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Publications (64)

physics.ins-det2012

Dependence of the energy resolution of a scintillating crystal on the readout integration time

V. Bocci, D. Chao, G. Chiodi +7

The possibilty of performing high-rate calorimetry with a slow scintillator crystal is studied. In this experimental situation, to avoid pulse pile-up, it can be necessary to base…

hep-ex2023

Model-independent extraction of form factors and in with hadronic tagging at BaBar

BaBar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +208

Using the entire BaBar data set, the first two-dimensional unbinned angular analysis of the semileptonic decay is perf…

hep-ex2014

Evidence for the decay B0 --> omega omega and search for B0 --> omega phi

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +333

We describe searches for B meson decays to the charmless vector-vector final states omega omega and omega phi with 471 x 10^6 B Bbar pairs produced in e+ e- annihilation at sqrt(s)…

hep-ex2020

Precision measurement of the ratio

J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand +238

We report on a precision measurement of the ratio using data collected with the BaBar detector…

hep-ph2010

New Hadronic Spectroscopy

N. Drenska, R. Faccini, F. Piccinini +3

In the past few years the field of hadron spectroscopy has seen renewed interest due to the pubblication, initially mostly from B-Factories, of evidences of states that do not matc…

hep-ex2015

The Physics of the B Factories

A. J. Bevan, B. Golob, Th. Mannel +2003

This work is on the Physics of the B Factories. Part A of this book contains a brief description of the SLAC and KEK B Factories as well as their detectors, BaBar and Belle, and da…

hep-ex2013

Observation of Time Reversal Violation in the B0 Meson System

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +364

Although CP violation in the B meson system has been well established by the B factories, there has been no direct observation of time reversal violation. The decays of entangled n…

hep-ex2015

First Observation of CP Violation in B0->D(*)CP h0 Decays by a Combined Time-Dependent Analysis of BaBar and Belle Data

The BaBar, Belle Collaborations, : +471

We report a measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetry of B0->D(*)CP h0 decays, where the light neutral hadron h0 is a pi0, eta or omega meson, and the neutral D meson is recon…

nucl-ex2013

Sensitivity and Discovery Potential of CUORE to Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay

F. Alessandria, R. Ardito, D. R. Artusa +118

We present a study of the sensitivity and discovery potential of CUORE, a bolometric double-beta decay experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in I…

physics.ed-ph2023

Measurement of the cosmic ray flux by an ArduSiPM-based muon telescope in the framework of the Lab2Go project

V. Agostini, B. Arcese, N. Ascani +26

Whitin Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) outreach activities, the Lab2Go project is of great significance. Its goal is involving high school teachers and students in sev…

physics.med-ph2016

Secondary radiation measurements for particle therapy applications: Charged secondaries produced by 4He and 12C ion beams in a PMMA target at large angle

A. Rucinski, E. De Lucia, G. Battistoni +18

Measurements performed with the purpose of characterizing the charged secondary radiation for dose release monitoring in particle therapy are reported. Charged secondary yields, en…

physics.med-ph2013

Extended calibration range for prompt photon emission in ion beam irradiation

F. Bellini, T. T. Boehlen, M. P. W. Chin +18

Monitoring the dose delivered during proton and carbon ion therapy is still a matter of research. Among the possible solutions, several exploit the measurement of the single photon…

hep-ph1996

Higgs Physics at LEP2

M. Carena, P. Zerwas, E. Accomando +90

In this report we review the prospects for Higgs physics at LEP2. The theoretical aspects and the phenomenology of Higgs particles are discussed within the Standard Model (SM) and…

nucl-ex2025

Cross Section Measurements of Large Angle Fragments Production in the Interaction of Carbon Ion Beams with Thin Targets

The FOOT Collaboration, Y. Dong, I. Mattei +87

The fragmentation cross sections of carbon ion beams with kinetic energies of impinging on thin targets of graphite (C), polyvinyl-toluene (CH)…

hep-ex2011

Observation of the baryonic B decay B0bar --> Lambda_c^+ anti-Lambda K-

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +384

We report the observation of the baryonic B decay B0bar --> Lambda_c^+ anti-Lambda K- with a significance larger than 7 standard deviations based on 471x10^6$ BBbar pairs collected…

hep-ex2018

First evidence for and resolution of the CKM Unitarity Triangle ambiguity by a time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of with decays

The BaBar, Belle Collaborations, : +422

We present first evidence that the cosine of the CP-violating weak phase is positive, and hence exclude trigonometric multifold solutions of the CKM Unitarity Triangle using…

physics.ins-det2013

Search for Neutron Flux Generation in a Plasma Discharge Electrolytic Cell

R. Faccini, A. Pilloni, A. D. Polosa +10

Following some recent unexpected hints of neutron production in setups like high-voltage atmospheric discharges and plasma discharges in electrolytic cells, we present a measuremen…

hep-ex2019

Search for with the BABAR experiment

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +235

We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process using data from the BABAR experiment. A total of 424 fb of

hep-ex2020

Search for rare or forbidden decays of the meson

J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand +234

We present a search for nine lepton-number-violating and three lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type

hep-ex2020

Search for lepton-flavor violating decays

BaBar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +238

We present a search for seven lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type , where represents a , $K^{0}_{\rm S…

hep-ex2013

Search for direct CP-violation in singly-Cabibbo suppressed D+- --> K+ K- pi+- decays

BaBar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +359

We report on a search for direct CP asymmetry in the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decay D+- --> K+ K- pi+- using a data sample of 476 fb-1 accumulated with the BaBar detector running…

physics.ed-ph2022

Measurement of fundamental physical quantities in the framework of the Lab2Go project

F. Casaburo, N. Marcelli, M. Sorbara +23

To establish a closer contact between school and experimental sciences, Sapienza Università di Roma and the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) launched the Lab2Go project…

hep-ph2012

Exotic Heavy Quarkonium Spectroscopy: A Mini-review

R. Faccini, A. Pilloni, A. D. Polosa

Since nine years experiments have been observing a host of exotic states decaying into heavy quarkonia. The interpretation of most of them still remains uncertain and, in some case…

hep-ex2011

Study of radiative bottomonium transitions using converted photons

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +388

We use 111+/-1 million Upsilon(3S) and 89+/-1 million Upsilon(2S) events recorded by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II B-factory at SLAC to perform a study of radiative transitions…

nucl-ex2018

First Results from CUORE: A Search for Lepton Number Violation via Decay of Te

CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +162

The CUORE experiment, a ton-scale cryogenic bolometer array, recently began operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The array represents a significant advanc…

hep-ex2013

Study of the decay and its intermediate states

The Babar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +351

We study the decay , reconstructing the Λ_{c}^{+} baryon in the mode, using a data sample of $467\times 10^{6}…

physics.ins-det2013

Properties of para-terphenyl as detector for alpha, beta and gamma radiation

M. Angelone, G. Battistoni, F. Bellini +19

Organic scintillators are often chosen as radiation detectors for their fast decay time and their low Z, while inorganic ones are used when high light ields are required. In this p…

physics.ins-det2016

First Ex-Vivo Validation of a Radioguided Surgery Technique with beta- Radiation

E. Solfaroli Camillocci, M. Schiariti, V. Bocci +21

Purpose: A radio-guided surgery technique with beta- -emitting radio-tracers was suggested to overcome the effect of the large penetration of gamma radiation. The feasibility studi…

nucl-ex2012

Double-beta decay of Te to the first 0 excited state of Xe with CUORICINO

E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F. T. Avignone +63

The CUORICINO experiment was an array of 62 TeO single-crystal bolometers with a total Te mass of kg. The experiment finished in 2008 after more than 3 years…

physics.ins-det2013

IRIDE White Book, An Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure based on Dual Electron linacs&lasers

D. Alesini, M. Alessandroni, M. P. Anania +211

This report describes the scientific aims and potentials as well as the preliminary technical design of IRIDE, an innovative tool for multi-disciplinary investigations in a wide fi…

nucl-ex2013

Validation of techniques to mitigate copper surface contamination in CUORE

F. Alessandria, R. Ardito, D. R. Artusa +115

In this article we describe the background challenges for the CUORE experiment posed by surface contamination of inert detector materials such as copper, and present three techniqu…

nucl-ex2011

CUORE crystal validation runs: results on radioactive contamination and extrapolation to CUORE background

F. Alessandria, E. Andreotti, R. Ardito +116

The CUORE Crystal Validation Runs (CCVRs) have been carried out since the end of 2008 at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories, in order to test the performances and the radiopurity…

hep-ex2012

Branching fraction and form-factor shape measurements of exclusive charmless semileptonic B decays, and determination of |V_{ub}|

BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +361

We report the results of a study of the exclusive charmless semileptonic decays, B^0 --> pi^- l^+ nu, B^+ --> pi^0 l^+ nu, B^+ --> omega l^+ nu, B^+ --> eta l^+ nu and B^+ --> eta^…

hep-ex2012

Initial-State Radiation Measurement of the e+e- -> pi+pi-pi+pi- Cross Section

J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand +383

We study the process e+e- -> pi+pi-pi+pi-gamma, with a photon emitted from the initial-state electron or positron, using 454.3 fb^-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at SL…

hep-ex2018

Measurement of in with decays by a combined time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of BaBar and Belle data

The BaBar, Belle Collaborations, : +407

We report measurements of and from a time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of with decays, where the…

hep-ex2011

Search for hadronic decays of a light Higgs boson in the radiative decay Upsilon --> gamma A0

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +385

We search for hadronic decays of a light Higgs boson (A0) produced in radiative decays of an Upsilon(2S) or Upsilon(3S) meson, Upsilon --> gamma A0. The data have been recorded by…

hep-ex2011

Evidence for the h_b(1P) meson in the decay Upsilon(3S) --> pi0 h_b(1P)

The BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +406

Using a sample of 122 million Upsilon(3S) events recorded with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at SLAC, we search for the spin-singlet pa…

hep-ex2012

A Measurement of the Semileptonic Branching Fraction of the B_s Meson

The BaBar Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +383

We report a measurement of the inclusive semileptonic branching fraction of the B_s meson using data collected with the BaBar detector in the center-of-mass (CM) energy region abov…

hep-ph2008

Higher Tetraquark Particles

N. V. Drenska, R. Faccini, A. D. Polosa

There are strong arguments favoring a four-quark interpretation of sub-GeV light scalar mesons and the diquark-antidiquark body-plan of the tetraquark seems to provide the most con…

physics.med-ph2011

Precise measurement of prompt photon emission for carbon ion therapy

C. Agodi, F. Bellini, G. A. P. Cirrone +19

Proton and carbon ion therapy is an emerging technique used for the treatment of solid cancers. The monitoring of the dose delivered during such treatments is still a matter of res…

hep-ph2012

On the Spin of the X(3872)

R. Faccini, F. Piccinini, A. Pilloni +1

Whether the much studied X(3872) is an axial or tensor resonance makes an important difference to its interpretation. A recent paper by the BaBar collaboration raised the viable hy…

hep-ex2013

Search for 14.4 keV solar axions from M1 transition of Fe-57 with CUORE crystals

The Cuore Collaboration, F. Alessandria, R. Ardito +112

We report the results of a search for axions from the 14.4 keV M1 transition from Fe-57 in the core of the sun using the axio-electric effect in TeO2 bolometers. The detectors are…

physics.comp-ph2020

Preliminary results in using Deep Learning to emulate BLOB, a nuclear interaction model

A. Ciardiello, M. Asai, B. Caccia +10

Purpose: A reliable model to simulate nuclear interactions is fundamental for Ion-therapy. We already showed how BLOB ("Boltzmann-Langevin One Body"), a model developed to simulate…

hep-ex2020

Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of

J. P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand +232

A study of the two body decays , where X refers to one charmonium state, is reported by BaBar collaboration using a data sample of 42…

physics.med-ph2014

A novel radioguided surgery technique exploiting $β^{-}$ decays

E. Solfaroli Camillocci, G. Baroni, F. Bellini +20

The background induced by the high penetration power of the gamma radiation is the main limiting factor of the current Radio-guided surgery (RGS). To partially mitigate it, a RGS w…

physics.ins-det2013

SuperB Technical Design Report

SuperB Collaboration, M. Baszczyk, P. Dorosz +406

In this Technical Design Report (TDR) we describe the SuperB detector that was to be installed on the SuperB e+e- high luminosity collider. The SuperB asymmetric collider, which wa…

physics.med-ph2016

Secondary radiation measurements for particle therapy applications: nuclear fragmentation produced by He ion beams in a PMMA target

M. Marafini, R. Paramatti, D. Pinci +19

Nowadays there is a growing interest in Particle Therapy treatments exploiting light ion beams against tumors due to their enhanced Relative Biological Effectiveness and high space…

nucl-ex2010

Muon-induced backgrounds in the CUORICINO experiment

E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F. T. Avignone +68

To better understand the contribution of cosmic ray muons to the CUORICINO background, 10 plastic scintillator detectors were installed at the CUORICINO site and operated during th…

physics.ins-det2010

Silicon Photo-Multiplier radiation hardness tests with a beam controlled neutron source

M. Angelone, M. Pillon, R. Faccini +7

We report radiation hardness tests performed at the Frascati Neutron Generator on silicon Photo-Multipliers, semiconductor photon detectors built from a square matrix of avalanche…

hep-ph2008

Proceedings of SuperB Workshop VI: New Physics at the Super Flavor Factory

D. G. Hitlin, C. H. Cheng, D. M. Asner +46

The sixth SuperB Workshop was convened in response to questions posed by the INFN Review Committee, evaluating the SuperB project at the request of INFN. The working groups address…

nucl-ex2011

Search for beta plus/EC double beta decay of 120Te

E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F. T. Avignone +63

We present a search for beta plus/EC double beta decay of 120Te performed with the CUORICINO experiment, an array of TeO2 cryogenic bolometers. After collecting 0.0573 kg y of 120T…

physics.ins-det2021

CUORE Opens the Door to Tonne-scale Cryogenics Experiments

CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +206

The past few decades have seen major developments in the design and operation of cryogenic particle detectors. This technology offers an extremely good energy resolution - comparab…

hep-ph1996

Higgs Searches with the L3 Experiment at LEP2

P. Bagnaia, F. DiLodovico, J. -P. Ernenwein +4

This paper has been withdrawn.

nucl-ex2014

Further investigations on the Neutron Flux Generation in a Plasma Discharge Electrolytic Cell

R. Faccini, A. Pilloni, A. D. Polosa +11

Our recent paper on the "Search for Neutron Flux Generation in a Plasma Discharge Electrolytic Cell" [1] has as main goal the validation of the experiment in Ref.[2]. As a follow-u…

physics.ins-det2013

The low energy spectrum of TeO2 bolometers: results and dark matter perspectives for the CUORE-0 and CUORE experiments

F. Alessandria, R. Ardito, D. R. Artusa +113

We collected 19.4 days of data from four 750 g TeO2 bolometers, and in three of them we were able to set the energy threshold around 3 keV using a new analysis technique. We found…

physics.ins-det2010

Multi-GeV Electron Spectrometer

R. Faccini, F. Anelli, A. Bacci +34

The advance in laser plasma acceleration techniques pushes the regime of the resulting accelerated particles to higher energies and intensities. In particular the upcoming experime…

physics.med-ph2012

Charged particle's flux measurement from PMMA irradiated by 80 MeV/u carbon ion beam

C. Agodi, G. Battistoni, F. Bellini +22

Hadrontherapy is an emerging technique in cancer therapy that uses beams of charged particles. To meet the improved capability of hadrontherapy in matching the dose release with th…

hep-ex2023

Search for Mesogenesis at BABAR

BABAR Collaboration, J. P. Lees, V. Poireau +239

A new mechanism has been proposed to simultaneously explain the presence of dark matter and the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. This scenario predicts exotic meson…

nucl-ex2025

Angular differential and elemental fragmentation cross sections of a beam on a graphite target with the FOOT experiment

FOOT Collaboration, R. Ridolfi, M. Toppi +88

This paper presents the measurements of the angular differential cross sections for the forward production of He, Li, Be, B, C and N nuclei in the fragmentation process of a 400$\t…

physics.med-ph2012

Study of the time and space distribution of beta+ emitters from 80 MeV/u carbon ion beam irradiation on PMMA

C. Agodi, F. Bellini, G. A. P. Cirrone +19

Proton and carbon ion therapy is an emerging technique used for the treatment of solid cancers. The monitoring of the dose delivered during such treatments and the on-line knowledg…

hep-ph2010

Flavor Physics in the Quark Sector

M. Antonelli, D. M. Asner, D. Bauer +137

One of the major challenges of particle physics has been to gain an in-depth understanding of the role of quark flavor and measurements and theoretical interpretations of their res…

hep-ph2015

A note on the newly observed Y(4220) resonance

R. Faccini, G. Filaci, A. L. Guerrieri +2

BES III Collaboration has recently observed a vector resonance in the chi_{c0} omega channel, at a mass of about 4220 MeV, named Y(4220). Hints of a similar structure appear in the…

nucl-ex2010

130Te Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with CUORICINO

E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F. T. Avignone +63

We report the final result of the CUORICINO experiment. Operated between 2003 and 2008, with a total exposure of 19.75 kg y of 130Te, CUORICINO was able to set a lower bound on the…

hep-ph2013

A J^PG=1++ Charged Resonance in the Y(4260) to pi+pi- J/psi Decay?

R. Faccini, L. Maiani, F. Piccinini +3

New BES and Belle data show a peak in the Y(4260) decay into J/psi plus one charged pion. We point out that the peak might correspond to a charged resonance at about 3880 MeV predi…