Pellizzoni, A., Pilia, M., Possenti, A., Fornari, F., Caraveo, P., Del Monte, E., ...
AGILE is a small gamma-ray astronomy satellite mission of the Italian Space Agency dedicated to high-energy astrophysics launched in 2007 April. Its 1 microsecond absolute time tagging capability...
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...
Measuring the intrinsic charge transfer gap using K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (2008)
Gougoussis, C., Calandra, M., Seitsonen, A., Brouder, Ch., Shukla, A., Mauri, F.
Pre-edge features in X-ray absorption spectroscopy contain key information about the lowest excited states and thus on the most interesting physical properties of the system. In transition metal...
Pressure-induced order-disorder phase transition in superconducting CaC6 (2008)
Gauzzi, A., Bendiab, N., D'Astuto, M., Canny, B., Calandra, M., Mauri, F., ...
By means of synchrotron X-ray diffraction, we studied the effect of high pressure, P, up to 13 GPa on the room temperature crystal structure of superconducting CaC6. In this P range, no change of the...
AGILE detection of a strong gamma-ray flare from the blazar 3C 454.3 (2008)
Vercellone, S., Chen, A. W., Giuliani, A., Bulgarelli, A., Donnarumma, I., Lapshov, I., ...
We report the first blazar detection by the AGILE satellite. AGILE detected 3C 454.3 during a period of strongly enhanced optical emission in July 2007. AGILE observed the source with a dedicated...
Theoretical infrared absorption coefficient of OH groups in minerals (2008)
Balan, E, Refson, K, Blanchard, M, Delattre, S, Lazzeri, M, Ingrin, J, ...
GRB 070724B: the first Gamma Ray Burst localized by SuperAGILE and its Swift X-ray Afterglow (2007)
Del Monte, E., Feroci, M., Pacciani, L., Evangelista, Y., Donnarumma, I., Soffitta, P., ...
GRB 070724B is the first Gamma Ray Burst localized by SuperAGILE, the hard X-ray monitor aboard the AGILE satellite. The coordinates of the event were published $\sim 19$ hours after the trigger. The...
Science with the new generation high energy gamma- ray experiments (2007)
Alvarez, M., D'Armiento, D., Agnetta, G., Alberdi, A., Antonelli, A., Argan, A., ...
This Conference is the fifth of a series of Workshops on High Energy Gamma- ray Experiments, following the Conferences held in Perugia 2003, Bari 2004, Cividale del Friuli 2005, Elba Island 2006....
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...
Electron Transport and Hot Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes (2007)
Lazzeri, M., Piscanec, S., Mauri, F., Ferrari, A. C., Robertson, J.
We demonstrate the key role of phonon occupation in limiting the high-field ballistic transport in metallic carbon nanotubes. In particular, we provide a simple analytic formula for the electron...
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...
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...
Kohn Anomalies and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Graphite (2006)
Piscanec, S., Lazzeri, M., Mauri, F., Ferrari, A. C., Robertson, J.
We demonstrate that graphite phonon dispersions have two Kohn anomalies at the Gamma-E_2g and K-A\'1 modes. The anomalies are revealed by two sharp kinks. By an exact analytic derivation, we show...
Raman spectrum of graphene and graphene layers (2006)
Ferrari, A. C., Meyer, J. C., Scardaci, V., Casiraghi, C., Lazzeri, M., Mauri, F., ...
Graphene is the two-dimensional building block for carbon allotropes of every other dimensionality. We show that its electronic structure is captured in its Raman spectrum that clearly evolves with...
Electron Transport and Hot Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes (2005)
Lazzeri, M., Piscanec, S., Mauri, F., Ferrari, A. C., Robertson, J.
We demonstrate the key role of phonon occupation in limiting the high-field ballistic transport in metallic carbon nanotubes. In particular, we provide a simple analytic formula for the electron...
Ab initio resonant Raman spectra of diamond-like carbons. (2005)
Piscanec, S., Mauri, F., Ferrari, A.C., Lazzeri, M., Robertson, J.
Raman spectroscopy is a standard tool for the characterisation of carbon materials, from graphite to diamond-like carbon and carbon nanotubes. An important factor is the dependence of the Raman...
Theoretical Explanation of Superconductivity in C6Ca. (2005)
Using density functional theory, we demonstrate that superconductivity in C6Ca is phonon mediated with lambda=0.83 and phonon frequency log=24.7 meV. The calculated isotope exponents are...
Electron Transport and Hot Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes (2005)
Lazzeri, M., Piscanec, S., Mauri, F., Ferrari, A. C., Robertson, J.
We demonstrate the key role of phonon occupation in limiting the high-field ballistic transport in metallic carbon nanotubes. In particular, we provide a simple analytic formula for the electron...
Gaudry, E., Kiratisin, A., Sainctavit, Ph., Brouder, Ch., Mauri, F., Ramos, A., ...
The local environments around substitutional Cr3+ or Fe3+ ions in doped -Al2O3 have been studied experimentally by dichroic X-ray absorption at the Cr and Fe Kedges in single crystals.A reliable...
Ab Initio Calculation of the Cr K Edge in alpha-Al2O3:Cr3+ (2005)
Gaudry, E., Cabaret, D., Sainctavit, Ph., Brouder, Ch., Mauri, F., Rogalev, A., ...
The red color of ruby (-Al2O3:Cr3+) is assigned to transitions between 3d states of the chromium ion. A precise description of the structural and electronic environment of the Cr3+ ion in its...
Electron Transport and Hot Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes (2005)
Lazzeri, M., Piscanec, S., Mauri, F., Ferrari, A. C., Robertson, J.
We demonstrate the key role of phonon occupation in limiting the high-field ballistic transport in metallic carbon nanotubes. In particular, we provide a simple analytic formula for the electron...
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...
Kohn Anomalies and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Graphite (2004)
Piscanec, S., Lazzeri, M., Mauri, F., Ferrari, A. C., Robertson, J.
We demonstrate that graphite phonon dispersions have two Kohn anomalies at the Gamma-E_2g and K-A'1 modes. The anomalies are revealed by two sharp kinks. By an exact analytic derivation, we show that...
Kohn Anomalies and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Graphite (2004)
Piscanec, S., Lazzeri, M., Mauri, F., Ferrari, A. C., Robertson, J.
We demonstrate that graphite phonon dispersions have two Kohn anomalies at the Gamma-E_2g and K-A\'1 modes. The anomalies are revealed by two sharp kinks. By an exact analytic derivation, we show...
Equations of state of RbxC60 (x=3,4 and 6). (2004)
Marangolo, M., Bellin., Ch., Mauri., F., Fiquet ., G., Loupias., G., ...
Kohn Anomalies and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Graphite (2004)
Piscanec, S., Lazzeri, M., Mauri, F., Ferrari, A. C., Robertson, J.
We demonstrate that graphite phonon dispersions have two Kohn anomalies at the Gamma-E_2g and K-A\'1 modes. The anomalies are revealed by two sharp kinks. By an exact analytic derivation, we show...
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...
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...
Two-dimensional self-assembly of supramolecular clusters and chains (1999)
Bohringer, M., Morgenstern, K., Schneider, W. D., Berndt, R., Mauri, F., De Vita, A., ...
Stability of two-dimensional nanostructures (1999)
Morgenstern, K., Laegsgaard, E., Stensgaard, I., Besenbacher, F., Bohringer, M., Schneider, W. D., ...
On atmospheric $^{39}Ar$ and $^{42}Ar$ abundance (1996)
Cennini, P, Cittolin, Sergio, Dzialo-Giudice, D, Revol, Jean Pierre Charles, Rubbia, Carlo, Tian, W H, ...
Quantum Molecular Dynamics: O(N) Tight-Binding on the T3D (1996)
A. Canning, G. Galli, F. Mauri, A. De Vita, R. Car
We discuss the implementation of an O(N) tight-binding molecular dynamics code on the Cray T3D parallel computer. The localisation introduces a sparse nature to the orbital data and Hamiltonian...
A neural network approach for the TPC signal processing (1996)
Cennini, P, Cittolin, Sergio, Revol, Jean Pierre Charles, Rubbia, Carlo, Tian, W H, Dzialo-Giudice, D, ...
ICARUS: a second generation proton decay and neutrino detector at the LNGS (1996)
Cennini, P, Cittolin, Sergio, Maurin, Guy, Placci, Alfredo, Revol, Jean Pierre Charles, Rubbia, Carlo, ...
Performance of a three-ton liquid argon time projection chamber (1994)
Cennini, P, Cittolin, Sergio, Revol, Jean Pierre Charles, Rubbia, Carlo, Tian, W H, Picchi, P, ...
A 3-d image chamber for the LAr TPC on multi-layer printed circuit board (1994)
Cennini, P, Cittolin, Sergio, Revol, Jean Pierre Charles, Rubbia, Carlo, Tian, W H, Li, X, ...
Argon purification in the liquid phase (1993)
Benetti, P, Bettini, A, Calligarich, E, Casagrande, Federico, Casoli, P, Cavanna, F, ...
A three ton liquid argon time projection chamber (1993)
Benetti, P, Bettini, A, Calligarich, E, Casagrande, Federico, Casoli, P, Cavanna, F, ...
The ICARUS liquid argon TPC: a new detector for $\nu_{\tau}$ search (1992)
Benetti, P, Calligarich, E, Dolfini, R, Gigli-Berzolari, A, Mauri, F, Montanari, C, ...