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hep-ex2012★ 11 cited

First observation of the decays and

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +621

The first observation of the decays and are reported using an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb recorded by the…

hep-ph2012★ 100 cited

Radiative corrections to the Higgs boson couplings in the triplet model

Mayumi Aoki, Shinya Kanemura, Mariko Kikuchi +1

We calculate a full set of one-loop corrections to the Higgs boson coupling constants as well as the electroweak parameters. We compute the decay rate of the standard model (SM)-li…

physics.ins-det2012★ 234 cited

The GERDA experiment for the search of 0νββ decay in ^{76}Ge

GERDA Collaboration, K. -H. Ackermann, M. Agostini +136

The GERDA collaboration is performing a search for neutrinoless double beta decay of ^{76}Ge with the eponymous detector. The experiment has been installed and commissioned at the…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 200 cited

Measurement of the extragalactic background light imprint on the spectra of the brightest blazars observed with H.E.S.S

H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +195

The extragalactic background light (EBL) is the diffuse radiation with the second highest energy density in the Universe after the cosmic microwave background. The aim of this stud…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 225 cited

MegaMorph - multi-wavelength measurement of galaxy structure: complete Sérsic profile information from modern surveys

Boris Häußler, Steven P. Bamford, Marina Vika +13

In this paper, we demonstrate a new method for fitting galaxy profiles which makes use of the full multi-wavelength data provided by modern large optical-near-infrared imaging surv…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 99 cited

Multiwavelength observations of GRB 110731A: GeV emission from onset to afterglow

LAT Collaboration, GBM Collaboration, Swift Collaboration +2

We report on the multiwavelength observations of the bright, long gamma-ray burst \GRB, by the \Fermi and \Swift observatories, and by the MOA and GROND optical telescopes. The ana…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 1 cited

VERITAS and H.E.S.S. observations of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057

Pol Bordas, Gernot Maier

HESS J0632+057 has been recently identified as a new gamma-ray binary system. The source, located in the Monoceros region and associated with the massive Be star MWC 148, shows var…

hep-ex2012★ 367 cited

Study of the mass and spin-parity of the Higgs boson candidate via its decays to Z boson pairs

CMS Collaboration

A study is presented of the mass and spin-parity of the new boson recently observed at the LHC at a mass near 125 GeV. An integrated luminosity of 17.3 inverse femtobarns, collecte…

hep-ex2012★ 17 cited

Measurement of CP observables in B0 -> D K*0 with D -> K+ K-

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +625

The decay B0 -> D K*0 and the charge conjugate mode are studied using 1.0fb-1 of pp collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at sqrt(s) = 7TeV in 2011. The CP asymmetry betw…

hep-ex2012★ 26 cited

Measurement of the forward energy flow in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +628

The energy flow created in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV is studied within the pseudorapidity range 1.9<eta<4.9 with data collected by the LHCb experiment. The measurements are pe…

hep-ex2012★ 11 cited

Search for contact interactions in opposite-sign dimuon events in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

CMS Collaboration

Results are reported from a search for the effects of contact interactions using events with a high-mass, oppositely charged muon pair. The events are collected in proton-proton co…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 63 cited

Unraveling the high-energy emission components of gamma-ray binaries

Víctor Zabalza, Valentí Bosch-Ramon, Felix Aharonian +1

The high and very-high energy spectrum of gamma-ray binaries has become a challenge for all theoretical explanations since the detection of powerful, persistent GeV emission from L…

hep-ph2012★ 104 cited

Lepton Mixing Patterns from a Scan of Finite Discrete Groups

Martin Holthausen, Kher Sham Lim, Manfred Lindner

The recent discovery of a non-zero value of the mixing angle theta_13 has ruled out tri-bimaximal mixing as the correct lepton mixing pattern generated by some discrete flavor symm…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 171 cited

Extragalactic Background Light from Hierarchical Galaxy Formation: Gamma-ray Attenuation up to the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization and the First Stars

Yoshiyuki Inoue, Susumu Inoue, Masakazu A. R. Kobayashi +3

We present a new model of the extragalactic background light (EBL) and corresponding gamma-gamma opacity for intergalactic gamma-ray absorption from z = 0 up to z = 10, based on a…

hep-ph2012★ 44 cited

Heavy neutrino search in accelerator-based experiments

Takehiko Asaka, Shintaro Eijima, Atsushi Watanabe

We explore the feasibility of detecting heavy neutrinos by the existing facilities of neutrino experiments. A heavy neutrino in the mass range 1 MeV < M < 500 MeV is produced by pi…

hep-ex2012★ 53 cited

Measurement of J/psi production in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=2.76 TeV

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +624

The production of J/psi mesons is studied with the LHCb detector using data from pp collisions at sqrt(s)=2.76 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 71 nb^-1. The differ…

physics.ins-det2012★ 1 cited

PMT Test Facility at MPIK Heidelberg and Double Chooz Super Vertical Slice

J. Haser, F. Kaether, C. Langbrandtner +3

Proceedings supplement for conference poster at Neutrino 2010, Athens, Greece.

astro-ph.HE2012★ 115 cited

Binary Millisecond Pulsar Discovery via Gamma-Ray Pulsations

H. J. Pletsch, L. Guillemot, H. Fehrmann +150

Millisecond pulsars, old neutron stars spun-up by accreting matter from a companion star, can reach high rotation rates of hundreds of revolutions per second. Until now, all such "…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 44 cited

The nature of gamma-ray emission of Tycho's supernova remnant

E. G. Berezhko, L. T. Ksenofontov, H. J. Voelk

The nature of the recently detected HE and VHE gamma-ray emission of Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) is studied. A nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in super…

astro-ph.IM2012

Towards an optimized design for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

V. Stamatescu, Y. Becherini, K. Bernllöhr +16

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a future instrument for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy that is expected to deliver an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivi…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 10 cited

FlashCam: A fully digital camera for CTA telescopes

G. Pühlhofer, C. Bauer, A. Biland +20

The future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will consist of several tens of telescopes of different mirror sizes. CTA will provide next generation sensitivity to very high energy ph…

astro-ph.HE2012

CTA and cosmic-ray diffusion in molecular clouds

G. Pedaletti, D. F. Torres, S. Gabici +3

Molecular clouds act as primary targets for cosmic-ray interactions and are expected to shine in gamma-rays as a by-product of these interactions. Indeed several detected gamma-ray…

hep-ex2012★ 391 cited

First evidence for the decay Bs -> mu+ mu-

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta +617

A search for the rare decays Bs->mu+mu- and B0->mu+mu- is performed using data collected in 2011 and 2012 with the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The data samples co…

astro-ph.HE2012

Pulsar Prospects for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

T. Hassan, S. Bonnefoy, M. Lopez +6

In the last few years, the Fermi-LAT telescope has discovered over a 100 pulsars at energies above 100 MeV, increasing the number of known gamma-ray pulsars by an order of magnitud…