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1. Neutrino Oscillations in the Atmospheric Parameter Region: From the Early Experiments to the Present

Author

G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, L. Patrizii, and M. Sioli

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The aim of this paper is to provide a historical perspective on the main experimental steps which led to the current picture of neutrino oscillations in the “atmospheric parameter region.” In the 1980s a deficit of atmospheric muon neutrinos was observed with the first generation of underground experiments. In the following decade new experiments provided fundamental results which led to the discovery claims in 1998. At the beginning of the new century neutrino beams of medium and high energy became available and several long baseline experiments were performed and added new information to the atmospheric neutrino puzzle. The interpretation of the results of atmospheric and long baseline neutrino experiments was in terms of dominant νμ→ντ oscillations. Short recollections are made of the SNO solar neutrino measurements, of the results with neutrino telescopes, and of reactor neutrinos to measure sin2θ13. Over the years the phenomenological picture improved in completeness and increased in complexity. A short perspective concludes the paper.

Published
2013
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2. Effect of increased inundation time on intertidal ecosystem functions of South West Atlantic soft-bottom environments

Author

C Diaz de Astarloa, M Giorgini, A Miguez, O Iribarne, and M Escapa

Subjects
Ecology, Aquatic Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

Soft-bottom intertidal systems are valuable due to the ecosystem services they provide. Although these systems are normally subjected to highly variable environmental conditions, disturbances have become more frequent due to increases in anthropogenic pressure. Sea level rise (SLR) may generate changes in the ecosystem functioning of intertidal systems and in the ecosystem services they provide. In the Argentinean coast (SW Atlantic), SLR analysis shows trends similar to the global ones. It is not known how disturbances may affect the activity of benthic communities and the associated ecosystem functions. Therefore, through a field experiment at the marsh-mudflat edge in northeastern Argentina, we evaluated the effect of increased inundation time on bioturbation intensity, detritus decomposition and microphytobenthic primary production. Sediment physicochemical parameters (pH, temperature, water content and organic matter) were also measured. The results showed that increased inundation time had no effect on microphytobenthic primary production or bioturbation intensity in summer. Nevertheless, inundation time increased the burrowing activity of the intertidal crab Neohelice granulata in winter and spring and greatly decreased the variability in Spartina densiflora decomposition and organic matter content. In the context of a changing world due to global climate change, reduced variability in ecosystem functioning could indicate a decline in ecosystem resilience. As a consequence, vital ecosystem functions could be altered or lost, thus impacting the ecosystem services they deliver.

Published
2023

3. Regenerative bioturbation by intertidal burrowing crabs modifies microphytobenthic composition and enhances primary production in SW Atlantic mudflats

Author

M. Giorgini, A. Miguez, C. Diaz de Astarloa, Mauricio Escapa, Eugenia Fanjul, Oscar Iribarne, and K S Esquius

Subjects
NEOHELICE (CHASMAGNATUS) GRANULATA, Ecology, MICROPHYTOBENTHOS, REGENERATIVE BIOTURBATION, Intertidal sediments, Intertidal zone, BURROWING CRAB, Aquatic Science, Ecología, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Ciencias Biológicas, Oceanography, Environmental science, INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS, Composition (visual arts), purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], Bioturbation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Abstract

In coastal systems, benthic microalgae are important primary producers that significantly contribute to global primary production. Microphytobenthic (MPB) community structure and the ecosystem functions that it mediates are modulated by biotic and abiotic factors. Through burrowing activity, different types of bioturbators can impact MPB in different ways. Through directed sampling and field experiments performed at the Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon (Argentina), we evaluated the effect of regenerative bioturbation (continuous digging and maintenance of burrows, with sediment transfer from depth to surface) by the intertidal burrowing crab Neohelice (Chasmagnatus) granulata on MPB. We compared sediment properties and MPB attributes between natural burrowed and non-burrowed areas. Moreover, we experimentally manipulated regenerative bioturbation to evaluate if MPB composition and primary production are altered by crab burrowing activity. Field sampling showed that MPB and sediment properties differed between natural burrowed and non-burrowed areas. Experimental results indicated that regenerative bioturbation by N. granulata increased sediment oxygen concentration at each measured depth and also changed MPB composition (due to the reduced total abundance of cyanobacteria), but nearly doubled primary production in comparison with plots without bioturbation. Thus, the net effects of regenerative bioturbation were positive for MPB productivity, reinforcing the idea that this kind of bioturbation is an important biological force that enhances primary production in intertidal systems. Fil: Giorgini, Micaela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina Fil: Miguez, Ana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina Fil: Esquius, Karina Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina Fil: Díaz de Astarloa, Clara María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina Fil: Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina Fil: Fanjul, Maria Eugenia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina Fil: Escapa, Carlos Mauricio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina

Published
2019

4. Results of the search for strange quark matter and Q-balls with the SLIM experiment

Author

M. Giorgini, A. Zanini, G. Mandrioli, M. Errico, Shahid Manzoor, G. Giacomelli, J. McDonald, L. Patrizii, Fabrizio Fabbri, Annarita Margiotta, V. Popa, Ashavani Kumar, R. Giacomelli, O. Saavedra, M. Cozzi, Antonio Velarde, James Pinfold, Z. Sahnoun, G. Sirri, C. Valieri, I.E. Qureshi, S. Cecchini, V. Togo, D. Di Ferdinando, Maurizio Spurio, E. Medinaceli, S. Cecchini, M. Cozzi, D. Di Ferdinando, M. Errico, F. Fabbri, G. Giacomelli, R. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, A.Kumar, S. Manzoor, J. McDonald, G. Mandrioli, A. Margiotta, E. Medinaceli, L.Patrizii, J. Pinfold, V.Popa, I.E. Qureshi, O.Saavedra, Z. Sahnoun, G. Sirri, M. Spurio, V. Togo, C. Valieri, A.Velarde, and A.Zanini

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Strange quark, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Strangelet, NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS, Nuclear Theory, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Cosmic ray, COSMIC RAYS, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Null result, Atmosphere of Earth, High Energy Physics::Experiment, STRANGE QUARK MATTER, Engineering (miscellaneous), Event (particle physics)
Abstract

The SLIM experiment at the Chacaltaya high altitude laboratory was sensitive to nuclearites and Q-balls, which could be present in the cosmic radiation as possible Dark Matter components. It was sensitive also to strangelets, i.e. small lumps of Strange Quark Matter predicted at such altitudes by various phenomenological models. The analysis of 427 m^2 of Nuclear Track Detectors exposed for 4.22 years showed no candidate event. New upper limits on the flux of downgoing nuclearites and Q-balls at the 90% C.L. were established. The null result also restricts models for strangelets propagation through the Earth atmosphere., 14 pages, 11 EPS figures

Published
2008

5. Abstract 4790: Identification and characterization of ATP-mimetic choline kinase inhibitors

Author

Paola Gnocchi, Ulisse Cucchi, Marcella Nesi, Arturo Galvani, Elena Casale, Claudia E. Re, Cinzia Cristiani, Roberta Bosotti, Marisa Montemartini, Antonella Isacchi, Alessandra Badari, Daniele Donati, Laura Gianellini, Fabio Gasparri, Laura M. Giorgini, Giuliana Mion, Christian Orrenius, Francesca Quartieri, Emiliana Corti, and Eduard R. Felder

Subjects
chemistry.chemical_classification, Cancer Research, Choline kinase, Kinase, Choline kinase alpha, chemistry.chemical_compound, Enzyme, Oncology, chemistry, Biochemistry, Mechanism of action, medicine, Choline, Phosphorylation, medicine.symptom, Phosphocholine
Abstract

Introduction: Choline kinase alpha (ChoKα), the first enzyme in the Kennedy pathway that catalyzes the phosphorylation of free choline to phosphocholine (PCho), is responsible for the de novo biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine (PC), the major phospholipid of cellular membranes. Aberrant choline metabolic profiles and concomitant ChoKα upregulation have been described in most human malignancies (i.e. breast, lung, ovary, liver) and have been found to correlate with advanced histological tumour grade. ChoKα, depletion by siRNA or shRNA inhibits growth and migration of different tumor cell lines both in vitro and in vivo, which is not observed for the ChoKβ isoform. Choline mimetic inhibitors of ChoKα (i.e. MN58b) have been shown to have antitumor activity in preclinical models, although their efficacy is hampered by a significant toxicity, possibly due to cross-reactivity with other choline-dependent proteins (transporters, enzymes). At NMS a high throughput screening (HTS) was performed with the objective to identify ATP-mimetic ChoKα inhibitors potentially less toxic than choline-mimetic compounds. Methods: Hits from different classes were characterized for biochemical activity on ChoKα and ChoKβ and biochemical mechanism of inhibition. The binding site of selected ATP competitive inhibitors was confirmed by co-crystallization with ChoKα. On-target mechanism of action in cells was confirmed by analysing inhibition of PCho formation. Result: Structure-based chemical expansion of Hits from one of the prioritized classes resulted in compounds with biochemical potencies in the single digit nanomolar range displaying selectivity vs ChoKβ as well as a diverse panel of protein kinases. In several tumor cell lines, the compounds were able to inhibit the formation of PCho at a concentration in agreement with that required to achieve anti-proliferative activity. The most potent compounds were tested on a panel of 24 representative breast cancer cell lines which showed differential sensitivity towards ChoKα inhibition. Analysis of genomic (DNA and RNA) and proteomic (>50 markers) expression profiles of the breast cancer cell lines is ongoing to identify predictive biomarkers of response. Conclusion: Medicinal chemistry expansion of a novel class of compounds identified by HTS allowed the development of potent ChoKα ATP-mimetic inhibitors able to modulate PCho levels in cells, which can be used to identify preferential sensitivity contexts. Medicinal chemistry activities are ongoing to further improve their potency and optimize their ADME/PK properties. Citation Format: Paola Gnocchi, Francesca Quartieri, Alessandra Badari, Roberta Bosotti, Elena Casale, Emiliana Corti, Cinzia G. Cristiani, Ulisse Cucchi, Fabio Gasparri, Laura M. Gianellini, Laura M. Giorgini, Marisa Montemartini, Giuliana Mion, Marcella Nesi, Christian Orrenius, Claudia E. Re, Daniele Donati, Eduard R. Felder, Arturo Galvani, Antonella Isacchi. Identification and characterization of ATP-mimetic choline kinase inhibitors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 4790.

Published
2019

6. Search for diffuse neutrino flux from astrophysical sources with MACRO

Author

Ioannis Katsavounidis, R. Caruso, D. Levin, F. Guarino, G. Sirri, P. Pistilli, B. C. Choudhary, R. Pazzi, S. Petrera, M. Giorgini, D. G. Michael, Maurizio Spurio, A. Surdo, C. W. Walter, F. Cafagna, M. De Vincenzi, E. Kearns, Hyun-Chul Kim, I. De Mitri, F.J. Ronga, C. Satriano, Maximiliano Sioli, C. R. Bower, L. R. Sulak, P. Serra, G. Auriemma, Gregory Tarle, M. Brigida, J. Reynoldson, Teresa Montaruli, C. De Marzo, M. N. Mazziotta, V. Togo, A. Rainò, C. Forti, M. J. Longo, S. Cecchini, Np Longley, R. Steinberg, A. Rrhioua, G. Giacomelli, C. Bemporad, J. A. Musser, C. E. Lane, C. Favuzzi, C. W. Peck, Roberto Bellotti, M. Vakili, D. Martello, L. Patrizii, V. Popa, Yvonne Becherini, A. Di Credico, D. Campana, Fabrizio Cei, R. Antolini, S. Kyriazopoulou, R.M. Heinz, Alec Habig, F. Maaroufi, G. de Cataldo, Donato Nicolo, G. Osteria, G. Battistoni, G. Mancarella, Kate Scholberg, R. C. Webb, M. Ambrosio, E. Lamanna, G. C. Barbarino, C. Bloise, P. Fusco, D. Bakari, R. Nolty, A. Marzari-Chiesa, M. Spinetti, Marco Monteno, Andrea Carlo Marini, L. Perrone, Annarita Margiotta, Eugenio Scapparone, G. Giannini, Barry C. Barish, N. Giglietto, H. Dekhissi, Severino Angelo Maria Bussino, Mario Sitta, C. Gustavino, C. Orth, O. Erriquez, G. Mandrioli, M. Cozzi, A. A. Grillo, S. Coutu, M. Calicchio, Halina Bilokon, Erik Katsavounidis, S. L. Mufson, V. Chiarella, P. Monacelli, M. Carboni, J. L. Stone, F. Loparco, Paolo Lipari, M. Grassi, J. Derkaoui, P. Spinelli, Kael Hanson, P. Bernardini, Vincenzo Patera, A. Sciubba, A. Baldini, O. Palamara, E. Iarocci, Ambrosio M., Antolini R., Auriemma G., Bakari D., Baldini A., Barbarino G.C., Barish B.C., Battistoni G., Becherini Y., Bellotti R., Bemporad C., Bernardini P., Bilokon H., Bloise C., Bower C., Brigida M., Bussino S., Cafagna F., Calicchio M., Campana D., Carboni M., Caruso R., Cecchini S., Cei F., Chiarella V., Choudhary B.C., Coutu S., Cozzi M., de Cataldo G., Dekhissi H., de Marzo C., de Mitri I., Derkaoui J., de Vincenzi M., di Credico A., Erriquez O., Favuzzi C., Forti C., Fusco P., Giacomelli G., Giannini G., Giglietto N., Giorgini M., Grassi M., Grillo A., Guarino F., Gustavino C., Habig A., Hanson K., Heinz R., Iarocci E., Katsavounidis E., Katsavounidis I., Kearns E., Kim H., Kyriazopoulou S., Lamanna E., Lane C., Levin D.S., Lipari P., Longley N.P., Longo M.J., Loparco F., Maaroufi F., Mancarella G., Mandrioli G., Margiotta A., Marini A., Martello D., Marzari-Chiesa A., Mazziotta M.N., Michael D.G., Monacelli P., Montaruli T., Monteno M., Mufson S., Musser J., Nicolo D., Nolty R., Orth C., Osteria G., Palamara O., Patera V., Patrizii L., Pazzi R., Peck C.W., Perrone L., Petrera S., Pistilli P., Popa V., Raino A., Reynoldson J., Ronga F., Rrhioua A., Satriano C., Scapparone E., Scholberg K., Sciubba A., Serra P., Sioli M., Sirri G., Sitta M., Spinelli P., Spinetti M., Spurio M., Steinberg R., Stone J.L., Sulak L.R., Surdo A., Tarle G., Togo V., Vakili M., Walter C.W., Webb R., Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Bakari, D, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Becherini, Y, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bloise, C, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Caruso, R, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, Cozzi, M, De Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, K, Heinz, R, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Monacelli, P, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Perrone, L, Petrera, S, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Rrhioua, A, Satriano, C, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Walter, Cw, Webb, R., M., Ambrosio, Bernardini, Paolo, Martello, Daniele, DE MITRI, Ivan, Perrone, Lorenzo, Mancarella, Giovanni, Macro, Collaboration, R., Antolini, G., Auriemma, D., Bakari, A., Baldini, Barbarino, Giancarlo, B. C., Barish, G., Battistoni, Y., Becherini, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, P., Bernardini, H., Bilokon, C., Bloise, C., Bower, M., Brigida, S., Bussino, F., Cafagna, M., Calicchio, D., Campana, M., Carboni, R., Caruso, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, B. C., Choudhary, S., Coutu, M., Cozzi, G. D., Cataldo, H., Dekhissi, C. D., Marzo, I. D., Mitri, J., Derkaoui, M. D., Vincenzi, A. D., Credico, O., Erriquez, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, A., Grillo, Guarino, Fausto, C., Gustavino, A., Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, C., Lane, D. S., Levin, P., Lipari, N. P., Longley, M. J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Maaroufi, G., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, A., Margiotta, A., Marini, D., Martello, A., Marzari Chiesa, M. N., Mazziotta, D. G., Michael, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, S., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicolo, R., Nolty, C., Orth, G., Osteria, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C. W., Peck, L., Perrone, S., Petrera, P., Pistilli, V., Popa, A., Raino, J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, A., Rrhioua, C., Satriano, E., Scapparone, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, P., Serra, M., Sioli, G., Sirri, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J. L., Stone, L. R., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarle, V., Togo, M., Vakili, C. W., Walter, and R., Webb

Subjects
HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS, Particle physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar neutrino, grbs, FOS: Physical sciences, PROPAGATION, Astrophysics, agns, LIMIT, neutrino, AGN, Neutrino oscillation, DETECTOR, Astroparticle physics, Physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, GRB, Solar neutrino problem, Neutrino, AGNs, GRBs, Neutrino detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino astronomy
Abstract

Many galactic and extragalactic astrophysical sources are currently considered promising candidates as high energy neutrino emitters. Astrophysical neutrinos can be detected as upward-going muons produced in charged-current interactions with the medium surrounding the detector. The expected neutrino fluxes from various models start to dominate on the atmospheric neutrino background at neutrino energies above some tens of TeV. We present the results of a search for an excess of high energy upward-going muons among the sample of data collected by MACRO during ~5.8 years of effective running time. No significant evidence for this signal was found. As a consequence, an upper limit on the flux of upward-going muons from high-energy neutrinos was set at the level of 1.7 10^(-14) cm^(-2) s^(-1) sr^(-1). The corresponding upper limit for the diffuse neutrino flux was evaluated assuming a neutrino power law spectrum. Our result was compared with theoretical predictions and upper limits from other experiments., 19 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables

Published
2003

7. High-speed particle tracking in nuclear emulsion by last-generation automatic microscopes

Author

Maximiliano Sioli, N. Armenise, Alessandra Pastore, I. Kreslo, D. Coppola, P. Royole-Degieux, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, P. Strolin, L. Arrabito, T. Waelchli, E. Barbuto, M. Hauger, M. Giorgini, G. De Rosa, M. Ieva, P. Migliozzi, G. Giacomelli, C. Sirignano, Nicola D'Ambrosio, G. Romano, C. Pistillo, G. Sirri, Imad Baptiste Laktineh, S. Buontempo, F. Di Capua, N. Savvinov, M. De Serio, L. Patrizii, J. Damet, G. Sorrentino, G. Mandrioli, G. Rosa, M. T. Muciaccia, Cristiano Bozza, L. Consiglio, G. Grella, M. Cozzi, L. Scotto Lavina, Frédéric Juget, V. Tioukov, A. Marotta, S. Simone, D. Di Ferdinando, G. De Lellis, F. Formisano, N. Armenise, M. De Serio, M. Ieva, M.T. Muciaccia, A. Pastore, S. Simone, J. Damet, I. Kreslo, N. Savvinov, T. Waelchli, L. Consiglio, M. Cozzi, D. Di Ferdinando, L.S. Esposito, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, G. Mandrioli, L. Patrizii, M. Sioli, G. Sirri, L. Arrabito, I. Laktineh, P. Royole-Degieux, S. Buontempo, N. D’Ambrosio, G. De Lelli, G. De Rosa, F. Di Capua, D. Coppola, F. Formisano, A. Marotta, P. Migliozzi, C. Pistillo, L. Scotto Lavina, G. Sorrentino, P. Strolin, V. Tioukov, F. Juget, M. Hauger, G. Rosa, E. Barbuto, C. Bozza, G. Grella, G. Romano, C. Sirignano, Armenise, N., De Serio, M., Ieva, M., Muciaccia, M. T., Pastore, A., Simone, S., Damet, J., Kreslo, I., Savvinov, N., Waelchli, T., Consiglio, L., Cozzi, M., Di Ferdinando, D., Esposito, L. S., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Mandrioli, G., Patrizii, L., Sioli, M., Sirri, G., Arrabito, L., Laktineh, I., Royole Degieux, P., Buontempo, S., D’Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Rosa, G., DI CAPUA, Francesco, Coppola, D., Formisano, F., Marotta, A., Migliozzi, P., Pistillo, C., Scotto Lavina, L., Sorrentino, G., Strolin, P., Tioukov, V., Juget, F., Hauger, M., Rosa, G., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Grella, G., Romano, G., Sirignano, C., 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), 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), OPERA, N., Armenise, M., De Serio, M., Ieva, M. T., Muciaccia, A., Pastore, S., Simone, J., Damet, I., Kreslo, N., Savvinov, T., Waelchli, L., Consiglio, M., Cozzi, D., Di Ferdinando, L. S., Esposito, G., Giacomelli, M., Giorgini, G., Mandrioli, L., Patrizii, M., Sioli, G., Sirri, L., Arrabito, I., Laktineh, P., Royole Degieux, S., Buontempo, N., D’Ambrosio, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, D., Coppola, F., Formisano, A., Marotta, P., Migliozzi, C., Pistillo, L., Scotto Lavina, G., Sorrentino, P., Strolin, V., Tioukov, F., Juget, M., Hauger, G., Rosa, E., Barbuto, C., Bozza, G., Grella, G., Romano, and C., Sirignano

Subjects
automatic scanning, digital imaging, elementary particles, microscopy, nuclear emulsions, v oscillations, ν oscillations, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Microscope, NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, Elementary particle, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, Microscopy, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Nuclear emulsion, Nuclear emulsions, Automatic scanning, Digital imaging, neutrino oscillations, Elementary particles, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Instrumentation, NUCLEAR EMULSIONS, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, ν oscillation, AUTOMATIC MICROSCOPE, Automation, Particle, 29.40.Rg, 29.40.Gx, 07.05.Pj, business
Abstract

The technique of nuclear emulsions for high-energy physics experiments is being revived, thanks to the remarkable progress in measurement automation achieved in the past years. The present paper describes the features and performances of the European Scanning System, a last-generation automatic microscope working at a scanning speed of 20 cm 2 / h . The system has been developed in the framework of the OPERA experiment, designed to unambigously detect ν μ → ν τ oscillations in nuclear emulsions.

Published
2005

8. Atmospheric muon flux measurements at the external site of the Gran Sasso Lab

Author

Luigi Salvatore Esposito, M. Giorgini, G. Sorrentino, P. Migliozzi, P. Righini, G. De Lellis, E. Barbuto, M. De Serio, G. De Rosa, G. Mandrioli, C. Pistillo, M. Ieva, G. Sirri, S. Simone, Cristiano Bozza, L. Patrizii, G. Grella, Maximiliano Sioli, M. Cozzi, M. T. Muciaccia, Nicola D'Ambrosio, Chiara Sirignano, G. Rosa, G. Giacomelli, V. Tioukov, E., Barbuto, C., Bozza, M., Cozzi, N., D'Ambrosio, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, M., De Serio, L. S., Esposito, G., Giacomelli, M., Giorgini, G., Grella, M., Ieva, G., Mandrioli, P., Migliozzi, M. T., Muciaccia, L., Patrizii, C., Pistillo, P., Righini, G., Rosa, S., Simone, M., Sioli, C., Sirignano, G., Sirri, G., Sorrentino, V., Tioukov, E. Barbuto, C. Bozza, M. Cozzi, N. D’Ambrosio, G. De Lelli, G. De Rosa, M. De Serio, L.S. Esposito, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, G. Grella, M. Ieva, G. Mandrioli, P. Migliozzi, M.T. Muciaccia, L. Patrizii, C. Pistillo, P. Righini, G. Rosa, S. Simone, M. Sioli, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, G. Sorrentino, and V. Tioukov

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, MUONI COSMICI, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Monte Carlo method, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Flux, Cosmic ray, Particle detector, Charged particle, Nuclear physics, Physics::Popular Physics, ESPERIMENTO OPERA, Scintillation counter, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear emulsion, EMULSIONI NUCLEARI, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, OSCILLAZIONE NEUTRINI
Abstract

Measurements of the atmospheric flux of muons and other charged particles have been performed at the external site of the Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS, Italy, 1000 m a.s.l. ), in view of the OPERA experiment. Scintillation counters and nuclear emulsion plates have been used. Rates and angular distributions at several depths of Fe shielding are presented and compared with Monte Carlo simulations.

Published
2004

9. Measurements of atmospheric muon neutrino oscillations, global analysis of the data collected with MACRO detector

Author

Giuseppe Osteria, U. Denni, Annarita Margiotta, C. Bloise, P. Fusco, M. Spinetti, G. de Cataldo, Andrea Carlo Marini, D. Bakari, Maximiliano Sioli, C. E. Lane, V. Chiarella, V. Togo, P. Spinelli, Kael Hanson, R. Pazzi, C. Satriano, M. N. Mazziotta, C. W. Peck, J. Derkauoi, M. Giorgini, Gregory Tarle, Mario Sitta, C. Gustavino, C. W. Walter, E. Kearns, D. Levin, P. Monacelli, E. Iarocci, D. G. Michael, A. Mengucci, G. Battistoni, G. Mancarella, G. C. Barbarino, Maurizio Spurio, S. Coutu, D. Cosson, R.M. Heinz, J. Reynoldson, Teresa Montaruli, C. Forti, Frederic Jean Ronga, M. Grassi, G. Giannini, E. Lamanna, R. Nolty, B. C. Choudhary, M. De Vincenzi, G. Giacomelli, Shahid Manzoor, Roberto Bellotti, S P Mikheyev, A. Rainò, N. Giglietto, R. Steinberg, J. L. Stone, F. Loparco, Alec Habig, M. Vakili, C. Bemporad, F. Maaroufi, F. Guarino, G. Mandrioli, Halina Bilokon, Paolo Lipari, A. Frani, V. Popa, Hyun-Chul Kim, C. Orth, S. L. Mufson, M. Brigida, S. Petrera, R. Antolini, Donato Nicolo, L. Patrizii, A. A. Grillo, M. Ambrosio, M. J. Longo, A. Marzari-Chiesa, Marco Monteno, Yvonne Becherini, Fabrizio Cei, D. Martello, Ioannis Katsavounidis, S. Cecchini, C. Favuzzi, F. Cafagna, A. Di Credico, S. Kyriazopoulou, R. C. Webb, I. De Mitri, C. R. Bower, C. De Marzo, J. A. Musser, L. Perrone, H. Dekhissi, Kate Scholberg, P. Bernardini, M. Carboni, A. Surdo, D. Campana, Vincenzo Patera, A. Sciubba, A. Baldini, O. Palamara, B. C. Barish, E. Katsavounidis, L. R. Sulak, Macro, Collaboration, Guarino, Fausto, Barbarino, Giancarlo, M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, D., Bakari, A., Baldini, G. C., Barbarino, B. C., Barish, G., Battistoni, Y., Becherini, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, Bernardini, Paolo, H., Bilokon, C., Bloise, C., Bower, M., Brigida, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, M., Carboni, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, B. C., Choudhary, D., Cosson, S., Coutu, G., De Cataldo, H., Dekhissi, C., De Marzo, DE MITRI, Ivan, U., Denni, J., Derkauoi, M., De Vincenzi, A., Di Credico, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, A., Frani, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, A., Grillo, F., Guarino, C., Gustavino, A., Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, C., Lane, D. S., Levin, P., Lipari, M. J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Maaroui, Mancarella, Giovanni, G., Mandrioli, S., Manzoor, A., Margiotta, A., Marini, Martello, Daniele, A., Marzari Chiesa, M. N., Mazziotta, A., Mengucci, D. G., Michael, S., Mikheyev, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, S., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicolo', R., Nolty, C., Orth, G., Osteria, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C. W., Peck, Perrone, Lorenzo, S., Petrera, V., Popa, A., Raino', J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, C., Satriano, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, M., Sioli, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J. L., Stone, L. R., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarle', V., Togo, M., Vakili, C. W., Walter, R., Webb, M. Ambrosio, R. Antolini, D. Bakari, A. Baldini, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, G. Battistoni, Y. Becherini, R. Bellotti, C. Bemporad, P. Bernardini, H. Bilokon, C. Bloise, C. Bower, M. Brigida, F. Cafagna, D. Campana, M. Carboni, S. Cecchini, bF. Cei, V. Chiarella, B. C. Choudhary, D. Cosson, S. Coutu, G. De Cataldo, H. Dekhissi, C. De Marzo, I. De Mitri, U. Denni, J. Derkauoi, M. De Vincenzi, A. Di Credico, C. Favuzzi, C. Forti, A. Frani, P. Fusco, G. Giacomelli, G. Giannini, N. Giglietto, M. Giorgini, M. Grassi, A. Grillo, F. Guarino, C. Gustavino, A. Habig, K. Hanson, R. Heinz, E. Iarocci, E. Katsavounidi, I. Katsavounidi, E. Kearn, H. Kim, S. Kyriazopoulou, E. Lamanna, C. Lane, D. S. Levin, P. Lipari, M. J. Longo, F. Loparco, F. Maaroufi, G. Mancarella, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, A. Margiotta, A. Marini, D. Martello, A. Marzari-Chiesa, M. N. Mazziotta, A. Mengucci, D. G. Michael, S. Mikheyev, P. Monacelli, T. Montaruli, M. Monteno, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Nicolo, R. Nolty, C. Orth, G. Osteria, O. Palamara, V. Patera, L. Patrizii, R. Pazzi, C. W. Peck, L. Perrone, S. Petrera, V. Popa, l A. Rain`o, J. Reynoldson, F. Ronga, C. Satriano, K. Scholberg, A. Sciubba, M. Sioli, M. Sitta, nP. Spinelli, M. Spinetti, M. Spurio, R. Steinberg, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, A. Surdo, G. Tarle’, V. Togo, M. Vakili, C. W. Walter, R. Webb, Giannini, Gianrossano, P., Bernardini, G., DE CATALDO, C., DE MARZO, I., DE MITRI, J., Derkaoui, DE VINCENZI, Mario, A., DI CREDICO, Alec, Habig, CHARLES E., Lane, F., Maaroufi, G., Mancarella, D., Martello, A., MARZARI CHIESA, S., Mikheev, STUART L., Mufson, D., Nicolo, L., Perrone, A., Raino, and G., Tarle

Subjects
oscillazione di flavour, Particle physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Neutrini atmosferici, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, MACRO, muon neutrino, Nuclear physics, Muon neutrino, neutrino oscillation, Macro, Neutrino oscillation, Engineering (miscellaneous), Charged current, Astroparticle physics, Physics, neutrino oscillations, atmospheric neutrino, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Detector, esperimento sotterraneo, macro detector, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Atmospheric neutrino
Abstract

The final analysis of atmospheric neutrino events collected with the MACRO detector is presented. Three different classes of events, generated by neutrinos in different energy ranges, are studied looking at rates, angular distributions and estimated energies. The results are consistent for all the subsamples and indicate a flux deficit that depends on energy and path…length of neutrinos. The no…-oscillation hypothesis is excluded at about 5 standard deviations, while the hypothesis of muon neutrino oscillating in tau neutrino gives a satisfactory description of all data. The parameters with highest probability in a two flavour scenario are maximum mixing and Delta m^2 = 0.0023 eV^2. This result is independent of the absolute normalization of the atmospheric neutrino fluxes. The data can also be used to put experimental constrain on this normalization.

Published
2004

10. Neutrino Oscillations in the Atmospheric Parameter Region: From the Early Experiments to the Present

Author

Maximiliano Sioli, M. Giorgini, L. Patrizii, G. Giacomelli, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, L. Patrizii, and M. Sioli

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, NEUTRINO DETECTORS, Solar neutrino problem, lcsh:QC1-999, Neutrino detector, PARTICLE PHYSICS, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, lcsh:Physics
Abstract

The aim of this paper is to provide a historical perspective on the main experimental steps which led to the current picture of neutrino oscillations in the "atmospheric parameter region." In the 1980s a deficit of atmospheric muon neutrinos was observed with the first generation of underground experiments. In the following decade new experiments provided fundamental results which led to the discovery claims in 1998. At the beginning of the new century neutrino beams of medium and high energy became available and several long baseline experiments were performed and added new information to the atmospheric neutrino puzzle. The interpretation of the results of atmospheric and long baseline neutrino experiments was in terms of dominant v(mu) -> v(r) oscillations. Short recollections are made of the SNO solar neutrino measurements, of the results with neutrino telescopes, and of reactor neutrinos to measure sin(2)theta(13). Over the years the phenomenological picture improved in completeness and increased in complexity. A short perspective concludes the paper.

Published
2013

11. Momentum measurement by the Multiple Coulomb Scattering method in the OPERA lead emulsion target

Author

Toshiyuki Nakano, G. De Lellis, M. Paniccia, Akitaka Ariga, Kunihiro Morishima, N. Agafonova, Shigeki Aoki, M. S. Vladimirov, K. Pretzl, Amina Zghiche, Mario Stipčević, B. D. Park, S. Zemskova, A. Di Crescenzo, O. Egorov, Satoru Takahashi, Ante Ljubičić, M. Nakamura, L. Chaussard, Yoshihiro Sato, M. T. Muciaccia, M. Hierholzer, C. Göllnitz, Alessandro Paoloni, C. S. Yoon, Antonio Ereditato, J. Yoshida, A. M. Guler, H. Schroeder, A. V. Bagulya, A. M. Anokhina, N. G. Polukhina, L. Stanco, S. Dmitrievski, Björn Wonsak, C. Sirignano, A. Trabelsi, U. Kose, M. Chernyavskiy, L. Patrizii, G. Mandrioli, H. Kubota, D. Autiero, Anselmo Meregaglia, N. Di Marco, B. Klicek, R. Rescigno, L. Scotto Lavina, S. Dusini, F. Dal Corso, F. Brunet, V. Tioukov, I. Rostovtseva, A. Badertscher, A. Longhin, N. I. Starkov, J. Marteau, G. Shoziyoev, A. Garfagnini, S. Ogawa, G. Grella, A. Bertolin, V. Pilipenko, Y. Nonoyama, Masahiro Komatsu, G. Romano, Y. A. Gornushkin, Koichi Kodama, R. Brugnera, E. Pennacchio, Naotaka Naganawa, A. Schembri, F. Meisel, R. Zimmermann, Cristiano Bozza, J. S. Song, T. Matsuo, J. Lenkeit, Maximiliano Sioli, M. Kimura, N. M. Okateva, P. F. Loverre, D. Duchesneau, André Rubbia, G. Giacomelli, Pierre Vilain, Caren Hagner, U. Moser, P. Strolin, Marcos Dracos, I. Kreslo, K Kazuyama, J. Goldberg, Osamu Sato, V. Nikitina, Alexander Olshevskiy, R. I. Enikeev, G. Rosa, Timur Dzhatdoev, M. Besnier, A. Ben Dhahbi, A. Russo, O. G. Ryazhskaya, Krešimir Jakovčić, F. Terranova, M. Tenti, F. Pupilli, I. G. Park, M. Spinetti, C. Pistillo, S. Tufanli, V. G. Ryasny, K. Hoshino, T. Strauss, Guillaume Lutter, K. Manai, Tomoko Ariga, M. De Serio, K. Hamada, Dmitry V. Naumov, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, A. Sheshukov, S. Miyamoto, M. Giorgini, A. Hollnagel, Seok Kim, M. Pozzato, Alessandra Pastore, I. Tezuka, V. F. Yakushev, T. Yoshioka, G. Sirri, M. Ieva, V. A. Matveev, Ivano Lippi, Artem Chukanov, J. Favier, L. A. Goncharova, O Altinok, T. Fukuda, J. L. Vuilleumier, P. Del Amo Sanchez, Kimio Niwa, A. Cazes, Gaston Wilquet, P. Tolun, S. Buontempo, J. Ebert, F. Di Capua, S. Simone, Hiroki Rokujo, G. Brunetti, Dmitry Golubkov, J. Knuesel, T. Tran, Nobuko Kitagawa, C. Gustavino, W. Schmidt-Parzefall, Torben Ferber, T. Hara, P. Migliozzi, F. Juget, H. Ishida, H. Pessard, F. Grianti, T. Brugière, R. A. Fini, V. Chiarella, A. S. Malgin, E. Medinaceli, P. Monacelli, A. B. Aleksandrov, D. Frekers, T. M. Roganova, N. Mauri, Y. Déclais, Nicola D'Ambrosio, Tatsuhiro Naka, L. Votano, D. Di Ferdinando, S. Mikado, Yu. Zaitsev, M. Kamiscioglu, C Lazzaro, Cécile Jollet, H. Shibuya, 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), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), OPERA, N. AGAFONOVA, A. ALEKSANDROV, O. ALTINOK, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, T. ARIGA, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, A. BAGULYA, A. BEN DHAHBI, A. BERTOLIN, M. BESNIER, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIERE, R. BRUGNERA, F. BRUNET, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKIY, V. CHIARELLA, A. CHUKANOV, N. D’AMBROSIO, F. DAL CORSO, G. DE LELLIS, P. DEL AMO SANCHEZ, Y. DECLAIS, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, A. DI CRESCENZO, D. DI FERDINANDO, N. DI MARCO, S. DMITRIEVSKI, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, S. DUSINI, T. DZHATDOEV, J. EBERT, O. EGOROV, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L. S. ESPOSITO, J. FAVIER, T. FERBER, R. A. FINI, D. FREKERS, T. FUKUDA, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GIACOMELLI, M. GIORGINI, C. GOLLNITZ, J. GOLDBERG, D. GOLUBKOV, L. GONCHAROVA, Y. GORNUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, A. M. GULER, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, K. HAMADA, T. HARA, M. HIERHOLZER, A. HOLLNAGEL, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, H. ISHIDA, K. JAKOVCIC, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, M. KAMISCIOGLU, K. KAZUYAMA, S. H. KIM, M. KIMURA, N. KITAGAWA, B. KLICEK, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, I. KRESLO, H. KUBOTA, C. LAZZARO, J. LENKEIT, I. LIPPI, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, P. LOVERRE, G. LUTTER, A. MALGIN, G. MANDRIOLI, K. MANAI, J. MARTEAU, T. MATSUO, V. MATVEEV, N. MAURI, E. MEDINACELI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIKADO, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M. T. MUCIACCIA, N. NAGANAWA, T. NAKA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, D. NAUMOV, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, S. OGAWA, N. OKATEVA, A. OLSHEVSKIY, M. PANICCIA, A. PAOLONI, B. D. PARK, I. G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, K. PRETZL, V. PILIPENKO, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, F. PUPILLI, R. RESCIGNO, T. ROGANOVA, H. ROKUJO, G. ROMANO, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, A. RUSSO, V. RYASNY, O. RYAZHSKAYA, O. SATO, Y. SATO, A. SCHEMBRI, W. SCHMIDT-PARZEFALL, H. SCHROEDER, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, A. SHESHUKOV, H. SHIBUYA, G. SHOZIYOEV, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J. S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, S. TAKAHASHI, M. TENTI, F. TERRANOVA, I. TEZUKA, V. TIOUKOV, P. TOLUN, A. TRABELSI, T. TRAN, S. TUFANLI, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J. L. VUILLEUMIER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, V. YAKUSHEV, C. S. YOON, T. YOSHIOKA, J. YOSHIDA, Y. ZAITSEV, S. ZEMSKOVA, A. ZGHICHE, R. ZIMMERMANN, DIP. DI FISICA, DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA E ASTRONOMIA 'AUGUSTO RIGHI', Facolta' di SCIENZE MATEMATICHE FISICHE e NATURALI, Da definire, AREA MIN. 02 - Scienze fisiche, Agafonova, N, Aleksandrov, A, Altinok, O, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Bagulya, A, Ben Dhahbi, A, Bertolin, A, Besnier, M, Bozza, C, Brugière, T, Brugnera, R, Brunet, F, Brunetti, G, Buontempo, S, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavskiy, M, Chiarella, V, Chukanov, A, D'Ambrosio, N, Dal Corso, F, De Lellis, G, del Amo Sanchez, P, Déclais, Y, De Serio, M, Di Capua, F, Di Crescenzo, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Marco, N, Dmitrievski, S, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dusini, S, Dzhatdoev, T, Ebert, J, Egorov, O, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, S. Esposito, L, Favier, J, Ferber, T, A. Fini, R, Frekers, D, Fukuda, T, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Göllnitz, C, Goldberg, J, Golubkov, D, Goncharova, L, Gornushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, M. Guler, A, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hamada, K, Hara, T, Hierholzer, M, Hollnagel, A, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Ishida, H, Jakovcic, K, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kamiscioglu, M, Kazuyama, K, H. Kim, S, Kimura, M, Kitagawa, N, Klicek, B, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Kreslo, I, Kubota, H, Lazzaro, C, Lenkeit, J, Lippi, I, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Loverre, P, Lutter, G, Malgin, A, Mandrioli, G, Manai, K, Marteau, J, Matsuo, T, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Meisel, F, Meregaglia, A, Migliozzi, P, Mikado, S, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Morishima, K, Moser, U, T. Muciaccia, M, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Naumov, D, Nikitina, V, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Ogawa, S, Okateva, N, Olshevskiy, A, Paniccia, M, Paoloni, A, D. Park, B, G. Park, I, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Pretzl, K, Pilipenko, V, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pupilli, F, Rescigno, R, Roganova, T, Rokujo, H, Romano, G, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Rubbia, A, Russo, A, Ryasny, V, Ryazhskaya, O, Sato, O, Sato, Y, Schembri, A, Schmidt Parzefall, W, Schroeder, H, Scotto Lavina, L, Sheshukov, A, Shibuya, H, Shoziyoev, G, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, S. Song, J, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tezuka, I, Tioukov, V, Tolun, P, Trabelsi, A, Tran, T, Tufanli, S, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, L. Vuilleumier, J, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Yakushev, V, S. Yoon, C, Yoshioka, T, Yoshida, J, Zaitsev, Y, Zemskova, S, Zghiche, A, Zimmermann, R, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, DI CRESCENZO, Antonia, and Strolin, PAOLO EMILIO

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Monte Carlo method, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Momentum, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, 0103 physical sciences, NEUTRINO, NUCLEAR EMULSION, PARTICLE DETECTORS, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Nuclear emulsion, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Instrumentation et méthodes en physique, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), nuclear emulsions, Monte Carlo models, Charged particle, 3. Good health, Neutrino
Abstract

A new method of momentum measurement of charged particles through multiple Coulomb scattering (MCS) in the OPERA lead-emulsion target is presented. It is based on precise measurements of track angular deviations carried out thanks to the very high resolution of nuclear emulsions. The algorithm has been tested with Monte Carlo pions. The results are found to describe within the expected uncertainties the data obtained from test beams. We also present a comparison of muon momenta evaluated through MCS in the OPERA lead-emulsion target with those determined by the electronic detectors for neutrino-charged current interaction events. The two independent measurements agree within the experimental uncertainties, and the results validate the algorithm developed for the emulsion detector of OPERA. © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft., 0, arXiv:1106.6211v1 [physics.ins-det], SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Published
2012

12. Study of neutrino interactions with the electronic detectors of the OPERA experiment

Author

A. S. Malgin, G. De Lellis, M. Paniccia, V. Nikitina, Kunihiro Morishima, D. Di Ferdinando, Maximiliano Sioli, Kimio Niwa, S. Mikado, T. Brugière, R. A. Fini, C. Pistillo, V. G. Ryasny, C. Göllnitz, Cristiano Bozza, N. M. Okateva, C. Gustavino, L. Stanco, A. Longhin, J. Marteau, K. Hamada, A. M. Guler, Caren Hagner, Alexander Bagulya, W. Schmidt-Parzefall, M. Pozzato, F. Brunet, M. Kimura, R. Rescigno, A. Schembri, F. Grianti, Antonio Ereditato, E. Medinaceli, T. Matsuo, H. Pessard, Ante Ljubičić, F. Terranova, S. Zemskova, Alessandro Paoloni, Naotaka Naganawa, André Rubbia, P. Strolin, S. Simone, L. Votano, J. Goldberg, Osamu Sato, Marcos Dracos, O. Egorov, Nobuko Kitagawa, Björn Wonsak, D. Autiero, Satoru Takahashi, S. Tufanli, F. Dal Corso, T. Strauss, T. Yoshioka, Chiara Sirignano, J. Favier, K. Pretzl, S. Dmitrievski, Hiroki Rokujo, Torben Ferber, A. Sheshukov, B. D. Park, Yoshihiro Sato, M. Spinetti, Viktor Matveev, M. Chernyavskiy, Yu. Zaitsev, Gianfranca De Rosa, Akitaka Ariga, L. Chaussard, M. T. Muciaccia, Y. A. Gornushkin, N. Agafonova, A. M. Anokhina, R. Brugnera, M. Ieva, G. Grella, T. Fukuda, F. Juget, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, J. Lenkeit, Nicola D'Ambrosio, Shigeki Aoki, Masahiro Komatsu, M. Giorgini, P. Migliozzi, Ivano Lippi, Tatsuhiro Naka, G. Brunetti, J. L. Vuilleumier, H. Kubota, Anselmo Meregaglia, M. Hierholzer, Dmitry Golubkov, A Olchevskiy, I. Tezuka, H. Schroeder, A. Bertolin, Pierre Vilain, V. F. Yakushev, H. Ishida, A. Cazes, G Shoziyeov, J. Knuesel, S H Kim, K Kazuyama, Amina Zghiche, C. S. Yoon, B. Klicek, U. Kose, H. Shibuya, S. Ogawa, S. Buontempo, J. Ebert, F. Di Capua, G. Sirri, I. Rostovtseva, Artem Chukanov, R. I. Enikeev, Timur Dzhatdoev, T. Tran, J. S. Song, M. Kamiscioglu, Krešimir Jakovčić, R. Zimmermann, Koichi Kodama, N. I. Starkov, Gaston Wilquet, P. Tolun, A. Hollnagel, E. Pennacchio, O Altinok, O. G. Ryazhskaya, I. G. Park, A. Garfagnini, L. A. Goncharova, F. Meisel, A Bendhahbi, L. Scotto Lavina, Dmitry V. Naumov, D. Duchesneau, C Lazzaro, Cécile Jollet, G. Giacomelli, M. S. Vladimirov, Alessandro Pastore, G. Romano, F. Pupilli, Mario Stipčević, P. F. Loverre, I. Kreslo, M. Tenti, Tomoko Ariga, M. De Serio, S. Miyamoto, M. Nakamura, N. G. Polukhina, A. Trabelsi, K Mannai, N. Di Marco, V. Tioukov, A. Di Crescenzo, J. Yoshida, T. M. Roganova, A. Badertscher, N. Mauri, U. Moser, Y. Déclais, A. Russo, Guillaume Lutter, P. Del Amo Sanchez, T. Hara, V. Chiarella, P. Monacelli, A. B. Aleksandrov, D. Frekers, V. Pilipenko, Y. Nonoyama, L. Patrizii, G. Mandrioli, S. Dusini, K. Hoshino, Toshiyuki Nakano, Agafonova, N, Aleksandrov, A, Altinok, O, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Bagulya, A, Bendhahbi, A, Bertolin, A, Bozza, C, Brugière, T, Brugnera, R, Brunet, F, Brunetti, G, Buontempo, S, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavskiy, M, Chiarella, V, Chukanov, A, D'Ambrosio, N, Dal Corso, F, De Lellis, G, Del Amo Sanchez, P, Déclais, Y, De Serio, M, Di Capua, F, Di Crescenzo, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Marco, N, Dmitrievski, S, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dusini, S, Dzhatdoev, T, Ebert, J, Egorov, O, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, L, Favier, J, Ferber, T, Fini, R, Frekers, D, Fukuda, T, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Göllnitz, C, Goldberg, J, Golubkov, D, Goncharova, L, Gornushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Guler, A, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hamada, K, Hara, T, Hierholzer, M, Hollnagel, A, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Ishida, H, Jakovcic, K, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kamiscioglu, M, Kazuyama, K, Kim, S, Kimura, M, Kitagawa, N, Klicek, B, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Kreslo, I, Kubota, H, Lazzaro, C, Lenkeit, J, Lippi, I, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Loverre, P, Lutter, G, Malgin, A, Mandrioli, G, Mannai, K, Marteau, J, Matsuo, T, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Meisel, F, Meregaglia, A, Migliozzi, P, Mikado, S, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, M, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Naumov, D, Nikitina, V, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Ogawa, S, Okateva, N, Olchevskiy, A, Paniccia, M, Paoloni, A, Park, B, Park, I, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Pretzl, K, Pilipenko, V, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pupilli, F, Rescigno, R, Roganova, T, Rokujo, H, Romano, G, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Rubbia, A, Russo, A, Ryasny, V, Ryazhskaya, O, Sato, O, Sato, Y, Schembri, A, Schmidt Parzefall, W, Schroeder, H, Scotto Lavina, L, Sheshukov, A, Shibuya, H, Shoziyeov, G, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, J, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tezuka, I, Tioukov, V, Tolun, P, Trabelsi, A, Tran, T, Tufanli, S, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Yakushev, V, Yoon, C, Yoshioka, T, Yoshida, J, Zaitsev, Y, Zemskova, S, Zghiche, A, Zimmermann, R, 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), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), OPERA, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, DI CRESCENZO, Antonia, Strolin, PAOLO EMILIO, N. AGAFONOVA, A. ALEKSANDROV, O. ALTINOK, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, T. ARIGA, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, A. BAGULYA, A. BENDHAHBI, A. BERTOLIN, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIÈRE, R. BRUGNERA, F. BRUNET, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKIY, V. CHIARELLA, A. CHUKANOV, N. D’AMBROSIO, F. DAL CORSO, G. DE LELLIS, P. DEL AMO SANCHEZ, Y. DÉCLAIS, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, A. DI CRESCENZO, D. DI FERDINANDO, N. DI MARCO, S. DMITRIEVSKI, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, S. DUSINI, T. DZHATDOEV, J. EBERT, O. EGOROV, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L. S. ESPOSITO, J. FAVIER, T. FERBER, R. A. FINI, D. FREKERS, T. FUKUDA, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GIACOMELLI, M. GIORGINI, C. GÖLLNITZ, J. GOLDBERG, D. GOLUBKOV, L. GONCHAROVA, Y. GORNUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, A. M. GULER, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, K. HAMADA, T. HARA, M. HIERHOLZER, A. HOLLNAGEL, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, H. ISHIDA, K. JAKOVCIC, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, M. KAMISCIOGLU, K. KAZUYAMA, S. H. KIM, M. KIMURA, N. KITAGAWA, B. KLICEK, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, I. KRESLO, H. KUBOTA, C. LAZZARO, J. LENKEIT, I. LIPPI, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, P. LOVERRE, G. LUTTER, A. MALGIN, G. MANDRIOLI, K. MANNAI, J. MARTEAU, T. MATSUO, V. MATVEEV, N. MAURI, E. MEDINACELI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIKADO, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M. T. MUCIACCIA, N. NAGANAWA, T. NAKA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, D. NAUMOV, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, S. OGAWA, N. OKATEVA, A. OLCHEVSKIY, M. PANICCIA, A. PAOLONI, B. D. PARK, I. G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, K. PRETZL, V. PILIPENKO, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, F. PUPILLI, R. RESCIGNO, T. ROGANOVA, H. ROKUJO, G. ROMANO, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, A. RUSSO, V. RYASNY, O. RYAZHSKAYA, O. SATO, Y. SATO, A. SCHEMBRI, W. SCHMIDT-PARZEFALL, H. SCHROEDER, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, A. SHESHUKOV, H. SHIBUYA, G. SHOZIYEOV, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J. S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, S. TAKAHASHI, M. TENTI, F. TERRANOVA, I. TEZUKA, V. TIOUKOV, P. TOLUN, A. TRABELSI, T. TRAN, S. TUFANLI, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J. L. VUILLEUMIER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, V. YAKUSHEV, C. S. YOON, T. YOSHIOKA, J. YOSHIDA, Y. ZAITSEV, S. ZEMSKOVA, A. ZGHICHE, R. ZIMMERMANN, del Amo Sanchez, P, DI CAPUA, Francesco, Esposito, L. S, Fini, R. A, Guler, A. M, Kim, S. H, Muciaccia, M. T, Park, B. D, Park, I. G, Song, J. S, Vuilleumier, J. L, Yoon, C. S, and Zimmermann, R.

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Resistive plate, Photographic emulsions Engineering main heading: Experiments, Monte Carlo method, Muon track, General Physics and Astronomy, INTERACTIONS, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Neutral current, Neutrino interaction, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), neutrino, CNGS, Neutrino beam, ELECTRONIC DETECORS, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Nuclear Experiment, Charged current, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Luminosity (scattering theory), electronic detector, neutrino interactions, OPERA, Energy range, Gas chamber, Monte Carlo Simulation, Computer simulation, Physique des particules élémentaires, Neutrino, Particle Physics - Experiment, Particle physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Scintillator, Nuclear emulsion, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), cngs, opera, Scintillator strips Engineering controlled terms: Charged particle, Muon spectrometer, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Momentum distribution, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Emergency room, Hybrid technology, Calorimetric measurement, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, hybrid detectors, particle tracking detectors, electronic detectors, scintillators, magnetic spectrometers, Drift tube
Abstract

The OPERA experiment is based on a hybrid technology combining electronic detectors (EDs) and nuclear emulsions. OPERA collected muon-neutrino interactions during the 2008 and 2009 physics runs of the CNGS neutrino beam, produced at CERN with an energy range of about 5-35 GeV. A total of 5.3 × 1019 protons on target equivalent luminosity have been analysed with the OPERA EDs: scintillator strips target trackers and magnetic muon spectrometers equipped with resistive plate gas chambers and drift tubes, allowing a detailed reconstruction of muon-neutrino interactions. Charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) interactions are identified, using the measurements in the EDs, and the NC/CC ratio is computed. The momentum distribution and the charge of the muon tracks produced in CC interactions are analysed. Calorimetric measurements of the visible energy are performed for both the CC and NC samples. For CC events, the Bjorken-y distribution and the hadronic shower profile are computed. The results are compared with a detailed Monte Carlo simulation of the response of EDs. © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft., 0, SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Published
2011

13. Nuclearite search with the MACRO detector at Gran Sasso

Author

M. Ambrosio, R. Antolini, C. Aramo, G. Auriemma, A. Baldini, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, G. Battistoni, R. Bellotti, C. Bemporad, H. Bilokon, V. Bisi, C. Bloise, C. Bower, S. Bussino, F. Cafagna, M. Calicchio, D. Campana, M. Carboni, M. Castellano, S. Cecchini, F. Cei, V. Chiarella, B. C. Choudhary, S. Coutu, L. D. Benedictis, G. D. Cataldo, H. Dekhissi, E. D. Marzo, J. Derkaoui, M. D. Vincenzi, A. D. Credico, O. Erriquez, C. Favuzzi, C. Forti, P. Fusco, G. Giacomelli, G. Giannini, N. Giglietto, M. Giorgini, M. Grassi, L. Gray, A. Grillo, F. Guarino, P. Guarnaccia, C. Gustavino, A. Habig, K. Hanson, R. Heinz, Y. Huang, E. Iarocci, E. Katsavounidis, E. Kearns, H. Kim, S. Kyriazopoulou, E. Lamanna, C. Lane, T. Lari, D. S. Levin, P. Lipari, N. P. Longley, M. J. Longo, F. Maaroufi, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, A. Margiotta, A. Marini, A. Marzari Chiesa, M. N. Mazziotta, D. G. Michael, S. Mikheyev, L. Miller, P. Monacelli, T. Montaruli, M. Monteno, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Nicolo, C. Orth, G. Osteria, M. Ouchrif, O. Palamara, V. Patera, L. Patrizii, R. Pazzi, C. W. Peck, S. Petrera, P. Pistilli, V. Popa, V. Pugliese, A. Raino, A. Rastelli, J. Reynoldson, F. Ronga, U. Rubizzo, C. Satriano, L. Satta, E. Scapparone, K. Scholberg, A. Sciubba, P. Serra, M. Severi, M. Sioli, M. Sitta, P. Spinelli, M. Spinetti, M. Spurio, R. Steinberg, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, A. Surdo, G. Tarle, V. Togo, D. Ugolotti, M. Vakili, C. W. Walter, R. Webb, BERNARDINI, Paolo, DE MITRI, Ivan, MANCARELLA, Giovanni, MARTELLO, Daniele, PERRONE, Lorenzo, M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, C., Aramo, G., Auriemma, A., Baldini, G. C., Barbarino, B. C., Barish, G., Battistoni, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, Bernardini, Paolo, H., Bilokon, V., Bisi, C., Bloise, C., Bower, S., Bussino, F., Cafagna, M., Calicchio, D., Campana, M., Carboni, M., Castellano, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, B. C., Choudhary, S., Coutu, L. D., Benedicti, G. D., Cataldo, H., Dekhissi, E. D., Marzo, DE MITRI, Ivan, J., Derkaoui, M. D., Vincenzi, A. D., Credico, O., Erriquez, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, L., Gray, A., Grillo, F., Guarino, P., Guarnaccia, C., Gustavino, A., Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, Y., Huang, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, C., Lane, T., Lari, D. S., Levin, P., Lipari, N. P., Longley, M. J., Longo, F., Maaroufi, Mancarella, Giovanni, G., Mandrioli, S., Manzoor, A., Margiotta, A., Marini, Martello, Daniele, A., Marzari Chiesa, M. N., Mazziotta, D. G., Michael, S., Mikheyev, L., Miller, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, S., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicolo, C., Orth, G., Osteria, M., Ouchrif, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C. W., Peck, Perrone, Lorenzo, S., Petrera, P., Pistilli, V., Popa, V., Pugliese, A., Raino, A., Rastelli, J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, U., Rubizzo, C., Satriano, L., Satta, E., Scapparone, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, P., Serra, M., Severi, M., Sioli, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J. L., Stone, L. R., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarle, V., Togo, D., Ugolotti, M., Vakili, C. W., Walter, R., Webb, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Aramo, C, Auriemma, G, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bower, C, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Castellano, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, De Benedictis, L, De Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, E, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Guarnaccia, P, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, K, Heinz, R, Huang, Y, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Lari, T, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, P, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Perrone, L, Petrera, S, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Pugliese, V, Raino, A, Rastelli, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Rubizzo, U, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Severi, M, Sioli, M, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Ugolotti, D, Vakili, M, Walter, Cw, Webb, R., and M. Ambrosio, R. Antolini, C. Aramo, G. Auriemma, A. Baldini, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, G. Battistoni, R. Bellotti, C. Bemporad, P. Bernardini, H. Bilokon, V. Bisi, C. Bloise, C. Bower, S. Bussino, F. Cafagna, M. Calicchio, D. Campana, M. Carboni, M. Castellano, S. Cecchini, F. Cei, V. Chiarella, B. C. Choudhary, S. Coutu, L. De Benedictis, G. De Cataldo, H. Dekhissi, C. De Marzo, I. De Mitri, J. Derkaoui, M. De Vincenzi, A. Di Credico, O. Erriquez, C. Favuzzi, C. Forti, P. Fusco, G. Giacomelli, G. Giannini , N. Giglietto, M. Giorgini, M. Grassi, L. Gray, A. Grillo, F. Guarino, P. Guarnaccia, C. Gustavino, A. Habig, K. Hanson, R. Heinz, Y. Huang, E. Iarocci, E. Katsavounidis, E. Kearns, H. Kim, S. Kyriazopoulou, E. Lamanna, C. Lane, T. Lari, D. S. Levin, P. Lipari, N. P. Longley, M. J. Longo, F. Maarou, G. Mancarella, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, A. Margiotta, A. Marini, D. Martello, A. Marzari-Chiesa, M. N. Mazziotta, D. G. Michael, S. Mikheyev, L. Miller, P. Monacelli, T. Montaruli, M. Monteno, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Nicolo, C. Orth, G. Osteria, M. Ouchrif, O. Palamara, V. Patera, L. Patrizii, R. Pazzi, C. W. Peck, L. Perrone, S. Petrera, P. Pistilli, V. Popa, V. Pugliese, A. Raino, A. Rastelli, J. Reynoldson, F. Ronga, U. Rubizzo, C. Satriano, L. Satta, E. Scapparone, K. Scholberg, A. Sciubba, P. Serra, M. Severi, M. Sioli, M. Sitta, P. Spinelli, M. Spinetti, M. Spurio, R. Steinberg, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, A. Surdo, G. Tarlè, V. Togo, D. Ugolotti, M. Vakili, C. W. Walter, R. Webb

Subjects
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), MACRO, Engineering (miscellaneous), Gran Sasso
Abstract

In this paper we present the results of a search for nuclearites in the penetrating cosmic radiation using the scintillator and track-etch subdetectors of the MACRO apparatus. The analyses cover the beta = v/c range at the detector depth (3700 hg/cm(2)) 10(-5) < beta < 1; for beta = 2 x 10(-3) the flux limit is 2.7 x 10(-16) cm(-2)s(-1)sr(-1) for an isotropic flux of nuclearites, and twice this value for a flux of downgoing nuclearites.

Published
2000

14. Atmospheric neutrino oscillations from upward throughgoing muon multiple scattering in MACRO

Author

M. Carboni, D. Campana, A. Surdo, M. Giorgini, Vincenzo Patera, G. Giannini, C. Bloise, E. Kearns, C. Forti, M. Spinetti, A. Sciubba, S. Cecchini, C. Favuzzi, A. Baldini, A. Rrhioua, G. Giacomelli, M. De Vincenzi, J. L. Stone, O. Palamara, B. C. Barish, N. Giglietto, Mario Sitta, R.M. Heinz, E. Iarocci, C. Satriano, A. Di Credico, Annarita Margiotta, L. R. Sulak, Gregory Tarle, C. Gustavino, S P Mikheyev, Ashavani Kumar, F. Loparco, S. Kyriazopoulou, G. de Cataldo, D. Bakari, A. Rainò, D. Levin, C. Bemporad, R. Caruso, R. C. Webb, E. Katsavounidis, C. Orth, Severino Angelo Maria Bussino, P. Serra, V. Popa, P. Bernardini, G. Mandrioli, Tommaso Chiarusi, M. Grassi, Yvonne Becherini, Fabrizio Cei, G. Sirri, C. W. Walter, M. Brigida, Michael J. Longo, Donato Nicolo, Giuseppe Osteria, Kate Scholberg, F. Cafagna, M. N. Mazziotta, D. Martello, Hyun-Chul Kim, A. Marzari-Chiesa, Marco Monteno, A. A. Grillo, Alec Habig, I. De Mitri, M. Cozzi, J. Derkaoui, Ioannis Katsavounidis, F. Maaroufi, G. C. Barbarino, P. Spinelli, Kael Hanson, P. Fusco, C. R. Bower, L. Perrone, Maximiliano Sioli, C. De Marzo, Eugenio Scapparone, R. Antolini, V. Togo, J. A. Musser, H. Dekhissi, Andrea Carlo Marini, Paolo Lipari, M. Vakili, Roberto Bellotti, G. Mancarella, R. Nolty, C. W. Peck, J. Reynoldson, Teresa Montaruli, R. Pazzi, S. Coutu, Frederic Jean Ronga, S. L. Mufson, B. C. Choudhary, Shahid Manzoor, D. G. Michael, S. Petrera, Maurizio Spurio, R. Steinberg, M. Ambrosio, V. Chiarella, M. Calicchio, Halina Bilokon, P. Monacelli, E. Lamanna, G Battistoni, C. E. Lane, L. Patrizii, Barbarino, Giancarlo, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Bakari, D, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Becherini, Y, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bloise, C, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, E, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Caruso, R, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Chiarusi, T, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, Cozzi, M, De Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Grillo, A, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, K, Heinz, R, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kumar, A, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Monacelli, P, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Perrone, L, Petrera, S, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Rrhioua, A, Satriano, C, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Walter, Cw, Webb, R., Ambrosio M., Antolini R., Bakari D., Baldini A., Barbarino G.C., Barish B.C., Battistoni G., Becherini Y., Bellotti R., Bemporad C., Bernardini P., Bilokon H., Bloise C., Bower C., Brigida M., Bussino S., Cafagna F., Calicchio M., Campana D., Carboni M., Caruso R., Cecchini S., Cei F., Chiarella V., Chiarusi T., Choudhary B.C., Coutu S., Cozzi M., de Cataldo G., Dekhissi H., de Marzo C., de Mitri I., Derkaoui J., de Vincenzi M., di Credico A., Favuzzi C., Forti C., Fusco P., Giacomelli G., Giannini G., Giglietto N., Giorgini M., Grassi M., Grillo A., Gustavino C., Habig A., Hanson K., Heinz R., Iarocci E., Katsavounidis E., Katsavounidis I., Kearns E., Kim H., Kumar A., Kyriazopoulou S., Lamanna E., Lane C., Levin D.S., Lipari P., Longo M.J., Loparco F., Maaroufi F., Mancarella G., Mandrioli G., Manzoor S., Margiotta A., Marini A., Martello D., Marzari-Chiesa A., Mazziotta M.N., Michael D.G., Mikheyev S., Monacelli P., Montaruli T., Monteno M., Mufson S., Musser J., Nicolo D., Nolty R., Orth C., Osteria G., Palamara O., Patera V., Patrizii L., Pazzi R., Peck C.W., Perrone L., Petrera S., Popa V., Raino A., Reynoldson J., Ronga F., Rrhioua A., Satriano C., Scapparone E., Scholberg K., Sciubba A., Serra P., Sioli M., Sirri G., Sitta M., Spinelli P., Spinetti M., Spurio M., Steinberg R., Stone J.L., Sulak L.R., Surdo A., Tarle G., Togo V., Vakili M., Walter C.W., Webb R., Bernardini, Paolo, Martello, Daniele, DE MITRI, Ivan, Mancarella, Giovanni, Perrone, Lorenzo, and Macro, Collaboration

Subjects
Astroparticle physics, Physics, Elastic scattering, Particle physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Scattering, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, MACRO, Gran Sasso, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Massless particle, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physique des particules élémentaires, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Lepton
Abstract

The energy of atmospheric neutrinos detected by MACRO was estimated using multiple coulomb scattering of upward throughgoing muons. This analysis allows a test of atmospheric neutrino oscillations, relying on the distortion of the muon energy distribution. These results have been combined with those coming from the upward throughgoing muon angular distribution only. Both analyses are independent of the neutrino flux normalization and provide strong evidence, above the 4 sigma level, in favour of neutrino oscillations., 10 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Physics Letters B

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2003
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15. Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio with the OPERA detector

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A. Schembri, T. Matsuo, Ante Ljubičić, Alessandro Paoloni, F. Grianti, T. M. Roganova, Dmitry Golubkov, R. Brugnera, J. Lenkeit, Naotaka Naganawa, F. Juget, Pierre Vilain, N. Mauri, J. Ebert, F. Di Capua, M. Tenti, L. Votano, K. Pretzl, C. Lazzaro, V. Boyarkin, Tomoko Ariga, M. De Serio, Antonio Ereditato, C. Sirignano, F. Dal Corso, Hiroki Rokujo, T. Tran, S. Miyamoto, Akitaka Ariga, M. S. Vladimirov, M. Besnier, André Rubbia, Y. Déclais, B. D. Park, Amina Zghiche, Yu. Zaitsev, A. Garfagnini, Nicola D'Ambrosio, C. Oldorf, Caren Hagner, N. Agafonova, Tatsuhiro Naka, T. Brugière, J. Yoshida, Shigeki Aoki, R. A. Fini, F. Meisel, A. G. Olchevski, I. Kreslo, S. Zemskova, H. Shibuya, D. Duchesneau, F. Pupilli, A. Badertscher, O. Egorov, Satoru Takahashi, E. Medinaceli, G. Brunetti, L. Chaussard, F. Terranova, C. Goellnitz, C. Gustavino, C. Fukushima, S. Dmitrievski, M. Spinetti, R. I. Enikeev, G. Rosa, U. Moser, M. Nakamura, Torben Ferber, G. Romano, P. Migliozzi, Maximiliano Sioli, N. Chon-Sen, Krešimir Jakovčić, A. Cazes, Y. A. Gornushkin, A. Russo, N. G. Polukhina, G. Policastro, Yoshihiro Sato, Cécile Jollet, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, J. Knuesel, G. D'Amato, H. Kubota, M. Giorgini, Anselmo Meregaglia, Guillaume Lutter, N. Di Marco, G. Grella, M. T. Muciaccia, S. Simone, L. A. Goncharova, C. Pistillo, V. G. Ryasny, O. G. Ryazhskaya, Mario Stipčević, M. Cozzi, A. Di Giovanni, G. Felici, Seok Kim, M. Kimura, M. Pozzato, M. Kazuyama, P. A. Publichenko, S. Ogawa, Murat Guler, P. Strolin, H. Pessard, I. G. Park, V. A. Matveev, M. Hierholzer, Kimio Niwa, Koichi Kodama, Marcos Dracos, A. M. Anokhina, V. I. Galkin, W. Schmidt Parzefall, Salvatore Buontempo, A. S. Malgin, S. Tufanli, R. Zimmermann, Toshiyuki Nakano, T. Hara, M. M. Chernyavsky, A. Sheshukov, C. S. Yoon, Dmitry V. Naumov, G. De Lellis, U. Kose, D. Di Ferdinando, M. Ieva, S. Mikado, V. Chiarella, M. Paniccia, R. Rescigno, H. Schroeder, A. V. Bagulya, L. Scotto Lavina, P. Monacelli, D. Frekers, Kunihiro Morishima, Björn Wonsak, D. Autiero, V. I. Osedlo, Gaston Wilquet, P. Tolun, T. Yoshioka, J. Favier, Luca Stanco, E. Pennacchio, J. L. Vuilleumier, Alessandra Pastore, T. Fukuda, V. Nikitina, D. Bick, K. Hamada, A. Bertolin, J. S. Song, Masahiro Komatsu, G. Giacomelli, I. Tezuka, V. F. Yakushev, G. Sirri, Artem Chukanov, Cristiano Bozza, V. Tioukov, A. Marotta, Thomas Strauss, B. Klicek, L. Patrizii, G. Mandrioli, I. Rostovtseva, N. I. Starkov, J. Goldberg, Osamu Sato, G. I. Orlova, S. Dusini, K. Hoshino, V. Pilipenko, Y. Nonoyama, A. Longhin, J. Marteau, N. AGAFONOVA, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, T. ARIGA, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, A. BAGULYA, A. BERTOLIN, M. BESNIER, D. BICK, V. BOYARKIN, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIÈRE, R. BRUGNERA, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON-SEN, A. CHUKANOV, M. COZZI, G. D’AMATO, F. DAL CORSO, N. D’AMBROSIO, G. DE LELLIS, Y. DÉCLAIS, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, D. DI FERDINANDO, A. DI GIOVANNI, N. DI MARCO, S. DMITRIEVSKI, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, S. DUSINI, J. EBERT, O. EGOROV, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L. S. ESPOSITO, J. FAVIER, G. FELICI, T. FERBER, R. FINI, D. FREKERS, T. FUKUDA, C. FUKUSHIMA, V. I. GALKIN, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GIACOMELLI, M. GIORGINI, C. GOELLNITZ, J. GOLDBERG, D. GOLUBKOV, L. GONCHAROVA, Y. GORNUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, M. GULER, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, K. HAMADA, T. HARA, M. HIERHOLZER, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, K. JAKOVCIC, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, M. KAZUYAMA, S. H. KIM, M. KIMURA, B. KLICEK, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, I. KRESLO, H. KUBOTA, C. LAZZARO, J. LENKEIT, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, G. LUTTER, A. MALGIN, G. MANDRIOLI, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, T. MATSUO, V. MATVEEV, N. MAURI, E. MEDINACELI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIKADO, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M. T. MUCIACCIA, N. NAGANAWA, T. NAKA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, D. NAUMOV, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, S. OGAWA, A. OLCHEVSKI, C. OLDORF, G. ORLOVA, V. OSEDLO, M. PANICCIA, A. PAOLONI, B. D. PARK, I. G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, V. PILIPENKO, C. PISTILLO, G. POLICASTRO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, F. PUPILLI, R. RESCIGNO, T. ROGANOVA, H. ROKUJO, G. ROMANO, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, A. RUSSO, V. RYASNY, O. RYAZHSKAYA, O. SATO, Y. SATO, A. SCHEMBRI, W. SCHMIDT PARZEFALL, H. SCHROEDER, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, A. SHESHUKOV, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J. S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, S. TAKAHASHI, M. TENTI, F. TERRANOVA, I. TEZUKA, V. TIOUKOV, P. TOLUN, T. TRAN, S. TUFANLI, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J. L. VUILLEUMIER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, V. YAKUSHEV, C. S. YOON, T. YOSHIOKA, J. YOSHIDA, Y. ZAITSEV, S. ZEMSKOVA, A. ZGHICHE, R. ZIMMERMANN, Agafonova, N., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Bagulya, A., Bertolin, A., Besnier, M., Bick, D., Boyarkin, V., Bozza, C., Brugière, T., Brugnera, R., Brunetti, G., Buontempo, S., Cazes, A., Chaussard, L., Chernyavsky, M., Chiarella, V., Chon Sen, N., Chukanov, A., Cozzi, M., D’Amato, G., Dal corso, F., D’Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., Déclais, Y., De Serio, M., DI CAPUA, Francesco, Di Ferdinando, D., Di Giovanni, A., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Ebert, J., Egorov, O., Enikeev, R., Ereditato, A., Esposito, L. S., Favier, J., Felici, G., Ferber, T., Fini, R., Frekers, D., Fukuda, T., Fukushima, C., Galkin, V. I., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Golubkov, D., Goncharova, L., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hamada, K., Hara, T., Hierholzer, M., Hoshino, K., Ieva, M., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Juget, F., Kazuyama, M., Kim, S. H., Kimura, M., Klicek, B., Knuesel, J., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Kubota, H., Lazzaro, C., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Lutter, G., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Marotta, A., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meisel, F., Meregaglia, A., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Miyamoto, S., Monacelli, P., Morishima, K., Moser, U., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Naumov, D., Nikitina, V., Niwa, K., Nonoyama, Y., Ogawa, S., Olchevski, A., Oldorf, C., Orlova, G., Osedlo, V., Paniccia, M., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pilipenko, V., Pistillo, C., Policastro, G., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, K., Publichenko, P., Pupilli, F., Rescigno, R., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Romano, G., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Russo, A., Ryasny, V., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schembri, A., Schmidt parzefall, W., Schroeder, H., Scotto lavina, L., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Song, J. S., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tezuka, I., Tioukov, V., Tolun, P., Tran, T., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yakushev, V., Yoon, C. S., Yoshioka, T., Yoshida, J., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., Zghiche, A., Zimmermann, R., Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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)-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), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), OPERA, 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), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Agafonova, N, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Bagulya, A, Bertolin, A, Besnier, M, Bick, D, Boyarkin, V, Bozza, C, Brugiere, T, Brugnera, R, Brunetti, G, Buontempo, S, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavsky, M, Chiarella, V, Chon Sen, N, Chukanov, A, Cozzi, M, D'Amato, G, Dal Corso, F, D'Ambrosio, N, De Lellis, G, Declais, Y, De Serio, M, Di Capua, F, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Giovanni, A, Di Marco, N, Dmitrievski, S, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Egorov, O, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, L, Favier, J, Felici, G, Ferber, T, Fini, R, Frekers, D, Fukuda, T, Fukushima, C, Galkin, V, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Goellnitz, C, Goldberg, J, Golubkov, D, Goncharova, L, Gornushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Guler, M, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hamada, K, Hara, T, Hierholzer, M, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Jakovcic, K, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kazuyama, M, Kim, S, Kimura, M, Klicek, B, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Kreslo, I, Kubota, H, Lazzaro, C, Lenkeit, J, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Lutter, G, Malgin, A, Mandrioli, G, Marotta, A, Marteau, J, Matsuo, T, Matveev, V, Mauri, N, Medinaceli, E, Meisel, F, Meregaglia, A, Migliozzi, P, Mikado, S, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, M, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Naumov, D, Nikitina, V, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Ogawa, S, Olchevski, A, Oldorf, C, Orlova, G, Osedlo, V, Paniccia, M, Paoloni, A, Park, B, Park, I, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Pilipenko, V, Pistillo, C, Policastro, G, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pretzl, K, Publichenko, P, Pupilli, F, Rescigno, R, Roganova, T, Rokujo, H, Romano, G, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Rubbia, A, Russo, A, Ryasny, V, Ryazhskaya, O, Sato, O, Sato, Y, Schembri, A, Parzefall, W, Schroeder, H, Lavina, L, Sheshukov, A, Shibuya, H, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, J, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tezuka, I, Tioukov, V, Tolun, P, Tran, T, Tufanli, S, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Yakushev, V, Yoon, C, Yoshioka, T, Yoshida, J, Zaitsev, Y, Zemskova, S, Zghiche, A, and Zimmermann, R

Subjects
Cosmic-Ray Muon, Particle physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Meson, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, Spectrum, atmospheric muons, charge ratios, OPERA detector, Gran Sasso, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Macro, 010306 general physics, Engineering (miscellaneous), ATMOSPHERIC MUONS, Physics, Underground Moun, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Order (ring theory), MUON SPECTROMETER, UNDERGROUND PHYSICS, Physique des particules élémentaires, Production (computer science), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Energy (signal processing), Particle Physics - Experiment, Lepton
Abstract

The OPERA detector at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS) was used to measure the atmospheric muon charge ratio in the TeV energy region. We analyzed 403069 atmospheric muons corresponding to 113.4 days of livetime during the 2008 CNGS run. We computed separately the muon charge ratio for single and for multiple muon events in order to select different energy regions of the primary cosmic ray spectrum and to test the Rμ dependence on the primary composition. The measured Rμ values were corrected taking into account the charge-misidentification errors. Data have also been grouped in five bins of the "vertical surface energy" ℰμcos θ. A fit to a simplified model of muon production in the atmosphere allowed the determination of the pion and kaon charge ratios weighted by the cosmic ray energy spectrum. © Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica 2010., 0, SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Published
2010

16. Feminization and the collapse of haplodiploidy in anasexual parasitoid wasp harboring the bacterialsymbiont Cardinium

Author

M. Giorgini, M. M. Monti, R. Stouthamer, M. S. Hunter, CAPRIO, EMILIO, M., Giorgini, M. M., Monti, Caprio, Emilio, R., Stouthamer, and M. S., Hunter

Subjects
sex determination, parthenogenesi, diploid male, feminization, Hymenoptera, Wolbachia
Abstract

Cardinium is a bacterial symbiont infecting many species of arthropods, and is associated with manipulation of host reproduction. Cardinium is the causal agent of asexual reproduction, or thelytoky, in the chalcidoid parasitoid wasp Encarsia hispida. Feeding antibiotics to the infected adult females results in uninfected male offspring. Here, we show that these males are diploid. Diploid males are extremely unusual in the large hymenopteran superfamily Chalcidoidea, and, to our knowledge, have never before been associated with symbiont infection in this group. These findings indicate that at least in E. hispida, diploidy restoration is a necessary condition but not sufficient to elicit female development. Cardinium is required to feminize diploid male embryos and thus must interact with elements of the host sex determination system. In addition, our data suggest that Cardinium is necessary for the fertility of E. hispida; antibiotic curing of Cardinium reduces offspring production of adult females

Published
2009

17. New calibrations and time stability of the response of the INTERCAST CR-39

Author

M. Giorgini, G. Giacomelli, P. Serra, S. Cecchini, and L. Patrizii

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Radiation, hep-ex, Calibration curve, Etching rate, Analytical chemistry, FOS: Physical sciences, Stability (probability), High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Fading, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Aging effect, CR-39, Instrumentation, Beam (structure)
Abstract

We present new calibrations of different production batches (from 1989 to 1999) of the INTERCAST CR-39, using the BNL-AGS 1 A GeV iron beam. The comparison with previous results, obtained with the 158 A GeV lead beam from the CERN-SPS shows that, while each production batch has a different calibration curve (mainly due to minor differences in the production conditions), the aging effect is negligible. We also tested the dependence of the CR-39 response from the time elapsed between exposure and analysis (fading effect). The fading effect, if present, is less than 10%. It may be compatible with the experimental uncertainties on the bulk etching rate vB., Comment: 9 pages, 4 EPS figures, .pdf file. Talk presented by M. Giorgini at the 20 Int. Conf. on Nuclear Tracks in Solids, Portoroz (Slovenia), Aug 28-Sep 1, 2000

Published
2001

18. Study of the effects induced by lead on the emulsion films of the OPERA experiment

Author

A Anokhina, S Aoki, A Ariga, L Arrabito, D Autiero, A Badertscher, F Bay, A Bergnoli, F Bersani Greggio, M Besnier, D Bick, C Bozza, T Brugiere, R Brugnera, G Brunetti, S Buontempo, E Carrara, A Cazes, L Chaussard, M Chernyavsky, V Chiarella, N Chon-Sen, A Chukanov, L Consiglio, M Cozzi, F Dal Corso, G D'Amato, N D'Ambrosio, G De Lellis, Y Déclais, M De Serio, F Di Capua, D Di Ferdinando, A Di Giovanni, N Di Marco, C Di Troia, S Dmitrievski, A Dominjon, M Dracos, D Duchesneau, B Dulach, S Dusini, J Ebert, O Egorov, R Enikeev, A Ereditato, L S Esposito, J Favier, G Felici, T Ferber, R Fini, A Franceschi, T Fukuda, C Fukushima, V I Galkin, V A Galkin, A Garfagnini, G Giacomelli, M Giorgini, C Goellnitz, D Golubkov, Y Gornoushkin, G Grella, F Grianti, M Guler, G Gusev, C Gustavino, C Hagner, T Hara, M Hierholzer, S Hiramatsu, K Hoshino, M Ieva, K Jakovcic, J Janicsko Csathy, B Janutta, C Jollet, F Juget, T Kawai, M Kazuyama, S H Kim, M Kimura, J Knuesel, K Kodama, M Komatsu, U Kose, I Kreslo, I Laktineh, C Lazzaro, J Lenkeit, A Ljubicic, A Longhin, G Lutter, K Manai, G Mandrioli, S Manzoor, A Marotta, J Marteau, H Matsuoka, N Mauri, F Meisel, A Meregaglia, M Messina, P Migliozzi, S Miyamoto, P Monacelli, K Morishima, U Moser, M T Muciaccia, N Naganawa, T Naka, M Nakamura, T Nakamura, T Nakano, V Nikitina, K Niwa, Y Nonoyama, S Ogawa, V Osedlo, D Ossetski, A Paoloni, B D Park, I G Park, A Pastore, L Patrizii, E Pennacchio, H Pessard, C Pistillo, N Polukhina, M Pozzato, K Pretzl, P Publichenko, F Pupilli, T Roganova, G Rosa, I Rostovtseva, A Rubbia, A Russo, O Ryazhskaya, D Ryzhikov, Y Sato, O Sato, V Saveliev, G Sazhina, A Schembri, L Scotto Lavina, H Shibuya, S Simone, M Sioli, C Sirignano, G Sirri, J S Song, M Spinetti, L Stanco, N Starkov, M Stipcevic, T Strauss, P Strolin, V Sugonyaev, Y Taira, S Takahashi, M Tenti, F Terranova, V Tioukov, V Togo, P Tolun, V Tsarev, S Tufanli, N Ushida, C Valieri, P Vilain, M Vladimirov, L Votano, J L Vuilleumier, G Wilquet, B Wonsak, J Wurtz, C S Yoon, J Yoshida, Y Zaitsev, S Zemskova, A Zghiche, R Zimmermann, 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), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), OPERA, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, L. ARRABITO, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, F. BAY, A. BERGNOLI, F. BERSANI GREGGIO, M. BESNIER, D. BICK, C. BOZZA, T. BRUGIERE, R. BRUGNERA, G. BRUNETTI, S. BUONTEMPO, E. CARRARA, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON-SEN, A. CHUKANOV, L. CONSIGLIO, M. COZZI, F. DAL CORSO, G. D’AMATO, N. D’AMBROSIO, G. DE LELLIS, Y. DÉCLAIS, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, D. DI FERDINANDO, A. DI GIOVANNI, N. DI MARCO, C. DI TROIA, S. DMITRIEVSKI, A. DOMINJON, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, B. DULACH, S. DUSINI, J. EBERT, O. EGOROV, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L.S. ESPOSITO, J. FAVIER, G. FELICI, T. FERBER, R. FINI, A. FRANCESCHI, T. FUKUDA, C. FUKUSHIMA, V.I. GALKIN, V.A. GALKIN, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GIACOMELLI, M. GIORGINI, C. GOELLNITZ, D. GOLUBKOV, Y. GORNOUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, M. GULER, G. GUSEV, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, T. HARA, M. HIERHOLZER, S. HIRAMATSU, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, K. JAKOVCIC, J. JANICSKO CSATHY, B. JANUTTA, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, T. KAWAI, M. KAZUYAMA, S.H. KIM, M. KIMURA, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, I. KRESLO, I. LAKTINEH, C. LAZZARO, J. LENKEIT, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, G. LUTTER, K. MANAI, G. MANDRIOLI, S. MANZOOR, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, H. MATSUOKA, N. MAURI, F. MEISEL, A. MEREGAGLIA, M. MESSINA, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M.T. MUCIACCIA, N. NAGANAWA, T. NAKA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, V. NIKITINA, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, S. OGAWA, V. OSEDLO, D. OSSETSKI, A. PAOLONI, B.D. PARK, I.G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, E. PENNACCHIO, H. PESSARD, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, F. PUPILLI, T. ROGANOVA, G. ROSA, I. ROSTOVTSEVA, A. RUBBIA, A. RUSSO, O. RYAZHSKAYA, D. RYZHIKOV, Y. SATO, O. SATO, V. SAVELIEV, G. SAZHINA, A. SCHEMBRI, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J.S. SONG, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, T. STRAUSS, P. STROLIN, V. SUGONYAEV, Y. TAIRA, S. TAKAHASHI, M. TENTI, F. TERRANOVA, V. TIOUKOV, V. TOGO, P. TOLUN, V. TSAREV, S. TUFANLI, N. USHIDA, C. VALIERI, P. VILAIN, M. VLADIMIROV, L. VOTANO, J.L. VUILLEUMIER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, J. WURTZ, C.S. YOON, J. YOSHIDA, Y. ZAITSEV, S. ZEMSKOVA, A. ZGHICHE, R. ZIMMERMANN, DI CAPUA, Francesco, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Arrabito, L, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Bay, F, Bergnoli, A, Greggio, F. Bersani, Besnier, M, Bick, D, Bozza, C, Brugiere, T, Brugnera, R, Brunetti, G, Buontempo, S, Carrara, E, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavsky, M, Chiarella, V, Chon Sen, N, Chukanov, A, Consiglio, L, Cozzi, M, Corso, F. Dal, D'Amato, G, D'Ambrosio, N, Lellis, G. De, Déclais, Y, Serio, M. De, Ferdinando, D. Di, Giovanni, A. Di, Marco, N. Di, Troia, C. Di, Dmitrievski, S, Dominjon, A, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dulach, B, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Egorov, O, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, L. S, Favier, J, Felici, G, Ferber, T, Fini, R, Franceschi, A, Fukuda, T, Fukushima, C, Galkin, V. I, Galkin, V. A, Garfagnini, A, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Goellnitz, C, Golubkov, D, Gornoushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Guler, M, Gusev, G, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hara, T, Hierholzer, M, Hiramatsu, S, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Jakovcic, K, Csathy, J. Janicsko, Janutta, B, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kawai, T, Kazuyama, M, Kim, S. H, Kimura, M, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Kreslo, I, Laktineh, I, Lazzaro, C, Lenkeit, J, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Lutter, G, Manai, K, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Marotta, A, Marteau, J, Matsuoka, H, Mauri, N, Meisel, F, Meregaglia, A, Messina, M, Migliozzi, P, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, M. T, Naganawa, N, Naka, T, Nakamura, M, Nakamura, T, Nakano, T, Nikitina, V, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Ogawa, S, Osedlo, V, Ossetski, D, Paoloni, A, Park, B. D, Park, I. G, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pennacchio, E, Pessard, H, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pretzl, K, Publichenko, P, Pupilli, F, Roganova, T, Rosa, G, Rostovtseva, I, Rubbia, A, Russo, A, Ryazhskaya, O, Ryzhikov, D, Sato, Y, Sato, O, Saveliev, V, Sazhina, G, Schembri, A, Lavina, L. Scotto, Shibuya, H, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, J. S, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strauss, T, Strolin, P, Sugonyaev, V, Taira, Y, Takahashi, S, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Tioukov, V, Togo, V, Tolun, P, Tsarev, V, Tufanli, S, Ushida, N, Valieri, C, Vilain, P, Vladimirov, M, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J. L, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Wurtz, J, Yoon, C. S, Yoshida, J, Zaitsev, Y, Zemskova, S, Zghiche, A, Zimmermann, R., 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)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Bersani Greggio, F, Chon-Sen, N, Dal Corso, F, De Lellis, G, De Serio, M, Di Capua, F, Di Ferdinando, D, Di Giovanni, A, Di Marco, N, Di Troia, C, Esposito, L, Galkin, V, Janicsko Csathy, J, Kim, S, Muciaccia, M, Park, B, Park, I, Scotto Lavina, L, Song, J, Vuilleumier, J, Yoon, C, and Zimmermann, R

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear engineering, RIVELATORI DI PARTICELLE, FISICA DEL NEUTRINO, FOS: Physical sciences, Particle identification methods, Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Particle identification method, law, Particle tracking detectors, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear emulsion, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Lead (electronics), Neutrino oscillation, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hybrid detector, RADIOATTIVITÀ NATURALE DI BASSO LIVELLO, Detector, Hybrid detectors, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Particle tracking detector, 3. Good health, Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physic, Emulsion, RIVELATORI IBRIDI, Neutrino, Cloud chamber
Abstract

The OPERA neutrino oscillation experiment is based on the use of the Emulsion Cloud Chamber (ECC). In the OPERA ECC, nuclear emulsion films acting as very high precision tracking detectors are interleaved with lead plates providing a massive target for neutrino interactions. We report on studies related to the effects occurring from the contact between emulsion and lead. A low radioactivity lead is required in order to minimize the number of background tracks in emulsions and to achieve the required performance in the reconstruction of neutrino events. It was observed that adding other chemical elements to the lead, in order to improve the mechanical properties, may significantly increase the level of radioactivity on the emulsions. A detailed study was made in order to choose a lead alloy with good mechanical properties and an appropriate packing technique so as to have a low enough effective radioactivity., Comment: 19 pages, 11 figures

Published
2008

19. Fragmentation cross sections of Fe^{26+}, Si^{14+} and C^{6+} ions of 0.3-10 A GeV on polyethylene, CR39 and aluminum targets

Author

Annarita Margiotta, M. Giorgini, Shahid Manzoor, S. Cecchini, L. Patrizii, G. Mandrioli, E. Medinaceli, G. Sirri, T. Chiarusi, Maurizio Spurio, V. Togo, I.E. Qureshi, V. Popa, G. Giacomelli, Ashavani Kumar, S. Cecchini, T. Chiarusi, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, A. Kumar, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, A. Margiotta, E. Medinaceli, L. Patrizii, V. Popa, I. E. Qureshi, G. Sirri, M. Spurio, and V. Togo

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Hadron, NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS, FOS: Physical sciences, Polyethylene, Ion, Baryon, Nuclear physics, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), FRAGMENTATION CROSS SECTION, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nucleon, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We present new measurements of the total and partial fragmentation cross sections in the energy range 0.3-10 A GeV of 56Fe, 28Si and 12C beams on polyethylene, CR39 and aluminum targets. The exposures were made at BNL, USA and HIMAC, Japan. The CR39 nuclear track detectors were used to identify the incident and survived beams and their fragments. The total fragmentation cross sections for all targets are almost energy independent while they depend on the target mass. The measured partial fragmentation cross sections are also discussed., Comment: 8 pages, 6 EPS figures. Submitted to Nucl. Phys. A

Published
2008
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20. Charge identification in CR-39 nuclear track detector using relativistic lead ion fragmentation

Author

Muhammad Shahzad, G. Sher, M. Giorgini, L. Patrizii, Muhammad Sajid, V. Popa, G. Mandrioli, Shahid Manzoor, Hameed A. Khan, V. Togo, Mukhtar Ahmed Rana, P. Serra, I.E. Qureshi, and G. Giacomelli

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Calibration curve, Detector, Cosmic ray, Fluence, Ion, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), Stack (abstract data type), Atomic physics, CR-39, Instrumentation
Abstract

Three stacks of plastic CR-39 Nuclear Track Detectors (NTD) were exposed to 158 A GeV 207 Pb ions at the CERN-SPS beam facility. The main purpose of this experiment was the calibration of the CR-39 for the search of atmospheric magnetic monopoles. Different targets (Al, Cu and Pb) were used to produce a large spectrum of charge ions for the purpose of calibration as well as the study of ultrarelativistic lead ion fragmentation. The exposure of each stack was performed at normal incidence with a fluence of about 1500 ion/cm 2 . The total number of lead ions in each spill was about 7.8×10 4 and there were eight spills incident on each stack. For the stack with the Cu target, the lengths of etched cones on one face of the CR-39 were measured. From this measurement procedure, a new calibration curve has been generated for the extended charge region 63⩽ Z ⩽83. The charge resolution ( σ Z ) achieved by this technique is ∼0.18 e –0.21 e .

Published
2000

21. Fragmentation studies of 158 A GeV Pb ions using CR39 nuclear track detectors

Author

V. Popa, Shahid Manzoor, M. Giorgini, G. Mandrioli, P. Serra, V. Togo, G. Giacomelli, H. Dekhissi, and L. Patrizii

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Ion beam, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Theory, Detector, Ion, Nuclear physics, Nuclear track, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Physics
Abstract

Six stacks of CR39 [(C12H18O7)n, a Registered Trade Mark of PPG Industries, Inc.] nuclear track detectors with different targets were exposed to a lead ion beam of 158 A GeV at the CERN-SPS, at normal incidence, in order to study the fragmentation properties of ultra-relativistic lead nuclei. Measurements of the total, break-up and pick-up charge-changing cross sections of 158 A GeV Pb ions have been made for the first time.

Published
2000

22. Track reconstruction in the emulsion-lead target of the OPERA experiment using the ESS microscope

Author

Alessandra Pastore, L. Patrizii, G. Sirri, Yu.P. Petukhov, M. De Serio, D. Di Ferdinando, P. Migliozzi, U. Moser, A. Russo, L. Consiglio, Nicola D'Ambrosio, Valeri Tioukov, F. Juget, T. Waelchli, G. Romano, I. Kreslo, M. Cozzi, A. Marotta, N. Di Marco, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, M. Giorgini, J. Janicskó Csáthy, L. Arrabito, K. Manai, Chiara Sirignano, A. Schembri, Maximiliano Sioli, F. Di Capua, G. Grella, G. Mandrioli, C. Pistillo, M. Ieva, Cristiano Bozza, M. Pozzato, G. Rosa, N. Savvinov, P. Strolin, Imad Baptiste Laktineh, S. Buontempo, G. Giacomelli, P. Monacelli, G. De Lellis, M. T. Muciaccia, Antonio Ereditato, R. A. Fini, S. Simone, L. Scotto Lavina, 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), OPERA, L. Arrabito, C. Bozza, S. Buontempo, L. Consiglio, M. Cozzi, N. D’Ambrosio, G. De Lelli, M. De Serio, F. Di Capua, D. Di Ferdinando, N. Di Marco, A. Ereditato, L. S. Esposito, R. A. Fini, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, G. Grella, M. Ieva, J. Janicsko Csathy, F. Juget, I. Kreslo, I. Laktineh, K. Manai, G. Mandrioli, A. Marotta, P. Migliozzi, P. Monacelli, U. Moser, M. T. Muciaccia, A. Pastore, L. Patrizii, Y. Petukhov, C. Pistillo, M. Pozzato, G. Romano, G. Rosa, A. Russo, N. Savvinov, A. Schembri, L. Scotto Lavina, S. Simone, M. Sioli, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, P. Stroling, V. Tioukov, and T. Waelchli

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Microscope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Track (disk drive), Opera, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FISICA DEL NEUTRINO, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, law.invention, law, TRACCIAMENTO, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Neutrino, EMULSIONI NUCLEARI, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Beam (structure)
Abstract

The OPERA experiment, designed to conclusively prove the existence of $\rm \nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ oscillations in the atmospheric sector, makes use of a massive lead-nuclear emulsion target to observe the appearance of $\rm \nu_\tau$'s in the CNGS $\rm \nu_\mu$ beam. The location and analysis of the neutrino interactions in quasi real-time required the development of fast computer-controlled microscopes able to reconstruct particle tracks with sub-micron precision and high efficiency at a speed of 20 cm^2 / h. This paper describes the performance in particle track reconstruction of the European Scanning System, a novel automatic microscope for the measurement of emulsion films developed for OPERA., Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures

Published
2007

23. Nuclear track detectors for particle searches

Author

Shahid Manzoor, M. Cozzi, Annarita Margiotta, M. Giorgini, I.E. Qureshi, V. Popa, L. Patrizii, V. Togo, G. Giacomelli, Ashavani Kumar, E. Medinaceli, M. Errico, S. Balestra, S. Manzoor, S. Balestra, M. Cozzi, M. Errico, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, A. Kumar, A. Margiotta, E. Medinaceli, L. Patrizii, V. Popa, I.E. Qureshi, and V. Togo

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, Magnetic monopole, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Isotropic etching, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear physics, NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTOR, Nuclear track, MAGNETIC MONOPOLES, Particle, NUCLEARITES
Abstract

In this paper we report a search for intermediate mass magnetic monopoles and nuclearites using CR39 and Makrofol Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs) of the SLIM large area experiment, 440 m^2 exposed at the high altitude laboratory of Chacaltaya (Bolivia) and about 100 m^2 at Koksil, Himalaya (Pakistan). We discuss the new chemical etching and improved analysis of the SLIM CR39 sheets. Preliminary limits are based on 316 $m^2$ of CR39 NTDs exposed for 3.9 y., Comment: 4 pages, 4 EPS figures. Presented at the 10th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors, 1-5 October 2006, Siena, Italy

Published
2007

24. Fragmentation studies of high-energy ions using CR39 nuclear track detectors

Author

Shahid Manzoor, Annarita Margiotta, M. Giorgini, S. Balestra, S. Cecchini, V. Togo, L. Patrizii, G. Mandrioli, D. Di Ferdinando, M. Frutti, G. Giacomelli, Ashavani Kumar, E. Medinaceli, Maurizio Spurio, V. Popa, V. Togo, S. Balestra, S. Cecchini, D. Di Ferdinando, M. Frutti, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, A. Kumar, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, A. Margiotta, E. Medinaceli, L. Patrizii, V. Popa, and M. Spurio

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectrum analyzer, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Ion beam, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Ion track, Detector, Charge density, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Ion, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Beam (structure)
Abstract

We report on the measurements of the total charge changing fragmentation cross sections in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions using Fe, Si and Pb incident ions. Several stacks of CR39 nuclear track detectors with different target combinations were exposed at normal incidence to high energy accelerator beams to integrated densities of about 2000 ions/cm^2. The nuclear track detector foils were chemically etched, and ion tracks were measured using an automatic image analyzer system. The cross section determination is based on the charge identification of beam ions and their fragments and on the reconstruction of their path through the stacks., Comment: 5 pages, 4 EPS figures. Corrected Eq. 3 and Table 1. Presented at the 10th Inter. Symp. Radiat. Phys., Coimbra, Portugal, 17-22 Sept. 2006

Published
2007

25. Optimization of CR-39 for fast neutron dosimetry applications

Author

L. Patrizii, E. Vilela, P. Serra, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, E. Fantuzzi, V. Togo, and B. Morelli

Subjects
Radiation, Materials science, Nuclear engineering, Detector, Radiochemistry, Registered trademark, Neutron temperature, chemistry.chemical_compound, Nuclear track, chemistry, Neutron, Experimental work, CR-39, Instrumentation, Neutron dosimetry
Abstract

We present the results of an experimental work aimed at improving the performances of the CR-39® (Registered Trademark of PPG Industries Inc.) nuclear track detector for neutron dosimetry applications. The work was done in collaboration with the Intercast Europe S.p.A., producer of CR-39 for commercial and scientific applications. We compare the CR-39 made with different additives concentrations and different polymerization processes. We evaluate the response of the CR-39 to fast neutrons from three sources: 241AmBe, 252Cf and 238PuLi. Particular attention was paid to background fluctuations that limit the lower detectable dose.

Published
1999

26. Nuclear Track Detectors for Environmental Studies and Radiation Monitoring

Author

S. Balestra, M. Cozzi, M. Giorgini, I.E. Qureshi, Annarita Margiotta, E. Medinaceli, G. Giacomelli, L. Patrizii, Ashavani Kumar, V. Togo, M. Errico, Shahid Manzoor, V. Popa, S. Manzoor, S. Balestra, M. Cozzi, M. Errico, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, A. Kumar, A. Margiotta, E. Medinaceli, L. Patrizii, V. Popa, I.E. Qureshi, and V. Togo

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Silicon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, Radon, Cosmic ray, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Ion, RADIATION MONITORING, Nuclear physics, chemistry, Mass spectrum, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, Radiation monitoring, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Alpha decay, Nucleon, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Several improvements were made for Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs) used for environmental studies and for particle searches. A new method was used to determine the bulk etch rate of CR39 and Makrofol NTDs. It is based on the simultaneous measurement of the diameter and of the height of etch-pit cones caused by relativistic heavy ions (158 A GeV Pb(82+) and In(49+) ions) and their fragments. The use of alcohol in the etching solution improves the surface quality of NTDs and it raises their thresholds. The detectors were used for the determination of nuclear fragmentation cross sections of Iron and Silicon ions of 1.0 and 0.41 GeV/nucleon. These measurements are important for the determination of doses in hadron therapy and for doses received by astronauts. The detectors were also used in the search of massive particles in the cosmic radiation, for the determination of the mass spectrum of cosmic rays and for the evaluation of Po(210) alpha decay and of natural radon concentrations., 7 pages, 5 EPS figures. Presented at the 10th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors, 1-5 October 2006, Siena, Italy

Published
2006

27. Bulk Etch Rate Measurements and Calibrations of Plastic Nuclear Track Detectors

Author

M. Giorgini, Shahid Manzoor, R. Giacomelli, Mukhtar Ahmed Rana, L. Patrizii, C. Valieri, V. Popa, G. Mandrioli, Maurizio Spurio, E. Medinaceli, M. Cozzi, I.E. Qureshi, Annarita Margiotta, G. Giacomelli, Ashavani Kumar, V. Togo, G. Sirri, S. Balestra, S. Balestra, M. Cozzi, G. Giacomelli, R. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, A. Kumar, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, A.R. Margiotta, E. Medinaceli, L. Patrizii, V. Popa, I.E. Qureshi, M.A. Rana, G. Sirri, M. Spurio, V. Togo, and C. Valieri

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Energy loss, NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Detection threshold, Chemistry, Resolution (electron density), Detector, NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS, Analytical chemistry, Other Fields of Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Ion, Nuclear physics, Nuclear track, Calibration, Base (exponentiation), RELATIVISTIC IONS, Instrumentation, BULK ETCH RATE
Abstract

New calibrations of CR39 and Makrofol nuclear track detectors have been obtained using 158 A GeV Pb (82+) and In (49+) ions; a new method for the bulk etch rate determination, using both cone height and base diameter measurements was developed. The CR39 charge resolution based on the etch-pit base area measurement is adequate to identify nuclear fragments in the interval 7 50; the distribution of the etched cone heights shows well separated individual peaks for Z/beta = 78 - 83 (charge pickup). The Makrofol detection threshold is at REL 2700 MeV cm^2/g, corresponding to a nuclear fragment with Z/beta~50., 11 pages, 5 EPS figures. Submitted to Nucl. Instr. Meth. B

Published
2006

28. First events from the CNGS neutrino beam detected in the OPERA experiment

Author

R Acquafredda, N Agafonova, M Ambrosio, A Anokhina, S Aoki, A Ariga, L Arrabito, D Autiero, A Badertscher, E Baussan, A Bergnoli, F Bersani Greggio, M Besnier, M Beyer, S Bondil-Blin, K Borer, J Boucrot, V Boyarkin, C Bozza, R Brugnera, S Buontempo, Y Caffari, J E Campagne, B Carlus, E Carrara, A Cazes, L Chaussard, M Chernyavsky, V Chiarella, N Chon-Sen, A Chukanov, R Ciesielski, L Consiglio, M Cozzi, F Dal Corso, N D'Ambrosio, J Damet, G De Lellis, Y Déclais, T Descombes, M De Serio, F Di Capua, D Di Ferdinando, A Di Giovanni, N Di Marco, C Di Troia, S Dmitrievski, M Dracos, D Duchesneau, B Dulach, S Dusini, J Ebert, R Enikeev, A Ereditato, L S Esposito, C Fanin, J Favier, G Felici, T Ferber, L Fournier, A Franceschi, D Frekers, T Fukuda, C Fukushima, V I Galkin, V A Galkin, R Gallet, A Garfagnini, G Gaudiot, G Giacomelli, O Giarmana, M Giorgini, L Girard, C Girerd, C Goellnitz, J Goldberg, Y Gornoushkin, G Grella, F Grianti, C Guerin, M Guler, C Gustavino, C Hagner, T Hamane, T Hara, M Hauger, M Hess, K Hoshino, M Ieva, M Incurvati, K Jakovcic, J Janicsko Csathy, B Janutta, C Jollet, F Juget, M Kazuyama, S H Kim, M Kimura, J Knuesel, K Kodama, D Kolev, M Komatsu, U Kose, A Krasnoperov, I Kreslo, Z Krumstein, I Laktineh, C de La Taille, T Le Flour, S Lieunard, A Ljubicic, A Longhin, A Malgin, K Manai, G Mandrioli, U Mantello, A Marotta, J Marteau, G Martin-Chassard, V Matveev, M Messina, L Meyer, S Micanovic, P Migliozzi, S Miyamoto, P Monacelli, I Monteiro, K Morishima, U Moser, M T Muciaccia, P Mugnier, N Naganawa, M Nakamura, T Nakano, T Napolitano, M Natsume, K Niwa, Y Nonoyama, A Nozdrin, S Ogawa, A Olchevski, D Orlandi, D Ossetski, A Paoloni, B D Park, I G Park, A Pastore, L Patrizii, L Pellegrino, H Pessard, V Pilipenko, C Pistillo, N Polukhina, M Pozzato, K Pretzl, P Publichenko, L Raux, J P Repellin, T Roganova, G Romano, G Rosa, A Rubbia, V Ryasny, O Ryazhskaya, D Ryzhikov, A Sadovski, C Sanelli, O Sato, Y Sato, V Saveliev, N Savvinov, G Sazhina, A Schembri, W Schmidt Parzefall, H Schroeder, H U Schütz, L Scotto Lavina, J Sewing, H Shibuya, S Simone, M Sioli, C Sirignano, G Sirri, J S Song, R Spaeti, M Spinetti, L Stanco, N Starkov, M Stipcevic, P Strolin, V Sugonyaev, S Takahashi, V Tereschenko, F Terranova, I Tezuka, V Tioukov, I Tikhomirov, P Tolun, T Toshito, V Tsarev, R Tsenov, U Ugolino, N Ushida, G Van Beek, V Verguilov, P Vilain, L Votano, J L Vuilleumier, T Waelchli, R Waldi, M Weber, G Wilquet, B Wonsak, R Wurth, J Wurtz, V Yakushev, C S Yoon, Y Zaitsev, I Zamboni, R Zimmermann, Acquafredda, R, Agafonova, N, Ambrosio, M, Anokhina, A, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Arrabito, L, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Baussan, E, Bergnoli, A, Greggio, F, Besnier, M, Beyer, M, Bondil Blin, S, Borer, K, Boucrot, J, Boyarkin, V, Bozza, C, Brugnera, R, Buontempo, S, Caffari, Y, Campagne, J, Carlus, B, Carrara, E, Cazes, A, Chaussard, L, Chernyavsky, M, Chiarella, V, Chon Sen, N, Chukanov, A, Ciesielski, R, Consiglio, L, Cozzi, M, Corso, F, D'Ambrosio, N, Damet, J, Lellis, G, Déclais, Y, Descombes, T, Serio, M, Capua, F, Ferdinando, D, Giovanni, A, Marco, N, Troia, C, Dmitrievski, S, Dracos, M, Duchesneau, D, Dulach, B, Dusini, S, Ebert, J, Enikeev, R, Ereditato, A, Esposito, L, Fanin, C, Favier, J, Felici, G, Ferber, T, Fournier, L, Franceschi, A, Frekers, D, Fukuda, T, Fukushima, C, Galkin, V, Gallet, R, Garfagnini, A, Gaudiot, G, Giacomelli, G, Giarmana, O, Giorgini, M, Girard, L, Girerd, C, Goellnitz, C, Goldberg, J, Gornoushkin, Y, Grella, G, Grianti, F, Guerin, C, Guler, M, Gustavino, C, Hagner, C, Hamane, T, Hara, T, Hauger, M, Hess, M, Hoshino, K, Ieva, M, Incurvati, M, Jakovcic, K, Csathy, J, Janutta, B, Jollet, C, Juget, F, Kazuyama, M, Kim, S, Kimura, M, Knuesel, J, Kodama, K, Kolev, D, Komatsu, M, Kose, U, Krasnoperov, A, Kreslo, I, Krumstein, Z, Laktineh, I, Taille, C, Flour, T, Lieunard, S, Ljubicic, A, Longhin, A, Malgin, A, Manai, K, Mandrioli, G, Mantello, U, Marotta, A, Marteau, J, Martin Chassard, G, Matveev, V, Messina, M, Meyer, L, Micanovic, S, Migliozzi, P, Miyamoto, S, Monacelli, P, Monteiro, I, Morishima, K, Moser, U, Muciaccia, M, Mugnier, P, Naganawa, N, Nakamura, M, Nakano, T, Napolitano, T, Natsume, M, Niwa, K, Nonoyama, Y, Nozdrin, A, Ogawa, S, Olchevski, A, Orlandi, D, Ossetski, D, Paoloni, A, Park, B, Park, I, Pastore, A, Patrizii, L, Pellegrino, L, Pessard, H, Pilipenko, V, Pistillo, C, Polukhina, N, Pozzato, M, Pretzl, K, Publichenko, P, Raux, L, Repellin, J, Roganova, T, Romano, G, Rosa, G, Rubbia, A, Ryasny, V, Ryazhskaya, O, Ryzhikov, D, Sadovski, A, Sanelli, C, Sato, O, Sato, Y, Saveliev, V, Savvinov, N, Sazhina, G, Schembri, A, Parzefall, W, Schroeder, H, Schütz, H, Lavina, L, Sewing, J, Shibuya, H, Simone, S, Sioli, M, Sirignano, C, Sirri, G, Song, J, Spaeti, R, Spinetti, M, Stanco, L, Starkov, N, Stipcevic, M, Strolin, P, Sugonyaev, V, Takahashi, S, Tereschenko, V, Terranova, F, Tezuka, I, Tioukov, V, Tikhomirov, I, Tolun, P, Toshito, T, Tsarev, V, Tsenov, R, Ugolino, U, Ushida, N, Beek, G, Verguilov, V, Vilain, P, Votano, L, Vuilleumier, J, Waelchli, T, Waldi, R, Weber, M, Wilquet, G, Wonsak, B, Wurth, R, Wurtz, J, Yakushev, V, Yoon, C, Zaitsev, Y, Zamboni, I, Zimmermann, R, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), OPERA, R. ACQUAFREDDA, N. AGAFONOVA, M. AMBROSIO, A. ANOKHINA, S. AOKI, A. ARIGA, L. ARRABITO, D. AUTIERO, A. BADERTSCHER, E. BAUSSAN, A. BERGNOLI, F. BERSANI GREGGIO, M. BESNIER, M. BEYER, S. BONDIL-BLIN, K. BORER, J. BOUCROT, V. BOYARKIN, C. BOZZA, R. BRUGNERA, S. BUONTEMPO, Y. CAFFARI, J. E. CAMPAGNE, B. CARLUS, E. CARRARA, A. CAZES, L. CHAUSSARD, M. CHERNYAVSKY, V. CHIARELLA, N. CHON-SEN, A. CHUKANOV, R. CIESIELSKI, L. CONSIGLIO, M. COZZI, F. DAL CORSO, N. D'AMBROSIO, J. DAMET, G. DE LELLIS, Y. DÉCLAIS, T. DESCOMBES, M. DE SERIO, F. DI CAPUA, D. DI FERDINANDO, A. DI GIOVANNI, N. DI MARCO, C. DI TROIA, S. DMITRIEVSKI, M. DRACOS, D. DUCHESNEAU, B. DULACH, S. DUSINI, J. EBERT, R. ENIKEEV, A. EREDITATO, L. S. ESPOSITO, C. FANIN, J. FAVIER, G. FELICI, T. FERBER, L. FOURNIER, A. FRANCESCHI, D. FREKERS, T. FUKUDA, C. FUKUSHIMA, V. I. GALKIN, V. A. GALKIN, R. GALLET, A. GARFAGNINI, G. GAUDIOT, G. GIACOMELLI, O. GIARMANA, M. GIORGINI, L. GIRARD, C. GIRERD, C. GOELLNITZ, J. GOLDBERG, Y. GORNOUSHKIN, G. GRELLA, F. GRIANTI, C. GUERIN, M. GULER, C. GUSTAVINO, C. HAGNER, T. HAMANE, T. HARA, M. HAUGER, M. HESS, K. HOSHINO, M. IEVA, M. INCURVATI, K. JAKOVCIC, J. JANICSKO CSATHY, B. JANUTTA, C. JOLLET, F. JUGET, M. KAZUYAMA, S. H. KIM, M. KIMURA, J. KNUESEL, K. KODAMA, D. KOLEV, M. KOMATSU, U. KOSE, A. KRASNOPEROV, I. KRESLO, Z. KRUMSTEIN, I. LAKTINEH, C. DE LA TAILLE, T. LE FLOUR, S. LIEUNARD, A. LJUBICIC, A. LONGHIN, A. MALGIN, K. MANAI, G. MANDRIOLI, U. MANTELLO, A. MAROTTA, J. MARTEAU, G. MARTIN-CHASSARD, V. MATVEEV, M. MESSINA, L. MEYER, S. MICANOVIC, P. MIGLIOZZI, S. MIYAMOTO, P. MONACELLI, I. MONTEIRO, K. MORISHIMA, U. MOSER, M. T. MUCIACCIA, P. MUGNIER, N. NAGANAWA, M. NAKAMURA, T. NAKANO, T. NAPOLITANO, M. NATSUME, K. NIWA, Y. NONOYAMA, A. NOZDRIN, S. OGAWA, A. OLCHEVSKI, D. ORLANDI, D. OSSETSKI, A. PAOLONI, B. D. PARK, I. G. PARK, A. PASTORE, L. PATRIZII, L. PELLEGRINO, H. PESSARD, V. PILIPENKO, C. PISTILLO, N. POLUKHINA, M. POZZATO, K. PRETZL, P. PUBLICHENKO, L. RAUX, J. P. REPELLIN, T. ROGANOVA, G. ROMANO, G. ROSA, A. RUBBIA, V. RYASNY, O. RYAZHSKAYA, D. RYZHIKOV, A. SADOVSKI, C. SANELLI, O. SATO, Y. SATO, V. SAVELIEV, N. SAVVINOV, G. SAZHINA, A. SCHEMBRI, W. SCHMIDT PARZEFALL, H. SCHROEDER, H. U. SCHÜTZ, L. SCOTTO LAVINA, J. SEWING, H. SHIBUYA, S. SIMONE, M. SIOLI, C. SIRIGNANO, G. SIRRI, J. S. SONG, R. SPAETI, M. SPINETTI, L. STANCO, N. STARKOV, M. STIPCEVIC, P. STROLIN, V. SUGONYAEV, S. TAKAHASHI, V. TERESCHENKO, F. TERRANOVA, I. TEZUKA, V. TIOUKOV, I. TIKHOMIROV, P. TOLUN, T. TOSHITO, V. TSAREV, R. TSENOV, U. UGOLINO, N. USHIDA, G. VAN BEEK, V. VERGUILOV, P. VILAIN, L. VOTANO, J. L. VUILLEUMIER, T. WAELCHLI, R. WALDI, M. WEBER, G. WILQUET, B. WONSAK, R. WURTH, J. WURTZ, V. YAKUSHEV, C. S. YOON, Y. ZAITSEV, I. ZAMBONI, R. ZIMMERMANN, 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), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), R., Acquafredda, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, and Strolin, PAOLO EMILIO

Subjects
Particle physics, LONG BASELINE EXPERIMENTS, NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, neutrino oscilations, OPERA experiment, muon neutrino, tau neutrino, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Elementary particle, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High energy physic, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), neutrino, Alte energie, fisica del neutrino, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Neutrino events Engineering controlled terms: Data reduction, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Nuclear Experiment, NUCLEAR EMULSIONS, Charged current, ICARUS, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Emulsion, Targets Engineering main heading: Particle detectors, Particle beam, Oscillation, FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE, Neutrino detector, Electronic detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, PARTICLE PHYSICS, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Emulsion film target, Neutrino, Integrated beam intensity, Particle Physics - Experiment, Beam (structure)
Abstract

The OPERA neutrino detector at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS) was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in appearance mode, through the study of nu_mu to nu_tau oscillations. The apparatus consists of a lead/emulsion-film target complemented by electronic detectors. It is placed in the high-energy, long-baseline CERN to LNGS beam (CNGS) 730 km away from the neutrino source. In August 2006 a first run with CNGS neutrinos was successfully conducted. A first sample of neutrino events was collected, statistically consistent with the integrated beam intensity. After a brief description of the beam and of the various sub-detectors, we report on the achievement of this milestone, presenting the first data and some analysis results., Submitted to the New Journal of Physics

Published
2006

29. Hardware performance of a scanning system for high speed analysis of nuclear emulsions

Author

G. Romano, M. De Serio, F. Juget, L. Scotto Lavina, G. Sirri, F. Di Capua, P. Strolin, G. De Lellis, G. Rosa, G. Giacomelli, L. Arrabito, Maximiliano Sioli, L. Consiglio, Nicola D'Ambrosio, M. T. Muciaccia, Alessandra Pastore, P. Royole-Degieux, M. Cozzi, Shahid Manzoor, D. Di Marco, P. Monacelli, N. Savvinov, G. Sorrentino, Cristiano Bozza, V. Tioukov, T. Waelchli, S. Simone, P. Migliozzi, I. Kreslo, D. Di Ferdinando, A. Marotta, D. Coppola, Salvatore Buontempo, K. Manai, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, M. Hauger, M. Giorgini, J. Damet, L. Patrizii, G. Mandrioli, M. Ieva, C. Sirignano, Imad Baptiste Laktineh, C. Pistillo, M. Pozzato, G. Grella, E. Barbuto, A. Schembri, Arrabito, L., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Buontempo, S., Consiglio, L., Coppola, D., Cozzi, M., Damet, J., D’Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., DI CAPUA, Francesco, Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, D., Esposito, L. S., Giacomelli, G., Grella, G., Hauger, M., Juget, F., Kreslo, I., Giorgini, M., Ieva, M., Laktineh, I., Manai, K., Mandrioli, G., Marotta, A., Manzoor, S., Migliozzi, P., Monacelli, P., Muciaccia, M. T., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pistillo, C., Pozzato, M., Royole Degieux, P., Romano, G., Rosa, G., Savvinov, N., Schembri, A., Scotto Lavina, L., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Sorrentino, G., Strolin, P., Tioukov, V., Waelchli, T., L. Arrabito, E. Barbuto, C. Bozza, S. Buontempo, L. Consiglio, D. Coppola, M. Cozzi, J. Damet, N. D’Ambrosio, G. De Lelli, M. De Serio, F. Di Capua, D. Di Ferdinando, D. Di Marco, L.S. Esposito, G. Giacomelli, G. Grella, M. Hauger, F. Juget, I. Kreslo, M. Giorgini, M. Ieva, I. Laktineh, K. Manai, G. Mandrioli, A. Marotta, S. Manzoor, P. Migliozzi, P. Monacelli, M.T. Muciaccia, A. Pastore, L. Patrizii, C. Pistillo, M. Pozzato, P. Royole-Degieux, G. Romano, G. Rosa, N. Savvinov, A. Schembri, L. Scotto Lavina, S. Simone, M. Sioli, C. Sirignano, G. Sirri, G. Sorrentino, P. Strolin, V. Tioukov, T. Waelchli, 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), and 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)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Microscope, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Neutrino oscillation, NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, Other Fields of Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear emulsions, 01 natural sciences, Elementary particle, law.invention, Data acquisition, law, 0103 physical sciences, Microscopy, Nuclear emulsion, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Automatic scanning, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Digital imaging, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Emulsion, business, Computer hardware
Abstract

The use of nuclear emulsions in very large physics experiments is now possible thanks to the recent improvements in the industrial production of emulsions and to the development of fast automated microscopes. In this paper the hardware performances of the European Scanning System (ESS) are described. The ESS is a very fast automatic system developed for the mass scanning of the emulsions of the OPERA experiment, which requires microscopes with scanning speeds of about 20 cm^2/h in an emulsion volume of 44 micron thickness., 16 pages, 12 figures, Accepted by Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A

Published
2006

30. Search for a Lorentz invariance violation contribution in atmospheric neutrino oscillations using MACRO data

Author

Yvonne Becherini, M. Cozzi, Shahid Manzoor, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, M. Giorgini, L. Patrizii, G. Mandrioli, V. Popa, Maximiliano Sioli, G. Sirri, V. Togo, G. Battistoni, S. Cecchini, G. Giacomelli, H. Dekhissi, Annarita Margiotta, Maurizio Spurio, G. Battistoni, Y. Becherini, S. Cecchini, M. Cozzi, H. Dekhissi, L. S. Esposito, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, A. Margiotta, L. Patrizii, V. Popa, M. Sioli, G. Sirri, M. Spurio, and V. Togo

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Lorentz covariance, Delta-v (physics), High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Theory of relativity, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Equivalence principle, Neutrino oscillation
Abstract

Neutrino-induced upward-going muons in MACRO have been analysed in terms of relativity principles violating effects, keeping standard mass-induced atmospheric neutrino oscillations as the dominant source of nu_mu -> nu_tau transitions. The data disfavor these exotic possibilities even at a sub-dominant level, and stringent 90% C.L. limits are placed on the Lorentz invariance violation parameter |Delta v| < 6 * 10^(-24) at sin2theta_v = 0 and |Delta v| < 2.5--5 * 10^(-26) at sin2theta_v = +/-1. These limits can also be re-interpreted as upper bounds on the parameters describing violation of the Equivalence Principle., 8 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Physics Letters B

Published
2005

31. Time correlations of high energy muons in an underground detector

Author

Tommaso Chiarusi, Annarita Margiotta, A. Moussa, S. Cecchini, G. Mandrioli, Jamal Eddine Derkaoui, G. Sirri, Yvonne Becherini, Maurizio Spurio, Shahid Manzoor, V. Popa, L. Patrizii, M. Cozzi, Maximiliano Sioli, H. Dekhissi, V. Togo, Luigi Salvatore Esposito, M. Giorgini, N. Giglietto, G. Giacomelli, F. Maaroufi, Y. Becherini, S. Cecchini, T. Chiarusi, M. Cozzi, H. Dekhissi, J. Derkaoui, L.S. Esposito, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, N. Giglietto, F. Maaroufi, G. Mandrioli, A. Margiotta, S. Manzoor, A. Moussa, L. Patrizii, V. Popa, M. Sioli, G. Sirri, M. Spurio, and V. Togo

Subjects
Astroparticle physics, Physics, High energy, Cosmic ray muons, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Arrival time, Time correlation, time correlations, MACRO detector, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray
Abstract

We present the result of a search for correlations in the arrival times of high energy muons collected from 1995 till 2000 with the streamer tube system of the complete MACRO detector at the underground Gran Sasso Lab. Large samples of single muons (8.6 million), double muons (0.46 million) and multiple muons with multiplicities from 3 to 6 (0.08 million) were selected. These samples were used to search for time correlations of cosmic ray particles coming from the whole upper hemisphere or from selected space cones. The results of our analyses confirm with high statistics a random arrival time distribution of high energy cosmic rays., (12 pages, 7 figures, Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics)

Published
2005

32. Extended calibration of a CR39 nuclear track detector with 158 A GeV ions

Author

P. Serra, E. Vilela, Shahid Manzoor, G. Giacomelli, V. Popa, M. Giorgini, L. Patrizii, G. Mandrioli, and V. Togo

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Calibration curve, Detector, Particle detector, Particle identification, Ion, Nuclear physics, Stack (abstract data type), Calibration, Measuring instrument, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation
Abstract

Six stacks of nuclear track detectors (CR39 and Makrofol) were exposed to 158 A GeV 207 Pb ions at the CERN-SPS. The main purpose of the experiment was the calibration of the CR39 nuclear track detector used in a large area experimental search for magnetic monopoles at the Gran Sasso Laboratory (the MACRO experiment). Different targets (C, CH2, CR39, Cu and Pb) were used in order to study also the fragmentation properties of ultrarelativistic lead nuclei. The exposures were performed at normal incidence and at a density of about 2000 ions/cm2. The total number of lead ions in a stack was about 5.8×104. For the stack with the lead target, we measured the base area and the length of the etched cones. We obtain a unique calibration curve for the charge region 7≤Z≤83 combining the two types of measurements. Using the cone length method, we obtain a charge resolution σZ≃0.19e for Z=82 ions using a single measurement in one face of CR39.

Published
1998

33. The cosmic ray proton,helium and CNO fluxes in the 100 TeV energy region from TeV muons and EAS atmospheric Cherenkov light observations of MACRO and EAS-TOP

Author

G. Giannini, F. Maaroufi, Ioannis Katsavounidis, G. C. Barbarino, G. Mandrioli, N. Giglietto, G. Mancarella, J. Reynoldson, Eugenio Scapparone, M. De Vincenzi, L. Perrone, Teresa Montaruli, Gregory Tarle, L. R. Sulak, G. Battistoni, M. Cozzi, L. Patrizii, G. Cini, Hyun-Chul Kim, A. A. Grillo, V. Popa, Pietro Antonioli, F.J. Ronga, M. Ambrosio, Mario Sitta, C. Gustavino, F. Arneodo, H. Dekhissi, R. Nolty, S. Cecchini, Carlo Vigorito, A. Chiavassa, S. L. Mufson, M. Spinetti, C. Favuzzi, Donato Nicolo, M. Iacovacci, I. De Mitri, M. Vakili, R. Antolini, M. Giorgini, M. J. Longo, B. C. Choudhary, C. Satriano, G. de Cataldo, G. Navarra, C. R. Bower, R.M. Heinz, R. Caruso, E. Katsavounidis, F. Guarino, Kate Scholberg, Giuseppe Osteria, A. Marzari-Chiesa, D. Martello, E. Kearns, S. Petrera, P. Fusco, Marco Monteno, J. L. Stone, C. De Marzo, S. Valchierotti, O. Saavedra, J. Derkaoui, A. Stamerra, Vincenzo Patera, M. E. Bertaina, L. Bergamasco, C. Forti, P. Spinelli, Andrea Carlo Marini, Kael Hanson, Marco Aglietta, C. Orth, F. Loparco, R. Pazzi, Severino Angelo Maria Bussino, J. A. Musser, A. Sciubba, Np Longley, G. Giacomelli, M. Brigida, A. Baldini, P. Galeotti, C. E. Lane, O. Erriquez, Maurizio Spurio, O. Palamara, B. C. Barish, S. Vernetto, P. L. Ghia, D. Campana, C. W. Peck, G. Sirri, E. Lamanna, Tommaso Chiarusi, Alec Habig, M. Grassi, D. G. Michael, M. Carboni, A. Rainò, C. Morello, C. Bemporad, W. Fulgione, F. Cafagna, R. Steinberg, M. N. Mazziotta, Maximiliano Sioli, Yvonne Becherini, Fabrizio Cei, G. Mannocchi, A. Di Credico, S. Kyriazopoulou, P. Vallania, V. Togo, Bruno Alessandro, Roberto Bellotti, D. Levin, A. Surdo, R. C. Webb, P. Bernardini, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, Antonella Castellina, Annarita Margiotta, Carlotta Castagnoli, M. Calicchio, Halina Bilokon, V. Chiarella, P. Monacelli, S. Coutu, G. C. Trinchero, E. Iarocci, G. Di Sciascio, Paolo Lipari, C. W. Walter, Aglietta M., Alessandro B., Antonioli P., Arneodo F., Bergamasco L., Bertaina M., Castagnoli C., Castellina A., Chiavassa A., Cini G., D'Ettorre Piazzoli B., di Sciascio G., Fulgione W., Galeotti P., Ghia P. L., Iacovacci M., Mannocchi G., Morello C., Navarra G., Saavedra O., Stamerra A., Trinchero G. C., Valchierotti S., Vallania P., Vernetto S., Vigorito C., Ambrosio M., Antolini R., Baldini A., Barbarino G. C., Barish B. C., Battistoni G., Becherini Y., Bellotti R., Bemporad C., Bernardini P., Bilokon H., Bower C., Brigida M., Bussino S., Cafagna F., Calicchio M., Campana D., Carboni M., Caruso R., Cecchini S., Cei F., Chiarella V., Chiarusi T., Choudhary B. C., Coutu S., Cozzi M., de Cataldo G., Dekhissi H., de Marzo C., de Mitri I., Derkaoui J., de Vincenzi M., di Credico A., Erriquez O., Favuzzi C., Forti C., Fusco P., Giacomelli G., Giannini G., Giglietto N., Giorgini M., Grassi M., Grillo A., Guarino F., Gustavino C., Habig A., Hanson K., Heinz R., Iarocci E., Katsavounidis E., Katsavounidis I., Kearns E., Kim H., Kyriazopoulou S., Lamanna E., Lane C., Levin D. S., Lipari P., Longley N. P., Longo M. J., Loparco F., Maaroufi F., Mancarella G., Mandrioli G., Margiotta A., Marini A., Martello D., Marzari-Chiesa A., Mazziotta M. N., Michael D. G., Monacelli P., Montaruli T., Monteno M., Mufson S., Musser J., Nicolò D., Nolty R., Orth C., Osteria G., Palamara O., Patera V., Patrizii L., Pazzi R., Peck C. W., Perrone L., Petrera S., Popa V., Rainò A., Reynoldson J., Ronga F., Satriano C., Scapparone E., Scholberg K., Sciubba A., Sioli M., Sirri G., Sitta M., Spinelli P., Spinetti M., Spurio M., Steinberg R., Stone J. L., Sulak L. R., Surdo A., Tarlé G., Togo V., Vakili M., Walter C. W., Webb R., M., Aglietta, B., Alessandro, P., Antonioli, F., Arneodo, L., Bergamasco, M., Bertaina, C., Castagnoli, A., Castellina, A., Chiavassa, G., Cini, B., D'Ettorre Piazzoli, G., Di Sciascio, W., Fulgione, P., Galeotti, P. L., Ghia, M., Iacovacci, G., Mannocchi, C., Morello, G., Navarra, O., Saavedra, A., Stamerra, G. C., Trinchero, S., Valchierotti, P., Vallania, S., Vernetto, C., Vigorito, M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, A., Baldini, G. C., Barbarino, B. C., Barish, G., Battistoni, Y., Becherini, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, Bernardini, Paolo, H., Bilokon, C., Bower, M., Brigida, S., Bussino, F., Cafagna, M., Calicchio, D., Campana, M., Carboni, R., Caruso, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, T., Chiarusi, B. C., Choudhary, S., Coutu, M., Cozzi, G., De Cataldo, H., Dekhissi, C., De Marzo, DE MITRI, Ivan, J., Derkaoui, M., De Vincenzi, A., Di Credico, O., Erriquez, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, A., Grillo, F., Guarino, C., Gustavino, A., Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, C., Lane, D. S., Levin, P., Lipari, N. P., Longley, M. J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Maaroufi, Mancarella, Giovanni, G., Mandrioli, A., Margiotta, A., Marini, Martello, Daniele, A., Marzari Chiesa, M. N., Mazziotta, D. G., Michael, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, S., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicolo', R., Nolty, C., Orth, G., Osteria, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C. W., Peck, Perrone, Lorenzo, S., Petrera, V., Popa, A., Raino', J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, C., Satriano, E., Scapparone, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, M., Sioli, G., Sirri, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J. L., Stone, L. R., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarle', V., Togo, M., Vakili, C. W., Walter, R., Webb, D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, Iacovacci, Michele, Aglietta, M, Alessandro, B, Antonioli, P, Arneodo, F, Bergamasco, L, Bertaina, M, Castagnoli, C, Castellina, A, Chiavassa, A, Cini, G, Piazzoli, Bd, Di Sciascio, G, Fulgione, W, Galeotti, P, Ghia, Pl, Iacovacci, M, Mannocchi, G, Morello, C, Navarra, G, Saavedra, O, Stamerra, A, Trinchero, Gc, Valchierotti, S, Vallania, P, Vernetto, S, Vigorito, C, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Becherini, Y, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Caruso, R, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Chiarusi, T, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, Cozzi, M, De Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, K, Heinz, R, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Monacelli, P, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Perrone, L, Petrera, S, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Satriano, C, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Walter, Cw, Webb, R., Guarino, Fausto, Barbarino, Giancarlo, Macro, and EAS TOP, Collaborations

Subjects
Proton, EAS-TOP, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, chemistry.chemical_element, Cosmic ray, MACRO, Nuclear physics, Raggi cosmici, cosmic rays, Cosmic rays, composition, high energies, extensive air showers, underground muons, Cherenkov radiation, Helium, Astroparticle physics, Physics, Muon, Cherenkov detectors, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sciami estesi, chemistry, Muoni sotterranei, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nucleon, Composizione
Abstract

The primary cosmic ray (CR) proton, helium and CNO fluxes in the energy range 80-300 TeV are studied at the National Gran Sasso Laboratories by means of EAS-TOP (Campo Imperatore, 2005 m a.s.l.) and MACRO (deep underground, 3100 m w.e., the surface energy threshold for a muon reaching the detector being E-mu(th) approximate to 1.3 TeV). The measurement is based on: (a) the selection of primaries based on their energy/nucleon (i.e., with energy/nucleon sufficient to produce a muon with energy larger than 1.3 TeV) and the reconstruction of the shower geometry by means of the muons recorded by MACRO in the deep underground laboratories; (b) the detection of the associated atmospheric Cherenkov light (C.l.) signals by means of the C.l. detector of EAS-TOP. The C.l. density at core distance r > 100 m is directly related to the total primary energy E-0. Proton and helium ("p + He") and proton, helium and CNO ("p + He + CNO") primaries are thus selected at E-0 approximate to 80 TeV, and at E-0 similar or equal to 250 TeV, respectively. Their flux is measured: J(p+He)(80 TeV) = (1.8 +/- 0.4) x 10(-6) m(-1)-s(-1) sr(-1) TeV-1, and J(p+He+CNO)(250 TeV) = (1.1 +/- 0.3) x 10(-7) m(-2)-s(-1) sr(-1) TeV-1, their relative weights being J(p+He)(J(p+He+CNO)) over bar (250 TeV) = 0.78 +/- 0.17. By using the measurements of the proton spectrum obtained from the direct experiments and hadron flux data in the atmosphere, we obtain for the relative weights of the three components at 250 TeV: J(p) : J(He) : J(CNO) = (0.20 +/- 0.08) : (0.58 +/- 0.19) : (0.22 +/- 0.17). This corresponds to the dominance of helium over proton primaries at 100-1000 TeV, and a possible non-negligible contribution from CNO. The lateral distribution of Cherenkov light in Extensive Air Showers (EASs), which is related to the rate of energy deposit of the primary in the atmosphere, is measured for a selected proton and helium primary beam, and good agreement is found when compared with the one calculated with the CORSIKA/QGSJET simulation model. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2004

34. Search for stellar gravitational collapses with the MACRO detector

Author

M. Ambrosio, R. Antolini, D. Bakari, A. Baldini, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, G. Battistoni, Y. Becherini, R. Bellotti, C. Bemporad, H. Bilokon, C. Bloise, C. Bower, M. Brigida, F. Cafagna, D. Campana, M. Carboni, S. Cecchini, F. Cei, V. Chiarella, B. C. Choudhary, D. Cosson, S. Coutu, G. De Cataldo, H. Dekhissi, C. De Marzo, U. Denni, J. Derkauoi, M. De Vincenzi, A. Di Credico, C. Favuzzi, C. Forti, A. Frani, P. Fusco, G. Giacomelli, G. Giannini, N. Giglietto, M. Giorgini, M. Grassi, A. Grillo, F. Guarino, C. Gustavino, A. Habig, K. Hanson, R. Heinz, E. Iarocci, E. Katsavounidis, I. Katsavounidis, E. Kearns, H. Kim, S. Kyriazopoulou, E. Lamanna, C. Lane, D. S. Levin, P. Lipari, M. J. Longo, F. Loparco, F. Maaroui, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, A. Margiotta, A. Marini, A. Marzari Chiesa, M. N. Mazziotta, A. Mengucci, D. G. Michael, S. Mikheyev, P. Monacelli, T. Montaruli, M. Monteno, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Nicolo', R. Nolty, C. Orth, G. Osteria, O. Palamara, V. Patera, L. Patrizii, R. Pazzi, C. W. Peck, S. Petrera, V. Popa, A. Raino', J. Reynoldson, F. Ronga, C. Satriano, K. Scholberg, A. Sciubba, M. Sioli, M. Sitta, P. Spinelli, M. Spinetti, M. Spurio, R. Steinberg, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, A. Surdo, G. Tarle', V. Togo, M. Vakili, C. W. Walter, R. Webb, BERNARDINI, Paolo, DE MITRI, Ivan, MANCARELLA, Giovanni, MARTELLO, Daniele, PERRONE, Lorenzo, M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, D., Bakari, A., Baldini, G. C., Barbarino, B. C., Barish, G., Battistoni, Y., Becherini, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, Bernardini, Paolo, H., Bilokon, C., Bloise, C., Bower, M., Brigida, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, M., Carboni, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, B. C., Choudhary, D., Cosson, S., Coutu, G., De Cataldo, H., Dekhissi, C., De Marzo, DE MITRI, Ivan, U., Denni, J., Derkauoi, M., De Vincenzi, A., Di Credico, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, A., Frani, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, A., Grillo, F., Guarino, C., Gustavino, A., Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, C., Lane, D. S., Levin, P., Lipari, M. J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Maaroui, Mancarella, Giovanni, G., Mandrioli, S., Manzoor, A., Margiotta, A., Marini, Martello, Daniele, A., Marzari Chiesa, M. N., Mazziotta, A., Mengucci, D. G., Michael, S., Mikheyev, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, S., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicolo', R., Nolty, C., Orth, G., Osteria, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C. W., Peck, Perrone, Lorenzo, S., Petrera, V., Popa, A., Raino', J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, C., Satriano, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, M., Sioli, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J. L., Stone, L. R., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarle', V., Togo, M., Vakili, C. W., Walter, and R., Webb

Subjects
neutrino, MACRO, Collasso stellare gravitazionale, supernova galattica, esperimento sotterraneo
Abstract

We present the final results of the search for stellar gravitational collapses obtained by the MACRO experiment. The detector was active for a stellar collapse search for more than 11 years and it was sensitive to collapses occurring all over in our galaxy for 8.6 years. A real time system for a prompt recognition of neutrino bursts was developed and was operating on-line for almost the whole life of the experiment. No signal compatible with a neutrino burst from a galactic supernova was observed.

Published
2004

35. Search for stellar gravitational collapses with the MACRO detector

Author

F. Maaroufi, D. G. Michael, Maximiliano Sioli, F. Loparco, C. Satriano, Chiarella, Gregory Tarle, C. Forti, Maurizio Spurio, G. Giacomelli, J. Derkaoui, R Pazzi, E. Lamanna, Donato Nicolo, Np Longley, Kate Scholberg, P. Spinelli, Halina Bilokon, Kael Hanson, R. Steinberg, C. E. Lane, A. Di Credico, L. Perrone, Alec Habig, M. Cozzi, M. Ambrosio, S. Kyriazopoulou, G. Mancarella, J. Reynoldson, Teresa Montaruli, A. Marzari-Chiesa, F.J. Ronga, D. Levin, C. W. Walter, Marco Monteno, H. Dekhissi, E. Iarocci, C. Bloise, Jl Stone, P. Fusco, R. C. Webb, R.M. Heinz, M. Vakili, Andrea Carlo Marini, G. Battistoni, L. R. Sulak, G. C. Barbarino, M. Spinetti, S. L. Mufson, Patera, G. Sirri, M. J. Longo, Roberto Bellotti, Annarita Margiotta, P. Bernardini, Paolo Lipari, C. W. Peck, M. Giorgini, Eugenio Scapparone, R. Nolty, Giuseppe Osteria, M. De Vincenzi, D. Martello, Fabrizio Cei, E. Katsavounidis, M. Grassi, A. Rainò, F. Cafagna, Mn Mazziotta, M. Brigida, C. Bemporad, I. De Mitri, C. R. Bower, E. Kearns, M. Carboni, C. De Marzo, D. Campana, J. A. Musser, Popa, A. Surdo, Ioannis Katsavounidis, C. Orth, A. Sciubba, A. Baldini, O. Palamara, B. C. Barish, B. C. Choudhary, Severino Angelo Maria Bussino, S. Petrera, S. Cecchini, C. Favuzzi, G. de Cataldo, S. Coutu, Togo, Hyun-Chul Kim, R. Antolini, G. Giannini, N. Giglietto, P. Monacelli, G. Mandrioli, L. Patrizii, A. A. Grillo, Mario Sitta, C. Gustavino, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bloise, C, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, Cozzi, M, De Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Grillo, A, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, K, Heinz, R, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Monacelli, P, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Perrone, L, Petrera, S, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Satriano, C, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Walter, Cw, Webb, R., Barbarino, Giancarlo, Russo, Stefano, M., Ambrosio, M. Ambrosio, R. Antolini, A. Baldini, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, G. Battistoni, R. Bellotti, C. Bemporad, P. Bernardini, H. Bilokon, C. Bloise, C. Bower, M. Brigida, S. Bussino, F. Cafagna, D. Campana, M. Carboni, S. Cecchini, F. Cei, V. Chiarella, B. C. Choudhary, S.Coutu, M. Cozzi, G. De Cataldo, H. Dekhi, C. De Marzo, I. De Mitri, J. Derkaoui, M. De Vincenzi, A. Di Credico, C. Favuzzi, C. Forti, P. Fusco, G. Giacomelli, G. Giannini, N. Giglietto, M. Giorgini, M. Grassi, A. Grillo, C.Gustavino, A. Habig, K. Hanson, R. Heinz, E. Iarocci, E. Katsavounidi, I. Katsavounidi, E. Kearn, H. Kim, S. Kyriazopoulou, E. Lamanna, C. Lane, D. S. Levin, P. Lipari, N. P. Longley, M. J. Longo, F. Loparco, F. Maaroufi, G. Mancarella, G. Mandrioli, A. Margiotta, A. Marini, D. Martello, A. Marzari-Chiesa, M. N. Mazziotta, D. G. Michael, P. Monacelli, T. Montaruli, M. Monteno, S. Mufson, J. Musser, D. Nicolo', R. Nolty, C. Orth, G. Osteria, O. Palamara, V. Patera, L. Patrizii, R. Pazzi, C. W. Peck, L. Perrone, S. Petrera, V. Popa, A. Raino', J. Reynoldson, F. Ronga, C. Satriano, E. Scapparone, K. Scholberg, A. Sciubba, M. Sioli, G. Sirri, M. Sitta, P. Spinelli, M. Spinetti, M. Spurio, R. Steinberg, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, A. Surdo, G. Tarle', V. Togo, M. Vakili, C. W. Walter, and R. Webb

Subjects
Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Astronomy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Signal, Galaxy, Gravitation, Supernova, Gravitational collapse, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Neutrino, Macro, Engineering (miscellaneous), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

We present the final results of the search for stellar gravitational collapses obtained by the MACRO experiment. The detector was active for a stellar collapse search for more than 11 years and it was sensitive to collapses occurring all over in our galaxy for 8.6 years. A real time system for a prompt recognition of neutrino bursts was developed and was operating on-line for almost the whole life of the experiment. No signal compatible with a neutrino burst from a galactic supernova was observed.

Published
2004

36. The cosmic ray proton, helium and CNO fluxes in the 100-TeV energy region from TeV muons and EAS atmospheric Cherenkov light observations of MACRO and EAS-TOP

Author

M. AGLIETTA, B. ALESSANDRO, P. ANTONIOLI, F. ARNEODO, L. BERGAMASCO, M. BERTAINA, C. CASTAGNOLI, A. CASTELLINA, A. CHIAVASSA, G. CINI CASTAGNOLI, B. D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, G. DI SCIASCIO, W. FULGIONE, P. GALEOTTI, P. L. GHIA, M. IACOVACCI, G. MANNOCCHI, C. MORELLO, G. NAVARRA, O. SAAVEDRA, A. STAMERRA, G. C. TRINCHERO, S. VALCHIEROTTI, P. VALLANIA, S. VERNETTO, C. VIGORITO, M. AMBROSIO, R. ANTOLINI, A. BALDINI, G. C. BARBARINO, B. C. BARISH, G. BATTISTONI, Y. BECHERINI, R. BELLOTTI, C. BEMPORAD, P. BERNARDINI, H. BILOKON, C. BOWER, M. BRIGIDA, BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, F. CAFAGNA, M. CALICCHIO, D. CAMPANA, M. CARBONI, R. CARUSO, S. CECCHINI, F. CEI, V. CHIARELLA, T. CHIARUSI, B. C. CHOUDHARY, S. COUTU, M. COZZI, G. DE CATALDO, H. DEKHISSI, C. DE MARZO, I. DE MITRI, J. DERKAOUI, A. DI CREDICO, O. ERRIQUEZ, C. FAVUZZI, C. FORTI, P. FUSCO, G. GIACOMELLI, G. GIANNINI, N. GIGLIETTO, M. GIORGINI, M. GRASSI, A. GRILLO, F. GUARINO, C. GUSTAVINO, ALEC HABIG, K. HANSON, R. HEINZ, E. IAROCCI, E. KATSAVOUNIDIS, I. KATSAVOUNIDIS, E. KEARNS, H. KIM, S. KYRIAZOPOULOU, E. LAMANNA, CHARLES E. LANE, D. S. LEVIN, P. LIPARI, N. P. LONGLEY, M. J. LONGO, F. LOPARCO, F. MAAROUFI, G. MANCARELLA, G. MANDRIOLI, A. MARGIOTTA, A. MARINI, D. MARTELLO, A. MARZARI CHIESA, M. N. MAZZIOTTA, D. G. MICHAEL, P. MONACELLI, T. MONTARULI, M. MONTENO, STUART L. MUFSON, J. MUSSER, D. NICOLO, R. NOLTY, C. ORTH, G. OSTERIA, O. PALAMARA, V. PATERA, L. PATRIZII, R. PAZZI, C. W. PECK, L. PERRONE, S. PETRERA, V. POPA, A. RAINO, J. REYNOLDSON, F. RONGA, C. SATRIANO, E. SCAPPARONE, K. SCHOLBERG, A. SCIUBBA, M. SIOLI, G. SIRRI, M. SITTA, P. SPINELLI, M. SPINETTI, M. SPURIO, R. STEINBERG, J. L. STONE, L. R. SULAK, A. SURDO, G. TARLE, V. TOGO, M. VAKILI, C. W. WALTER, R. WEBB, DE VINCENZI, Mario, M., Aglietta, B., Alessandro, P., Antonioli, F., Arneodo, L., Bergamasco, M., Bertaina, C., Castagnoli, A., Castellina, A., Chiavassa, G., CINI CASTAGNOLI, B., D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, G., DI SCIASCIO, W., Fulgione, P., Galeotti, P. L., Ghia, M., Iacovacci, G., Mannocchi, C., Morello, G., Navarra, O., Saavedra, A., Stamerra, G. C., Trinchero, S., Valchierotti, P., Vallania, S., Vernetto, C., Vigorito, M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, A., Baldini, G. C., Barbarino, B. C., Barish, G., Battistoni, Y., Becherini, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, P., Bernardini, H., Bilokon, C., Bower, M., Brigida, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, F., Cafagna, M., Calicchio, D., Campana, M., Carboni, R., Caruso, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, T., Chiarusi, B. C., Choudhary, S., Coutu, M., Cozzi, G., DE CATALDO, H., Dekhissi, C., DE MARZO, I., DE MITRI, J., Derkaoui, DE VINCENZI, Mario, A., DI CREDICO, O., Erriquez, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, A., Grillo, F., Guarino, C., Gustavino, Alec, Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, CHARLES E., Lane, D. S., Levin, P., Lipari, N. P., Longley, M. J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Maaroufi, G., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, A., Margiotta, A., Marini, D., Martello, A., MARZARI CHIESA, M. N., Mazziotta, D. G., Michael, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, STUART L., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicolo, R., Nolty, C., Orth, G., Osteria, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C. W., Peck, L., Perrone, S., Petrera, V., Popa, A., Raino, J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, C., Satriano, E., Scapparone, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, M., Sioli, G., Sirri, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J. L., Stone, L. R., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarle, V., Togo, M., Vakili, C. W., Walter, and R., Webb

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The primary cosmic ray (CR) proton, helium and CNO fluxes in the energy range 80-300 TeV are studied at the National Gran Sasso Laboratories by means of EAS-TOP (Campo Imperatore, 2005 m a.s.l.) and MACRO (deep underground, 3100 m w.e., the surface energy threshold for a muon reaching the detector being Eμth~1.3 TeV). The measurement is based on: (a) the selection of primaries based on their energy/nucleon (i.e., with energy/nucleon sufficient to produce a muon with energy larger than 1.3 TeV) and the reconstruction of the shower geometry by means of the muons recorded by MACRO in the deep underground laboratories; (b) the detection of the associated atmospheric Cherenkov light (C.l.) signals by means of the C.l. detector of EAS-TOP. The C.l. density at core distance r>100 m is directly related to the total primary energy E0. Proton and helium (``p+He'') and proton, helium and CNO (``p+He+CNO'') primaries are thus selected at E0~=80 TeV, and at E0~=250 TeV, respectively. Their flux is measured: Jp+He(80TeV)=(1.8+/-0.4)×10-6 m-2s-1sr-1TeV-1, and Jp+He+CNO(250TeV)=(1.1+/-0.3)×10-7 m-2s-1sr-1TeV-1, their relative weights being: Jp+He/Jp+He+CNO(250TeV)=0.78+/-0.17. By using the measurements of the proton spectrum obtained from the direct experiments and hadron flux data in the atmosphere, we obtain for the relative weights of the three components at 250 TeV: Jp:JHe:JCNO=(0.20+/-0.08):(0.58+/-0.19):(0.22+/-0.17). This corresponds to the dominance of helium over proton primaries at 100-1000 TeV, and a possible non-negligible contribution from CNO. The lateral distribution of Cherenkov light in Extensive Air Showers (EASs), which is related to the rate of energy deposit of the primary in the atmosphere, is measured for a selected proton and helium primary beam, and good agreement is found when compared with the one calculated with the CORSIKA/QGSJET simulation model.

Published
2004

37. The Primary cosmic ray composition between 10**15 and 10**16 eV from extensive air showers electromagnetic and TeV muon data

Author

M. AGLIETTA, B. ALESSANDRO, P. ANTONIOLI, F. ARNEODO, L. BERGAMASCO, M. BERTAINA, C. CASTAGNOLI, A. CASTELLINA, A. CHIAVASSA, G. CINI, B. D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, G. DI SCIASCIO, W. FULGIONE, P. GALEOTTI, P. L. GHIA, M. IACOVACCI, G. MANNOCCHI, C. MORELLO, G. NAVARRA, O. SAAVEDRA, A. STAMERRA, G. C. TRINCHERO, S. VALCHIEROTTI, P. VALLANIA, S. VERNETTO, C. VIGORITO, M. AMBROSIO, R. ANTOLINI, A. BALDINI, G. C. BARBARINO, B. C. BARISH, GIUESEPP BATTISTONI, R. BELLOTTI, C. BEMPORAD, P. BERNARDINI, H. BILOKON, C. BLOISE, C. BOWER, M. BRIGIDA, F. CAFAGNA, D. CAMPANA, M. CARBONI, S. CECCHINI, F. CEI, B. C. CHOUDHARY, S. COUTU, G. DE CATALDO, H. DEKHISSI, C. DE MARZO, I. DE MITRI, A. DI CREDICO, C. FORTI, P. FUSCO, G. GIACOMELLI, G. GIANNINI, N. GIGLIETTO, M. GIORGINI, M. GRASSI, A. GRILLO, C. GUSTAVINO, ALEC HABIG, K. HANSON, R. HEINZ, E. IAROCCI, E. KATSAVOUNIDIS, I. KATSAVOUNIDIS, E. KEARNS, H. KIM, S. KYRIAZOPOULOU, E. LAMANNA, CHARLES E. LANE, D. S. LEVIN, P. LIPARI, M. J. LONGO, F. LOPARCO, F. MAAROUFI, G. MANCARELLA, G. MANDRIOLI, A. MARGIOTTA, A. MARINI, D. MARTELLO, A. MARZARI CHIESA, M. N. MAZZIOTTA, D. G. MICHAEL, P. MONACELLI, T. MONTARULI, M. MONTENO, STUART L. MUFSON, J. MUSSER, D. NICOLO, R. NOLTY, C. ORTH, G. OSTERIA, O. PALAMARA, V. PATERA, L. PATRIZII, R. PAZZI, C. W. PECK, L. PERRONE, S. PETRERA, V. POPA, A. RAINO, J. REYNOLDSON, F. RONGA, C. SATRIANO, E. SCAPPARONE, K. SCHOLBERG, A. SCIUBBA, M. SIOLI, M. SITTA, P. SPINELLI, M. SPINETTI, M. SPURIO, R. STEINBERG, J. L. STONE, L. R. SULAK, A. SURDO, G. TARLE, V. TOGO, M. VAKILI, C. W. WALTER, R. WEBB, DE VINCENZI, Mario, M., Aglietta, B., Alessandro, P., Antonioli, F., Arneodo, L., Bergamasco, M., Bertaina, C., Castagnoli, A., Castellina, A., Chiavassa, G., Cini, B., D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, G., DI SCIASCIO, W., Fulgione, P., Galeotti, P. L., Ghia, M., Iacovacci, G., Mannocchi, C., Morello, G., Navarra, O., Saavedra, A., Stamerra, G. C., Trinchero, S., Valchierotti, P., Vallania, S., Vernetto, C., Vigorito, M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, A., Baldini, G. C., Barbarino, B. C., Barish, Giuesepp, Battistoni, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, P., Bernardini, H., Bilokon, C., Bloise, C., Bower, M., Brigida, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, M., Carboni, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, B. C., Choudhary, S., Coutu, G., DE CATALDO, H., Dekhissi, C., DE MARZO, I., DE MITRI, DE VINCENZI, Mario, A., DI CREDICO, C., Forti, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, A., Grillo, C., Gustavino, Alec, Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, CHARLES E., Lane, D. S., Levin, P., Lipari, M. J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Maaroufi, G., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, A., Margiotta, A., Marini, D., Martello, A., MARZARI CHIESA, M. N., Mazziotta, D. G., Michael, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, STUART L., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicolo, R., Nolty, C., Orth, G., Osteria, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C. W., Peck, L., Perrone, S., Petrera, V., Popa, A., Raino, J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, C., Satriano, E., Scapparone, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, M., Sioli, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J. L., Stone, L. R., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarle, V., Togo, M., Vakili, C. W., Walter, and R., Webb

Published
2004

38. Atmospheric neutrino oscillations from upward through going muon multiple scattering in MACRO

Author

M. AMBROSIO, R. ANTOLINI, D. BAKARI, A. BALDINI, G. C. BARBARINO, B. C. BARISH, G. BATTISTONI, Y. BECHERINI, R. BELLOTTI, C. BEMPORAD, P. BERNARDINI, H. BILOKON, C. BOWER, M. BRIGIDA, BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, F. CAFAGNA, M. CALICCHIO, D. CAMPANA, M. CARBONI, R. CARUSO, S. CECCHINI, F. CEI, V. CHIARELLA, T. CHIARUSI, B. C. CHOUDHARY, S. COUTU, M. COZZI, G. DE CATALDO, H. DEKHISSI, C. DE MARZO, I. DE MITRI, J. DERKAOUI, A. DI CREDICO, C. FAVUZZI, C. FORTI, P. FUSCO, G. GIACOMELLI, G. GIANNINI, N. GIGLIETTO, M. GIORGINI, M. GRASSI, A. GRILLO, C. GUSTAVINO, ALEC HABIG, K. HANSON, R. HEINZ, E. KATSAVOUNIDIS, I. KATSAVOUNIDIS, E. KEARNS, H. KIM, A. KUMAR, S. KYRIAZOPOULOU, E. LAMANNA, CHARLES E. LANE, D. S. LEVIN, P. LIPARI, M. J. LONGO, F. LOPARCO, F. MAAROUFI, G. MANCARELLA, G. MANDRIOLI, S. MANZOOR, A. MARGIOTTA, A. MARINI, D. MARTELLO, A. MARZARI CHIESA, M. N. MAZZIOTTA, D. G. MICHAEL, S. MIKHEYEV, P. MONACELLI, T. MONTARULI, M. MONTENO, STUART L. MUFSON, J. MUSSER, D. NICOLO, R. NOLTY, C. ORTH, G. OSTERIA, O. PALAMARA, L. PATRIZII, R. PAZZI, C. W. PECK, L. PERRONE, S. PETRERA, V. POPA, A. RAINO, J. REYNOLDSON, F. RONGA, A. RRHIOUA, C. SATRIANO, E. SCAPPARONE, K. SCHOLBERG, A. SCIUBBA, P. SERRA, M. SIOLI, G. SIRRI, M. SITTA, P. SPINELLI, M. SPINETTI, M. SPURIO, R. STEINBERG, J. L. STONE, L. R. SULAK, A. SURDO, G. TARLE, V. TOGO, M. VAKILI, C. W. WALTER, R. WEBB, DE VINCENZI, Mario, M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, D., Bakari, A., Baldini, G. C., Barbarino, B. C., Barish, G., Battistoni, Y., Becherini, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, P., Bernardini, H., Bilokon, C., Bower, M., Brigida, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, F., Cafagna, M., Calicchio, D., Campana, M., Carboni, R., Caruso, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, T., Chiarusi, B. C., Choudhary, S., Coutu, M., Cozzi, G., DE CATALDO, H., Dekhissi, C., DE MARZO, I., DE MITRI, J., Derkaoui, DE VINCENZI, Mario, A., DI CREDICO, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, A., Grillo, C., Gustavino, Alec, Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, A., Kumar, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, CHARLES E., Lane, D. S., Levin, P., Lipari, M. J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Maaroufi, G., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, S., Manzoor, A., Margiotta, A., Marini, D., Martello, A., MARZARI CHIESA, M. N., Mazziotta, D. G., Michael, S., Mikheyev, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, STUART L., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicolo, R., Nolty, C., Orth, G., Osteria, O., Palamara, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C. W., Peck, L., Perrone, S., Petrera, V., Popa, A., Raino, J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, A., Rrhioua, C., Satriano, E., Scapparone, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, P., Serra, M., Sioli, G., Sirri, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J. L., Stone, L. R., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarle, V., Togo, M., Vakili, C. W., Walter, and R., Webb

Published
2003

40. Momentum measurement by the angular method in the Emulsion Cloud Chamber

Author

P. Migliozzi, M. Giorgini, Salvatore Buontempo, G. De Lellis, P. Righini, C. Pistillo, G. Rosa, E. Barbuto, V. Tioukov, Nicola D'Ambrosio, S. Simone, G. De Rosa, S. Mangano, Chiara Sirignano, Maximiliano Sioli, M. Ieva, M. De Serio, G. Sirri, Cristiano Bozza, L. Scotto Lavina, M., De Serio, M., Ieva, S., Simone, M., Giorgini, M., Sioli, G., Sirri, S., Buontempo, N., D'Ambrosio, DE LELLIS, Giovanni, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, S., Mangano, P., Migliozzi, C., Pistillo, L., Scotto Lavina, V., Tioukov, P., Righini, G., Rosa, E., Barbuto, C., Bozza, and C., Sirignano

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Angular momentum, Meson, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Momentum transfer, Particle detector, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Momentum, momentum measurement, law, nuclear emulsion, Measuring instrument, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear emulsion, Cloud chamber, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, detectors
Abstract

We present the first automated momentum measurement in an Emulsion Cloud Chamber, consisting of multiple sandwiches of lead plates and nuclear emulsion sheets. The measurement is based on the detection of the multiple Coulombscattering analysed by the so-called angular method. A 3 X0 chamber was exposed to 2, 3 and 4 GeV=c p � : A pion momentum resolution of 36% at 4 GeV=c; 35% at 3 GeV=c and 28% for 2 GeV=c was achieved.

Published
2003

41. Metabolites produced by Gnomoniopsis castanea associated with necrosis of chestnut galls

Author

Vinale F., M. Ruocco, U. Bernardo, E. Guerrieri, M. Giorgini, P. Cascone, MARRA, ROBERTA, S. Lanzuise, N. Lombardi, P. Mazzei, S. Caira, WOO, SHERIDAN LOIS, MANGANIELLO, GELSOMINA, VARLESE, ROSARIA, PASCALE, ALBERTO, PICCOLO, ALESSANDRO, LORITO, MATTEO, Sipav, Vinale, F., Ruocco, M., Bernardo, U., Guerrieri, E., Giorgini, M., Cascone, P., Marra, Roberta, Lanzuise, S., Woo, SHERIDAN LOIS, Lombardi, N., Manganiello, Gelsomina, Varlese, Rosaria, Pascale, Alberto, Mazzei, P., Piccolo, Alessandro, Caira, S., and Lorito, Matteo

Published
2013

42. Survey on indigenous parasitoids of the invasive exotic pest Tuta absoluta in Southern Italy

Author

L. Zappalà, U. Bernardo, A. Biondi, A. Cocco, S. Deliperi, G. Delrio, M. Giorgini, P.A. Pedata, C. Rapisarda, G. Tropea Garzia, and G. Siscaro

Subjects
habitat management, sentinel plants, biocontrol, tomato borer, natural enemies
Abstract

The tomato borer, Tuta absoluta, is an invasive pest native to South-America and since its arrival in Europe the tomato production has faced severe yield loss. The composition of the indigenous parasitoid complex of the leafminer was monitored in Southern Italy (Campania, Sardinia and Sicily) during 2009-2011. The parasitoid collection was carried out by exposing sentinel tomato infested plants and by sampling open field and protected greenhouse crops, as well as Solanum nigrum, a T. absoluta wild host. The parasitoids found developing on the leafminer were mostly generalist idiobionts belonging to 12 genera and 6 families (Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, Eulophidae, Elasmidae, Pteromalidae and Trichogrammatidae). A prompt shift of native parasitoids to the new invasive host was observed and the parasitoid complex recovered on T. absoluta seems to follow the typical pattern of parasitisation on exotic pests, being characterized by a relatively low number of species mostly represented by generalist idiobionts, performing low levels of parasitisation in open field. This study highlighted the suitability of sentinel plants for indigenous parasitoids surveys in case of heavily treated crops, since the majority of the species were collected on sentinel plants (16 out of 23 totally recovered). The data recorded up to now lead to be rather optimistic with reference to the perspective of T. absoluta natural biocontrol in the Mediterranean basin.

Published
2012

44. Search for lightly ionizing particles with the MACRO detector

Author

Mario Sitta, C. Gustavino, B. C. Choudhary, S. Coutu, A. Marzari-Chiesa, R.M. Heinz, F. Cei, L. Satta, D. G. Michael, Kate Scholberg, F.J. Ronga, Marco Monteno, S. Petrera, P. Bernardini, L. R. Sulak, V. Togo, G. Mandrioli, M. Vakili, R. Steinberg, M. N. Mazziotta, A. Di Credico, P. Serra, D. Campana, P. Pistilli, M. Ambrosio, S. Kyriazopoulou, R. Pazzi, J. L. Stone, D. Bakari, M. Carboni, R. C. Webb, F. Loparco, C. Bloise, M. Brigida, P. Fusco, Andrea Carlo Marini, Paolo Lipari, L. Perrone, V. Chiarella, Barry C. Barish, Roberto Bellotti, Giuseppe Osteria, V. Popa, Maurizio Spurio, M. Ouchrif, C. W. Peck, H. Dekhissi, P. Monacelli, Donato Nicolo, F. Cafagna, I. De Mitri, Ioannis Katsavounidis, C. W. Walter, C. R. Bower, L. Patrizii, Alec Habig, M. Grassi, E. Vilela, C. De Marzo, J. Derkaoui, J. A. Musser, G. Mancarella, J. Reynoldson, P. Spinelli, A. Rainò, Kael Hanson, Teresa Montaruli, Maximiliano Sioli, C. Bemporad, Np Longley, C. Orth, F. Guarino, C. E. Lane, V. Bisi, Lindsey Gray, D. Levin, G. Battistoni, R. Nolty, E. Iarocci, M. Calicchio, Annarita Margiotta, Halina Bilokon, Erik Katsavounidis, S. L. Mufson, F. Maaroufi, M. J. Longo, D. Martello, C. Forti, G. Giacomelli, L. Miller, S P Mikheyev, M. Spinetti, M. Giorgini, E. Kearns, C. Okada, E. Lamanna, C. Satriano, G. Auriemma, Gregory Tarle, G. C. Barbarino, Eugenio Scapparone, M. De Vincenzi, G. Giannini, N. Giglietto, G. de Cataldo, O. Erriquez, A. A. Grillo, Hyun-Chul Kim, R. Antolini, S. Cecchini, C. Favuzzi, A. Surdo, Vincenzo Patera, A. Sciubba, A. Baldini, O. Palamara, Severino Angelo Maria Bussino, M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, G., Auriemma, D., Bakari, A., Baldini, Barbarino, Giancarlo, B., Barish, G., Battistoni, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, P., Bernardini, H., Bilokon, V., Bisi, C., Bloise, C., Bower, M., Brigida, S., Bussino, F., Cafagna, M., Calicchio, D., Campana, M., Carboni, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, B., Choudhary, S., Coutu, G., De Cataldo, H., Dekhissi, C., De Marzo, I., De Mitri, J., Derkaoui, M., De Vincenzi, A., Di Credico, O., Erriquez, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, L., Gray, A., Grillo, Guarino, Fausto, C., Gustavino, A., Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, C., Lane, D., Levin, P., Lipari, N., Longley, M., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Maaroufi, G., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, A., Margiotta, A., Marini, D., Martello, A., Marzari Chiesa, M., Mazziotta, D., Michael, S., Mikheyev, L., Miller, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, S., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicolò, R., Nolty, C., Orth, C., Okada, G., Osteria, M., Ouchrif, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C., Peck, L., Perrone, S., Petrera, P., Pistilli, V., Popa, A., Rainò, J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, C., Satriano, L., Satta, E., Scapparone, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, P., Serra, M., Sioli, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J., Stone, L., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarlè, V., Togo, M., Vakili, E., Vilela, C., Walter, R., Webb, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Bakari, D, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, De Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, K, Heinz, R, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, P, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Orth, C, Okada, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Perrone, L, Petrera, S, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Sioli, M, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Vilela, E, Walter, Cw, Webb, R., Perrone, Lorenzo, Macro, Collaboration, G. C., Barbarino, B. C., Barish, Bernardini, Paolo, B. C., Choudhary, G. D., Cataldo, C. D., Marzo, DE MITRI, Ivan, M. D., Vincenzi, A. D., Credico, F., Guarino, D. S., Levin, N. P., Longley, M. J., Longo, Mancarella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, M. N., Mazziotta, D. G., Michael, D., Nicolo, C. W., Peck, A., Raino, J. L., Stone, L. R., Sulak, G., Tarle, C. W., Walter, Ambrosio M., Antolini R., Auriemma G., Bakari D., Baldini A., Barbarino G.C., Barish B.C., Battistoni G., Bellotti R., Bemporad C., Bernardini P., Bilokon H., Bisi V., Bloise C., Bower C., Brigida M., Bussino S., Cafagna F., Calicchio M., Campana D., Carboni M., Cecchini S., Cei F., Chiarella V., Choudhary B.C., Coutu S., De Cataldo G., Dekhissi H., De Marzo C., De Mitri I., Derkaoui J., De Vincenzi M., Di Credico A., Erriquez O., Favuzzi C., Forti C., Fusco P., Giacomelli G., Giannini G., Giglietto N., Giorgini M., Grassi M., Gray L., Grillo A., Guarino F., Gustavino C., Habig A., Hanson K., Heinz R., Iarocci E., Katsavounidis E., Katsavounidis I., Kearns E., Kim H., Kyriazopoulou S., Lamanna E., Lane C., Levin D.S., Lipari P., Longley N.P., Longo M.J., Loparco F., Maaroufi F., Mancarella G., Mandrioli G., Margiotta A., Marini A., Martello D., Marzari-Chiesa A., Mazziotta M.N., Michael D.G., Mikheyev S., Miller L., Monacelli P., Montaruli T., Monteno M., Mufson S., Musser J., Nicolo D., Nolty R., Orth C., Okada C., Osteria G., Ouchrif M., Palamara O., Patera V., Patrizii L., Pazzi R., Peck C.W., Perrone L., Petrera S., Pistilli P., Popa V., Raino A., Reynoldson J., Ronga F., Satriano C., Satta L., Scapparone E., Scholberg K., Sciubba A., Serra P., Sioli M., Sitta M., Spinelli P., Spinetti M., Spurio M., Steinberg R., Stone J.L., Sulak L.R., Surdo A., Tarle G., Togo V., Vakili M., Vilela E., Walter C.W., and Webb R.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Charge (physics), Elementary particle, Cosmic ray, MACRO, Electron, Electric charge, Gran Sasso, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Ionization, Atomic physics
Abstract

A search for lightly ionizing particles has been performed with the MACRO detector. This search was sensitive to particles with charges between $\fractional{5}$$e$ and close to the charge of an electron, with $\beta$ between approximately 0.25 and 1.0. Unlike previous searches both single track events and tracks buried within high multiplicity muon showers were examined. In a period of approximately one year no candidates were observed. Assuming an isotropic flux, for the single track sample this corresponds to a 90% C.L. upper flux limit $\Phi \leq 9.2 \times 10^{-15} cm^{-2} sec^{-1} sr^{-1}$ ., Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures, to be submitted to Phys. Rev. D.; References Added

Published
2000

45. Low energy atmospheric muon neutrinos in MACRO

Author

I. De Mitri, C. R. Bower, L. Patrizii, C. De Marzo, F. Cei, S. Cecchini, J. A. Musser, F. Maaroufi, C. Favuzzi, Paolo Lipari, A. Di Credico, Np Longley, C. E. Lane, J. Derkaoui, V. Popa, S. Kyriazopoulou, D. Bakari, P. Spinelli, M. Giorgini, Kael Hanson, Erik Katsavounidis, O. Erriquez, R. C. Webb, C. W. Peck, S. L. Mufson, M. Ouchrif, D. Martello, G. de Cataldo, Mario Sitta, C. Gustavino, E. Kearns, M. Brigida, Roberto Bellotti, J. L. Stone, G. Sirri, M. Carboni, Donato Nicolo, D. Campana, F. Loparco, P. Pistilli, C. Forti, C. Bloise, P. Serra, F. Cafagna, P. Fusco, G. Giacomelli, M. Calicchio, R. Pazzi, E. Iarocci, Halina Bilokon, Annarita Margiotta, Andrea Carlo Marini, S P Mikheyev, A. Surdo, Severino Angelo Maria Bussino, Maurizio Spurio, L. Satta, E. Vilela, D. G. Michael, Michael J. Longo, A. Marzari-Chiesa, L. R. Sulak, G. Battistoni, Marco Monteno, G. Giannini, G. Mandrioli, Lindsey Gray, M. Ambrosio, R. Nolty, M. Spinetti, Ioannis Katsavounidis, M. Grassi, M. N. Mazziotta, R. Steinberg, Kate Scholberg, R.M. Heinz, P. Bernardini, V. Chiarella, F. Guarino, N. Giglietto, Giuseppe Osteria, V. Bisi, P. Monacelli, Vincenzo Patera, S. Coutu, A. Sciubba, Hyun-Chul Kim, A. A. Grillo, C. Orth, A. Baldini, O. Palamara, B. C. Choudhary, V. Togo, C. W. Walter, A. Rainò, R. Antolini, S. Petrera, C. Bemporad, G. Mancarella, J. Reynoldson, Teresa Montaruli, Frederic Jean Ronga, L. Perrone, Barry C. Barish, H. Dekhissi, L. Miller, D. Levin, M. Vakili, G. C. Barbarino, Maximiliano Sioli, Eugenio Scapparone, M. De Vincenzi, C. Satriano, G. Auriemma, Gregory Tarle, Alec Habig, E. Lamanna, M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, G., Auriemma, D., Bakari, A., Baldini, Barbarino, Giancarlo, B. C., Barish, G., Battistoni, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, P., Bernardini, H., Bilokon, V., Bisi, C., Bloise, C., Bower, M., Brigida, S., Bussino, F., Cafagna, M., Calicchio, D., Campana, M., Carboni, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, B. C., Choudhary, S., Coutu, G., De Cataldo, H., Dekhissi, C., De Marzo, I., De Mitri, J., Derkaoui, M., De Vincenzi, A., Di Credico, O., Erriquez, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, L., Gray, A., Grillo, Guarino, Fausto, C., Gustavino, A., Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, C., Lane, D. S., Levin, P., Lipari, N. P., Longley, M. J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Maaroufi, G., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, A., Margiotta, A., Marini, D., Martello, A., Marzari Chiesa, M. N., Mazziotta, D. G., Michael, S., Mikheyev, L., Miller, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, S., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicolò, R., Nolty, C., Orth, G., Osteria, M., Ouchrif, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C. W., Peck, L., Perrone, S., Petrera, P., Pistilli, V., Popa, A., Rainò, J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, C., Satriano, L., Satta, E., Scapparone, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, P., Serra, M., Sioli, G., Sirri, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J. L., Stone, L. R., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarlè, V., Togo, M., Vakili, E., Vilela, C. W., Walter, R., Webb, Ambrosio M., Antolini R., Auriemma G., Bakari D., Baldini A., Barbarino G.C., Barish B.C., Battistoni G., Bellotti R., Bemporad C., Bernardini P., Bilokon H., Bisi V., Bloise C., Bower C., Brigida M., Bussino S., Cafagna F., Calicchio M., Campana D., Carboni M., Cecchini S., Cei F., Chiarella V., Choudhary B.C., Coutu S., De Cataldo G., Dekhissi H., De Marzo C., De Mitri I., Derkaoui J., De Vincenzi M., Di Credico A., Erriquez O., Favuzzi C., Forti C., Fusco P., Giacomelli G., Giannini G., Giglietto N., Giorgini M., Grassi M., Gray L., Grillo A., Guarino F., Gustavino C., Habig A., Hanson K., Heinz R., Iarocci E., Katsavounidis E., Katsavounidis I., Kearns E., Kim H., Kyriazopoulou S., Lamanna E., Lane C., Levin D.S., Lipari P., Longley N.P., Longo M.J., Loparco F., Maaroufi F., Mancarella G., Mandrioli G., Margiotta A., Marini A., Martello D., Marzari-Chiesa A., Mazziotta M.N., Michael D.G., Mikheyev S., Miller L., Monacelli P., Montaruli T., Monteno M., Mufson S., Musser J., Nicolom D., Nolty R., Orth C., Osteria G., Ouchrif M., Palamara O., Patera V., Patrizii L., Pazzi R., Peck C.W., Perrone L., Petrera S., Pistilli P., Popa V., Rainoa A., Reynoldson J., Ronga F., Satriano C., Satta L., Scapparone E., Scholberg K., Sciubba A., Serra P., Sioli M., Sirri G., Sitta M., Spinelli P., Spinetti M., Spurio M., Steinberg R., Stone J.L., Sulak L.R., Surdo A., Tarle G., Togo V., Vakili M., Vilela E., Walter C.W., Webb R., Bernardini, Paolo, Martello, Daniele, DE MITRI, Ivan, Perrone, Lorenzo, Macro, Collaboration, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Auriemma, G, Bakari, D, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, De Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, K, Heinz, R, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, P, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Perrone, L, Petrera, S, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Vilela, E, Walter, Cw, and Webb, R.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Nuclear, Physics, Particles & Fields, Muon, Detector, Particles & Fields, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, MACRO, Gran Sasso, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Nuclear, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Event (particle physics), Charged current, Mixing (physics)
Abstract

We present the measurement of two event samples induced by atmospheric $\nu_\mu$ of average energy $ \bar {E}_\nu \sim 4 GeV$. In the first sample, the neutrino interacts inside the MACRO detector producing an upward-going muon leaving the apparatus. The ratio of the number of observed to expected events is $ 0.57 \pm0.05_{stat} \pm0.06_{syst} \pm0.14_{theor}$ with an angular distribution similar to that expected from the Bartol atmospheric neutrino flux. The second is a mixed sample of internally produced downward-going muons and externally produced upward-going muons stopping inside the detector. These two subsamples are selected by topological criteria; the lack of timing information makes it impossible to distinguish stopping from downgoing muons. The ratio of the number of observed to expected events is $0.71 \pm 0.05_{stat} \pm0.07_{syst} \pm0.18_{theor}$ . Using the ratio of the two subsamples (for which most theoretical uncertainties cancel) we can test the pathlength dependence of the oscillation hypothesis. The probability of agreement with the no-oscillation hypothesis is 5% . The deviations of our observations from the expectations has a preferred interpretation in terms of $\nu_\mu$ oscillations with maximal mixing and $\Delta m^2 \sim 10^{-3} \div 10^{-2} eV^2$. These parameters are in agreement with our results from upward throughgoing muons, induced by $\nu_\mu$ of much higher energies., Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures. Submitted to Phys. Lett. B

Published
2000
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46. Limits on dark matter WIMPs using upward-going muons in the MACRO detector

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Paolo Lipari, G. de Cataldo, M. Ambrosio, G. Tarle, P. Bernardini, Edward Diehl, F. Guarino, D. G. Michael, J. L. Stone, L. Satta, Shahid Manzoor, P. Serra-Lugaresi, J. Derkaoui, P. Spinelli, Kael Hanson, M. Spinetti, M. Carboni, V. Bisi, Donato Nicolo, F. Cei, B. C. Choudhary, C. Mazzotta, R.M. Heinz, E. Kearns, M. Giorgini, F. Cafagna, A. Margiotta Neri, G. C. Barbarino, G. Mancarella, G. Giannini, Kate Scholberg, Yichen Huang, Np Longley, Carla Aramo, C. Favuzzi, M. Severi, R. Steinberg, I. De Mitri, Lindsey Gray, D. Martello, S. Petrera, C. R. Bower, C. E. Lane, E. Iarocci, A. A. Grillo, N. Giglietto, C. W. Walter, C. De Marzo, Vincenzo Patera, Armando Rastelli, P. Pistilli, R. Pazzi, A. Rainò, C. W. Peck, M. Calicchio, J. A. Musser, A. Sciubba, C. Orth, Halina Bilokon, L. De Benedictis, C. Bemporad, A. Marzari-Chiesa, S. Cecchini, Mario Sitta, C. Gustavino, A. Di Credico, Eugenio Scapparone, Elisa Bernardini, Hyun-Chul Kim, S. Kyriazopoulou, O. Palamara, B. C. Barish, F. Maaroufi, Alec Habig, J. Reynoldson, G. Osteria, Teresa Montaruli, Frederic Jean Ronga, E. Lamanna, V. Popa, S. Coutu, G. Battistoni, Maurizio Spurio, A. Surdo, R. C. Webb, Marco Monteno, Maximiliano Sioli, Ioannis Katsavounidis, H. Dekhissi, R. Antolini, P. Guarnaccia, M. N. Mazziotta, Michael J. Longo, V. Togo, C. Bloise, S. L. Mufson, P. Fusco, V. Chiarella, L. Patrizii, Marco Grassi, Andrea Carlo Marini, G. Mandrioli, L. Miller, D. Levin, Severino Angelo Maria Bussino, P. Monacelli, A. Sanzgiri, A. Baldini, D. Ugolotti, O. Erriquez, Roberto Bellotti, C. Forti, G. Giacomelli, T. Lari, S P Mikheyev, Marcello Castellano, M. Ouchrif, M. Vakili, M. De Vincenzi, C. Satriano, G. Auriemma, E. Katsavounidis, L. R. Sulak, D. Campana, Ambrosio M., Antolini R., Aramo C., Auriemma G., Baldini A., Barbarino G.C., Barish B.C., Battistoni G., Bellotti R., Bemporad C., Bernardini E., Bernardini P., Bilokon H., Bisi V., Bloise C., Bower C., Bussino S., Cafagna F., Calicchio M., Campana D., Carboni M., Castellano M., Cecchini S., Cei F., Chiarella V., Choudhary B.C., Coutu S., De Benedictis L., De Cataldo G., Dekhissi H., De Marzo C., De Mitri I., Derkaoui J., De Vincenzi M., Di Credico A., Diehl E., Erriquez O., Favuzzi C., Forti C., Fusco P., Giacomelli G., Giannini G., Giglietto N., Giorgini M., Grassi M., Gray L., Grillo A., Guarino F., Guarnaccia P., Gustavino C., Habig A., Hanson K., Heinz R., Huang Y., Iarocci E., Katsavounidis E., Katsavounidis I., Kearns E., Kim H., Kyriazopoulou S., Lamanna E., Lane C., Lari T., Levin D.S., Lipari P., Longley N.P., Longo M.J., Maaroufi F., Mancarella G., Mandrioli G., Manzoor S., Margiotta Neri A., Marini A., Martello D., Marzari-Chiesa A., Mazziotta M.N., Mazzotta C., Michael D.G., Mikheyev S., Miller L., Monacelli P., Montaruli T., Monteno M., Mufson S., Musser J., Nicolo D., Orth C., Osteria G., Ouchrif M., Palamara O., Patera V., Patrizii L., Pazzi R., Peck C.W., Petrera S., Pistilli P., Popa V., Raino A., Rastelli A., Reynoldson J., Ronga F., Sanzgiri A., Satriano C., Satta L., Scapparone E., Scholberg K., Sciubba A., Serra-Lugaresi P., Severi M., Sioli M., Sitta M., Spinelli P., Spinetti M., Spurio M., Steinberg R., Stone J.L., Sulak L.R., Surdo A., Tarle G., Togo V., Ugolotti D., Vakili M., Walter C.W., Webb R., Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Aramo, C, Auriemma, G, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, E, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bower, C, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, R, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Castellano, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, De Benedictis, L, De Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Diehl, E, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Guarnaccia, P, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, K, Heinz, R, Huang, Y, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Lari, T, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Neri, Am, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Mazzotta, C, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, P, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Petrera, S, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Raino, A, Rastelli, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Sanzgiri, A, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra Lugaresi, P, Severi, M, Sioli, M, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Ugolotti, D, Vakili, M, Walter, Cw, Webb, R., M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, C., Aramo, G., Auriemma, A., Baldini, G., Barbarino, B., Barish, G., Battistoni, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, E., Bernardini, P., Bernardini, H., Bilokon, V., Bisi, C., Bloise, C., Bower, S., Bussino, F., Cafagna, M., Calicchio, D., Campana, M., Carboni, M., Castellano, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, B., Choudhary, S., Coutu, L., De Benedicti, G., De Cataldo, H., Dekhissi, C., De Marzo, DE MITRI, Ivan, J., Derkaoui, M., De Vincenzi, A., Di Credico, E., Diehl, O., Erriquez, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, L., Gray, A., Grillo, F., Guarino, P., Guarnaccia, C., Gustavino, A., Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, Y., Huang, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, C., Lane, T., Lari, D., Levin, P., Lipari, N., Longley, M., Longo, F., Maaroufi, Mancarella, Giovanni, G., Mandrioli, S., Manzoor, A., Margiotta Neri, A., Marini, Martello, Daniele, A., Marzari Chiesa, M., Mazziotta, C., Mazzotta, D., Michael, S., Mikheyev, L., Miller, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, S., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicoló, C., Orth, G., Osteria, M., Ouchrif, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C., Peck, S., Petrera, P., Pistilli, V., Popa, A., Rainò, A., Rastelli, J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, A., Sanzgiri, C., Satriano, L., Satta, E., Scapparone, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, P., Serra Lugaresi, M., Severi, M., Sioli, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J., Stone, L., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarlè, V., Togo, D., Ugolotti, M., Vakili, C., Walter, R., Webb, Barbarino, Giancarlo, and Guarino, Fausto

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Dark matter, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Supersymmetry, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), WIMP, Weakly interacting massive particles, Neutralino, Physics::Space Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Neutrino, MACRO: Gran Sasso, Light dark matter
Abstract

We perform an indirect search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using the MACRO detector to look for neutrino-induced upward-going muons resulting from the annihilation of WIMPs trapped in the Sun and Earth. The search is conducted in various angular cones centered on the Sun and Earth to accommodate a range of WIMP masses. No significant excess over the background from atmospheric neutrinos is seen and limits are placed on the upward-going muon fluxes from Sun and Earth. These limits are used to constrain neutralino particle parameters from supersymmetric theory, including those suggested by recent results from DAMA/NaI., Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D

Published
1999

47. High statistics measurement of the underground muon pair separation at Gran Sasso

Author

D. Martello, Maximiliano Sioli, M. Calicchio, S. Mufson, R. Heinz, P. Fusco, I. Katsavounidis, C. Gustavino, M. Giorgini, U. Rubizzo, N. Giglietto, C. Favuzzi, F. Guarino, G. Battistoni, M. Carboni, M. N. Mazziotta, R. Pazzi, A. Surdo, E. Katsavounidis, G. Tarlè, G. de Cataldo, S. Petrera, P. Lipari, V. Togo, I. De Mitri, B. C. Choudhary, L. Miller, M. De Vincenzi, S. Kyriazopoulou, D. G. Michael, A. Di Credico, G. Mancarella, O. Palamara, P. Spinelli, Kael Hanson, Shahid Manzoor, P. Serra-Lugaresi, Armando Rastelli, M. Vakili, E. Scapparone, M. Grassi, O. Erriquez, F. Maaroufi, H. Kim, R. Steinberg, C. De Marzo, M. Ouchrif, Maurizio Spurio, J. A. Musser, C. Mazzotta, G. Osteria, S. Cecchini, A. Rainò, G. Auriemma, C. Bemporad, Adalberto Sciubba, F. Ronga, R. Antolini, Roberto Bellotti, P. Pistilli, T. Lari, D. Campana, Y. Huang, E. Kearns, J. Derkaoui, M. J. Longo, A. A. Grillo, D. S. Levin, C. Aramo, E. Lamanna, L. Satta, L. Gray, Alec Habig, J. L. Stone, A. Marzari-Chiesa, F. Loparco, G. Giannini, V. Popa, C. W. Walter, C. Orth, Elisa Bernardini, C. Forti, M. Ambrosio, Kate Scholberg, Vincenzo Patera, B. C. Barish, C. Satriano, M. Monteno, J. Reynoldson, C. Bower, F. Cafagna, C. Bloise, L. Patrizii, Teresa Montaruli, H. Bilokon, C. Lane, G. Giacomelli, F. Cei, S. Mikheyev, A. Margiotta Neri, H. Dekhissi, P. Monacelli, M. Severi, A. Baldini, S. Bussino, Marcello Castellano, R. C. Webb, A. Marini, M. Spinetti, N. P. Longley, L. R. Sulak, C. W. Peck, S. Coutu, D. Ugolotti, E. Iarocci, V. Chiarella, G. Mandrioli, V. Bisi, M. Sitta, P. Bernardini, D. Nicoló, G. C. Barbarino, Barbarino, Giancarlo, Guarino, Fausto, M., Ambrosio, R., Antolini, C., Aramo, G., Auriemma, A., Baldini, G., Barbarino, B., Barish, G., Battistoni, R., Bellotti, C., Bemporad, E., Bernardini, P., Bernardini, H., Bilokon, V., Bisi, C., Bloise, C., Bower, S., Bussino, F., Cafagna, M., Calicchio, D., Campana, M., Carboni, M., Castellano, S., Cecchini, F., Cei, V., Chiarella, B., Choudhary, S., Coutu, G., De Cataldo, H., Dekhissi, C., De Marzo, DE MITRI, Ivan, J., Derkaoui, M., De Vincenzi, A., Di Credico, O., Erriquez, C., Favuzzi, C., Forti, P., Fusco, G., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, N., Giglietto, M., Giorgini, M., Grassi, L., Gray, A., Grillo, F., Guarino, C., Gustavino, A., Habig, K., Hanson, R., Heinz, Y., Huang, E., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidi, I., Katsavounidi, E., Kearn, H., Kim, S., Kyriazopoulou, E., Lamanna, C., Lane, T., Lari, D., Levin, P., Lipari, N., Longley, M., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Maaroufi, Mancarella, Giovanni, G., Mandrioli, S., Manzoor, A., Margiotta Neri, A., Marini, Martello, Daniele, A., Marzari Chiesa, M., Mazziotta, C., Mazzotta, D., Michael, S., Mikheyev, L., Miller, P., Monacelli, T., Montaruli, M., Monteno, S., Mufson, J., Musser, D., Nicoló, C., Orth, G., Osteria, M., Ouchrif, O., Palamara, V., Patera, L., Patrizii, R., Pazzi, C., Peck, S., Petrera, P., Pistilli, V., Popa, A., Rainò, A., Rastelli, J., Reynoldson, F., Ronga, U., Rubizzo, C., Satriano, L., Satta, E., Scapparone, K., Scholberg, A., Sciubba, P., Serra Lugaresi, M., Severi, M., Sioli, M., Sitta, P., Spinelli, M., Spinetti, M., Spurio, R., Steinberg, J., Stone, L., Sulak, A., Surdo, G., Tarlè, V., Togo, D., Ugolotti, M., Vakili, C., Walter, R., Webb, Ambrosio M., Antolini R., Aramo C., Auriemma G., Baldini A., Barbarino G.C., Barish B.C., Battistoni G., Bellotti R., Bemporad C., Bernardini E., Bernardini P., Bilokon H., Bisi V., Bloise C., Bower C., Bussino S., Cafagna F., Calicchio M., Campana D., Carboni M., Castellano M., Cecchini S., Cei F., Chiarella V., Choudhary B.C., Coutu S., De Cataldo G., Dekhissi H., De Marzo C., De Mitri I., Derkaoui J., De Vincenzi M., Di Credico A., Erriquez O., Favuzzi C., Forti C., Fusco P., Giacomelli G., Giannini G., Giglietto N., Giorgini M., Grassi M., Gray L., Grillo A., Guarino F., Gustavino C., Habig A., Hanson K., Heinz R., Huang Y., Iarocci E., Katsavounidis E., Katsavounidis I., Kearns E., Kim H., Kyriazopoulou S., Lamanna E., Lane C., Lari T., Levin D.S., Lipari P., Longley N.P., Longo M.J., Loparco F., Maaroufi F., Mancarella G., Mandrioli G., Manzoor S., Margiotta Neri A., Marini A., Martello D., Marzari-Chiesa A., Mazziotta M.N., Mazzotta C., Michael D.G., Mikheyev S., Miller L., Monacelli P., Montaruli T., Monteno M., Mufson S., Musser J., Nicolo D., Orth C., Osteria G., Ouchrif M., Palamara O., Patera V., Patrizii L., Pazzi R., Peck C.W., Petrera S., Pistilli P., Popa V., Raino A., Rastelli A., Reynoldson J., Ronga F., Rubizzo U., Satriano C., Satta L., Scapparone E., Scholberg K., Sciubba A., Serra-Lugaresi P., Severi M., Sioli M., Sitta M., Spinelli P., Spinetti M., Spurio M., Steinberg R., Stone J.L., Sulak L.R., Surdo A., Tarle G., Togo V., Ugolotti D., Vakili M., Walter C.W., Webb R., Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Aramo, C, Auriemma, G, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, E, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bower, C, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Castellano, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, De Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, K, Heinz, R, Huang, Y, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Lari, T, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Neri, Am, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Mazzotta, C, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, P, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Petrera, S, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Raino, A, Rastelli, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Rubizzo, U, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra Lugaresi, P, Severi, M, Sioli, M, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Ugolotti, D, Vakili, M, Walter, Cw, and Webb, R.

Subjects
Physics, Systematic error, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Meson, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Hadron, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Function (mathematics), High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Monte carlo code, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Special care, MACRO: Gran Sasso, Nuclear Experiment, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

We present a measurement of the underground decoherence function using multi-muon events observed in the MACRO detector at Gran Sasso at an average depth of 3800 hg/cm**2. Muon pair separations up to 70 m have been measured, corresponding to parent mesons with P_t < 1-2GeV/c. The accuracy of the measurement is such that the possible contribution of rare processes, such as mu + N ----> mu + N + mu- + mu+, can be experimentally studied. The measured decoherence function is compared with the predictions of the hadronic interaction model of the HEMAS Monte Carlo code. Good agreement is obtained. We interpret this agreement to indicate that no anomalous P_t components in soft hadron-Nucleus and Nucleus-Nucleus collisions are required by the MACRO experimental data., 38 pages, Latex, 10 figures, Corrected typos

Published
1999

48. SEARCH FOR A POSSIBLE SPONTANEOUS EMISSION OF MUONS FROM HEAVY NUCLEI

Author

M. Giorgini

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Muon, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear emulsion, Spontaneous emission, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), National laboratory, Nuclear Experiment, Event (particle physics), Natural radioactivity
Abstract

A search for an exotic natural radioactivity of lead nuclei, using nuclear emulsion sheets as detector, is described. We discuss the experimental set-up of a test performed at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (Italy), the event simulation, data analysis and preliminary results., 5 pages, 2 EPS figures. Talk given at the $11^{th}$ ICATPP Conference on Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications, Como (Italy), 5-9 October 2009

Published
2010

49. Observation of the shadowing of cosmic rays by the Moon using a deep underground detector

Author

A. Di Credico, G. de Cataldo, S. Kyriazopoulou, G. Mandrioli, M. Grassi, U. Rubizzo, M. Giorgini, C. Mazzotta, M. Severi, R. C. Webb, R.M. Heinz, Giuseppe Osteria, V. Pugliese, E. Kearns, C. W. Walter, F.J. Ronga, Erik Katsavounidis, S. L. Mufson, G. Giannini, H. Dekhissi, L. Gray, A. A. Grillo, C. Forti, B. C. Choudhary, N. Giglietto, J. L. Stone, P. Serra-Lugaresi, J. Derkaoui, P. Spinelli, Kael Hanson, G. Giacomelli, D. Ugolotti, M. Vakili, Hyun-Chul Kim, L. Satta, C. Orth, Kate Scholberg, Yichen Huang, S. Cecchini, L. R. Sulak, P. Bernardini, S P Mikheyev, C. Favuzzi, Mario Sitta, C. Gustavino, R. Antolini, Marcello Castellano, L. De Benedictis, Maximiliano Sioli, F. Maaroufi, D. Campana, M. Spinetti, F. Cafagna, A. Margiotta Neri, I. De Mitri, C. R. Bower, C. De Marzo, M. J. Longo, M. N. Mazziotta, J. A. Musser, S. Petrera, G. Mancarella, G. C. Barbarino, J. Reynoldson, F. Guarino, Carla Aramo, Teresa Montaruli, D. Martello, L. Miller, D. Levin, D. Nicoló, M. Ouchrif, Shahid Manzoor, M. Calicchio, Halina Bilokon, Roberto Bellotti, F. Cei, Eugenio Scapparone, A. Marzari-Chiesa, Severino Angelo Maria Bussino, Marco Monteno, M. Carboni, C. Bemporad, A. Surdo, Alec Habig, O. Palamara, R. Pazzi, O. Erriquez, Maurizio Spurio, Vincenzo Patera, A. Sciubba, A. Baldini, B. C. Barish, G. Battistoni, M. De Vincenzi, A. Rainò, P. Guarnaccia, C. Satriano, G. Auriemma, V. Popa, Gregory Tarle, M. Ambrosio, E. Iarocci, C. W. Peck, V. Bisi, S. Coutu, C. Bloise, P. Fusco, Paolo Lipari, Andrea Carlo Marini, D. G. Michael, V. Togo, R. Steinberg, V. Chiarella, P. Monacelli, L. Patrizii, P. Pistilli, E. Lamanna, Np Longley, C. E. 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Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Flux, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, law.invention, Telescope, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), law, Statistical analysis, Angular resolution, High Energy Physics::Experiment, MACRO: Gran Sasso
Abstract

Using data collected by the MACRO experiment during the years 1989-1996, we show evidence for the shadow of the moon in the underground cosmic ray flux with a significance of 3.6 sigma. This detection of the shadowing effect is the first by an underground detector. A maximum-likelihood analysis is used to determine that the angular resolution of the apparatus is 0.9+/-0.3 degrees. These results demonstrate MACRO's capabilities as a muon telescope by confirming its absolute pointing ability and quantifying its angular resolution., Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures Submitted to Phys. Rev. D

Published
1998

50. The nuclear track detector CR39: results from different experiments

Author

M. Giorgini

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Strangelet, Detection threshold, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, Magnetic monopole, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Ion, Nuclear physics, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), Nuclear track
Abstract

The nuclear track detector CR39 was calibrated with different ions of different energies. Due to the low detection threshold (Z/beta~6e) and the good charge resolution (sigma_Z ~ 0.2e for 6e < Z/beta, 4 pages, 5 eps figures. Invited talk at the 11th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors, Siena, Italy, 1-4 October 2008

Published
2008
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