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hep-ex2005★ 13 cited

Measurements of the branching fractions and CP-asymmetries of B- --> D0_(CP) K- decays

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present a study of the decay B- --> D0_(CP) K- and its charge conjugate, where D0_(CP) is reconstructed in CP-even, CP-odd, and non-CP flavor eigenstates, based on a sample of 2…

hep-ex2005★ 30 cited

New Measurements of Cabibbo-Suppressed Decays of D Mesons in CLEO-c

P. Rubin, CLEO Collaboration

Using 281 pb^-1 of data collected with the CLEO-c detector, we report on first observations and new measurements of Cabibbo-suppressed decays of D mesons to 2, 3, 4, and 5 pions. B…

astro-ph2005★ 43 cited

Physical Conditoins in Orion's Veil II: A Multi-Component Study of the Line of Sight Toward the Trapezium

N. P. Abel, G. J. Ferland, C. R. O'Dell +2

Orion's Veil is an absorbing screen that lies along the line of sight to the Orion H II region. It consists of two or more layers of gas that must lie within a few parsecs of the T…

hep-ex2005★ 62 cited

Measurement of sigma(e^+e^- --> psi(3770) --> hadrons) at E_{cm}=3773 MeV

D. Besson

We measure the cross section for e^+e^- -> ψ(3770) -> hadrons at Ecm=3773 MeV to be (6.38+-0.08^{+0.41}_{-0.30}) nb using the CLEO detector at the CESR e^+e^- collider. The differe…

hep-ex2005★ 10 cited

Search for rare quark-annihilation decays, B --> Ds(*) Phi

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We report on searches for B- --> Ds- Phi and B- --> Ds*- Phi. In the context of the Standard Model, these decays are expected to be highly suppressed since they proceed through ann…

astro-ph2005★ 32 cited

On the Dissociation Equilibrium of H2 in Very Cool, Helium-Rich White Dwarf Atmospheres

Piotr M. Kowalski

We investigate the dissociation equilibrium of in very cool, helium-rich white dwarf atmospheres. We present the solution of the non-ideal chemical equilibrium for the di…

astro-ph2005★ 45 cited

Acceptances for Space-Based and Ground-Based Fluorescence Detectors, and Inference of the Neutrino-Nucleon Cross-Section above 10^19 eV

Sergio Palomares-Ruiz, Andrei Irimia, Thomas J. Weiler

Detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos will be useful for unraveling the dynamics of the most violent sources in the cosmos and for revealing the neutrino cross-section at extrem…

astro-ph2005★ 4 cited

Supernovae constraints on dark energy and modified gravity models

M. C. Bento, O. Bertolami, N. M. C. Santos +1

We use the Type Ia Supernova gold sample to constrain the parameters of dark energy models namely the Cardassian, Dvali-Turner (DT) and generalized Chaplygin gas (GCG) models. In o…

hep-th2005★ 41 cited

Scale Invariance in the Spectral Action

Ali H. Chamseddine, Alain Connes

The arbitrary mass scale in the spectral action for the Dirac operator in the spectral action is made dynamical by introducing a dilaton field. We evaluate all the low-energy terms…

hep-ex2005★ 36 cited

Measurement of the Direct Photon Momentum Spectrum in Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S), and Upsilon(3S) Decays

D. Besson, CLEO Collaboration

Using data taken with the CLEO III detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have investigated the direct photon spectrum in the decays Upsilon(1S) -> gggamma, Upsilon(2S)…

hep-ex2005★ 22 cited

Di-electron Widths of the Upsilon(1S,2S,3S) Resonances

CLEO Collaboration, J. L. Rosner

We determine the di-electron widths of the Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S), and Upsilon(3S) resonances with better than 2% precision by integrating the cross-section of e+e- -> Upsilon ov…

hep-ex2005★ 19 cited

Measurement of Gamma_ee(J/psi), Gamma_tot(J/psi), and Gamma_ee[psi(2S)]/Gamma_ee(J/psi)

G. S. Adams, CLEO Collaboration

Using data acquired with the CLEO detector at the CESR e+e- collider at sqrt{s} = 3.773 GeV, we measure the cross section for the radiative return process e+e- --> gamma J/psi, J/p…

hep-ex2005★ 14 cited

Radiative Decays of the Upsilon(1S) to gamma pi^0 pi^0, and gamma eta eta and gamma pi^0 eta

D. Besson, CLEO Collaboration

We report on a study of exclusive radiative decays of the Upsilon(1S) resonance into the final states gamma pi^0 pi^0, gamma eta eta and gamma pi^0 eta, using 1.13 inverse femto-ba…

astro-ph2005★ 41 cited

Reconstructing K-essence

A. A. Sen

We present a model independent method of reconstructing the Lagrangian for the k-essence field driving the present acceleration of the universe. We consider the simplest k-essence…

hep-th2005★ 52 cited

Asymmetric inflation: exact solutions

Roman V. Buniy, Arjun Berera, Thomas W. Kephart

We provide exact solutions to the Einstein equations when the Universe contains vacuum energy plus a uniform arrangements of magnetic fields, strings, or domain walls. Such a unive…

astro-ph2005★ 34 cited

Exploring the Lower Mass Function in the young open Cluster IC 4665

W. J. de Wit, J. Bouvier, F. Palla +8

We present a study of the young (30-100Myr) open cluster IC 4665 with the aim to determine the shape of the mass function well into the brown dwarf regime. We photometrically selec…

hep-ex2005★ 6 cited

New Measurement of BR(D+ ->Rho0 Mu+ Nu) / BR(D+ ->K*0 Mu+ Nu) Branching Ratio

The FOCUS collaboration, J. M. Link

Using data collected by the FOCUS experiment at Fermilab, we present a new measurement of the charm semileptonic branching ratio BR(D+ -> rho0 mu+ nu)/BR(D+ -> K*0 mu+ nu). From a…

hep-ex2005★ 20 cited

Experimental Study of chi_b(2P) --> pi pi chi_b(1P)

C. Cawlfield, CLEO Collaboration

We have searched for the di-pion transition chi_b(2P) -> pi pi chi_b(1P) in the CLEO III sample of Upsilon(3S) decays in the exclusive decay chain: Upsilon(3S) -> gamma chi_b(2P),…

astro-ph2005★ 6 cited

Structure formation and CMBR anisotropy spectrum in the inflessence model

A. A. Sen, V. F. Cardone, S. Capozziello +1

The inflessence model has recently been proposed in an attempt to explain both early inflation and present day accelerated expansion within a single mechanism. The model has been s…

astro-ph2005★ 99 cited

Photometric selection of high-redshift type Ia supernovae

M. Sullivan, D. A. Howell, K. Perrett +26

We present a method for selecting high-redshift type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) located via rolling SN searches. The technique, using both color and magnitude information of events fro…

astro-ph2005★ 84 cited

Fundamental properties of pre-main sequence stars in young, southern star forming regions: metallicities

David J. James, Claudio Melo, Nuno C. Santos +1

Aims: The primary motivation for this project is to search for metal-rich star forming regions, in which, stars of super-solar metallicity will be created, as hopefully, will be ex…

hep-ph2005★ 6 cited

Long-Wavelength Modes of Cosmological Scalar Fields

Marcin Jankiewicz, Thomas W. Kephart

We give a numerical analysis of long-wavelength modes in the WKB approximation of cosmological scalar fields coupled to gravity via . Massless fields are coupled conformal…

astro-ph2005★ 488 cited

A ~ 7.5 Earth-Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby Star, GJ 876

E. J. Rivera, J. J. Lissauer, R. P. Butler +6

High precision, high cadence radial velocity monitoring over the past 8 years at the W. M. Keck Observatory reveals evidence for a third planet orbiting the nearby (4.69 pc) dM4 st…

nucl-ex2005★ 305 cited

Nuclear Modification of Electron Spectra and Implications for Heavy Quark Energy Loss in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV

PHENIX Collaboration, S. S. Adler

The PHENIX experiment has measured mid-rapidity transverse momentum spectra (0.4 < p_T < 5.0 GeV/c) of electrons as a function of centrality in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 G…