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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…
Measurement of 80-200 MeV/n 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…
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…
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 impinging on thin targets of graphite (C), polyvinyl-toluene (CH)…
Angular differential and elemental fragmentation cross sections of a 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…
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…
Riptide: a proton-recoil track imaging detector for fast neutrons
C. Pisanti, A. Berardi, P. Console Camprini +9
Riptide is a detector concept aiming to track fast neutrons. It is based on neutron--proton elastic collisions inside a plastic scintillator, where the neutron momentum can be meas…
A proton-recoil track imaging system for fast neutrons: the RIPTIDE detector
P. Console Camprini, F. Leone, C. Massimi +7
Fast neutron detection is often based on the neutron-proton elastic scattering reaction: the ionization caused by recoil protons in a hydrogenous material constitutes the basic inf…
RIPTIDE: a novel recoil-proton track imaging detector for fast neutrons
Agatino Musumarra, Franco Leone, Cristian Massimi +4
Neutron detectors are an essential tool for the development of many research fields, as nuclear, particle and astroparticle physics as well as radiotherapy and radiation safety. Si…
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…
Search for vector-boson resonances decaying to a top quark and bottom quark in the lepton plus jets final state in collisions at = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
ATLAS Collaboration
A search for new charged massive gauge bosons, , is performed with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Data were collected in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass ener…
Bottom production cross section from double muonic decays of b-hadrons in 920 GeV proton-nucleus collision
B Collaboration, I. Abt
The b-bbar production cross section in 920 GeV proton-nucleus fixed target collisions is measured by observing double muonic decays of b-flavored hadrons in the kinematic region $-…
K*0 and phi Meson Production in Proton-Nucleus Interactions at sqrt(s) = 41.6 GeV
B Collaboration, I. Abt
The inclusive production cross sections of the strange vector mesons K*0, K*0bar, and phi have been measured in interactions of 920 GeV protons with C, Ti, and W targets with the H…
Search for the Flavor-Changing Neutral Current Decay with the HERA-B Detector
B Collaboration, I. Abt
We report on a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decay using events recorded with a dimuon trigger in interactions of 920 GeV protons…
Bayesian analysis of the constraints on gamma from B --> K pi rates and CP asymmetries in the flavour-SU(3) approach
M. Bargiotti, A. Bertin, M. Bruschi +17
The relation between the branching ratios and direct CP asymmetries of B --> K pi decays and the angle gamma of the CKM unitarity triangle is studied numerically in the general fra…
Present knowledge of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix
M. Bargiotti, A. Bertin, M. Bruschi +17
A complete review of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements and of the experimental methods for their determination is presented. A critical analysis of the relevant e…
Measurements of the reaction of antiproton annihilation at rest at three hydrogen target densities
OBELIX Collaboration, V. Alberico, A. Bertin
The proton-antiproton annihilation at rest into the final state was measured for three different target densities: liquid hydrogen, gaseous hydrogen at NTP and at a low pressu…
New data on OZI rule violation in bar{p}p annihilation at rest
OBELIX Collaboration
The results of a measurement of the ratio R = Y(phi pi+ pi-) / Y(omega pi+ pi-) for antiproton annihilation at rest in a gaseous and in a liquid hydrogen target are presented. It w…