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Measurement of the fractional radiation length of a pixel module for the CMS Phase-2 upgrade via the multiple scattering of positrons
The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration
High-luminosity particle collider experiments such as the ones planned at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider require ever-greater vertexing precision of the tracking detecto…
A statistical model to identify excess mortality in Italy in the period 2011-2022
Antonino Bella, Gianluca Bonifazi, Luca Lista +7
Excess mortality is defined as an increase in the number of deaths above what is expected based on historical trends, hereafter called baseline. In a previous paper, we introduced…
Beam Test Performance Studies of CMS Phase-2 Outer Tracker Module Prototypes
The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration
A new tracking detector will be installed as part of the Phase-2 upgrade of the CMS detector for the high-luminosity LHC era. This tracking detector includes the Inner Tracker, equ…
Evaluation of Planar Silicon Pixel Sensors with the RD53A Readout Chip for the Phase-2 Upgrade of the CMS Inner Tracker
The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will undergo an upgrade in order to increase its luminosity to cms. The increased luminosity during this…
Test beam performance of a CBC3-based mini-module for the Phase-2 CMS Outer Tracker before and after neutron irradiation
The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will undergo major upgrades to increase the instantaneous luminosity up to 5-7.5 cms. This High Luminosity upgr…
Study on the effects of the restrictive measures for containment of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reproduction number in Italian regions
Gianluca Bonifazi, Luca Lista, Dario Menasce +4
Since November 6, 2020, Italian regions have been classified according to four levels, corresponding to specific risk scenarios, for which specific restrictive meas…
A statistical analysis of death rates in Italy for the years 2015-2020 and a comparison with the casualties reported for the COVID-19 pandemic
Gianluca Bonifazi, Luca Lista, Dario Menasce +5
We analyze the data about casualties in Italy in the period 01/01/2015 to 30/09/2020 released by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). The data exhibit a clear sinu…
A study on the possible merits of using symptomatic cases to trace the development of the COVID-19 pandemic
Gianluca Bonifazi, Luca Lista, Dario Menasce +4
In a recent work we introduced a novel method to compute the effective reproduction number and we applied it to describe the development of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. Th…
A simplified estimate of the Effective Reproduction Number using its relation with the doubling time and application to Italian COVID-19 data
Gianluca Bonifazi, Luca Lista, Dario Menasce +4
A simplified method to compute , the Effective Reproduction Number, is presented. The method relates the value of to the estimation of the doubling time performed with a…
Test Beam Performance Measurements for the Phase I Upgrade of the CMS Pixel Detector
M. Dragicevic, M. Friedl, J. Hrubec +481
A new pixel detector for the CMS experiment was built in order to cope with the instantaneous luminosities anticipated for the Phase~I Upgrade of the LHC. The new CMS pixel detecto…
Averages of -hadron, -hadron, and -lepton properties as of summer 2016
Heavy Flavor Averaging Group, Y. Amhis, Sw. Banerjee +41
This article reports world averages of measurements of -hadron, -hadron, and -lepton properties obtained by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group using results available throug…
Averages of -hadron, -hadron, and -lepton properties as of summer 2014
Heavy Flavor Averaging Group, Y. Amhis, Sw. Banerjee +40
This article reports world averages of measurements of -hadron, -hadron, and -lepton properties obtained by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFAG) using results available…
Charm Hadronic Decays From FOCUS: Lessons Learnt
Stefano Bianco, Daniele Pedrini, Alberto Reis
The FOCUS photoproduction experiment took data in the ninenties and produced a wealth of results in charm physics. Some of the studies were seminal for contemporary experiments, an…
Averages of b-hadron, c-hadron, and tau-lepton Properties
The Heavy Flavor Averaging Group, D. Asner, Sw. Banerjee +36
This article reports world averages for measurements of b-hadron, c-hadron, and tau-lepton properties obtained by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFAG) using results available at…
Study of Cabibbo Suppressed Decays of the Ds Charmed-Strange Meson involving a KS
J. M. Link
We study the decay of Ds meson into final states involving a Ks and report the discovery of Cabibbo suppressed decay modes Ds -> Kspi-pi+pi+ (179 +/- 36 events) and Ds -> Kspi+ (11…
A Non-parametric Approach to Measuring the \kpi{} Amplitudes in \dpkkpi{} Decay
The FOCUS collaboration
Using a large sample of \dpkkpi{} decays collected by the FOCUS photoproduction experiment at Fermilab, we present the first non-parametric analysis of the \kpi{} amplitudes in \dp…
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…
A Non-parametric Approach to the D+ to K*0bar mu+ nu Form Factors
FOCUS Collaboration
Using a large sample of D+ -> K- pi+ mu+ nu decays collected by the FOCUS photoproduction experiment at Fermilab, we present the first measurements of the helicity basis form facto…
Search for T Violation in Charm Meson Decays
FOCUS Collaboration
Using data from the FOCUS (E831) experiment, we have searched for T violation in charm meson decays using the four-body decay channels , $D^+ \to K^0_SK^+π^-π…
Study of Lambda/c+ Cabibbo Favored Decays Containing a Lambda Baryon in the Final State
FOCUS Collaboration
Using data from the FOCUS experiment (FNAL-E831), we study the decay of baryons into final states containing a hyperon. The branching fractions of into ,…
Application of Genetic Programming to High Energy Physics Event Selection
The FOCUS Collaboration, J. M. Link
We review genetic programming principles, their application to FOCUS data samples, and use the method to study the doubly Cabibbo suppressed decay D+ -> K+ pi+ pi- relative to its…
Measurement of the branching ratio of the decay D^0 -> π^-μ^+νrelative to D^0 -> K^-μ^+ν
FOCUS Collaboration
We present a new measurement of the branching ratio of the Cabibbo suppressed decay D^0\to π^-μ^+νrelative to the Cabibbo favored decay D^0\to K^-μ^+νand an improved measurement of…
A Study of D0 --> K0(S) K0(S) X Decay Channels
The FOCUS Collaboration
Using data from the FOCUS experiment (FNAL-E831), we report on the decay of mesons into final states containing more than one . We present evidence for two Cabibbo fav…
Charm decays
Daniele Pedrini
To write a review on charm decays is not an easy task because of the large amount (fortunately!) of experimental results in the recent years. I was forced to make a selection of to…