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- Abelev, Betty, et al.
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Long-range angular correlations on the near and away side in p-Pb collisions at root S-NN=5.02 TeV
- 2013
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Ingår i: Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0370-2693. ; 719:1-3, s. 29-41
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Angular correlations between charged trigger and associated particles are measured by the ALICE detector in p-Pb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV for transverse momentum ranges within 0.5 < P-T,P-assoc < P-T,P-trig < 4 GeV/c. The correlations are measured over two units of pseudorapidity and full azimuthal angle in different intervals of event multiplicity, and expressed as associated yield per trigger particle. Two long-range ridge-like structures, one on the near side and one on the away side, are observed when the per-trigger yield obtained in low-multiplicity events is subtracted from the one in high-multiplicity events. The excess on the near-side is qualitatively similar to that recently reported by the CMS Collaboration, while the excess on the away-side is reported for the first time. The two-ridge structure projected onto azimuthal angle is quantified with the second and third Fourier coefficients as well as by near-side and away-side yields and widths. The yields on the near side and on the away side are equal within the uncertainties for all studied event multiplicity and p(T) bins, and the widths show no significant evolution with event multiplicity or p(T). These findings suggest that the near-side ridge is accompanied by an essentially identical away-side ridge. (c) 2013 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Abelev, Betty, et al.
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Measurement of prompt J/psi and beauty hadron production cross sections at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of High Energy Physics. - 1029-8479. ; :11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The ALICE experiment at the LHC has studied J/psi production at mid-rapidity in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV through its electron pair decay on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity L-int = 5.6 nb(-1). The fraction of J/psi from the decay of long-lived beauty hadrons was determined for J/psi candidates with transverse momentum p(t) > 1,3 GeV/c and rapidity vertical bar y vertical bar < 0.9. The cross section for prompt J/psi mesons, i.e. directly produced J/psi and prompt decays of heavier charmonium states such as the psi(2S) and chi(c) resonances, is sigma(prompt J/psi) (p(t) > 1.3 GeV/c, vertical bar y vertical bar < 0.9) = 8.3 +/- 0.8(stat.) +/- 1.1 (syst.)(-1.4)(+1.5) (syst. pol.) mu b. The cross section for the production of b-hadrons decaying to J/psi with p(t) > 1.3 GeV/c and vertical bar y vertical bar < 0.9 is a sigma(J/psi <- hB) (p(t) > 1.3 GeV/c, vertical bar y vertical bar < 0.9) = 1.46 +/- 0.38 (stat.)(-0.32)(+0.26) (syst.) mu b. The results are compared to QCD model predictions. The shape of the p(t) and y distributions of b-quarks predicted by perturbative QCD model calculations are used to extrapolate the measured cross section to derive the b (b) over bar pair total cross section and d sigma/dy at mid-rapidity.
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- Abelev, Betty, et al.
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Underlying Event measurements in pp collisions at root s=0.9 and 7 TeV with the ALICE experiment at the LHC
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of High Energy Physics. - 1029-8479. ; :7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present measurements of Underlying Event observables in pp collisions at root s = 0 : 9 and 7 TeV. The analysis is performed as a function of the highest charged-particle transverse momentum p(T),L-T in the event. Different regions are defined with respect to the azimuthal direction of the leading (highest transverse momentum) track: Toward, Transverse and Away. The Toward and Away regions collect the fragmentation products of the hardest partonic interaction. The Transverse region is expected to be most sensitive to the Underlying Event activity. The study is performed with charged particles above three different p(T) thresholds: 0.15, 0.5 and 1.0 GeV/c. In the Transverse region we observe an increase in the multiplicity of a factor 2-3 between the lower and higher collision energies, depending on the track p(T) threshold considered. Data are compared to PYTHIA 6.4, PYTHIA 8.1 and PHOJET. On average, all models considered underestimate the multiplicity and summed p(T) in the Transverse region by about 10-30%.
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- Bordag, M., et al.
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Analytic Corrections to the Electromagnetic Casimir Interaction Between a Sphere and a Plate at Short Distances
- 2010
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Quantum Field Theory under the Influence of External Conditions (QFEXT09). - Singapore : World Scientific. - 9789814289856 ; , s. 6-11
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- For the vacuum interaction of a sphere in front of a plane, both obeying conductor boundary conditions, we consider the approximation of small separation. We derive the next-to-leading order of the asymptotic expansion in the separation-to-radius ratio ɛ. This correction is of order ɛ. In opposite to the scalar cases it contains also contributions proportional to logarithms in first and second order, ɛ In ɛ and ɛ(ln ɛ)2. We compare this result with the available findings of numerical and experimental approaches.
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- Bordag, Michael, et al.
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Analytic corrections to the electromagnetic casimir interaction between a sphere and a plate at shortdistances
- 2010
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Ingår i: International Journal of Modern Physics A. - Singapore : World Scientific. - 0217-751X .- 1793-656X. ; 25:11, s. 2171-2176
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- For the vacuum interaction of asphere in front of a plane,both obeying conductor boundary conditions, we consider the approximation of small separation. We derive the next-to-leading order of the asymptotic expansion in the separation-to-radius ratio epsilon. This correction is of order epsilon. In opposite to the scalar cases it contains also contributions proportional to logarithms in first and second order, epsilon ln epsilon and epsilon(ln epsilon)(2). We compare this result with the available findings of numerical and experimental approaches.
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- Bordag, Michael, et al.
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Beyond proximity force approximation in the casimir effect
- 2009
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Ingår i: International Journal of Modern Physics A. - Singapore : World Scientific. - 0217-751X .- 1793-656X. ; 24:8-9, s. 1743-1747
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We compare the analytical and numerical results for the Casimir force for the configuration of a plane and a cylinder in front of a plane. While for Dirichlet boundary conditions on both, plane and sphere or cylinder, agreement is found, for Neumann boundary conditions on either the plane or one of the two, cylinder or sphere, disagreement is found. This holds, for a sphere, also for different boundary conditions on the interacting surfaces. From recent, new numerical results for the cylinder, a general appearance of logarithmic contributions beyond PFA can be predicted.
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- Bordag, Michael, et al.
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Casimir force for a sphere in front of a plane beyond proximity force approximation
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics A. - Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP). - 1751-8113 .- 1751-8121. ; 41:16, s. 164002-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- For the configuration of a sphere in front of a plane, we calculate the first two terms of the asymptotic expansion for small separation of the Casimir force. We consider both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions.
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- Bordag, Michael, et al.
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First analytic correction beyond the proximity force approximation in the Casimir effect for the electromagnetic field in sphere-plane geometry
- 2010
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Ingår i: Physical Review D. - College Park, MD : American Physical Society. - 1550-7998 .- 1550-2368. ; 81:6, s. Article number 065011-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We consider the vacuum energy for a configuration of a sphere in front of a plane, both obeying the conductor boundary condition, at small separation. For the separation becoming small we derive the first next-to-leading order of the asymptotic expansion in the separation-to-radius ratio epsilon. This correction is of order epsilon. Opposite to the scalar cases it contains also contributions proportional to logarithms in first and second order, epsilon ln epsilon and epsilon(ln epsilon)(2). We compare this result with the available findings of numerical and experimental approaches.
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- Bordag, Michael, et al.
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The vacuum energy for two cylinders with one increasing in size
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics A. - Bristol : Institute of Physics (IOP). - 1751-8113 .- 1751-8121. ; 42:41, s. 415203-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We consider the vacuum energy for the configuration of two cylinders and obtain its asymptotic expansion if the radius of one of these cylinders becomes large while the radius of the other one and their separation are kept fixed. We calculate explicitly the next-to-leading order correction to the vacuum energy for the radius of the other cylinder becoming large or small.
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- Gilbert, M. Thomas P., et al.
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Intraspecific phylogenetic analysis of Siberian woolly mammoths using complete mitochondrial genomes
- 2008
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. - 0027-8424 .- 1091-6490. ; 105:24, s. 8327-8332
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report five new complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genomes of Siberian woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), sequenced with up to 73-fold coverage from DNA extracted from hair shaft material. Three of the sequences present the first complete mtDNA genomes of mammoth clade II. Analysis of these and 13 recently published mtDNA genomes demonstrates the existence of two apparently sympatric mtDNA clades that exhibit high interclade divergence. The analytical power afforded by the analysis of the complete mtDNA genomes reveals a surprisingly ancient coalescence age of the two clades, approximate to 1-2 million years, depending on the calibration technique. Furthermore, statistical analysis of the temporal distribution of the C-14 ages of these and previously identified members of the two mammoth clades suggests that clade II went extinct before clade I. Modeling of protein structures failed to indicate any important functional difference between genomes belonging to the two clades, suggesting that the loss of clade II more likely is due to genetic drift than a selective sweep.
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