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1. $K^+\Lambda(1520)$ photoproduction at forward angles near threshold with the BGOOD experiment

Author

Rosanowski, E. O., Jude, T. C., Alef, S., Figueiredo, A. J. Clara, Burdeinyi, D. D, Cole, P. L., Di Salvo, R., Elsner, D., Fantini, A., Freyermuth, O., Frommberger, F., Ganenko, V. B, Ghio, F., Groß, J., Kohl, K., Sandri, P. Levi, Mandaglio, G., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Pedroni, P., Reitz, B. -E., Romaniuk, M., Scheluchin, G., Schmieden, H., and Sonnenschein, A.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The differential cross section for $\gamma p\rightarrow K^+\Lambda(1520)$ was measured from threshold to a centre-of-mass energy of 2090\,MeV at forward angles at the BGOOD experiment. The high statistical precision and resolution in centre-of-mass energy and angle allows a detailed characterisation of this low-momentum transfer kinematic region. The data agree with a previous LEPS measurement and support effective Lagrangian models that indicate that the contact term dominates the cross section near threshold., Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures

Published
2024

2. Evidence of a dibaryon spectrum in coherent $\pi^0\pi^0 d$ photoproduction at forward deuteron angles

Author

Jude, T. C., Alef, S., Beck, R., Braghieri, A., Cole, P. L., Elsner, D., Di Salvo, R., Fantini, A., Freyermuth, O., Frommberger, F., Ghio, F., Gridnev, A., Kohl, K., Kozlenko, N., Lapik, A., Sandri, P. Levi, Lisin, V., Mandaglio, G., Moricciani, D., Nedorezov, V., Novinsky, D., Pedroni, P., Polonskiy, A., Reitz, B. -E., Romaniuk, M., Scheluchin, G., Schmieden, H., Stuglev, A., Sumachev, V., and Tarakanov, V.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The coherent reaction, $\gamma d \rightarrow \pi^0\pi^0 d$ was studied with the BGOOD experiment at ELSA from threshold to a centre-of-mass energy of 2850\,MeV. A full kinematic reconstruction was made, with final state deuterons identified in the forward spectrometer and $\pi^0$ decays in the central BGO Rugby Ball. The strength of the differential cross section exceeds what can be described by models of coherent photoproduction and instead supports the three isoscalar dibaryon candidates reported by the ELPH collaboration at 2.38, 2.47 and 2.63\,GeV/c$^2$. A low mass enhancement in the $\pi^0\pi^0$ invariant mass is also observed at the $d^*(2380)$ centre-of-mass energy which is consistent with the ABC effect. At higher centre-of-mass energies, a narrow peak in the $\pi^0 d$ invariant mass at 2114\,MeV/c$^2$ with a width of 20\,MeV/c$^2$ supports a sequential two-dibaryon decay mechanism., Comment: 8 pages, 10 figures. Additional references (recommended by colleagues) added since the first revision

Published
2022
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3. Precision tests of Quantum Mechanics and CPT symmetry with entangled neutral kaons at KLOE

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Babusci, D., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D'Agostini, G., D'Amico, R., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Diociaiuti, E., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Fantini, G., Fermani, P., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Ivanov, V. L., Johansson, T., Kang, X., Kisielewska-Kamińska, D., Kozyrev, E. A., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Lukin, P. A., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Santangelo, P., Schioppa, M., Selce, A., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Solodov, E. P., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The quantum interference between the decays of entangled neutral kaons is studied in the process $\phi\rightarrow K_S K_L \rightarrow\pi^+\pi^-\pi^+\pi^-$, which exhibits the characteristic Einstein--Podolsky--Rosen correlations that prevent both kaons to decay into $\pi^+\pi^-$ at the same time. This constitutes a very powerful tool for testing at the utmost precision the quantum coherence of the entangled kaon pair state, and to search for tiny decoherence and CPT violation effects, which may be justified in a quantum gravity framework. The analysed data sample was collected with the KLOE detector at DA$\Phi$NE, the Frascati $\phi$-factory, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of about 1.7 fb$^{-1}$, i.e. to about $1.7 \times 10^9$ $\phi\rightarrow K_S K_L$ decays produced. From the fit of the observed $\Delta t$ distribution, being $\Delta t$ the difference of the kaon decay times, the decoherence and CPT violation parameters of various phenomenological models are measured with a largely improved accuracy with respect to previous analyses. The results are consistent with no deviation from quantum mechanics and CPT symmetry, while for some parameters the precision reaches the interesting level at which -- in the most optimistic scenarios -- quantum gravity effects might show up. They provide the most stringent limits up to date on the considered models., Comment: 17 pages 6 figures

Published
2021

4. Measurement of the $\gamma n\rightarrow K^0\Sigma^0$ differential cross section over the $K^*$ threshold

Author

Kohl, K., Jude, T. C., Alef, S., Beck, R., Braghieri, A., Cole, P., Salvo, R. D., Fantini, A., Freyermuth, O., Frommberger, F., Ghio, F., Gridnev, A., Hammann, D., Hannappel, J., Kozlenko, N., Lapik, A., Sandri, P. Levi, Lisin, V., Mandaglio, G., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Nedorezov, V., Nikonov, V. A., Novinsky, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Reitz, B. -E., Romaniuk, M., Scheluchin, G., Schmieden, H., Stuglev, A., Sumachev, V., and Tarakanov, V.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The differential cross section for the quasi-free photoproduction reaction $\gamma n\rightarrow K^0\Sigma^0$ was measured at BGOOD at ELSA from threshold to a centre-of-mass energy of 2400 MeV. Close to threshold the results are consistent with existing data and are in agreement with partial wave analysis solutions over the full measured energy range, with a large coupling to the $\Delta$(1900)1/2- evident. This is the first dataset covering the K* threshold region, where there are model predictions of dynamically generated vector meson-baryon resonance contributions., Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures

Published
2021

5. Photoproduction of $K^+\Lambda(1405) \rightarrow K^+\pi^0\Sigma^0$ extending to forward angles and low momentum transfer

Author

Scheluchin, G., Jude, T. C., Alef, S., Bauer, P., Bayadilov, D., Beck, R., Braghieri, A., Cole, P. L., Di Salvo, R., Elsner, D., Fantini, A., Freyermuth, O., Fromberger, F., Ghio, F., Gridnev, A., Hammann, D., Hannappel, J., Kohl, K., Kozlenko, N., Lapik, A., Sandri, P. Levi, Lisin, V., Mandaglio, G., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Mushkarenkov, A., Nedorezov, V., Novinsky, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Reitz, B. -E., Romaniuk, M., Schmieden, H., Sumachev, V., and Tarakanov, V.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

$K^+\Lambda(1405)$ photoproduction has been studied at the BGOOD experiment via the all neutral decay, $\Lambda(1405)\rightarrow\Sigma^0\pi^0$. The unique BGOOD experimental setup allows both the cross section and $\Lambda(1405)$ invariant mass distribution (line shape) to be measured over a broad $K^+$ polar angle range, extending to extreme forward $K^+$ angles unattainable at previous experiments. Evidence is provided for the role of a triangle singularity driven by the $N^*(2030)$ resonance, which appears to contribute significantly to $K^+\Lambda(1405)$ photoproduction. This is observed in both the angular distributions and the integrated cross section which was determined with unprecedented energy resolution. The measured line shape is also in agreement with the previous results of CLAS and ANKE, and is consistent with two poles derived in $\chi$PT based models.

Published
2021
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6. Strangeness Photoproduction at the BGO-OD experiment

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Jude, T. C., Alef, S., Bauer, P., Beck, R., Braghieri, A., Cole, P. L., Di Salvo, R., Elsner, D., Fantini, A., Freyermuth, O., Ghio, F., Gridnev, A., Hammann, D., Hannappel, J., Kohl, K., Kozlenko, N., Lapik, A., Sandri, P. Levi, Lisin, V., Mandaglio, G., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Nedorezov, V., Novinsky, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Reitz, B. -E., Romaniuk, M., Scheluchin, G., Schmieden, H., Sumachev, V., Tarakanov, V., and Tillmanns, C.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The BGO-OD experiment at the ELSA accelerator facility uses an energy tagged bremsstrahlung photon beam to investigate the excitation structure of the nucleon. The setup consists of a highly segmented BGO calorimeter surrounding the target, with a particle tracking magnetic spectrometer at forward angles. BGO-OD is ideal for investigating low momentum transfer processes due to the acceptance and high momentum resolution at forward angles. In particular, this enables the investigation of strangeness photoproduction where t-channel exchange mechanisms play an important role. This also allows access to low momentum exchange kinematics where extended, molecular structure may manifest in reaction mechanisms. First key results at low $t$ indicate a cusp-like structure in $K^+\Sigma^0$ photoproduction at $W = 1900$\,MeV, line shapes and differential cross sections for $K^+\Lambda$(1405)$\rightarrow K^+\Sigma^0\pi^0$, and a peak structure in $K^0_S\Sigma^0$ photoproduction. The peak in the $K^0_S\Sigma^0$ channel appears consistent with meson-baryon generated states, where equivalent models have been used to describe the $P_C$ pentaquark candidates in the heavy charmed quark sector., Comment: Proceedings of The 12th International Workshop on the Physics of Excited Nucleons (NSTAR 2019)

Published
2020

7. Upper limit on the $\eta\to\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ branching fraction with the KLOE experiment

Author

Babusci, D., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D'Agostini, G., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Fermani, P., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Ivanov, V. L., Johansson, T., Kang, X., Kisielewska-Kamińska, D., Kozyrev, E. A., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Lukin, P. A., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Parzych, S., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Santangelo, P., Schioppa, M., Selce, A., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Solodov, E. P., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Based on an integrated luminosity of 1.61 fb$^{-1}$ $e^+e^-$ collision data collected with the KLOE detector at DA$\Phi$NE, the Frascati $\phi$-factory, a search for the $P$- and $CP$-violating decay $\eta\to\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ has been performed. Radiative $\phi\to\eta\gamma$ decay is exploited to access the $\eta$ mesons. No signal is observed in the $\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ invariant mass spectrum, and the upper limit on the branching fraction at 90\% confidence level is determined to be ${\mathcal B}(\eta\to\pi^{+}\pi^{-})<4.9\times10^{-6}$, which is approximately three times smaller than the previous KLOE result. From the combination of these two measurements we get ${\mathcal B}(\eta\to\pi^{+}\pi^{-}) < 4.4\times10^{-6}$ at 90\% confidence level., Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures

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2020
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8. Observation of a cusp-like structure in the $\gamma p \rightarrow K^+\Sigma^0$ cross section at forward angles and low momentum transfer

Author

Jude, T. C., Alef, S., Bauer, P., Bayadilov, D., Beck, R., Bella, A., Bieling, J., Braghieri, A., Cole, P. L., Elsner, D., Di Salvo, R., Fantini, A., Freyermuth, O., Frommberger, F., Ghio, F., Goertz, S., Gridnev, A., Hammann, D., Hannappel, J., Kohl, K., Kozlenko, N., Sandri, A. Lapik P. Levi, Lisin, V., Mandaglio, G., Messi, F., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Nedorezov, V., Nikonov, V. A, Novinskiy, D., Pedroni, P., Polonskiy, A., Reitz, B. -E., Romaniuk, M., Sarantsev, A. V, Scheluchin, G., Schmieden, H., Stugelev, A., Sumachev, V., Vegna, V., Tarakanov, V., and Zimmermann, T.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The $\gamma p \rightarrow K^+\Sigma^0$ differential cross section at extremely forward angles was measured at the BGOOD experiment. A three-quarter drop in strength over a narrow range in energy and a strong dependence on the polar angle of the $K^+$ in the centre-of-mass of the reaction is observed at a centre-of-mass energy of 1900\,MeV. Residing close to multiple open and hidden strangeness thresholds, the structure appears consistent with meson-baryon threshold effects which may contribute to the reaction mechanism., Comment: 9 pages (including a 2 page appendix of tabulated data), 10 figures

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2020
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9. $K^+\Lambda$ photoproduction at forward angles and low momentum transfer

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Alef, S., Bauer, P., Bayadilov, D., Beck, R., Bella, A., Bieling, J., Braghieri, A., Cole, P. L., Elsner, D., Di Salvo, R., Fantini, A., Freyermuth, O., Frommberger, F., Ghio, F., Goertz, S., Gridnev, A., Hammann, D., Hannappel, J., Jude, T. C., Kohl, K., Kozlenko, N., Sandri, A. Lapik P. Levi, Lisin, V., Mandaglio, G., Messi, F., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Nedorezov, V., Nikonov, V. A, Novinskiy, D., Pedroni, P., Polonskiy, A., Reitz, B. -E., Romaniuk, M., Sarantsev, A. V, Scheluchin, G., Schmieden, H., Stuglev, A., Sumachev, V., Vegna, V., Tarakanov, V., and Zimmermann, T.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

$\gamma p \rightarrow K^+ \Lambda$ differential cross sections and recoil polarisation data from threshold for extremely forward angles are presented. The measurements were performed at the BGOOD experiment at ELSA, utilising the high angular and momentum resolution forward spectrometer for charged particle identification. The data discriminates between conflicting results in the world data set and enable extraction of the cross section as the minimum momentum transfer to the recoiling hyperon is approached., Comment: 12 pages (including a 2 page appendix), 14 figures

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2020
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10. Bell-type Polarization Experiment With Pairs Of Uncorrelated Optical Photons

Author

Iannuzzi, M., Francini, R., Messi, R., and Moricciani, D.

Subjects
Quantum Physics
Abstract

We present a Bell-type polarization experiment using two independent sources of polarized optical photons, and detecting the temporal coincidence of pairs of uncorrelated photons which have never been entangled in the apparatus. Very simply, our measurements have tested the quantum-mechanical equivalent of the classical Malus' law on an incoherent beam of polarized photons obtained from two separate and independent laser sources greatly reduced in intensities.The outcome of the experiment gives evidence of violation of the Bell-like inequalities. Drawing the conclusions of the present work, we invoke the distinction between the concepts of state-preparation and measurement to understand this result., Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures

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2020
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11. Measurement of the γn→K0Σ0K∗ differential cross section over the γn→K0Σ0K∗ threshold

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Kohl, K., Jude, T. C., Alef, S., Beck, R., Braghieri, A., Cole, P. L., Elsner, D., Di Salvo, R., Fantini, A., Freyermuth, O., Frommberger, F., Ghio, F., Gridnev, A., Hammann, D., Hannappel, J., Kozlenko, N., Lapik, A., Sandri, P. Levi, Lisin, V., Mandaglio, G., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Nedorezov, V., Nikonov, V. A., Novinskiy, D., Pedroni, P., Polonskiy, A., Reitz, B.-E., Romaniuk, M., Scheluchin, G., Schmieden, H., Stuglev, A., Sumachev, V., and Tarakanov, V.

Published
2023
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12. Measurement of the branching fraction for the decay $K_S \to \pi \mu \nu$ with the KLOE detector

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Babusci, D., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwisnski, E., D'Agostini, G., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Fermani, P., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Ivanov, V. L., Johansson, T., Kang, X., Kisielewska-Kamisnska, D., Kozyrev, E. A., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Lukin, P. A., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Parzych, S., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Santangelo, P., Schioppa, M., Selce, A., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Solodov, E. P., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wislicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

Based on a sample of 300 million $K_S$ mesons produced in $\phi \to K_L K_S$ decays recorded by the KLOE experiment at the DA$\Phi$NE $e^+e^-$ collider we have measured the branching fraction for the decay $K_S \to \pi \mu \nu$. The $K_S$ mesons are identified by the interaction of $K_L$ mesons in the detector. The $K_S \to \pi \mu \nu$ decays are selected by a boosted decision tree built with kinematic variables and by a time-of-flight measurement. Signal efficiencies are evaluated with data control samples of $K_L \to \pi \mu \nu$ decays. A fit to the reconstructed muon mass distribution finds $7223 \pm 180$ signal events. Normalising to the $K_S \to \pi^+ \pi^-$ decay events the result for the branching fraction is $\mathcal{B}(K_S \to \pi \mu \nu) = (4.56 \pm 0.11_{\rm stat} \pm 0.17_{\rm syst})\times10^{-4}$., Comment: 16 pages, 12 figures, Accepted in PLB

Published
2019
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13. KLASH Conceptual Design Report

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Alesini, D., Babusci, D., J., P. Beltrame S., Björkeroth, F., Bossi, F., Ciambrone, P., Monache, G. Delle, Di Gioacchino, D., Falferi, P., Gallo, A., Gatti, C., Ghigo, A., Giannotti, M., Lamanna, G., Ligi, C., Maccarrone, G., Mirizzi, A., Montanino, D., Moricciani, D., Mostacci, A., Mück, M., Nardi, E., Nguyen, F., Pellegrino, L., Rettaroli, A., Ricci, R., Sabbatini, L., Tocci, S., and Visinelli, L.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

The last decade witnessed an increasing interest in axions and axion-like particles with many theoretical works published and many new experimental proposals that started a real race towards their discovery. This paper is the Conceptual Design Report of the KLASH (KLoe magnet for Axion SearcH) experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF). The idea of this experiment has been stimulated by the availability of the large volume superconducting magnet, with a moderate magnetic field of 0.6 T, used in the KLOE detector at the DAFNE collider. The main conclusion we draw from this report is the possibility to build and put in operation at LNF in 2-3 years a large haloscope with the sensitivity to KSVZ axions in the low mass range between 0.2 and 1 $\mu$eV, complementary to that of other experiments. Timeline and cost are competitive with respect to other proposals in the same mass region thanks to the availability of most of the infrastructure, in particular the superconducting magnet and the cryogenics plant.

Published
2019

14. The BGOOD experimental setup at ELSA

Author

Alef, S., Bauer, P., Bayadilov, D., Beck, R., Becker, M., Bella, A., Bieling, J., Boese, S., Braghieri, A., Brinkmann, K. -Th., Cole, P., Di Salvo, R., Elsner, D., Fantini, A., Freyermuth, O., Frommberger, F., Gervino, G., Ghio, F., Goertz, S., Gridnev, A., Gutz, E., Hammann, D., Hannappel, J., Hillert, W., Jahn, O., Jahn, R., Johnstone, J. R., Joosten, R., Jude, T. C., Kleber, V., Klein, F., Kohl, K., Koop, K., Kozlenko, N., Krusche, B., Lapik, A., Sandri, P. Levi, Lisin, V., Lopatin, I., Mandaglio, G., Manganaro, M., Messi, F., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Mushkarenkov, A., Nedorezov, V., Novinskiy, D., Pedroni, P., Polonskiy, A., Reitz, B. -E., Romaniuk, M., Rostomyan, T., Scheluchin, G., Schmieden, H., Stugelev, A., Sumachev, V., Tarakanov, V., Vegna, V., Walther, D., Zaunick, H. -G., and Zimmermann, T.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The BGOOD experiment at the ELSA facility in Bonn has been commissioned within the framework of an international collaboration. The experiment pursues a systematic investigation of non-strange and strange meson photoproduction, in particular $t$-channel processes at low momentum transfer. The setup uniquely combines a central almost $4\pi$ acceptance BGO crystal calorimeter with a large aperture forward magnetic spectrometer providing excellent detection of both neutral and charged particles, complementary to other setups such as Crystal Barrel, Crystal Ball, LEPS and CLAS., Comment: 26 pages, 37 figures

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2019
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15. Combined limit on the production of a light gauge boson decaying into $\mu^+\mu^-$ and $\pi^+\pi^-$

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Collaboration, KLOE-2, Anastasi, A., Babusci, D., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D'Agostinio, G., Dané, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Fantini, G., Fermani, P., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Ivanov, V. L., Johansson, T., Kang, X., Kisielewska-Kamińska, D., Kozyrev, E. A., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Lukin, P. A., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Raha, N., Santangelo, P., Schioppa, M., Selce, A., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Solodov, E. P., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We searched for the $\mu^+\mu^-$ decay of a light vector gauge boson, also known as dark photon, in the $e^+ e^- \to \mu^+ \mu^- \gamma_{\rm ISR}$ process by means of the Initial State Radiation (ISR) method. We used 1.93~fb$^{-1}$ of data collected by the KLOE experiment at the DA$\Phi$NE $\phi$-factory. No structures have been observed over the irreducible $\mu^+ \mu^-$ background. A 90\% CL limit on the ratio $\varepsilon^2=\alpha^{\prime}/\alpha$ between the dark coupling constant and the fine structure constant of $ 3\times 10^{-6}-2\times 10^{-7}$ has been set in the dark photon mass region between 519 MeV and 973 MeV. This new limit has been combined with the published result obtained investigating the hypothesis of the dark photon decaying into hadrons in $e^+ e^- \to \pi^+ \pi^- \gamma_{\rm ISR}$ events. The combined 90\% CL limit increases the sensitivity especially in the $\rho-\omega$ interference region and excludes $\varepsilon^2$ greater than $(13-2)\times 10^{-7}$. For dark photon masses greater than 600 MeV the combined limit is lower than 8~$\times\, 10^{-7}$ resulting more stringent than present constraints from other experiments., Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in Physics Letters B

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2018
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16. Measurement of the charge asymmetry for the $K_S \rightarrow \pi e \nu$ decay and test of CPT symmetry with the KLOE detector

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Anastasi, A., Babusci, D., Berłowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Cao, B., Capon, G., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D'Agostini, G., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Fantini, G., Fermani, P., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Ivanov, V. L., Johansson, T., Kang, X., Kisielewska-Kamińska, D., Kozyrev, E. A., Krzemień, W., Kupść, A., Loffredo, S., Lukin, P. A., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Raha, N., Santangelo, P., Schioppa, M., Selce, A., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Solodov, E. P., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Using 1.63 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity collected by the KLOE experiment about $7\times 10^4$ $K_S \rightarrow \pi^{\pm}e^{\mp}\nu$ decays have been reconstructed. The measured value of the charge asymmetry for this decay is $A_S = (-4.9 \pm 5.7_{stat} \pm 2.6_{syst}) \times 10^{-3}$, which is almost twice more precise than the previous KLOE result. The combination of these two measurements gives $A_S = (-3.8 \pm 5.0_{stat} \pm 2.6_{syst}) \times 10^{-3}$ and, together with the asymmetry of the $K_L$ semileptonic decay, provides significant tests of the CPT symmetry. The obtained results are in agreement with CPT invariance., Comment: submitted to JHEP

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2018
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17. Combination of KLOE $\sigma\big(e^+e^-\rightarrow\pi^+\pi^-\gamma(\gamma)\big)$ measurements and determination of $a_{\mu}^{\pi^+\pi^-}$ in the energy range $0.10 < s < 0.95$ GeV$^2$

Author

Collaboration, The KLOE-2, Anastasi, A., Babusci, D., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkeståhl, L. Caldeira, Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D'Agostini, G., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Fantini, G., Fermani, P., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Ivanov, V. L., Johansson, T., Kisielewska-Kamińska, D., Kang, X., Kozyrev, E. A., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Loffredo, S., Lukin, P. A., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Raha, N., Santangelo, P., Schioppa, M., Selce, A., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Solodov, E. P., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., Wolke, M., Keshavarzi, A., Müller, S. E., and Teubner, T.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

The three precision measurements of the cross section $\sigma\big(e^+e^-\rightarrow\pi^+\pi^-\gamma(\gamma)\big)$ using initial state radiation by the KLOE collaboration provide an important input for the prediction of the hadronic contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. These measurements are correlated for both statistical and systematic uncertainties and, therefore, the simultaneous use of these measurements requires covariance matrices that fully describe the correlations. We present the construction of these covariance matrices and use them to determine a combined KLOE measurement for $\sigma\big(e^+e^-\rightarrow\pi^+\pi^-\gamma(\gamma)\big)$. We find, from this combination, a two-pion contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly in the energy range $0.10 < s < 0.95$ GeV$^2$ of $a_{\mu}^{\pi^+\pi^-} = (489.8 \pm 1.7_{\rm stat} \pm 4.8_{\rm sys} ) \times 10^{-10}$., Comment: 20 pages, 8 figures. Version as published in JHEP 1803 (2018) 173

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2017

18. Electron beam test of key elements of the laser-based calibration system for the muon $g$ $-$ $2$ experiment

Author

Anastasi, A., Basti, A., Bedeschi, F., Bartolini, M., Cantatore, G., Cauz, D., Corradi, G., Dabagov, S., DI Sciascio, G., Di Stefano, R., Driutti, A., Escalante, O., Ferrari, C., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Gabbanini, C., Gioiosa, A., Hampai, D., Hertzog, D. W., Iacovacci, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Liedl, A., Lusiani, A., Marignetti, F., Mastroianni, S., Moricciani, D., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Raha, N., Rossi, E., Santi, L., and Venanzoni, G.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

We report the test of many of the key elements of the laser-based calibration system for muon g - 2 experiment E989 at Fermilab. The test was performed at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati's Beam Test Facility using a 450 MeV electron beam impinging on a small subset of the final g - 2 lead-fluoride crystal calorimeter system. The calibration system was configured as planned for the E989 experiment and uses the same type of laser and most of the final optical elements. We show results regarding the calorimeter's response calibration, the maximum equivalent electron energy which can be provided by the laser and the stability of the calibration system components., Comment: Submitted to Nuclear Instrument and Methods A

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2016
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19. Measurement of the running of the fine structure constant below 1 GeV with the KLOE Detector

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Collaboration, The KLOE-2, Anastasi, A., Babusci, D., Bencivenni, G., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkeståhl, L. Caldeira, Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D'Agostini, G., Dané, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjöld, L., Johansson, T., Kamińska, D., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Loffredo, S., Lukin, P. A., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Papenbrock, M., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Ranieri, A., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Selce, A., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., Wolke, M., and Jegerlehner, F.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

We have measured the running of the effective QED coupling constant $\alpha(s)$ in the time-like region $0.6<\sqrt s< 0.975$ GeV with the KLOE detector at DA$\Phi$NE using the Initial State Radiation process $e^+e^-\to\mu^+ \mu^-\gamma$. It represents the first measurement of the running of $\alpha(s)$ in this energy region. Our results show a more than 5$\sigma$ significance of the hadronic contribution to the running of $\alpha(s)$, which is the strongest direct evidence both in time- and space-like regions achieved in a single measurement. By using the $e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-$ cross section measured by KLOE, the real and imaginary part of the shift $\Delta\alpha(s)$ has been extracted. By a fit of the real part of $\Delta\alpha(s)$ and assuming the lepton universality the branching ratio $BR(\omega\to\mu^+\mu^-) = (6.6\pm1.4_{stat}\pm1.7_{syst})\cdot 10^{-5} $ has been determined., Comment: 19 pages, 8 figures, version accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B

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2016
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20. Limit on the production of a new vector boson in $\mathrm{e^+ e^-}\rightarrow {\rm U}\gamma$, U$\rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-$ with the KLOE experiment

Author

Collaboration, KLOE-2, Anastasi, A., Babusci, D., Bencivenni, G., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkeståhl, L. Caldeira, Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwinski, E., D'Agostini, G., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjöld, L., Andersson, W. Ikegami, Johansson, T., Kamińska, D., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Palladino, A., Papenbrock, M., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Ranieri, A., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The recent interest in a light gauge boson in the framework of an extra U(1) symmetry motivates searches in the mass range below 1 GeV. We present a search for such a particle, the dark photon, in ${\rm e^+ e^-}\rightarrow {\rm U}\gamma$, U$\rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-$ based on 28 million $\mathrm{e^+ e^-} \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^-\gamma$ events collected at DA$\Phi$NE by the KLOE experiment. The $\pi^+ \pi^-$ production by initial-state radiation compensates for a loss of sensitivity of previous KLOE ${\rm U} \rightarrow \mathrm{e^+ e^-}$, $\mu^+\mu^-$ searches due to the small branching ratios in the $\rho-\omega$ resonance region. We found no evidence for a signal and set a limit at 90\% CL on the mixing strength between the photon and the dark photon, $\varepsilon^2$, in the U mass range between $527$ and $987$~MeV. Above 700 MeV this new limit is more stringent than previous ones., Comment: 6 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, submitted to Phys. Lett. B

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2016
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21. Precision measurement of the $\eta\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ Dalitz plot distribution with the KLOE detector

Author

Collaboration, KLOE-2, Anastasi, A., Babusci, D., Bencivenni, G., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkeståhl, L. Caldeira, Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D'Agostini, G., Dané, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjöld, L., Andersson, W. Ikegami, Johansson, T., Kamińska, D., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Papenbrock, M., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Ranieri, A., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Using $1.6$ fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+ e^-\to\phi\to\eta\gamma$ data collected with the KLOE detector at DA$\Phi$NE, the Dalitz plot distribution for the $\eta \to \pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0$ decay is studied with the world's largest sample of $\sim 4.7 \cdot 10^6$ events. The Dalitz plot density is parametrized as a polynomial expansion up to cubic terms in the normalized dimensionless variables $X$ and $Y$. The experiment is sensitive to all charge conjugation conserving terms of the expansion, including a $gX^2Y$ term. The statistical uncertainty of all parameters is improved by a factor two with respect to earlier measurements., Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures, supplement: an ascii table

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2016

22. Measurement of the $\phi \to \pi^0 e^+e^-$ transition form factor with the KLOE detector

Author

Collaboration, KLOE-2, Anastasi, A., Babusci, D., Bencivenni, G., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkeståhl, L. Caldeira, Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D'Agostini, G., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjöld, L., Andersson, W. Ikegami, Johansson, T., Kamińska, D., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Papenbrock, M., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Ranieri, A., Santangelo, P. Salabura P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

A measurement of the vector to pseudoscalar conversion decay $\phi \to \pi^0 e^+e^-$ with the KLOE experiment is presented. A sample of $\sim 9500$ signal events was selected from a data set of 1.7 fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} \sim m_{\phi}$ collected at the DA$\Phi$NE $e^+e^-$ collider. These events were used to obtain the first measurement of the transition form factor $| F_{\phi \pi^0}(q^2) |$ and a new measurement of the branching ratio of the decay: $\rm{BR}\,(\phi \to \pi^0 e^+e^-) = (\,1.35 \pm 0.05^{\,\,+0.05}_{\,\,-0.10}\,) \times 10 ^{-5}$. The result improves significantly on previous measurements and is in agreement with theoretical predictions., Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures; matches published version

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2016
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23. Strangeness Photoproduction at the BGO-OD Experiment

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Jude, T. C., Alef, S., Bayadilov, D., Beck, R., Becker, M., Bella, A., Bielefeldt, P., Boese, S., Braghieri, A., Brinkmann, K., Cole, P., Curciarello, F., De Leo, V., Di Salvo, R., Dutz, H., Elsner, D., Fantini, A., Freyermuth, O., Friedrich, S., Frommberger, F., Ganenko, V., Gervino, G., Ghio, F., Giardina, G., Goertz, S., Gridnev, A., Gutz, E., Hammann, D., Hannappel, J., Hartmann, P., Hillert, W., Ignatov, A., Jahn, R., Joosten, R., Klein, F., Koop, K., Krusche, B., Lapik, A., Sandri, P. Levi, Lopatin, I. V., Mandaglio, G., Messi, F., Messi, R., Metag, V., Moricciani, D., Mushkarenkov, A., Nanova, M., Nedorezov, V., Novinskiy, D., Pedroni, P., Reitz, B., Romaniuk, M., Rostomyan, T., Rudnev, N., Scheluchin, G., Schmieden, H., Stugelev, A., Sumachev, V., Tarakanov, V., Vegna, V., Walther, D., Watts, D., Zaunick, H., and Zimmermann, T.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

BGO-OD is a newly commissioned experiment to investigate the internal structure of the nucleon, using an energy tagged bremsstrahlung photon beam at the ELSA electron facility. The setup consists of a highly segmented BGO calorimeter surrounding the target, with a particle tracking magnetic spectrometer at forward angles. BGO-OD is ideal for investigating meson photoproduction. The extensive physics programme for open strangeness photoproduction is introduced, and preliminary analysis presented., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures. Proceedings for the 10th International Workshop on the Physics of Excited Nucleons (NSTAR2015)

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2015

24. Limit on the production of a low-mass vector boson in $\mathrm{e}^{+}\mathrm{e}^{-} \to \mathrm{U}\gamma$, $\mathrm{U} \to \mathrm{e}^{+}\mathrm{e}^{-}$ with the KLOE experiment

Author

Anastasi, A., Babusci, D., Bencivenni, G., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkeståhl, L. Caldeira, Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D'Agostini, G., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., D'Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjöld, L., Andersson, W. Ikegami, Johansson, T., Kamińska, D., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Palladino, A., Papenbrock, M., Passeri, A., Patera, V., del Rio, E. Perez, Ranieri, A., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The existence of a new force beyond the Standard Model is compelling because it could explain several striking astrophysical observations which fail standard interpretations. We searched for the light vector mediator of this dark force, the $\mathrm{U}$ boson, with the KLOE detector at the DA$\Phi$NE $\mathrm{e}^{+}\mathrm{e}^{-}$ collider. Using an integrated luminosity of 1.54 fb$^{-1}$, we studied the process $\mathrm{e}^{+}\mathrm{e}^{-} \to \mathrm{U}\gamma$, with $\mathrm{U} \to \mathrm{e}^{+}\mathrm{e}^{-}$, using radiative-return to search for a resonant peak in the dielectron invariant-mass distribution. We did not find evidence for a signal, and set a 90\%~CL upper limit on the mixing strength between the Standard Model photon and the dark photon, $\varepsilon^2$, at $10^{-6}$--$10^{-4}$ in the 5--520~MeV/c$^2$ mass range.

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2015
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25. Test of candidate light distributors for the muon (g$-$2) laser calibration system

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Anastasi, A., Babusci, D., Baffigi, F., Cantatore, G., Cauz, D., Corradi, G., Dabagov, S., Di Sciascio, G., Di Stefano, R., Ferrari, C., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Fulgentini, L., Gabbanini, C., Gizzi, L. A., Hampai, D., Hertzog, D. W., Iacovacci, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Koester, P., Labate, L., Mastroianni, S., Moricciani, D., Pauletta, G., Santi, L., and Venanzoni, G.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The new muon (g-2) experiment E989 at Fermilab will be equipped with a laser calibration system for all the 1296 channels of the calorimeters. An integrating sphere and an alternative system based on an engineered diffuser have been considered as possible light distributors for the experiment. We present here a detailed comparison of the two based on temporal response, spatial uniformity, transmittance and time stability., Comment: accepted to Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A

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2015
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26. Progress towards Bell-type polarization experiment with thermal neutrons

Author

Iannuzzi, M., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Orecchini, A., and Sacchetti, F.

Subjects
Quantum Physics
Abstract

Experimental tests of Bell-type inequalities distinguishing between quantum mechanics and local realistic theories remain of considerable interest if performed on massive particles, for which no conclusive result has yet been obtained. Only two-particle experiments may specifically test the concept of spatial nonlocality in quantum theory, whereas single-particle experiments may generally test the concept of quantum noncontextuality. Here we have performed the first Bell-type experiment with a beam of thermal-neutron pairs in the singlet state of spin, as originally suggested by J. S. Bell. These measurements confirm the quantum-theoretical predictions, in agreement with the results of the well-known polarization experiments carried out on optical photons years ago.

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2015
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27. A Storage Ring Experiment to Detect a Proton Electric Dipole Moment

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Anastassopoulos, V., Andrianov, S., Baartman, R., Bai, M., Baessler, S., Benante, J., Berz, M., Blaskiewicz, M., Bowcock, T., Brown, K., Casey, B., Conte, M., Crnkovic, J., Fanourakis, G., Fedotov, A., Fierlinger, P., Fischer, W., Gaisser, M. O., Giomataris, Y., Grosse-Perdekamp, M., Guidoboni, G., Haciomeroglu, S., Hoffstaetter, G., Huang, H., Incagli, M., Ivanov, A., Kawall, D., Khazin, B., Kim, Y. I., King, B., Koop, I. A., Larsen, R., Lazarus, D. M., Lebedev, V., Lee, M. J., Lee, S., Lee, Y. H., Lehrach, A., Lenisa, P., Sandri, P. Levi, Luccio, A. U., Lyapin, A., MacKay, W., Maier, R., Makino, K., Malitsky, N., Marciano, W. J., Meng, W., Meot, F., Metodiev, E. M., Miceli, L., Moricciani, D., Morse, W. M., Nagaitsev, S., Nayak, S. K., Orlov, Y. F., Ozben, C. S., Park, S. T., Pesce, A., Pile, P., Polychronakos, V., Podobedov, B., Pretz, J., Ptitsyn, V., Ramberg, E., Raparia, D., Rathmann, F., Rescia, S., Roser, T., Sayed, H. Kamal, Semertzidis, Y. K., Senichev, Y., Sidorin, A., Silenko, A., Simos, N., Stahl, A., Stephenson, E. J., Stroeher, H., Syphers, M. J., Talman, J., Talman, R. M., Tishchenko, V., Touramanis, C., Tsoupas, N., Venanzoni, G., Vetter, K., Vlassis, S., Won, E., Zavattini, G., Zelenski, A., and Zioutas, K.

Subjects
Physics - Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

A new experiment is described to detect a permanent electric dipole moment of the proton with a sensitivity of $10^{-29}e\cdot$cm by using polarized "magic" momentum $0.7$~GeV/c protons in an all-electric storage ring. Systematic errors relevant to the experiment are discussed and techniques to address them are presented. The measurement is sensitive to new physics beyond the Standard Model at the scale of 3000~TeV., Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures

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2015
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28. Search for dark Higgsstrahlung in e+ e- -> mu+ mu- and missing energy events with the KLOE experiment

Author

Collaboration, KLOE-2, Babusci, D., Bencivenni, G., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkestahl, L. Caldeira, Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwinski, E., Dane', E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjold, L., Andersson, W. Ikegami, Johansson, T., Kaminska, D., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Nguyen, F., Palladino, A., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Ranieri, A., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Silarski, M., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wislicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We searched for evidence of a Higgsstrahlung process in a secluded sector, leading to a final state with a dark photon U and a dark Higgs boson h', with the KLOE detector at DAFNE. We investigated the case of h' lighter than U, with U decaying into a muon pair and h' producing a missing energy signature. We found no evidence of the process and set upper limits to its parameters in the range 2m_mu

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2015
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29. Muon (g-2) Technical Design Report

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Grange, J., Guarino, V., Winter, P., Wood, K., Zhao, H., Carey, R. M., Gastler, D., Hazen, E., Kinnaird, N., Miller, J. P., Mott, J., Roberts, B. L., Benante, J., Crnkovic, J., Morse, W. M., Sayed, H., Tishchenko, V., Druzhinin, V. P., Khazin, B. I., Koop, I. A., Logashenko, I., Shatunov, Y. M., Solodov, E., Korostelev, M., Newton, D., Wolski, A., Chapelain, A., Bjorkquist, R., Eggert, N., Frankenthal, A., Gibbons, L., Kim, S., Mikhailichenko, A., Orlov, Y., Rubin, D., Sweigart, D., Allspach, D., Annala, G., Barzi, E., Bourland, K., Brown, G., Casey, B. C. K., Chappa, S., Convery, M. E., Drendel, B., Friedsam, H., Gadfort, T., Hardin, K., Hawke, S., Hayes, S., Jaskierny, W., Johnstone, C., Johnstone, J., Kashikhin, V., Kendziora, C., Kiburg, B., Klebaner, A., Kourbanis, I., Kyle, J., Larson, N., Leveling, A., Lyon, A. L., Markley, D., McArthur, D., Merritt, K. W., Mokhov, N., Morgan, J. P., Nguyen, H., Ostiguy, J-F., Para, A., Popovic, C. C. Polly M., Ramberg, E., Rominsky, M., Schoo, D., Schultz, R., Still, D., Soha, A. K., Strigonov, S., Tassotto, G., Turrioni, D., Villegas, E., Voirin, E., Velev, G., Welty-Rieger, L., Wolff, D., Worel, C., Wu, J-Y., Zifko, R., Jungmann, K., Onderwater, C. J. G., Debevec, P. T., Ganguly, S., Kasten, M., Leo, S., Pitts, K., Schlesier, C., Gaisser, M., Haciomeroglu, S., Kim, Y-I., Lee, S., Lee, M-J, Semertzidis, Y. K., Giovanetti, K., Baranov, V. A., Duginov, V. N., Khomutov, N. V., Krylov, V. A., Kuchinskiy, N. A., Volnykh, V. P., Crawford, C., Fatemi, R., Gohn, W. P., Gorringe, T. P., Korsch, W., Plaster, B., Anastasi, A., Babusci, D., Dabagov, S., Ferrari, C., Fioretti, A., Gabbanini, C., Hampai, D., Palladino, A., Venanzoni, G., Bowcock, T., Carroll, J., King, B., Maxfield, S., McCormick, K., Price, J., Sim, D., Smith, A., Teubner, T., Turner, W., Whitley, M., Wormald, M., Chislett, R., Kilani, S., Lancaster, M., Motuk, E., Stuttard, T., Warren, M., Flay, D., Kawall, D., Meadows, Z., Chupp, T., Raymond, R., Tewlsey-Booth, A., Syphers, M. J., Tarazona, D., Catalonotti, S., Di Stefano, R., Iacovacci, M., Mastroianni, S., Chattopadhyay, S., Eads, M., Fortner, M., Hedin, D., Pohlman, N., de Gouvea, A., Schellman, H., Azfar, F., Henry, S., Alkhazov, G. D., Golovtsov, V. L., Neustroev, P. V., Uvarov, L. N., Vasilyev, A. A., Vorobyov, A. A., Zhalov, M. B., Cerrito, L., Gray, F., Di Sciascio, G., Moricciani, D., Fu, C., Ji, X., Li, L., Yang, H., Stöckinger, D., Cantatore, G., Cauz, D., Karuza, M., Pauletta, G., Santi, L., Baeßler, S., Bychkov, M., Frlez, E., Pocanic, D., Alonzi, L. P., Fertl, M., Fienberg, A., Froemming, N., Garcia, A., Kaspar, D. W. Hertzog J., Kammel, P., Osofsky, R., Smith, M., Swanson, E., van Wechel, T., and Lynch, K.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The Muon (g-2) Experiment, E989 at Fermilab, will measure the muon anomalous magnetic moment a factor-of-four more precisely than was done in E821 at the Brookhaven National Laboratory AGS. The E821 result appears to be greater than the Standard-Model prediction by more than three standard deviations. When combined with expected improvement in the Standard-Model hadronic contributions, E989 should be able to determine definitively whether or not the E821 result is evidence for physics beyond the Standard Model. After a review of the physics motivation and the basic technique, which will use the muon storage ring built at BNL and now relocated to Fermilab, the design of the new experiment is presented. This document was created in partial fulfillment of the requirements necessary to obtain DOE CD-2/3 approval., Comment: 666 pages

Published
2015

30. Commissioning of the new taggers of the KLOE-2 experiment

Author

Babusci, D., Ciambrone, P., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Fiore, S., and Gauzzi, P.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

In order to fully reconstruct the gamma gamma processes (e+e- -> e+e- gamma gamma) in the energy region of the phi meson production, new detectors along the DAFNE beam line have been installed in order to detect the scattered e+e-., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, sumbitted to Acta Physica Polonica B

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2015
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31. Erratum to: Precision tests of quantum mechanics and CPT symmetry with entangled neutral kaons at KLOE

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Babusci, D., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D’Agostini, G., D’Amico, R., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Diociaiuti, E., Domenici, D., D’Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Fantini, G., Fermani, P., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Ivanov, V. L., Johansson, T., Kang, X., Kisielewska-Kamińska, D., Kozyrev, E. A., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Lukin, P. A., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Perez del Rio, E., Santangelo, P., Schioppa, M., Selce, A., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Solodov, E. P., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

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2022
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32. Precision tests of quantum mechanics and CPT symmetry with entangled neutral kaons at KLOE

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Babusci, D., Berlowski, M., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Cao, B., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwiński, E., D’Agostini, G., D’Amico, R., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Diociaiuti, E., Domenici, D., D’Uffizi, A., Fantini, A., Fantini, G., Fermani, P., Fiore, S., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Ivanov, V. L., Johansson, T., Kang, X., Kisielewska-Kamińska, D., Kozyrev, E. A., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Lukin, P. A., Mandaglio, G., Martini, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Perez del Rio, E., Santangelo, P., Schioppa, M., Selce, A., Silarski, M., Sirghi, F., Solodov, E. P., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

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2022
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33. Study of Dalitz decay phi -> eta e+e- with KLOE detector

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Babusci, D., Balwierz-Pytko, I., Bencivenni, G., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkestahl, L. Caldeira, Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwinski, E., Dane', E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Robertis, G., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjold, L., Hoistad, B., Johansson, T., Kaminska, D., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Lee-Franzini, J., Loddo, F., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Palladino, A., Passeri, A., Longhi, V. Patera. Prado, Ranieri, A., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wislicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We have studied the vector to pseudoscalar conversion decay phi -> eta e+e-, with eta -> pi0pi0pi0, with the KLOE detector at DAPHNE. The data set of 1.7 fb-1 of e+e- collisions at sqrt(s)~Mphi contains a clear conversion decay signal of ~31,000 events from which we measured a value of BR(phi -> eta e+e-)=(1.075+-0.007+-0.038)x10-4. The same sample is used to determine the transition form factor by a fit to the e+e- invariant mass spectrum, obtaining b(phi eta) =(1.17 +- 0.10 + 0.07) GeV-2, that improves by a factor of five the precision of the previous measurement and is in good agreement with VMD expectations., Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures, submitted to PLB

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2014
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34. First Measurement of the $\Sigma$ Beam Asymmetry in $\eta^{\prime}$ Photoproduction off the Proton near Threshold

Author

Sandri, P. Levi, Mandaglio, G., De Leo, V., Bartalini, O., Bellini, V., Bocquet, J. P., Capogni, M., Curciarello, F., D'Angelo, A., Didelez, J. P., Di Salvo, R., Fantini, A., Franco, D., Gaulard, C., Gervino, G., Ghio, F., Giardina, G., Girolami, B., Giusa, A., Lapik, A., Lleres, A., Mammoliti, F., Manganaro, M., Moricciani, D., Mushkarenkov, A., Nedorezov, V., Randieri, C., Rebreyend, D., Rudnev, N., Russo, G., Schaerf, C., Sperduto, M. L., Sutera, M. C., Turinge, A., Vegna, V., and Zonta, I.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The $\Sigma$ beam asymmetry in $\eta^{\prime}$ photoproduction off the proton was measured at the GrAAL polarised photon beam with incoming photon energies of 1.461 and 1.480 GeV. For both energies the asymmetry as a function of the meson production angle shows a clear structure, more pronounced at the lowest one, with a change of sign around 90$^o$. The observed behaviour is compatible with P-wave D-wave (or S-wave F-wave) interference, the closer to threshold the stronger. The results are compared to the existing state-of-the-art calculations that fail to account for the data., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication on Eur. Phys. J A

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2014
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35. Search for light vector boson production in $e^+e^- \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^- \gamma$ interactions with the KLOE experiment

Author

Babusci, D., Balwierz-Pytko, I., Bencivenni, G., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkeståhl, L. Caldeira, Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwinski, E., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Robertis, G., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjold, L., Hoistad, B., Johansson, T., Kacprzak, K., Kaminska, D., Krzemien, W., Kupsc, A., Lee-Franzini, J., Loddo, F., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Nguyen, F., Palladino, A., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Longhi, I. Prado, Ranieri, A., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wislicki, W., Wolke, M., and Zdebik, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We have searched for a light vector boson $U$, the possible carrier of a "dark force", with the KLOE detector at the DA$\Phi$NE \epm\ collider, motivated by astrophysical evidence for the presence of dark matter in the universe. Using \epm\ collisions collected with an integrated luminosity of $239.3$~pb$^{-1}$, we look for a dimuon mass peak in the reaction \epm\to$\mu^+ \mu^-$\gam, corresponding to the decay $U\to\mu^+\mu^-$. We find no evidence for a $U$ vector boson signal. We set a 90\% CL upper limit for the mixing parameter squared between the photon and the $U$ boson of 1.6$\times$10$^{-5}$ to 8.6$\times$10$^{-7}$ for the mass region $520

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2014
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36. Test of CPT and Lorentz symmetry in entangled neutral kaons with the KLOE experiment

Author

Collaboration, KLOE-2, Babusci, D., Balwierz-Pytko, I., Bencivenni, G., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkestahl, L. Caldeira, Capon, G., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwinski, E., Danè, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Robertis, G., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Cicco, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Donato, C., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjold, L., Hoistad, B., Jacewicz, M., Johansson, T., Kacprzak, K., Kaminska, D., Kupsc, A., Lee-Franzini, J., Loddo, F., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Nguyen, F., Palladino, A., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Longhi, I. Prado, Ranieri, A., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Taccini, C., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wislicki, W., Wolke, M., and Zdebik, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Neutral kaon pairs produced in phi decays in anti-symmetric entangled state can be exploited to search for violation of CPT symmetry and Lorentz invariance. We present an analysis of the CP-violating process phi->K_S K_L->pi+pi-pi+pi- based on 1.7 fb-1 of data collected by the KLOE experiment at the Frascati phi-factory DAFNE. The data are used to perform a measurement of the CPT-violating parameters Delta_amu for neutral kaons in the contest of the Standard Model Extension framework. The parameters measured in the reference frame of the fixed stars are: Delta_ao = (-6.0 +- 7.7_{stat} +- 3.1_{syst}) x 10^{-18} GeV Delta_ax = ( 0.9 +- 1.5_{stat} +- 0.6_{syst}) x 10^{-18} GeV Delta_ay = (-2.0 +- 1.5_{stat} +- 0.5_{syst}) x 10^{-18} GeV Delta_az = ( 3.1 +- 1.7_{stat} +- 0.5_{syst}) x 10^{-18} GeV These are presently the most precise measurements in the quark sector of the Standard Model Extension., Comment: 16 pages, 6 figures, added few typo corrections

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2013
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37. IRIDE White Book, An Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure based on Dual Electron linacs&lasers

Author

Alesini, D., Alessandroni, M., Anania, M. P., Andreas, S., Angelone, M., Arcovito, A., Arnesano, F., Artioli, M., Avaldi, L., Babusci, D., Bacci, A., Balerna, A., Bartalucci, S., Bedogni, R., Bellaveglia, M., Bencivenga, F., Benfatto, M., Biedron, S., Bocci, V., Bolognesi, M., Bolognesi, P., Boni, R., Bonifacio, R., Boscolo, M., Boscherini, F., Bossi, F., Broggi, F., Buonomo, B., Calo', V., Catone, D., Capogni, M., Capone, M., Castellano, M., Castoldi, A., Catani, L., Cavoto, G., Cherubini, N., Chirico, G., Cestelli-Guidi, M., Chiadroni, E., Chiarella, V., Cianchi, A., Cianci, M., Cimino, R., Ciocci, F., Clozza, A., Collini, M., Colo', G., Compagno, A., Contini, G., Coreno, M., Cucini, R., Curceanu, C., Dabagov, S., Dainese, E., Davoli, I., Dattoli, G., De Caro, L., De Felice, P., Della Longa, S., Monache, G. Delle, De Spirito, M., Di Cicco, A., Di Donato, C., Di Gioacchino, D., Di Giovenale, D., Di Palma, E., Di Pirro, G., Dodaro, A., Doria, A., Dosselli, U., Drago, A., Escribano, R., Esposito, A., Faccini, R., Ferrari, A., Ferrario, M., Filabozzi, A., Filippetto, D., Fiori, F., Frasciello, O., Fulgentini, L., Gallerano, G. P., Gallo, A., Gambaccini, M., Gatti, C., Gatti, G., Gauzzi, P., Ghigo, A., Ghiringhelli, G., Giannessi, L., Giardina, G., Giannini, C., Giorgianni, F., Giovenale, E., Gizzi, L., Guaraldo, C., Guazzoni, C., Gunnella, R., Hatada, K., Ivashyn, S., Jegerlehner, F., Keeffe, P. O., Kluge, W., Kupsc, A., Iannone, M., Labate, L., Sandri, P. Levi, Lombardi, V., Londrillo, P., Loreti, S., Losacco, M., Lupi, S., Macchi, A., Magazu', S., Mandaglio, G., Marcelli, A., Margutti, G., Mariani, C., Mariani, P., Marzo, G., Masciovecchio, C., Masjuan, P., Mattioli, M., Mazzitelli, G., Merenkov, N. P., Michelato, P., Migliardo, F., Migliorati, M., Milardi, C., Milotti, E., Milton, S., Minicozzi, V., Mobilio, S., Morante, S., Moricciani, D., Mostacci, A., Muccifora, V., Murtas, F., Musumeci, P., Nguyen, F., Orecchini, A., Organtini, G., Ottaviani, P. L., Pace, E., Paci, M., Pagani, C., Pagnutti, S., Palmieri, V., Palumbo, L., Panaccione, G. C., Papadopoulos, C. F., Papi, M., Passera, M., Pasquini, L., Pedio, M., Perrone, A., Petralia, A., Petrillo, C., Petrillo, V., Pillon, M., Pierini, P., Pietropaolo, A., Polosa, A. D., Pompili, R., Portoles, J., Prosperi, T., Quaresima, C., Quintieri, L., Rau, J. V., Reconditi, M., Ricci, A., Ricci, R., Ricciardi, G., Ripiccini, E., Romeo, S., Ronsivalle, C., Rosato, N., Rosenzweig, J. B., Rossi, G., Rossi, A. A., Rossi, A. R., Rossi, F., Russo, D., Sabatucci, A., Sabia, E., Sacchetti, F., Salducco, S., Sannibale, F., Sarri, G., Scopigno, T., Serafini, L., Sertore, D., Shekhovtsova, O., Spassovsky, I., Spadaro, T., Spataro, B., Spinozzi, F., Stecchi, A., Stellato, F., Surrenti, V., Tenore, A., Torre, A., Trentadue, L., Turchini, S., Vaccarezza, C., Vacchi, A., Valente, P., Venanzoni, G., Vescovi, S., Villa, F., Zanotti, G., Zema, N., and Zobov, M.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Accelerator Physics
Abstract

This report describes the scientific aims and potentials as well as the preliminary technical design of IRIDE, an innovative tool for multi-disciplinary investigations in a wide field of scientific, technological and industrial applications. IRIDE will be a high intensity 'particle factory', based on a combination of a high duty cycle radio-frequency superconducting electron linac and of high energy lasers. Conceived to provide unique research possibilities for particle physics, for condensed matter physics, chemistry and material science, for structural biology and industrial applications, IRIDE will open completely new research possibilities and advance our knowledge in many branches of science and technology. IRIDE will contribute to open new avenues of discoveries and to address most important riddles: What does matter consist of? What is the structure of proteins that have a fundamental role in life processes? What can we learn from protein structure to improve the treatment of diseases and to design more efficient drugs? But also how does an electronic chip behave under the effect of radiations? How can the heat flow in a large heat exchanger be optimized? The scientific potential of IRIDE is far reaching and justifies the construction of such a large facility in Italy in synergy with the national research institutes and companies and in the framework of the European and international research. It will impact also on R&D work for ILC, FEL, and will be complementarity to other large scale accelerator projects. IRIDE is also intended to be realized in subsequent stages of development depending on the assigned priorities., Comment: 270 pages

Published
2013

38. Measurement of the \Sigma\ beam asymmetry for the \omega\ photo-production off the proton and the neutron at GRAAL

Author

Vegna, V., D'Angelo, A., Bartalini, O., Bellini, V., Boquet, J. P., Capogni, M., Casano, L. E., Castoldi, M., Curciarello, F., De Leo, V., Didelez, J. P., Di Salvo, R., Fantini, A., Franco, D., Gervino, G., Ghio, F., Giardina, G., Girolami, B., Giusa, A., Lapik, A., Sandri, P. Levi, Lleres, A., Mammoliti, F., Mandaglio, G., Manganaro, M., Moricciani, D., Mushkarenkov, A., Nedorezov, V., Randieri, C., Rebreyend, D., Rudnev, N., Russo, G., Schaerf, C., Sperduto, M. L., Sutera, M. C., Turinge, A., and Zonta, I.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We report on new measurements of the beam asymmetry for \omega\ photo-production on proton and neutron in Hydrogen and Deuterium targets from the GRAAL collaboration. The beam asymmetry values are extracted from the reaction threshold (E_{\gamma} = 1.1 GeV in the free nucleon kinematics) up to 1.5 GeV of incoming photon energy. For the first time both the radiative and the three-pion decay channels are simultaneously investigated on the free proton. Results from the two decay channels are in agreement and provide important constraints for the determination of resonant state contributions to the \omega\ production mechanism. First experimental results on the deuteron allow the extraction of the \Sigma\ beam asymmetry on quasi-free nucleons. Comparison of the results for free and quasi-free kinematics on the proton shows a generally reasonable agreement, similar to the findings in pseudo-scalar meson photo-production reactions. For the first time measurements on quasi-free neutrons are available, showing that both the strength and the angular distributions of the beam asymmetry are sensibly different from the results on the proton target., Comment: 15 pages, 10 figures and 1 table

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2013
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39. SuperB Technical Design Report

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SuperB Collaboration, Baszczyk, M., Dorosz, P., Kolodziej, J., Kucewicz, W., Sapor, M., Jeremie, A., Pous, E. Grauges, Bruno, G. E., De Robertis, G., Diacono, D., Donvito, G., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Giordano, F., Loddo, F., Loparco, F., Maggi, G. P., Manzari, V., Mazziotta, M. N., Nappi, E., Palano, A., Santeramo, B., Sgura, I., Silvestris, L., Spinoso, V., Eigen, G., Zalieckas, J., Zhuo, Z., Jenkovszky, L., Balbi, G., Boldini, M., Bonacorsi, D., Cafaro, V., D'Antone, I., Dallavalle, G. M., Di Sipio, R., Fabbri, F., Fabbri, L., Gabrielli, A., Galli, D., Giacomelli, P., Giordano, V., Giorgi, F. M., Grandi, C., Lax, I., Meo, S. Lo, Marconi, U., Montanari, A., Pellegrini, G., Piccinini, M., Rovelli, T., Cesari, N. Semprini, Torromeo, G., Tosi, N., Travaglini, R., Vagnoni, V. M., Valentinetti, S., Villa, M., Zoccoli, A., Caron, J. -F., Hearty, C., Lu, P. F. -T., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y. -C., Barnyakov, M. Yu., Blinov, V. E., Botov, A. A., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kononov, S. A., Kravchenko, E. A., Levichev, E. B., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Shtol, D. A., Skovpen, Y. I., Solodov, E. P., Cardini, A., Carpinelli, M., Chao, D. S. -T., Cheng, C. H., Doll, D. A., Echenard, B., Flood, K., Hanson, J., Hitlin, D. G., Ongmongkolkul, P., Porter, F. C., Zhu, R. Y., Randazzo, N., Burelo, E. De La Cruz, Zheng, Y., Campos, P., De Silva, M., Kathirgamaraju, A., Meadows, B., Pushpawela, B., Shi, Y., Sokoloff, M., Castro, G. Lopez, Ciaschini, V., Franchini, P., Giacomini, F., Paolini, A., Polania, G. A. Calderon, Laczek, S., Romanowicz, P., Szybinski, B., Czuchry, M., Flis, L., Harezlak, D., Kocot, J., Radecki, M., Sterzel, M., Szepieniec, T., Szymocha, T., Wójcik, P., Andreotti, M., Baldini, W., Calabrese, R., Carassiti, V., Cibinetto, G., Ramusino, A. Cotta, Evangelisti, F., Gianoli, A., Luppi, E., Malaguti, R., Manzali, M., Melchiorri, M., Munerato, M., Padoan, C., Santoro, V., Tomassetti, L., Beretta, M. M., Biagini, M., Boscolo, M., Capitolo, E., de Sangro, R., Esposito, M., Felici, G., Finocchiaro, G., Gatta, M., Gatti, C., Guiducci, S., Lauciani, S., Patteri, P., Peruzzi, I., Piccolo, M., Raimondi, P., Rama, M., Sanelli, C., Tomassini, S., Fabbricatore, P., Delepine, D., Santos, M. A. Reyes, Chrzaszcz, M., Grzymkowski, R., Knap, P., Kotula, J., Lesiak, T., Ludwin, J., Michalowski, J., Pawlik, B., Rachwal, B., Stodulski, M., Wiechczynski, J., Witek, M., Zawiejski, L., Zdybal, M., Aushev, V. Y., Ustynov, A., Arnaud, N., Bambade, P., Beigbeder, C., Bogard, F., Borsato, M., Breton, D., Brossard, J., Burmistrov, L., Charlet, D., Chaumat, V., Dadoun, O., Berni, M. El, Maalmi, J., Puill, V., Rimbault, C., Stocchi, A., Tocut, V., Variola, A., Wallon, S., Wormser, G., Grancagnolo, F., Ben-Haim, E., Sitt, S., Baylac, M., Bourrion, O., Deconto, J. -M., Martinez, Y. Gomez, Monseu, N., Muraz, J. -F., Real, J. -S., Vescovi, C., Cenci, R., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D., Twedt, E. W., Cheaib, R., Lindemann, D., Nderitu, S., Patel, P., Robertson, S. H., Swersky, D., Warburton, A., Flores, E. Cuautle, Sanchez, G. Toledo, Biassoni, P., Bombelli, L., Citterio, M., Coelli, S., Fiorini, C., Liberali, V., Monti, M., Nasri, B., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Sabatini, F., Stabile, A., Berra, A., Giachero, A., Gotti, C., Lietti, D., Maino, M., Pessina, G., Prest, M., Martin, J. -P., Simard, M., Starinski, N., Taras, P., Drutskoy, A., Makarychev, S., Nefediev, A. V., Aloisio, A., Cavaliere, S., De Nardo, G., Della Pietra, M., Doria, A., Giordano, R., Ordine, A., Pardi, S., Russo, G., Sciacca, C., Bigi, I. I., Jessop, C. P., Wang, W., Bellato, M., Benettoni, M., Corvo, M., Crescente, A., Corso, F. Dal, Dosselli, U., Fanin, C., Gianelle, A., Longo, S., Michelotto, M., Montecassiano, F., Morandin, M., Pengo, R., Posocco, M., Rotondo, M., Simi, G., Stroili, R., Gaioni, L., Manazza, A., Manghisoni, M., Ratti, L., Re, V., Traversi, G., Zucca, S., Bizzaglia, S., Bizzarri, M., Cecchi, C., Germani, S., Lebeau, M., Lubrano, P., Manoni, E., Papi, A., Rossi, A., Scolieri, G., Batignani, G., Bettarini, S., Casarosa, G., Cervelli, A., Fella, A., Forti, F., Giorgi, M., Lilli, L., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paladino, A., Pantaleo, F., Paoloni, E., Perez, A. L. Perez, Rizzo, G., Walsh, J., Téllez, A. Fernández, Beck, G., Berman, M., Bevan, A., Gannaway, F., Inguglia, G., Martin, A. J., Morris, J., Bocci, V., Capodiferro, M., Chiodi, G., Dafinei, I., Drenska, N. V., Faccini, R., Ferroni, F., Gargiulo, C., Gauzzi, P., Luci, C., Lunadei, R., Martellotti, G., Pellegrino, F., Pettinacci, V., Pinci, D., Recchia, L., Ruggeri, D., Zullo, A., Camarri, P., Cardarelli, R., De Santis, C., Di Ciaccio, A., Di Felice, V., Di Palma, F., Di Simone, A., Marcelli, L., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Sparvoli, R., Tammaro, S., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Ciuchini, M., Nguyen, F., Passeri, A., Ruggieri, F., Spiriti, E., Wilson, F., Monzon, I. Leon, Millan-Almaraz, J. R., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Aston, D., Dey, B., Fisher, A., Jackson, P. D., Leith, D. W. G. S., Luitz, S., MacFarlane, D., McCulloch, M., Metcalfe, S., Novokhatski, A., Osier, S., Prepost, R., Ratcliff, B., Seeman, J., Sullivan, M., Va'vra, J., Wienands, U., Wisniewski, W., Altschul, B. D., Purohit, M. V., Baudot, J., Ripp-Baudot, I., Cirrone, G. A. P., Cuttone, G., Bezshyyko, O., Dolinska, G., Soffer, A., Bianchi, F., De Mori, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Marcello, S., Bomben, M., Bosisio, L., Cristaudo, P., Lanceri, L., Liberti, B., Rashevskaya, I., Stella, C., Vallazza, E. S., Vitale, L., Auriemma, G., Satriano, C., Vidal, F. Martinez, de Cos, J. Mazorra, Oyanguren, A., Valls, P. Ruiz, Beaulieu, A., Dejong, S., Franta, J., Lewczuk, M. J., Roney, M., and Sobie, R.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

In this Technical Design Report (TDR) we describe the SuperB detector that was to be installed on the SuperB e+e- high luminosity collider. The SuperB asymmetric collider, which was to be constructed on the Tor Vergata campus near the INFN Frascati National Laboratory, was designed to operate both at the Upsilon(4S) center-of-mass energy with a luminosity of 10^{36} cm^{-2}s^{-1} and at the tau/charm production threshold with a luminosity of 10^{35} cm^{-2}s^{-1}. This high luminosity, producing a data sample about a factor 100 larger than present B Factories, would allow investigation of new physics effects in rare decays, CP Violation and Lepton Flavour Violation. This document details the detector design presented in the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) in 2007. The R&D and engineering studies performed to arrive at the full detector design are described, and an updated cost estimate is presented. A combination of a more realistic cost estimates and the unavailability of funds due of the global economic climate led to a formal cancelation of the project on Nov 27, 2012., Comment: 495 pages

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2013

40. Recent results on hadron physics at KLOE

Author

Babusci, D., Badoni, D., Balwierz-Pytko, I., Bencivenni, G., Bini, C., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkest, L. Caldeira, Capon, G., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwinski, E., Dane, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Robertis, G., De Santis, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Donato, C., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gajos, A., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjold, L., Hoistad, B., Iafolla, L., Jacewicz, M., Johansson, T., Kacprzak, K., Kupsc, A., Lee-Franzini, J., Leverington, B., Loddo, F., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Nguyen, F., Palladino, A., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Longhi, I. Prado, Ranieri, A., Redmer, C. F., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Taccini, C., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wislicki, W., Wolke, M., and Zdebik, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

One of the basic motivations of the KLOE and KLOE-2 collaborations is the test of fundamental symmetries and the search for phenomena beyond the Standard Model via the hadronic and leptonic decays of ground-state mesons and via their production in the fusion of virtual gamma quanta exchanged between colliding electrons and positrons. This contribution includes brief description of results of recent analysis of the KLOE data aimed at (i) the search for the dark matter boson, (ii) determination of the hadronic and light-by-light contributions to the g-2 muon anomaly and (iii) tests of QCD anomalies., Comment: 4 pages, Proceedings of the 48th Rencontres de Moriond "QCD and High Energy Interactions", La Thuile, Italy, March 9-16, 2013

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2013

41. A new limit on the CP violating decay KS -> 3pi0 with the KLOE experiment

Author

Babusci, D., Badoni, D., Balwierz-Pytko, I., Bencivenni, G., Bini, C., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkestahl, L. Caldeira, Capon, G., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwinski, E., Dane, E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Robertis, G., De Santis, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Donato, C., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Gonnella, F., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjold, L., Hoistad, B., Iafolla, L., Jacewicz, M., Johansson, T., Kacprzak, K., Kupsc, A., Lee-Franzini, J., Leverington, B., Loddo, F., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Nguyen, F., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Longhi, I. Prado, Ranieri, A., Redmer, C. F., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Taccini, C., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wislicki, W., Wolke, M., and Zdebik, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We have carried out a new direct search for the CP violating decay KS -> 3pi0 with 1.7 fb^-1 of e+e- collisions collected by the KLOE detector at the phi-factory DAFNE. We have searched for this decay in a sample of about 5.9 x 10^8 KS KL events tagging the KS by means of the KL interaction in the calorimeter and requiring six prompt photons. With respect to our previous search, the analysis has been improved by increasing of a factor four the tagged sample and by a more effective background rejection of fake KS tags and spurious clusters. We find no candidates in data and simulated background samples, while we expect 0.12 standard model events. Normalizing to the number of KS -> 2pi0 events in the same sample, we set the upper limit on BR(KS -> 3pi0 < 2.6 x 10^-8 at 90% C.L., five times lower than the previous limit. We also set the upper limit on the eta_000 parameter, |eta_000 | < 0.0088 at 90% C.L., improving by a factor two the latest direct measurement., Comment: Accepted for publication in Physics Letters B (15 pages, 13 figures)

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2013
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42. Precision measurement of $\sigma(e^+e^-\rightarrow\pi^+\pi^-\gamma)/\sigma(e^+e^-\rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-\gamma)$ and determination of the $\pi^+\pi^-$ contribution to the muon anomaly with the KLOE detector

Author

KLOE, Collaborations, KLOE-2, Babusci, D., Badoni, D., Balwierz-Pytko, I., Bencivenni, G., Bini, C., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkestahl, L. Caldeira, Capon, G., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Curciarello, F., Czerwinski, E., Dane', E., De Leo, V., De Lucia, E., De Robertis, G., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Domenico, A., Di Donato, C., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Gonnella, F., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskjold, L., Hoistad, B., Iafolla, L., Iarocci, E., Jacewicz, M., Johansson, T., Kluge, W., Kupsc, A., Lee-Franzini, J., Loddo, F., Lukin, P., Mandaglio, G., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Muller, S., Nguyen, F., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Longhi, I. Prado, Ranieri, A., Redmer, C. F., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Taccini, C., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Versaci, R., Wislicki, W., Wolke, M., and Zdebik, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

We have measured the ratio $\sigma(e^+e^-\rightarrow\pi^+\pi^-\gamma)/\sigma(e^+e^-\rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-\gamma)$, with the KLOE detector at DA$\Phi$NE for a total integrated luminosity of $\sim$ 240 pb$^{-1}$. From this ratio we obtain the cross section $\sigma(e^+e^-\rightarrow\pi^+\pi^-)$. From the cross section we determine the pion form factor $|F_\pi|^2$ and the two-pion contribution to the muon anomaly $a_\mu$ for $0.592

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2012
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43. Measurement of {\eta} meson production in {\gamma}{\gamma} interactions and {\Gamma}({\eta}-->{\gamma}{\gamma}) with the KLOE detector

Author

Collaboration, KLOE-2, Babusci, D., Badoni, D., Balwierz-Pytko, I., Bencivenni, G., Bini, C., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkestaahl, L. Caldeira, Capon, G., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Czerwinski, E., Dane, E., De Lucia, E., De Robertis, G., De Santis, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Donato, C., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Gonnella, F., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskj, L., Hoistad, B., Iafolla, L., Jacewicz, M., Johansson, T., Kupsc, A., Lee-Franzini, J., Leverington, B., Loddo, F., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Nguyen, F., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Longhi, I. Prado, Ranieri, A., Redmer, C. F., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Taccini, C., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wislicki, W., Wolke, M., and Zdebik, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We present a measurement of {\eta} meson production in photon-photon interactions produced by electron-positron beams colliding with \sqrt{s}=1 GeV. The measurement is done with the KLOE detector at the \phi-factory DA{\Phi}NE with an integrated luminosity of 0.24 fb^{-1}. The e^+e^- --> e^+e^-{\eta} cross section is measured without detecting the outgoing electron and positron, selecting the decays {\eta}-->{\pi}^+{\pi}^-{\pi}^0 and {\eta}-->{\pi}^0{\pi}^0{\pi}^0. The most relevant background is due to e^+e^- --> {\eta}{\gamma} when the monochromatic photon escapes detection. The cross section for this process is measured as {\sigma}(e^+e^- -->{\eta}{\gamma}) = (856 \pm 8_{stat} \pm 16_{syst}) pb. The combined result for the e^+e^- -->e^+e^-{\eta} cross section is {\sigma}(e^+e^- -->e^+e^-{\eta}) = (32.72 \pm 1.27_{stat} \pm 0.70_{syst}) pb. From this we derive the partial width {\Gamma}({\eta}-->{\gamma}{\gamma}) = (520 \pm 20_{stat} \pm 13_{syst}) eV. This is in agreement with the world average and is the most precise measurement to date., Comment: Version accepted by JHEP

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2012
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44. Limit on the production of a light vector gauge boson in phi meson decays with the KLOE detector

Author

Collaboration, KLOE-2, Babusci, D., Badoni, D., Balwierz-Pytko, I., Bencivenni, G., Bini, C., Bloise, C., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkestaahl, L. Caldeira, Capon, G., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Czerwinski, E., Dane, E., De Lucia, E., De Robertis, G., De Santis, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Donato, C., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Gonnella, F., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Heijkenskj, L., Hoistad, B., Iafolla, L., Jacewicz, M., Johansson, T., Kupsc, A., Lee-Franzini, J., Leverington, B., Loddo, F., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Nguyen, F., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Longhi, I. Prado, Ranieri, A., Redmer, C. F., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Taccini, C., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Wislicki, W., Wolke, M., and Zdebik, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We present a new limit on the production of a light dark-force mediator with the KLOE detector at DAPHNE. This boson, called U, has been searched for in the decay phi --> eta U, U --> e+ e-, analyzing the decay eta --> pi0 pi0 pi0 in a data sample of 1.7 fb-1. No structures are observed in the e+e- invariant mass distribution over the background. This search is combined with a previous result obtained from the decay eta --> pi+ pi- pi0, increasing the sensitivity. We set an upper limit at 90% C.L. on the ratio between the U boson coupling constant and the fine structure constant of alpha'/alpha < 1.7x10^-5 for 30

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2012
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45. Measurement of \Gamma(\eta -> \pi^+\pi^-\gamma)/\Gamma(\eta -> \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0) with the KLOE Detector

Author

Babusci, D., Badoni, D., Balwierz-Pytko, I., Bencivenni, G., Bini, C., Bloise, C., Bocci, V., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Balkest, L. Caldeira, Capon, G., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Czerwinski, E., Dane, E., De Lucia, E., De Robertis, G., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., Di Domenico, A., Di Donato, C., Di Micco, B., Di Salvo, R., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Fantini, A., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gauzzi, P., Giardina, G., Giovannella, S., Gonnella, F., Graziani, E., Happacher, F., Hoistad, B., Iafolla, L., Jacewicz, M., Johansson, T., Kupsc, A., Lee-Franzini, J., Leverington, B., Loddo, F., Loffredo, S., Mandaglio, G., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Nguyen, F., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Longhi, I. Prado, Ranieri, A., Redmer, C. F., Santangelo, P., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Taccini, C., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Versaci, R., Wislicki, W., Wolke, M., Xu, G., and Zdebik, J.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The ratio R_{\eta}=\Gamma(\eta -> \pi^+\pi^-\gamma)/\Gamma(\eta -> \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0) has been measured by analyzing 22 million \phi \to \eta \gamma decays collected by the KLOE experiment at DA\PhiNE, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 558 pb^{-1}. The \eta \to \pi^+\pi^-\gamma proceeds both via the \rho resonant contribution, and possibly a non-resonant direct term, connected to the box anomaly. Our result, R_{\eta}= 0.1856\pm 0.0005_{stat} \pm 0.0028_{syst}, points out a sizable contribution of the direct term to the total width. The di-pion invariant mass for the \eta -> \pi^+\pi^-\gamma decay could be described in a model-independent approach in terms of a single free parameter, \alpha. The determined value of the parameter \alpha is \alpha = (1.32 \pm 0.08_{stat} +0.10/-0.09_{syst}\pm 0.02_{theo}) GeV^{-2}, Comment: Paper in press, accepted by PLB

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2012
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46. Low resource FPGA-based Time to Digital Converter

Author

Balla, A., Beretta, M., Ciambrone, P., Gatta, M., Gonnella, F., Iafolla, L., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., and Riondino, D.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Time to Digital Converters (TDCs) are very common devices in particles physics experiments. A lot of "off-the-shelf" TDCs can be employed but the necessity of a custom DAta acQuisition (DAQ) system makes the TDCs implemented on the Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) desirable. Most of the architectures developed so far are based on the tapped delay lines with precision down to 10 ps, obtained with high FPGA resources usage and non-linearity issues to be managed. Often such precision is not necessary; in this case TDC architectures with low resources occupancy are preferable allowing the implementation of data processing systems and of other utilities on the same device. In order to reconstruct gamma-gamma physics events tagged with High Energy Tagger (HET) in the KLOE-2 (K LOng Experiment 2), we need to measure the Time Of Flight (TOF) of the electrons and positrons from the KLOE-2 Interaction Point (IP) to our tagging stations (11 m apart). The required resolution must be better than the bunch spacing (2.7 ns). We have developed and implemented on a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA a 32 channel TDC with a precision of 255 ps and low non-linearity effects along with an embedded data acquisition systems and the interface to the online FARM of KLOE-2., Comment: I would like to withdraw this paper due to copyright problem

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2012
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47. The KLOE-2 High Energy Tagger Detector

Author

Babusci, D., Gonnella, F., Iafolla, L., Iannarelli, M., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Saputi, A., and Turri, E.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

In order to fully reconstruct to the reaction e+e- to e+e- gamma-gamma in the energy region of the phi meson production, new detectors along the DAFNE beam line have to be installed in order to detect the scattered e+e-. The High Energy Tagger (HET) detector measures the deviation of leptons from their main orbit by determining their position and timing so to tag gamma-gamma physics events and disentangle them from background. The HET detectors are placed at the exit of the DAFNE dipole magnets, 11 m away from the IP, both on positron and electron lines. The HET sensitive area is made up of a set of 28 plastic scintillators. A dedicated DAQ electronics board based on a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA have been developed for this detector. It provides a MultiHit TDC with a time resolution of the order of 500 ps and the possibility to acquire data any 2.5 ns, thus allowing to clearly identify the correct bunch crossing. First results of the commissioning run are presented., Comment: Submitted to proceedings of the 12th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors 2012, La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, Italy

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2012
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48. FPGA-based Time to Digital Converter and Data Acquisition system for High Energy Tagger of KLOE-2 experiment

Author

Iafolla, L., Balla, A., Beretta, M., Ciambrone, P., Gatta, M., Gonnella, F., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., and Riondino, D.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

In order to reconstruct gamma-gamma physics events tagged with High Energy Tagger (HET) in the KLOE-2 (K LOng Experiment 2), we need to measure the Time Of Flight (TOF) of the electrons and positrons from the KLOE-2 Interaction Point (IP) to our tagging stations (11 m apart). The required resolution must be better than the bunch spacing (2.7 ns). We have developed and implemented on a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA a Time to Digital Converter (TDC) with 625 ps resolution (LSB) along with an embedded data acquisition system and the interface to the online FARM of KLOE-2. We will describe briefly the architecture of the TDC and of the Data AcQuisition (DAQ) system. Some more details will be provided about the zero-suppression algorithm used to reduce the data throughput., Comment: Submitted to proceedings of the 12th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors 2012, La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, Italy

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2012
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49. On the possibility to measure the (pi0 to gamma gamma) decay width and the (gamma* gamma to pi0) transition form factor with the KLOE-2 experiment

Author

Babusci, D., Czyz, H., Gonnella, F., Ivashyn, S., Mascolo, M., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Nyffeler, A., Venanzoni, G., and Collaboration, KLOE-2

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

A possibility of KLOE-2 experiment to measure the width Gamma(pi0 to gamma gamma) and the (pi0 gamma gamma*) form factor F(Q^2) at low invariant masses of the virtual photon in the space-like region is considered. This measurement is an important test of the strong interaction dynamics at low energies. The feasibility is estimated on the basis of a Monte-Carlo simulation. The expected accuracy for Gamma(pi0 to gamma gamma) is at a per cent level, which is better than the current experimental world average and theory. The form factor will be measured for the first time at Q^2 less or equal 0.1 GeV^2 in the space-like region. The impact of these measurements on the accuracy of the pion-exchange contribution to the hadronic light-by-light scattering part of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon is also discussed., Comment: 2-column style; matches the revision accepted by EPJC

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2011
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50. Measurement of $\Gamma(\eta \to \pi^+\pi^-\gamma)/\Gamma(\eta \to \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0)$ with KLOE experiment

Author

The KLOE Collaboration, Ambrosino, F., Antonelli, A., Antonelli, M., Archilli, F., Balwierz, I., Bencivenni, G., Bini, C., Bloise, C., Bocchetta, S., Bossi, F., Branchini, P., Capon, G., Capussela, T., Ceradini, F., Ciambrone, P., Czerwiski, E., De Lucia, E., De Santis, A., De Simone, P., De Zorzi, G., Denig, A., Di Domenico, A., Di Donato, C., Di Micco, B., Dreucci, M., Felici, G., Fiore, S., Franzini, P., Gatti, C., Gauzzi, P., Giovannella, S., Graziani, E., Jacewicz, M., Lee-Franzini, J., Martemianov, M., Martini, M., Massarotti, P., Meola, S., Miscetti, S., Morello, G., Moulson, M., Muller, S., Napolitano, M., Nguyen, F., Palutan, M., Passeri, A., Patera, V., Longhi, I. Prado, Santangelo, P., Sciascia, B., Silarski, M., Spadaro, T., Taccini, C., Tortora, L., Venanzoni, G., Versaci, R., Xu, G., Zdebik, J., collaboration, as members of the KLOE-2, Babusci, D., Badoni, D., Bocci, V., Budano, A., Bulychjev, S. A., Campana, P., Dané, E., De Robertis, G., Domenici, D., Erriquez, O., Fanizzi, G., Gonnella, F., Happacher, F., Höistad, B., Iarocci, E., Johansson, T., Kulikov, V., Kupsc, A., Loddo, F., Matsyuk, M., Messi, R., Moricciani, D., Moskal, P., Ranieri, A., Sarra, I., Schioppa, M., Sciubba, A., Wiślicki, W., and Wolke, M.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We report the measurement of the ratio $\Gamma(\eta \to \pi^+\pi^-\gamma)/\Gamma(\eta \to \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0)$ analyzing a large sample of $\phi \to \eta \gamma$ decays recorded with the KLOE experiment at the DA$\Phi$NE $e^+ e^-$ collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 558 pb$^{-1}$. The $\eta \to \pi^+\pi^-\gamma$ process is supposed to proceed both via a resonant contribution, mediated by the $\rho$ meson, and a non resonant direct term, connected to the box anomaly. The presence of the direct term affects the partial width value. Our result $R_{\eta}=\Gamma(\eta \to \pi^+ \pi^- \gamma)/\Gamma(\eta \to \pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0)= 0.1838\pm 0.0005_{stat} \pm 0.0030_{syst}$ is in agreement with a recent CLEO measurement, which differs by more 3 $\sigma$ from the average of previous results.

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2011

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