A. Ferrari

Publication List Details

Period

1975 - 2009

Number

301

Co-Authors

Energy Deposition Studies for Possible Innovative Phase II Collimator Designs (2009)

Lari, L, Assmann, R, Brugger, M, Cerutti, F, Ferrari, A, Vlachoudis, V, ...

Due to the known limitations of Phase I LHC collimators in stable physics conditions, the LHC collimation system will be complemented by additional 30 Phase II collimators. The Phase II collimation...

Benchmarking of the Placet and Dimad tracking codes using the CLIC Post-Collision line (2009)

Ahmed, I, Elsener, K, Ferrari, A, Latina, A

In this benchmarking study, two contemporary codes, DIMAD and PLACET, are compared. We consider the 20 mrad post-collision line of the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) and perform tracking studies of...

Discovery of extreme particle acceleration in the microquasar Cygnus X-3 (2009)

Tavani, M., Bulgarelli, A., Piano, G., Sabatini, S., Striani, E., Evangelista, Y., ...

The study of relativistic particle acceleration is a major topic of high-energy astrophysics. It is well known that massive black holes in active galaxies can release a substantial fraction of their...

Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3 II. The AGILE 2007 December campaign (2009)

Donnarumma, I., Pucella, G., Vittorini, V., D'Ammando, F., Vercellone, S., Raiteri, C. M., ...

We report on the second AGILE multiwavelength campaign of the blazar 3C 454.3 during the first half of December 2007. This campaign involved AGILE, Spitzer, Swift,Suzaku,the WEBT consortium,the REM...

Monitoring the hard X-ray sky with SuperAGILE (2009)

Feroci, M., Costa, E., Del Monte, E., Donnarumma, I., Evangelista, Y., Lapshov, I., ...

SuperAGILE is the hard X-ray monitor of the AGILE gamma ray mission, in orbit since 23$^{rd}$ April 2007. It is an imaging experiment based on a set of four independent silicon strip detectors,...

Energy Deposition Studies for the LHC Insertion Region Upgrade Phase-I (2009)

Cerutti, F, Borgnolutti, F, Ferrari, A, Mereghetti, A, Wildner, E

While the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is starting operation with beam, aiming to achieve nominal performance in the shortest term, the upgrade of the LHC interaction regions is actively...

A model for multifragmentation in heavy-ion reactions (2009)

Ferrari, A., Garzelli, M. V., Sala, P. R.

From an experimental point of view, clear signatures of multifragmentation have been detected by different experiments. On the other hand, from a theoretical point of view, many different models,...

CLIC Main beam dynamics in the ring to main LINAC transport (2009)

Stulle, F, Rinolfi, L, Schulte, D, Latina, A, Ferrari, A

Prior to acceleration in the main linac, the particle beams created in the centrally located injector have to be transported to the outer ends of the CLIC site. This transport should not only...

AGILE detection of a rapid gamma-ray flare from the blazar PKS 1510-089 during the GASP-WEBT monitoring (2009)

D'Ammando, F., Pucella, G., Raiteri, C. M., Villata, M., Vittorini, V., Vercellone, S., ...

We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of a rapid gamma-ray flare from the powerful gamma-ray quasar PKS 1510-089, during a pointing centered on the Galactic Center region from 1 March to 30...

High Resolution 3D Relativistic MHD Simulations of Jets (2009)

Mignone, A., Rossi, P., Bodo, G., Ferrari, A., Massaglia, S.

Relativistic magnetized jets are key elements in Active Galactic Nuclei and in other astrophysical environments. Their structure and evolution involves a complex nonlinear physics that can be...

Energy Deposition Patterns in the LHC Inner Triplet and Their Impact on the Phase II Luminosity Upgrade (2009)

Wildner, E, Broggi, F, Cerutti, F, Ferrari, A, Mereghetti, A, Todesco, E

Recent studies show that the energy deposition for the LHC Phase I luminosity upgrade, aiming at a peak luminosity 2.5×10**34 cm**-2s**-1, can be handled by appropriate shielding. The Phase II...

Agile Detection of Delayed Gamma-Ray Emission from the Short Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 090510 (2009)

Giuliani, A., Fuschino, F., Vianello, G., Marisaldi, M., Mereghetti, S., Tavani, M., ...

Short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), typically lasting less than 2 s, are a special class of GRBs of great interest. We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of the short GRB 090510 which shows two...

Measurement of neutron detection efficiency between 22 and 174 MeV using two different kinds of Pb-scintillating fiber sampling calorimeters (2009)

Anelli, M., Bertolucci, S., Bini, C., Branchini, P., Corradi, G., Curceanu, C., ...

We exposed a prototype of the lead-scintillating fiber KLOE calorimeter to neutron beam of 21, 46 and 174 MeV at The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala, to study its neutron detection efficiency. This has...

Astrophysical jets: observations, numerical simulations, and laboratory experiments (2009)

Bellan, P. M., Livio, M., Kato, Y., Lebedev, S. V., Ray, T. P., Ferrari, A., ...

This paper provides summaries of ten talks on astrophysical jets given at the HEDP/HEDLA-08 International Conference in St. Louis. The talks are topically divided into the areas of observation,...

Detection of Gamma-ray Emission from the Eta-Carinae Region (2009)

Tavani, M., Sabatini, S., Pian, E., Bulgarelli, A., Caraveo, P., Viotti, R. F., ...

We present the results of extensive observations by the gamma-ray AGILE satellite of the Galactic region hosting the Carina nebula and the remarkable colliding wind binary Eta Carinae (Eta Car)...

Study of the a_0(980) meson via the radiative decay phi->eta pi^0 gamma with the KLOE detector (2009)

Ambrosino, KLOE Collaboration: F., Antonelli, A., Antonelli, M., Archilli, F., Bacci, C., Beltrame, P., ...

We have studied the phi->a_0(980) gamma process with the KLOE detector at the Frascati phi-factory DAPhNE by detecting the phi->eta pi^0 gamma decays in the final states with eta->gamma gamma and...

First AGILE Catalog of High Confidence Gamma-Ray Sources (2009)

Pittori, C., Verrecchia, F., Chen, A. W., Bulgarelli, A., Pellizzoni, A., Giuliani, A., ...

We present the First Catalogue of high-confidence gamma-ray sources detected by AGILE during observations performed from 9 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. Catalogued sources are detected by merging all...

Photon backgrounds at the CLIC interaction point due to losses in the post-collision extraction line (2009)

Appleby, RB, Elsener, K, Ferrari, A

The CLIC beam delivery system focuses 1.5 TeV electron and positron beams to a nanometre-sized cross section when colliding them at the interaction point (IP). The intense focusing leads to large...

Conceptual design of a beam line for post-collision extraction and diagnostics at the multi-TeV Compact Linear Collider (2009)

Ferrari, A, Appleby, RB, Salt, MD, Ziemann, V

Strong beam-beam effects at the interaction point of a high-energy e-e+ linear collider such as the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) lead to an emittance growth for the outgoing beams, as well as to...

Radiation transport calculations and simulations (2009)

Fassò, A., Ferrari, A., Sala, P. R.

This article is an introduction to the Monte Carlo method as used in particle transport. After a description at an elementary level of the mathematical basis of the method, the Boltzmann equation and...

Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics (2008)

Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., ...

A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together with the performance...

Summary of the CERN Workshop on Materials for Collimators and Beam Absorbers (2008)

Schmidt, R, Assmann, R W, Bertarelli, A, Ferrari, A, Weterings, W, Mokhov, N V

The main focus of the workshop was on collimators and beam absorbers for (mainly) High Energy Hadron Accelerators, with the energy stored in the beams far above damage limit. The objective was to...

CLIC 2008 Parameters (2008)

Braun, H, Corsini, R, Delahaye, J P, De Roeck, A, Döbert, S, Ferrari, A, ...

This note presents the CLIC parameter set as of beginning 2008 and describes the different subsystems,pointing out how the design of the different components is driven. This design emerged from an...

Gamma-ray burst detection with the AGILE mini-calorimeter (2008)

Marisaldi, M., Labanti, C., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., ...

The Mini-Calorimeter (MCAL) instrument on-board the AGILE satellite is a non-imaging gamma-ray scintillation detector sensitive in the 300keV-100MeV energy range with a total on-axis geometrical area...

Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3. I. The AGILE 2007 November campaign on the "Crazy Diamond" (2008)

Vercellone, S., Chen, A. W., Vittorini, V., Giuliani, A., D'Ammando, F., Tavani, M., ...

[Abridged] We report on a multiwavelength observation of the blazar 3C 454.3 (which we dubbed "crazy diamond") carried out on November 2007 by means of the astrophysical satellites AGILE, INTEGRAL,...

Design Study of the CLIC Injector and Booster Linacs with the 2007 Beam Parameters (2008)

Ferrari, A, Latina, A, Rinolfi, L

This note presents new particle tracking studies in the CLIC Injector and Booster Linacs, which accelerate both electrons and positrons, respectively from 200 MeV to 2.42 GeV, prior to their...

Impact of the New CLIC Beam Parameters on the Design of the Post-Collision Line and its Exit Window (2008)

Ferrari, A

Following the recent modification of the CLIC beam parameters, we present an updated design of the post-collision line. As a result of the increase of the beamstrahlung photon cone size, the...

LHC Luminosity Upgrade: Protecting Insertion Region Magnets from Collision Debris (2008)

Wildner, E, Cerutti, F, Ferrari, A, Mauri, M, Mereghetti, A

The Large Hadron Collider built at CERN now enters a starting-up phase where the present design luminosity up to 1034 cm-2 s-1 will be reached after the running in phase. A possible upgrading of the...

Energy Deposited in the High Luminosity Inner Triplets of the LHC by Collision Debris (2008)

Wildner, E, Broggi, F, Cerutti, F, Ferrari, A, Hoa, C, Koutchouk, Jean-Pierre, ...

The 14 TeV center of mass proton-proton collisions in the LHC produce not only debris interesting for physics but also showers of particles ending up in the accelerator equipment, in particular in...

Preliminary Exploratory Study of Different Phase II Collimators (2008)

Lari, L, Assmann, Ralph Wolfgang, Bertarelli, A, Bracco, C, Brugger, M, Cerutti, F, ...

The LHC collimation system is installed and commissioned in different phases, following the natural evolution of the LHC performance. To improve cleaning efficiency towards the end of the low beta...

Evaluation of Beam Losses and Energy Depositions for a Possible Phase II Design for LHC Collimation (2008)

Lari, L, Assmann, Ralph Wolfgang, Bracco, C, Brugger, M, Cerutti, F, Doyle, E, ...

The LHC beams are designed to have high stability and to be stored for many hours. The nominal beam intensity lifetime is expected to be of the order of 20h. The Phase II collimation system has to be...

AGILE detection of variable gamma-ray activity from the blazar S5 0716+714 in September-October 2007 (2008)

Chen, A. W., D'Ammando, F., Villata, M., Raiteri, C. M., Tavani, M., Vittorini, V., ...

We report the gamma-ray activity from the intermediate BL Lac S5 0716+714 during observations acquired by the AGILE satellite in September and October 2007. These detections of activity were...

L'indecidibilità normativa (2008)

FERRARI, ALESSANDRO, A. Ferrari

L'indecidibilità normativa / A. Ferrari. - 2008. ((Intervento presentato al 16. Seminario Filosofico di Sant'Alberto di Butrio, Pavia, 2008.

Resonance capture cross section of $^{207}$Pb (2008)

Domingo-Pardo, C., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...

The radiative neutron capture cross section of 207Pb has been measured at the CERN neutron time of flight installation n_TOF using the pulse height weighting technique in the resolved energy region....

Resonance capture cross section of $^{207}$Pb (2008)

Domingo-Pardo, C., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...

The radiative neutron capture cross section of 207Pb has been measured at the CERN neutron time of flight installation n_TOF using the pulse height weighting technique in the resolved energy region....

Resonance capture cross section of $^{207}$Pb (2008)

Domingo-Pardo, C., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...

The radiative neutron capture cross section of 207Pb has been measured at the CERN neutron time of flight installation n_TOF using the pulse height weighting technique in the resolved energy region....

Formation of dynamical structures in relativistic jets: the FRI case (2008)

Rossi, P., Mignone, A., Bodo, G., Massaglia, S., Ferrari, A.

Strong observational evidence indicates that all extragalactic jets associated with AGNs move at relativistic speed up to 100 pc - 1 kpc scales from the nucleus. At larger distances, reflecting the...

Recent results from KLOE experiment (2008)

Ambrosino, KLOE Collaboration: F., Antonelli, A., Antonelli, M., Archilli, F., Bacci, C., Beltrame, P., ...

We report the newest results from the KLOE experiment on hadronic physics, such as the parameters of scalars f0 and a0, the eta meson mass measurements and dynamics, the first observation of the eta...

Aspect ratio dependence in magnetorotational instability shearing box simulations (2008)

Bodo, G., Mignone, A., Cattaneo, F., Rossi, P., Ferrari, A.

Aims: We study the changes in the properties of turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability in a shearing box, as the computational domain size in the radial direction is varied relative...

Measurement of the absolute branching ratio of the K+ -> pi+ pi0 (gamma) decay with the KLOE detector (2008)

Ambrosino, F., Antonelli, A., Antonelli, M., Archilli, F., Bacci, C., Beltrame, P., ...

We have measured the absolute branching ratio of the K+ -> pi+ pi0 (gamma) decay, using about 20 million tagged K+ mesons collected with the KLOE detector at DAFNE, the Frascati phi-factory. Signal...

Vus and lepton universality from kaon decays with the KLOE detector (2008)

Ambrosino, F., Antonelli, A., Antonelli, M., Archilli, F., Bacci, C., Beltrame, P., ...

KLOE has measured most decay branching ratios of Ks, Kl and K+/- mesons. It has also measured the Kl and the K+- lifetime and determined the shape of the form factors involved in kaon semileptonic...

On the linear theory of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities of relativistic magnetohydrodynamic planar flows (2008)

Osmanov, Z., Mignone, A., Massaglia, S., Bodo, G., Ferrari, A.

We investigate the linear stability properties of the plane interface separating two relativistic magnetized flows in relative motion. The two flows are governed by the (special) relativistic...

Conceptual Design of a Vacuum Window at the Exit of the CLIC Post-Collision Line (2008)

Ferrari, A, Ziemann, V

In this paper, we present a design of the window between the accelerator vacuum and the beam dump at the end of the CLIC post-collision line. We propose to use a thick (1.5 cm) layer of carbon-carbon...

Determination of $\eta\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ Dalitz plot slopes and asymmetries with the KLOE detector (2008)

Antonelli, A., Antonelli, M., Archilli, F., Bacci, C., Beltrame, P., ...

We have studied, with the KLOE detector at the DA$\Phi$NE $\Phi$-Factory, the dynamics of the decay $\eta\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ using $\eta$ mesons from the decay $\phi\to\eta\gamma$ for an integrated...

Results of the EUROTeV Post Collision Line Design (PCDL) Task (2008)

Eliasson, P., Ekelof, T., Ferrari, A., Ziemann, V., Alabau Pons, M., Bambade, P., ...

This paper is the deliverable of the EUROTeV Post Collision Line Design (PCDL) task and gives an overview of the published results.

Results of the EUROTeV Post Collision Line Design (PCDL) Task (2008)

Eliasson, P., Ekelof, T., Ferrari, A., Ziemann, V., Alabau Pons, M., Bambade, P., ...

This paper is the deliverable of the EUROTeV Post Collision Line Design (PCDL) task and gives an overview of the published results.

Results of the EUROTeV Post Collision Line Design (PCDL) Task (2008)

Eliasson, P., Ekelof, T., Ferrari, A., Ziemann, V., Alabau Pons, M., Bambade, P., ...

This paper is the deliverable of the EUROTeV Post Collision Line Design (PCDL) task and gives an overview of the published results.

Famiglie musulmane in Italia : dinamiche sociali e questioni giuridiche (2008)

MANCINI, LETIZIA, L. Mancini, A.Ferrari

Famiglie musulmane in Italia : dinamiche sociali e questioni giuridiche / L. Mancini. - (Religione e società ; 32). - In: Islam in Europa/Islam in Italia tra diritto e società / A.Ferrari,...

Le questioni normative (2008)

FERRARI, SILVIO, S. Ferrari, A. Ferrari

Le questioni normative / S. Ferrari. - (Religione e società ; 32). - In: Islam in Europa/Islam in Italia tra diritto e società / [a cura di] A. Ferrari. - Bologna : Il Mulino, 2008. - ISBN...

Measurement of the charged kaon lifetime with the KLOE detector (2007)

Ambrosino, F., Antonelli, A., Antonelli, M., Archilli, F., Bacci, C., Beltrame, P., ...

We have measured the charged kaon lifetime using a sample of 15 \times 10^6 tagged kaon decays. Charged kaons were produced in pairs at the DA\PhiNE \phi-factory, e^+e^- \to \phi \to K^+ K^-. The...

High efficiency multi-pass proton beam extraction with a bent crystal at the SPS (2007)

Altuna Bussa Carboni, X. Altuna, M. P. Bussa, G. Carboni, B. Dehning, K. Elsener, ...

Recent measurements of 120 GeV proton extraction by means of a bent silicon crystal at the CERNSPS accelerator are summarized. The existence of multi-pass extraction has been proven by blocking...

Particle Acceleration and Energy Spectra in Extragalactic Radiosources (2007)

Ferrari And Melrose, A. Ferrari

We discuss the mechanism of particle diffusive acceleration by shocks developed by non-linear fluid instabilities in collimated flows as the basis of a model to interpret the synchrotron brightness...

UNDERSTANDING NLR IN SEYFERT GALAXIES: NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF JET-CLOUD INTERACTION (2007)

A. Ferrari, S. Massaglia, P. Rossi, A. Capetti, G. Bodo

Observaciones recientes con el HST sugieren que la NLR de las galaxias Seyfert puede ser el resultado de la interacción entre un chorro de plasma y un medio inhomogéneo. Con esta idea hacemos...

FUNCTIONAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SPECIFICATION FOR POWER-TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN (2007)

A. Balluchi, A. Ferrari, A. Sangiovanni-vincentelli

Abstract: The design of power-train controllers is among the most challenging problems in automotive electronics because of (i) the complexity of the functions that the system has to support, (ii)...

STATUS OF ALOE AT DANE (2007)

A. Alomo, A. Andryakov, G. Barbiellinimm, Barone K. Barth, V. Baturin, H. Beker, ...

A general purpose detector, KLOE, is being constructed. While it is designed primarily

RevMexAA (Serie de Conferencias), 9, 329-333 (2000) (2007)

Understanding Nlr In, A. Ferrari, S. Massaglia, P. Rossi, A. Capetti, G. Bodo

Recent HST observations suggest that the NLR in Seyfert Galaxies can be the result of interaction between jet and external inhomogeneous medium; following this suggestion we perform numerical...

Secondary Cosmic Ray particles due to GCR interactions in the Earth's atmosphere (2007)

Battistoni, G., Cerutti, F., Fassò, A., Ferrari, A., Garzelli, M. V., Lantz, M., ...

Primary GCR interact with the Earth's atmosphere originating atmospheric showers, thus giving rise to fluxes of secondary particles in the atmosphere. Electromagnetic and hadronic interactions...

Precise measurements of the eta and the neutral kaon meson masses with the KLOE detector (2007)

Ambrosino, F., Antonelli, A., Antonelli, M., Archilli, F., Bacci, C., Beltrame, P., ...

We present precise measurements of the eta and K0 masses using the processes phi to eta gamma, eta to gamma gamma and phi to Ks Kl, Ks to pi+ pi-. The K0 mass measurement, M_K=497.583 +/- 0.005...

Experiments and FLUKA simulations of $^{12}C$ and $^{16}O$ beams for therapy monitoring by means of in-beam Positron Emission Tomography (2007)

Sommerer, F, Aiginger, H, Ferrari, A

Since 1997 at the experimental C-12 ion therapy facility at Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany, more than 350 patients have been treated. The therapy is monitored with a...

Measurement of the radiative neutron capture cross section of Pb-206 and its astrophysical implications (2007)

Domingo Pardo, César, Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Álvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...

10 pages, 6 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 25.40.Lw; 27.80.+w; 97.10.Cv.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000250620900078.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.3679

Beam Dynamics Studies in the CLIC Injector Linac (2007)

Ferrari, A, Latina, A, Rinolfi, Louis, Tecker, F

The CLIC Injector Linac has to accelerate both electron and positron main beams from 200 MeV up to 2.42 GeV prior to their injection into the pre-damping rings. Its 26 accelerating structures operate...

CTF3 Combiner Ring Commissioning (2007)

Tecker, F, Biscari, C, Bressi, E, Corsini, R, Döbert, S, Ferrari, A, ...

The CLIC Test Facility 3 (CTF3) has the objective to demonstrate the remaining feasibility issues of the CLIC two-beam technology for a future multi-TeV linear collider. One key issue is the...

Design and Performance of the CNGS Secondary Beam Line (2007)

Gschwendtner, E, Bruno, L, Elsener, K, Ferrari, A, Guglielmi, A, Meddahi, M, ...

An intense muon-neutrino beam (1017nm /day) is generated at CERN and directed towards the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, LNGS, in Italy, 732 km away from CERN. In the presently approved physics...

Study of the process e+e- -> omega p0 with the KLOE detector (2007)

Ambrosino, KLOE Collaboration: F., Antonelli, A., Antonelli, M., Archilli, F., Bacci, C., Beltrame, P., ...

Using ~600 pb-1 collected with the KLOE detector at DAPhiNE, we have studied the production cross section of pi+ pi- pi0 pi0 and p0p0 gamma final states in e+e- collisions at center of mass energies...

Instrumentation for Longitudinal Beam Gymnastics in FEL's and at the CLIC Test Facility 3 (2007)

Lefèvre, T, Braun, H H, Bravin, E, Burger, S, Corsini, R, Döbert, S, ...

Built at CERN by an international collaboration, the CLIC Test Facility 3 (CTF3) aims at demonstrating the feasibility of a high luminosity 3 TeV e+-e- collider by the year 2010. One of the main...

Status and outlook of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN (2007)

Gunsing, F., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez, H., Álvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...

5 pages, 2 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 29.25; 28.20.−v; 24.30.−v; 98.80.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000248784100221

Human exposure to space radiation: role of primary and secondary particles (2007)

Trovati, S., Ballarini, F., Battistoni, G., Cerutti, F., Fassò, A., Ferrari, A., ...

Human exposure to space radiation implies two kinds of risk, both stochastic and deterministic. Shielding optimisation therefore represents a crucial goal for long-term missions, especially in deep...

A new, very massive modular Liquid Argon Imaging Chamber to detect low energy off-axis neutrinos from the CNGS beam. (Project MODULAr) (2007)

Baibussinov, B., Ceolin, M. Baldo, Battistoni, G., Benetti, P., Borio, A., Calligarich, E., ...

The paper is considering an opportunity for the CERN/GranSasso (CNGS) neutrino complex, concurrent time-wise with T2K and NOvA, to search for theta_13 oscillations and CP violation. Compared with...

Introduction to stellar coronagraphy (2007)

Ferrari, A., Soummer, R., Aime, C.

This paper gives a simple and original presentation of various coronagraphs inherited from the Lyot coronagraph. We first present the Lyot and Roddier phase mask coronagraphs and study their...

The La-139(n,γ) cross section: Key for the onset of the s-process (2007)

Terlizzi, R., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez, H., Álvarez-Velarde, H., Álvarez-Velarde, F., ...

15 pages, 9 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 25.40.Lw; 26.20.+f; 27.60.+j; 97.10.Cv.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000245332200071.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0610034

Conceptual Design of a Post-Collision Transport Line for CLIC at 3 TeV (2007)

Ferrari, A

Strong beam-beam effects at the interaction point of a high-energy linear collider such as CLIC lead to an emittance growth for the outgoing beams, as well as to the production of beamstrahlung...

Measurement of the neutron capture cross section of the s-only isotope Pb-204 from 1 eV to 440 keV (2007)

Domingo Pardo, César, Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Álvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...

9 pages, 3 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 25.40.Lw; 27.80.+w; 97.10.Cv.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000243896000061.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0610033

Neutron reactions and nuclear cosmo-chronology (2007)

Mosconi, M., Heil, M., Kappeler, F., Mengoni, A., Plag, R., Fujii, K., ...

9 pages, 3 figures.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000248204700016

Design of the beam delivery system for the International Linear Collider (2007)

Seryi, A., Amann, J., Arnold, R., Asiri, F., Bane, K., Bellomo, P., ...

The beam delivery system for the linear collider focuses beams to nanometer sizes at its interaction point, collimates the beam halo to provide acceptable background in the detector and has a...

Design of the beam delivery system for the International Linear Collider (2007)

Seryi, A., Amann, J., Arnold, R., Asiri, F., Bane, K., Bellomo, P., ...

The beam delivery system for the linear collider focuses beams to nanometer sizes at its interaction point, collimates the beam halo to provide acceptable background in the detector and has a...

Design of the beam delivery system for the International Linear Collider (2007)

Seryi, A., Amann, J., Arnold, R., Asiri, F., Bane, K., Bellomo, P., ...

The beam delivery system for the linear collider focuses beams to nanometer sizes at its interaction point, collimates the beam halo to provide acceptable background in the detector and has a...

Neutron reactions and nuclear cosmo-chronology (2007)

Heil, M, Kappeler, F, Mengoni, A, Plag, R, Fujii, K, ...

The beta-decay of Re-187 (t(1/2) = 42.3 Gyr) represents a suited cosmo-chronometer for the age of the r-process abundances, since the radiogenic part of the daughter isotope (OS)-O-187 is defined by...

Hadronic models for cosmic ray physics: the FLUKA code (2006)

Battistoni, G, Garzelli, M V, Gadioli, E, Muraro, S, Sala, P R, Fassò, A, ...

FLUKA is a general purpose Monte Carlo transport and interaction code used for fundamental physics and for a wide range of applications. These include Cosmic Ray Physics (muons, neutrinos, EAS,...

The hadronic models for cosmic ray physics: the FLUKA code solutions (2006)

Battistoni, G., Garzelli, M. V., Gadioli, E., Muraro, S., Sala, P. R., Fassò, A., ...

FLUKA is a general purpose Monte Carlo transport and interaction code used for fundamental physics and for a wide range of applications. These include Cosmic Ray Physics (muons, neutrinos, EAS,...

A Monte Carlo approach to study neutron and fragment emission in heavy-ion reactions (2006)

Garzelli, M V, Ballarini, F, Battistoni, G, Cerutti, F, Ferrari, A, Gadioli, E, ...

Quantum Molecular Dynamics models (QMD) are Monte Carlo approaches targeted at the description of nucleon-ion and ion-ion collisions. We have developed a QMD code, which has been used for the...

A Monte Carlo approach to study neutron and fragment emission in heavy-ion reactions (2006)

Garzelli, M. V., Sala, P. R., Ballarini, F., Battistoni, G., Cerutti, F., Ferrari, A., ...

Quantum Molecular Dynamics models (QMD) are Monte Carlo approaches targeted at the description of nucleon-ion and ion-ion collisions. We have developed a QMD code, which has been used for the...

Resonance capture cross section of 207Pb (2006)

Domingo-Pardo, C, Abbondanno, U, Aerts, G, Alvarez-Pol, H, Alvarez-Velarde, F, Andrzejewski, J, ...

The radiative neutron capture cross section of 207Pb has been measured at the CERN neutron time of flight installation n_TOF using the pulse height weighting technique in the resolved energy region....

New measurement of neutron capture resonances of 209Bi (2006)

Domingo-Pardo, C, Domingo-Pardo, C, Abbondanno, U, Aerts, G, Alvarez-Pol, H, Alvarez-Velarde, F, ...

The neutron capture cross section of Bi209 has been measured at the CERN n TOF facility by employing the pulse-height-weighting technique. Improvements over previous measurements are mainly because...

Performance Of A Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Exposed To The WANF Neutrino Beam (2006)

Arneodo, F, Benetti, P, Bonesini, M, Boschetti, B, Bueno, A, ...

We present the results of the first exposure of a Liquid Argon TPC to a multi-GeV neutrino beam. The data have been collected with a 50 liters ICARUS-like chamber located between the CHORUS and NOMAD...

LHC collimation efficiency during commissioning (2006)

Assmann, R W, Bracco, C, Ferrari, A, Redaelli, S, Robert-Démolaize, G, Santana-Leitner, M, ...

The design of the LHC collimation system requires understanding and maximizing the ultimate performance with all collimators. However, for the commissioning of the LHC it is important to analyze the...

The final collimation system for the LHC (2006)

Assmann, R W, Aberle, O, Bellodi, G, Bertarelli, A, Bracco, C, Braun, H, ...

The LHC collimation system has been re-designed over in order to address the unprecedented challenges that are faced with the 360 MJ beams at 7 TeV. The layout of the LHC has now been frozen and a...

Estimation of the energy deposited on the CNGS magnetic horn and reflector (2006)

Sarchiapone, L, Ferrari, A, Lorenzo-Sentis, M

In the CNGS (Cern Neutrino to Gran Sasso) installation two magnetic lenses, namely the horn and the reflector, focus the secondary beam generated in the target station. The gap between the horn and...

Expected signal for the TBID and the ionization chambers downstream of the CNGS target station (2006)

Sarchiapone, L, Ferrari, A, Gschwendtner, E, Lorenzo-Sentis, M

Downstream of the carbon graphite target of the CNGS (CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso) facility at CERN a secondary emission monitor called TBID (Target Beam Instrumentation Downstream) is installed to...

Measurement of Through-Going Particle Momentum By Means Of Multiple Scattering With The ICARUS T600 TPC (2006)

Ankowski, A, Antonello, M, Aprili, P, Arneodo, F, Badertscher, A, Baiboussinov, B, ...

The ICARUS collaboration has demonstrated, following the operation of a 600 ton (T600) detector at shallow depth, that the technique based on liquid Argon TPCs is now mature. The study of rare...

Beam Cooling with ionisation losses (2006)

Rubbia, Carlo, Ferrari, A, Kadi, Y, Vlachoudis, V

A novel type of particle "cooling", called Ionization Cooling, is applicable to slow (v of the order of 0.1c) ions stored in a small ring. The many traversals through a thin foil enhance the nuclear...

Construction, assembly and tests of the ATLAS electromagnetic barrel calorimeter (2006)

Aubert, B., Beaugiraud, B., Colas, J., Delebecque, P., Di Ciaccio, L., El Kacimi, M., ...

The construction and assembly of the two half barrels of the ATLAS central electromagnetic calorimeter and their insertion into the barrel cryostat are described. The results of the qualification...

Neutron capture cross section of $^{232}$Th measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN in the unresolved resonance region up to 1 MeV (2006)

Aerts, G., Abbondanno, U., Álvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., ...

We have measured the neutron capture reaction yield of $^(232)Th$ at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN in the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV. The average capture cross section has...

Neutron capture cross section of $^{232}$Th measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN in the unresolved resonance region up to 1 MeV (2006)

Aerts, G., Abbondanno, U., Álvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., ...

We have measured the neutron capture reaction yield of $^(232)Th$ at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN in the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV. The average capture cross section has...

Construction, assembly and tests of the ATLAS electromagnetic barrel calorimeter (2006)

Aubert, B., Beaugiraud, B., Colas, J., Delebecque, P., Di Ciaccio, L., El Kacimi, M., ...

The construction and assembly of the two half barrels of the ATLAS central electromagnetic calorimeter and their insertion into the barrel cryostat are described. The results of the qualification...

Neutron capture cross section of $^{232}$Th measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN in the unresolved resonance region up to 1 MeV (2006)

Aerts, G., Abbondanno, U., Álvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., ...

We have measured the neutron capture reaction yield of $^(232)Th$ at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN in the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV. The average capture cross section has...

Construction, assembly and tests of the ATLAS electromagnetic barrel calorimeter (2006)

Aubert, B., Beaugiraud, B., Colas, J., Delebecque, P., Di Ciaccio, L., El Kacimi, M., ...

The construction and assembly of the two half barrels of the ATLAS central electromagnetic calorimeter and their insertion into the barrel cryostat are described. The results of the qualification...

Particle tracking in the ILC extraction lines with DIMAD and BDSIM (2006)

Appleby, R, Bambade, P, Dadoun, O, Ferrari, A

The study of beam transport is of central importance to the design and performance assessment of modern particle accelerators. In this paper, we benchmark two contemporary codes, DIMAD and BDSIM, the...

Benchmarking of tracking codes (BDSIM/DIMAD) using the ILC extraction lines (2006)

Appleby, R, Bambade, P, Dadoun, O, Ferrari, A

The study of beam transport is of central importance to the design and performance assessment of modern particle accelerators. In this work, we benchmark two contemporary codes - DIMAD and BDSIM, the...

HUMAN EXPOSURE TO SPACE RADIATION: ROLE OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PARTICLES (2006)

Trovati, S., Ballarini, F., Battistoni, G., Cerutti, F., Fassò, A., Ferrari, A., ...

Human exposure to space radiation implies two kinds of risk, both stochastic and deterministic. Shielding optimisation therefore represents a crucial goal for long-term missions, especially in deep...

Construction, assembly and tests of the ATLAS electromagnetic barrel calorimeter (2005)

Aubert, B, Beaugiraud, B, Colas, Jacques, Delebecque, P, Di Ciaccio, L, El-Kacimi, M, ...

The construction and assembly of the two half barrels of the ATLAS central electromagnetic calorimeter and their insertion into the barrel cryostat are described. The results of the qualification...

Design Study of the CLIC Main Beam Injector Linac (2005)

Ferrari, A, Rinolfi, Louis, Tecker, F A

This paper presents a possible design for the CLIC Injector Linac, where both electrons and positrons are accelerated from 0.2 to 2.4~GeV, prior to injection into the damping rings. The most...

Experimental results on electron beam combinaion and bunch frequency multiplication (2005)

Corsini, R, Ferrari, A, Rinolfi, Louis, Royer, P, Tecker, F A

The aim of the CLIC Test Facility CTF3 at CERN is to demonstrate the feasibility of key points of the Two-Beam Acceleration based Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) study. In particular, it addresses the...

Correct-by-Construction Transformations across Design Environments for Model-Based Embedded Software Development (2005)

Baleani, M., Ferrari, A., Mangeruca, L., Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, A. L., Freund, U., Schlenker, E., ...

Embedded software design for real time reactive system has become the bottleneck in the market introduction of complex products such as automobiles, airplanes, and industrial control plants. In...

Correct-by-Construction Transformations across Design Environments for Model-Based Embedded Software Development (2005)

Baleani, M., Ferrari, A., Mangeruca, L., Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, A. L., Freund, U., Schlenker, E., ...

Embedded software design for real time reactive system has become the bottleneck in the market introduction of complex products such as automobiles, airplanes, and industrial control plants. In...

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL (2005)

Curtis Blais, Don Brutzman, David Drake, Dennis Moen, Katherine Morse, Mark Pullen, ...

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Correct-by-Construction Transformations across Design Environments for ModelBased Embedded Software Development (2005)

M. Baleani, A. Ferrari, L. Mangeruca, U. Freund, E. Schlenker, ...

Embedded software design for real time reactive system has become the bottleneck in the market introduction of complex products such as automobiles, airplanes, and industrial control plants. In...

Dos problemas (2005)

A. Ferrari, A. Fiorentino, C. Noales, I. Schapira, L. Collavini, ...

Se describe la influencia negativa que tienen los ambientes deficitarios sobre el desarrollo psicosocial y los aspectos físicos de la salud. Las familias argentinas en la actualidad son deprivadas...

Dos problemas "ocultos" en la infancia: Trastornos del Desarrollo y Accidentes. Propuestas para su prevención (2005)

A. Ferrari, A. Fiorentino, C. Noales, I. Schapira, L. Collavini, ...

Se describe la influencia negativa que tienen los ambientes deficitarios sobre el desarrollo psicosocial y los aspectos físicos de la salud. Las familias argentinas en la actualidad son deprivadas...

The application of FLUKA to dosimetry and radiation therapy (2005)

Andersen, V., Ballarini, F., Battistoni, G., Cerutti, F., Empl, A., Fassó, A., ...

The FLUKA Monte Carlo code has been evolving over the last several decades and is now widely used for radiation shielding calculations. In order to facilitate the use of FLUKA in dosimetry and...

FLUKA simulation of TEPC response to cosmic radiation (2005)

Beck, P., Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Rollet, S., Villari, R.

The aircrew exposure to cosmic radiation can be assessed by calculation with codes validated by measurements. However, the relationship between doses in the free atmosphere, as calculated by the...

A mathematical model of aircraft for evaluating the effects of shielding structure on aircrew exposure (2005)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Villari, R.

To investigate the influence of the aircraft structures and contents on the exposure of aircrew to the galactic component of cosmic rays, a mathematical model of an aeroplane has been developed. The...

Estimate of radiation damage to low-level electronics of the RF system in the LHC cavities arising from beam gas collisions (2005)

Butterworth, A., Ferrari, A., Tsoulou, E., Vlachoudis, V., Wijnands, T.

Monte Carlo simulations have been performed to estimate the radiation damage induced by high-energy hadrons in the digital electronics of the RF low-level systems in the LHC cavities. High-energy...

An Improved Cllimation System for the LHC (2004)

Assmann, R W, Aberle, O, Bertarelli, A, Braun, H, Brugger, M, Brüning, Oliver Simon, ...

The handling of the high-intensity LHC beams in a super-conducting environment requires a high-robustness collimation system with unprecedented cleaning efficiency. For gap closures down to 2.2 mm no...

First Full Beam Loading Operation with the CTF3 Linac (2004)

Corsini, R, Bernard, M, Bienvenu, G, Braun, H, Carron, G, Ferrari, A, ...

The aim of the CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) Study is to investigate the feasibility of a high luminosity, multi-TeV linear e+e- collider. CLIC is based on a two-beam method, in which a high current...

Collimation of Heavy Ion Beams in LHC (2004)

Assmann, R W, Braun, Hans Heinrich, Ferrari, A, Jowett, John M, Jeanneret, J B, Pshenichnov, I A

The LHC collimation system is designed to cope with requirements of proton beams having 100 times higher beam power than the nominal LHC heavy ion beam. In spite of this, specific problems occur for...

Conceptual Design of a Microwave Confocal Resonator Pick-up (2004)

Caspers, Friedhelm, Ferrari, A, Lofnes, T, Syratchev, I V, Ziemann, Volker

A confocal resonator may be used as a pick-up for frequencies in the multi-GHz region. In this report we present the design, by analytical and numerical methods, of such a device. Furthermore, we...

Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T600 detector (2004)

Amerio, S., Amoruso, S., Antonello, M., Aprili, P., Armenante, M., Arneodo, F., ...

We have constructed and operated the ICARUS T600 liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC). The ICARUS T600 detector is the largest LAr TPC ever built, with a size of about 500 tons of fully...

Experimental results on electron beam combination and bunch frequency multiplication (2004)

Corsini, R, Ferrari, A, Rinolfi, L, Royer, Pierre; U0037634, Tecker, F

The aim of the CLIC Test Facility CTF3 at CERN is to demonstrate the feasibility of the key points of the two-beam acceleration based compact linear collider study. In particular, it addresses the...

First Commissioning Results of the n_TOF Facility at CERN (2004)

Borcea, C, Buono, S, Cennini, P, Dahlfors, M, Dangendorf, V, Ferrari, A, ...

n_TOF, the new neutron time of flight facility at CERN, is now operational and has been commisioned.

Activation studies and radiation safety for the N_tof experiment (2004)

Lacoste, V, Ferrari, A, Silari, Marco, Vlachoudis, V

The Neutron Time Of Flight (n_TOF) facility, whose installation is about to be completed at CERN, will use a high intensity proton beam (7E12 protons per bunch, 1 or 4 bunches allowed per 14.4 s at...

Clinically equivocal melanocytic skin lesions with features of regression: A dermoscopic - pathological study (2004)

Zalaudek, I., Argenziano, G., Ferrara, G., Soyer, H. P., Corona, R., Sera, F., ...

Background Benign melanocytic skin lesions may be difficult to differentiate from melanoma both clinically and dermoscopically. One of the most confounding dermoscopic features, commonly seen in...

Clinically equivocal melanocytic skin lesions with features of regression: A dermoscopic - pathological study (2004)

Zalaudek, I., Argenziano, G., Ferrara, G., Soyer, H. P., Corona, R., Sera, F., ...

Background Benign melanocytic skin lesions may be difficult to differentiate from melanoma both clinically and dermoscopically. One of the most confounding dermoscopic features, commonly seen in...

MONTE CARLO CALCULATION OF THE ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF COSMIC RAYS AT FLIGHT ALTITUDES (2004)

Battistoni, G., Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Villari, R.

The angular distribution of the secondary radiation produced by the galactic component of cosmic rays has been determined by simulating the penetration of the primary spectra in the Earth's...

Evaluation of the influence of aircraft shielding on the aircrew exposure through an aircraft mathematical model (2004)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Villari, R.

In order to investigate the influence of aircraft shielding on the galactic component of cosmic rays, an aircraft mathematical model has been developed by the combinatorial geometry package of the...

Monte Carlo calculation of the angular distribution of cosmic rays at flight altitudes (2004)

Battistoni, G., Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Villari, R.

The angular distribution of the secondary radiation produced by the galactic component of cosmic rays has been determined by simulating the penetration of the primary spectra in the Earth's...

MONTE CARLO CALCULATION OF THE ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF COSMIC RAYS AT FLIGHT ALTITUDES (2004)

Battistoni, G., Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Villari, R.

The angular distribution of the secondary radiation produced by the galactic component of cosmic rays has been determined by simulating the penetration of the primary spectra in the Earth's...

Development of a Bunch Frequency Monitor for the Preliminary Phase of the CLIC Test Facility CTF3 (2003)

Caspers, Friedhelm, Corsini, R, Ferrari, A, Rinolfi, Louis, Royer, P, Rydberg, A, ...

In the framework of the CLIC RF power source studies, the feasibility of the electron bunch train combination by injection with RF deflectors into an isochronous ring has been successfully...

Measurement of the muon decay spectrum with the ICARUS liquid Argon TPC (2003)

Amoruso, S, Antonello, M, Aprili, P, Arneodo, F, Badertscher, A, Baiboussinov, B, ...

Examples are given which prove the ICARUS detector quality through relevant physics measurements. We study the muon decay energy spectrum from a sample of stopping muon events acquired during the...

Beam Loss and Collimation at LHC, CERN-LHC-Project-Report-663 (2003)

Jeanneret, J B, Aberle, O, Ajguirei, I L, Assmann, R W, Baishev, I S, Bojon, J P, ...

After a short review of past collimation work at LHC, the conception and baseline of the LHC collimation system are described. Abort-gap cleaning and beam loss monitoring are also discussed.

Search for $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{e}$ oscillations in the NOMAD experiment (2003)

Astier, Pierre, Autiero, D, Baldisseri, Alberto, Baldo-Ceolin, Massimilla, Banner, M, Bassompierre, Gabriel, ...

We present the results of a search for nu_mu → nu_e oscillations in the NOMAD experiment at Cern. The experiment looked for the appearance of nu_e in a predominantly nu_mu wide-band neutrino...

Prediction of Neutrino Fluxes in the NOMAD Experiment (2003)

Astier, Pierre, Autiero, D, Baldisseri, Alberto, Baldo-Ceolin, Massimilla, Banner, M, Bassompierre, Gabriel, ...

The method developed for the calculation of the flux and composition of the West Area Neutrino Beam used by NOMAD in its search for neutrino oscillations is described. The calculation is based on...

Designing and Building a Collimation System for the High-Intensity LHC Beam (2003)

Assmann, R W, Aberle, O, Baishev, I S, Bruno, L, Brugger, M, Chiaveri, Enrico, ...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will collide proton beams at 14 TeV c.m. with unprecedented stored intensities. The transverse energy density in the beam will be about three orders of magnitude...

Bunch Frequency Multiplication in the CLIC Test Facility CTF3 (2003)

Tecker, F A, Corsini, R, Rinolfi, Louis, Biscari, C, Ghigo, A, Preger, M, ...

The aim of the CLIC Test Facility CTF3 at CERN is to prove the feasibility of key issues of the two-beam based Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) study. In particular, it addresses the generation of a...

Commissioning of a Bunch Frequency Monitor for the CTF3 Preliminary Phase (2003)

Ferrari, A, Rydberg, A, Caspers, Friedhelm, Corsini, R, Rinolfi, Louis, Royer, P, ...

The CTF3 preliminary phase at CERN has demonstrated the feasibility of the bunch frequency multiplication process, by injection of subsequent bunch trains into an isochronous ring. In order toobserve...

Performance of the ATLAS Electromagnetic Calorimeter End-cap Module 0 (2003)

Aubert, Bernard, Abouelouafa, M, Alexa, C, Astesan, F, Augé, E, Aulchenko, V M, ...

The construction and beam test results of the ATLAS electromagnetic end-cap calorimeter pre-production module 0 are presented. The stochastic term of the energy resolution is between 10% GeV^1/2 and...

Performance of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter barrel module 0 (2003)

Aubert, Bernard, Abouelouafa, M, Alexa, C, Astesan, F, Augé, E, Aulchenko, V M, ...

The construction and performance of the barrel pre-series module 0 of the future ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter at the LHC is described. The signal reconstruction and performance of ATLAS-like...

Performance of the Atlas electromagnetic calorimeter barrel module 0 (2003)

Aubert, B., Ballansat, J., Bazan, A., Beaugiraud, B., Boniface, J., Chollet, F., ...

The construction and performance of the barrel pre-series module 0 of the future ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter at the LHC is described. The signal reconstruction and performance of ATLAS-like...

Performance of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter end-cap module 0 (2003)

Aubert, B., Ballansat, J., Bazan, A., Beaugiraud, B., Boniface, J., Chollet, F., ...

The construction and beam test results of the ATLAS electromagnetic end-cap calorimeter pre-production module 0 are presented. The stochastic term of the energy resolution is between 10% GeV^1/2 and...

Performance of the Atlas electromagnetic calorimeter barrel module 0 (2003)

Aubert, B., Ballansat, J., Bazan, A., Beaugiraud, B., Boniface, J., Chollet, F., ...

The construction and performance of the barrel pre-series module 0 of the future ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter at the LHC is described. The signal reconstruction and performance of ATLAS-like...

Performance of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter end-cap module 0 (2003)

Aubert, B., Ballansat, J., Bazan, A., Beaugiraud, B., Boniface, J., Chollet, F., ...

The construction and beam test results of the ATLAS electromagnetic end-cap calorimeter pre-production module 0 are presented. The stochastic term of the energy resolution is between 10% GeV^1/2 and...

Performance of the Atlas electromagnetic calorimeter barrel module 0 (2003)

Aubert, B., Ballansat, J., Bazan, A., Beaugiraud, B., Boniface, J., Chollet, F., ...

The construction and performance of the barrel pre-series module 0 of the future ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter at the LHC is described. The signal reconstruction and performance of ATLAS-like...

Performance of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter end-cap module 0 (2003)

Aubert, B., Ballansat, J., Bazan, A., Beaugiraud, B., Boniface, J., Chollet, F., ...

The construction and beam test results of the ATLAS electromagnetic end-cap calorimeter pre-production module 0 are presented. The stochastic term of the energy resolution is between 10% GeV^1/2 and...

Prediction of neutrino fluxes in the NOMAD experiment (2003)

Astier, P., Autiero, D., Baldisseri, A., Baldo-Ceolin, M., Banner, M., Bassompierre, G., ...

The method developed for the calculation of the flux and composition of the West Area Neutrino Beam used by NOMAD in its search for neutrino oscillations is described. The calculation is based on...

Estimating mixed field effects: An application supporting the lack of a non-linear component for chromosome aberration induction by neutrons (2003)

Ballarini, F., Biaggi, M., Edwards, A., Ferrari, A., Ottolenghi, A., Pelliccioni, M., ...

The action of neutron fields on biological structures was investigated on the basis of chromosome aberration induction in human cells. Available experimental data on aberration induction by neutrons...

On the conversion coefficients for cosmic ray dosimetry (2003)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M.

Calculations of fluence-to-effective dose conversion coefficients have typically been limited to the standard irradiation geometries of the human body: anterior-to-posterior (AP),...

Results from the Commissioning of the n-TOF Spallation Neutron Source at CERN (2002)

Borcea, C, Cennini, P, Dahlfors, M, Ferrari, A, García-Muñoz, G, Haefner, P, ...

The new neutron time-of-flight facility (n_TOF) has been built at CERN and is now operational. The facility is intended for the measurement of neutron induced cross sections of relevance to...

Study of the Feasibility of an X-Ray Free Electron Laser with a 15 GeV CLIC Beam (2002)

Brandin, M, Corsini, R, Ekelöf, T J C, Ferrari, A

This note presents a study of the feasibility of a Free Electron Laser (FEL) using an electron beam from the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC). We first show that, with the nominal CLIC layout, the...

Proton driver optimization for new generation neutrino superbeams to search for sub-leading numu->nue oscillations ($\theta_{13}$ angle) (2002)

Ferrari, A., Rubbia, A., Rubbia, C., Sala, P.

We perform a systematic study of particle production and neutrino yields for different incident proton energies $E_p$ and baselines $L$, with the aim of optimizing the parameters of a neutrino beam...

Proton driver optimization for new generation neutrino superbeams to search for sub-leading numu->nue oscillations ($\theta_{13}$ angle) (2002)

Ferrari, A, Rubbia, André, Rubbia, Carlo, Sala, P

We perform a systematic study of particle production and neutrino yields for different incident proton energies $E_p$ and baselines $L$, with the aim of optimizing the parameters of a neutrino beam...

Radioprotection calculations for the TRADE experiment (2002)

Zanini, L, Ferrari, A, Herrera-Martínez, A, Kadi, Y, Rubbia, Carlo, Burgio, N, ...

The TRADE project is based on the coupling of, in a sub-critical configuration, of a 115 MeV, 2 mA proton cyclotron with a TRIGA research reactor at the ENEA Casaccia centre (Rome). Detailed...

The FLUKA atmospheric neutrino flux calculation (2002)

Battistoni, G., Ferrari, A., Montaruli, T., Sala, P. R.

The 3-dimensional (3-D) calculation of the atmospheric neutrino flux by means of the FLUKA Monte Carlo model is here described in all details, starting from the latest data on primary cosmic ray...

Status of the CTF3 commissioning (2002)

Corsini, R, Dupuy, B, Rinolfi, Louis, Royer, P, Tecker, F A, Ferrari, A

The Preliminary Phase of the new CLIC Test Facility CTF3 consists of a low-charge demonstration of the electron bunch train combination process on which the CLIC drive beam generation scheme is...

A Comprehensive Study of the nTOF Background at CERN (2002)

Ferrari, A, Rubbia, Carlo, Vlachoudis, V

The first experimental measurements performed at the nTOF1,2 facility at CERN have unveiled an important background, 50 to 100 times higher than expected.3 This background has consequences on capture...

Radiological Impact of the TRIGA Accelerator-Driven Experiment (TRADE) (2002)

Herrera-Martínez, A, Ferrari, A, Kadi, Y, Zanini, L, Parks, G T, Rubbia, Carlo, ...

The TRADE project, which is part of the European Roadmap towards the development of Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS), foresees the coupling of a 110 MeV, 2 mA proton cyclotron with the core of a 1 MW...

Radioprotection and Shielding Aspects of the nTOF Spallation Source (2002)

Vlachoudis, V, Borcea, C, Buono, S, Cennini, P, Dahlfors, M, Ferrari, A, ...

The neutron Time of Flight (nTOF) facility at CERN is a high flux neutron source obtained by the spallation of 20 GeV/c protons onto a solid lead target. The first experimental measurements performed...

Commissioning of the CLIC Test Facility 3: Preliminary Phase in 2001 (2002)

Corsini, R, Dupuy, B, Rinolfi, Louis, Royer, P, Tecker, F A, Ferrari, A

In the framework of the CLIC studies, we report on the first commissioning period of the CTF3 Preliminary Phase. Extensive tests were carried out on the front-end and the linac in order to measure...

Calculation of secondary particles in atmosphere and hadronic interactions (2002)

Battistoni, G, Ferrari, A, Sala, P R

Calculation of secondary particles produced by the interaction of cosmic rays with the nuclei of Earth's atmosphere pose important requirements to particle production models. Here we summarize the...

Nuclear Reactions in Monte Carlo Codes (2002)

Ferrari, A., R. Sala, P.

The physics foundations of hadronic interactions as implemented in most Monte Carlo codes are presented together with a few practical examples. The description of the relevant physics is presented...

Study of the Dosimetric Characteristics of Cosmic Radiation at Civil Aviation Altitudes (2002)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Rancati, T.

The dependence of the doses on solar activity for intermediate levels of the solar modulation parameter has been studied by means of simulations carried out by the Monte Carlo transport code FLUKA....

CTF3 Design Report: Preliminary Phase (2001)

Allard, D, Bartholome, B, Bernard, M, Bertuzzi, J P, Bienvenu, G, Bonzano, R, ...

The design of CLIC is based on a two-beam scheme, where the short pulses of high power 30 GHz RF are extracted from a drive beam running parallel to the main beam. The 3rd generation CLIC Test...

A Monte Carlo simulation of the interactions of cosmic rays with the atmosphere (2001)

Zuccon, P, Bertucci, B, Alpat, B, Battiston, R, Battistoni, G, Burger, W J, ...

Substantial fluxes of protons and leptons with energies below the geomagnetic cutoff have been measured by the AMS experiment at altitudes of 370-390 Km, in the latitude interval +/-51.7 deg. The...

Beam Dynamics for the Preliminary Phase of the New CLIC Test Facility (CTF3) (2001)

Corsini, R, Ferrari, A, Rinolfi, Louis, Risselada, Thys, Royer, P, Tecker, F A

In the framework of the CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) RF power source studies, the scheme of electron pulse compression and bunch frequency mulitiplication, using injection by RF deflectors into an...

Beam Dynamics for the CTF3 Preliminary Phase (2001)

Corsini, R, Ferrari, A, Rinolfi, Louis, Risselada, Thys, Royer, P, Tecker, F A

In the framework of the CLIC RF power source studies, the new scheme of electron pulse compression and bunch frequency multiplication, using injection by RF deflectors into an isochronous ring, will...

Studies of s-channel Resonances at the CLIC Multi-TeV $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collider (2001)

Battaglia, Marco, De Curtis, S, Dominici, Daniele, Ferrari, A, Heikkinen, J A

Several models predict the existence of new resonances in the multi-TeV region, which should be accessible in e+e- collisions by s-channel production. In this paper, we review the phenomenology of...

Field emission from nano-cluster carbon films (2001)

Milne, W. I., Ilie, A., Cui, J. B., Ferrari, A., Robertson, J.

Field emission has been reported to occur at much lower fields in carbon based thin film systems than from any other material systems. The emission has been shown to depend on the various material...

Calculation of the Radiation Environment Caused by Galactic Cosmic Rays for Determining Air Crew Exposure (2001)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Rancati, T.

The spectra of secondary particles resulting from interactions of primary galactic cosmic rays with the nuclei in the atmosphere have been calculated using the Monte Carlo transport code FLUKA. The...

Undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children and adolescents: Comparison between staging systems (2001)

Casanova, M., Ferrari, A., Gandola, L., Orlandi, E., Spreafico, F., Terenziani, M., ...

Background: New criteria for classifying nasopharyngeal carcinoma were defined in the 5th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging manual. We investigated the clinical...

Childhood leiomyosarcoma: A report from the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Italian Cooperative Group (2001)

Ferrari, A., Bisogno, G., Casanova, M., Meazza, C., Cecchetto, G., Mancini, M. A., ...

Background: Only a few reports on the clinical features and management of childhood leiomyosarconia are available. To contribute additional information on the management of this rare tumor, we report...

A Method Applicable to Effective Dose Rate Estimates for Aircrew Dosimetry (2001)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Rancati, T.

The inclusion of cosmic radiation as occupational exposure under ICRP Publication 60 and the European Union Council Directive 96/29/Euratom has highlighted the need to estimate the exposure of...

A study of the barrel presampler in the 1997 testbeam at CERN (2000)

Clément, C, Ferrari, A

In this note, we present the performance of the first final ATLAS barrel presampler module tested in beam at CERN in 1997. The electronic noise is measured in single presampler channels, as well as...

CLIC: a Two-Beam Multi-TeV $e\pm$ Linear Collider (2000)

Delahaye, J P, Wilson, Ian H, Assmann, R W, Becker, F, Bossart, Rudolf, Braun, H, ...

The CLIC study of a high-energy (0.5 - 5 TeV), high-luminosity (1034 - 1035 cm-2 sec-1) e± linear collider is presented. Beam acceleration using high frequency (30 GHz) normal-conducting structures...

Luminosity and Beam Measurements used for Performance Optimisation in the LEP Collider (2000)

Assmann, R W, Berrig, O E, Burns, A, Dehning, Bernd, Ferrari, A, Jakob, H, ...

The vertical beam-beam parameter in LEP reached 0.083 in 1999. In order to achieve and maintain this high performance a number of different observables are continuously monitored and optimised. The...

A Low-Charge Demonstration of Electron Pulse Compression for the CLIC RF Power Source (2000)

Corsini, R, Ferrari, A, Potier, J P, Rinolfi, Louis, Risselada, Thys, Royer, P

The CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) RF power source is based on a new scheme of electron pulse compression and bunch frequency multiplication using injection by transverse RF deflectors into an...

The ICARUS 50 1 LAr TPC in the CERN $\nu$ beam (2000)

Arneodo, F, Cavanna, F, De Mitri, I, Mazza, D, Parlati, S, Petrera, S, ...

The 50 litre liquid Argon TPC is a detector built and successfully operated at CERN for R&D purposes within the ICARUS programme. In the year 1997 it has been exposed at the CERN neutrino beam for...

HW/SW Codesign of an Engine Management System (2000)

M. Baleani, A. Ferrari, A. Sangiovanni-vincentelli, C. Turchetti

The design process for an engine management system is presented. The functional specification of the system has been captured using C and C++ as specification languages. The validation of the...

HW/SW Codesign of an Engine Management System (2000)

M. Baleani, A. Ferrari, A. Sangiovanni-vincentelli, C. Turchetti

The design process for an engine management system is presented. The functional specification of the system has been captured using C and C++ as specification languages. The validation of the...

Alveolar soft part sarcoma in children and adolescents: A report from the Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Italian Cooperative Group (2000)

Casanova, M., Ferrari, A., Bisogno, G., Cecchetto, G., Basso, E., De Bernardi, B., ...

Background Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare malignant tumor and little is known about its clinical features and management. We report on a series of 19 pediatric patients managed over 20...

A 3-Dimensional Calculation of Atmospheric Neutrino Flux (1999)

Battistoni, G., Ferrari, A., Lipari, P., Montaruli, T., Sala, P. R., Rancati, T.

An extensive 3-dimensional Monte Carlo calculation of the atmospheric neutrino flux is in progress with the FLUKA Monte Carlo code. The results are compared to those obtained under the 1-dimensional...

The CERN Neutrino beam to Gran Sasso (NGS) (1999)

Bailey, R, Baldy, J L, Ball, A E, Bonnal, P, Buhler-Broglin, Manfred, Détraz, C, ...

The conceptual technical design of the NGS (CERN neutrino beam to Gran Sasso) facility has been presented in the report CERN 98-02 / INFN-AE/98-05. Additional information, in particular an update on...

Acceleration of High Intensity Proton Beams (1999)

Altuna, X, Arduini, Gianluigi, Arimatea, C, Bailey, R, Billen, R, Bohl, T, ...

In 1998 the CERN SPS accelerator finished a five years long program providing 450GeV proton beams for neutrino physics. These experiments required the highest possible beam intensity the SPS can...

Feasibility Study of a Neutron Time Of Flight Facility at the CERN-PS (1999)

Andriamonje, Samuel A, Watson, T, Zanolli, M, Buono, S, Buttkus, J, Cennini, E, ...

This report summarises the feasibility study of a neutron time-of-flight facility at the CERN-PS as described in Refs. [1] and [2]. The idea is to extract at 24 GeV/cproton bunches (r.m.s. length ~7...

Evidence that a functional fertilin-like ADAM plays a role in human sperm–oolemmal interactions (1999)

Bronson, R.A., Fusi, F.M., Calzi, F., Doldi, N., Ferrari, A.

Fertilin is a protein initially identified in guinea pig spermatozoa; it is the prototype of a larger family of conserved proteins designated as a disintegrin and a metalloproteinase (ADAM). These...

The Role of the Quantities used in Radiological Protection for the Assessment of the Exposure to Cosmic Radiation (1999)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Rancati, T.

Calculations of atmospheric showers initiated by cosmic rays were carried out using the FLUKA Monte Carlo code. The fluences of various secondary particles, scored at different heights in the...

Calibration Problems, Calibration Procedures and Reference Fields for Dosimetry at Flight Altitudes (1999)

Schrewe, U.J., Alberts, W.G., Alevra, A.V., Ferrari, A., Otto, T., Silari, M.

Dosemeters used to measure the ambient dose equivalent, H*(10), usually require calibration with respect to this quantity. Under calibration conditions, the calibrated instrument will then measure...

Neutrino beams: production models and experimental data (1998)

Collazuol, G, Ferrari, A, Guglielmi, A M, Sala, P R

The predictions of meson production by 450 GeV/c protons on Be using the {\sl GEANT-FLUKA} and {\sl FLUKA} standalone hadronic generators are compared with available experimental measurements. The...

Instituto de Matem'atica e Estat'istica, USP (1998)

Reconstruction Gray-scale, Images Pablo, A. Ferrari, Marco D. Gubitoso, E. Jord~ao Neves

1 Introduction We consider here the problem of image reconstruction. Suppose a multicolor or gray-scale picture is subjected to noise and an observer has access only to this corrupted version. How...

Fluence to Dose Equivalent Conversion Data and Effective Quality Factors for High Energy Neutrons (1998)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M.

Calculations of conversion coefficients from fluence to ambient dose equivalent and from fluence to maximum dose equivalent, along the principal axis of the ICRU sphere, have been performed for...

The Extended Range Neutron Rem Counter LINUS: Overview and Latest Developments (1998)

Birattari, C., Esposito, A., Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Rancati, T., Silari, M.

The 'history' of the extended range neutron rem counter LINUS, since its first conception in 1990, is reviewed, along with the latest developments. These include the calibration of the initially...

No evidence of WT1 involvement in a Burkitt's lymphoma in a patient with Denys-Drash syndrome (1998)

Perotti, D., Mondini, P., Giardini, R., Ferrari, A., Massimino, M., Gambirasio, F., ...

Background We previously reported the case of a patient affected with Denys-Drash syndrome (DDS), who developed disseminated EBV-related Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) after kidney transplantation. Here, we...

Fluence to Effective Dose Conversion Coefficients for Negatively and Positively Charged Pions (1998)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Pillon, M.

Fluence to effective dose conversion coefficients have been computed for both negatively and positively charged pions using the Monte Carlo transport code FLUKA. Calculations have been carried out...

Test beam results of a stereo preshower integrated in the liquid argon accordion calorimeter (1997)

Davis, R, Gingrich, D M, Greenious, G, Kitching, P, Olsen, B, Pinfold, James L, ...

This paper describes the construction of an integrated preshower within the RD3 liquid argon accordion calorimeter. It has a stereo view which enables the measurement of two transverse coordinates....

Construction and test of a fine-grained liquid argon preshower prototype (1997)

Davis, R., Gingrich, D M., Pinfold, J., Rodning, N L., Boos, E., Zhautykov, B O., ...

A separate liquid argon preshower detector consisting of two layers featuring a fine granularity of 2.5~10$^{\mathrm{-3}}$ was studied by the RD3 collaboration. A prototype covering approximately 0.8...

Performance of an endcap prototype of the Atlas accordion electromagnetic calorimeter (1997)

Gingrich, D.M., Pinfold, J L., Boos, E., Zhautykov, B O., Aubert, B., Bazan, A., ...

The design and construction of a lead-liquid argon endcap calorimeter prototype using an accordion geometry and conceived as a sector of the inner wheel of the endcap calorimeter of the future ATLAS...

Results from a combined test of an electromagnetic liquid argon calorimeter with a hadronic scintillating-tile calorimeter (1997)

Ajaltouni, Z., Tisserand, V., Jezequel, S., Albiol, F., Alifanov, A., Amaral, P., ...

The first combined test of an electromagnetic liquid argon accordion calorimeter and a hadronic scintillating-tile calorimeter was carried out at the CERN SPS. These devices are prototypes of the...

Results from a combined test of an electromagnetic liquid argon calorimeter with a hadronic scintillating-tile calorimeter (1997)

Ajaltouni, Z., Tisserand, V., Jezequel, S., Albiol, F., Alifanov, A., Amaral, P., ...

The first combined test of an electromagnetic liquid argon accordion calorimeter and a hadronic scintillating-tile calorimeter was carried out at the CERN SPS. These devices are prototypes of the...

Construction and test of a fine-grained liquid argon preshower prototype (1997)

Davis, R., Gingrich, D M., Pinfold, J., Rodning, N L., Boos, E., Zhautykov, B O., ...

A separate liquid argon preshower detector consisting of two layers featuring a fine granularity of 2.5~10$^{\mathrm{-3}}$ was studied by the RD3 collaboration. A prototype covering approximately 0.8...

Performance of an endcap prototype of the Atlas accordion electromagnetic calorimeter (1997)

Gingrich, D.M., Pinfold, J L., Boos, E., Zhautykov, B O., Aubert, B., Bazan, A., ...

The design and construction of a lead-liquid argon endcap calorimeter prototype using an accordion geometry and conceived as a sector of the inner wheel of the endcap calorimeter of the future ATLAS...

Results from a combined test of an electromagnetic liquid argon calorimeter with a hadronic scintillating-tile calorimeter (1997)

Ajaltouni, Z., Tisserand, V., Jezequel, S., Albiol, F., Alifanov, A., Amaral, P., ...

The first combined test of an electromagnetic liquid argon accordion calorimeter and a hadronic scintillating-tile calorimeter was carried out at the CERN SPS. These devices are prototypes of the...

Construction and test of a fine-grained liquid argon preshower prototype (1997)

Davis, R., Gingrich, D M., Pinfold, J., Rodning, N L., Boos, E., Zhautykov, B O., ...

A separate liquid argon preshower detector consisting of two layers featuring a fine granularity of 2.5~10$^{\mathrm{-3}}$ was studied by the RD3 collaboration. A prototype covering approximately 0.8...

Performance of an endcap prototype of the Atlas accordion electromagnetic calorimeter (1997)

Gingrich, D.M., Pinfold, J L., Boos, E., Zhautykov, B O., Aubert, B., Bazan, A., ...

The design and construction of a lead-liquid argon endcap calorimeter prototype using an accordion geometry and conceived as a sector of the inner wheel of the endcap calorimeter of the future ATLAS...

Fluence to Effective Dose Conversion Coefficients for Protons from 5 MeV to 10 TeV (1997)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Pillon, M.

Conversion coefficients from proton fluence to effective dose have been calculated by the FLUKA code for various geometrical conditions of irradiation of an anthropomorphic phantom placed in a...

Fluence to Effective Dose and Effective Dose Equivalent Conversion Coefficients for Electrons from 5 MeV to 10 GeV (1997)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Pillon, M.

Effective dose equivalent and effective dose per unit of fluence have been calculated using the FLUKA code for an anthropomorphic phantom placed in a vacuum and irradiated under various geometrical...

Fluence-to-Effective Dose Conversion Coefficients for Muons (1997)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Pillon, M.

Fluence to effective dose conversion coefficients have been computed for negative and positive muons through Monte Carlo simulations with the FLUKA code. Calculations have been performed for various...

Fluence to Effective Dose Conversion Coefficients for Neutrons up to 10 TeV (1997)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Pillon, M.

Effective dose per unit neutron fluence has been calculated by the FLUKA code for various geometrical conditions or irradiation of an anthropomorphic phantom placed in a vacuum. Calculations have...

Performance of an endcap prototype of the ATLAS accordion electromagnetic calorimeter (1996)

Gingrich, D M, Pinfold, James L, Boos, E, Zhautykov, B O, Aubert, Bernard, Bazan, A, ...

The design and construction of a lead-liquid argon endcap calorimeter prototype using an accordion geometry and conceived as a sector of the inner wheel of the endcap calorimeter of the future ATLAS...

Results from a combined test of an electromagnetic liquid argon calorimeter with a hadronic scintillating-tile calorimeter (1996)

Ajaltouni, Ziad J, Albiol, F, Alifanov, A, Amaral, P, Ambrosini, G, Amorim, A, ...

The first combined test of an electromagnetic liquid argon accordion calorimeter and a hadronic scintillating-tile calorimeter was carried out at the CERN SPS. These devices are prototypes of the...

Construction and test of a fine-grained liquid argon preshower prototype (1996)

Davis, R, Gingrich, D M, Pinfold, J L, Rodning, N L, Boos, E, Zhautykov, B O, ...

A separate liquid argon preshower detector consisting of two layers featuring a fine granularity of 2.5~10$^{\mathrm{-3}}$ was studied by the RD3 collaboration. A prototype covering approximately 0.8...

Radiation calculations for the ATLAS detector and experimental hall (1996)

Ferrari, A, Potter, K M, Rollet, S, Sala, P R

This paper describes the calculations performed to characterise the radiation field in the ATLAS detector at the LHC and to design the shielding of the detector and experimental areas. After a short...

Fluence to Effective Dose and Effective Dose Equivalent Conversion Coefficients for Photons from 50 keV to 10 GeV (1996)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Pillon, M.

Effective dose equivalent and effective dose per unit photon fluence have been calculated by the FLUKA code for various geometrical conditions of irradiation of an anthropomorphic phantom placed in a...

High efficiency multi-pass proton beam extraction with a bent crystal at the SPS (1995)

Altuna, X, Bussa, M P, Carboni, G, Dehning, Bernd, Elsener, K, Ferrari, A, ...

Recent measurements of 120GeV proton extraction by means of a bent silicon cryt the CERN-SPS accelerator are summarized. The existence of multi-pass extraction has been proven by blocking first-pass...

High efficiency multi-pass proton beam extraction with a bent crystal at the SPS (1995)

X. Altuna, M.P. Bussa, G. Carboni, B. Dehning, K. Elsener, A. Ferrari, ...

Recent measurements of 120 GeV proton extraction by means of a bent silicon crystal at the CERNSPS accelerator are summarized. The existence of multi-pass extraction has been proven by blocking...

The Effect of Air on the Dose Equivalent at 10 mm Depth in the ICRU Sphere (1995)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M.

The effect of the air on the calculation of the ambient dose equivalent and of the dose equivalent at 10 mm depth on the principal axis of a ICRU sphere has been investigated by the Monte Carlo code...

I lavori nell'orto (1994)

Ferrari, A

I lavori nell'orto, A cura di A. Ferrari, disegni di G. Pozzi. . - Milano. NALUAF000464, Mondadori. NAEDAF003670, 1994.

On the Conversion Coefficients from Fluence to Ambient Dose Equivalent (1994)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M.

The conversion coefficients from photon fluence (or other physical quantities) to ambient dose equivalent recommended in ICRU Report 47 are overestimated in the energy range 4-10 MeV, since they are...

Dose Equivalents for Monoenergetic Electrons Incident on the ICRU Sphere (1994)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M.

Dose equivalents per unit fluence at 0.07 mm, 3 mm, 10 mm and maximum dose equivalent per unit fluence along the principal axis of the ICRU sphere have been calculated by the FLUKA Monte Carlo code...

Dose Equivalents for Monoenergetic Positrons Incident on the ICRU Sphere (1994)

Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M.

Dose equivalents per unit fluence at 0.07 mm, 3 mm, 10 mm and maximum dose equivalent per unit fluence along the principal axis of the ICRU sphere have been calculated by the FLUKA Monte Carlo code...

A Neutron Survey Meter with Sensitivity Extended up to 400 MeV (1992)

Birattari, C., Esposito, A., Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., Silari, M.

The well-known Andersson-Braun rem counter is widely employed for radiation protection purposes, but its efficiency shows a marked decrease for neutron energies about 10 MeV. Since the availability...

Influence of Body Fat and its Regional Localization on Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis in Young Men (1992)

Bonora, E., Zenere, M., Branzi, P., Bagnani, M., Maggiulli, L., Tosi, F., ...

A study was carried out in 1988 in Verona, Italy, to examine the relation of body fat and its localization to several risk factors for atherosclerosis in young men. Total body fat (bioelectrical...

The Environmental Release of Radioactive Gases Produced by Neutron Activation of Air with the New Hammersmith Cyclotron (1987)

Birattari, C., Ferrari, A., Parnell, C.J., Silari, M.

An assessment has been made of the production of radioactive gases by neutron activation of air in the cyclotron vault and target rooms at the MRC Cyclotron Unit at Hammersmith Hospital, London. The...

Neutron Activation of Air by a Biomedical Cyclotron and an Assessment of Dose to Neighbourhood Populations (1986)

Birattari, C., Bonardi, M., Ferrari, A., Silari, M.

An evaluation is presented of the production of 13N, 15O, 16N, 37S, 40Cl and 41Ar by activation of air using neutrons generated by a 40 MeV cyclotron, now being installed in a hospital in Milan. The...

Biopsie hépatique sous contrôle laparoscopique Expérience de 3 000 cas (1983)

MANENTI, A., FERRARI, A., GIBERTINI, G., BORRUTO, A., MANENTI, F., CORTESI, N.

Sur base d'une expérience personnelle de 3 000 cas, les auteurs présentent et discutent les indications, la technique et les complications de la biopsie hépatique sous contrôle laparoscopique ;...

Complications de la laparoscopie : expérience sur 6 563 observations (1980)

MANENTI, A., MANENTI, F., VILLA, Erica, FERRARI, A., MALAGOLI, M., CORTESI, N.

Les auteurs décrivent leur expérience sur les complications de 6 563 laparoscopies. Au total la mortalité a été de 0,045 % et la morbidité de 1,23 %. il a été démontré que la laparoscopie...

ULTRASOUND INSTABILITIES IN SMECTIC A (1979)

Scudieri, F., Ferrari, A., GÜndÜz, E.

Some defect patterns induced by ultrasounds in SA phase are presented. The similarity of the results with the ones obtained with hydrodynamic flow indicates that the main origin of instabilities is...

Intérêt de l'emploi d'un sigmoïdoscope flexible dans la détection précoce des tumeurs et lésions à haut risque (1979)

ROSSINI, F. P., FERRARI, A., MEZZEDIMI, R., MASSA, F.

Après avoir souligné les caractéristiques dominantes des proctosigmoïdoscopes rigides et flexibles, les auteurs démontrent les avantages des fibrocoloscopes « courts » ou « moyens » (100-60...

Usefulness of the dye-spraying method in coloscopy (1978)

ROSSINI, F. P., FERRARI, A., FEZZEDIMI, R., SABBATINI, R., TETTI, C.

La technique de coloration a été appliquée à la coloscopie dans le but de différencier une muqueuse normale d'une muqueuse très légèrement anormale mieux que ne pourrait le faire la seule...

Laparoscopic diagnosis of hepatic cysts (1975)

BANCHE, M., FERRARI, A., ROATTA, L.

Il est souvent difficile de préciser complètement le diagnostic des nodules ou masses - simples ou multiples - au niveau du foie. Dans certains cas, même les recherches cliniques faites avec le...

Prediction of neutrino fluxes in the NOMAD experiment

Astier, P., Autiero, D., Baldisseri, A., Baldo-Ceolin, M., Banner, M., Bassompierre, G., ...

The method developed for the calculation of the flux and composition of the West Area Neutrino Beam used by NOMAD in its search for neutrino oscillations is described. The calculation is based on...

Exponential families of mixed Poisson distributions

Ferrari, A., Letac, G.

If I=(I1,...,Id) is a random variable on [0,[infinity])d with distribution [mu](d[lambda]1,...,d[lambda]d), the mixed Poisson distribution MP([mu]) on is the distribution of (N1(I1),...,Nd(Id)) where...

Stage 4 neuroblastoma: sequential hemi-body irradiation or high-dose chemotherapy plus autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation to consolidate primary treatment

Luksch, R, Podda, M, Gandola, L, Polastri, D, Piva, L, Castellani, R, ...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two consecutive nonrandomised treatment programs applied between 1989 and 1999 at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan in an...