R. Faccini

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19962026

most citedEvidence for an excess of B -> D(*) Tau Nu decays

857 citations · 16.5k across the 294 of their papers we have counts for

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299 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Toward High-Resolution Detection of Target Fragmentation: TEA-Sensitized NIT for Proton Therapy Applications

V. Boccia, T. Asada, A. Alexandrov +96

Nano Imaging Trackers (NIT) are fine-grained nuclear emulsions capable of tracking charged particles with sub-micrometric spatial resolution. The DAMON (Direct Measurement of Targe…

nucl-ex2026

Measurement of 80-200 MeV/n $^{16}$ O nuclear cross-section on Carbon and Polyethylene targets with the nuclear emulsion detector of the FOOT experiment

FOOT Collaboration, Giuliana Galati, Vincenzo Boccia +93

Accurate knowledge of nuclear fragmentation cross-sections is essential for optimizing charged particle therapy. In this study, conducted within the framework of the FOOT (Fragment…

physics.ins-det2026

New method for clustering thresholds determination in Microstrip Silicon Detector

S. Mazzolani, I. Mattei, L. Servoli

The Microstrip Silicon Detector (MSD) is one of the subsystems of the FragmentatiOn Of Target (FOOT) experiment whose goal is to measure double differential nuclear fragmentation c…

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 $115 - 353 MeV/u$ impinging on thin targets of graphite (C), polyvinyl-toluene (C $_{9}$ H $_{10}$ )…

nucl-ex2025

Angular differential and elemental fragmentation cross sections of a $400 MeV/nucleon$ $^{16} O$ 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…

hep-ex2023

Model-independent extraction of form factors and $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ in $B \to D ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$ with hadronic tagging at BaBar

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

Using the entire BaBar $Υ (4 S)$ data set, the first two-dimensional unbinned angular analysis of the semileptonic decay $B \to D ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$ is perfor…

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…

hep-ex2023★ 11 cited

Search for $B$ 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 $B$ meson…

hep-ex2022★ 2 cited

Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons Using Tau Lepton Decays at BABAR

BABAR Collaboration

This article presents a model independent search for an additional, mostly sterile, Heavy Neutral Lepton (HNL), that is capable of mixing with the Standard Model $τ$ neutrino with…

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-ex2021

Search for an Axion-Like Particle in B Meson Decays

The BABAR Collaboration

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are predicted in many extensions of the Standard Model, and their masses can naturally be well below the electroweak scale. In the presence of couplings…

hep-ex2021

Study of the reactions $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0}$ and $π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} η$ at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

BaBar Collaboration

We study the processes $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} γ$ and $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} η γ$ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data were collected with…

physics.ins-det2021★ 2 cited

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-ex2021★ 4 cited

Search for Darkonium in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Collisions

The BABAR Collaboration

Collider searches for dark sectors, new particles interacting only feebly with ordinary matter, have largely focused on identifying signatures of new mediators, leaving much of dar…

physics.ed-ph2021

Studio di un urto anelastico: una proposta per le Scuole Secondarie di II grado nell'ambito del progetto "Lab2Go"

Pia Astone, Roberto Balaudo, Fausto Casaburo +8

When a free falling ping-pong ball collides on a horizontal surface, it loses kinetic energy. The ratio between the height reached by the ball after the collision and the initial h…

physics.ed-ph2021★ 1 cited

Il progetto Lab2Go per la diffusione della pratica laboratoriale nelle Scuole Secondarie di II grado

Mirco Andreotti, Pia Astone, Donatella Campana +24

Even if laboratory practice is essential for all scientific branches of knowledge, it is often neglected at High School, due to lack of time and/or resources. To establish a closer…

hep-ex2021★ 40 cited

Light meson spectroscopy from Dalitz plot analyses of $η_{c}$ decays to $η^{'} K^{+} K^{-}$ , $η^{'} π^{+} π^{-}$ , and $η π^{+} π^{-}$ produced in two-photon interactions

J. P. Lees

We study the processes $γ γ \to η_{c} \to η^{'} K^{+} K^{-}$ , $η^{'} π^{+} π^{-}$ , and $η π^{+} π^{-}$ using a data sample of 519 $f b^{- 1}$ recorded with the BaBar detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II a…

hep-ex2021★ 5 cited

Study of the reactions $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} π^{0}$ and $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} η$ at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

The BABAR Collaboration

We study the processes $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} γ$ and $2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} η γ$ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data were collected with the \ba…

hep-ex2020★ 6 cited

Precision measurement of the $B (Υ (3 S) \to τ^{+} τ^{-}) / B (Υ (3 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-})$ ratio

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

We report on a precision measurement of the ratio $R_{τ μ}^{Υ (3 S)} = B (Υ (3 S) \to τ^{+} τ^{-}) / B (Υ (3 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-})$ using data collected with the BaBar detector at the SL…

hep-ex2020★ 10 cited

Search for lepton-flavor violating decays $D^{0} \to X^{0} e^{\pm} μ^{\mp}$

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

We present a search for seven lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type $D^{0} \to X^{0} e^{\pm} μ^{\mp}$ , where $X^{0}$ represents a $π^{0}$ , $K_{S}^{0}$ …

physics.comp-ph2020★ 8 cited

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-ex2019★ 31 cited

Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} X_{c c ˉ}$

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

A study of the two body decays $B^{\pm} \to X_{c c ˉ} K^{\pm}$ , where X $_{c c ˉ}$ refers to one charmonium state, is reported by BaBar collaboration using a data sample of 42…

hep-ex2019★ 6 cited

Search for $B^{-} \to Λ p ˉ ν ν ˉ$ with the BABAR experiment

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

We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process $B^{-} \to Λ p ν ν$ using data from the BABAR experiment. A total of 424 fb $^{- 1}$ of $e^{+} e^{-}$ col…

hep-ex2019★ 7 cited

Search for rare or forbidden decays of the $D^{0}$ 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 $D^{0} \to h^{' -} h^{-} ℓ^{' +} ℓ^{+}$ …

Toward High-Resolution Detection of Target Fragmentation: TEA-Sensitized NIT for Proton Therapy Applications

Measurement of 80-200 MeV/n 16O nuclear cross-section on Carbon and Polyethylene targets with the nuclear emulsion detector of the FOOT experiment

New method for clustering thresholds determination in Microstrip Silicon Detector

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

Angular differential and elemental fragmentation cross sections of a 400MeV/nucleon 16O beam on a graphite target with the FOOT experiment

Model-independent extraction of form factors and ∣Vcb​∣ in B→Dℓ−νℓ​ with hadronic tagging at BaBar

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

Search for B Mesogenesis at BABAR

Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons Using Tau Lepton Decays at BABAR

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

Search for an Axion-Like Particle in B Meson Decays

Study of the reactions e+e−→π+π−π0π0π0π0 and π+π−π0π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

CUORE Opens the Door to Tonne-scale Cryogenics Experiments

Search for Darkonium in e+e− Collisions

Studio di un urto anelastico: una proposta per le Scuole Secondarie di II grado nell'ambito del progetto "Lab2Go"

Il progetto Lab2Go per la diffusione della pratica laboratoriale nelle Scuole Secondarie di II grado

Light meson spectroscopy from Dalitz plot analyses of ηc​ decays to η′K+K−, η′π+π−, and ηπ+π− produced in two-photon interactions

Study of the reactions e+e−→2(π+π−)π0π0π0 and e+e−→2(π+π−)π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Precision measurement of the B(Υ(3S)→τ+τ−)/B(Υ(3S)→μ+μ−) ratio

Search for lepton-flavor violating decays D0→X0e±μ∓

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

Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of B±→K±Xccˉ​

Search for B−→Λpˉ​ννˉ with the BABAR experiment

Search for rare or forbidden decays of the D0 meson

Measurement of 80-200 MeV/n $^{16}$ O nuclear cross-section on Carbon and Polyethylene targets with the nuclear emulsion detector of the FOOT experiment

Angular differential and elemental fragmentation cross sections of a $400 MeV/nucleon$ $^{16} O$ beam on a graphite target with the FOOT experiment

Model-independent extraction of form factors and $∣ V_{c b} ∣$ in $B \to D ℓ^{-} ν_{ℓ}$ with hadronic tagging at BaBar

Search for $B$ Mesogenesis at BABAR

Study of the reactions $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0}$ and $π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} π^{0} π^{0} η$ at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Search for Darkonium in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Collisions

Light meson spectroscopy from Dalitz plot analyses of $η_{c}$ decays to $η^{'} K^{+} K^{-}$ , $η^{'} π^{+} π^{-}$ , and $η π^{+} π^{-}$ produced in two-photon interactions

Study of the reactions $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} π^{0}$ and $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} π^{0} η$ at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Precision measurement of the $B (Υ (3 S) \to τ^{+} τ^{-}) / B (Υ (3 S) \to μ^{+} μ^{-})$ ratio

Search for lepton-flavor violating decays $D^{0} \to X^{0} e^{\pm} μ^{\mp}$

Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of $B^{\pm} \to K^{\pm} X_{c c ˉ}$

Search for $B^{-} \to Λ p ˉ ν ν ˉ$ with the BABAR experiment

Search for rare or forbidden decays of the $D^{0}$ meson