D. Buskulic

Publication List Details

Period

1993 - 2009

Number

414

Co-Authors

Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with S5 LIGO data (2009)

Collaboration, The LIGO Scientific, Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., ...

We present a search for gravitational waves from 116 known millisecond and young pulsars using data from the fifth science run of the LIGO detectors. For this search ephemerides overlapping the run...

Search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with gamma-ray bursts using data from LIGO Science Run 5 and Virgo Science Run 1 (2009)

Collaboration, LIGO Scientific, Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., ...

We present the results of a search for gravitational-wave bursts associated with 137 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that were detected by satellite-based gamma-ray experiments during the fifth LIGO science...

An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin (2009)

Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., ...

A stochastic background of gravitational waves is expected to arise from a superposition of a large number of unresolved gravitational-wave sources of astrophysical and cosmological origin. It should...

Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects (2008)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

In gravitational-wave detection, special emphasis is put onto searches that focus on cosmic events detected by other types of astrophysical observatories. The astrophysical triggers, e. g. from...

A Cross-correlation method to search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and Virgo (2008)

Bignotto, M., Bonaldi, M., Camarda, M., Cerdonio, M., Conti, L., Drago, M., ...

We present a method to search for transient GWs using a network of detectors with different spectral and directional sensitivities: the interferometer Virgo and the bar detector AURIGA. The data...

A Cross-correlation method to search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and Virgo (2008)

Bignotto, M., Bonaldi, M., Camarda, M., Cerdonio, M., Conti, L., Drago, M., ...

We present a method to search for transient GWs using a network of detectors with different spectral and directional sensitivities: the interferometer Virgo and the bar detector AURIGA. The data...

A Cross-correlation method to search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and Virgo (2008)

Bignotto, M., Bonaldi, M., Camarda, M., Cerdonio, M., Conti, L., Drago, M., ...

We present a method to search for transient GWs using a network of detectors with different spectral and directional sensitivities: the interferometer Virgo and the bar detector AURIGA. The data...

Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects (2008)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...

In gravitational-wave detection, special emphasis is put onto searches that focus on cosmic events detected by other types of astrophysical observatories. The astrophysical triggers, e.g. from γ-ray...

Detailed comparison of LIGO and Virgo inspiral pipelines in preparation for a joint search (2008)

Beauville, F., Blackburn, L., Bosi, L., Brocco, L., Brown, D. A., ...

Presented in this paper is a detailed and direct comparison of the detection pipelines used by LIGO and Virgo in their attempt to observe gravitational waves from binary neutron star systems. In...

A comparison of methods for gravitational wave burst searches from LIGO and Virgo (2008)

Beauville, F., Blackburn, L., Bosi, L., Brocco, L., Brown, D. A., ...

The search procedure for burst gravitational waves has been studied using 24 h of simulated data in a network of three interferometers (Hanford 4 km, Livingston 4 km and Virgo 3 km are the example...

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

Interferometric detectors of gravitational waves on Earth: the next generations (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric detectors of gravitational waves of first generation are now taking data. A first detection might be possible with these instruments, but more sensitive detectors will be needed...

Interferometric detectors of gravitational waves on Earth: the next generations (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric detectors of gravitational waves of first generation are now taking data. A first detection might be possible with these instruments, but more sensitive detectors will be needed...

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

Status of Virgo (2008)

Acernese, F., Alshourbagy, M., Amico, P., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The Virgo detector has now finished its first science run; a science mode duty cycle of more than 80% and a 4.5 Mpc horizon distance for binary neutron star inspiral sources were achieved....

The Virgo 3 km interferometer for gravitational wave detection (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo, designed, constructed and developed by the French–Italian VIRGO collaboration located in Cascina (Pisa, Italy) and aiming to detect gravitational waves, is a ground-based power recycled...

Status of Virgo (2008)

Acernese, F., Alshourbagy, M., Amico, P., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The Virgo detector has now finished its first science run; a science mode duty cycle of more than 80% and a 4.5 Mpc horizon distance for binary neutron star inspiral sources were achieved....

The Virgo 3 km interferometer for gravitational wave detection (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo, designed, constructed and developed by the French–Italian VIRGO collaboration located in Cascina (Pisa, Italy) and aiming to detect gravitational waves, is a ground-based power recycled...

Interferometric detectors of gravitational waves on Earth: the next generations (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric detectors of gravitational waves of first generation are now taking data. A first detection might be possible with these instruments, but more sensitive detectors will be needed...

The Virgo 3 km interferometer for gravitational wave detection (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo, designed, constructed and developed by the French–Italian VIRGO collaboration located in Cascina (Pisa, Italy) and aiming to detect gravitational waves, is a ground-based power recycled...

Status of Virgo (2008)

Acernese, F., Alshourbagy, M., Amico, P., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The Virgo detector has now finished its first science run; a science mode duty cycle of more than 80% and a 4.5 Mpc horizon distance for binary neutron star inspiral sources were achieved....

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2008)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects (2008)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, Allen, Gabrielle, ...

In gravitational-wave detection, special emphasis is put onto searches that focus on cosmic events detected by other types of astrophysical observatories. The astrophysical triggers, e. g. from...

Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects (2008)

Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Ajith, P, Allen, B, Allen, G, ...

"In gravitational-wave detection, special emphasis is put onto searches that focus on cosmic events detected by other types of astrophysical observatories. The astrophysical triggers, e.g. from g-ray...

The ALEPH Collaboration (2007)

R. Barate, D. Buskulic, D. Decamp, P. Ghez, C. Goy, ...

Extensive searches for evidence of compositeness of quarks and leptons have been made using the full set of ALEPH data from LEP running at the Z peak. They include searches for radiative and weak...

A Study of Single and Multi-Photon Production in E (2007)

Gamma Collisions, D. Buskulic

The production of final states involving one or more energetic photons from e + e \Gamma collisions at high energies is studied using data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP. The data consist of...

Measurement of Hadron and Lepton-Pair Production From E (2007)

Gamma Annihilation At, D. Buskulic, I. De Bonis, D. Decamp, P. Ghez, C. Goy, ...

Hadronic and leptonic cross-sections and forward-backward asymmetries are measured using 5.7 pb \Gamma1 of data taken with the ALEPH detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV. The...

Four-Jet Final State Production in E (2007)

Gamma Collisions At, D. Buskulic, I. De Bonis, D. Decamp, P. Ghez, C. Goy, ...

The four-jet final state is analyzed to search for hadronic decays of pair-produced heavy particles. The analysis uses the ALEPH data collected at LEP in November 1995 at centre-of-mass energies of...

A comparison of methods for gravitational wave burst searches from LIGO and Virgo (2007)

Beauville, F., Blackburn, L., Bosi, L., Brocco, L., Brown, D., ...

The search procedure for burst gravitational waves has been studied using 24 hours of simulated data in a network of three interferometers (Hanford 4-km, Livingston 4-km and Virgo 3-km are the...

Detailed comparison of LIGO and Virgo Inspiral Pipelines in Preparation for a Joint Search (2007)

Beauville, F., Blackburn, L., Bosi, L., Brocco, L., Brown, D., ...

Presented in this paper is a detailed and direct comparison of the LIGO and Virgo binary neutron star detection pipelines. In order to test the search programs, numerous inspiral signals were added...

Measurement of the optical parameters of the Virgo interferometer (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The Virgo interferometer, aimed at detecting gravitational waves, is now in a commissioning phase. Measurements of its optical properties are needed for the understanding of the instrument. The...

Status of Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning of the Virgo gravitational wave detector has restarted after several major hardware upgrades carried out during winter 2005. Now Virgo is fully operative and its sensitivity greatly...

GRB 050915a & the Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

GravitationalWaves (GWs) are expected to be emitted in association with Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). In this context, we are analyzing data collected by the Virgo interferometer during 2005 to develop a...

LIGO and VIRGO: large interferometers searching for gravitational waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The largest interferometric detectors for gravitational waves, LIGO and Virgo, have reached (or are close to) the design sensitivity and have started taking science data. The operation of such...

Status of coalescing binaries search activities in Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detector Virgo is undergoing an advanced phase of its commissioning, during which short runs are routinely performed, in which data are analyzed online and...

The status of VIRGO (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The experience acquired during the commissioning phase of the VIRGO interferometer between September 2003 and August 2005 suggested some major detector upgrades to reach its design sensitivity. The...

Status of Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning phase of the full Virgo gravity-wave interferometric detector started in September 2003, and ended in May 2007 as the data taking phase began. This activity was intended to achieve...

The real-time distributed control of the Virgo Interferometric Detector of Gravitational Waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The VIRGO experiment for the detection of gravitational waves is a big challenge both for physics and for technology, in particular, to satisfy the stringent requirements on the alignment and...

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

LIGO and VIRGO: large interferometers searching for gravitational waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The largest interferometric detectors for gravitational waves, LIGO and Virgo, have reached (or are close to) the design sensitivity and have started taking science data. The operation of such...

Status of coalescing binaries search activities in Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detector Virgo is undergoing an advanced phase of its commissioning, during which short runs are routinely performed, in which data are analyzed online and...

The status of VIRGO (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The experience acquired during the commissioning phase of the VIRGO interferometer between September 2003 and August 2005 suggested some major detector upgrades to reach its design sensitivity. The...

Status of Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning phase of the full Virgo gravity-wave interferometric detector started in September 2003, and ended in May 2007 as the data taking phase began. This activity was intended to achieve...

The real-time distributed control of the Virgo Interferometric Detector of Gravitational Waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The VIRGO experiment for the detection of gravitational waves is a big challenge both for physics and for technology, in particular, to satisfy the stringent requirements on the alignment and...

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

Measurement of the optical parameters of the Virgo interferometer (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The Virgo interferometer, aimed at detecting gravitational waves, is now in a commissioning phase. Measurements of its optical properties are needed for the understanding of the instrument. The...

GRB 050915a & the Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

GravitationalWaves (GWs) are expected to be emitted in association with Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). In this context, we are analyzing data collected by the Virgo interferometer during 2005 to develop a...

Status of Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning of the Virgo gravitational wave detector has restarted after several major hardware upgrades carried out during winter 2005. Now Virgo is fully operative and its sensitivity greatly...

The real-time distributed control of the Virgo Interferometric Detector of Gravitational Waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The VIRGO experiment for the detection of gravitational waves is a big challenge both for physics and for technology, in particular, to satisfy the stringent requirements on the alignment and...

LIGO and VIRGO: large interferometers searching for gravitational waves (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The largest interferometric detectors for gravitational waves, LIGO and Virgo, have reached (or are close to) the design sensitivity and have started taking science data. The operation of such...

Status of coalescing binaries search activities in Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detector Virgo is undergoing an advanced phase of its commissioning, during which short runs are routinely performed, in which data are analyzed online and...

The status of VIRGO (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The experience acquired during the commissioning phase of the VIRGO interferometer between September 2003 and August 2005 suggested some major detector upgrades to reach its design sensitivity. The...

Status of Virgo (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning phase of the full Virgo gravity-wave interferometric detector started in September 2003, and ended in May 2007 as the data taking phase began. This activity was intended to achieve...

Data Acquisition System of the Virgo Gravitational Waves Interferometric Detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

Virgo is an experiment aiming at the detection of gravitational waves emitted by astrophysical sources. Its detector, based on a 3km arms interferometer, is a complex setup which requires several...

Measurement of the optical parameters of the Virgo interferometer (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The Virgo interferometer, aimed at detecting gravitational waves, is now in a commissioning phase. Measurements of its optical properties are needed for the understanding of the instrument. The...

GRB 050915a & the Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

GravitationalWaves (GWs) are expected to be emitted in association with Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). In this context, we are analyzing data collected by the Virgo interferometer during 2005 to develop a...

Status of Virgo detector (2007)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Alshourbagy, M., Antonucci, F., Aoudia, S., Astone, P., ...

The commissioning of the Virgo gravitational wave detector has restarted after several major hardware upgrades carried out during winter 2005. Now Virgo is fully operative and its sensitivity greatly...

The variable finesse locking technique (2006)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a power recycled Michelson interferometer, with 3 km long Fabry-Perot cavities in the arms. The locking of the interferometer has been obtained with an original lock acquisition technique....

Préparation à l'analyse de données dans Virgo : aspects de techniques informatiques et de techniques d'analyse pour la recherche de coalescences de binaires (2006)

Buskulic, D.

Le détecteur interférométrique d'ondes gravitationnelles Virgo est en phase de mise au point, il devrait atteindre une sensibilité lui permettant de prendre des données scientifiques dès la...

Benefits of joint LIGO-Virgo coincidence searches for burst and inspiral signals (2006)

Beauville, F., Blackburn, L., Bosi, L., Brady, P., Brocco, L., ...

We examine the benefits of performing a joint LIGO-Virgo search for transient signals. We do this by adding burst and inspiral signals to 24 hours of simulated detector data. We find significant...

Préparation à l'analyse de données dans Virgo : aspects de techniques informatiques et de techniques d'analyse pour la recherche de coalescences de binaires (2006)

Buskulic, D.

Le détecteur interférométrique d'ondes gravitationnelles Virgo est en phase de mise au point, il devrait atteindre une sensibilité lui permettant de prendre des données scientifiques dès la...

Préparation à l'analyse de données dans Virgo : aspects de techniques informatiques et de techniques d'analyse pour la recherche de coalescences de binaires (2006)

Buskulic, D.

Le détecteur interférométrique d'ondes gravitationnelles Virgo est en phase de mise au point, il devrait atteindre une sensibilité lui permettant de prendre des données scientifiques dès la...

Préparation à l'analyse de données dans Virgo : aspects de techniques informatiques et de techniques d'analyse pour la recherche de coalescences de binaires (2006)

Buskulic, D.

Le détecteur interférométrique d'ondes gravitationnelles Virgo est en phase de mise au point, il devrait atteindre une sensibilité lui permettant de prendre des données scientifiques dès la...

Préparation à l'analyse de données dans Virgo : aspects de techniques informatiques et de techniques d'analyse pour la recherche de coalescences de binaires (2006)

Buskulic, D.

Le détecteur interférométrique d'ondes gravitationnelles Virgo est en phase de mise au point, il devrait atteindre une sensibilité lui permettant de prendre des données scientifiques dès la...

A first comparison of search methods for gravitational wave bursts using LIGO and Virgo simulated data (2005)

Beauville, F., Blackburn, L., Bosi, L., Brady, P., Brocco, L., ...

We present a comparative study of six search methods for gravitational wave bursts using simulated LIGO and Virgo noise data. The simulated data were generated according to the design sensitivity of...

A first comparison between LIGO and Virgo inspiral search pipelines (2005)

Beauville, F., Blackburn, L., Bosi, L., Brady, P., Brocco, L., ...

This paper reports on a project that is the first step the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration have taken to prepare for a mutual search for inspiral signals. The project...

Updated measurement of the $\tau$ lepton lifetime (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A new measurement of the mean lifetime of the tau lepton is presented. Three different analysis methods are applied to a sample of 90000 tau pairs, collected in 1993 and 1994 with the ALEPH detector...

Searches for scalar top and scalar bottom quarks at LEP2 (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

Searches for scalar top and bottom quarks have been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP. The data sample consists of 21.7 pb^-1 taken at sqrt{s} = 161, 170, and 172~GeV and 5.7...

Search for sleptons in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV and 172 GeV. (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The data recorded by the ALEPH experiment at LEP at centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV and 172 GeV were analysed to search for sleptons, the supersymmetric partners of leptons. No evidence for the...

Search for sleptons in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV and 172 GeV. (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The data recorded by the ALEPH experiment at LEP at centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV and 172 GeV were analysed to search for sleptons, the supersymmetric partners of leptons. No evidence for the...

Searches for scalar top and scalar bottom quarks at LEP2 (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

Searches for scalar top and bottom quarks have been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP. The data sample consists of 21.7 pb^-1 taken at sqrt{s} = 161, 170, and 172~GeV and 5.7...

Updated measurement of the $\tau$ lepton lifetime (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A new measurement of the mean lifetime of the tau lepton is presented. Three different analysis methods are applied to a sample of 90000 tau pairs, collected in 1993 and 1994 with the ALEPH detector...

Search for sleptons in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV and 172 GeV. (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The data recorded by the ALEPH experiment at LEP at centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV and 172 GeV were analysed to search for sleptons, the supersymmetric partners of leptons. No evidence for the...

Searches for scalar top and scalar bottom quarks at LEP2 (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

Searches for scalar top and bottom quarks have been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP. The data sample consists of 21.7 pb^-1 taken at sqrt{s} = 161, 170, and 172~GeV and 5.7...

Updated measurement of the $\tau$ lepton lifetime (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A new measurement of the mean lifetime of the tau lepton is presented. Three different analysis methods are applied to a sample of 90000 tau pairs, collected in 1993 and 1994 with the ALEPH detector...

Measurement of triple gauge-boson WW$\gamma$ couplings at LEP2 using photonic events (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Jezequel, S., ...

A study of events with photons and missing energy has been performed with the data sample obtained with the ALEPH detector at centre-of-mass energies from 161 to 184 GeV,corresponding to a total...

Search for pair-production of long-lived heavy charged particles in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A search for pair-production of long-lived, heavy, singly-charged particles has been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 172 GeV. Data at \sqrt{s} = 161,...

Search for pair-production of long-lived heavy charged particles in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A search for pair-production of long-lived, heavy, singly-charged particles has been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 172 GeV. Data at \sqrt{s} = 161,...

Measurement of triple gauge-boson WW$\gamma$ couplings at LEP2 using photonic events (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Jezequel, S., ...

A study of events with photons and missing energy has been performed with the data sample obtained with the ALEPH detector at centre-of-mass energies from 161 to 184 GeV,corresponding to a total...

Search for pair-production of long-lived heavy charged particles in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A search for pair-production of long-lived, heavy, singly-charged particles has been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 172 GeV. Data at \sqrt{s} = 161,...

Measurement of triple gauge-boson WW$\gamma$ couplings at LEP2 using photonic events (2005)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Jezequel, S., ...

A study of events with photons and missing energy has been performed with the data sample obtained with the ALEPH detector at centre-of-mass energies from 161 to 184 GeV,corresponding to a total...

A first study of environmental noise coupling to the Virgo interferometer (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

During the commissioning of the Virgo interferometer, a search for environmental noise contributions to the dark fringe signal was undertaken. Dedicated tests have been performed to identify major...

Virgo status and commissioning results (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a French–Italian collaboration for the construction and operation of a 3 km long interferometric gravitational wave antenna. The construction of the detector is already completed and the...

The status of VIRGO (2005)

Tournefier, E., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., ...

In this paper the main characteristics of the interferometric gravitational waves detector Virgo are presented as well as its present status and perspectives.

A simple line detection algorithm applied to Virgo data (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We propose a new method for the detection of spectral lines in random noise. It mimics the processing scheme of matching filtering, i.e., a whitening procedure combined with the measurement of the...

Virgo status and commissioning results (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a French–Italian collaboration for the construction and operation of a 3 km long interferometric gravitational wave antenna. The construction of the detector is already completed and the...

A first study of environmental noise coupling to the Virgo interferometer (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

During the commissioning of the Virgo interferometer, a search for environmental noise contributions to the dark fringe signal was undertaken. Dedicated tests have been performed to identify major...

The status of VIRGO (2005)

Tournefier, E., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., ...

In this paper the main characteristics of the interferometric gravitational waves detector Virgo are presented as well as its present status and perspectives.

A simple line detection algorithm applied to Virgo data (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We propose a new method for the detection of spectral lines in random noise. It mimics the processing scheme of matching filtering, i.e., a whitening procedure combined with the measurement of the...

A simple line detection algorithm applied to Virgo data (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

We propose a new method for the detection of spectral lines in random noise. It mimics the processing scheme of matching filtering, i.e., a whitening procedure combined with the measurement of the...

Virgo status and commissioning results (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a French–Italian collaboration for the construction and operation of a 3 km long interferometric gravitational wave antenna. The construction of the detector is already completed and the...

A first study of environmental noise coupling to the Virgo interferometer (2005)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

During the commissioning of the Virgo interferometer, a search for environmental noise contributions to the dark fringe signal was undertaken. Dedicated tests have been performed to identify major...

The status of VIRGO (2005)

Tournefier, E., Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., ...

In this paper the main characteristics of the interferometric gravitational waves detector Virgo are presented as well as its present status and perspectives.

Length Sensing and Control in the Virgo Gravitational Wave Interferometer (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The gravitational wave detector Virgo is presently being commissioned. A significant part of last year was spent in setting up the cavity length control system. This work was carried out with steps...

The status of VIRGO (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a 3 km arm laser interferometer aiming at the detection of gravitational waves in a range of frequency between 5 Hz and 5 kHz. Virgo has been built in the vicinity of Pisa – Italy, by a...

Low loss coatings for the VIRGO large mirrors (2004)

Beauville, F., Buskulic, D., Flaminio, R., Marion, F., Masserot, A., Mours, B., ...

The goal of the VIRGO program is to build a giant Michelson type interferometer (3 kilometer long arms) to detect gravitational waves. Large optical components (350 mm in diameter), having extremely...

The Virgo interferometric gravitational antenna (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detectors represent the ultimate evolution of the classical Michelson interferometer. In order to measure the signal produced by the passage of a gravitational...

The Virgo interferometric gravitational antenna (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detectors represent the ultimate evolution of the classical Michelson interferometer. In order to measure the signal produced by the passage of a gravitational...

Length Sensing and Control in the Virgo Gravitational Wave Interferometer (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The gravitational wave detector Virgo is presently being commissioned. A significant part of last year was spent in setting up the cavity length control system. This work was carried out with steps...

The status of VIRGO (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a 3 km arm laser interferometer aiming at the detection of gravitational waves in a range of frequency between 5 Hz and 5 kHz. Virgo has been built in the vicinity of Pisa – Italy, by a...

Low loss coatings for the VIRGO large mirrors (2004)

Beauville, F., Buskulic, D., Flaminio, R., Marion, F., Masserot, A., Mours, B., ...

The goal of the VIRGO program is to build a giant Michelson type interferometer (3 kilometer long arms) to detect gravitational waves. Large optical components (350 mm in diameter), having extremely...

The Virgo interferometric gravitational antenna (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The interferometric gravitational wave detectors represent the ultimate evolution of the classical Michelson interferometer. In order to measure the signal produced by the passage of a gravitational...

Length Sensing and Control in the Virgo Gravitational Wave Interferometer (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Aoudia, S., Arnaud, N., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

The gravitational wave detector Virgo is presently being commissioned. A significant part of last year was spent in setting up the cavity length control system. This work was carried out with steps...

The status of VIRGO (2004)

Acernese, F., Amico, P., Al-Shourbagy, M., Aoudia, S., Avino, S., Babusci, D., ...

Virgo is a 3 km arm laser interferometer aiming at the detection of gravitational waves in a range of frequency between 5 Hz and 5 kHz. Virgo has been built in the vicinity of Pisa – Italy, by a...

Low loss coatings for the VIRGO large mirrors (2004)

Beauville, F., Buskulic, D., Flaminio, R., Marion, F., Masserot, A., Mours, B., ...

The goal of the VIRGO program is to build a giant Michelson type interferometer (3 kilometer long arms) to detect gravitational waves. Large optical components (350 mm in diameter), having extremely...

Measurements of the structure of quark and gluon jets in hadronic Z decays (2000)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

An experimental investigation of the structure of identified quark and gluon jets is presented. Observables related to both the global and internal structure of jets are measured; this allows for...

Search for Supersymmetry with a dominant R-Parity violating $LQ\overline{D}$ Coupling in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130 GeV to 172 GeV (1999)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Jezequel, S., ...

A search for pair-production of supersymmetric particles under the assumption that R-parity is violated via a dominant LQDbar coupling has been performed using the data collected by ALEPH at...

Determination of $\mid V_{ub} \mid$ from the Measurement of the Inclusive Charmless Semileptonic Branching Ratio of b hadrons (1999)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

From a study of the kinematic properties of the final state produced in the semileptonic decays b-->X l nu, the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching ratio of b hadrons is measured. With a sam...

Determination of $\mid V_{ub} \mid$ from the Measurement of the Inclusive Charmless Semileptonic Branching Ratio of b hadrons (1999)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

From a study of the kinematic properties of the final state produced in the semileptonic decays b-->X l nu, the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching ratio of b hadrons is measured. With a sam...

Search for Supersymmetry with a dominant R-Parity violating $LQ\overline{D}$ Coupling in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130 GeV to 172 GeV (1999)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Jezequel, S., ...

A search for pair-production of supersymmetric particles under the assumption that R-parity is violated via a dominant LQDbar coupling has been performed using the data collected by ALEPH at...

Determination of $\mid V_{ub} \mid$ from the Measurement of the Inclusive Charmless Semileptonic Branching Ratio of b hadrons (1999)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

From a study of the kinematic properties of the final state produced in the semileptonic decays b-->X l nu, the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching ratio of b hadrons is measured. With a sam...

Search for Supersymmetry with a dominant R-Parity violating $LQ\overline{D}$ Coupling in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130 GeV to 172 GeV (1999)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Jezequel, S., ...

A search for pair-production of supersymmetric particles under the assumption that R-parity is violated via a dominant LQDbar coupling has been performed using the data collected by ALEPH at...

Search for Supersymmetry with a dominant R-Parity violating $LQ\overline{D}$ Coupling in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130 GeV to 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R, Buskulic, D, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Jézéquel, S, ...

A search for pair-production of supersymmetric particles under the assumption that R-parity is violated via a dominant LQDbar coupling has been performed using the data collected by ALEPH at...

Searches for Charginos and Neutralinos in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 and 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

The data recorded by the ALEPH detector at centre-of-mass energies of 161, 170, and 172 GeV are analysed for signals of chargino and neutralino production. No evidence of a signal is found, although...

Search for supersymmetry in the photon(s) plus missing energy channels at $\sqrt{s}$=161 GeV and 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

Searches for supersymmetric particles in channels with one or more photons and missing energy have been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP. The data consist of 11.1 \pb\ at...

Four-jet final state production in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 130 to 184 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The four jet topology is analysed in the ALEPH data taken between November 1995 and November 1997, at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 130 to 184 GeV. While an unexpected accumulation of events...

Measurement of the W mass by direct reconstruction in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Jezequel, S., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

The mass of the W boson is obtained from reconstructed invariant mass distributions in W-pair events. The sample of W pairs is selected from 10.65~pb$^{-1}$ collected with the ALEPH detector at a...

Measurement of triple gauge-boson couplings at 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Jezequel, S., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

The triple gauge-boson couplings, Awp, Aw and Abp, have been measured using 34 semileptonically and 54 hadronically decaying WW candidate events. The events were selected in the data recorded during...

$K^{0}_{S}$ production in $\tau$ decays (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

From a sample of about 160k $\mbox{Z}\!\!\to\!\!\tau^+\tau^-$ candidates collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP between 1991 and 1995, $\tau$ lepton decays involving $K^0_S\!\to\!\pi^+\pi^-$ are...

Measurement of triple gauge-boson couplings at 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Jezequel, S., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

The triple gauge-boson couplings, Awp, Aw and Abp, have been measured using 34 semileptonically and 54 hadronically decaying WW candidate events. The events were selected in the data recorded during...

$K^{0}_{S}$ production in $\tau$ decays (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

From a sample of about 160k $\mbox{Z}\!\!\to\!\!\tau^+\tau^-$ candidates collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP between 1991 and 1995, $\tau$ lepton decays involving $K^0_S\!\to\!\pi^+\pi^-$ are...

Measurement of the W mass by direct reconstruction in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Jezequel, S., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

The mass of the W boson is obtained from reconstructed invariant mass distributions in W-pair events. The sample of W pairs is selected from 10.65~pb$^{-1}$ collected with the ALEPH detector at a...

Four-jet final state production in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 130 to 184 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The four jet topology is analysed in the ALEPH data taken between November 1995 and November 1997, at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 130 to 184 GeV. While an unexpected accumulation of events...

Searches for Charginos and Neutralinos in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 and 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

The data recorded by the ALEPH detector at centre-of-mass energies of 161, 170, and 172 GeV are analysed for signals of chargino and neutralino production. No evidence of a signal is found, although...

Search for supersymmetry in the photon(s) plus missing energy channels at $\sqrt{s}$=161 GeV and 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

Searches for supersymmetric particles in channels with one or more photons and missing energy have been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP. The data consist of 11.1 \pb\ at...

Measurement of triple gauge-boson couplings at 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Jezequel, S., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

The triple gauge-boson couplings, Awp, Aw and Abp, have been measured using 34 semileptonically and 54 hadronically decaying WW candidate events. The events were selected in the data recorded during...

$K^{0}_{S}$ production in $\tau$ decays (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

From a sample of about 160k $\mbox{Z}\!\!\to\!\!\tau^+\tau^-$ candidates collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP between 1991 and 1995, $\tau$ lepton decays involving $K^0_S\!\to\!\pi^+\pi^-$ are...

Measurement of the W mass by direct reconstruction in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Jezequel, S., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

The mass of the W boson is obtained from reconstructed invariant mass distributions in W-pair events. The sample of W pairs is selected from 10.65~pb$^{-1}$ collected with the ALEPH detector at a...

Four-jet final state production in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 130 to 184 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The four jet topology is analysed in the ALEPH data taken between November 1995 and November 1997, at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 130 to 184 GeV. While an unexpected accumulation of events...

Searches for Charginos and Neutralinos in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 and 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

The data recorded by the ALEPH detector at centre-of-mass energies of 161, 170, and 172 GeV are analysed for signals of chargino and neutralino production. No evidence of a signal is found, although...

Search for supersymmetry in the photon(s) plus missing energy channels at $\sqrt{s}$=161 GeV and 172 GeV (1998)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

Searches for supersymmetric particles in channels with one or more photons and missing energy have been performed with data collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP. The data consist of 11.1 \pb\ at...

Improved measurement of the $B^0_d$--$\overline{B}^0_d$ Oscillation frequency (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The time dependence of $B^0_d--\bar{B}^0_d$ oscillations is measured by the ALEPH experiment at LEP, using three techniques, two of which are updates of previous measurements. In all cases the charge...

Measurement of the transverse spin correlations in the decay $Z \rightarrow \tau^+\tau^-$ (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

For tau leptons produced in e^+e^- -> tau^+ tau^- interactions there are, in addition to the longitudinal spin correlations, two independent transverse spin correlations associated with the...

Production of orbitally excited charm mesons in semileptonic B decays (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

A sample of 3.6 million hadronic Z decays recorded between 1991 and 1995 with the ALEPH detector at LEP is used to investigate semileptonic decays of B mesons into final states involving orbitally...

Transverse momentum correlations in hadronic Z decays (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

Using data obtained with the ALEPH detector at the Z resonance, a measure based on transverse momentum is shown to exhibit a correlation between the two halves of a hadronic event which cannot be...

Search for the $b_c$ meson in hadronic Z decays (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A search for the Bc meson decaying into the channels J/psi pi+ and J/psi l nu (l = e or mu) is performed in a sample of 3.9 million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector. This search...

Measurement of the W mass in $e^+e^-$ collisions at production threshold (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

In June 1996, the LEP centre-of-mass energy was raised to 161 GeV. Pair production of W bosons in e+e- collisions was observed for the first time by the LEP experiments. An integrated luminosity of...

Measurement of the branching fraction for $d^0 \rightarrow K^-\pi^+$ (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The branching fraction for D0 -> K- pi+ is measured with the statistics collected by ALEPH from 1991 to 1994. The method is based on the comparison between the rate for the reconstructed D*+ -> D0...

Inclusive production of neutral pions in hadronic Z decays (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A measurement of the inclusive production of pi0 mesons in hadronic Z decays is presented and compared to Monte Carlo model predictions. The analysis is based on approximately 2 million hadronic...

A study of tau decays involving eta and omega mesons (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The 132 pb$^{-1}$ of data collected by ALEPH from 1991 to 1994 have been used to analyze $\eta$ and $\omega$ production in $\tau$ decays. The following branching fractions have been measured:...

Search for the neutral Higgs bosons of the MSSM in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ from 130 to 172 GeV (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The process e+e- --> h A is used to search for the Higgs bosons of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), in the bbbb and tautaubb final states. The search is performed in the data...

Measurement of the W-pair cross section in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at 172 GeV (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The e+e- --> W+W- cross section is measured in a data sample collected by ALEPH at a mean centre--of--mass energy of 172.09 GEV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.65 pb-1. Cross...

Search for the standard model Higgs boson in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=161, 170 and 172 GeV (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The reaction e+e- -> HZ is used to search for the Standard Model Higgs boson. The data sample consists of integrated luminosities of 10.9pb-1 1.1pb-1 and 9.5pb-1 collected by the ALEPH experiment at...

Measurement of the tau lepton lifetime with the three-dimensional impact parameter method. (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A new method is presented for the measurement of the mean $\tau$ lepton lifetime using events in which $\tau$'s are pair-produced and both $\tau$'s decay to hadrons and $\nu_\tau$. Based on the...

Measurement of the tau lepton lifetime with the three-dimensional impact parameter method. (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A new method is presented for the measurement of the mean $\tau$ lepton lifetime using events in which $\tau$'s are pair-produced and both $\tau$'s decay to hadrons and $\nu_\tau$. Based on the...

Search for the standard model Higgs boson in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=161, 170 and 172 GeV (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The reaction e+e- -> HZ is used to search for the Standard Model Higgs boson. The data sample consists of integrated luminosities of 10.9pb-1 1.1pb-1 and 9.5pb-1 collected by the ALEPH experiment at...

Measurement of the W-pair cross section in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at 172 GeV (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The e+e- --> W+W- cross section is measured in a data sample collected by ALEPH at a mean centre--of--mass energy of 172.09 GEV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.65 pb-1. Cross...

Search for the neutral Higgs bosons of the MSSM in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ from 130 to 172 GeV (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The process e+e- --> h A is used to search for the Higgs bosons of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), in the bbbb and tautaubb final states. The search is performed in the data...

A study of tau decays involving eta and omega mesons (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The 132 pb$^{-1}$ of data collected by ALEPH from 1991 to 1994 have been used to analyze $\eta$ and $\omega$ production in $\tau$ decays. The following branching fractions have been measured:...

Inclusive production of neutral pions in hadronic Z decays (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A measurement of the inclusive production of pi0 mesons in hadronic Z decays is presented and compared to Monte Carlo model predictions. The analysis is based on approximately 2 million hadronic...

Measurement of the branching fraction for $d^0 \rightarrow K^-\pi^+$ (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The branching fraction for D0 -> K- pi+ is measured with the statistics collected by ALEPH from 1991 to 1994. The method is based on the comparison between the rate for the reconstructed D*+ -> D0...

Measurement of the W mass in $e^+e^-$ collisions at production threshold (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

In June 1996, the LEP centre-of-mass energy was raised to 161 GeV. Pair production of W bosons in e+e- collisions was observed for the first time by the LEP experiments. An integrated luminosity of...

Search for the $b_c$ meson in hadronic Z decays (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A search for the Bc meson decaying into the channels J/psi pi+ and J/psi l nu (l = e or mu) is performed in a sample of 3.9 million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector. This search...

Transverse momentum correlations in hadronic Z decays (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

Using data obtained with the ALEPH detector at the Z resonance, a measure based on transverse momentum is shown to exhibit a correlation between the two halves of a hadronic event which cannot be...

Measurement of the transverse spin correlations in the decay $Z \rightarrow \tau^+\tau^-$ (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

For tau leptons produced in e^+e^- -> tau^+ tau^- interactions there are, in addition to the longitudinal spin correlations, two independent transverse spin correlations associated with the...

Improved measurement of the $B^0_d$--$\overline{B}^0_d$ Oscillation frequency (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The time dependence of $B^0_d--\bar{B}^0_d$ oscillations is measured by the ALEPH experiment at LEP, using three techniques, two of which are updates of previous measurements. In all cases the charge...

Production of orbitally excited charm mesons in semileptonic B decays (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

A sample of 3.6 million hadronic Z decays recorded between 1991 and 1995 with the ALEPH detector at LEP is used to investigate semileptonic decays of B mesons into final states involving orbitally...

Measurement of the tau lepton lifetime with the three-dimensional impact parameter method. (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A new method is presented for the measurement of the mean $\tau$ lepton lifetime using events in which $\tau$'s are pair-produced and both $\tau$'s decay to hadrons and $\nu_\tau$. Based on the...

Search for the standard model Higgs boson in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=161, 170 and 172 GeV (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The reaction e+e- -> HZ is used to search for the Standard Model Higgs boson. The data sample consists of integrated luminosities of 10.9pb-1 1.1pb-1 and 9.5pb-1 collected by the ALEPH experiment at...

Measurement of the W-pair cross section in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at 172 GeV (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The e+e- --> W+W- cross section is measured in a data sample collected by ALEPH at a mean centre--of--mass energy of 172.09 GEV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.65 pb-1. Cross...

Search for the neutral Higgs bosons of the MSSM in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ from 130 to 172 GeV (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The process e+e- --> h A is used to search for the Higgs bosons of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), in the bbbb and tautaubb final states. The search is performed in the data...

A study of tau decays involving eta and omega mesons (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The 132 pb$^{-1}$ of data collected by ALEPH from 1991 to 1994 have been used to analyze $\eta$ and $\omega$ production in $\tau$ decays. The following branching fractions have been measured:...

Inclusive production of neutral pions in hadronic Z decays (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A measurement of the inclusive production of pi0 mesons in hadronic Z decays is presented and compared to Monte Carlo model predictions. The analysis is based on approximately 2 million hadronic...

Measurement of the branching fraction for $d^0 \rightarrow K^-\pi^+$ (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The branching fraction for D0 -> K- pi+ is measured with the statistics collected by ALEPH from 1991 to 1994. The method is based on the comparison between the rate for the reconstructed D*+ -> D0...

Measurement of the W mass in $e^+e^-$ collisions at production threshold (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

In June 1996, the LEP centre-of-mass energy was raised to 161 GeV. Pair production of W bosons in e+e- collisions was observed for the first time by the LEP experiments. An integrated luminosity of...

Search for the $b_c$ meson in hadronic Z decays (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

A search for the Bc meson decaying into the channels J/psi pi+ and J/psi l nu (l = e or mu) is performed in a sample of 3.9 million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector. This search...

Transverse momentum correlations in hadronic Z decays (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

Using data obtained with the ALEPH detector at the Z resonance, a measure based on transverse momentum is shown to exhibit a correlation between the two halves of a hadronic event which cannot be...

Measurement of the transverse spin correlations in the decay $Z \rightarrow \tau^+\tau^-$ (1997)

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

For tau leptons produced in e^+e^- -> tau^+ tau^- interactions there are, in addition to the longitudinal spin correlations, two independent transverse spin correlations associated with the...

Improved measurement of the $B^0_d$--$\overline{B}^0_d$ Oscillation frequency (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...

The time dependence of $B^0_d--\bar{B}^0_d$ oscillations is measured by the ALEPH experiment at LEP, using three techniques, two of which are updates of previous measurements. In all cases the charge...

Production of orbitally excited charm mesons in semileptonic B decays (1997)

Buskulic, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

A sample of 3.6 million hadronic Z decays recorded between 1991 and 1995 with the ALEPH detector at LEP is used to investigate semileptonic decays of B mesons into final states involving orbitally...

Measurements of the charged particle multiplicity distribution in restricted rapidity intervals (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

Charged particle multiplicity distributions have been measured with the ALEPH detector in restricted rapidity intervals $|Y| \leq 0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0$ along the thrust axis and also without restriction...

Measurement of the B$^0_s$ lifetime and production rate with D$^-_s l^+$ combinations in Z decays (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

The lifetime of the \bs meson is measured in approximately 3 million hadronic Z decays accumulated using the ALEPH detector at LEP from 1991 to 1994. Seven different \ds decay modes were...

Limit on $B^0_s$ oscillation using a jet charge method (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

A lower limit is set on the B_{s}^{0} meson oscillation parameter \Delta m_{s} using data collected from 1991 to 1994 by the ALEPH detector. Events with a high transverse momentum lepton and a...

An upper limit for the $\tau$ neutrino mass from $\tau \rightarrow 5 \pi (\pi^0) \nu_{\tau}$ decays (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

An upper limit for the tau-neutrino mass has been determined from the decay tau -> 5pi+- \nu_tau using data collected with the OPAL detector from 1991 to 1995 in e+e- collisions at \sqrt{s} ~ M_Z. A...

Measurements of the charged particle multiplicity distribution in restricted rapidity intervals (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

Charged particle multiplicity distributions have been measured with the ALEPH detector in restricted rapidity intervals $|Y| \leq 0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0$ along the thrust axis and also without restriction...

Measurement of the B$^0_s$ lifetime and production rate with D$^-_s l^+$ combinations in Z decays (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

The lifetime of the \bs meson is measured in approximately 3 million hadronic Z decays accumulated using the ALEPH detector at LEP from 1991 to 1994. Seven different \ds decay modes were...

Limit on $B^0_s$ oscillation using a jet charge method (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

A lower limit is set on the B_{s}^{0} meson oscillation parameter \Delta m_{s} using data collected from 1991 to 1994 by the ALEPH detector. Events with a high transverse momentum lepton and a...

An upper limit for the $\tau$ neutrino mass from $\tau \rightarrow 5 \pi (\pi^0) \nu_{\tau}$ decays (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

An upper limit for the tau-neutrino mass has been determined from the decay tau -> 5pi+- \nu_tau using data collected with the OPAL detector from 1991 to 1995 in e+e- collisions at \sqrt{s} ~ M_Z. A...

Measurements of the charged particle multiplicity distribution in restricted rapidity intervals (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

Charged particle multiplicity distributions have been measured with the ALEPH detector in restricted rapidity intervals $|Y| \leq 0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0$ along the thrust axis and also without restriction...

Measurement of the B$^0_s$ lifetime and production rate with D$^-_s l^+$ combinations in Z decays (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

The lifetime of the \bs meson is measured in approximately 3 million hadronic Z decays accumulated using the ALEPH detector at LEP from 1991 to 1994. Seven different \ds decay modes were...

Limit on $B^0_s$ oscillation using a jet charge method (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

A lower limit is set on the B_{s}^{0} meson oscillation parameter \Delta m_{s} using data collected from 1991 to 1994 by the ALEPH detector. Events with a high transverse momentum lepton and a...

An upper limit for the $\tau$ neutrino mass from $\tau \rightarrow 5 \pi (\pi^0) \nu_{\tau}$ decays (1995)

Buskulic, D., Casper, D., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., ...

An upper limit for the tau-neutrino mass has been determined from the decay tau -> 5pi+- \nu_tau using data collected with the OPAL detector from 1991 to 1995 in e+e- collisions at \sqrt{s} ~ M_Z. A...

Measurements of the structure of quark and gluon jets in hadronic Z decays

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

An experimental investigation of the structure of identified quark and gluon jets is presented. Observables related to both the global and internal structure of jets are measured; this allows for...

Measurements of the structure of quark and gluon jets in hadronic Z decays

Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...

An experimental investigation of the structure of identified quark and gluon jets is presented. Observables related to both the global and internal structure of jets are measured; this allows for...