A. Ferrando

Publication List Details

Period

1968 - 2009

Number

201

Co-Authors

Continuum generation by dark solitons (2009)

Milian, C., Skryabin, D. V., Ferrando, A.

We demonstrate that the dark soliton trains in optical fibers with a zero of the group velocity dispersion can generate broad spectral distribution (continuum) associated with the resonant dispersive...

A topological charge selection rule for phase singularities (2008)

Zacares, M., Garcia-March, M. A., Vijande, J., Ferrando, A., Merino, E.

We present an study of the dynamics and decay pattern of phase singularities due to the action of a system with a discrete rotational symmetry of finite order. A topological charge conservation rule...

Resonant Plasmon-Soliton Interaction (2008)

Bliokh, K. Y., Bliokh, Y. P., Ferrando, A.

We describe an effective resonant interaction between two localized wave modes of different nature: a plasmon-polariton at a metal surface and a self-focusing beam (spatial soliton) in a non-linear...

Angular Pseudomomentum Theory for the Generalized Nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger Equation in Discrete Rotational Symmetry Media (2008)

Ferrando, A., Zacarés, M., Vijande, J., Carr, L. D.

We develop a complete mathematical theory for the symmetrical solutions of the generalized nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation based on the new concept of angular pseudomomentum. We consider the...

Noncommutative space and the low-energy physics of quasicrystals (2008)

Monreal, L., De Cordoba, P. Fernandez, Ferrando, A., Isidro, J. M.

We prove that the effective low-energy, nonlinear Schroedinger equation for a particle in the presence of a quasiperiodic potential is the potential-free, nonlinear Schroedinger equation on...

CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance (2007)

Bayatian, G. L., Chatrchyan, S., Hmayakyan, G., Sirunyan, A. M., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., ...

CMS is a general purpose experiment, designed to study the physics of pp collisions at 14 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC). It currently involves more than 2000 physicists from more than 150...

Switching and instabilities of optical vortices in nonlinear dual-core photonic crystal fibre couplers (2006)

J. R. Salgueiro; Universidade De Vigo, H. Michinel; Universidade De Vigo, A. Ferrando; Universitat De Valencia, Y. Kivshar; Australian National University

We study switching of an optical vortex launched into one core of a dual-core waveguide coupler in a photonic crystal fibre with self-focusing nonlinearity. We analyse how the beam power and the...

Inversion of a guided optical vortex (2006)

A. V. Carpentier; Universidade De Vigo, H. Michinel; Universidade De Vigo, J. R. Salgueiro; Universidade De Vigo, S. Doval; Universidade De Vigo, A. Ferrando; Universitat De València

We demonstrate, both theoretically and experimentally, the inversion of the topological charge of a vortex that propagates through an optical fiber. In our experiment, we couple the vortex to a...

Badger hair in shaving brushes comes from protected Eurasian badgers (2006)

Domingo-Roura, X., Marmi, J., Ferrando, A., López-Giráldez, F., Macdonald, D.W., Jansman, H.A.H.

The Eurasian badger (Meles meles) is included in Appendix III of the Bern Convention and protected by national laws in many European countries. Badger hair is used to manufacture luxury shaving...

Occupational exposure to diesel exhausts and risk for lung cancer in a population-based case-control study in Italy (2006)

Richiardi, L, Mirabelli, D, Calisti, R, Ottino, A, Ferrando, A, Boffetta, P, ...

Background: We studied the effect of exposure to diesel exhausts on lung cancer risk in a population-based case–control study in the city of Turin, Italy. Patients and methods: Information on...

Occupational exposure to diesel exhausts and risk for lung cancer in a population-based case-control study in Italy (2006)

Richiardi, L., Mirabelli, D., Calisti, R., Ottino, A., Ferrando, A., Boffetta, P., ...

Background: We studied the effect of exposure to diesel exhausts on lung cancer risk in a population-based case-control study in the city of Turin, Italy. Patients and methods: Information on...

Occupational exposure to diesel exhausts and risk for lung cancer in a population-based case-control study in Italy (2006)

Richiardi, L., Mirabelli, D., Calisti, R., Ottino, A., Ferrando, A., Boffetta, P., ...

Background: We studied the effect of exposure to diesel exhausts on lung cancer risk in a population-based case-control study in the city of Turin, Italy. Patients and methods: Information on...

Nodal solitons and the nonlinear breaking of discrete symmetry (2004)

Ferrando, A., Zacares, M., Andres, P., De Cordoba, P. Fernandez, Monsoriu, J. A.

We present a new type of soliton solutions in nonlinear photonic systems with discrete point-symmetry. These solitons have their origin in a novel mechanism of breaking of discrete symmetry by the...

Fusion of NUP214 to ABL1 on amplified episomes in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (2004)

Graux, Carlos; U0053966, Cools, Jan; U0016417, Melotte, C, Quentmeier, H, Ferrando, A, Levine, R, ...

In T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), transcription factors are known to be deregulated by chromosomal translocations, but mutations in protein tyrosine kinases have only rarely been...

Monte-Carlo simulation studies of charged particle identification (2002)

Bruyant, F, Etienne, F, Ferrando, A, Poppleton, Alan

This note describes the simulation work made at CERN to help in the preparation of the Proposal for the European Hybrid Spectrometer, CERN-SPSC-78-91

Rapid identification of Arabidopsis insertion mutants by non- radioactive detection of T-DNA tagged genes (2002)

Rios,G., Lossow,A., Hertel,B., Breuer,F., Schaefer,S., Broich,M., ...

To assist in the analysis of plant gene functions we have generated a new Arabidopsis insertion mutant collection of 90 000 lines that carry the T-DNA of Agrobacterium gene fusion vector pPCV6NFHyg....

A polyamine metabolon involving aminopropyl transferase complexes in Arabidopsis (2002)

Panicot,M., Minguet,E. G., Ferrando,A., Alcazar,R., Blazquez,M. A., Carbonell,J., ...

The conversion of putrescine to spermidine in the biosynthetic pathway of plant polyamines is catalyzed by two closely related spermidine synthases, SPDS1 and SPDS2, in Arabidopsis. In the yeast...

Rapid identification of Arabidopsis insertion mutants by non- radioactive detection of T-DNA tagged genes (2002)

Rios, G., Lossow, A., Hertel, B., Breuer, F., Schaefer, S., Broich, M., ...

To assist in the analysis of plant gene functions we have generated a new Arabidopsis insertion mutant collection of 90 000 lines that carry the T-DNA of Agrobacterium gene fusion vector pPCV6NFHyg....

A polyamine metabolon involving aminopropyl transferase complexes in Arabidopsis (2002)

Panicot, M., Minguet, E. G., Ferrando, A., Alcazar, R., Blazquez, M. A., Carbonell, J., ...

The conversion of putrescine to spermidine in the biosynthetic pathway of plant polyamines is catalyzed by two closely related spermidine synthases, SPDS1 and SPDS2, in Arabidopsis. In the yeast...

Database and modelling strategy: a compliant way for display optimisation (2001)

Farenc, N., Sidler, F., Ferrando, A., Thalmann, D.

In order to display huge scenes with virtual human inhabitants evolving inside a virtual city, we propose a methodology to create and manage different levels of detail for a well-segmented scene...

Database and modelling strategy: a compliant way for display optimisation (2000)

Farenc, N., Sidler, F., Ferrando, A., Thalmann, D.

In order to display huge scenes with virtual human inhabitants evolving inside a virtual city, we propose a methodology to create and manage different levels of detail for a well-segmented scene...

Full-vector analysis of a realistic photonic crystal fiber (1998)

Ferrando, A., Silvestre, E., Miret, J. J., Andrés, M. V., Andrés, P.

We analyze the guiding problem in a realistic photonic crystal fiber using a novel full-vector modal technique, a biorthogonal modal method based on the nonselfadjoint character of the...

Confinement in 3D Gluodynamics as a 2D Critical Phenomenon (1997)

Ferrando, A., Jaramillo, A., Shabanov, S.

Gluodynamics in 3D spacetime with one spatial direction compactified into a circle of length $L$ is studied. The confinement order parameters, such as the Polyakov loops, are analyzed in both the...

The Role of Temperature in a Dimensional Approach to QCD_3 (1995)

Ferrando, A., Jaramillo, A.

We analyze the role played by temperature in QCD_3 by means of a dimensional interpolating approach. Pure gauge QCD_3 is defined on a strip of finite width L, which acts as an interpolating parameter...

Measurement of hadronic shower punchthrough in magnetic field (1995)

Albajar, C, Andlinger, M, Arefev, A, Bacci, Cesare, Bencze, G L, Bergman, R, ...

The total punchthrough probability of showers produced by negative pions, positive pions, positive kaons and protons, has been measured as a function of depth in an absorber in a magnetic field...

Hadron Correlators and the Structure of the Quark Propagator (1994)

Ferrando, A., Vento, V.

The structure of the quark propagator of $QCD$ in a confining background is not known. We make an Ansatz for it, as hinted by a particular mechanism for confinement, and analyze its implications in...

Two Dimensional Quantum Chromodynamics as the Limit of Higher Dimensional Theories (1994)

Ferrando, A., Jaramillo, A.

We define pure gauge $QCD$ on an infinite strip of width $L$. Techniques similar to those used in finite $TQCD$ allow us to relate $3D$-observables to pure $QCD_2$ behaviors. The non triviality of...

Dynamical confinement in bosonized QCD2 (1992)

Ferrando, A., Vento, V.

In the bosonized version of two dimensional theories non trivial boundary conditions (topology) play a crucial role. They are inevitable if one wants to describe non singlet states. In abelian...

About the realization of chiral symmetry in QCD2 (1992)

Ferrando, A., Vento, V.

Two dimensional massless Quantum Chromodynamics presents many features which resemble those of the true theory. In particular the spectrum consists of mesons and baryons arranged in flavor multiplets...

Performance of a uranium/tetramethylpentane electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeter (1991)

J. Apsimon, R., Bacci, C., Bauer, G., Bézaguet, A., Bloess, D., M. Bodenes, J., ...

We present results from the barrel depleted uranium/TMP calorimeter modules constructed by the UA1 Collaboration. Electromagnetic and hadronic energy resolutions have been measured using electron and...

Performance of a uranium/tetramethylpentane electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeter (1991)

J. Apsimon, R., Bacci, C., Bauer, G., Bézaguet, A., Bloess, D., M. Bodenes, J., ...

We present results from the barrel depleted uranium/TMP calorimeter modules constructed by the UA1 Collaboration. Electromagnetic and hadronic energy resolutions have been measured using electron and...

Regulation of cation transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the salt tolerance gene HAL3.

Ferrando, A, Kron, S J, Rios, G, Fink, G R, Serrano, R

Dynamic regulation of ion transport is essential for homeostasis as cells confront changes in their environment. The gene HAL3 encodes a novel component of this regulatory circuit in the yeast...

Regulation of cation transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the salt tolerance gene HAL3.

Ferrando, A, Kron, S J, Rios, G, Fink, G R, Serrano, R

Dynamic regulation of ion transport is essential for homeostasis as cells confront changes in their environment. The gene HAL3 encodes a novel component of this regulatory circuit in the yeast...

The Multimarket Contacts Theory: An Application to Italian Banks.

De Bonis, R., Ferrando, A.

The multimarket contact hypothesis holds that more contacts between firms competing in the same markets may induce more collusion. This paper tests the hypothesis for the Italian banking market,...

Erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Italy.

Bassetti, M., Manno, G., Collidà, A., Ferrando, A., Gatti, G., Ugolotti, E., ...

In a prospective study of acute pharyngitis in Italian children, 69 (38.3%) of 180 isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes were resistant to macrolides. S. pyogenes was eradicated in 12 (63.1%) of 19...