P. Sonderegger

Publication List Details

Period

1966 - 2009

Number

243

Co-Authors

Highlights from NA60 (2009)

De Falco, A., Arnaldi, R., Banicz, K., Borer, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., ...

NA60 measured dimuon production in p-A and In-In collisions at the CERN SPS. This paper presents a high statistics measurement of $\phi$ meson production in In-In collisions at 158 AGeV. Both the...

Contactin-2/TAG-1-directed autoimmunity is identified in multiple sclerosis patients and mediates gray matter pathology in animals (2009)

Derfuss, T., Parikh, K., Velhin, S., Braun, M., Mathey, E., Krumbholz, M., ...

Gray matter pathology is increasingly recognized as an important feature of multiple sclerosis (MS), but the nature of the immune response that targets the gray matter is poorly understood. Starting...

NA60 results on thermal dimuons (2008)

Banicz, K., Borer, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Chen, W., ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS has measured muon pairs with unprecedented precision in 158A GeV In-In collisions. A strong excess of pairs above the known sources is observed in the whole mass...

First results on angular distributions of thermal dileptons in nuclear collisions (2008)

Banicz, K., Borer, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Chen, W., ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS has studied dimuon production in 158A GeV In-In collisions. The strong excess of pairs above the known sources found in the complete mass region 0.2

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Mail Address Iztok, I. Ropotar, F. Antinori, D. Barberis, K. H. Becks, ...

Hybrid assemblies of LHC1 read-out chips and 300 #m thick silicon pixel detectors have been tested with a 120 GeV/c pion beam at the CERN SPS. The equivalent noise charge at the input of the...

RD39 Collaboration (2007)

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...

Highlights from the NA60 experiment (2007)

Ferretti, A., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., ...

The NA60 experiment is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS. It has measured the dimuon yield in Indium--Indium collisions with an In beam of 158 AGeV/c and in p-A collisions with a proton beam...

J/$\psi$ suppression in In-In collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2007)

Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., ...

The NA60 experiment has studied J/$\psi$ production in Indium-Indium collisions at 158 A$\cdot$GeV. In this paper we present an updated set of results obtained with the complete set of available...

NA60 results on the rho spectral function in In-In collisions (2007)

Damjanovic, S, Arnaldi, R, Averbeck, R, Banicz, K, Castor, J, Chaurand, B, ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS has studied low-mass muon pairs in 158 AGeV In-In collisions. A strong excess of pairs is observed above the yield expected from neutral meson decays. After...

$\phi$ meson production in NA60 (2007)

Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Cicalo, C., ...

NA60 is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS which measured dimuon production in nucleus–nucleus and proton–nucleus collisions. The experiment collected muon pair samples of unprecedented...

$\phi$ meson production in NA60 (2007)

Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Cicalo, C., ...

NA60 is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS which measured dimuon production in nucleus–nucleus and proton–nucleus collisions. The experiment collected muon pair samples of unprecedented...

$\phi$ meson production in NA60 (2007)

Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Cicalo, C., ...

NA60 is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS which measured dimuon production in nucleus–nucleus and proton–nucleus collisions. The experiment collected muon pair samples of unprecedented...

psi' production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

psi' production is studied in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon incident momentum. Absolute cross-sections are measured and production rates are investigated as a function of the centrality...

$J/\psi$ and $\psi'$ production and their normal nuclear absorption in proton-nucleus collisions at 400 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

We report a new measurement of J/psi, psi' and Drell-Yan cross-sections, in the kinematical domain $-0.425

Latest results from NA60 (2006)

Förster, A, Arnaldi, R, Forste, A, Averbeck, R, Banicz, K, Castor, J, ...

The NA60 experiment has measured the production of muon pairs and of charged particles in In+In collisions at a beam energy of 158 AGeV. For invariant dimuon masses below the phi the space-time...

$\psi^'$ production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

\psi^' production is studied in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon incident momentum. Absolute cross-sections are measured and production rates are investigated as a function of the centrality...

$J/\psi$ and $\psi'$ production and their normal nuclear absorption inproton-nucleus collisions at 400 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

We report a new measurement of J$/\psi$, $\psi'$ and Drell-Yan cross-sections, in the kinematical domain -0.425 < $Y$cm < 0.575 and -0.5 < cos$\theta$_{CS} < 0.5, performed at the CERN-SPS using 400...

First Measurement of the rho Spectral Function in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions (2006)

Arnaldi, R, Averbeck, R, Banicz, K, Castor, J, Chaurand, B, Cicalò, C, ...

We report on a precision measurement of low-mass muon pairs in 158 AGeV indium-indium collisions at the CERN SPS. A significant excess of pairs is observed above the yield expected from neutral meson...

Bottomonium and Drell-Yan production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV (2006)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

The NA50 Collaboration has measured heavy-quarkonium production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV incident energy (sqrt(s) = 29.1 GeV). We report here results on the production of the Upsilon states and...

NA50 final results on charmonia suppression (2006)

Quintans, C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., ...

The last results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/$\psi$ suppression is observed, which increases with the...

NA50 final results on charmonia suppression (2006)

Quintans, C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., ...

The last results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/$\psi$ suppression is observed, which increases with the...

NA50 final results on charmonia suppression (2006)

Quintans, C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Beolè, S., ...

The last results from the NA50 experiment on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon are presented. A strong J/$\psi$ suppression is observed, which increases with the...

First measurement of the $\rho$ spectral function in nuclear collisions (2005)

Damjanovic, S, Arnaldi, R, Averbeck, R, Banicz, K, Castor, J, Chaurand, B, ...

The NA60 experiment has studied low-mass muon pairs in 158 AGeV Indium-Indium collisions at the CERN SPS. A strong excess of pairs is observed above the expectation from neutral meson decays. The...

Charmonia Production at the CERN/SPS (2005)

Borges, G, Borgesforthe, G, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, ...

We present the final results of experiment NA50 on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 A GeV. A strong increasing suppression is observed with increasing centrality, for both the jpsi...

Charmonia Production at the CERN/SPS (2005)

Borges, G, Borgesforthe, G, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, ...

We present the final results of experiment NA50 on charmonia production in Pb-Pb interactions at 158 A GeV. A strong increasing suppression is observed with increasing centrality, for both the jpsi...

First results from NA60 on low mass muon pair production in In-In collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon (2005)

Damjanovic, S, Arnaldi, R, Averbeck, R, Banicz, K, Borer, K, Buytaert, J, ...

The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS studies dimuon production in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions. The combined information from a novel vertex telescope made of radiation-tolerant...

J/$\psi$ suppression in indium-indium collisions at SPS energies (2005)

Lourenço, C., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Cicalo, C., ...

In 2003, NA60 collected data on dimuon production in indium-indium collisions at 158 GeV per incident nucleon, to study several anomalies previously observed in high-energy heavy-ion collisions at...

Low mass dimuon production in proton-nucleus and indium-indium collisions (2005)

Wöhri, H.K., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., ...

The NA60 experiment studied low-mass dimuon production in proton-nucleus and indium-indium collisions at the CERN SPS. While the p-A data can be well described by a superposition of light neutral...

Intermediate mass dimuon production in indium-indium collisions at the CERN SPS (2005)

Shaoyan, R., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., ...

We present preliminary results on the production of intermediate mass dimuons in 158 A-GeV In-In collisions at the CERN SPS. NA38 and NA50 observed a strong excess in this region in S-U and Pb-Pb...

Intermediate mass dimuon production in indium-indium collisions at the CERN SPS (2005)

Shaoyan, R., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., ...

We present preliminary results on the production of intermediate mass dimuons in 158 A-GeV In-In collisions at the CERN SPS. NA38 and NA50 observed a strong excess in this region in S-U and Pb-Pb...

Low mass dimuon production in proton-nucleus and indium-indium collisions (2005)

Wöhri, H.K., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., ...

The NA60 experiment studied low-mass dimuon production in proton-nucleus and indium-indium collisions at the CERN SPS. While the p-A data can be well described by a superposition of light neutral...

J/$\psi$ suppression in indium-indium collisions at SPS energies (2005)

Lourenço, C., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Cicalo, C., ...

In 2003, NA60 collected data on dimuon production in indium-indium collisions at 158 GeV per incident nucleon, to study several anomalies previously observed in high-energy heavy-ion collisions at...

Intermediate mass dimuon production in indium-indium collisions at the CERN SPS (2005)

Shaoyan, R., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., ...

We present preliminary results on the production of intermediate mass dimuons in 158 A-GeV In-In collisions at the CERN SPS. NA38 and NA50 observed a strong excess in this region in S-U and Pb-Pb...

Low mass dimuon production in proton-nucleus and indium-indium collisions (2005)

Wöhri, H.K., Arnaldi, R., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., ...

The NA60 experiment studied low-mass dimuon production in proton-nucleus and indium-indium collisions at the CERN SPS. While the p-A data can be well described by a superposition of light neutral...

J/$\psi$ suppression in indium-indium collisions at SPS energies (2005)

Lourenço, C., Averbeck, R., Banicz, K., Castor, J., Chaurand, B., Cicalo, C., ...

In 2003, NA60 collected data on dimuon production in indium-indium collisions at 158 GeV per incident nucleon, to study several anomalies previously observed in high-energy heavy-ion collisions at...

A new measurement of $J/\psi$ suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon (2004)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, Boldea, V, ...

We present a new measurement of J/psi production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon, from the data sample collected in year 2000 by the NA50 Collaboration, under improved experimental conditions...

Dimuon production in p-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions : the NA60 experiment (2004)

Arnaldi, R, Averbeck, R, Banicz, K, Borer, K, Buytaert, J, Castor, J, ...

In this paper we present the preliminary results obtained by the NA60 experiment in Indium-Indium collisions at 158 GeV.

Results on $\psi'$ production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at CERN-SPS (2004)

Sitta, M, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Beolè, S, ...

We report results on $\psi'$ production as a function of centrality as measured by experiment NA50, at the CERN/SPS, in Pb-Pb collisions at an incident energy of 158 GeV per nucleon.

The NA60 experiment: results and perspectives (2004)

Heuser, J M, Arnaldi, R, Banicz, K, Borer, K, Buytaert, J, Castor, J I, ...

The NA60 experiment takes place at the SPS at CERN, to study the production of open charm and prompt dimuons in collisions induced by proton and heavy ion beams on nuclear targets. For this task,...

Charmonium production and nuclear absorption in p-A interactions at 450 GeV (2003)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Baglin, C, Baldit, A, ...

The production of J/psi and psi' charmonium states in proton-nucleus interactions has been investigated by the NA50 experiment, at the CERN SPS. High statistics data sets were collected with...

Charmonia and Drell-Yan production in proton-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS (2003)

Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Atayan, M, Baglin, C, Beolè, S, ...

Charmonium production in p-A collisions is a unique tool for the study of the interaction of bound ccbar in nuclear matter. It can provide details on the basic features of the resonance formation...

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...

The effect of charge collection recovery in silicon p-n junction detectors irradiated by different particles (2003)

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...

Pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles as a function of centrality in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 and 40 GeV per nucleon incident energy (2002)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Ataian, M R, Baglin, C, ...

The charged particle distributions $dN_{ch}/d\eta$ have been measured by the NA50 experiment in Pb--Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. Measurements have been done at incident energies of 158 and 40 GeV...

Scaling of charged particle multiplicity in Pb-Pb collisions at SPS energies (2002)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Ataian, M R, Baglin, C, ...

The charged particle multiplicity distribution $dN_{ch}/d\eta$ has been measured by the NA50 experiment in Pb--Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. Measurements were done at incident energies of 40 and 158...

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...

The dependence of the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression on the number of participant nucleons (2001)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Ataian, M R, Baglin, C, ...

The observation of an anomalous \jpsi\ suppression in \mbox{Pb-Pb} collisions by the NA50 collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at...

The dependence of the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression on the number of participant nucleons (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The observation of an anomalous \jpsi\ suppression in \mbox{Pb-Pb} collisions by the NA50 collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at...

Transverse momentum distributions of $J/\psi,\psi'$, Drell-Yan and continuum dimuons produced in Pb-Pb interactions at the SPS (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

Muon pairs produced in Pb-Pb interactions at 158~GeV/$c$ per nucleon are used to study the transverse momentum distributions of the \jpsi, \psip\ and dimuons in the mass continuum. In particular, the...

Analysis of Cell-Cell Contact Mediated by Ig Superfamily Cell Adhesion Molecules (2001)

Sonderegger, P, Kunz, S, Rader, C, Suter, D M, Stoeckli, E T

This unit provides protocols to assay cell-cell adhesion and adhesive-dependent cellular functions mediated by calcium-independent adhesion molecules. These protocols have been developed for neural...

The dependence of the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression on the number of participant nucleons (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The observation of an anomalous \jpsi\ suppression in \mbox{Pb-Pb} collisions by the NA50 collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at...

Transverse momentum distributions of $J/\psi,\psi'$, Drell-Yan and continuum dimuons produced in Pb-Pb interactions at the SPS (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

Muon pairs produced in Pb-Pb interactions at 158~GeV/$c$ per nucleon are used to study the transverse momentum distributions of the \jpsi, \psip\ and dimuons in the mass continuum. In particular, the...

The dependence of the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression on the number of participant nucleons (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The observation of an anomalous \jpsi\ suppression in \mbox{Pb-Pb} collisions by the NA50 collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at...

Transverse momentum distributions of $J/\psi,\psi'$, Drell-Yan and continuum dimuons produced in Pb-Pb interactions at the SPS (2001)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

Muon pairs produced in Pb-Pb interactions at 158~GeV/$c$ per nucleon are used to study the transverse momentum distributions of the \jpsi, \psip\ and dimuons in the mass continuum. In particular, the...

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,...

Transverse momentum distributions of $J/\psi, \psi'$, Drell-Yan and continuum dimuons produced in Pb-Pb interactions at the SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Ataian, M R, Baglin, C, ...

Muon pairs produced in Pb-Pb interactions at 158~GeV/$c$ per nucleon are used to study the transverse momentum distributions of the \jpsi, \psip\ and dimuons in the mass continuum. In particular, the...

Dimuon and charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Astruc, J, Ataian, M R, ...

Muon pair production in \mbox{p-A}, \mbox{S-U} and \mbox{Pb-Pb}collisions has been studied by the NA38 and NA50 collaborations at theCERN SPS. In this paper we present an analysis of the dimuon...

Evidence for Deconfinement of Quarks and Gluons from the $J/\psi$ Suppression Pattern Measured in $Pb-Pb$ Collisions at the CERN SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Ataian, M R, Baglin, C, ...

The analysis of the data collected by the NA50 experiment in 1998, reported in this paper, extends and clarifies the pattern of thepreviously observed \jpsi\ anomalous suppression. This...

Dimuon and charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Muon pair production in \mbox{p-A}, \mbox{S-U} and \mbox{Pb-Pb}collisions has been studied by the NA38 and NA50 collaborations at theCERN SPS. In this paper we present an analysis of the dimuon...

Low mass dimuon production in proton and ion induced interactions at SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The low mass dimuon spectra collected in p-U collisions by the NA38 experiment significantly exceeds the total cross section expected from previous analysis, done by other experiments. The `excess'...

Evidence for deconfinement of quarks and gluons from the $J/psi$ suppression pattern measured in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The analysis of the data collected by the NA50 experiment in 1998, reported in this paper, extends and clarifies the pattern of thepreviously observed \jpsi\ anomalous suppression. This...

Dimuon and charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Muon pair production in \mbox{p-A}, \mbox{S-U} and \mbox{Pb-Pb}collisions has been studied by the NA38 and NA50 collaborations at theCERN SPS. In this paper we present an analysis of the dimuon...

Evidence for deconfinement of quarks and gluons from the $J/psi$ suppression pattern measured in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The analysis of the data collected by the NA50 experiment in 1998, reported in this paper, extends and clarifies the pattern of thepreviously observed \jpsi\ anomalous suppression. This...

Low mass dimuon production in proton and ion induced interactions at SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The low mass dimuon spectra collected in p-U collisions by the NA38 experiment significantly exceeds the total cross section expected from previous analysis, done by other experiments. The `excess'...

Dimuon and charm production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

Muon pair production in \mbox{p-A}, \mbox{S-U} and \mbox{Pb-Pb}collisions has been studied by the NA38 and NA50 collaborations at theCERN SPS. In this paper we present an analysis of the dimuon...

Evidence for deconfinement of quarks and gluons from the $J/psi$ suppression pattern measured in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN-SPS (2000)

Abreu, M.C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., ...

The analysis of the data collected by the NA50 experiment in 1998, reported in this paper, extends and clarifies the pattern of thepreviously observed \jpsi\ anomalous suppression. This...

Low mass dimuon production in proton and ion induced interactions at SPS (2000)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The low mass dimuon spectra collected in p-U collisions by the NA38 experiment significantly exceeds the total cross section expected from previous analysis, done by other experiments. The `excess'...

Charge collection efficiency of irradiated silicon detector operated at cryogenic temperatures (2000)

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...

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...

Charge collection efficiency of irradiated silicon detectors operated at cryogenic temperatures (1999)

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...

Low mass dimuon production in proton and ion induced interactions at SPS (1999)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Astruc, J, Ataian, M R, ...

The low mass dimuon spectra collected in p-U collisions by the NA38 experiment significantly exceeds the total cross section expected from previous analysis, done by other experiments. The `excess'...

$J/\psi$ and $\psi '$ production in p, O and S induced reactions at SPS energies (1999)

Abreu, M C, Astruc, J, Baglin, C, Baldit, A, Bedjidian, Marc, Bordalo, P, ...

The production of the \jpsi\ and \psip\ charmonia states has been studied, through their dimuon decay, in proton, Oxygen and Sulphur induced reactions, by the NA38 experiment at the CERN SPS. The...

Observation of a threshold effect in the anomalous $J/\psi$ suppression (1999)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Astruc, J, Ataian, M R, ...

We report on a search for a phase transition from ordinary nuclear matter to a state of deconfined quarks and gluons as predicted by lattice QCD calculations. A new measurement of charmonium...

Hadronic Shower Development in Iron-Scintillator Tile Calorimetry (1999)

Amaral, P, Amorim, A, Anderson, K, Barreira, G, Benetta, R, Berglund, S, ...

The lateral and longitudinal profiles of hadronic showers detected by a prototype of the ATLAS Iron-Scintillator Tile Hadron Calorimeter have been investigated. This calorimeter uses a unique...

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...

$J/\psi$, $\psi'$ and Drell-Yan production in S-U interactions at 200 GeV per nucleon (1999)

Abreu, M C, Astruc, J, Baglin, C, Baldit, A, Bedjidian, Marc, Bordalo, P, ...

A detailed study of \jpsi, \psip\ and Drell-Yan production in S-U collisions has been performed by experiment NA38 at the CERN SPS. This paper presents production cross sections and their centrality...

Intermediate mass dimuons in NA38/NA50 (1999)

Abreu, M C, Alessandro, B, Alexa, C, Arnaldi, R, Astruc, J, Ataian, M R, ...

The NA38/NA50 experiments have measured, at the CERN SPS, the dimuon production in proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions. In this paper it is shown that the mass continuum between the...

J/$\psi$ and $\psi'$ production in p, O and S induced reactions at SPS energies (1999)

Abreu, M C., Astruc, J., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., ...

The production of the \jpsi\ and \psip\ charmonia states has been studied, through their dimuon decay, in proton, Oxygen and Sulphur induced reactions, by the NA38 experiment at the CERN SPS. The...

J/$\psi$, $\psi'$ and Drell-Yan production in S-U interactions at 200 GeV per nucleon (1999)

Abreu, M C., Astruc, J., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., ...

A detailed study of \jpsi, \psip\ and Drell-Yan production in S-U collisions has been performed by experiment NA38 at the CERN SPS. This paper presents production cross sections and their centrality...

Intermediate mass dimuons in NA38/NA50 (1999)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The NA38/NA50 experiments have measured, at the CERN SPS, the dimuon production in proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions. In this paper it is shown that the mass continuum between the...

J/$\psi$ and $\psi'$ production in p, O and S induced reactions at SPS energies (1999)

Abreu, M C., Astruc, J., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., ...

The production of the \jpsi\ and \psip\ charmonia states has been studied, through their dimuon decay, in proton, Oxygen and Sulphur induced reactions, by the NA38 experiment at the CERN SPS. The...

J/$\psi$, $\psi'$ and Drell-Yan production in S-U interactions at 200 GeV per nucleon (1999)

Abreu, M C., Astruc, J., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., ...

A detailed study of \jpsi, \psip\ and Drell-Yan production in S-U collisions has been performed by experiment NA38 at the CERN SPS. This paper presents production cross sections and their centrality...

Intermediate mass dimuons in NA38/NA50 (1999)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The NA38/NA50 experiments have measured, at the CERN SPS, the dimuon production in proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions. In this paper it is shown that the mass continuum between the...

J/$\psi$ and $\psi'$ production in p, O and S induced reactions at SPS energies (1999)

Abreu, M C., Astruc, J., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., ...

The production of the \jpsi\ and \psip\ charmonia states has been studied, through their dimuon decay, in proton, Oxygen and Sulphur induced reactions, by the NA38 experiment at the CERN SPS. The...

J/$\psi$, $\psi'$ and Drell-Yan production in S-U interactions at 200 GeV per nucleon (1999)

Abreu, M C., Astruc, J., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., ...

A detailed study of \jpsi, \psip\ and Drell-Yan production in S-U collisions has been performed by experiment NA38 at the CERN SPS. This paper presents production cross sections and their centrality...

Intermediate mass dimuons in NA38/NA50 (1999)

Abreu, M C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., ...

The NA38/NA50 experiments have measured, at the CERN SPS, the dimuon production in proton--nucleus and nucleus--nucleus collisions. In this paper it is shown that the mass continuum between the...

Charmonia production in 450 GeV/c proton-induced reactions (1998)

Abreu, M C, Baglin, C, Baldit, A, Bedjidian, Marc, Bordalo, P, Bussière, A, ...

Absolute \jpsi\ and \psip\ production cross sections have been measured at the CERN SPS, with 450~GeV/$c$ protons incident on a set of C, Al, Cu and W targets. Complementing these values with the...

Comprehensive evidence about a narrow $p \overline{p}$ state of mass 2.02 $GeV/c^2$ (1998)

Ferrer, A, Grigorian, A A, Perepelitsa, V F, Sonderegger, P

We report evidence for the existence of a narrow $p\overline{p}$ state with a mass of 2.02 GeV/c$^2$ and a width below 10 MeV/c$^2$ produced in $\pi^+p(\pi^-p)$ interactions at 20(12) GeV/c in six...

Evaluation of Fermi Read-out of the ATLAS Tilecal Prototype (1998)

Agnvall, S, Ajaltouni, Ziad J, Albiol, F, Alifanov, A, Amaral, P, Amelin, D V, ...

Prototypes of the \fermi{} system have been used to read out a prototype of the \atlas{} hadron calorimeter in a beam test at the CERN SPS. The \fermi{} read-out system, using a compressor and a 40...

Evaluation of FERMI read-out of the ATLAS tilecal prototype (1998)

Ajaltouni, Z., Albiol, F., Alifanov, A., Amaral, P., Amelin, D., Amorim, A., ...

Prototypes of the FERMI system have been used to read out a prototype of the ATLAS hadron calorimeter in a beam test at the CERN SPS. The FERMI read-out system, using a compressor and a 40 MHz...

Charmonia production in 450 GeV/$c$ proton induced reactions (1998)

Abreu, M C., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., Bussiere, A., ...

Absolute \jpsi\ and \psip\ production cross sections have been measured at the CERN SPS, with 450~GeV/$c$ protons incident on a set of C, Al, Cu and W targets. Complementing these values with the...

Evaluation of FERMI read-out of the ATLAS tilecal prototype (1998)

Ajaltouni, Z., Albiol, F., Alifanov, A., Amaral, P., Amelin, D., Amorim, A., ...

Prototypes of the FERMI system have been used to read out a prototype of the ATLAS hadron calorimeter in a beam test at the CERN SPS. The FERMI read-out system, using a compressor and a 40 MHz...

Charmonia production in 450 GeV/$c$ proton induced reactions (1998)

Abreu, M C., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., Bussiere, A., ...

Absolute \jpsi\ and \psip\ production cross sections have been measured at the CERN SPS, with 450~GeV/$c$ protons incident on a set of C, Al, Cu and W targets. Complementing these values with the...

Evaluation of FERMI read-out of the ATLAS tilecal prototype (1998)

Ajaltouni, Z., Albiol, F., Alifanov, A., Amaral, P., Amelin, D., Amorim, A., ...

Prototypes of the FERMI system have been used to read out a prototype of the ATLAS hadron calorimeter in a beam test at the CERN SPS. The FERMI read-out system, using a compressor and a 40 MHz...

Charmonia production in 450 GeV/$c$ proton induced reactions (1998)

Abreu, M C., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bedjidian, M., Bordalo, P., Bussiere, A., ...

Absolute \jpsi\ and \psip\ production cross sections have been measured at the CERN SPS, with 450~GeV/$c$ protons incident on a set of C, Al, Cu and W targets. Complementing these values with the...

Response of the ATLAS tile calorimeter prototype to muons (1997)

Ajaltouni, Z., Albiol, F., Alifanov, A., Amaral, P., Amorim, A., Anderson, K.J., ...

A study of high energy muons traversing the ATLAS hadron Tile calorimeter in the barrel region in the energy range between 10 and 300~GeV is presented. Both test beam experimental data and Monte...

A measurement of the energy loss spectrum of 150 GeV muons in iron (1997)

Berger, E., Blair, R., Dawson, J., Fuess, T., Guarino, V., Hill, N., ...

The energy loss spectrum of 150 GeV muons has been measured with a prototype of the ATLAS hadron calorimeter in the H8 beam of the CERN SPS. The differential probability ${\rm {d}}P/{\rm {d}}v$ per...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Response of the ATLAS tile calorimeter prototype to muons (1997)

Ajaltouni, Z., Albiol, F., Alifanov, A., Amaral, P., Amorim, A., Anderson, K.J., ...

A study of high energy muons traversing the ATLAS hadron Tile calorimeter in the barrel region in the energy range between 10 and 300~GeV is presented. Both test beam experimental data and Monte...

A measurement of the energy loss spectrum of 150 GeV muons in iron (1997)

Berger, E., Blair, R., Dawson, J., Fuess, T., Guarino, V., Hill, N., ...

The energy loss spectrum of 150 GeV muons has been measured with a prototype of the ATLAS hadron calorimeter in the H8 beam of the CERN SPS. The differential probability ${\rm {d}}P/{\rm {d}}v$ per...

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

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

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

Response of the ATLAS tile calorimeter prototype to muons (1997)

Ajaltouni, Z., Albiol, F., Alifanov, A., Amaral, P., Amorim, A., Anderson, K.J., ...

A study of high energy muons traversing the ATLAS hadron Tile calorimeter in the barrel region in the energy range between 10 and 300~GeV is presented. Both test beam experimental data and Monte...

A measurement of the energy loss spectrum of 150 GeV muons in iron (1997)

Berger, E., Blair, R., Dawson, J., Fuess, T., Guarino, V., Hill, N., ...

The energy loss spectrum of 150 GeV muons has been measured with a prototype of the ATLAS hadron calorimeter in the H8 beam of the CERN SPS. The differential probability ${\rm {d}}P/{\rm {d}}v$ per...

Response of the ATLAS tile calorimeter prototype to muons (1996)

Ajaltouni, Ziad J, Albiol, F, Alifanov, A, Amaral, P, Amorim, A, Anderson, K J, ...

A study of high energy muons traversing the ATLAS hadron Tile calorimeter in the barrel region in the energy range between 10 and 300~GeV is presented. Both test beam experimental data and Monte...

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

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

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

First observation of strong OZI rule violation in $\pi N$ interactions (1996)

Ferrer, A, Grigorian, A A, Perepelitsa, V F, Sonderegger, P

The data of the CERN WA56 experiment that triggered the fast proton produced in the $\pi^{+}p$ and $\pi^{-}p$ interactions at beam momenta 20 GeV/c and 12 GeV/c, respectively, are used to analyse the...

Confirmation of a soft photon signal in excess of Q.E.D. expectations in $\pi^- p$ interactions at 280 GeV/c (1996)

Belogianni, A, Beusch, Werner, Brodbeck, T J, Evans, D, French, Bernard R, Jacholkowski, A, ...

Photons produced in \pip interactions at 280 GeV/$c$ were detected by reconstructing the $e^+e^-$ pairs produced via the materialisation of the photons in a 1 mm thick lead sheet placed in front of...

A measurement of the energy loss spectrum of 150 GeV muons in iron (1996)

Berger, E, Blair, R, Dawson, J, Fuess, T A, Guarino, V, Hill, N, ...

The energy loss spectrum of 150 GeV muons has been measured with a prototype of the ATLAS hadron calorimeter in the H8 beam of the CERN SPS.\\ The differential probability $dP/dv$ per radiation...

LE SPECTROMETRE Ω (1970)

Sonderegger, P.

Un grand détecteur magnétique à chambres à étincelles est en construction au CERN. Son programme de physique est en voie d'élaboration. L'utilisation future de chambres proportionnelles ouvre...

LE SPECTROMETRE Ω (1970)

Sonderegger, P.

Un grand détecteur magnétique à chambres à étincelles est en construction au CERN. Son programme de physique est en voie d'élaboration. L'utilisation future de chambres proportionnelles ouvre...

LE SPECTROMETRE Ω (1970)

Sonderegger, P.

Un grand détecteur magnétique à chambres à étincelles est en construction au CERN. Son programme de physique est en voie d'élaboration. L'utilisation future de chambres proportionnelles ouvre...

MÉCANISMES DE L'INTERACTION A DEUX CORPS A HAUTE ÉNERGIE (1966)

Sonderegger, P.

On établit une distinction phénoménologique entre les processus diffractifs, qui comprennent une catégorie de réactions inélastiques, et les processus d'échange. Ces derniers semblent être en...

MÉCANISMES DE L'INTERACTION A DEUX CORPS A HAUTE ÉNERGIE (1966)

Sonderegger, P.

On établit une distinction phénoménologique entre les processus diffractifs, qui comprennent une catégorie de réactions inélastiques, et les processus d'échange. Ces derniers semblent être en...

MÉCANISMES DE L'INTERACTION A DEUX CORPS A HAUTE ÉNERGIE (1966)

Sonderegger, P.

On établit une distinction phénoménologique entre les processus diffractifs, qui comprennent une catégorie de réactions inélastiques, et les processus d'échange. Ces derniers semblent être en...

Recent progress in low-temperature silicon detectors

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...

Charge collection efficiency of irradiated silicon detector operated at cryogenic temperatures

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...

Radiation hard cryogenic silicon detectors

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...

Review on the development of cryogenic silicon detectors

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

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,...

Irradiated silicon detectors operated at cryogenic temperatures: the Lazarus effect

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 hardness of cryogenic silicon detectors

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...

Radiation hard position-sensitive cryogenic silicon detectors: the Lazarus effect

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...

Silicon detectors irradiated "in situ" at cryogenic temperatures

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...

The effect of charge collection recovery in silicon p-n junction detectors irradiated by different particles

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...

Sorting and directed transport of membrane proteins during development of hippocampal neurons in culture

Silverman, M. A., Kaech, S., Jareb, M., Burack, M. A., Vogt, L., Sonderegger, P., ...

Hippocampal neurons in culture develop morphological polarity in a sequential pattern; axons form before dendrites. Molecular differences, particularly those of membrane proteins, underlie the...

Purification of axonin-1, a protein that is secreted from axons during neurogenesis.

Ruegg, M A, Stoeckli, E T, Kuhn, T B, Heller, M, Zuellig, R, Sonderegger, P

Using selective metabolic labelling in a compartmental cell culture system two proteins, denoted axonin-1 and axonin-2, were found to be secreted by axons of dorsal root ganglia neurons from chicken...

Implications for the domain arrangement of axonin-1 derived from the mapping of its NgCAM binding site.

Rader, C, Kunz, B, Lierheimer, R, Giger, R J, Berger, P, Tittmann, P, ...

The neuronal cell adhesion molecule axonin-1 is composed of six immunoglobulin and four fibronectin type III domains. Axonin-1 promotes neurite outgrowth, when presented as a substratum for neurons...

Neuroserpin, an axonally secreted serine protease inhibitor.

Osterwalder, T, Contartese, J, Stoeckli, E T, Kuhn, T B, Sonderegger, P

We have identified and chromatographically purified an axonally secreted glycoprotein of CNS and PNS neurons. Several peptides derived from it were microsequenced. Based on these sequences, a...

Differential modulation of the expression of axonal proteins by non-neuronal cells of the peripheral and central nervous system.

Sonderegger, P, Lemkin, P F, Lipkin, L E, Nelson, P G

Axonal behavior during the formation of the neuronal network of the nervous system has been shown to be under environmental control. Hence, as a first step in a project aiming to elucidate the...

Recent progress in low-temperature silicon detectors

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...

Charge collection efficiency of irradiated silicon detector operated at cryogenic temperatures

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...

Radiation hard cryogenic silicon detectors

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...

Review on the development of cryogenic silicon detectors

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

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,...

Irradiated silicon detectors operated at cryogenic temperatures: the Lazarus effect

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 hardness of cryogenic silicon detectors

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...

Radiation hard position-sensitive cryogenic silicon detectors: the Lazarus effect

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...

Silicon detectors irradiated "in situ" at cryogenic temperatures

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...

The effect of charge collection recovery in silicon p-n junction detectors irradiated by different particles

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...