Brennan, J, Edmunds, R, Houston, M, Jary, D, Lebeau, Y, Osborne, M, ...
What is learned in universities today? Is it what students expect to learn? Is it what universities say they learn? How far do the answers to questions such as these differ according to what, where...
Brennan, J, Edmunds, R, Houston, M, Jary, D, Lebeau, Y, Little, B, ...
This project was intended to increase our understanding of the learning outcomes of an increasingly diverse higher education system via an examination of the conceptions of learning, and of...
A precise measurement of the $\tau$ lepton lifetime (2007)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
The tau lepton lifetime has been measured using three different methods with the DELPHI detector. Two measurements of one-prong decays are combined, accounting for correlations, giving a result of...
A cognitive-developmental model of university learning - Working Paper 4 (2007)
The third paper in a series of Working Papers to disseminate information about the SOMUL (Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning) project. The paper describes research instruments...
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
Semileptonic decays B \rightarrow D^{*-} \ell^+ \nu X were selected from a sample of 3.1 million hadronic Z decays collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP. A topological search for semileptonic B...
Search for the $B_c$ meson (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
In a sample of 3.02 million hadronic $Z^o$ decays collected by the DELPHI detector, 270 $J/\psi \into$ \lplm candidates have been selected. A search for fully reconstructed $B_c\upm$ mesons has...
Search for exclusive decays of the $\Lambda_{b}$ baryon and measurement of its mass (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
A search for fully reconstructed \lb beauty baryons is performed using about 3 million Z decays collected with the DELPHI detector at LEP. The analysis relies on the combined use of the accurate...
Rapidity Correlations in $\Lambda$ Baryon and Proton Production in Hadronic Z$^0$ Decays (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
In an analysis of multihadronic events recorded at LEP by DELPHI in the years 1992 through 1994, charged hadrons are identified using the measurement of their energy loss and their Cherenkov angle....
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
A study of the channel $e^{+}e^{-}~\rightarrow~\mu^{+}\mu^{-}\gamma_{\ sc ISR}$, where $\gamma_{\sc ISR}$ is an initial state radiation photon, is presented using data collected by the DELPHI...
Lifetime and production rate of beauty baryons from Z decays (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
First evidence of hard scattering processes in single tagged $\gamma\gamma$ collisions (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
Measurement of $\Delta^{++}$(1232) production in hadronic Z decays (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
A measurement of the \Delta^{++}(1232) inclusive production in hadronic decays of the Z at LEP is presented, based on 1.3 million hadronic events collected~ by the DELPHI~ detector in the 1994 LEP...
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
The DELPHI collaboration has searched for lepton flavour violating decays \tau \rightarrow \mu \gamma and \tau \rightarrow e \gamma using a data sample of about 70~pb^{-1} of integrated luminosity...
A measurement of the $\tau$ leptonic branching fractions (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
A sample of 25000 \Z\rightarrow\tt events collected by the DELPHI experiment at LEP in 1991 and 1992 is used to measure the leptonic branching fractions of the \tau lepton. The results are B(\TEL) =...
B$*$ production in Z decays (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
Lifetime of charged and neutral B hadrons using event topology (2006)
Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., Alekseev, G D., ...
Production of strange B-baryons decaying into $\Xi^{\mp}$ - l$^{\mp}$ pairs at LEP (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
Study of prompt photon production in hadronic Z$^{0}$ decays (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
An upper limit for $Br(Z^0 \rightarrow ggg)$ from Symmetric 3-jet $Z^0$ Hadronic Decays (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
An upper limit for $BR(Z^0\rightarrow3g)$ is obtained from a correlation method, which distinguishes statistically between quark and gluon jets by using the difference in their charged particle...
Charged particle multiplicity in $e^+e^-$ interactions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130 GeV (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
From the data collected by DELPHI at LEP in autumn 1995, the multiplicity of charged particles at a hadronic energy of 130 GeV has been measured to be n_{ch} = 23.84 \pm 0.51 (stat) \pm 0.52 (syst)....
Determination of the average lifetime of b-baryons (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
The average lifetime of b-baryons has been studied using 3 \times 10^6 hadronic Z^0 decays collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP. Three methods have been used, based on the measurement of different...
Energy dependence of the differences between the quark and gluon jet fragmentation (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
Three jet events arising from decays of the Z boson, collected by the DELPHI detector, were used to measure differences in quark and gluon fragmentation. Gluon jets were anti-tagged by identifying b...
First measurement of f'$_{2}$(1525) production in Z$^{0}$ hadronic decays (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
Inclusive production of the f'_{2}(1525) in hadronic Z^{0} decays has been studied in data collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP. The Ring Imaging Cherenkov detectors were important tools in the...
First study of the interference between initial and final state radiation at the Z resonance (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
The interference between initial and final state radiation in the process \eemm\ at $\sqs \approx \MZ$ has been studied by measuring the forward-backward asymmetry as a function of the acoplanarity...
Kaon interference in the hadronic decays of the Z$^{0}$ (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Aleksan, R., Alekseev, G D., ...
The first measurement of like-sign charged kaon correlations in hadronic decays of the Z$^0$ is presented, based on data collected by the DELPHI detector. The charged kaons are identified by means of...
Mean lifetime of the b$^{0}_{s}$ meson (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Aleksan, R., Alekseev, G D., ...
This paper presents an update of the measurement of the mean lifetime of the B^0_s meson. Combining D_s - \ell, D_s-h, \phi - \ell and inclusive D_s final states from the 3.2 million hadronic \Zz...
Measurement of the B$^{0}_{d}$ oscillation frequency using kaons leptons and jet charge (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
A measurement of the mass difference, \Delta m_d, between the two physical \mbox{B}^0_d states has been obtained from the analysis of the impact parameter distribution of a lepton emitted at large...
Performance of the DELPHI detector (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
DELPHI (DEtector with Lepton, Photon and Hadron Identification) is a detector for e^+e^- physics, designed to provide high granularity over a 4\pi solid angle, allowing an effective particle...
Search for anomalous production of single photons at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130 and 136 GeV (2006)
Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., Alekseev, G D., ...
This letter reports the results of the measurement of single photon production in the reaction $e^+e^- \rightarrow \gamma +$ invisible particles at centre-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s}=$~130 and 136 GeV...
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
A search for high mass photon pairs from the processes ${\mathrm e}^+ {\mathrm e}^- \to \ell^+ \ell^- \gamma \gamma\ $, ${\mathrm e}^+ {\mathrm e}^- \to {\mathrm \nu} \overline {\mathrm \nu} \gamma...
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., ...
Using data accumulated by DELPHI during the November 1995 LEP run at 130~GeV -- 136~GeV, searches have been made for events with jets or leptons in conjunction with missing momentum. The results are...
Search for pair production of heavy objects in 4-jets events at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-136 GeV (2006)
Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
Results are presented of a search for pair production of heavy objects decaying into four hadronic jets, as expected for example from associated or pair production of MSSM Higgs bosons, \hA ~or \HH,...
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Adzic, P., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., ...
In 1996 LEP ran at a centre-of-mass energy of 161~GeV, just above the threshold of W-pair production. DELPHI accumulated data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $9.93 {\mathrm{~pb^{-1}}}$,...
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
A search for stable or long-lived heavy charged particles in $e^+e^-$ interactions at energies of 130-136, 161 and 172 GeV has been performed using the data taken by the DELPHI experiment at LEP. The...
A Measurement of $\alpha_s$ from the scaling violation in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
The hadronic fragmentation functions of the various quark flavours and of gluons are measured in a study of the inclusive hadron production from $\zz$ decays with the DELPHI detector and are compared...
Identified particles in quark and gluon jets (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
A sample of about 1.4 million hadronic \z decays, selected among the data recorded by the DELPHI detector at LEP during 1994, was used to measure for the first time the momentum spectra of \kp, \ko,...
Search for Neutral Heavy Leptons Produced in Z Decays (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
Weak isosinglet Neutral Heavy Leptons ($\nu_m$) have been searched for using data collected by the DELPHI detector corresponding to $3.3\times 10^{6}$ hadronic~Z$^{0}$ decays at LEP1. Four separate...
The highs and lows of learning to be a children's nurse (2006)
Glasper, E.A., Richardson, J., Whiting, M.
Aim: This study investigates student nurses' perceptions of the process of undergoing a programme of education leading to registration as a children's nurse. Method: Three groups of students (n=14,...
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
Production of $\Sigma^{0}$ and $\Omega^{-}$ in Z decays (2006)
Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., Alekseev, G D., ...
Reconstructed \lam\ baryon decays and photon conversions in DELPHI are used to measure the \sig\ production rate from hadronic Z^0 decays at LEP. The number of \sig\ decays per hadronic Z decay is...
Measurement of the transverse spin correlation in $Z \to \tau^+\tau^-$ decays (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
The measurement of the correlation between the transverse spin components of $\tau^+\tau^-$ pairs collected during 1992 to 1994 with the DELPHI detector at LEP1 is presented. A value \begin{center}...
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
An inclusive measurement of the average multiplicity of $b \bar b$ pairs from gluons, \gb, in hadronic $Z^0$ events collected by the DELPHI experiment at LEP, is presented. A counting technique,...
Search for Lepton Flavour Number violating Z$^0$-Decays (2006)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Ajinenko, I., Alekseev, G D., Alemany, R., ...
A search for lepton flavour number violating $Z^0$ decays in the channels \begin{center} $Z^0\rightarrow \mu\tau$,\\ $Z^0\rightarrow e\tau$, \\ $Z^0\rightarrow e\mu$, \\ \end{center} using the DELPHI...
Andersen, D.F., Bryson, J., Richardson, J., Ackermann, F., Eden, C., Finn, C.B.
Working periodically between 1995 and 2005, a team of scholar-practitioners involved in related streams of strategic management and systems thinking developed a series of conceptual maps that...
Learning as cognitive development (2005)
The Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning (SOMUL) project is premised on the assumption that students in higher education undergo a process of intellectual development during the...
The ATLAS silicon pixel sensors (2005)
Alam, M S., Ciocio, A., Einsweiler, K., Emes, J., Gilchriese, M G D., Joshi, A., ...
Prototype sensors for the ATLAS silicon pixel detector have been developed. The design of the sensors is guided by the need to operate them in the severe LHC radiation environment at up to several...
A measurement of Lorentz angle and spatial resolution of radiation hard silicon pixel sensors (2005)
Gorelov, I., Gorfine, G., Hoeferkamp, M., Seidel, S C., Ciocio, A., Einsweiler, K., ...
Silicon pixel sensors developed by the ATLAS collaboration to meet LHC requirements and to withstand hadronic irradiation to fluences of up to $10^{15} n_eq/cm^{2}$ have been evaluated using a test...
Business studies: an overview of undergraduate studies in the UK (2005)
This report, which is prepared as part of the SOMUL project, is an overview of Business Studies at undergraduate level in the UK and highlights factors with may differentiate schools across different...
The Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning (SOMUL) - Poster (2004)
Brennan, J, Jary, D, Osborne, M, Richardson, J
This poster describes the rationale and methods of the project The Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning (SOMUL). With a focus on three subject areas, the project will explore...
MCC: the Module Controller Chip for the ATLAS Pixel Detector. (2003)
Beccherle, R, Blanquart, L, Boyd, R, Calvet, D, Comes, G, Darbo, G, ...
In this article we describe the architecture of the Module Controller Chip for the ATLAS Pixel Detector. The project started in 1997 with the definition of the system specifications. A first...
The ATLAS Silicon Pixel Sensors (2003)
Alam, M S, Ciocio, A, Einsweiler, K F, Emes, J, Gilchriese, M G D, Joshi, A, ...
Prototype sensors for the ATLAS silicon pixel detector have been developed. The design of the sensors is guided by the need to operate them in the severe LHC radiation environment at up to several...
A Measurement of Lorentz Angle and Spatial Resolution of Radiation Hard Silicon Pixel Sensors (2003)
Gorelov, I, Gorfine, G W, Hoeferkamp, M, Seidel, S C, Ciocio, A, Einsweiler, Kevin F, ...
Silicon pixel sensors developed by the ATLAS collaboration to meet LHC requirements and to withstand hadronic irradiation to fluences of up to $10^{15} n_eq/cm^{2}$ have been evaluated using a test...
On the generation and evaluation of inferences from single premises. (2003)
Ormerod, T. C., Richardson, J.
A theory of how individuals construct mental models to draw inferences from single premises was tested in three experiments. Experiment 1 confirmed a counterintuitive prediction that it is easier to...
Palaeontology, the biogeohistory of Victoria (2003)
Warne, Mark, Archbold, N., Bock, P., Darragh, T., Dettmann, M., Douglas, J., ...
Palaeontology, the biogeohistory of Victoria (2003)
Warne, Mark, Archbold, N., Bock, P., Darragh, T., Dettmann, M., Douglas, J., ...
The broad-scale distribution of fossils within Victoria is controlled by general global patterns in the biological evolution of life on Earth, the local development and environmental evolution of...
Electrical characteristics of silicon pixel detectors (2002)
Gorelov, I., Gorfine, G., Hoeferkamp, M., Mata-Bruni, V., Santistevan, G., Seidel, S. C., ...
Prototype sensors for the ATLAS silicon pixel detector have been electrically characterized. The current and voltage characteristics, charge-collection efficiencies, and resolutions have been...
Applying adversarial planning techniques to Go (2001)
Willmott, S., Richardson, J., Bundy, A., Levine, J.M.
Approaches to computer game playing based on alpha-beta search of the tree of possible move sequences combined with a position evaluation function have been successful for many games, notably Chess....
Deductive synthesis of recursive plans in linear logic (1999)
Cresswell, S., Smaill, A., Richardson, J.
Linear logic has previously been shown to be suitable for describing and deductively solving planning problems involving conjunction and disjunction. We introduce a recursively defined datatype and a...
Search for excited leptons in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 gev (1999)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Azhinenko, I., Alekseev, G.D., Alemany, R., ...
A search with the DELPHI detector at LEP for excited leptons ($e^*$, $\mu^*$, $\tau^*$ and $\nu^*$) decaying through $\gamma$, W or Z transitions is reported. The data used correspond to an...
Search for new phenomena using single photon events at Lep1 (1999)
Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., ...
Data are presented on the reaction \epem~\into~\gamma + no other detected particle at center-of-mass energies, \sqs = 89.48 GeV, 91.26 GeV and 93.08 GeV. The cross section for this reaction is...