A Wide-Field Survey of the Orion Nebula Cluster in the Near-Infrared (2009)
Robberto, M., Soderblom, D. R., Scandariato, G., Smith, K., Da Rio, N., Pagano, I., ...
We present J, H and K photometry of the Orion Nebula Cluster obtained at the CTIO/Blanco 4 m telescope in Cerro Tololo with the ISPI imager. From the observations we have assembled a catalog of about...
reprint of the 1995 original. [353] (2009)
Ad S. Abeasis, A. Del Fra, Adk S. Abeasis, A. Del Fra, H. Kraft, Ab Valery Alexeev, ...
Numbers in square brackets at the end of each entry indicate the pages in the
$\beta$-Decay Half-Life of the $rp$-Process Waiting Point Nuclide $^{84}$Mo (2009)
Stoker, J. B., Mantica, P. F., Bazin, D., Becerril, A., Berryman, J. S., Crawford, H. L., ...
A half-life of 2.2 $\pm$ 0.2 s has been deduced for the ground-state $\beta$ decay of $^{84}$Mo, more than 1$\sigma$ shorter than the previously adopted value. $^{84}$Mo is an even-even N = Z nucleus...
Mini-clinical evaluation exercise in anaesthesia training (2009)
Weller, J. M., Jolly, B., Misur, M. P., Merry, A. F., Jones, A., Crossley, J. G. M, ...
Background The Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) is a workplace-based assessment tool of potential value in anaesthesia to assess and improve clinical performance. Its reliability and...
Improving Risk Grouping Rules for Prostate Cancer Patients with Optimization (2008)
L. Churilov, A. M. Bagirov, D. Schwartz, K. Smith, M. Dally
Data mining techniques provide a popular and powerful toolset to address both clinical and management issues in the area of health care. This paper describes the study of assigning prostate cancer...
72 Multiservice Ethernet access (2008)
P Gunning, M Wilkinson, L Rragami, S Semnani, K Smith
Ethernet is evolving from its origins in the local area network into a cost-effective and reliable wide area network technology. Market research shows that business customers are moving away from...
D. Rambo, Dr. Yogendra Joshi Advisor, M. Jeter, K. Smith, ...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my advisor, Professor Yogendra Joshi, for his support and guidance during my doctoral studies. I am grateful for his insight and career advice, but most of all...
Summary Improving Hydrographic Information Zones of Confidence (ZOC) for New Zealand (2008)
Information New Zealand (LINZ) to assess and assign Zones of Confidence (ZOCs) to all hydrographic surveys incorporated within 138 hydrographic charts of New Zealand. The project required each...
Freeman, J., Collier, S., Staniforth, D., Smith, K.
BACKGROUND: Statistics is relevant to students and practitioners in medicine and health sciences and is increasingly taught as part of the medical curriculum. However, it is common for students to...
X-ray properties of protostars in the Orion Nebula (2008)
Prisinzano, L., Micela, G., Flaccomio, E., Stauffer, J. R., Megeath, T., Rebull, L., ...
The origin and evolution of the X-ray emission in very young stellar objects (YSOs) are not yet well understood because it is very hard to observe YSOs in the protostellar phase. Using COUP data, we...
Fridlund, B, Martensson, J, Jaarsma, T, ...
Astrophysical Parameter Estimation for Gaia using Machine Learning Algorithms (2008)
Gaia is the next astrometric mission from ESA and will measure objects up to a magnitude of about G=20. Depending on the kind of object (which will be determined automatically because Gaia does not...
Automated classification of Gaia sources (2008)
Smith, K., Tiede, C., Elting, C.
Gaia is the next generation astrometric mission from ESA, due to launch in 2011. It will survey the entire sky down to a magnitude of approximately V=20, detecting about one billion stars, or about...
Diagnosis of cystic fibrosis by sweat testing: Age-specific reference intervals (2008)
Mishra, A, Greaves, R, Smith, K, Carlin, J, Wootton, A, Stirling, R, ...
Objective: To develop reference intervals (RIs) for sweat chloride and sodium in healthy children, adolescents, and adults. Study design: Healthy, unrelated subjects aged from 5 to >50 years and...
Pharyngeal pressure with high-flow nasal cannulae in premature infants (2008)
Wilkinson, D. J., Andersen, Chad Campion, Smith, K., Holberton, J.
D J Wilkinson, C C Andersen, K Smith and J Holberton
Pharyngeal pressure with high-flow nasal cannulae in premature infants (2008)
Wilkinson, D. J., Andersen, Chad Campion, Smith, K., Holberton, J.
D J Wilkinson, C C Andersen, K Smith and J Holberton
Rhodes, L, Smith, K, De Salas, MF
The dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum was first observed in New Zealand at Manukau Harbour on the west coast of the North Island in May 2000. At that time, a strong correlation was evident between...
Borer Janos And, K. Borer, S. Janos, B. Dezillie B, Z. Li B, ...
The charge collection efficiency (CCE) of heavily irradiated silicon diode detectors was investigated at temperatures between 77 and 200 K. The CCE was found to depend on the radiation dose, bias...
RD39 STATUS REPORT RD39 Collaboration (2007)
Borer Janos And, K. Borer, S. Janos, K. Pretzl, B. Dezillie, Z. Li, ...
this report are given as NIEL equivalent of 1 MeV neutrons (n/cm
Irradiated Silicon Detectors Operated At Cryogenic Temperature: The Lazarus Effect. (2007)
Granata Bell Berglund, S. Buontempo, L. Casagr, V. Cindro, S. Chapuy, C. Da Viá, ...
An increasing interest in the behaviour of silicon detectors at cryogenic temperatures has been awakened by the discovery of the so-called Lazarus effect, namely the recovery of Charge Collection...
K. Smith, Hongyan Zhu, Wolfgang Ulrich
Solutions of an axisymmetric version of the minimal three-dimensional numerical model of a tropical cyclone developed by Zhu # # ## # are described. Vortex evolution is similar in the two models...
RHIC Low-Energy Challenges and Plans (2007)
Satogata, T., Ahrens, L., Bai, M., Brennan, J. M., Bruno, D., Butler, J., ...
There is significant interest in RHIC heavy ion collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=$5--50 GeV, motivated by a search for the QCD phase transition critical point. The lowest energies for this search are...
Smith, K., Jones, S. C., Algie, J.
In recent years there have been widespread media campaigns directed at communicating to young people the potential risks associated with excessive alcohol consumption and smoking. Increasingly, these...
Barr, D.B., Leng, G., Berger-Preiß, E., Weerasekera, G., Gries, W., ...
The objective of our study was to compare three vastly different analytical methods for measuring urinary metabolites of pyrethroid and pyrethrum insecticides to determine whether they could produce...
Audio-Visual Processing in Meetings: Seven Questions and Current AMI Answers (2007)
Al-Hamas, M., Hain, T., Cernocky, J., Schreiber, S., Poel, M., Müller, R., ...
The project Augmented Multi-party Interaction (AMI) is concerned with the development of meeting browsers and remote meeting assistants for instrumented meeting rooms – and the required component...
Smith, K., Jones, S. C., Algie, J.
In recent years there have been widespread media campaigns directed at communicating to young people the potential risks associated with excessive alcohol consumption and smoking. Increasingly, these...
Rhodes, L, Smith, K, De Salas, MF
The dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum was first observed in New Zealand at Manukau Harbour on the west coast of the North Island in May 2000. At that time, a strong correlation was evident between...
Heart failure management programmes in Europe (2006)
Strömberg, A, Fridlund, B, Heikkila, J, Mårtensson, J, ...
BACKGROUND: The ESC guidelines recommend that an organised system of specialist heart failure (HF) care should be established to improve outcomes of HF patients. The aim of this study was therefore...
I've had to swallow my pride: help seeking and self-esteem (2006)
Clegg, S., Bradley, S., Smith, K.
One of the paradoxes confronting higher education teachers and other staff supporting students is that despite their perception that they offer students opportunities for support, students do not...
Norekväl, T, Fridlund, B, Haikkilä, J, ...
Fridlund, B, Heikkila, J, Jaarsma, T, ...
Nurse specialists in adult congenital heart disease: the current status in Europe (2006)
Fridlund, B, Heikkila, J, Jaarsma, T, ...
AIM: Recommendations for the management of adults with congenital heart disease indicate that specialist referral centres should employ nurse specialists who are trained and educated in the care for...
Report of the equine herpesvirus-1 Havermeyer Workshop, San Gimignano, Tuscany, June 2004 (2006)
SLATER, JD, LUNN, DP, HOROHOV, DW, ANTCZAK, DF, BABIUK, L, BREATHNACH, C, ...
Nurse specialists in adult congenital heart disease: The current status in Europe (2006)
Moons, P., De Geest, S., Fridlund, B., Heikkila, J., Jaarsma, T., ...
Heart failure management programmes in Europe (2006)
Jaarsma, T., Stromberg, A., De Geest, S., Fridlund, B., Heikkila, J., Martensson, J., ...
Background The ESC guidelines recommend that an organised system of specialist heart failure (HF) care should be established to improve outcomes of HF patients. The aim of this study was therefore to...
Hamilton, A, Robinson, C, Sutcliffe, IC, Slater, J, Maskell, DJ, Davis-Poynter, N, ...
Streptococcus equi is the causative agent of strangles, a prevalent and highly contagious disease of horses. Despite the animal suffering and economic burden associated with strangles, little is...
Moons, P., De Geest, S., Fridlund, B., Heikkila, J., Jaarsma, T., ...
There have been some important reports that some endothelial damage might present even in the case of late after Kawasaki Disease (KD) patients,but clinical evidence or the mechanism for causing the...
Hamilton, A., Robinson, C., Sutcliffe, I.C., Slater, I., Maskell, D.J., Smith, K., ...
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Precision Electroweak Measurements on the Z Resonance (2005)
Schael, S, Barate, R, Brunelière, R, Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, ...
We report on the final electroweak measurements performed with data taken at the Z resonance by the experiments operating at the electron-positron colliders SLC and LEP. The data consist of 17...
The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (2005)
Roming, P. W. A., Kennedy, T. E., Mason, K. O., Nousek, J. A., Ahr, L., Bingham, R. E., ...
The UV/Optical Telescope (UVOT) is one of three instruments flying aboard the Swift Gamma-ray Observatory. It is designed to capture the early (approximately 1 minute) UV and optical photons from the...
Tracking People in Meetings with Particles (2005)
Gatica-Perez, D., Ba, S., Smith, K., Lathoud, G.
Automatic meeting analysis is an emerging research field. In this paper, we present stochastic algorithms for tracking people in multi-sensor meeting rooms, for a number of relevant tasks, including...
Introduction to Mathematics with Maple: Maple 8 and Maple 9 Update (2005)
Adams, P., Smith, K., Vyborny, R.
This publication lists the modifications needed for the book "Introduction to Mathematics with Maple" for newer versions of Maple 8 and Maple 9.
The brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis (2005)
Falk, D., Hildebolt, C., Smith, K., Morwood, M. J., Sutikna, T., Brown, P., ...
The brain of Homo floresiensis was assessed by comparing a virtual endocast from the type specimen (LB1) with endocasts from great apes, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, a human pygmy, a human...
The brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis (2005)
Falk, D., Hildebolt, C., Smith, K., Morwood, M. J., Sutikna, T., Brown, P., ...
The brain of Homo floresiensis was assessed by comparing a virtual endocast from the type specimen (LB1) with endocasts from great apes, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, a human pygmy, a human...
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Costs of emission-reducing manure application (2004)
Huijsmans, J.F.M., Verwijs, B., Rodhe, L., Smith, K.
Favourable economics of handling and application of manure are of fundamental importance to encourage the implementation of emission-reducing application techniques. The economics of manure...
Tracking People in Meetings with Particles (2004)
Gatica-Perez, D., Ba, S., Smith, K., Lathoud, G.
Automatic meeting analysis is an emerging research field. In this paper, we present stochastic algorithms for tracking people in multi-sensor meeting rooms, for a number of relevant tasks, including...
3D detectors - a new direction for Medipix (2004)
Wright, V.A., Blue, A., Horn, M., Johnston, I., Koskiahde, E., Lea, L., ...
The 3D sensor geometry has many advantages over the traditional planar sensor geometry, including improvements in radiation tolerance (Nucl. Instr and Meth. A 509 (2003) 132) and charge collection...
Low-temperature tracking detectors (2004)
Niinikoski, T.O., Abreu, M., Anbinderis, P., Anbinderis, T., D'Ambrosio, N., De Boer, W., ...
RD39 collaboration develops new detector techniques for particle trackers, which have to withstand fluences up to 10(16) cm(-2) of high-energy particles. The work focuses on the optimization of...
A new role for primary and secondary prevention in the 21st century: Preventing heart failure (2004)
Groupwise Diffeomorphic Non-rigid Registration for Automatic Model Building (2004)
T. F. Cootes, S. Marsland, C. J. Twining, K. Smith, C.J. Taylor
We describe a framework for registering a group of images together using a set of non-linear di#eomorphic warps. The result of the groupwise registration is an implicit definition of dense...
The impact of new water vapor spectroscopy on satellite retrievals (2003)
Maurellis, A.N., Lang, R., Williams, J.E., Van Der Zande, W.J., Smith, K., Tennyson, J., ...
Water vapor, arguably the most important trace gas constituent of Earth atmospheric physics, is also both a retrieval goal and a hindrance in the retrievals of other trace gases from nadir-measuring...
Recent progress in low-temperature silicon detectors (2003)
Abreu, M., D'Ambrosio, N., Bell, W., Berglund, P., Borchi, E., De Boer, W., ...
The CERN RD39 Collaboration studies the possibility to extend the detector lifetime in a hostile radiation environment by operating them at low temperatures. The outstanding illustration is the...
A new pixel sensor for uniformity control in ion implantation (2003)
Marchal, J., Al Ajili, A., Scott, J., Doak, D., Abdalla, M., Gwilliam, R., ...
The constantly growing research activities based on ion beams require an increasing precision in the control of the different ion beam parameters, such as beam uniformity and intensity. This paper...
Verbitskaya, E., Abreu, M., Anbinderis, P., Anbinderis, T., D'Ambrosio, N., De Boer, W., ...
The recovery of the charge collection efficiency (CCE) at low temperatures, the so-called "Lazarus effect", was studied in Si detectors irradiated by fast reactor neutrons, by protons of medium and...
A new dimension to semiconductor detectors in high-energy physics and medical imaging (2003)
Wright, V., Davidson, D., Mathieson, K., O'Shea, V., Pellegrini, G., Roy, P., ...
The search for new semiconductor detectors has led to interesting developments in recent years. As well as progress in the use of new materials, novel geometries have been tried. One idea being...
S-phase checkpoint controls mitosis via an APC-independent Cdc20p function (2003)
Clarke, D. J., Segal, M., Andrews, C. A., Rudyak, S. G., Jensen, S., Smith, K., ...
Oncology health care professionals' attitudes to cancer: a professional concern (2003)
Kearney, N., Miller, M., Paul, J., Smith, K., Rice, A. M.
Background: Despite the known benefits of screening, early detection and advances in treatment modalities, negative attitudes to cancer persist among health care professionals, and cancer remains the...
Fridlund, B, Heikkilä, J, Jaarsma, T, Martinsson, J, ...
The working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing is actively involved in international research though the UNITE (Undertaking Nursing Research Throughout Europe) research program, a new initiative for the...
The genome of M-acetivorans reveals extensive metabolic and physiological diversity (2002)
Galagan, J. E., Nusbaum, C., Roy, A., Endrizzi, M. G., Macdonald, P., FitzHugh, W., ...
Teaching exposure-based therapies using virtual reality techniques (2002)
Gilroy, L, Kirkby, KC, Daniels, BA, Pavic, YN, Heading, KD, Dewis, LM, ...
Performance of an energy resolving X-ray pixel detector (2002)
Bates, R., Derbyshire, G., Gannon, W.J.F., Iles, G., Lowe, B., Mathieson, K., ...
We have built a back-illuminated, silicon X-ray detector with 16 x 16 pixels. This is bump-bonded to an integrated circuit containing a corresponding array of pre-amplifiers. The bump- bonded unit is...
Radiation hard cryogenic silicon detectors (2002)
Casagrande, L., Abreu, M.C., Bell, W.H., Berglund, P., De Boer, W., Borchi, E., ...
It has been recently observed that heavily irradiated silicon detectors, no longer functional at room temperature, "resuscitate" when operated at temperatures below 130 K. This is often referred to...
Radiation hardness of cryogenic silicon detectors (2002)
Niinikoski, T.O., Abreu, M., Bell, W., Berglund, P., De Boer, W., Borchi, E., ...
We shall review test results which show that silicon detectors can withstand at 130 K temperature a fluence of 2 x 10(15)cm(- 2) of 1 MeV neutrons, which is about 10 times higher than the fluence...
Silicon detectors irradiated "in situ" at cryogenic temperatures (2002)
Ruggiero, G., Abreu, M., Bell, W., Berglund, P., De Boer, W., Borer, K., ...
Though several studies have proved the radiation tolerance of silicon detectors at cryogenic temperatures, following room temperature irradiation, no previous investigation has studied the behaviour...
Characterisation of semiconductor materials for ionising radiation detectors (2002)
Vaitkus, J., Gaubas, E., Jasinskaite, R., Juska, G., Kazukauskas, V., Puras, R., ...
Methods for the detection and characterisation of semiconductor material parameters and inhomogeneities are analysed. The peculiarities of different "classical" material and structure...
Verbitskaya, E., Abreu, M., Bartsch, V., Bell, W., Berglund, P., Bol, J., ...
We present a study of the modeling of the electric field distribution, which is controlled by injection and trapping of nonequilibrium carriers, in Si detectors irradiated by high neutron fluences....
Language evolution in a multi-agent model: the cultural emergence of compositional structure (2002)
K. Smith, H. Brighton, S. Kirby
Language arises from the interaction of three complex adaptive systems | biological evolution, learning, and culture. We focus here on cultural evolution, and present a multi-agent Iterated Learning...
Thompson, D. R., De Geest, S., Fridlund, B., Heikkilä, J., Jaarsma, T., Mârtinson, J., ...
Background. Cardiac nurses play a key role in coronary heart disease (CHD) prevention, health promotion and education. Thus, one would expect that nurses would have a heightened awareness of the need...
M. Durlam, P. Naji, A. Omair, M. Deherrera, J. Calder, J. M. Slaughter, ...
• Cu metal interconnect
HFE mutations in an inflammatory arthritis population (2002)
Willis, G., Scott, D. G. I., Jennings, B. A., Smith, K., Bukhari, M., Wimperis, J. Z.
Objectives. To determine the value of screening patients with inflammatory arthritis for haemochromatosis‐associated mutations in the HFE gene. Methods. We screened 1000 patients with...
Charge collection efficiency of an irradiated cryogenic double- p silicon detector (2001)
Borer, K., Janos, S., Li, Z., Dezillie, B., Da Via, C., Granata, V., ...
We present results on the measurement of the charge collection efficiency of a p(+) /n/p(+) silicon detector irradiated to 1 x 10(15) n/cm(2), Operated in the temperature range between 80 and 200 K....
Potential of thick GaAs epitaxial layers for pixel detectors (2001)
Bourgoin, J.C., De Angelis, N., Smith, K., Bates, R., Whitehill, C., Meikle, A.
It is now recognised that X-ray imaging, in particular for medical applications, could be achieved using GaAs detectors provided that epitaxial layers of large enough thickness, and low enough doping...
Review on the development of cryogenic silicon detectors (2001)
Casagrande, L., Abreu, M.C., Bell, W.H., Berglund, P., De Boer, W., Borer, K., ...
In this paper, we report on the performance of heavily irradiated silicon detectors operated at cryogenic temperatures. The results discussed here show that cryogenic operation indeed represents a...
Cryogenic technology for tracking detectors (2001)
Granata, V., Da Via, C., Watts, S., Borer, K., Janos, S., Pretzl, K., ...
A low-mass cryogenic cooling technique for silicon sensor modules has been developed in the framework of the RD39 Collaboration at CERN. A prototype low-mass beam tracker cryostat has been designed,...
320x240 GaAs pixel detectors with improved X-ray imaging quality (2001)
Irsigler, R., Andersson, J., Alverbro, J., Fakoor-Biniaz, Z., Frojdh, C., Helander, P., ...
We report on gain and offset corrections for GaAs X-ray pixel detectors, which were hybridised to silicon CMOS readout integrated circuits (ROICs). The whole detector array contains 320 x 240...
Lindstrom, G., Ahmed, M., Albergo, S., Allport, P., Anderson, D., Andricek, L., ...
This report summarises the final results obtained by the RD48 collaboration. The emphasis is on the more practical aspects directly relevant for LHC applications. The report is based on the...
Radiation hard silicon detectors - developments by the RD48 (ROSE)collaboration (2001)
Lindstrom, G., Ahmed, M., Albergo, S., Allport, P., Anderson, D., Andricek, L., ...
The RD48 (ROSE) collaboration has succeeded to develop radiation hard silicon detectors. capable to withstand the harsh hadron fluences in the tracking areas of LHC experiments. In order to reach...
Photon counting silicon X-ray pixel detector modules (2001)
Seller, P., Derbyshire, G., Hall, G., Iles, G.M., Jorden, A., Murray, P., ...
Modules of a photon counting pixelated silicon X-ray detector have been built and tested, The modules have a uniform pixel size of 150 x 150 mum over a silicon detector of 448 x 64 pixels. The...
Boon, Paul, Watt, PW, Smith, K, Visser, GH
We investigated the effect of day length on mixed protein fractional synthesis rates (K-S) in 14- and 21-d-old Japanese quail (Coturnix c. japonica) habituated to either a long day length, 18 h...
Charge collection efficiency of an irradiated cryogenic double-p silicon detector (2000)
Borer, L, Janos, S, Li, Z, Dezillie, B, Da Vià, C, Granata, V, ...
Measurement of the Z Resonance Parameters at LEP (2000)
Barate, R., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., Lucotte, A., ...
The properties of the Z resonance are measured from the analysis of 4.5 million Z decays into fermion pairs collected with the \Aleph\ detector at L EP. The data are consistent with lepton...
Measurement of the Z Resonance Parameters at LEP (2000)
Barate, R., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., Lucotte, A., ...
The properties of the Z resonance are measured from the analysis of 4.5 million Z decays into fermion pairs collected with the \Aleph\ detector at L EP. The data are consistent with lepton...
Measurement of the Z Resonance Parameters at LEP (2000)
Barate, R., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., Lucotte, A., ...
The properties of the Z resonance are measured from the analysis of 4.5 million Z decays into fermion pairs collected with the \Aleph\ detector at L EP. The data are consistent with lepton...
Measurement of the Z resonance parameters at LEP (2000)
Barate, R., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., Lucotte, A., ...
The properties of the Z resonance are measured from the analysis of 4.5 million Z decays into fermion pairs collected with the ALEPII detector at LEP. The data are consistent with lepton...
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...
Borer, K., Janos, S., Palmieri, V.G., Dezillie, B., Li, Z., Collins, P., ...
The charge collection efficiency (CCE) of heavily irradiated silicon diode detectors was investigated at temperatures between 77 and 200 K. The CCE was found to depend on the radiation dose, bias...
Cryogenic operation of silicon detectors (2000)
Collins, P., Barnett, I.B.M., Bartalini, P., Bell, W., Berglund, P., De Boer, W., ...
This paper reports on measurements at cryogenic temperatures of a silicon microstrip detector irradiated with 24 GeV protons to a fluence of 3.5 x 10(14) p/cm(2) and of a p-n junction diode detector...
Irradiated silicon detectors operated at cryogenic temperatures: the Lazarus effect (2000)
Granata, V., Bell, W.H., Berglund, P., De Boer, W., Borchi, E., Borer, K., ...
An increasing interest in the behaviour of silicon detectors at cryogenic temperatures has been awakened by the discovery of the so-called Lazarus effect, namely the recovery of charge collection...
Radiation hard position-sensitive cryogenic silicon detectors: the Lazarus effect (2000)
Palmieri, V.G., Abreu, M.C., Bell, W.H., Berglund, P., De Boer, W., Borchi, E., ...
The discovery of the so-called Lazarus effect, namely the recovery of the charge collection efficiency (CCE) of irradiated silicon detectors by means of cryogenic cooling has entailed an increasing...
Photon counting hybrid pixel detector for X-ray imaging (2000)
Seller, P., Derbyshire, G., Hall, G., Iles, G.M., Jorden, A., Murray, P., ...
We have designed and built prototype modules of a large area photon counting hybrid pixel detector. The detector consists of modules each with seven Aladin readout chips solder bump bonded to a...
Oncology healthcare professionals' attitudes toward elderly people (2000)
Kearney, N., Miller, M., Paul, J., Smith, K.
Background: Healthcare professionals are known to be particularly susceptible to ageist stereotyping because of increased exposure to elderly and infirm individuals. Demographic changes resulting in...
Borer, K, Janos, S, Palmieri, V G, Dezillie, B, Li, Z, Collins, P, ...
The charge collection efficiency (CCE) of heavily irradiated silicon diode detectors was investigated at temperatures between 77 and 200 K. The CCE was found to depend on the radiation dose, bias...
Measurement of the Z Resonance Parameters at LEP (1999)
Barate, R, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, Lucotte, A, ...
The properties of the Z resonance are measured from the analysis of 4.5 million Z decays into fermion pairs collected with the \Aleph\ detector at L EP. The data are consistent with lepton...
A brief motivational intervention to improve dietary adherence in adolescents (1999)
Berg-Smith, SM, Stevens, VJ, Brown, KM, Van Horn, L, Gernhofer, N, Peters, E, ...
Motivational interviewing offers health care professionals a potentially effective strategy for increasing a patient's readiness to change health behaviors, Recently, elements of motivational...
Tracking with heavily irradiated silicon detectors operated at cryogenic temperatures (1999)
Casagrande, L, Barnett, B M, Bartalini, P, Bell, W H, Borer, K, Bowcock, T J V, ...
In this work we show that a heavily irradiated double-sided silicon microstrip detector recovers its performance when operated at cryogenic temperatures. A DELPHI microstrip detector, irradiated to a...
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...
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...
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...
Assignment of the human slit homologue SLIT2 to human chromosome band 4p 15.2 (1999)
Georgas, K. M., Burridge, L. M., Smith, K., Holmes, G. P., Chenevix-Trench, G., Ioannou, P. A., ...
Solid Manure in Europe. Results of a survey by the Working group on solid manure of RAMIRAN (1999)
Menzi, H., Pain, B., Smith, K.
An ad-hoc working group of the FAO-network on animal waste management conducted a survey on solid manure management in European countries. The questionnaire sent out to experts in 23 countries...
A brief motivational intervention to improve dietary adherence in adolescents (1999)
Berg-Smith, S. M., Stevens, V. J., Brown, K. M., Van Horn, L., Gernhofer, N., Peters, E., ...
Motivational interviewing offers health care professionals a potentially effective strategy for increasing a patient's readiness to change health behaviors. Recently, elements of motivational...
Smith, K., Fox, S. B., Whitehouse, R., Taylor, M., Greenall, M., Clarke, J., ...
Background: Angiogenesis, the process whereby endothelial cells divide and migrate to form new blood capillaries, has been assessed in tumours by measuring microvessel density. High microvessel...
Study of $D^{0}-\overline{D}^{0}$ mixing and $D^{0}$ doubly-Cabibbo-suppressed decays (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Using a sample of four million hadronic Z events collected in ALEPH from 1991 to 1995, the decays D^{*+} --> D^0 pi_{s}^+, with D^0 decaying to K^- pi^+ or to K^+ pi^-, are studied. The relative br...
Thin scintillating tiles with high light yield for the OPAL endcaps (1998)
Aguillion, G, Anderson, B, Attree, D J, Ball, A H, Bard, R L, Bentvelsen, Stanislaus Cornelius Maria, ...
The forward-backward asymmetry for charm quarks at the Z (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
From this analysis, a value of the effective electroweak mixing angle $\sin^2 \theta^{\mathrm eff}_W = 0.2321 \pm 0.0016$ is extracted.
A measurement of the gluon splitting rate into $b\overline{b}$ pairs in hadronic Z decays (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A measurement of the fraction of hadronic Z decays in which a gluon splits into a $b \bar{b}$ pair, \gbb, is presented using data collected by {\t extsc ALEPH} from 1992 to 1995 at the Z resonance....
Scalar quark searches in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 181-184 GeV (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Jézéquel, S, ...
Searches for scalar top, scalar bottom and degenerate scalar quarks have been performed with data collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP. The data sample consists of 57~$\mathrm{pb}^{-1}$ taken at...
Search for sleptons in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies up to 184 GeV (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Jézéquel, S, ...
The data collected by the ALEPH experiment at LEP at centre-of-mass energies around 183 GeV are analysed to search for sleptons, the partners of leptons in supersymmetric theories. The previously pu...
Barate, R, Abbaneo, D, Affholderbach, K, Ajaltouni, Ziad J, Alemany, R, Aleppo, M, ...
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...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Jézéquel, S, ...
The production of final states involving one or more energetic photons from e+e- collisions is studied in a sample of 58.5 pb-1 of data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of 183 GeV by the ALEPH...
Measurement of the fraction of hadronic Z decays into charm quark pairs (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A measurement of the inclusive $b \rightarrow s \gamma$ branching ratio (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
The flavour changing neutral current decay b -> s gamma has been detected in hadronic Z decays collected by ALEPH at LEP. The signal is isolated in lifetime-tagged b-bbar events by the presence of a...
Determination of $A^{b}_{FB}$ using Jet Charge Measurements in Z Decays (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
An improved measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z-> b b-bar decays is presented, based on a sample of 4.1 million hadronic Z decays collected by Aleph between 1991 and 1995. Data are a...
Observation of doubly-charmed B decays at LEP (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A search for doubly-charmed B decays with both charmed mesons reconstructed is performed, using about 3.8 million hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector at LEP. A clear signal is observed...
Search for evidence of compositeness at LEP I (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
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...
Measurement of the W mass by direct reconstruction in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at 172 GeV (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
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, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
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, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Measurements of the structure of quark and gluon jets in hadronic Z decays (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Starting from a sample of four million hadronic $Z$ decays collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP, 404 charged and neutral $B$ mesons are fully reconstructed and used to look for resonant structure...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
An analysis based on 124000 selected tau pairs recorded by the ALEPH detector at LEP provides the vector (V) and axial-vector (A) spectral functions of hadronic tau decays together with their total...
Study of $B^0_s$ oscillations and lifetime using fully reconstructed $D^-_s$ decays (1998)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A search for B0s oscillations is performed using approximately 4 million Z --> qqbar events collected by the ALEPH experiment during 1991-1995. B0s candidates are partially reconstructed by combining...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Inclusive pi^+/-, K^+/- (p,pbar) production is investigated using data recorded by the ALEPH detector between 1992 and 1994. The momentum spectra and multiplicities are measured separately in Z...
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...
Three-prong $\tau$ decays with charged kaons (1998)
Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...
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...
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...
Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson at the LEP2 Collider near $\sqrt{s}$ = 183GeV (1998)
Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...
Edquist, C., Hommen, L., Johnson, B., Lemola, T., Malerba, F., Reiß, T., ...
This report is written for policticians and policy-makers concerned with innovation policies and policies closely related to this field, e.g. policies dealing with education, R&D, economic growth,...
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...
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...
Three-prong $\tau$ decays with charged kaons (1998)
Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...
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...
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...
Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson at the LEP2 Collider near $\sqrt{s}$ = 183GeV (1998)
Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...
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...
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...
Three-prong $\tau$ decays with charged kaons (1998)
Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J P., ...
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...
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...
Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson at the LEP2 Collider near $\sqrt{s}$ = 183GeV (1998)
Barate, R., Buskulic, D., Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., ...
Biomolecular Computing - A Shape of Computation to Come (1998)
Introduction Biomolecular computing is the computing methodology in which biologically important molecules are used as memory. The `aperiodic' nature of these polymeric molecules makes them...
Databases for Semistructured Data: How Useful Are They? (1998)
L. Seligman, K. Smith, I. Mani, Barbara Gates, Len Seligman, Ken Smith, ...
There is much activity in the database research community on managing semistructured data but little experience to date in applying this research to substantial problems. This paper describes an...
Suppression of the humoral immune response by mycophenolate mofetil (1998)
Smith, K, Isbel, N, Catton, M, Leydon, J, Becker, G, Walker, R
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A search for pair-production of supersymmetric particles under the assumption that R-parity is violated via a dominant LLE coupling has been performed using the data collected by ALEPH at...
An upper limit on the $\tau$ neutrino mass from three- and five-prong tau decays (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A bound on the tau neutrino mass is established using the data collected from 1991 to 1995 at Ecm = M(Z) with the ALEPH detector. Two separate limits are derived by fitting the distribution of...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
The data collected at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 130 to 172 GeV by ALEPH at LEP, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 27.5 pb-1, are analysed in a search for pair-produced charged...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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 the b baryon lifetime and branching fractions in Z decays (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Using approximately 4 million hadronic Z decays recorded with the Aleph detector from 1991 through 1995, the lifetime of the b baryon is measured with three independent methods. From the impact...
Updated measurement of the $\tau$ lepton lifetime (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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 the W-pair cross section in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at 172 GeV (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Searches for scalar top and scalar bottom quarks at LEP2 (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Three-prong $\tau$ decays with charged kaons (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Final states with charged kaons in three-prong $\tau$ decays are studied by exploiting the particle identification from the dE/dx measurement. The results are based on a sample of about $1.6\times...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Search for sleptons in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV and 172 GeV (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Measurement of the transverse spin correlations in the decay $Z \rightarrow \tau^+\tau^-$ (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Search for pair-production of long-lived heavy charged particles in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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 the $B_{c}$ meson in hadronic Z decays (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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 branching fraction for $D^{0} \rightarrow K^{-}\pi^{+}$ (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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, Damir, Décamp, 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...
A Measurement of $R_b$ using Mutually Exclusive Tags (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A measurement of $R_b$ using five mutually exclusive hemisphere tags has been pe rformed by ALEPH using the full LEP1 statistics. Three tags are designed to sele ct the decay of the $Z^0$ to $b$...
Measurement of the spectral functions of vector current hadronic $\tau$ decays (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A measurement of the spectral functions of non-strange tau vector current final states is presented, using 124,358 tau pairs recorded by the ALEPH detector at LEP during the years 1991 to 1994. The...
Measurement of the $\tau$ Lepton Lifetime with the Three-dimensional Impact Parameter Method (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
The total cross section and the forward-backward asymmetry for the process $e^+ e^- \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^- (n \gamma)$ are measured in the energy range 20-136 GeV by reconstructing the effective...
A measurement of the QCD colour factors and a limit on the light gluino (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Using data collected from 1992 to 1995 with the ALEPH detector at LEP, a measurement of the colour factor ratios CA/CF and TF/CF and the strong coupling constant $\overline{\alpha}_s = CF...
The topology dependence of charged particle multiplicities in three-jet events (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A study of individual jet and whole-event charged particle multiplicities in three-jet events measured in e+e- annihilation at the Z reveals a significant topology dependence. Mean jet multiplicities...
Studies of quantum chromodynamics with the ALEPH detector (1997)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Previously published and as yet unpublished QCD results obtained with the ALEPH detector at LEP1 are presented. The unprecedented statistics allows detailed studies of both perturbative and...
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...
Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., Lucotte, A., Minard, M.N., ...
The total cross section and the forward-backward asymmetry for the process $e^+ e^- \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^- (n \gamma)$ are measured in the energy range 20-136 GeV by reconstructing the effective...
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:...
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...
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...
Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., Lucotte, A., Minard, M.N., ...
The total cross section and the forward-backward asymmetry for the process $e^+ e^- \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^- (n \gamma)$ are measured in the energy range 20-136 GeV by reconstructing the effective...
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...
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...
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...
Decamp, D., Ghez, P., Goy, C., Lees, J.P., Lucotte, A., Minard, M.N., ...
The total cross section and the forward-backward asymmetry for the process $e^+ e^- \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^- (n \gamma)$ are measured in the energy range 20-136 GeV by reconstructing the effective...
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...
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...
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...
Inclusive Production of Neutral Pions in Hadronic Z Decays (1996)
Barate, R, Buskulic, Damir, Décamp, 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...
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Two samples of exclusive semileptonic decays, 579 B0->D*+l-nu events and 261 B0->D+l-nu events, are selected from approximately 3.9 million hadronic Z decays collected by the ALEPH detector at LEP....
Charm counting in b decays (1996)
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
The inclusive production of charmed particles in Z -> bb decays has been measured from the yield of D^0, D^+, D^+_s and Lambda_{c}^+ decays in a sample of qq events with high b purity collected with...
A study of tau decays involving eta and omega mesons (1996)
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, 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:...
Observation of charmless hadronic B decays (1996)
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Four candidates for charmless hadronic B decay are observed in a data sample of four million hadronic Z decays recorded by the {\sc aleph} detector at {\sc lep} . The probability that these events...
Production of orbitally excited charm mesons in semileptonic B decays (1996)
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Transverse Momentum Correlations in Hadronic Z decays (1996)
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, 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 Excited Leptons at 130 - 140 GeV (1996)
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A search for the radiative decay of excited charged leptons, $\ls$, and for radiative and weak decays of excited electron neutrinos, $\nu_e^*$, is performed, using the 5.8~$\ipb$ of data collected by...
Four fermion production in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV (1996)
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Four-fermion events have been selected in a data sample of 5.8 pb**-1 collected with the ALEPH detector at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV. The final states l^+l^- qqbar, l^+l^-l^+l^-,...
Search for charginos and neutralinos with R-parity violation at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130 and 136 GeV (1996)
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Searches for charginos and neutralinos produced in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV have been performed under the assumptions that R-parity is not conserved, that the...
Mass limit for the lightest neutralino (1996)
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
Indirect limits on the mass of the lightest neutralino are derived from the results of searches for charginos, neutralinos, and sleptons performed with data taken by the ALEPH Collaboration at...
Strange b baryon production and lifetime in Z decays (1996)
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
In a data sample of approximately four million hadronic Z decays recorded with the ALEPH detector from 1990 to 1995, a search for the strange b baryon Xi_b is performed with a study of Xi-lepton...
Buskulic, Damir, De Bonis, I, Décamp, D, Ghez, P, Goy, C, Lees, J P, ...
A search for pair production of new heavy leptons has been performed assuming different scenarios for the mixing of the new particles with Standard Model leptons. No candidate events were found in a...