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hep-ex2010★ 93 cited

Study of Jet Shapes in Inclusive Jet Production in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS Detector

The ATLAS Collaboration

Jet shapes have been measured in inclusive jet production in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using 3 pb^{-1} of data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Jets a…

hep-ex2010★ 18 cited

Measurement of the underground atmospheric muon charge ratio using the MINOS Near Detector

MINOS Collaboration

The magnetized MINOS Near Detector, at a depth of 225 meters of water equivalent (mwe), is used to measure the atmospheric muon charge ratio. The ratio of observed positive to nega…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 148 cited

The Brightest Of Reionizing Galaxies Survey: Design and Preliminary Results

M. Trenti, L. D. Bradley, M. Stiavelli +7

We present the first results on the search for very bright (M_AB -21) galaxies at redshift z~8 from the Brightest of Reionizing Galaxies (BoRG) survey. BoRG is a Hubble Space Teles…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 54 cited

Probing the faint end of the quasar luminosity function at z ~ 4 in the COSMOS field

H. Ikeda, T. Nagao, K. Matsuoka +16

We searched for quasars that are ~ 3 mag fainter than the SDSS quasars in the redshift range 3.7 < z < 4.7 in the COSMOS field to constrain the faint end of the quasar luminosity f…

hep-ex2010★ 30 cited

Search for a New Heavy Gauge Boson Wprime with Electron + missing ET Event Signature in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

The CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen

We present a search for a new heavy charged vector boson decaying to an electron-neutrino pair in collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $1.96\unit{TeV}$. T…

hep-ex2010★ 4 cited

Measurement of partial branching fractions of inclusive charmless B meson decays to K+, K0, and pi+

The BABAR Collaboration, P. del Amo Sanchez

We present measurements of partial branching fractions of , , and , where denotes any accessible final state abov…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 155 cited

Tidal stellar disruptions by massive black hole pairs: II. Decaying binaries

Xian Chen, Alberto Sesana, Piero Madau +1

Tidal stellar disruptions have traditionally been discussed as a probe of the single, massive black holes (MBHs) that are dormant in the nuclei of galaxies. In Chen et al. (2009),…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 73 cited

Direct Evidence for an Enhancement of Helium in Giant Stars in Omega Centauri

A. K. Dupree, Jay Strader, Graeme H. Smith

The double main sequence identified in the globular cluster Omega Centauri has been interpreted using isochrones to indicate a large variation in the abundance of helium. If true,…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 11 cited

Radio and Gamma-Ray Constraints on the Emission Geometry and Birthplace of PSR J2043+2740

A. Noutsos, A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann +146

We report on the first year of Fermi gamma-ray observations of pulsed high-energy emission from the old PSR J2043+2740. The study of the gamma-ray efficiency of such old pulsars gi…

hep-ex2010★ 195 cited

Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS Collaboration

A measurement of the cross section for the inclusive production of isolated prompt photons in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy sqrt(s) = 7TeV is presented. The measurement…

hep-ex2010★ 11 cited

Measurements of branching fractions, polarizations, and direct CP-violation asymmetries in B+ -> rho0 K*+ and B+ -> f0(980)K*+ decays

P. del Amo Sanchez

We present measurements of the branching fractions, longitudinal polarization, and direct CP-violation asymmetries for the decays B+ -> rho0 K*+ and B+ -> f0(980) K*+ with a sample…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 154 cited

Multi-Element Abundance Measurements from Medium-Resolution Spectra. IV. Alpha Element Distributions in Milky Way Dwarf Satellite Galaxies

Evan N. Kirby, Judith G. Cohen, Graeme H. Smith +3

We derive the star formation histories of eight dwarf spheroidal (dSph) Milky Way satellite galaxies from their alpha element abundance patterns. Nearly 3000 stars from our previou…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 194 cited

Multi-Element Abundance Measurements from Medium-Resolution Spectra. II. Catalog of Stars in Milky Way Dwarf Satellite Galaxies

Evan N. Kirby, Puragra Guhathakurta, Joshua D. Simon +7

We present a catalog of Fe, Mg, Si, Ca, and Ti abundances for 2961 red giant stars that are likely members of eight dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky Way (MW): Sculptor, Fornax…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 169 cited

Three Millisecond Pulsars in FERMI LAT Unassociated Bright Sources

S. M. Ransom, P. S. Ray, F. Camilo +33

We searched for radio pulsars in 25 of the non-variable, unassociated sources in the Fermi LAT Bright Source List with the Green Bank Telescope at 820 MHz. We report the discovery…

hep-ex2010★ 25 cited

Search for Randall-Sundrum Gravitons in the Diphoton Channel at CDF

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen

We report on a search for new particles in the diphoton channel using a data sample of collisions at TeV collected by the CDF II detector at the Fermila…

physics.ins-det2010★ 4 cited

Vertex Tracking at a Future Linear Collider

Marco Battaglia

The anticipated physics program at an high energy e+e- linear collider places special emphasis on the accuracy in extrapolating charged particle tracks to their production vertex t…

astro-ph.EP2010★ 191 cited

Consequences of the Ejection and Disruption of Giant Planets

James Guillochon, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Douglas N. C. Lin

The discovery of Jupiter-mass planets in close orbits about their parent stars has challenged models of planet formation. Recent observations have shown that a number of these plan…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 102 cited

Spectral Energy Distribution of Markarian 501: Quiescent State vs. Extreme Outburst

The VERITAS Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, T. Arlen +225

The very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) blazar Markarian 501 has a well-studied history of extreme spectral variability and is an excellent laboratory for studying the physical pro…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 202 cited

A mature cluster with X-ray emission at z=2.07

R. Gobat, E. Daddi, M. Onodera +10

We report evidence of a fully established galaxy cluster at z=2.07, consisting of a ~20sigma overdensity of red, compact spheroidal galaxies spatially coinciding with extended X-ra…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 120 cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope observations of Local Group galaxies: Detection of M31 and search for M33

LAT collaboration

Cosmic rays (CRs) can be studied through the galaxy-wide gamma-ray emission that they generate when propagating in the interstellar medium. The comparison of the diffuse signals fr…

astro-ph.SR2010★ 49 cited

Thermohaline Mixing and its Role in the Evolution of Carbon and Nitrogen Abundances in Globular Cluster Red Giants: The Test Case of Messier 3

George C. Angelou, Ross P. Church, Richard J. Stancliffe +2

We review the observational evidence for extra mixing in stars on the red giant branch (RGB) and discuss why thermohaline mixing is a strong candidate mechanism. We recall the simp…

hep-ex2010★ 230 cited

Measurement of the top quark-pair production cross section with ATLAS in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7\TeV$

The ATLAS Collaboration

A measurement of the production cross-section for top quark pairs($\ttbar$) in collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7 \TeV$ is presented using data recorded with the ATLAS detector at the…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 87 cited

A tale of two GRB-SNe at a common redshift of z = 0.54

Z. Cano, D. Bersier, C. Guidorzi +71

We present ground-based and HST optical observations of the optical transients (OTs) of long-duration Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) 060729 and 090618, both at a redshift of z = 0.54. For…

hep-ph2010★ 197 cited

Basis-independent methods for the two-Higgs-doublet model III: The CP-conserving limit, custodial symmetry, and the oblique parameters S, T, U

Howard E. Haber, Deva O'Neil

In the Standard Model, custodial symmetry is violated by the hypercharge U(1) gauge interactions and the Yukawa couplings, while being preserved by the Higgs scalar potential. In t…