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1. Applications of AAS, diatom analysis and stylistic studies on Finnish Subneolithic pottery

Author: P. Alhonen, J. Kokkonen, H. Matiskainen, and A. Vuorinen
Subjects: Geology, QE1-996.5
Abstract: Ten prehistoric Comb Ceramic vessels found near Kotka have been studied with the aid of AAS and diatom analysis. Correspondence between stylistic and decorative groupings show that the variation in the elements determined by AAS is apparently due to the coarse sand temper added to the clay during the actual manufacture of the vessels. The composition of the Pit and Comb Ware vessel differs considerably from the others, the ornamentation suggesting East Karelian provenience. The diatom flora in the clay material of the vessels corresponds to the stylistic classification. The raw material was apparently either glacial or fresh water clay, whose technical properties correspond to those of clay in modern tile production.
Published: 1980
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2. Parent-child nature visits and young Finnish childreńs nature connectedness

Author: C Ray, J Kokkonen, N Simonsen, N Wackström, J Ray, and E Engberg
Subjects: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Abstract: Background It is well-known that frequent nature visits are associated with health benefits in children. Global climate crisis and environmental challenges emphasize the need for reconnecting children to nature, as well. Young children’s nature connectedness (NC) involves enjoyment of nature, sense of responsibility, empathy, and awareness of nature. The study examines whether there is an association between the frequency of parent-child nature visits and young children’s NC. Methods The study uses WEB survey data from the Finnish Empowered by Nature project. Respondents, n = 1463, were parents of children aged 2 to 7 years old. NC was assessed by 11-items derived from the NC questionnaire of Sobko et al (2018). Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used and the lowest tertile of NC was used as reference group. Analysis were adjusted for child’s age and gender, and highest education of parent. Results Children with moderate (1-2 times a week in previous month) or high (3 times a week or more) frequency of parent-child nature visits were more likely to have strong than weak NC compared to children with low frequency (less than once a week) of adult-child nature visits. Odds ratios (OR) in adjusted models were: moderate frequency 1.67 (1.21- 2.32), and high frequency 2.31 (1.67-3.18). The odds of having medium NC compared to weak NC were more likely in moderate frequency compared to low frequency of parent-child nature visits in the adjusted model (OR 1.46; 1.07-2.00). Conclusions The results highlight the importance of parents visiting nature frequently with their children during early childhood. It promotes young children’s NC and may further contribute to raising environmentally responsible children. Key messages • More frequent parent-child visits promote young children’s nature connectedness which involves enjoyment of nature, sense of responsibility, empathy, and awareness of nature. • A strong nature connectedness among children is highly relevant, as it may contribute to raise environmentally responsible children.
Published: 2022

3. Strain rate change tests with the Split Hopkinson Bar method

Author: V.-T. Kuokkala, Matti Isakov, Kauko Östman, and J. Kokkonen
Subjects: High strain rate, Materials science, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, General Physics and Astronomy, Split-Hopkinson pressure bar, Strain rate, Compression (physics), 01 natural sciences, High strain, Amplitude, 0103 physical sciences, Ultimate tensile strength, General Materials Science, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Composite material, 010306 general physics, Tensile testing
Abstract: In this paper, methods to produce rapid strain rate changes for strain rate sensitivity measurements in Split Hopkinson Bar arrangements are presented and discussed. Two different cases are considered: a strain rate change test within the high strain rate region in compression, and a tension test incorporating a large strain rate jump directly from the low strain rate region to high strain rates. The former method is based on the loading wave amplitude manipulation, while the latter method is based on the incorporation of a low strain rate loading device into a Tensile Split Hopkinson Bar apparatus.
Published: 2015

4. Use of electronic medical records differs by specialty and office settings

Author: Erik W J Kokkonen, Scott A. Davis, Alan B. Fleischer, Tushar S. Dabade, Steven R. Feldman, and Hsien-Chang Lin
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate analysis, Cross-sectional study, health care facilities, manpower, and services, Specialty, Private Practice, Health Informatics, Research and Applications, behavioral disciplines and activities, health services administration, Practice Management, Medical, Electronic Health Records, Humans, Medicine, health care economics and organizations, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Medical record, Managed Care Programs, Retrospective cohort study, Physician Office, Cross-Sectional Studies, Incentive, Private practice, Family medicine, Multivariate Analysis, Group Practice, business
Abstract: To assess differences in the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) among medical specialties and practice settings.A cross-sectional retrospective study using nationally representative data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey for the period 2003-2010 was performed. Bivariate and multivariate analyzes compared EMR use among physicians of 14 specialties and assessed variation by practice setting. Differences in EMR use by geographic region, patient characteristics, and physician office settings were also assessed.Bivariate and multivariate analysis demonstrated increased EMR use from 2003 to 2010, with 16% reporting at least partial use in 2003, rising to 52% in 2010 (p0.001). Cardiologists, orthopedic surgeons, urologists, and family/general practitioners had higher frequencies of EMR use whereas psychiatrists, ophthalmologists, and dermatologists had the lowest EMR use. Employed physicians had higher EMR uptake than physicians who owned their practice (48% vs 31%, p0.001). EMR uptake was lower among solo practitioners (23%) than non-solo practitioners (42%, p0.001). Practices owned by Health Maintenance Organizations had higher frequencies of EMR use (83%) than practices owned by physicians, community health centers, or academic centers (all45%, p0.001). Patient demographics did not affect EMR use (p0.05).Uptake of EMR is increasing, although it is significantly slower in dermatology, ophthalmology, and psychiatry. Solo practitioners and owners of a practice have low frequencies of EMR use compared with non-solo practitioners and those who do not own their practice. Despite incentives for EMR adoption, physicians should carefully weigh which, if any, EMR to adopt in their practices.
Published: 2013

5. High Strain Rate Torsion Properties of Ultrafine-Grained Aluminum

Author: J. Kokkonen, Jeremy D. Seidt, Mikko Hokka, V.-T. Kuokkala, Thomas Matrka, and Amos Gilat
Subjects: Digital image correlation, Materials science, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Aerospace Engineering, Slow strain rate testing, Strain hardening exponent, Severe plastic deformation, Strain rate, Ductility, Shear band, Grain size
Abstract: Mechanical properties of most metallic materials can be improved by reducing their grain size. One of the methods used to reduce the grain size even to the nanometer level is the severe plastic deformation processing. Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) is one of the most promising severe plastic deformation processes for the nanocrystallization of ductile metals. Nanocrystalline and ultrafine grained metals usually have significantly higher strength properties but lower tensile ductility compared to the coarse grained metals. In this work, the torsion properties of ECAP processed ultrafine grained pure 1070 aluminum were studied in a wide range of strain rates using both servohydraulic materials testing machines and Hopkinson Split Bar techniques. The material exhibits extremely high ductility in torsion and the specimens did not fail even after 300% of strain. Pronounced yield point behavior was observed at strain rates 500 s−1 and higher, whereas at lower strain rates the yielding was continuous. The material showed slight strain softening at the strain rate of 10−4 s−1, almost ideally plastic behavior at strain rates between 10−3 s−1 and 500 s−1, and slight but increasing strain hardening at strain rates higher than that. The tests were monitored using digital cameras, and the strain distributions on the surface of the specimens were calculated using digital image correlation. The strain in the specimen localized very rapidly after yielding at all strain rates, and the localization lead to the development of a shear band. At high strain rates the shear band developed faster than at low strain rates.
Published: 2011

6. Corrosion effects of runway de-icing chemicals on aircraft alloys and coatings

Author: Elina Huttunen-Saarivirta, H. Paajanen, J. Kokkonen, and V.-T. Kuokkala
Subjects: 6111 aluminium alloy, Materials science, Metallurgy, Alloy, engineering.material, Condensed Matter Physics, Potassium formate, Corrosion, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Coating, visual_art, engineering, Pitting corrosion, Aluminium alloy, visual_art.visual_art_medium, General Materials Science, Magnesium alloy
Abstract: Corrosion effects of five runway de-icing chemicals on aluminium alloy 2024, magnesium alloy RZ5 and cadmium-plated and subsequently chromate-treated steel 4340 were investigated by cyclic polarisation measurements, open circuit potential monitoring and cyclic chemical exposure tests. The runway de-icing chemicals included in the study contained urea, which has a long history as a runway de-icing chemical, and four new commercial de-icing chemicals, which were based on betaine and potassium formate. Corrosion effects of urea on aluminium alloy 2024 were more pronounced than those of the new de-icing chemicals. In urea, the breakdown potential, indicating the onset of pitting, was clearly distinguishable in the cyclic polarisation curve and pitting corrosion was detected on the specimen surface after all three types of tests. Weight losses during the chemical exposure tests were also higher for urea than for the other four chemicals, where pitting corrosion was only occasionally detected. The opposite was true in the case of magnesium alloy RZ5: although the alloy experienced general corrosion in each de-icing chemical included in the study, the rate of corrosion was often higher in the new de-icing chemicals than in urea. Corrosion effects of the five de-icing chemicals on cadmium-plated and chromate-treated high-strength steel 4340 were slightly different in all three tests, indicating that differences in coating quality, particularly in the thickness of the coating layers, might have influenced the results. Overall, however, partial loss of the coating layers occurred in all studied de-icing chemicals.
Published: 2011

7. Corrosion behaviour of aircraft coating systems in acetate- and formate-based de-icing chemicals

Author: J. Kokkonen, H. Paajanen, E. Huttunen-Saarivirta, and V.-T. Kuokkala
Subjects: Cadmium, Materials science, Anodizing, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Alloy, Metals and Alloys, chemistry.chemical_element, General Medicine, Substrate (printing), engineering.material, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Corrosion, chemistry, Coating, Mechanics of Materials, Aluminium, visual_art, Materials Chemistry, Aluminium alloy, visual_art.visual_art_medium, engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Composite material
Abstract: Corrosion behaviour of four coating systems, which are commonly used in aircraft components; namely cadmium-coated and subsequently chromate-treated steel AISI 4340, aluminium-coated steel AISI 4340, anodised aluminium alloy 7075-T6 and chromate-treated aluminium alloy 7075-T6, were investigated in six commercial acetate- and formate-based de-icing chemicals. The results show that the aluminium-coated steel specimens experience least corrosion among the four coating systems; no corrosion is detected in potassium acetate-based de-icing chemicals (Safeway KA HOT, Safegrip and Safegrip+), although some corrosion is observed in the other three chemicals (Safeway SD, Safeway SF and Meltium). In contrast, the coatings in the other three coating systems are damaged in all six de-icing chemicals. The thickness of the coating does not necessarily predict how well the coating will protect the substrate; the thickest coating, several tens of micrometres, is apparent on the cadmium- and chromate-coated steel specimens, while only a few micrometres thin aluminium coating on the steel substrate is the only coating system that can survive the corrosion tests in some of the de-icing chemicals. Comparison of the results from the two test methods used in this research, polarisation measurements and chemical exposure tests, shows that, for each coating system, the extent of corrosion, as evaluated on the basis of weight changes calculated from corrosion current density values and those experienced during chemical exposure tests, is different: the weight changes that materialise during exposure tests are, at least, from one to two orders of magnitude higher than those predicted by calculations. In this paper, these observations are discussed and explanations for them are presented.
Published: 2009

8. Corrosion behaviour of aircraft materials in acetate and formate based antiskid chemicals

Author: H. Paajanen, V.-T. Kuokkala, J. Kokkonen, and E. Huttunen-Saarivirta
Subjects: 6111 aluminium alloy, Materials science, General Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, Alloy, Weight change, technology, industry, and agriculture, General Chemistry, engineering.material, 5005 aluminium alloy, equipment and supplies, Potassium formate, Corrosion, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, engineering, Pitting corrosion, 5052 aluminium alloy, General Materials Science
Abstract: Corrosion behaviour of four commercial aircraft materials, Al alloy 7075-T6, high strength steel AISI 4340, Ti alloy 9046 and Mg alloy RZ5, was studied in six commercial antiskid chemicals, one sodium acetate based, three potassium acetate based, one sodium formate based and one potassium formate based, using potentiodynamic polarisation measurements (polarisation curves) and chemical exposure tests (weight change data), combined with microstructural examinations (appearance of surfaces). The results show that among the four materials, the Ti alloy experiences least corrosion, showing pitting corrosion during the polarisation measurements and significant weight gains and discoloration in the exposure tests only in Safeway SF. In contrast to this, the Mg alloy and the high strength steel underwent corrosion in all chemicals, with severe pitting corrosion (polarisation measurements), significant weight changes and discoloration (exposure tests) being observed for the Mg alloy and discoloration (expo...
Published: 2008

9. Status of children with cow's milk allergy in infancy by 10 years of age

Author: S Tikkanen, J Kokkonen, H Juntti, and A Niinimãki
Subjects: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Medicine
Published: 2007

10. Mucosal pathology of the foregut associated with food allergy and recurrent abdominal pains in children

Author: J Kokkonen, T Ruuska, TJ Karttunen, and A Niinimäki
Subjects: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Medicine
Published: 2007

11. Digital measurement of positron lifetime

Author: Reino Aavikko, J. Nissilä, J Kokkonen, A. Laakso, K. Rytsölä, and Kimmo Saarinen
Subjects: Physics, Analogue electronics, business.industry, Detector, General Physics and Astronomy, Surfaces and Interfaces, General Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Pulse (physics), Nuclear physics, Quality (physics), Software, Positron, Electronic engineering, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Oscilloscope, business, Beam (structure)
Abstract: A prototype of a digital positron lifetime apparatus is presented. We demonstrate that direct digitizing of detector pulses and subsequent simple analysis with software, can be used to replace the conventional analog electronics chain (constant-fraction discriminators, time-to-amplitude converter and multichannel analyzer). In this work, we use a fast digital oscilloscope. The quality of the lifetime data is shown to be as good as with a usual apparatus. For a pulsed positron lifetime beam the digital system is particularly suitable as no coincidence detection is needed and only one analog pulse has to be analyzed.
Published: 2002

12. Isoflavone content of the soy based supplements

Author: J Kokkonen, Tarja Nurmi, Satu-Maarit Heinonen, Witold Mazur, and Herman Adlercreutz
Subjects: 030309 nutrition & dietetics, Clinical Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, 01 natural sciences, High-performance liquid chromatography, Analyse qualitative, Analytical Chemistry, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, Hydrolysis, Isoflavone Derivatives, Qualitative analysis, Drug Discovery, SOY ISOFLAVONES, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Spectroscopy, 2. Zero hunger, 0303 health sciences, Chromatography, Product data, 010401 analytical chemistry, Isoflavones, 0104 chemical sciences, chemistry, Dietary Supplements, Drug Evaluation, Soybeans
Abstract: A large number of soy isoflavone products with indications of possible health effects are available on the market. Fifteen different soy based products were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with coulometric electrode array detector to determine the total amount of isoflavones in aglycones after the hydrolysis and identify the different forms of the isoflavone conjugates. The aim of the study was to evaluate how well the isoflavone content data supplied by the producers correspond to our analysis results. Only one product contained isoflavones measured in aglycones the same amount as was the value given by the producer. The total amount of the isoflavones in aglycones ranged from 0.121 to 201 mg/g. Measured amounts of isoflavones in aglycones after the hydrolysis were in general lower than the values in the product labels. Product data were often confusing and the concrete amount of isoflavones was difficult to find out.
Published: 2002

13. New results on a search for a 33.9 MeV/c2 neutral particle from π+ decay in the NOMAD experiment

Author: T. Weisse, J.-P. Mendiburu, K. Benslama, H. Zaccone, Alessandro Cardini, H. Pessard, Marco Fraternali, P. Rathouit, C. Joseph, Fr Pastore, B. A. Popov, P. Hurst, V. Flaminio, M. T. Tran, C. Lachaud, F. J. P. Soler, L. Di Lella, Giacomo Graziani, G. Bassompierre, S. Boyd, M. Valdata-Nappi, Marco Laveder, J.M. Gaillard, Roberto Ferrari, B. Lakić, G. N. Taylor, D. Steele, E. Gangler, J. Dumarchez, M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia, K. Schahmaneche, F. Juget, J. A. Hernando, Malcolm Ellis, M. Kirsanov, Th. Stolarczyk, A.-M. Touchard, O. Klimov, R. Cousins, Bruce Yabsley, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, X. Méchain, J. Rico, A. Marchionni, J.-M. Vieira, Valerio Vercesi, A. Cervera-Villanueva, M. E. Sevior, Dmitry V. Naumov, Kevin Varvell, C. Nguyen-Mau, A. Placci, L. Camilleri, R. Petti, Stefano Lacaprara, A. Kovzelev, Fergus Wilson, T. Del Prete, Caroline Poulsen, E. do Couto e Silva, F. Salvatore, Vyacheslav Valuev, A. De Santo, E. Pennacchio, N. Hyett, S.A. Bunyatov, J. Bouchez, F. Vannucci, M. Gouanère, H. Degaudenzi, G. J. Feldman, J-P. Meyer, S. N. Tovey, I. Bird, A. Lupi, G. F. Moorhead, A. Grant, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, J.-M. Levy, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, Didier Ferrere, G. Conforto, Barry Blumenfeld, L.J. Winton, A. Baldisseri, Claus Gößling, J. Kokkonen, G. Vidal-Sitjes, Sergei Gninenko, A. Krasnoperov, P. Nédélec, M. Mezzetto, T. Vinogradova, Nathalie Besson, D. Sillou, J. Ulrichs, Kai Zuber, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, T. Fazio, André Rubbia, A. Godley, G. Sozzi, A. Guglielmi, S.R. Mishra, Chiara Roda, L. Linssen, D. Pollmann, E. Iacopini, P. Astier, D. Autiero, F.V. Weber, A. Letessier-Selvon, D. Daniels, Giacomo Polesello, M. Tareb-Reyes, Vincenzo Cavasinni, J. Long, Domizia Orestano, F. Martelli, M. Contalbrigo, T. Dignan, U. Stiegler, A. Lanza, J. Gosset, D. Gibin, A. Polyarush, Achim Geiser, L. S. Peak, M. Veltri, Antonio Bueno, A. N. Toropin, L. La Rotonda, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Banner, D. Geppert, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, F. Bobisut, N.V. Krasnikov, C. Conta, B. Schmidt, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, and V. Tereshchenko
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Neutrino decay, Neutrino mixing, Branching fraction, Nuclear physics, Pion, Pi, Direct search, Anomaly (physics), Neutral particle, Event (particle physics), KARMEN
Abstract: We report on a direct search in NOMAD for a new 33.9 MeV/c^2 neutral particle (X) produced in pion decay in flight, pi-->mu_X followed by the decay X -->nu e^+e^-. Both decays are postulated to occur to explain the time anomaly observed by the KARMEN experiment. From the analysis of the data collected during the 1996?1998 runs with 4.1×10^19 protons on target, a single candidate event consistent with background expectations was found. The search is sensitive to a pion branching ratio BR(pi-->muX >3.7×10^-15, significantly smaller than previous experimental limits.
Published: 2002

14. Chronic stretching and running economy

Author: Carol Eldredge, E. L. Glickman-Weiss, J. Kokkonen, Arnold G. Nelson, and Andrew Cornwell
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Flexibility (anatomy), Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Running, Oxygen Consumption, Humans, Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Range of Motion, Articular, Treadmill, Exercise, Stretching exercises, Analysis of Variance, business.industry, Oxygen, medicine.anatomical_structure, Calf muscle, Physical Endurance, Running economy, Physical therapy, Female, Range of motion, business, Peak vo2
Abstract: Research demonstrates an inverse relationship between the range of motion of selected joint movements (flexibility) and running economy. Since stretching exercises have been shown to increase joint range of motion, stretching exercises may be contraindicated for endurance running performance. Hence, this study investigated the influence of a 10-week program of stretching exercises on the oxygen costs of a 10 min sub-maximal (approx. 70% peak VO(2)) treadmill run. Thirty-two (16 female, 16 male) physically active, treadmill accommodated, college students participated in the study. All participants maintained their current activity level, with half the participants (8 female, 8 male) adding a 40 min, 3 days per week session of thigh and calf muscle stretching exercises. After 10 weeks, the stretching group (STR) exhibited a significant (P0.05) increase (3.1+/-2.2 cm) in the sit-and-reach, while the non-stretching group (CON) experienced no significant (P0.05) change (0.0+/-0.4 cm). However, neither the STR nor the CON exhibited a significant (P0.05) change in the O(2) cost for the submaximal run. It is concluded, therefore, that a chronic stretching program does not necessarily negatively influence running economy.
Published: 2001

15. Final NOMAD results on νμ→ντ and νe→ντ oscillations including a new search for ντ appearance using hadronic τ decays

Author: P Astier, D Autiero, A Baldisseri, M Baldo-Ceolin, M Banner, G Bassompierre, K Benslama, N Besson, I Bird, B Blumenfeld, F Bobisut, J Bouchez, S Boyd, A Bueno, S Bunyatov, L Camilleri, A Cardini, P.W Cattaneo, V Cavasinni, A Cervera-Villanueva, A Chukanov, G Collazuol, G Conforto, C Conta, M Contalbrigo, R Cousins, D Daniels, H Degaudenzi, T Del Prete, A De Santo, T Dignan, L Di Lella, E do Couto e Silva, J Dumarchez, M Ellis, G.J Feldman, R Ferrari, D Ferrère, V Flaminio, M Fraternali, J.-M Gaillard, E Gangler, A Geiser, D Geppert, D Gibin, S Gninenko, A Godley, J.-J Gomez-Cadenas, J Gosset, C Gößling, M Gouanère, A Grant, G Graziani, A Guglielmi, C Hagner, J Hernando, D Hubbard, P Hurst, N Hyett, E Iacopini, C Joseph, F Juget, M Kirsanov, O Klimov, J Kokkonen, A Kovzelev, A Krasnoperov, D Kustov, V.E Kuznetsov, S Lacaprara, C Lachaud, B Lakić, A Lanza, L La Rotonda, M Laveder, A Letessier-Selvon, J.-M Levy, L Linssen, A Ljubič, J Long, A Lupi, A Marchionni, F Martelli, X Méchain, J.-P Mendiburu, J.-P Meyer, M Mezzetto, S.R Mishra, G.F Moorhead, D Naumov, P Nédélec, Yu Nefedov, C Nguyen-Mau, D Orestano, F Pastore, L.S Peak, E Pennacchio, H Pessard, R Petti, A Placci, G Polesello, D Pollmann, A Polyarush, B Popov, C Poulsen, J Rico, P Riemann, C Roda, A Rubbia, F Salvatore, K Schahmaneche, B Schmidt, T Schmidt, A Sconza, M Sevior, D Sillou, F.J.P Soler, G Sozzi, D Steele, U Stiegler, M Stipč, Th Stolarczyk, M Tareb-Reyes, G.N Taylor, V Tereshchenko, A Toropin, A.-M Touchard, S.N Tovey, M.-T Tran, E Tsesmelis, J Ulrichs, L Vacavant, M Valdata-Nappi, V Valuev, F Vannucci, K.E Varvell, M Veltri, V Vercesi, G Vidal-Sitjes, J.-M Vieira, T Vinogradova, F.V Weber, T Weisse, F.F Wilson, L.J Winton, B.D Yabsley, H Zaccone, K Zuber, and P Zuccon
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Oscillation, 0103 physical sciences, Hadron, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino beam, 010306 general physics, 01 natural sciences, Lepton
Abstract: Results from the nu_tau appearance search in a neutrino beam using the full NOMAD data sample are reported. A new analysis unifies all the hadronic tau decays, significantly improving the overall sensitivity of the experiment to oscillations. The "blind analysis" of all topologies yields no evidence for an oscillation signal. In the two-family oscillation scenario, this sets a 90% C.L. allowed region in the sin^2(2theta)-Delta m^2 plane which includes sin^2(2theta) nu_tau oscillation hypothesis results in sin^2(2theta)
Published: 2001

16. A study of backward going p and π− in interactions with the NOMAD detector

Author: P. Astier, D. Autiero, A. Baldisseri, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Banner, G. Bassompierre, N. Besson, I. Bird, B. Blumenfeld, F. Bobisut, J. Bouchez, S. Boyd, A. Bueno, S. Bunyatov, L. Camilleri, A. Cardini, P.W. Cattaneo, V. Cavasinni, A. Cervera-Villanueva, A. Chukanov, G. Collazuol, G. Conforto, C. Conta, M. Contalbrigo, R. Cousins, D. Daniels, H. Degaudenzi, T. Del Prete, A. De Santo, T. Dignan, L. Di Lella, E. do Couto e Silva, J. Dumarchez, M. Ellis, T. Fazio, G.J. Feldman, R. Ferrari, D. Ferrère, V. Flaminio, M. Fraternali, J.-M. Gaillard, E. Gangler, A. Geiser, D. Geppert, D. Gibin, S. Gninenko, A. Godley, J.-J. Gomez-Cadenas, J. Gosset, C. Gößling, M. Gouanère, A. Grant, G. Graziani, A. Guglielmi, C. Hagner, J. Hernando, D. Hubbard, P. Hurst, N. Hyett, E. Iacopini, C. Joseph, F. Juget, M. Kirsanov, O. Klimov, J. Kokkonen, A. Kovzelev, A. Krasnoperov, D. Kustov, V. Kuznetsov, S. Lacaprara, C. Lachaud, B. Lakić, A. Lanza, L. La Rotonda, M. Laveder, A. Letessier-Selvon, J.-M. Levy, L. Linssen, A. Ljubičić, J. Long, A. Lupi, A. Marchionni, F. Martelli, X. Méchain, J.-P. Mendiburu, J.-P. Meyer, M. Mezzetto, S.R. Mishra, G.F. Moorhead, D. Naumov, P. Nédélec, Yu. Nefedov, C. Nguyen-Mau, D. Orestano, F. Pastore, L.S. Peak, E. Pennacchio, H. Pessard, R. Petti, A. Placci, G. Polesello, D. Pollmann, A. Polyarush, B. Popov, C. Poulsen, J. Rico, P. Riemann, C. Roda, A. Rubbia, F. Salvatore, K. Schahmaneche, B. Schmidt, T. Schmidt, M. Sevior, D. Sillou, F.J.P. Soler, G. Sozzi, D. Steele, U. Stiegler, M. Stipčević, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Tareb-Reyes, G.N. Taylor, V. Tereshchenko, A. Toropin, A.-M. Touchard, S.N. Tovey, M.-T. Tran, E. Tsesmelis, J. Ulrichs, L. Vacavant, M. Valdata-Nappi, V. Valuev, F. Vannucci, K.E. Varvell, M. Veltri, V. Vercesi, G. Vidal-Sitjes, J.-M. Vieira, T. Vinogradova, F.V. Weber, T. Weisse, F.F. Wilson, L.J. Winton, B.D. Yabsley, H. Zaccone, K. Zuber, and P. Zuccon
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Particle physics, Proton, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Order (ring theory), 01 natural sciences, Momentum, 0103 physical sciences, Pi, Particle, Production (computer science), 010306 general physics
Abstract: Backward proton and $\pi^-$ production has been studied in $\nu_{\mu}CC$ interactions with carbon nuclei. Detailed analyses of the momentum distributions, of the production rates, and of the general features of events with a backward going particle, have been carried out in order to understand the mechanism producing these particles. The backward proton data have been compared with the predictions of the reinteraction and the short range correlation models.
Published: 2001

17. Measurement of the polarization in νμ charged current interactions in the NOMAD experiment

Author: J. Long, J. Gosset, J.-P. Mendiburu, J. A. Hernando, Alessandro Cardini, D. Gibin, A. Letessier-Selvon, P. Hurst, L. S. Peak, T. Vinogradova, A. Placci, J.M. Gaillard, Barry Blumenfeld, L. Di Lella, D. Steele, D. Daniels, Giacomo Polesello, M. Tareb-Reyes, Th. Stolarczyk, D. Kustov, A. Polyarush, Kevin Varvell, M. E. Sevior, A. Cervera-Villanueva, A. De Santo, T. Dignan, C. Conta, M. Gouanere, G. Vidal-Sitjes, M. Kirsanov, Achim Geiser, Didier Ferrere, B. Schmidt, Antonio Bueno, R. Petti, A. Marchionni, R. Cousins, Fergus Wilson, O.L. Klimov, J.-M. Vieira, A. N. Toropin, A.-M. Touchard, T. Weisse, André Rubbia, G. Conforto, A. Grant, P. Nedelec, L. Camilleri, G. Bassompierre, M. Mezzetto, Caroline Poulsen, Artem Chukanov, E. Iacopini, S. Boyd, F. Martelli, B. Lakić, M. Veltri, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, J. Kokkonen, G. N. Taylor, Sergei Gninenko, Kai Zuber, Malcolm Ellis, A. Kovzelev, Valentin Kuznetsov, Vincenzo Cavasinni, E. do Couto e Silva, J-P. Meyer, B. A. Popov, V. Flaminio, L.J. Winton, S.A. Bunyatov, Nathalie Besson, F. J. P. Soler, Roberto Ferrari, J. Ulrichs, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, L. La Rotonda, G. Sozzi, I. Bird, A. Baldisseri, J. Bouchez, U. Stiegler, D. Geppert, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, A. Guglielmi, A. Lupi, P. Riemann, Claus Gößling, Alexey Krasnoperov, F. Salvatore, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Banner, A. Lanza, Marco Fraternali, T. Schmidt, A. Godley, M. T. Tran, E. Gangler, Valerio Vercesi, S.R. Mishra, M. Valdata-Nappi, Frédéric Juget, Chiara Roda, Vyacheslav Valuev, Dmitry V. Naumov, P. Astier, J. Rico, F. Vannucci, D. Autiero, E. Pennacchio, N. Hyett, D. Pollmann, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, H. Zaccone, T. Fazio, C. Joseph, H. Pessard, Domizia Orestano, Marco Laveder, L. Linssen, J. Dumarchez, M. Contalbrigo, F.V. Weber, J. M. Levy, H. Degaudenzi, G. J. Feldman, G. F. Moorhead, C. Lachaud, Giacomo Graziani, K. Schahmaneche, S. Lacaprara, V. Tereshchenko, F. Bobisut, C. Nguyen-Mau, T. Del Prete, D. Sillou, S.N. Tovey, and Fr Pastore
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Angular momentum, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Elementary particle, Polarization (waves), 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Bubble chamber, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleon, Charged current, Lepton, Boson
Abstract: The Λ polarization in νμ charged current interactions has been measured in the NOMAD experiment. The event sample (8087 reconstructed Λ 's) is more than an order of magnitude larger than that of previous bubble chamber experiments, while the quality of event reconstruction is comparable. We observe negative polarization along the W -boson direction which is enhanced in the target fragmentation region: Px(xF 0)=−0.09±0.06(stat)±0.03(sys) . These results provide a test of different models describing the nucleon spin composition and the spin transfer mechanisms. A significant transverse polarization (in the direction orthogonal to the Λ production plane) has been observed for the first time in a neutrino experiment: Py=−0.22±0.03(stat)±0.01(sys) . The dependence of the absolute value of Py on the Λ transverse momentum with respect to the hadronic jet direction is in qualitative agreement with the results from unpolarized hadron–hadron experiments.
Published: 2001

18. A comparison of gas tungsten arc and CO2 laser beam welding of AA2024

Author: J. Kokkonen and John Ion
Subjects: Heat-affected zone, Materials science, Gas tungsten arc welding, Metallurgy, Shielding gas, Biomedical Engineering, Shielded metal arc welding, Laser beam welding, Welding, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, law.invention, Gas metal arc welding, law, Arc welding, Composite material, Instrumentation
Abstract: Mechanical fastening methods are used extensively to join aluminum alloys, particularly in the aerospace industries. Laser welding provides the possibility of a high productivity single-step process, with the added benefit of potential weight savings of about 10% in comparison with riveting. However, the weldability of many aluminum aerospace alloys is generally considered to be low, and little data are currently available. A procedure for CO2 laser welding of the alloy AA2024 is developed, with the use of 2319 filler wire. Weld property data are shown to achieve the requirements for the most stringent quality level of the current European workmanship standard for laser-welded joints in aluminum. Hardness and tensile strength properties are shown to be similar to those of gas tungsten arc (GTA) welds. The fatigue strength of GTA welds is superior to that of laser welds in the as-welded condition, but when the weld bead is machined flush with the plate surface the difference is reduced. The laser welds ach...
Published: 2001

19. The compact emulsion spectrometer

Author: S. Ricciardi, B. Lisowski, L. Linssen, M Chizov, M. Litmaath, Mathieu Doucet, P. Migliozzi, M. G. Catanesi, E. do Couto e Silva, O. Melzer, S. Simone, G. Grella, M. T. Muciaccia, E. Radicioni, U. Stiegler, E. Pesen, I.M. Papadopoulos, J. Panman, V Mexner, E. Niu, B. Van de Vyver, Ghislain Grégoire, Salvatore Buontempo, F. J. P. Soler, L. Camilleri, O. Runolfsson, J. Goldberg, A. De Santo, J. W. E. Uiterwijk, and J. Kokkonen
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectrometer, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Resolution (electron density), Magnetic field, Momentum, Nuclear physics, Pion, Emulsion, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation
Abstract: An emulsion spectrometer has been built and tested with pion beamsin a 0.7~T magnetic field.A momentum resolution, $\Delta \mathrm{P}/ \mathrm{P} =$ 13\% $\pm$ 1\%,has been obtained for 5 and 10 GeV/c particles.
Published: 2001

20. Heterozygous frameshift mutation in keratin 5 in a family with Galli-Galli disease

Author: A K, Reisenauer, S V, Wordingham, J, York, E W J, Kokkonen, W H I, Mclean, N J, Wilson, and F J D, Smith
Subjects: Heterozygote, Acantholysis, Concise Communication, Humans, Keratin-5, Female, Original Articles, Middle Aged, Frameshift Mutation, Pigmentation Disorders
Abstract: Background Reticulate pigmentary disorders include the rare autosomal dominant Galli–Galli disease (GGD) and Dowling–Degos disease (DDD). Clinical diagnosis between some of the subtypes can be difficult due to a degree of overlap between clinical features, therefore analysis at the molecular level may be necessary to confirm the diagnosis. Objectives To identify the underlying genetic defect in a 48-year-old Asian-American woman with a clinical diagnosis of GGD. Methods Histological analysis was performed on a skin biopsy using haematoxylin–eosin staining. KRT5 (the gene encoding keratin 5) was amplified from genomic DNA and directly sequenced. Results The patient had a history of pruritus and hyperpigmented erythematous macules and thin papules along the flexor surfaces of her arms, her upper back and neck, axillae and inframammary areas. Hypopigmented macules were seen among the hyperpigmentation. A heterozygous 1-bp insertion mutation in KRT5 (c.38dupG; p.Ser14GlnfsTer3) was identified in the proband. This mutation occurs within the head domain of the keratin 5 protein leading to a frameshift and premature stop codon. Conclusions From the histological findings and mutation analysis the individual was identified as having GGD due to haploinsufficiency of keratin 5.
Published: 2013

21. Measurement of the polarization in charged current interactions in the NOMAD experiment

Author: T. Weisse, D. Sillou, F. Salvatore, Vyacheslav Valuev, A. Godley, A. Guglielmi, H. Zaccone, G. J. Feldman, G. F. Moorhead, C. Gssling, B. Schmidt, T. Fazio, O.L. Klimov, Laurent Vacavant, S. Tereshchenko, J. M. Levy, C. Joseph, Michel Gouanère, A. Placci, S.R. Mishra, F. F. Wilson, F. Bobisut, D. Autiero, Frédéric Juget, U. Stiegler, C. Nguyen-Mau, J. Long, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, R. Petti, D. Geppert, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, Caroline Poulsen, A. De Santo, A. Polyarush, J.M. Gaillard, P. Rathouit, Achim Geiser, S.A. Bunyatov, J. Kokkonen, Marco Laveder, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, J.-P. Mendiburu, Artem Chukanov, J. A. Hernando, I. Bird, A. Lanza, K. Benslama, T. Vinogradova, R. Cousins, Alessandro Cardini, Marco Fraternali, L. La Rotonda, T. Schmidt, A. Lupi, J.-M. Vieira, D. Kustov, Didier Ferrere, L. Linssen, F. Vannucci, M. T. Tran, T. Dignan, T. Del Prete, L. S. Peak, A. M. Touchard, M. Contalbrigo, Roberto Ferrari, Valerio Vercesi, F.V. Weber, Nathalie Besson, C. Conta, M. Kirsanov, E. Gangler, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, Malcolm Ellis, M. Valdata-Nappi, Sergei Gninenko, Antonio Bueno, A. N. Toropin, V. Flaminio, Domizia Orestano, P. Hurst, Kevin Varvell, Dmitry V. Naumov, G. Polesello, M. Banner, F. J. P. Soler, A. Baldisseri, P. Riemann, A. Letessier-Selvon, Alastair Grant, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, André Rubbia, H. Degaudenzi, L. Di Lella, S. B. Boyd, J. Gosset, H. Pessard, P. Nedelec, Chiara Roda, D. Daniels, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, D. Steele, G. Conforto, Barry Blumenfeld, J. Rico, C. Lachaud, A. Cervera-Villanueva, N. Hyett, D. Pollmann, G. Bassompierre, E. Iacopini, M. Tareb-Reyes, A. Marchionni, Valentin Kuznetsov, B. A. Popov, S. Lacaprara, E. Pennacchio, D. Gibin, K. Schahmaneche, E Silva E. Do Couto, J-P. Meyer, M. E. Sevior, M. Veltri, J. Dumarchez, L. Camilleri, L.J. Winton, F. Martelli, G. Graziani, B. Lakić, Vincenzo Cavasinni, G. N. Taylor, J. Ulrichs, J. Bouchez, Yu. Nefedov, G. Sozzi, A. Kovzelev, T. Stolarczyk, M. Mezzetto, Kai Zuber, P. Astier, Alexey Krasnoperov, M. Baldo-Ceolin, S.N. Tovey, and Fr Pastore
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Hadron, Polarization (waves), Lambda, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Bubble chamber, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleon, Order of magnitude, Charged current
Abstract: The $\Lambda$ polarization in $\nu_\mu$ charged current interactions has been measured in the NOMAD experiment. The event sample (8087 reconstructed $\Lambda$'s) is more than an order of magnitude larger than that of previous bubble chamber experiments, while the quality of event reconstruction is comparable. We observe negative polarization along the $W$-boson direction which is enhanced in the target fragmentation region: $P_x (x_F 0) = -0.21 \pm 0.04 \mbox{(stat)} \pm 0.02 \mbox{(sys)}$. In the current fragmentation region we find $P_x (x_F 0) = -0.09 \pm 0.06 \mbox{(stat)} \pm 0.03 \mbox{(sys)}$. These results provide a test of different models describing the nucleon spin composition and the spin transfer mechanisms. A significant transverse polarization (in the direction orthogonal to the $\Lambda$ production plane) has been observed for the first time in a neutrino experiment: $P_y = -0.22 \pm 0.03 \mbox{(stat)} \pm 0.01 \mbox{(sys)}$. The dependence of the absolute value of $P_y$ on the $\Lambda$ transverse momentum with respect to the hadronic jet direction is in qualitative agreement with the results from unpolarized hadron-hadron experiments.
Published: 2000

22. Limit on νe→ντ oscillations from the NOMAD experiment

Author: J. A. Hernando, D. Steele, H. Pessard, Roberto Ferrari, M. Steininger, C. Lachaud, Malcolm Ellis, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, Bruce Yabsley, A. Cervera-Villanueva, L. Camilleri, X. Méchain, J. Kokkonen, F. Martelli, T. Weisse, A. Krasnoperov, S. Bunyatov, Achim Geiser, A. N. Toropin, Th. Stolarczyk, E. Pennacchio, M. Mezzetto, D. Sillou, P. Rathouit, Giacomo Graziani, N. Hyett, A. Letessier-Selvon, S.N. Tovey, Kai Zuber, Fr Pastore, E. do Couto e Silva, M. E. Sevior, M. Veltri, G. Bassompierre, D. Daniels, M. Gouanère, M. Tareb-Reyes, J. M. Gaillard, T. Vinogradova, A. Godley, Valentin Kuznetsov, J. Dumarchez, S. Boyd, J. Long, D. Geppert, Caroline Poulsen, J-P. Meyer, L. Linssen, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, B. Lakić, L.J. Winton, U. Stiegler, Marco Fraternali, G. N. Taylor, J. Ulrichs, Chiara Roda, D. Pollmann, H. Degaudenzi, J.-P. Mendiburu, G. J. Feldman, F. Salvatore, G. F. Moorhead, G. Sozzi, Valerio Vercesi, Kevin Varvell, G. Polesello, F. V. Weber, Alessandro Cardini, Domizia Orestano, Claus Gößling, J. Gosset, O. Klimov, A. Grant, M. Baldo-Ceolin, D. Gibin, H. Zaccone, C. Nguyen-Mau, T. Del Prete, P. Hurst, A. Polayrush, K. Benslama, Vyacheslav Valuev, F. Vannucci, C. Joseph, A. Guglielmi, L. Di Lella, F. Juget, A. Lanza, M. Valdata-Nappi, M. T. Tran, T. Dignan, A. Pluquet, L.S. Peak, M. Kirsanov, G. Ballocchi, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, K. Schahmaneche, L. La Rotonda, S. R. Mishra, M. Banner, Marco Laveder, E. Gangler, M. Contalbrigo, A. Bueno, Nathalie Besson, P. Riemann, R. Cousins, J.-M. Vieira, I. Bird, J. Rico, A. Marchionni, A. Kovzelev, André Rubbia, Barry Blumenfeld, E. Iacopini, Vincenzo Cavasinni, D. Autiero, V. Flaminio, F. J. P. Soler, Didier Ferrere, Sergei Gninenko, P. Astier, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, T. Schmidt, J. Bouchez, A. Lupi, A. Baldisseri, S. Lacaprara, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, A. Placci, F. Bobisut, A. De Santo, C. Conta, B. Schmidt, G. Conforto, A. M. Touchard, P. Nédélec, J. M. Levy, R. Petti, Fergus Wilson, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, and B. A. Popov
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Context (language use), Limit (mathematics), Neutrino beam, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, 01 natural sciences, Charged current
Abstract: In the context of a two-flavour approximation we reinterpret the published NOMAD limit on ν μ → ν τ oscillations in terms of ν e → ν τ oscillations. At 90% C.L. we obtain sin 2 2θ eτ 5.2×10 −2 for large Δm 2 , while for sin 2 2 θ eτ =1 the confidence region includes Δm 2 2 / c 4 .
Published: 2000

23. A silicon tracker for track extrapolation into nuclear emulsions

Author: S. Ricciardi, E. Radicioni, M. Litmaath, S. Lacaprara, W. Huta, O. Runolfsson, B. Lisowski, A. Cervera-Villanueva, D. Gibin, E. do Couto e Silva, A. De Santo, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, M. Contalbrigo, S. Simone, U. Stiegler, G. Catanesi, and J. Kokkonen
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Silicon, business.industry, Detector, Extrapolation, chemistry.chemical_element, Particle detector, Nuclear physics, Data acquisition, Optics, chemistry, Position (vector), Measuring instrument, business, Instrumentation
Abstract: This paper describes the construction of a silicon tracker built to investigate how well silicon detectors can predict the position of particles in nuclear emulsions over a large area. The tracker consists of 72 single-sided silicon microstrip detectors with a total surface of 0.13 m2 distributed over four layers, providing two x and two y coordinate measurements. The set-up was installed in a CERN PS pion beam in September 1997. ( 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Published: 1999

24. A more sensitive search for νμ→ντ oscillations in NOMAD

Author: F. Vannucci, V. Flaminio, Giacomo Graziani, F. J. P. Soler, O. Klimov, I.J. Donnelly, M. Banner, Caroline Poulsen, C. Nguyen-Mau, T. Del Prete, J. Dumarchez, Domizia Orestano, K. Benslama, André Rubbia, E. Pennacchio, N. Hyett, A. Lanza, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, T. Weisse, E. Iacopini, T. Vinogradova, M. T. Tran, I. Bird, P. Astier, Th. Stolarczyk, S. Bunyatov, F. Salvatore, B.D Yabsley, M. K. Vo, Vincenzo Cavasinni, Nathalie Besson, G. Renzoni, T. Schmidt, Antonio Bueno, A. N. Toropin, D. Autiero, P. Hurst, S.N. Tovey, G. J. Feldman, L. La Rotonda, Fr Pastore, A. Krasnoperov, E. Gangler, Didier Ferrere, Marco Fraternali, L. Di Lella, P. Rathouit, G. F. Moorhead, J. Kokkonen, J. Long, A Gandolfo, A. Kovzelev, A. Baldisseri, M. E. Sevior, M. Contalbrigo, A. M. Touchard, P. Nédélec, C. Conta, B. Schmidt, M. Kirsanov, D. Geppert, A. Godley, A. Guglielmi, J. A. Hernando, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, Roberto Renò, E Manola-Poggioli, P. Riemann, J.-P. Mendiburu, L. Linssen, A. Cervera-Villanueva, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, G. Conforto, S.R. Mishra, T. Dignan, Alessandro Cardini, A. Placci, E. do Couto e Silva, R. Petti, H. Pessard, U. Stiegler, J. Bouchez, Valerio Vercesi, Chiara Roda, A. De Santo, M. Veltri, J. M. Levy, F. Bobisut, B Popov, D. Verkindt, A. Lupi, L. Camilleri, Kevin Varvell, Stefano Lacaprara, A. Grant, J. Rico, A. Marchionni, Fergus Wilson, H. Zaccone, D. Pollmann, Malcolm Ellis, Roberto Ferrari, Vyacheslav Valuev, S.A. Volkov, C. Joseph, J.-M. Gaillard, Barry Blumenfeld, G. Ballocchi, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, R. Cousins, Marco Laveder, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, K. Schahmaneche, M. Baldo-Ceolin, X. Méchain, F.V. Weber, J.-M. Vieira, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, J. Gosset, D. Gibin, T. Fazio, Achim Geiser, L.S. Peak, M Valdata-Nappi, M. Gouanère, G. Bassompierre, M. Mezzetto, D. Sillou, Kai Zuber, S. Boyd, B. Lakić, G. N. Taylor, Claus Gößling, D. Steele, L. Mossuz, F. Juget, M. Steininger, H Degaudenzi, C. Lachaud, G Segneri, V. Tereshchenko, A. Pluquet, F. Martelli, S. N. Gninenko, A. Letessier-Selvon, D. Daniels, Giacomo Polesello, M. Tareb-Reyes, Valentin Kuznetsov, J-P. Meyer, L.J. Winton, J. Ulrichs, and G. Sozzi
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Oscillation, Scattering, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Sensitivity (control systems), Neutrino, Neutrino beam, Neutrino oscillation, Charged current, Confidence region
Abstract: With additional data and improved algorithms, we have enhanced the sensitivity of our appearance search for $\numunutau$ oscillations in the NOMAD detector in the CERN-SPS wide-band neutrino beam. The search uses kinematic criteria to identify $\nutau$ charged current interactions followed by decay of the $\tau^-$ to one of several decay modes. Our ``blind'' analyses of deep-inelastic scattering data taken in 1996 and 1997, combined with consistent reanalyses of previously reported 1995 data, yield no oscillation signal. For the two-family oscillation scenario, we present the contour outlining a 90\% C.L. confidence region in the $\sin^22\theta_{\mu \tau} - \Delta m^2$ plane. At large $\Delta m^2$, the confidence region includes $\sin^22\theta_{\mu\tau}\ \ 1.2\times10^{-3}$ (a limit 3.5 times more stringent than in our previous publication), while at $\sin^22\theta_{\mu \tau}=1$, the confidence region includes $\Delta m^2 1.2$ eV$^2$/$c^4$.
Published: 1999

25. Precision measurement of scaled momentum, charge multiplicity, and thrust in νμN and interactions

Author: H. Degaudenzi, G. J. Feldman, G. F. Moorhead, Valentin Kuznetsov, F. Salvatore, F. Vannucci, M. K. Vo, Corrado Angelini, J. Long, L.J. Winton, B. A. Popov, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, J. M. Levy, J. Ulrichs, D. Verkindt, S.A. Bunyatov, P. Rathouit, M. Banner, Fergus Wilson, G. Sozzi, Alexey Krasnoperov, B. Schmidt, E. Manola-Poggioli, T. Dignan, J. Altegoer, Caroline Poulsen, M. Baldo-Ceolin, S. Basa, J. Kokkonen, R. Cousins, Nathalie Besson, G. Renzoni, T. Vinogradova, L. Linssen, Achim Geiser, Giacomo Graziani, J.-M. Vieira, M. E. Sevior, A. Baldisseri, Valerio Vercesi, S. N. Gninenko, André Rubbia, O.L. Klimov, P. Hurst, Marco Fraternali, T. Stolarczyk, M. Serrano, Kevin Varvell, A. Grant, H. Pessard, P. Nedelec, P. Astier, L. Camilleri, A. Kovzelev, S. Tereshchenko, D. Autiero, J. Dumarchez, Vyacheslav Valuev, E. do Couto e Silva, J. Hernando, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, Malcolm Ellis, Chiara Roda, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, E. Iacopini, C. Lazzeroni, D. Sillou, A. Guglielmi, Vincenzo Cavasinni, A. Letessier-Selvon, D. Daniels, Giacomo Polesello, M. Tareb-Reyes, F. Bobisut, S.A. Volkov, L. Di Lella, Roberto Ferrari, M. Kirsanov, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, F.V. Weber, M. Veltri, V. Uros, E. Pennacchio, N. Hyett, D. Pollmann, I. Bird, V. Vacavant, Michel Gouanère, F. Martelli, M. Valdata-Nappi, A. Godley, J-P. Meyer, D. Nordmann, A. Cervera-Villanueva, K. Benslama, L. La Rotonda, H. Zaccone, M. Werlen, S.R. Mishra, A. Lanza, U. Stiegler, S. Lacaprara, C. Joseph, Yu. Nefedov, T. Fazio, G. Ballocchi, A. Pluquet, C. Conta, Frédéric Juget, Marco Laveder, Barry Blumenfeld, M. T. Tran, Domizia Orestano, E. Gangler, J. Gosset, R. Petti, G. Conforto, D. Gibin, K. Schahmaneche, M. Contalbrigo, J.-P. Mendiburu, J. P. Perroud, G. Bassompierre, Alessandro Cardini, S. Boyd, G. N. Taylor, V. Flaminio, P. Galumian, F. J. P. Soler, D. Geppert, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, A. Placci, L. S. Peak, A. De Santo, Antonio Bueno, Fr Pastore, A. N. Toropin, I.J. Donnelly, C. Nguyen-Mau, T. Del Prete, M. Mezzetto, Kai Zuber, S. N. Tovey, A. M. Touchard, J. Bouchez, D. Steele, L. Mossuz, A. Lupi, J. M. Gaillard, Didier Ferrere, A. Marchionni, M. Steininger, Claus Gößling, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, and T. Weisse
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Overline, Coherence effect, Electronic document, Thrust, Multiplicity (chemistry), Charged current
Abstract: By focusing on the notion of electronic document, we differentiate two evolutions which are useful to distinct titles: on the one hand are the documents, which have value of reference. Its administrator will take care to preserve its integrity and its context of production which is strongly significant. On the other hand are resources, evolutionary elements by nature, which the user must be able to appropriate and who must thus be placed at the disposal so that the production is erased, to focus on a logic of exploitation and service.
Published: 1999

26. A search for ν→ν oscillations using the NOMAD detector

Author: M. Contalbrigo, T. Fazio, V. Flaminio, F. J. P. Soler, K. Benslama, T. Weisse, L.S. Peak, A. Lanza, E. do Couto e Silva, R. Petti, André Rubbia, F. Bobisut, D. Scannicchio, F. Juget, J-P. Meyer, L. La Rotonda, H. Pessard, E. Manola-Poggioli, M. Mezzetto, L.J. Winton, V. Valuev, M. T. Tran, D. Sillou, Kai Zuber, E. Iacopini, R. Cousins, J. Ulrichs, Kevin Varvell, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, L. Linssen, A. Cervera-Villanueva, J.-M. Vieira, A. Grant, V. Tereshchenko, P. Rathouit, D. Pollmann, A. Pluquet, Giacomo Graziani, Didier Ferrere, G. Sozzi, F.V. Weber, D. Verkindt, P. Steffen, G. Conforto, Barry Blumenfeld, Th. Stolarczyk, Vincenzo Cavasinni, J. Gosset, A. Baldisseri, A. Marchionni, J. Altegoer, S.A. Volkov, E. Gangler, D. Kekez, P. Nédélec, Roberto Ferrari, S. N. Gninenko, J.-M. Gaillard, J. Long, M. Gouanère, J. M. Levy, M. E. Sevior, Marco Fraternali, Claus Gößling, A. Placci, M. Veltri, A. Letessier-Selvon, D. Gibin, G. Bassompierre, A. De Santo, D. Autiero, Caroline Poulsen, D. Daniels, E. Tsesmelis, J.-P. Mendiburu, Corrado Angelini, V. Uros, M. Valdata-Nappi, D. Steele, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, Stefano Lacaprara, L. Mossuz, Giacomo Polesello, Fergus Wilson, Alessandro Cardini, M. Tareb-Reyes, B. G. Pope, M. Baldo-Ceolin, S. Boyd, D. Geppert, Achim Geiser, M. Steininger, H. Degaudenzi, T. Dignan, G. J. Feldman, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, V.E. Kuznetsov, G. N. Taylor, S. Basa, J. Bouchez, G. F. Moorhead, A. Lupi, B. Khomenko, A. M. Touchard, S. Bunyatov, F. Salvatore, L. Camilleri, Yu. Nefedov, J. Kokkonen, M. K. Vo, A. Kovzelev, P. Hurst, T. Vinogradova, B. Popov, L. Vacavant, L. Di Lella, J. Hernando, D. Hubbard, K. Schahmaneche, C. Hagner, F. Martelli, U. Stiegler, C. Conta, S.N. Tovey, M. Kirsanov, I. Bird, P. Astier, Fr Pastore, Domizia Orestano, H. Plothow-Besch, Antonio Bueno, A. N. Toropin, F. Vannucci, J. P. Perroud, A. Sconza, P. Galumian, M. Banner, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, A. Castera, O. Klimov, I.J. Donnelly, C. Nguyen-Mau, T. Del Prete, E. Pennacchio, N. Hyett, G. Fumagalli, M. Werlen, S.R. Mishra, Chiara Roda, B. Schmidt, Valerio Vercesi, M. Serrano, H. Zaccone, C. Joseph, G. Ballocchi, Marco Laveder, Nathalie Besson, G. Renzoni, C. Lazzeroni, A. Guglielmi, and J. Dumarchez
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Oscillation, Detector, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Detection theory, Wide band, Neutrino oscillation, Signal, Charged current, Beam (structure)
Abstract: NOMAD is a neutrino oscillation experiment designed to search for ντ appearance in the CERN-SPS wide band νμ beam. Signal detection relies on the identification of ντ charged current interactions using kinematic criteria. The analysis of the 1995 data sample yields no oscillation signal. Combining all studied τ decay modes, a limit of sin 2 2θ μτ 4.2×10 −3 is obtained for large Δm2 at the 90% confidence level.
Published: 1998

27. Capacity building project of geo-information management infrastructure in the geological sector of Ukraine

Author: O. Rantala, J. Kokkonen, J. Multala, and J. Lohva
Subjects: Information management, Geographic information system, business.industry, Ukrainian, Capacity building, language.human_language, Engineering management, Foreign policy, Geological survey, language, Stratigraphy (archaeology), Sustainable growth rate, business, Geomorphology, Geology
Abstract: A co-operation project on "Capacity Building for Development of European-type Geo-information Management Infrastructure in the Geological Sector of Ukraine" is implemented by the Geological Survey of Finland together with the State Geological and Subsurface Survey of Ukraine and the Ukrainian State Geological Research Institute. The project is funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The project started in 2011 and will be completed by the end of 2013. The overall objective of the project is to enhance accessibility of geo-information in Ukraine by setting up web-portal (in Ukrainian and English languages) based on the open data. Several type of geological information can be easily accessed through the portal by wide range of users. The main concept for the institutional capacity building in creating new type information management and digital processing of spatial data using GIS software is based on on-the-job training. The transfer of know-how is implemented by a number of partner organisation experts working together for variable periods of time both in Finland and in Ukraine. This way of implementation is believed to produce sustainable growth and skills for further development of systems.
Published: 2013

28. A precision measurement of charm dimuon production in neutrino interactions from the NOMAD experiment

Author: K. Schahmaneche, C.T. Kullenberg, P. Hurst, L. Di Lella, J.-P. Mendiburu, M. Valdata-Nappi, Alessandro Cardini, J.J. Kim, R. Challis, S.A. Bunyatov, J. A. Hernando, V. Tereshchenko, Roberto Ferrari, A. Baldisseri, Th. Stolarczyk, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, A. Cervera-Villanueva, C. Lachaud, Giacomo Graziani, K. Benslama, T. Weisse, B. A. Popov, M. E. Sevior, A. Lanza, F. Bobisut, A. Marchionni, M. T. Tran, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, E. Gangler, H. Zaccone, C. Joseph, F. Salvatore, P. Astier, Caroline Poulsen, Domizia Orestano, Mikhail Kirsanov, R. Cousins, M. Mezzetto, M. Contalbrigo, D. Autiero, R. Petti, Stefano Lacaprara, Marco Laveder, Kai Zuber, Fergus Wilson, S.N. Tovey, J.-M. Vieira, J. M. Levy, Sergey A. Kulagin, A.M. Scott, A. Sconza, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, L. La Rotonda, Frédéric Juget, S. R. Mishra, Chiara Roda, E. Pennacchio, O.L. Klimov, H. Degaudenzi, G. J. Feldman, Fr Pastore, N. Hyett, D. Pollmann, G. F. Moorhead, D. Geppert, Luca Rebuffi, P. Riemann, Artem Chukanov, V. V. Lyubushkin, E. do Couto e Silva, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, Didier Ferrere, Kevin Varvell, Barry Blumenfeld, Alexey Krasnoperov, J. Kokkonen, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Banner, H. Duyang, C. Conta, C. Nguyen-Mau, T. Del Prete, B. Schmidt, Sergei Gninenko, J. Dumarchez, A. Grant, H. Pessard, A. Godley, P. Nedelec, Valerio Vercesi, M. Veltri, Dmitry V. Naumov, G. Conforto, J. Long, Claus Gößling, Vyacheslav Valuev, J. Libo, Malcolm Ellis, F. Vannucci, Alexander Toropin, L. S. Peak, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, T. Schmidt, P. Zuccon, A. Kovzelev, Antonio Bueno, J. Bouchez, O. Samoylov, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, A. Lupi, A. Placci, D. Steele, A. De Santo, L. Linssen, Marco Fraternali, Sergey Alekhin, V. Flaminio, F. J. P. Soler, F.V. Weber, T. Vinogradova, André Rubbia, E. Iacopini, Vincenzo Cavasinni, A.-M. Touchard, A. Polyarush, Achim Geiser, J. Gosset, D. Gibin, Q. Wu, U. Stiegler, G. Bassompierre, J. Rico, S. Boyd, B. Lakić, G. N. Taylor, J.M. Gaillard, J-P. Meyer, L. Camilleri, L.J. Winton, J. Ulrichs, D. Sillou, G. Sozzi, A. Guglielmi, I. Bird, X.C. Tian, Nathalie Besson, G. Vidal-Sitjes, Michel Gouanère, F. Martelli, N. Kent, A. Letessier-Selvon, Giacomo Polesello, M. Tareb-Reyes, Orestano, Domizia, National Science Foundation (US), Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Australian Research Council, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and NOMAD
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Strange quark, Particle physics, Charm production, strange quark content of the nucleon, dimuon charm production, FOS: Physical sciences, Strange quark content of the nucleon, Dimuon charm production, Neutrino interactions, 01 natural sciences, Charm quark, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Charm (quantum number), 010306 general physics, Charged current, Physics, Quantum chromodynamics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Física, Deep inelastic scattering, 3. Good health, Neutrino, Nucleon, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We present our new measurement of the cross-section for charm dimuon production in neutrino iron interactions based upon the full statistics collected by the NOMAD experiment. After background subtraction we observe 15 344 charm dimuon events, providing the largest sample currently available. The analysis exploits the large inclusive charged current sample - about 9 x 10(6) events after all analysis cuts - and the high resolution NOMAD detector to constrain the total systematic uncertainty on the ratio of charm dimuon to inclusive Charged Current (CC) cross-sections to similar to 2%. We also perform a fit to the NOMAD data to extract the charm production parameters and the strange quark sea content of the nucleon within the NLO QCD approximation. We obtain a value of m(c)(m(c)) = 1.159 +/- 0.075 GeV/c(2) for the running mass of the charm quark in the (MS) over bar scheme and a strange quark sea suppression factor of kappa(s) = 0.591 +/- 0.019 at Q(2) = 20 GeV2/c(2)., We extend our grateful appreciations to the CERN SPS staff for the magnificent performance of the neutrino beam. The experiment was supported by the following agencies: ARC and DIISR of Australia, IN2P3 and CEA of France, BMBF of Germany, INFN of Italy, JINR and INR of Russia, FNSRS of Switzerland, DOE, NSF, Sloan, and Cottrell Foundations of USA, and VP Research Office of the University of South Carolina. This work was partially supported by the University of South Carolina, by the DOE grant DE-FG02-95ER40910, by the Russian Federal grant 02.740.11.5220 and MK-432.2013.2, and JINR grant 13-201-01.
Published: 2013

29. The social effects in adult life of chronic physical illness since childhood

Author: J. Kokkonen
Subjects: Adult, Male, Gerontology, Adolescent, media_common.quotation_subject, Disease, Personality Assessment, Disability Evaluation, Humans, Medicine, Child, Physical illness, Social effects, media_common, Vocational Education, business.industry, Sick Role, Disability pension, Adult life, Cross-Sectional Studies, Personality Development, Psychosexual Development, El Niño, Vocational education, Chronic Disease, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Unemployment, Female, business, Social Adjustment
Abstract: An unselected group of 487 (222 females, 265 males) patients with juvenile onset chronic physical disorders was studied at the age of 19–25 years for their social outcome and compared with an agematched group of 202 physically healthy controls. The interview covered both comprehensive and vocational schooling, data on their employment status, relationship to parents and sexual development in detail. The overall social maturation index showed poor social maturation in patients more often than in the controls. At the time of the study 23% of the patients and 11% of the controls had no vocational education or were not on their way to gaining it. Excluding those with a disability pension (10%), working experience, employment status and unemployment were fairly similar in both groups. Sexual development was delayed more often in the patients than in the controls and the patients were significantly more often unmarried and living in the same household as their parents. However, social and psychological factors accumulating in excess in the patient group were observed more significant than the physical disease to the delayed social maturation. Among patients with chronic physical disorders there is a minor group with delayed social maturation. Those at risk can easily be recognized even before adolescence in order to offer them and their parents support to achieve reasonable social, development in early adulthood.
Published: 1995

30. A Search for Single Photon Events in Neutrino Interactions

Author: C. Joseph, F. Salvatore, D. Geppert, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, Valerio Vercesi, Dmitry V. Naumov, Marco Laveder, Th. Stolarczyk, J-P. Meyer, Caroline Poulsen, A.M. Scott, K. Benslama, E. Pennacchio, N. Hyett, Marco Fraternali, Luca Rebuffi, D. Pollmann, J. A. Hernando, L.J. Winton, A. Lanza, Artem Chukanov, M. E. Sevior, J. Ulrichs, Kevin Varvell, J. Kokkonen, M. T. Tran, J. Long, M. Mezzetto, Q. Wu, O.L. Klimov, J.-P. Mendiburu, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, Kai Zuber, G. Sozzi, U. Stiegler, Alexey Krasnoperov, A.-M. Touchard, A. Cervera-Villanueva, K. Schahmaneche, C.T. Kullenberg, P. Hurst, T. Schmidt, E. Gangler, A. Grant, H. Pessard, P. Nedelec, Roberto Ferrari, L. Di Lella, H. Degaudenzi, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Banner, G. J. Feldman, G. F. Moorhead, Malcolm Ellis, A. Kovzelev, M. Valdata-Nappi, Didier Ferrere, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, V. Flaminio, Mikhail Kirsanov, R. Cousins, F. J. P. Soler, Alessandro Cardini, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, J.-M. Vieira, Alexander Toropin, L. S. Peak, C. Lachaud, J.M. Gaillard, T. Weisse, F. Bobisut, J.J. Kim, Giacomo Graziani, A. Letessier-Selvon, J. Gosset, Sergei Gninenko, Giacomo Polesello, E. do Couto e Silva, André Rubbia, G. Bassompierre, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, Antonio Bueno, M. Tareb-Reyes, T. Vinogradova, D. Gibin, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, A. Placci, R. Petti, R. Challis, E. Iacopini, A. Godley, A. Polyarush, A. De Santo, S.A. Bunyatov, S. Boyd, J. Dumarchez, Vyacheslav Valuev, Achim Geiser, Vincenzo Cavasinni, B. Lakić, G. N. Taylor, Michel Gouanère, C. Conta, B. Schmidt, J. Bouchez, O. Samoylov, F. Martelli, M. Veltri, F. Vannucci, M.B. Seaton, Claus Gößling, G. Conforto, N. Kent, A. Lupi, V. V. Lyubushkin, V. Tereshchenko, A. Baldisseri, D. Steele, Barry Blumenfeld, Domizia Orestano, P. Zuccon, G. Vidal-Sitjes, Drew Dimmery, M. Contalbrigo, A. Marchionni, J. M. Levy, Sergey A. Kulagin, J. Rico, A. Sconza, Frédéric Juget, Chiara Roda, L. La Rotonda, S. R. Mishra, Stefano Lacaprara, Fergus Wilson, P. Riemann, B. A. Popov, L. Camilleri, S.N. Tovey, I. Bird, X.C. Tian, Fr Pastore, L. Linssen, Sergey Alekhin, F.V. Weber, C. Nguyen-Mau, T. Del Prete, P. Astier, D. Autiero, D. Sillou, A. Guglielmi, Nathalie Besson, H. Zaccone, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), APC - Neutrinos, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, NOMAD, Kullenberg, Ct, Mishra, Sr, Dimmery, D, Tian, Xc, Autiero, D, Gninenko, S, Rubbia, A, Alekhin, S, Astier, R, Baldisseri, A, Baldo Ceolin, M, Banner, M, Bassompierre, G, Benslama, K, Besson, N, Bird, I, Blumenfeld, B, Bobisut, F, Bouchez, J, Boyd, S, Bueno, A, Bunyatov, S, Camilleri, L, Cardini, A, Cattaneo, Pw, Cavasinni, V, Cervera Villanueva, A, Challis, R, Chukanov, A, Collazuol, G, Conforto, G, Conta, C, Contalbrigo, M, Cousins, R, Degaudenzi, H, De Santo, A, Del Prete, T, Di Lella, L, Silva, Ede, Dumarchez, J, Ellis, M, Feldman, Gj, Ferrari, R, Ferrere, D, Flaminio, V, Fraternali, M, Gaillard, Jm, Gangler, E, Geiser, A, Geppert, D, Gibin, D, Godley, A, Gomez Cadenas, Jj, Gosset, J, Gossling, C, Gouanere, M, Grant, A, Graziani, G, Guglielmi, A, Hagner, C, Hernando, J, Hurst, P, Hyett, N, Iacopini, E, Joseph, C, Juget, F, Kent, N, Klimov, O, Kokkonen, J, Kovzelev, A, Krasnoperov, A, Kim, Jj, Kirsanov, M, Kulagin, S, Lacaprara, S, Lachaud, C, Lakic, B, Lanza, A, La Rotonda, L, Laveder, M, Letessier Selvon, A, Levy, Jm, Ling, J, Linssen, L, Ljubicic, A, Long, J, Lupi, A, Lyubushkin, V, Marchionni, A, Martelli, F, Mechain, X, Mendiburu, Jp, Meyer, Jp, Mezzetto, M, Moorhead, Cf, Naumov, D, Nedelec, R, Nefedov, Y, Nguyen Mau, C, Orestano, Domizia, Pastore, F, Peak, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Petti, R, Placci, A, Polesello, G, Pollmann, D, Polyarush, A, Poulsen, C, Popov, B, Rebuffi, L, Rico, J, Riemann, P, Roda, C, Salvatore, F, Samoylov, O, Schahmaneche, K, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, T, Sconza, A, Scott, Am, Seaton, Mb, Sevior, M, Sillou, D, Soler, Fjr, Sozzi, G, Steele, D, Stiegler, U, Stipcevic, M, Stolarczyk, T, Tareb Reyes, M, Taylor, Gn, Tereshchenko, V, Toropin, A, Touchard, Am, Tovey, Sn, Tran, Mt, Tsesmelis, E, Ulrichs, J, Vacavant, L, Valdata Nappi, M, Valuev, V, Vannucci, F, Varvell, Ke, Veltri, M, Vercesi, V, Vidal Sitjes, G, Vieira, Jm, Vinogradova, T, Weber, Fv, Weissee, T, Wilson, Ff, Winton, Lj, Wu, Q, Yabsley, Bd, Zaccone, H, Zuber, K, Zuccon, R., Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), and Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Photon, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, MiniBooNE, Neutral current, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Coherent, Single photon, 010306 general physics, Charged current, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Física, Deep inelastic scattering, single photon, neutrino, neutral current, coherent, pion, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], High Energy Physics::Experiment, Event (particle physics), Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We present a search for neutrino induced events containing a single, exclusive photon using data from the NOMAD experiment at the CERN SPS where the average energy of the neutrino flux is ≃25 GeV. The search is motivated by an excess of electron-like events in the 200-475 MeV energy region as reported by the MiniBooNE experiment. In NOMAD, photons are identified via their conversion to e + e - in an active target embedded in a magnetic field. The background to the single photon signal is dominated by the asymmetric decay of neutral pions produced either in a coherent neutrino-nucleus interaction, or in a neutrino-nucleon neutral current deep inelastic scattering, or in an interaction occurring outside the fiducial volume. All three backgrounds are determined in situ using control data samples prior to opening the 'signal-box'. In the signal region, we observe 155 events with a predicted background of 129.2±8.5±3.3. We interpret this as null evidence for excess of single photon events, and set a limit. Assuming that the hypothetical single photon has a momentum distribution similar to that of a photon from the coherent π 0 decay, the measurement yields an upper limit on single photon events, Physics Letters B, 706 (4-5), ISSN:0370-2693, ISSN:0031-9163, ISSN:1873-2445
Published: 2012

31. Dynamic Torsion Properties of Ultrafine Grained Aluminum

Author: V.-T. Kuokkala, Mikko Hokka, Jeremy D. Seidt, Thomas Matrka, J. Kokkonen, and Amos Gilat
Subjects: Digital image correlation, Materials science, Metallurgy, Severe plastic deformation, Strain rate, Strain hardening exponent, Ductility, Shear band, Nanocrystalline material, Grain size
Abstract: Mechanical properties of most metallic materials can be improved by reducing their grain size. One of the methods used to reduce the grain size even to the nanometer level is the severe plastic deformation processing. Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) is one of the most promising severe plastic deformation processes for nanocrystallization of ductile metals. Nanocrystalline and ultrafine grained metals usually have significantly higher strength properties but lower tensile ductility compared to the coarse grained metals. In this work, the torsion properties of ECAP processed ultrafine grained pure 1070 aluminum were studied in a wide range of strain rates using both servohydraulic materials testing machines and Hopkinson Split Bar techniques. The material exhibits extremely high ductility in torsion and the specimens did not fail even after 300% of strain. Pronounced yield point behavior was observed at strain rates 500 s-1 and higher, whereas at lower strain rates the yielding was continuous. The material showed slight strain softening at the strain rate of 10-4 s-1, almost ideally plastic behavior at strain rates between 10-3 s-1 and 500 s-1, and slight but increasing strain hardening at strain rates higher than that. The tests were monitored using digital cameras, and the strain distributions on the surface of the specimens were calculated using digital image correlation. The strain in the specimen localized very rapidly after yielding at all strain rates, and the localization lead to the development of a shear band. At high strain rates the shear band developed faster than at low strain rates.
Published: 2011

32. The state of childhood asthma in young adulthood

Author: J Kokkonen and O Linna
Subjects: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Abstract: We investigated whether patients with childhood asthma had improved when reaching adulthood. We also evaluated factors which might influence the course of the disease. The study included a group of 108 asthmatics, diagnosed and monitored throughout childhood at the out-patients clinics of Oulu University Central Hospital. At the age of 20-24 yrs of age they were evaluated for the clinical state of their disease, ventilatory lung function and hyperreactivity of the airways. In the interval 30 (28%) had become totally free of symptoms, whilst 24 (22%) continued to have symptoms weekly, or more often. A quarter of the patients continued to use prophylactic medication, half still suffered from allergic rhinitis, and one third had atopic dermatitis. Skin prick tests showed at least one positive result in 86% of the patients, most often to animal danders. Ventilatory lung function tests showed forced vital capacity (FVC) to be within normal limits, but forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/FVC values less than -2 SD predicted were found in 18%. Forty eight percent of the asthmatics reacted to methacholine at a dose of 0.8 mg or lower, and the degree of airway reactivity showed a significant correlation with the current attack rate. The compliance to treatment of asthma was not adequate, as one third smoked and 81% lacked proper check-ups. Concomitant atopic dermatitis, severe early disease and impaired ventilatory lung function at school age, were observed to be significant risk factors for a severe asthma outcome as a young adult.
Published: 1993

33. Characterization of the mechanical behavior of ultrafinegrained metals using digital image correlation

Author: Thomas Matrka, Sören Müller, Mikko Hokka, V.-T. Kuokkala, Amos Gilat, J. Kokkonen, and Jeremy D. Seidt
Subjects: Digital image correlation, Materials science, Deformation (mechanics), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics, QC1-999, Metallurgy, technology, industry, and agriculture, Torsion (mechanics), 01 natural sciences, Nanocrystalline material, Grain size, High-speed photography, 0103 physical sciences, Severe plastic deformation, Composite material, Magnesium alloy, 010306 general physics
Abstract: Nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained materials show many very interesting properties compared to the conventional coarse-grained materials. For example, their strength values are usually much higher but, on the other hand, their ductility and deformability can be significantly lowered by the grain size refinement processes. One of the methods used to refine the grain size of metals is severe plastic deformation (SPD), which usually produces highly oriented structures that are strong but may deform non-homogeneously. In this paper, the deformation behavior of severe plastic deformation processed AZ31 magnesium alloy and commercially pure 1070 aluminum were characterized in compression and torsion using mechanical testing and high speed photography with digital image correlation. The results show that the AZ31 magnesium alloy deforms fairly uniformly in compression until fracture and the strains calculated from the movements of the ends of the anvils and the Lagrange strain on the surface of the specimen describe the overall deformation quite well. For the 1070 UFG aluminum, the shear deformation localizes very rapidly and the average strains measured from the surface or calculated from the displacements of the bars underestimate the true strain in the shear bands significantly. Also, the deformation in the torsion tests was not uniform shear but substantial strains were also measured in the axial direction. These strains were most likely due to small experimental errors, such as slight misalignment of the bars and the specimen in the test.
Published: 2010

34. Dynamic behavior of UFG aluminum at a wide range of strain rates and temperatures in compression and tension

Author: J. Kokkonen, Matti Isakov, and V.-T. Kuokkala
Subjects: Range (particle radiation), Materials science, chemistry, Strain (chemistry), Aluminium, Tension (physics), Mechanical engineering, chemistry.chemical_element, Composite material, Compression (physics)
Published: 2009

35. A measurement of coherent neutral pion production in neutrino neutral current interactions in the NOMAD experiment

Author: Marco Fraternali, A. Placci, J. A. Hernando, M. Mezzetto, A. De Santo, Alexander Toropin, Kai Zuber, G. Bassompierre, S. Boyd, B. Lakić, G. N. Taylor, L. S. Peak, O.L. Klimov, V. Flaminio, F. J. P. Soler, J. Long, K. Benslama, T. Vinogradova, F. Bobisut, Antonio Bueno, A.-M. Touchard, A. Cervera-Villanueva, Kevin Varvell, L. Camilleri, Vyacheslav Valuev, J.M. Gaillard, C. Lachaud, Giacomo Graziani, V. V. Lyubushkin, M. T. Tran, D. Steele, Nathalie Besson, E. Gangler, Mikhail Kirsanov, R. Cousins, Barry Blumenfeld, A.M. Scott, A. Grant, H. Pessard, P. Nedelec, T. Weisse, J. Kokkonen, Malcolm Ellis, R. Challis, J.-P. Mendiburu, Q. Wu, S.A. Bunyatov, A. Marchionni, J.-M. Vieira, U. Stiegler, E. Pennacchio, I. Bird, D. Geppert, J. Rico, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, F. Vannucci, E. do Couto e Silva, N. Hyett, R. Petti, D. Pollmann, P. Astier, J. Bouchez, L. Linssen, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, André Rubbia, O. Samoylov, Alessandro Cardini, X.C. Tian, A. Baldisseri, Sergey Alekhin, Roberto Ferrari, V. Tereshchenko, F. Salvatore, B. A. Popov, Alexey Krasnoperov, D. Autiero, D. Sillou, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, F.V. Weber, Frédéric Juget, Chiara Roda, P. Zuccon, J. Gosset, A. Lupi, E. Iacopini, Caroline Poulsen, H. Zaccone, Luca Rebuffi, Artem Chukanov, Bruce Yabsley, Claus Gößling, X. Méchain, A. Guglielmi, D. Gibin, C. Joseph, Vincenzo Cavasinni, G. Vidal-Sitjes, M. Baldo-Ceolin, A. Polyarush, C. Conta, B. Schmidt, H. Degaudenzi, G. J. Feldman, Achim Geiser, G. F. Moorhead, G. Conforto, J. Dumarchez, Marco Laveder, Didier Ferrere, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Banner, Valerio Vercesi, Dmitry V. Naumov, M. E. Sevior, K. Schahmaneche, Sergei Gninenko, C.T. Kullenberg, P. Hurst, L. Di Lella, M. Valdata-Nappi, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, Domizia Orestano, J.J. Kim, T. Schmidt, A. Kovzelev, A. Godley, M. Contalbrigo, J. M. Levy, Sergey A. Kulagin, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, M. Veltri, J-P. Meyer, L.J. Winton, A. Sconza, J. Ulrichs, M.B. Seaton, L. La Rotonda, S. R. Mishra, A. Lanza, G. Sozzi, P. Riemann, Stefano Lacaprara, Fergus Wilson, A. Letessier-Selvon, Giacomo Polesello, M. Tareb-Reyes, Michel Gouanère, F. Martelli, N. Kent, C. Nguyen-Mau, T. Del Prete, S.N. Tovey, Fr Pastore, Kullenberg, Ct, Mishra, Sr, Seaton, Mb, Kim, Jj, Tian, Xc, Scott, Am, Kirsanov, M, Petti, R, Alekhin, S, Astier, P, Autiero, D, Baldisseri, A, Baldo Ceolin, M, Banner, M, Bassompierre, G, Benslama, K, Besson, N, Bird, I, Blumenfeld, B, Bobisut, F, Bouchez, J, Boyd, S, Bueno, A, Bunyatov, S, Camilleri, L, Cardini, A, Cattaneo, Pw, Cavasinni, V, Cervera Villanueva, A, Challis, R, Chukanov, A, Collazuol, G, Conforto, G, Conta, C, Contalbrigo, M, Cousins, R, Degaudenzi, H, De Santo, A, Del Prete, T, Di Lella, L, Silva, Ede, Dumarchez, J, Ellis, M, Feldman, Gj, Ferrari, R, Ferrere, D, Flaminio, V, Fraternali, M, Gaillard, Jm, Gangler, E, Geiser, A, Geppert, D, Gibin, D, Gninenko, S, Godley, A, Gomez Cadenas, Jj, Gosset, J, Gossling, C, Gouanere, M, Grant, A, Graziani, G, Guglielmi, A, Hagner, C, Hernando, J, Hurst, P, Hyett, N, Iacopini, E, Joseph, C, Juget, F, Kent, N, Klimov, O, Kokkonen, J, Kovzelev, A, Krasnoperov, A, Kulagin, S, Lacaprara, S, Lachaud, C, Lakic, B, Lanza, A, La Rotonda, L, Laveder, M, Letessier Selvon, A, Levy, Jm, Ling, J, Linssen, L, Ljubicic, A, Long, J, Lupi, A, Lyubushkin, V, Marchionni, A, Martelli, F, Mechain, X, Mendiburu, Jp, Meyer, Jp, Mezzetto, M, Moorhead, Gf, Naumov, D, Nedelec, P, Nefedov, Y, Nguyen Mau, C, Orestano, Domizia, Pastore, F, Peak, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Placci, A, Polesello, G, Pollmann, D, Polyarush, A, Poulsen, C, Popov, B, Rebuffi, L, Rico, J, Riemann, P, Roda, C, Rubbia, A, Salvatore, F, Samoylov, O, Schahmaneche, K, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, T, Sconza, A, Sevior, M, Sillou, D, Soler, Fjp, Sozzi, G, Steele, D, Stiegler, U, Stipcevic, M, Stolarczyk, T, Tareb Reyes, M, Taylor, Gn, Tereshchenko, V, Toropin, A, Touchard, Am, Tovey, Sn, Tran, Mt, Tsesmelis, E, Ulrichs, J, Vacavant, L, Valdata Nappi, M, Valuev, V, Vannucci, F, Varvell, Ke, Veltri, M, Vercesi, V, Vidal Sitjes, G, Vieira, Jm, Vinogradova, T, Weber, Fv, Weisse, T, Wilson, Ff, Winton, Lj, Wu, Q, Yabsley, Bd, Zaccone, H, Zuber, K, Zuccon, P., Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), APC - Neutrinos, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), NOMAD, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Particle physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, Coherent pion neutrino neutral current, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Charged current, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, Neutral current, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Scattering, Física, Deep inelastic scattering, coherent pion, neutrino, neutral current, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We present a study of exclusive neutral pion production in neutrino-nucleus Neutral Current interactions using data from the NOMAD experiment at the CERN SPS. The data correspond to $1.44 \times 10^6$ muon-neutrino Charged Current interactions in the energy range $2.5 \leq E_{\nu} \leq 300$ GeV. Neutrino events with only one visible $\pi^0$ in the final state are expected to result from two Neutral Current processes: coherent $\pi^0$ production, {\boldmath $\nu + {\cal A} \to \nu + {\cal A} + \pi^0$} and single $\pi^0$ production in neutrino-nucleon scattering. The signature of coherent $\pi^0$ production is an emergent $\pi^0$ almost collinear with the incident neutrino while $\pi^0$'s produced in neutrino-nucleon deep inelastic scattering have larger transverse momenta. In this analysis all relevant backgrounds to the coherent $\pi^0$ production signal are measured using data themselves. Having determined the backgrounds, and using the Rein-Sehgal model for the coherent $\pi^0$ production to compute the detection efficiency, we obtain {\boldmath $4630 \pm 522 (stat) \pm 426 (syst)$} corrected coherent-$\pi^0$ events with $E_{\pi^0} \geq 0.5$ GeV. We measure {\boldmath $\sigma (\nu {\cal A} \to \nu {\cal A} \pi^0) = [ 72.6 \pm 8.1(stat) \pm 6.9(syst) ] \times 10^{-40} cm^2/nucleus$}. This is the most precise measurement of the coherent $\pi^0$ production to date., Comment: 23 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B
Published: 2009

36. A study of quasi-elastic muon neutrino and antineutrino scattering in the NOMAD experiment

Author: V. Lyubushkin, B. Popov, J. J. Kim, L. Camilleri, J.-M. Levy, M. Mezzetto, D. Naumov, S. Alekhin, P. Astier, D. Autiero, A. Baldisseri, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Banner, G. Bassompierre, K. Benslama, N. Besson, I. Bird, B. Blumenfeld, F. Bobisut, J. Bouchez, S. Boyd, A. Bueno, S. Bunyatov, A. Cardini, P. W. Cattaneo, V. Cavasinni, A. Cervera-Villanueva, R. Challis, A. Chukanov, G. Collazuol, G. Conforto, C. Conta, M. Contalbrigo, R. Cousins, D. Daniels, H. Degaudenzi, T. Del Prete, A. De Santo, T. Dignan, L. Di Lella, E. do Couto e Silva, J. Dumarchez, M. Ellis, G. J. Feldman, R. Ferrari, D. Ferrère, V. Flaminio, M. Fraternali, J.-M. Gaillard, E. Gangler, A. Geiser, D. Geppert, D. Gibin, S. Gninenko, A. Godley, J.-J. Gomez-Cadenas, J. Gosset, C. Gößling, M. Gouanère, A. Grant, G. Graziani, A. Guglielmi, C. Hagner, J. Hernando, D. Hubbard, P. Hurst, N. Hyett, E. Iacopini, C. Joseph, F. Juget, N. Kent, M. Kirsanov, O. Klimov, J. Kokkonen, A. Kovzelev, A. Krasnoperov, S. Kulagin, D. Kustov, S. Lacaprara, C. Lachaud, B. Lakić, A. Lanza, L. La Rotonda, M. Laveder, A. Letessier-Selvon, J. Ling, L. Linssen, A. Ljubičić, J. Long, A. Lupi, A. Marchionni, F. Martelli, X. Méchain, J.-P. Mendiburu, J.-P. Meyer, S. R. Mishra, G. F. Moorhead, P. Nédélec, Yu. Nefedov, C. Nguyen-Mau, D. Orestano, F. Pastore, L. S. Peak, E. Pennacchio, H. Pessard, R. Petti, A. Placci, G. Polesello, D. Pollmann, A. Polyarush, C. Poulsen, L. Rebuffi, J. Rico, P. Riemann, C. Roda, A. Rubbia, F. Salvatore, O. Samoylov, K. Schahmaneche, B. Schmidt, T. Schmidt, A. Sconza, M. Seaton, M. Sevior, D. Sillou, F. J. P. Soler, G. Sozzi, D. Steele, U. Stiegler, M. Stipčević, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Tareb-Reyes, G. N. Taylor, V. Tereshchenko, A. Toropin, A.-M. Touchard, S. N. Tovey, M.-T. Tran, E. Tsesmelis, J. Ulrichs, L. Vacavant, M. Valdata-Nappi, V. Valuev, F. Vannucci, K. E. Varvell, M. Veltri, V. Vercesi, G. Vidal-Sitjes, J.-M. Vieira, T. Vinogradova, F. V. Weber, T. Weisse, F. F. Wilson, L. J. Winton, Q. Wu, B. D. Yabsley, H. Zaccone, K. Zuber, P. Zuccon, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), APC - Neutrinos, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), NOMAD, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lyubushkin, V, Popov, B, Kim, Jj, Camilleri, L, Levy, Jm, Mezzetto, M, Naumov, D, Alekhin, S, Astier, P, Autiero, D, Baldisseri, A, Baldo Ceolin, M, Banner, M, Bassompierre, G, Benslama, K, Besson, N, Bird, I, Blumenfeld, B, Bobisut, F, Bouchez, J, Boyd, S, Bueno, A, Bunyatov, S, Cardini, A, Cattaneo, Pw, Cavasinni, V, Cervera Villanueva, A, Challis, R, Chukanov, A, Collazuol, G, Conforto, G, Conta, C, Contalbrigo, M, Cousins, R, Daniels, D, Degaudenzi, H, Del Prete, T, De Santo, A, Dignan, T, Di Lella, L, Silva, Ede, Dumarchez, J, Ellis, M, Feldman, Gj, Ferrari, R, Ferrere, D, Flaminio, V, Fraternali, M, Gaillard, Jm, Gangler, E, Geiser, A, Geppert, D, Gibin, D, Gninenko, S, Godley, A, Gomez Cadenas, Jj, Gosset, J, Gossling, C, Gouanere, M, Grant, A, Graziani, G, Guglielmi, A, Hagner, C, Hernando, J, Hubbard, D, Hurst, P, Hyett, N, Iacopini, E, Joseph, C, Juget, F, Kent, N, Kirsanov, M, Klimov, O, Kokkonen, J, Kovzelev, A, Krasnoperov, A, Kulagin, S, Kustov, D, Lacaprara, S, Lachaud, C, Lakic, B, Lanza, A, La Rotonda, L, Laveder, M, Letessier Selvon, A, Ling, J, Linssen, L, Ljubicic, A, Long, J, Lupi, A, Marchionni, A, Martelli, F, Mechain, X, Mendiburu, Jp, Meyer, Jp, Mishra, Sr, Moorhead, Gf, Nedelec, P, Nefedov, Y, Nguyen Mau, C, Orestano, Domizia, Pastore, F, Peak, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Petti, R, Placci, A, Polesello, G, Pollmann, D, Polyarush, A, Poulsen, C, Rebuffi, L, Rico, J, Riemann, P, Roda, C, Rubbia, A, Salvatore, F, Samoylov, O, Schahmaneche, K, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, T, Sconza, A, Seaton, M, Sevior, M, Sillou, D, Soler, Fjp, Sozzi, G, Steele, D, Stiegler, U, Stipcevic, M, Stolarczyk, T, Tareb Reyes, M, Taylor, Gn, Tereshchenko, V, Toropin, A, Touchard, Am, Tovey, Sn, Tran, Mt, Tsesmelis, E, Ulrichs, J, Vacavant, L, Valdata Nappi, M, Valuev, V, Vannucci, F, Varvell, Ke, Veltri, M, Vercesi, V, Vidal Sitjes, G, Vieira, Jm, Vinogradova, T, Weber, Fv, Weisse, T, Wilson, Ff, Winton, Lj, Wu, Q, Yabsley, Bd, Zaccone, H, Zuber, K, Zuccon, P., Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), and Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Particle physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, MiniBooNE, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), muon neutrino, antineutrino scattering, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Bubble chamber, Muon neutrino, Engineering (miscellaneous), Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Mass parameter, Charged current, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Scattering, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Física, Deuterium, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We have studied the muon neutrino and antineutrino quasi-elastic (QEL) scattering reactions ($\nu_\mu n\to \mu^- p$ and $\bar{\nu}_\mu p\to \mu^+ n$) using a set of experimental data collected by the NOMAD collaboration. We have performed measurements of the cross-section of these processes on a nuclear target (mainly Carbon) normalizing it to the total $\nu_\mu$ ($\bar{\nu}_\mu$) charged current cross-section. The results for the flux averaged QEL cross-sections in the (anti)neutrino energy interval 3-100 GeV are $\sigma^{qel}_{\nu_\mu} = (0.92 \pm 0.02 (stat) \pm 0.06 (syst))\times 10^{-38} \cm^2$ and $\sigma{qel}_{\bar{\nu}_\mu} = (0.81 \pm 0.05 (stat) \pm 0.08 (syst))\times 10^{-38} \cm^2$ for neutrino and antineutrino, respectively. The axial mass parameter $M_A$ was extracted from the measured quasi-elastic neutrino cross-section. The corresponding result is $M_A = 1.05 \pm 0.02 (stat) \pm 0.06 (syst) GeV$. It is consistent with the axial mass values recalculated from the antineutrino cross-section and extracted from the pure $Q^2$ shape analysis of the high purity sample of $\nu_\mu$ quasi-elastic 2-track events, but has smaller systematic error and should be quoted as the main result of this work. Our measured $M_A$ is found to be in good agreement with the world average value obtained in previous deuterium filled bubble chamber experiments. The NOMAD measurement of $M_A$ is lower than those recently published by K2K and MiniBooNE collaborations. However, within the large errors quoted by these experiments on $M_A$, these results are compatible with the more precise NOMAD value., Comment: 26 pages, 18 figures, submitted to Eur.Phys.J.C
Published: 2009

37. A precise measurement of the muon neutrino nucleon inclusive charged current cross section off an isoscalar target in the energy range 2.5

Author: O.L. Klimov, K. Schahmaneche, E. Pennacchio, Malcolm Ellis, N. Hyett, D. Pollmann, Yu. Nefedov, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, T. Weisse, V. Tereshchenko, L. Vacavant, D. Sillou, Alexey Krasnoperov, D. Steele, H. Degaudenzi, Caroline Poulsen, E. do Couto e Silva, R. Petti, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Banner, André Rubbia, D. Geppert, G. J. Feldman, G. F. Moorhead, B. A. Popov, P.W. Cattaneo, C. Conta, Marco Fraternali, B. Schmidt, A. Marchionni, T. Vinogradova, L. Linssen, E. Iacopini, Didier Ferrere, G. Conforto, F. Salvatore, A. Kovzelev, F. Bobisut, H. Pessard, Sergey Alekhin, L. La Rotonda, S. R. Mishra, Q. Wu, Valerio Vercesi, P. Hurst, Vincenzo Cavasinni, A. Ljubič, P. Riemann, F. Martelli, S.N. Tovey, F.V. Weber, L. Di Lella, Dmitry V. Naumov, K. Benslama, A. Godley, Fr Pastore, A. Guglielmi, M. Valdata-Nappi, A.-M. Touchard, N. Kent, U. Stiegler, J. Long, M. Veltri, Frédéric Juget, M. Kirsanov, Chiara Roda, M. T. Tran, Sergei Gninenko, J.J. Kim, Stefano Lacaprara, J. Dumarchez, Claus Gößling, L. S. Peak, H. Zaccone, C. Joseph, Fergus Wilson, Domizia Orestano, G. Vidal-Sitjes, E. Gangler, A. Placci, Vyacheslav Valuev, Kevin Varvell, A. Letessier-Selvon, V. V. Lyubushkin, Antonio Bueno, M. Mezzetto, C. Nguyen-Mau, A. De Santo, Giacomo Polesello, A. N. Toropin, Kai Zuber, M. Contalbrigo, F. Vannucci, J.M. Gaillard, T. Del Prete, M. Tareb-Reyes, A. Grant, Barry Blumenfeld, R. Challis, P. Nedelec, Nathalie Besson, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, S.A. Bunyatov, J.-P. Mendiburu, J-P. Meyer, J. M. Levy, Marco Laveder, L.J. Winton, Alessandro Cardini, M. Gouanère, M.B. Seaton, I. Bird, Sergey A. Kulagin, J. Ulrichs, G. Bassompierre, V. Flaminio, P. Zuccon, A. Baldisseri, R. Cousins, G. Sozzi, J.-M. Vieira, F. J. P. Soler, Th. Stolarczyk, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, S. Boyd, A. Sconza, B. Lakić, J. Rico, G. N. Taylor, P. Astier, J. Gosset, M. E. Sevior, D. Autiero, D. Gibin, T. Schmidt, A. Polyarush, A. Lanza, Achim Geiser, Luca Rebuffi, Artem Chukanov, J. Bouchez, O. Samoylov, A. Lupi, Roberto Ferrari, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, C. Lachaud, Giacomo Graziani, J. Kokkonen, J. A. Hernando, A. Cervera-Villanueva, L. Camilleri, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), APC - Neutrinos, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), NOMAD, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Range (particle radiation), Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Isoscalar, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Muon neutrino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Nucleon, Neutrino oscillation, Nuclear Experiment, Charged current
Abstract: We present a measurement of the muon neutrino–nucleon inclusive charged current cross section, off an isoscalar target, in the neutrino energy range 2.5 ⩽ E ν ⩽ 40 GeV . The significance of this measurement is its precision, ±4% in 2.5 ⩽ E ν ⩽ 10 GeV , and ±2.6% in 10 ⩽ E ν ⩽ 40 GeV regions, where significant uncertainties in previous experiments still exist, and its importance to the current and proposed long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments.
Published: 2008

38. Search for the exotic Θ+ resonance in the NOMAD experiment

Author: Malcolm Ellis, O.L. Klimov, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, A. Polyarush, M. Mezzetto, J. Long, Y. Nefedov, S.R. Mishra, Domizia Orestano, Frédéric Juget, Kai Zuber, Achim Geiser, Chiara Roda, E. do Couto e Silva, G. Bassompierre, Kevin Varvell, K. Benslama, A. Grant, H. Pessard, P. Nedelec, M. Contalbrigo, F. Salvatore, C. Conta, D. Geppert, Mikhail Kirsanov, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, B. Schmidt, J. M. Levy, R. Cousins, J. Rico, J-P. Meyer, I. Bird, Luca Rebuffi, S. Boyd, C. Lachaud, Valerio Vercesi, Artem Chukanov, J.-M. Vieira, L.J. Winton, J. A. Hernando, Giacomo Graziani, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, M. T. Tran, Dmitry V. Naumov, B. Lakić, J. Ulrichs, G. Conforto, Alexey Krasnoperov, G. N. Taylor, A. Sconza, R. Challis, E. Gangler, E. Pennacchio, T. Dignan, G. Sozzi, N. Hyett, S.A. Bunyatov, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Banner, D. Pollmann, F. Bobisut, Alexander Toropin, L. S. Peak, Nathalie Besson, V. Flaminio, F. J. P. Soler, Claus Gößling, B. A. Popov, Antonio Bueno, André Rubbia, H. Zaccone, T. Vinogradova, D. Sillou, G. Vidal-Sitjes, C. Joseph, D. Steele, A. Cervera-Villanueva, A. Letessier-Selvon, Marco Fraternali, A. Baldisseri, A. Guglielmi, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, D. Daniels, V. V. Lyubushkin, Giacomo Polesello, E. Iacopini, M. Tareb-Reyes, Marco Laveder, A. Marchionni, L. Camilleri, J. Gosset, L. La Rotonda, Barry Blumenfeld, A. Placci, J.-P. Mendiburu, Vincenzo Cavasinni, A.-M. Touchard, H. Degaudenzi, Michel Gouanère, A. De Santo, J. Kokkonen, G. J. Feldman, T. Weisse, T. Schmidt, F. Martelli, G. F. Moorhead, R. Petti, Stefano Lacaprara, Fergus Wilson, Alessandro Cardini, N. Kent, P. Riemann, A. Godley, D. Gibin, L. Vacavant, A. Kovzelev, A. Lanza, J.M. Gaillard, M. Veltri, Didier Ferrere, Th. Stolarczyk, U. Stiegler, Sergei Gninenko, M. E. Sevior, Roberto Ferrari, J. Bouchez, O. Samoylov, A. Lupi, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, J. Dumarchez, Vyacheslav Valuev, P. Astier, D. Autiero, F. Vannucci, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, V. Tereshchenko, Caroline Poulsen, K. Schahmaneche, P. Hurst, L. Di Lella, M. Valdata-Nappi, L. Linssen, F.V. Weber, S.N. Tovey, Fr Pastore, C. Nguyen-Mau, T. Del Prete, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), APC - Neutrinos, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), NOMAD, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Samoylov, O, Naumov, D, Cavasinni, V, Astier, P, Autiero, D, Baldisseri, A, Baldo Ceolin, M, Banner, M, Bassompierre, G, Benslama, K, Besson, N, Bird, I, Blumenfeld, B, Bobisut, F, Bouchez, J, Boyd, S, Bueno, A, Bunyatov, S, Camilleri, L, Cardini, A, Cattaneo, Pw, Cervera Villanueva, A, Challis, R, Chukanov, A, Collazuol, G, Conforto, G, Conta, C, Contalbrigo, M, Cousins, R, Daniels, D, Degaudenzi, H, Del Prete, T, De Santo, A, Dignan, T, Di Lella, L, Silva, Ede, Dumarchez, J, Ellis, M, Feldman, Gj, Ferrari, R, Ferrere, D, Flaminio, V, Fraternali, M, Gaillard, Jm, Gangler, E, Geiser, A, Geppert, D, Gibin, D, Gninenko, S, Godley, A, Gomez Cadenas, Jj, Gosset, J, Gossling, C, Gouanere, M, Grant, A, Graziani, G, Guglielmi, A, Hagner, C, Hernando, J, Hubbard, D, Hurst, P, Hyett, N, Iacopini, E, Joseph, C, Juget, F, Kent, N, Kirsanov, M, Klimov, O, Kokkonen, J, Kovzelev, A, Krasnoperov, A, Lacaprara, S, Lachaud, C, Lakic, B, Lanza, A, La Rotonda, L, Laveder, M, Letessier Selvon, A, Levy, Jm, Linssen, L, Ljubicic, A, Long, J, Lupi, A, Lyubushkin, V, Marchionni, A, Martelli, F, Mechain, X, Mendiburu, Jp, Meyer, Jp, Mezzetto, M, Mishra, Sr, Moorhead, Gf, Nedelec, P, Nefedov, Y, Nguyen Mau, C, Orestano, Domizia, Pastore, F, Peak, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Petti, R, Placci, A, Polesello, G, Pollmann, D, Polyarush, A, Poulsen, C, Popov, B, Rebuffi, L, Rico, J, Riemann, P, Roda, C, Rubbia, A, Salvatore, F, Schahmaneche, K, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, T, Sconza, A, Sevior, M, Sillou, D, Soler, Fjp, Sozzi, G, Steele, D, Stiegler, U, Stipcevic, M, Stolarczyk, T, Tareb Reyes, M, Taylor, Gn, Tereshchenko, V, Toropin, A, Touchard, Am, Tovey, Sn, Tran, Mt, Tsesmelis, E, Ulrichs, J, Vacavant, L, Valdata Nappi, M, Valuev, V, Vannucci, F, Varvell, Ke, Veltri, M, Vercesi, V, Vidal Sitjes, G, Vieira, Jm, Vinogradova, T, Weber, Fv, Weisse, T, Wilson, Ff, Winton, Lj, Yabsley, Bd, Zaccone, H, Zuber, K, and Zuccon, P.
Subjects: Quark, Particle physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Proton, neutrino, nutrino oscillations, quarks, Electromagnetic Calorimeter, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Particle identification, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Muon neutrino, 010306 general physics, Engineering (miscellaneous), Charged current, Physics, Neutral current, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Física, Transition Radiation Detector, Positive-strangeness, Baryon, Photoproduction, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Particle Physics - Experiment, Charged Current Interactions
Abstract: 12 pages, 16 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 13.15.+g; 13.60.Le; 13.87.Fh; 14.40.Ev.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000243973100007.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0612063.-- et al., Printed version published in Jan 2007., A search for exotic Θ(+) baryon via Θ(+) -> p + K-S(0) decay mode in the NOMAD v(μ)N data is reported. The special background generation procedure was developed. The proton identification criteria are tuned to maximize the sensitivity to the Θ(+) signal as a function of x(F) which allows to study the Θ(+) production mechanism. We do not observe any evidence for the Θ(+) state in the NOMAD data. We provide an upper limit on Θ(+) production rate at 90% CL as 2.13 x 10(-3) per neutrino interaction., The experiment was supported by the following funding agencies: Australian Research Council (ARC) and Department of Education, Science, and Training (DEST), Australia; Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), France; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF, contract 05 6DO52), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique, Switzerland; Department of Energy, National Science Foundation (grant PHY-9526278), the Sloan and the Cottrell Foundations, USA.
Published: 2007

39. Production properties of $K*(892)\pm$ vector mesons and their spin alignment as measured in the NOMAD experiment

Author: J-P. Meyer, L.J. Winton, J. Rico, G. Bassompierre, J. Kokkonen, J. Ulrichs, D. Geppert, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, V. Tereshchenko, P. Hurst, Rotonda L. La, T. Stolarczyk, M. Kirsanov, J. Long, G. Sozzi, F. Salvatore, S. Boyd, B. Lakić, G. N. Taylor, H. Degaudenzi, G. J. Feldman, M. Gouanère, Marco Fraternali, A. Kovzelev, M. Valdata-Nappi, D. Shih, L. S. Peak, R. Challis, S.A. Bunyatov, G. F. Moorhead, T. Dignan, V. V. Lyubushkin, Barry Blumenfeld, E. Naumova, O.L. Klimov, A. Polyarush, Caroline Poulsen, K. Benslama, S.R. Mishra, D. Steele, A. Lanza, L. Linssen, Giacomo Graziani, A. Letessier-Selvon, J.M. Gaillard, I. Bird, A. Baldisseri, Achim Geiser, Antonio Bueno, R. Das, M. T. Tran, V. Flaminio, A. N. Toropin, R. Cousins, Frédéric Juget, Chiara Roda, J. A. Hernando, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, F. J. P. Soler, A. Marchionni, J. M. Levy, D. Daniels, J.-M. Vieira, M. Tareb-Reyes, F. Vannucci, E. Gangler, F.V. Weber, Santo A. De, P. Astier, T. Vinogradova, M. E. Sevior, André Rubbia, F. Bobisut, C. Lachaud, Domizia Orestano, Roberto Ferrari, M. Contalbrigo, S.N. Tovey, R. Petti, Stefano Lacaprara, Fergus Wilson, E. Iacopini, M. Banner, Malcolm Ellis, J.-P. Mendiburu, Claus Gössling, M. Mezzetto, Fr Pastore, Kai Zuber, G. Vidal-Sitjes, A. Cervera-Villanueva, L. Camilleri, Alessandro Cardini, A. Sconza, Vincenzo Cavasinni, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, Valerio Vercesi, F. Martelli, D. Sillou, N. Kent, D. Autiero, T. Weisse, Prete T. Del, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, T. M. Hong, Lella Luigi Di, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, Luca Rebuffi, Artem Chukanov, Dmitry V. Naumov, B. A. Popov, J. Gosset, C. Conta, B. Schmidt, Kevin Varvell, V. Yu Valuev, C. Nguyen-Mau, A. M. Touchard, G. Polesello, G. Conforto, D. Gibin, A. Grant, P. Nedelec, A. Placci, E. Pennacchio, N. Hyett, Couto E. Silva E. Do, Nathalie Besson, D. Pollmann, A. Godley, U. Stiegler, A. Guglielmi, M. Veltri, H. Zaccone, C. Joseph, Marco Laveder, Alexey Krasnoperov, M. Baldo-Ceolin, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, K. Schahmaneche, H. Pessard, J. Dumarchez, Didier Ferrere, Sergei Gninenko, J. Bouchez, A. Lupi, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, T. Schmidt, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze (INFN, Sezione di Firenze), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), NOMAD, Chukanov, A, Naumov, D, Popov, B, Astier, P, Autiero, D, Baldisseri, A, Baldo Ceolin, M, Banner, M, Bassompierre, G, Benslama, K, Besson, N, Bird, I, Blumenfeld, B, Bobisut, F, Bouchez, J, Boyd, S, Bueno, A, Bunyatov, S, Camilleri, L, Cardini, A, Cattaneo, Pw, Cavasinnil, V, Cervera Villanueva, A, Challis, R, Collazuol, G, Conforto, G, Conta, C, Contalbrigo, M, Cousins, R, Daniels, D, Degaudenzi, H, Del Pretel, T, De Santo, A, Dignan, T, Di Lella, L, Silva, Edc, Dumarchez, J, Ellis, M, Feldman, Gj, Ferrari, R, Ferrere, D, Flaminio, V, Fraternali, M, Gaillard, Jm, Gangler, E, Geiser, A, Geppert, D, Gibin, D, Gninenko, S, Godleyl, A, Gomez Cadenas, Jj, Gosset, J, Gossing, C, Gouanere, M, Grants, A, Graziani, G, Guglielmi, A, Hagnerl, C, Hernando, J, Hubbard, D, Hurst, P, Hyett, N, Iacopini, E, Joseph, C, Juget, F, Kent, N, Kirsanov, M, Klimov, O, Kokkonen, J, Kovzelev, A, Krasnoperov, A, Lacaprara, S, Lachaud, C, Lakic, B, Lanza, A, La Rotonda, L, Laveder, M, Letessier Selvon, A, Levy, Jm, Linssen, L, Ljubicic, A, Long, J, Lupi, A, Lyubushkin, V, Marchionni, A, Martellil, F, Mechain, X, Mendiburu, Jp, Meyer, Jp, Mezzetto, M, Mishra, Sr, Moorhead, Gf, Nedelec, P, Nefedov, Y, Nguyen Mau, C, Orestano, Domizia, Pastore, F, Peak, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Petti, R, Placci, A, Polesello, G, Pollmann, D, Polyarush, A, Poulsen, C, Rebuffi, L, Reno, R, Rico, J, Riemann, P, Roda, C, Rubbia, A, Salvatore, F, Samoylov, O, Schahmaneche, K, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, T, Sconza, A, Sevior, M, Sillou, D, Soler, Fjp, Sozzi, G, Steele, D, Stiegler, U, Stipcevic, M, Stolarczyk, T, Tareb Reyes, M, Taylor, Gn, Tereshchenko, V, Toropin, A, Touchard, Am, Tovey, Sn, Tran, Mt, Tsesmelis, E, Ulrichs, J, Vacavant, L, Valdata Nappi, M, Valuev, V, Vannucci, F, Varvell, Ke, Veltri, M, Vercesi, V, Vidal Sitjes, G, Vieira, Jm, Vinogradova, T, Weber, Fv, Weisse, T, Wilson, Ff, Winton, Lj, Yabsley, Bd, Zacconel, H, Zei, R, Zuber, K, and Zuccon, P.
Subjects: Particle physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Meson, Analytical chemistry, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Engineering (miscellaneous), Charged current, Spin-½, Physics, Annihilation, Neutral current, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Física, Full data, Production (computer science), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: First measurements of K*(892) mesons production properties and their spin alignment in nu_mu charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) interactions are presented. The analysis of the full data sample of the NOMAD experiment is performed in different kinematic regions. For K*+ and K*- mesons produced in nu_mu CC interactions and decaying into K0 pi+/- we have found the following yields per event: (2.6 +/- 0.2 (stat.) +/- 0.2 (syst.))% and (1.6 +/- 0.1 (stat.) +/- 0.1 (syst.))% respectively, while for the K*+ and K*- mesons produced in nu NC interactions the corresponding yields per event are: (2.5 +/- 0.3 (stat.) +/- 0.3 (syst.))% and (1.0 +/- 0.3 (stat.) +/- 0.2 (syst.))%. The results obtained for the rho00 parameter, 0.40 +/- 0.06 (stat) +/- 0.03 (syst) and 0.28 +/- 0.07 (stat) +/- 0.03 (syst) for K*+ and K*- produced in nu_mu CC interactions, are compared to theoretical predictions tuned on LEP measurements in e+e- annihilation at the Z0 pole. For K*+ mesons produced in nu NC interactions the measured rho00 parameter is 0.66 +/- 0.10 (stat) +/- 0.05 (syst)., 20 pp
Published: 2006

40. Enhanced local immune response in children with prolonged gastrointestinal symptoms

Author: J, Kokkonen, K, Holm, T J, Karttunen, and M, Mäki
Subjects: Male, CD3 Complex, Duodenum, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta, HLA-DR Antigens, Immunohistochemistry, Celiac Disease, T-Lymphocyte Subsets, Gastroscopy, Humans, Female, Lymphocyte Count, Atrophy, Intestinal Mucosa, Child, Duodenoscopy, Food Hypersensitivity
Abstract: Recently, we reported typical endoscopic findings and an increment in gammadelta+ T cells in the foregut among children with food-sensitive enteropathy other than coeliac disease. To find out the extend to which the upregulation of the local immune response might explain gastrointestinal (GI) complaints of the foregut, we sought to examine by the increment in gammadelta+ T cells a I-y consecutive series of children referred for recurrent GI complaints to a tertiary-level hospital.A 1-y cohort of 102 children scheduled for gastroduodenoscopy were examined for mucosal histology and the densities of CD3+, alphabeta+ and alphabeta+ T-cell subsets from mid-duodenal specimens. The final diagnostic categories were used in analysing the data.Fifteen subjects showed villous atrophy and a high gammadelta+ T-cell density; the finding being compatible with coeliac disease (CD). At the other extreme, 20 subjects in whom diagnostic GI diseases were ruled out showed low densities and served as controls. The subjects reporting GI symptoms after an open food challenge with milk and/or cereals (n = 18) as well as children remitting with a milk- or cereal-eliminating diet but not responding to a challenge (n = 23) also expressed significantly higher densities of gammadelta+ T cells than the controls. In all, 45 of 102 children could be considered to have an elevated gamma6+ T-cell density as an indication of locally activated immune response. Lack of villous architecture and lymphonodular hyperplasia of the duodenal bulb as an endoscopic finding and atopic dermatitis but not the presence of DQ2 alleles showed a close association with these increased densities.Considering that an elevated incidence of gammadelta+ T cells is an indication of mucosal response against luminal antigens, up to half the children with prolonged GI symptoms have immune mediated disorder; CD and food allergy being the most obvious clinical entities.
Published: 2005

41. Serum concentrations of interferon-gamma and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 eight years after an early respiratory syncytial virus infection

Author: M. Renko, M. Uhari, J. Kokkonen, Riitta Karttunen, Teija Dunder, and Hanna Juntti
Subjects: Allergy, Immunology, Lipopolysaccharide Receptors, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections, Immunoglobulin E, Atopy, Pneumovirinae, Interferon-gamma, Immunopathology, medicine, Immunology and Allergy, Humans, Respiratory system, Mononegavirales, Child, Asthma, Respiratory Sounds, Skin Tests, Chi-Square Distribution, biology, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, Respiratory Syncytial Viruses, Case-Control Studies, biology.protein, Interleukin-5, business
Abstract: BACKGROUND Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection may influence the development of recurrent wheezing and atopy, but the mechanisms are unclear. OBJECTIVE The purpose was to evaluate serum concentrations of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1), CD14, IgE, IL-5 and IFN-gamma in children 6-10 years after an RSV infection and their correlation with subsequent asthma and atopy. METHODS Fifty-one subjects admitted to hospital for RSV infection during the first year of life and controls matched for birth date and sex underwent clinical examinations including lung function, skin prick and blood tests. RESULTS The RSV subjects had significantly higher serum concentrations of IFN-gamma and sICAM-1 than the controls (for IFN-gamma 224.9 pg/mL (standard deviation (SD) 271.3) vs. 187.1 pg/mL (372.9), difference 37.8 pg/mL, 95% confidence interval (CI) -90.3 to 166.0, P = 0.05; for sICAM-1 170.2 ng/mL (SD 63) vs. 147.8 ng/mL (SD 57), difference 22.4 ng/mL, 95% CI -1.4 to 46.1, P = 0.04). The RSV subjects with asthma had significantly higher concentrations of IFN-gamma than the controls with asthma, and the RSV subjects with wheezing during the previous 12 months had significantly higher concentrations of both IFN-gamma and sICAM-1 than the controls with wheezing. CONCLUSIONS Children hospitalized for RSV infection in infancy still differ in IFN-gamma and sICAM-1 production 6-10 years after the infection. The data suggest that the pathomechanism of asthma and wheezing after an early RSV infection may be different from that of children without an early RSV infection.
Published: 2005

42. Gastrointestinal complaints and diagnosis in children: a population-based study

Author: J, Kokkonen, M, Haapalahti, S, Tikkanen, R, Karttunen, and E, Savilahti
Subjects: Diarrhea, Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Risk Factors, Immunoglobulin G, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Milk Hypersensitivity, Child, Finland, Food Hypersensitivity, Abdominal Pain, Retrospective Studies
Abstract: To find out the extent to which children at 10-11 y of age suffer from various gastrointestinal complaints and how often a food-induced or other diagnostic disorder might be assessed behind them, we carried out a population-based survey of 404 children in a rural Finnish town.A questionnaire filled in retrospectively by their parents was used to describe the frequency of various abdominal symptoms during the previous 2 y and to select the symptomatic subjects for closer clinical examination. In the clinical investigation of the children, an elimination challenge with milk protein and lactose intolerance tests, as well as endoscopic examinations in selected cases and blood tests, were performed.In all, 110 (27%) subjects reported some gastrointestinal (GI) complaints during the last 2 y; 64 (16%) meeting the Apley criteria for recurrent abdominal pain. A specific organic or functional disorder was found in 26 subjects (6%), two having no GI symptoms. Milk protein intolerance was the most common specific disorder diagnosed in nine subjects (2.2%), followed by lactose intolerance in eight (2%), coeliac disease in five (1.2%) and Helicobacter pylori infection in three (0.7%). An endoscopic examination performed on 17 subjects (4.2%) and a colonoscopy on three revealed significant findings in 11; lymphonodular changes being most common, occurring in five subjects. Subjects with milk protein-induced disorders showed significantly lower IgA-class antibodies to milk and its fractions than the non-symptomatic controls. Chronic diseases, short breastfeeding, GI problems and food intolerance during the first year of life were observed as significant risk factors in determining whether a subject belonged to the group experiencing any GI complaints.We conclude that in one in five of those with any, even mild, GI complaints we were able to assess a specific organic disease; milk-induced disorders being most common. A milk protein and/or lactose load test, completed in some cases with an endoscopic examination, would help in assessing a proper individual diagnosis.
Published: 2004

43. A study of strange particles produced in neutrino neutral current interactions in the NOMAD experiment

Author: T. Vinogradova, Caroline Poulsen, D. Geppert, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, R. Challis, S.A. Bunyatov, E. Pennacchio, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Banner, J-P. Meyer, N. Hyett, P. Hurst, L.J. Winton, V. V. Lyubushkin, Barry Blumenfeld, J. Ulrichs, A. Guglielmi, L. Di Lella, J.-P. Mendiburu, Alessandro Cardini, F. Salvatore, Kevin Varvell, M. Kirsanov, J. A. Hernando, G. Sozzi, Th. Stolarczyk, A. Baldisseri, L. S. Peak, Rhiju Das, M. E. Sevior, J. Gosset, A. Grant, I. Bird, Luca Rebuffi, R. Cousins, Antonio Bueno, A. N. Toropin, A. Letessier-Selvon, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, H. Zaccone, L. La Rotonda, D. Gibin, Artem Chukanov, J.-M. Vieira, D. Daniels, Claus Gößling, Giacomo Polesello, M. Gouanère, A. Polyarush, M. Tareb-Reyes, H. Degaudenzi, C. Joseph, Achim Geiser, G. J. Feldman, M. Mezzetto, D. Sillou, S.R. Mishra, Kai Zuber, P. Nédélec, Nathalie Besson, G. F. Moorhead, L. Linssen, P. Riemann, A. Cervera-Villanueva, Malcolm Ellis, Frédéric Juget, Chiara Roda, J. Kokkonen, V. Flaminio, D. Pollmann, A. Godley, T. Schmidt, F. J. P. Soler, E. do Couto e Silva, André Rubbia, F.V. Weber, P. Astier, Marco Laveder, C. Lachaud, L. Camilleri, Domizia Orestano, A. Krasnoperov, D. Steele, Giacomo Graziani, F. Martelli, M. Veltri, E. Iacopini, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, T. Weisse, U. Stiegler, M. Contalbrigo, A. Marchionni, N. Kent, D. Autiero, E. Naumova, Vincenzo Cavasinni, A. Placci, Marco Fraternali, O. Klimov, A. De Santo, Valerio Vercesi, J. Long, A. Kovzelev, J.-M. Levy, K. Benslama, Dmitry V. Naumov, D. Shih, C. Nguyen-Mau, A. Sconza, T. Del Prete, J. Bouchez, G. Vidal-Sitjes, T. Dignan, M. Valdata-Nappi, A. Lanza, A. Lupi, M. T. Tran, S.N. Tovey, Roberto Ferrari, Fr Pastore, E. Gangler, J. Rico, Didier Ferrere, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, Sergei Gninenko, G. Bassompierre, C. Conta, B. Schmidt, G. Conforto, S. Boyd, B. Lakić, K. Schahmaneche, F. Bobisut, G. N. Taylor, H. Pessard, J. Dumarchez, Vyacheslav Valuev, F. Vannucci, J.M. Gaillard, V. Tereshchenko, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, A.-M. Touchard, B. A. Popov, T.M. Hong, R. Petti, Stefano Lacaprara, Fergus Wilson, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), NOMAD, Naumov, D, Chukanov, A, Naumova, E, Popov, B, Astier, P, Autiero, D, Baldisseri, A, Baldo Ceolin, M, Banner, M, Bassompierre, G, Benslama, K, Besson, N, Bird, I, Blumenfeld, B, Bobisut, F, Bouchez, J, Boyd, S, Bueno, A, Bunyatov, S, Camilleri, L, Cardini, A, Cattaneo, Pw, Cavasinni, V, Cervera Villanuaeva, A, Challis, R, Collazuol, G, Conforto, G, Conta, C, Contalbrigo, M, Cousins, R, Daniels, D, Das, R, Degaudenzi, H, Del Prete, T, De Santo, A, Dignan, T, Di Lella, L, Silva, Ed, Dumarchez, J, Ellis, M, Feldman, Gj, Ferrari, R, Ferrere, D, Flaminio, V, Fraternali, M, Gaillard, Jm, Gangler, E, Geiser, A, Geppert, D, Gibin, D, Gninenko, S, Godley, A, Gomez Cadenas, Jj, Gosset, J, Gossling, C, Gouanere, M, Grant, A, Graziani, G, Guglielmi, A, Hagner, C, Hernando, J, Hong, Tm, Hubbard, D, Hurst, P, Hyett, N, Iacopini, E, Joseph, C, Juget, F, Kent, N, Kirsanov, M, Klimov, O, Kokkonen, J, Kovzelev, A, Krasnoperov, A, Lacaprara, S, Lachaud, C, Lakic, B, Lanza, A, La Rotonda, L, Laveder, M, Letessier Selvon, A, Levy, Jm, Linssen, L, Ljubicic, A, Long, J, Lupi, A, Lyubushkin, V, Marchionni, A, Martelli, F, Mechain, X, Mendiburu, Jp, Meyer, Jp, Mezzetto, M, Mishra, Sr, Moorhead, Gf, Nedelec, P, Nefedov, Y, Nguyen Mau, C, Orestano, Domizia, Pastore, F, Peak, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Petti, R, Placci, A, Polesello, G, Pollmann, D, Polyarush, A, Poulsen, C, Rebuffi, L, Rico, J, Riemann, P, Roda, C, Rubbia, A, Salvatore, F, Schahmaneche, K, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, T, Sconza, A, Sevior, M, Shih, D, Sillou, D, Soler, Fjp, Sozzi, G, Steele, D, Stiegler, U, Stipcevic, M, Stolarczyk, T, Tareb Reyes, M, Taylor, Gn, Tereshchenko, V, Toropin, A, Touchard, Am, Tovey, Sn, Tran, Mt, Tsesmelis, E, Ulrichs, J, Vacavant, L, Valdata Nappi, M, Valuev, V, Vannucci, F, Varvell, Ke, Veltri, M, Vercesi, V, Vidal Sitjes, G, Vieira, Jm, Vinogradova, T, Weber, Fv, Weisse, T, Wilson, Ff, Winton, Lj, Yabsley, Bd, Zaccone, H, Zuber, K, and Zuccon, P.
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Strange quark, Neutral current, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Hyperon, FOS: Physical sciences, Sigma, Física, Lambda, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Results of a detailed study of strange particle production in neutrino neutral current interactions are presented using the data from the NOMAD experiment. Integral yields of neutral strange particles (K0s, Lambda, Lambda-bar) have been measured. Decays of resonances and heavy hyperons with an identified K0s or Lambda in the final state have been analyzed. Clear signals corresponding to K* and Sigma(1385) have been observed. First results on the measurements of the Lambda polarization in neutral current interactions have been obtained., Accepted for publication in Nuclear Physics B as a rapid communication
Published: 2004

44. Bose-Einstein correlations in charged current muon-neutrino interactions in the NOMAD experiment at CERN

Author: J.-P. Mendiburu, D. Geppert, Alessandro Cardini, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, H. Zaccone, C. Joseph, S.N. Tovey, Didier Ferrere, Fr Pastore, C. Hagner, Sergei Gninenko, P. Hurst, L. Di Lella, K. Benslama, A. Lanza, M. T. Tran, André Rubbia, R. Challis, E. Gangler, V. V. Lyubushkin, S.A. Bunyatov, Marco Laveder, Barry Blumenfeld, L. S. Peak, M. Kirsanov, Vyacheslav Valuev, E. Iacopini, Th. Stolarczyk, J. Bouchez, V. Tereshchenko, Vincenzo Cavasinni, E. Pennacchio, G. Bassompierre, A. Lupi, M. E. Sevior, D. Steele, N. Hyett, Antonio Bueno, A. N. Toropin, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, A. Baldisseri, O. Klimov, B. A. Popov, J. Kokkonen, A. Krasnoperov, S. Boyd, B. Lakić, J. Long, C. Nguyen-Mau, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, G. N. Taylor, R. Cousins, T. Del Prete, K. Schahmaneche, Caroline Poulsen, C. Conta, J.-M. Vieira, V. Flaminio, E. Tsesmelis, M. Gouanère, B. Schmidt, Roberto Ferrari, A. Letessier-Selvon, Kevin Varvell, G. Polesello, A. Marchionni, Domizia Orestano, F. J. P. Soler, G. Conforto, Marco Fraternali, T. Schmidt, J.M. Gaillard, H. Degaudenzi, G. J. Feldman, H. Pessard, P. Astier, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, M. Contalbrigo, A. Grant, T. Dignan, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, L. Linssen, R. Zei, D. Daniels, C. Lachaud, G. F. Moorhead, D. Pollmann, E. do Couto e Silva, M. Valdata-Nappi, J. M. Levy, A. Sconza, M. Tareb-Reyes, J. Dumarchez, F.V. Weber, F. Bobisut, Giacomo Graziani, S.R. Mishra, R. Petti, Stefano Lacaprara, Fergus Wilson, D. Autiero, Frédéric Juget, Chiara Roda, J. Rico, Luca Rebuffi, Valerio Vercesi, Artem Chukanov, L.J. Winton, Dmitry V. Naumov, Claus Gößling, J. Ulrichs, T. Vinogradova, M. Mezzetto, D. Sillou, Kai Zuber, A. M. Touchard, P. Nédélec, G. Sozzi, A. Placci, A. De Santo, F. Martelli, N. Kent, Malcolm Ellis, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, F. Salvatore, T. Weisse, U. Stiegler, A. Polyarush, Achim Geiser, J. A. Hernando, A. Cervera-Villanueva, L. Camilleri, J. Gosset, D. Gibin, A. Godley, M. Veltri, J-P. Meyer, L. La Rotonda, A. Guglielmi, A. Kovzelev, I. Bird, P. Riemann, F. Vannucci, M. Banner, G. Vidal-Sitjes, M. Baldo-Ceolin, Nathalie Besson, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), NOMAD, Astier, P, Autiero, D, Baldisseri, A, Baldo Ceolin, M, Banner, M, Bassompierre, G, Benslama, K, Besson, N, Bird, I, Blumenfeld, B, Bobisut, F, Bouchez, J, Boyd, S, Bueno, A, Bunyatov, S, Camilleri, L, Cardini, A, Cattaneo, Pw, Cavasinni, V, Cervera Villanueva, A, Challis, Rc, Chukanov, A, Collazuol, G, Conforto, G, Conta, C, Contalbrigo, M, Cousins, R, Daniels, D, Degaudenzi, H, Del Prete, T, De Santo, A, Dignan, T, Di Lella, L, Silva, Ede, Dumarchez, J, Ellis, M, Feldman, Gj, Ferrari, R, Ferrere, D, Flaminio, V, Fraternali, M, Gaillard, Jm, Gangler, E, Geiser, A, Geppert, D, Gibin, D, Gninenko, S, Godley, A, Gomez Cadenas, Jj, Gosset, J, Gossling, C, Gouanere, M, Grant, A, Graziani, G, Guglielmi, A, Hagner, C, Hernando, J, Hubbard, D, Hurst, P, Hyett, N, Iacopini, E, Joseph, C, Juget, F, Kent, N, Kirsanov, M, Kilmov, O, Kokkonen, J, Kovzelev, A, Krasnoperov, A, Lacaprara, S, Lachaud, C, Lakic, B, Lanza, A, La Rotonda, L, Laveder, M, Letessier Selvon, A, Levy, Jm, Linssen, L, Ljubicic, A, Long, J, Lupi, A, Lyubushkin, V, Marchionni, A, Martelli, F, Mechain, X, Mendiburu, Jp, Meyer, Jp, Mezzetto, M, Mishra, Sr, Moorhead, Gf, Naumov, D, Nedelec, P, Nefedov, Y, Nguyen Mau, C, Orestano, Domizia, Pastore, F, Peak, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Petti, R, Placci, A, Polesello, G, Pollmann, D, Polyarush, A, Popov, B, Poulsen, C, Rebuffi, L, Rico, J, Riemann, P, Roda, C, Rubbia, A, Salvatore, F, Schahmaneche, K, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, T, Sconza, A, Sevior, M, Sillou, D, Soler, Fjp, Sozzi, G, Steele, D, Stiegler, U, Stipcevic, M, Stolarczyk, T, Tareb Reyes, M, Taylor, Gn, Tereshchenko, V, Toropin, A, Touchard, Am, Tovey, Sn, Tran, Mt, Tsesmelis, E, Ulrichs, J, Vacavant, L, Valdata Nappi, M, Valuev, V, Vannucci, F, Varvell, Ke, Veltri, M, Vercesi, V, Vidal Sitjes, G, Vieira, Jm, Vinogradova, T, Weber, E, Weisse, T, Wilson, Ff, Winton, Lj, Yabsley, Bd, Zaccone, H, Zei, R, Zuber, K, and Zuccon, P.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Bose-Einstein, correlations charged current, muon-neutrino interaction, NOMAD, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Muon neutrino, Rapidity, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Charged current, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Física, Bose–Einstein correlations, Charged particle, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Bose-Einstein Correlations in one and two dimensions have been studied, with high statistics, in charged current muon-neutrino interaction events collected with the NOMAD detector at CERN. In one dimension the Bose-Einstein effect has been analyzed with the Goldhaber and the Kopylov-Podgoretskii phenomenological parametrizations. The Goldhaber parametrization gives the radius of the pion emission region R_G = 1.01+/-0.05(stat)+0.09-0.06(sys) fm and for the chaoticity parameter the value lambda = 0.40+/-0.03(stat)+0.01-0.06(sys). Using the Kopylov-Podgoretskii parametrization yields R_KP = 2.07+/-0.04(stat)+0.01-0.14(sys) fm and lambda_KP = 0.29+/-0.06(stat)+0.01-0.04(sys). Different parametrizations of the long-range correlations have been also studied. The two-dimensional shape of the source has been investigated in the longitudinal co-moving frame. A significant difference between the transverse and the longitudinal dimensions is observed. The high statistics of the collected sample allowed the study of the Bose-Einstein correlations as a function of rapidity, charged particle multiplicity and hadronic energy. A weak dependence of both radius and chaoticity on multiplicity and hadronic energy is found., Comment: 24 pages, 12 figures
Published: 2004

45. Performance of the NOMAD-STAR detector

Author: B. Schmidt, G. Barichello, Michel Gouanère, J. Long, W. Huta, G. Vidal-Sitjes, Valentin Kuznetsov, Mario Stipčević, E. do Couto e Silva, A. Lupi, B. Lisowski, A. Cervera-Villanueva, Malcolm Ellis, D. Daniels, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, Didier Ferrere, Claus Gössling, J.A. Hernando, D. Steele, J. Kokkonen, M. Veltri, F. J. P. Soler, L. Linssen, O. Runolfsson, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and NOMAD
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Silicon, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, Física, chemistry.chemical_element, neutrino physics, silicon microstrip detectors, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, chemistry, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], High Energy Physics::Experiment, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Neutrino, Impact parameter, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Charged current, STAR detector
Abstract: The NOMAD-STAR detector is a silicon vertex installed in the NOMAD spectrometer at the CERN SPS neutrino beam. It consists of four layers of a passive boron carbide target with a total mass of 45 kg and five layers of 600 single sided silicon microstrip detectors covering a total area of 1.14m^2. About 11,500 nu_mu charged current interactions were reconstructed in the fiducial volume of NOMAD-STAR from the neutrino run in 1998. The potential use of silicon detectors for nu_mu (nu_e) nu_tau oscillations depends on the observation of the tau candidates by the experimental signature of a large impact parameter, in the case of the one prong decay of the tau, or a double vertex, in the case of the three prong decay. The main aim of NOMAD-STAR is to measure the impact parameter and vertex distributions of charged current interactions, which constitute the main backgrounds for the oscillation signals, to understand the significance of a potential signal in a future experiment. The present paper describes the experience gained in the operation of this silicon vertex detector, and the peformance achieved with it. PACS : 13.15.+g; 14.60.Lm; 14.60.Pq; 29.40Gx; 29.40.Wk Keywords Neutrino physics; Silicon microstrip detectors
Published: 2003

46. Search for νμ→νe oscillations in the NOMAD experiment

Author: T. Weisse, André Rubbia, J.-P. Mendiburu, Alessandro Cardini, F. Bobisut, E. Iacopini, P. Astier, O. Klimov, Vincenzo Cavasinni, Roberto Ferrari, Domizia Orestano, M. Contalbrigo, H. Degaudenzi, G. J. Feldman, A. Sconza, F. Salvatore, K. Benslama, G. F. Moorhead, C. Nguyen-Mau, D. Autiero, Th. Stolarczyk, D. Kustov, T. Del Prete, A. Polyarush, H. Pessard, A. Godley, J. Long, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, M. E. Sevior, A. Lanza, Achim Geiser, C. Conta, J. A. Hernando, L. Linssen, Roberto Renò, Valerio Vercesi, B. Schmidt, Giacomo Graziani, E. do Couto e Silva, R. Cousins, T. Dignan, G. Conforto, J.-M. Vieira, M. T. Tran, Dmitry V. Naumov, M. Veltri, D. Pollmann, Barry Blumenfeld, J.M. Gaillard, S.N. Tovey, J. Dumarchez, A. Cervera-Villanueva, Vyacheslav Valuev, E. Gangler, T. Vinogradova, G. Bassompierre, Fr Pastore, L. Camilleri, J. Gosset, H. Zaccone, V. Flaminio, D. Gibin, F. J. P. Soler, S. Boyd, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, B. Lakić, V. Tereshchenko, G. N. Taylor, Malcolm Ellis, C. Joseph, F.V. Weber, F. Juget, D. Hubbard, P. Zuccon, K. Schahmaneche, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Mezzetto, J. Kokkonen, D. Sillou, U. Stiegler, Kai Zuber, Marco Laveder, A. Krasnoperov, C. Göbling, L. La Rotonda, E. Pennacchio, N. Hyett, P. Riemann, D. Steele, M. Gouanère, C. Lachaud, Marco Fraternali, S.R. Mishra, M. Valdata-Nappi, A. Placci, Chiara Roda, A. De Santo, Luca Rebuffi, Kevin Varvell, Artem Chukanov, G. Polesello, J. Rico, A. Marchionni, A. Grant, A. M. Touchard, P. Nédélec, L. S. Peak, Antonio Bueno, A. N. Toropin, D. Geppert, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, B. A. Popov, J. M. Levy, R. Petti, Stefano Lacaprara, Fergus Wilson, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, F. Vannucci, M. Banner, G. Vidal-Sitjes, Nathalie Besson, A. Letessier-Selvon, Didier Ferrere, D. Daniels, M. Tareb-Reyes, A. Kovzelev, J-P. Meyer, A. Guglielmi, L.J. Winton, Sergei Gninenko, R. Challis, J. Ulrichs, S.A. Bunyatov, G. Sozzi, F. Martelli, N. Kent, I. Bird, A. Baldisseri, Caroline Poulsen, J. Bouchez, P. Hurst, A. Lupi, L. Di Lella, E. Tsesmelis, Caren Hagner, M. Kirsanov, and T. Schmidt
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Oscillation, Neutrino oscillations, Neutrino beam, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Energy spectrum, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Charged current
Abstract: We present the results of a search for vμ → v e oscillations in the NOMAD experiment at CERN. The experiment looked for the appearance of ve in a predominantly vμ wide-band neutrino beam at the CERN SPS. No evidence for oscillations was found. The 90% confidence limits obtained are Δm2 < 0.4 eV 2 for maximal mixing and sin2(2θ) < 1.4 × 10-3 for large Δm2. This result excludes the LSND allowed region of oscillation parameters with Δm2 ≳ 10 eV2. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Published: 2003

47. Prediction of neutrino fluxes in the NOMAD experiment

Author: André Rubbia, J. Bouchez, J.-M. Levy, A. Lupi, E. Iacopini, A. Godley, Caroline Poulsen, M. Veltri, K. Schahmaneche, Vincenzo Cavasinni, J. A. Hernando, J. Rico, Alexander Toropin, Malcolm Ellis, Didier Ferrere, J. Dumarchez, R. Petti, G. Vidal-Sitjes, D. Steele, L. S. Peak, Fergus Wilson, O.L. Klimov, J. Long, E Silva E. Do Couto, Sergei Gninenko, D. Autiero, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, Marco Fraternali, A. Letessier-Selvon, L. Linssen, U. Stiegler, A. Cervera-Villanueva, Antonio Bueno, D. Pollmann, K. Benslama, F. Salvatore, L. Camilleri, T. Stolarczyk, D. Daniels, P. Hurst, Giacomo Polesello, M. Tareb-Reyes, Kevin Varvell, E. Tsesmelis, Valerio Vercesi, Domizia Orestano, M. T. Tran, A. Marchionni, L. Di Lella, Caren Hagner, T. Dignan, L. La Rotonda, F.V. Weber, J. Gosset, C. Nguyen-Mau, Vyacheslav Valuev, P. Riemann, T. Weisse, A. Grant, Dmitry V. Naumov, M. Valdata-Nappi, E. Gangler, Alexey Krasnoperov, H. Pessard, P. Nedelec, D. Gibin, M. Baldo-Ceolin, M. Banner, T. Schmidt, A.-M. Touchard, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, P. Astier, T. Del Prete, J-P. Meyer, A. Polyarush, L.J. Winton, J. Ulrichs, H. Degaudenzi, A. Kovzelev, G. J. Feldman, F. Vannucci, Achim Geiser, D. Geppert, G. F. Moorhead, P.W. Cattaneo, Ante Ljubičić, E. Pennacchio, Mikhail Kirsanov, R. Cousins, I. Bird, S.A. Bunyatov, G. Sozzi, S.R. Mishra, Yu. Nefedov, L. Vacavant, T. Vinogradova, D. Hubbard, D. Sillou, J.-M. Vieira, J.M. Gaillard, N. Hyett, A. Guglielmi, Frédéric Juget, Chiara Roda, A. Lanza, V. Tereshchenko, C. Lachaud, Giacomo Graziani, C. Conta, A. Baldisseri, Michel Gouanère, G. Bassompierre, B. A. Popov, B. Schmidt, M. Mezzetto, Kai Zuber, M. Contalbrigo, F. Martelli, A. Placci, N. Kent, H. Zaccone, G. Conforto, S. Boyd, A. De Santo, Nathalie Besson, B. Lakić, G. N. Taylor, C. Joseph, F. Bobisut, V. Flaminio, F. J. P. Soler, Marco Laveder, R. Challis, S.N. Tovey, Fr Pastore, J.-P. Mendiburu, Claus Gössling, Alessandro Cardini, Barry Blumenfeld, J. Kokkonen, M. E. Sevior, Roberto Ferrari, Bruce Yabsley, X. Méchain, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and NOMAD
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Instrumentation, Charged current, Physics, Neutral current, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Física, Solar neutrino problem, Magnetic field, Beamline, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The method developed for the calculation of the flux and composition of the West Area Neutrino Beam used by NOMAD in its search for neutrino oscillations is described. The calculation is based on particle production rates computed using a recent version of FLUKA and modified to take into account the cross sections measured by the SPY and NA20 experiments. These particles are propagated through the beam line taking into account the material and magnetic fields they traverse. The neutrinos produced through their decays are tracked to the NOMAD detector. The fluxes of the four neutrino flavours at NOMAD are predicted with an uncertainty of about 8% for nu(mu) and nu(e), 10% for antinu(mu), and 12% for antinu(e). The energy-dependent uncertainty achieved on the R(e, mu) prediction needed for a nu(mu)->nu(e) oscillation search ranges from 4% to 7%, whereas the overall normalization uncertainty on this ratio is 4.2%., 43 pages, 20 figures. Submitted to Nucl. Phys. B
Published: 2003

48. Coping of parents with physically and/or intellectually disabled children

Author: A, Taanila, L, Syrjälä, J, Kokkonen, and M-R, Järvelin
Subjects: Cohort Studies, Interviews as Topic, Parents, Intellectual Disability, Adaptation, Psychological, Humans, Prospective Studies, Parent-Child Relations, Child, Disabled Children, Finland
Abstract: The aim was to clarify how families with physically and/or intellectually disabled children cope, what kind of coping strategies they use and how the families with good and poor coping capacities differ.The parents of eight children (aged 8-10 years) with physical and/or intellectual disability were interviewed twice, and the data elicited in these interviews were analysed qualitatively using the grounded theory method.Information and acceptance, good family co-operation and social support were related to the coping strategies most frequently used. Half of the families seemed to have found successful ways of coping, whereas another half had major problems. There were five main domains in which the high- and low-coping families differed most from each other: (1) parents' initial experiences; (2) personal characteristics; (3) effects of the child's disability on family life; (4) acting in everyday life; and (5) social support.The findings can be utilized in developing supportive activities for families with disabled children. By recognizing the coping strategies used by the family, professionals and service providers can find the right ways to support their adaptation. As the role of physicians, nursing staff and other professionals in this process is very important, more attention should be attached to the collaboration between these groups, to enable them to view the situation from the perspective of the whole family.
Published: 2002

49. Optimization of capillary electrophoretic-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometric analysis of catecholamines

Author: K, Vuorensola, J, Kokkonen, H, Sirén, and R A, Ketola
Subjects: Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, Catecholamines, Electrophoresis, Capillary, Reproducibility of Results, Buffers
Abstract: The capillary electrophoretic-mass spectrometric analysis (CE-MS) of catecholamines was optimized with coaxial sheath flow interface and electrospray ionization (ESI). The parameters studied included the sheath liquid composition and its flow rate, separation conditions in ammonium acetate buffer together with the ESI and cone voltages as mass spectrometric parameters. In addition, the effect of ESI voltage on injection as well as the siphoning effect were considered. The optimized conditions were a sheath liquid composition of methanol-water (80:20 v/v) with 0.5% acetic acid, with a flow rate of 6 microL/min. The capillary electrophoretic separation parameters were optimized with 50 mM ammonium acetate buffer, pH 4.0, to +25 kV separation voltage together with a pressure of 0.1 psi. The most intensive signals were obtained with an ESI voltage of +4.0 kV and a cone voltage of +20 V. The nonactive ESI voltage during injection as well as avoidance of the siphoning effect increased the sensitivity of the MS detection considerably. The use of ammonium hydroxide as the CE capillary conditioning solution instead of sodium hydroxide did not affect the CE-MS performance, but allowed the conditioning of the capillary between analyses to be performed in the MS without contaminating the ion source.
Published: 2002

50. Kalman filter tracking and vertexing in a silicon detector for neutrino physics

Author: L. Linssen, O. Runolfsson, Didier Ferrere, E. do Couto e Silva, Malcolm Ellis, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, J.A. Hernando, F. J. P. Soler, J. Kokkonen, Michel Gouanère, A. Cervera-Villanueva, and Valentin Kuznetsov
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, business.industry, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Física, Kalman filter, Tracking (particle physics), Particle detector, Semiconductor detector, Neutrino detector, Computer vision, Fast Kalman filter, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Artificial intelligence, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Neutrino oscillation, business, Instrumentation
Abstract: This article describes the application of Kalman filter techniques for the tracking and vertexing of particles inside the NOMAD-STAR detector, a silicon vertex detector installed in NOMAD, one of the neutrino oscillation experiments at the CERN-SPS. The use of the Kalman filter simplifies computationally the tracking and vertex procedure for NOMAD-STAR. The alignment of NOMAD-STAR is shown as an example of the application of the Kalman filter for tracking purposes. The accuracy of the method is such that one obtains alignment residuals between 9 and 12 μm . Furthermore, a preliminary measure of the impact parameter (with an RMS ∼36 μm ) illustrates the vertexing capabilities of this technique.
Published: 2002

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