +66
We present first results on event-by-event elliptic flow fluctuations in nucleus-nucleus collisions corrected for effects of non-flow correlations where the magnitude of non-flow c…