Results of the Search for Strange Quark Matter and Q-balls with the SLIM Experiment (2008)
Cecchini, S., Cozzi, M., Di Ferdinando, D., Errico, M., Fabbri, F., Giacomelli, G., ...
The SLIM experiment at the Chacaltaya high altitude laboratory was sensitive to nuclearites and Q-balls, which could be present in the cosmic radiation as possible Dark Matter components. It was...
The treatment and rejection of two "strange" candidate events in the SLIM experiment (2008)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Cozzi, M., Esposti, L. Degli, Di Ferdinando, D., Errico, M., ...
During the analysis of the CR39 Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs) of the SLIM experiment exposed at the high altitude lab of Chacaltaya (Bolivia) we observed a sequence of puzzling etch-pits. We made a...
Magnetic Monopole Search at high altitude with the SLIM experiment (2008)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Cozzi, M., Errico, M., Fabbri, F., Giacomelli, G., ...
The SLIM experiment was a large array of nuclear track detectors located at the Chacaltaya high altitude Laboratory (5230 m a.s.l.). The detector was in particular sensitive to Intermediate Mass...
Cecchini, S., Chiarusi, T., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Kumar, A., Mandrioli, G., ...
We present new measurements of the total and partial fragmentation cross sections in the energy range 0.3-10 A GeV of 56Fe, 28Si and 12C beams on polyethylene, CR39 and aluminum targets. The...
The ANTARES Optical Beacon System (2007)
Ageron, M., Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., ...
ANTARES is a neutrino telescope being deployed in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of a three dimensional array of photomultiplier tubes that can detect the Cherenkov light induced by charged...
The data acquisition system for the ANTARES neutrino telescope (2007)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is being constructed in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of a large three-dimensional array of photo-multiplier tubes. The data acquisition system of the detector...
The data acquisition system for the ANTARES neutrino telescope (2007)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is being constructed in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of a large three-dimensional array of photo-multiplier tubes. The data acquisition system of the detector...
The data acquisition system for the ANTARES neutrino telescope (2007)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is being constructed in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of a large three-dimensional array of photo-multiplier tubes. The data acquisition system of the detector...
Transmission of light in deep sea water at the site of the ANTARES neutrino telescope (2007)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is a large photomultiplier array designed to detect neutrino-induced upward-going muons by their Cherenkov radiation. Understanding the absorption and scattering of...
Transmission of light in deep sea water at the site of the ANTARES neutrino telescope (2007)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is a large photomultiplier array designed to detect neutrino-induced upward-going muons by their Cherenkov radiation. Understanding the absorption and scattering of...
Transmission of light in deep sea water at the site of the ANTARES neutrino telescope (2007)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is a large photomultiplier array designed to detect neutrino-induced upward-going muons by their Cherenkov radiation. Understanding the absorption and scattering of...
First results of the Instrumentation Line for the deep-sea ANTARES neutrino telescope (2007)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
In 2005, the ANTARES Collaboration deployed and operated at a depth of 2500 m a so-called Mini Instrumentation Line equipped with Optical Modules (MILOM) at the ANTARES site. The various data...
First results of the Instrumentation Line for the deep-sea ANTARES neutrino telescope (2007)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
In 2005, the ANTARES Collaboration deployed and operated at a depth of 2500 m a so-called Mini Instrumentation Line equipped with Optical Modules (MILOM) at the ANTARES site. The various data...
First results of the Instrumentation Line for the deep-sea ANTARES neutrino telescope (2007)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
In 2005, the ANTARES Collaboration deployed and operated at a depth of 2500 m a so-called Mini Instrumentation Line equipped with Optical Modules (MILOM) at the ANTARES site. The various data...
Fragmentation studies of high energy ions using CR39 nuclear track detectors (2006)
Togo, V., Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Di Ferdinando, D., Frutti, M., Giacomelli, G., ...
We report on the measurements of the total charge changing fragmentation cross sections in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions using Fe, Si and Pb incident ions. Several stacks of CR39 nuclear...
Study of Large Hemispherical Photomultiplier Tubes for the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope (2006)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope, to be immersed depth in the Mediterranean Sea, will consist of a 3 dimensional matrix of 900 large area photomultiplier tubes housed in pressure resistant glass...
The ANTARES neutrino project (2006)
Sokalski, I., Aguilar, J.A., Alleyne, H., Ameli, F., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., ...
The ANTARES neutrino project (2006)
Sokalski, I., Aguilar, J.A., Alleyne, H., Ameli, F., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., ...
The ANTARES neutrino project (2006)
Sokalski, I., Aguilar, J.A., Alleyne, H., Ameli, F., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., ...
The ANTARES optical module (2006)
Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., Anvar, S., Ardellier-Desages, F.E., Aslanides, E., Aubert, J.J., ...
The ANTARES collaboration is building a deep sea neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. This detector will cover a sensitive area of typically 0.1 km-squared and will be equipped with about...
Search for possible solar neutrino radiative decays during total solar eclipses (2006)
Cecchini, S., Centomo, D., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Popa, V.
Total solar eclipses (TSEs) offer a good opportunity to look for photons produced in possible radiative decays of solar neutrinos. In this paper we briefly review the physics bases of such searches...
Rare Particle Searches with the high altitude SLIM experiment (2006)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Fabbri, F., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Giorgini, M., ...
The search for rare particles in the cosmic radiation remains one of the main aims of non-accelerator particle astrophysics. Experiments at high altitude allow lower mass thresholds with respect to...
Search for nuclearites with the SLIM detector (2006)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Giorgini, M., Manzoor, S., ...
The strange quark matter (SQM) may be the ground state of QCD; nuggets of SQM could be present in cosmic rays (CR). SLIM is a large area experiment, using CR39 and Makrofol track etch detectors,...
First results of the Instrumentation Line for the deep-sea ANTARES neutrino telescope (2006)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
In 2005, the ANTARES Collaboration deployed and operated at a depth of 2500 m a so-called Mini Instrumentation Line equipped with Optical Modules (MILOM) at the ANTARES site. The various data...
Atmospheric muon background in the ANTARES detector (2005)
Cecchini, S., Korolkova, E., Margiotta, A., Thompson, L.
An evaluation of the background due to atmospheric muons in the ANTARES high energy neutrino telescope is presented. Two different codes for atmospheric shower simulation have been used. Results from...
Cosmic ray abundance measurements with the CAKE balloon experiment (2005)
Cecchini, S., Chiarusi, T., Giacomelli, G., Manzoor, S., Medinaceli, E., Patrizii, L., ...
We present the results from the CAKE (Cosmic Abundance below Knee Energy) balloon experiment which uses nuclear track detectors. The final experiment goal is the determination of the charge spectrum...
Time variations in the deep underground muon flux measured by MACRO (2005)
Becherini, Y., Cecchini, S., Cozzi, M., Dekhissi, H., Derkaoui, J., Giacomelli, G., ...
More than 30 million of high-energy muons collected with the MACRO detector at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory have been used to search for flux variations of different natures. Two kinds of...
Response to Dr. Ward's Comments (2005)
S. Cecchini, S. Girouard, M. A. Huels, L. Sanche, D. J. Hunting
Search for massive rare particles with the SLIM experiment (2005)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Fabbri, F., Giacomelli, G., Kumar, A., Manzoor, S., ...
The search for magnetic monopoles in the cosmic radiation remains one of the main aims of non-accelerator particle astrophysics. Experiments at high altitude allow lower mass thresholds with respect...
Search for exotic contributions to atmospheric neutrino oscillations (2005)
Battistoni, G., Becherini, Y., Cecchini, S., Cozzi, M., Dekhissi, H., Esposito, L., ...
The energy spectrum of neutrino-induced upward-going muons in MACRO was analysed in terms of relativity principles violating effects, keeping standard mass-induced atmospheric neutrino oscillations...
Search for spontaneous muon emission from lead nuclei (2005)
Arrabito, L., Autiero, D., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Cecchini, S., Consiglio, L., ...
We describe a possible search for muonic radioactivity from lead nuclei using the base elements ("bricks" composed by lead and nuclear emulsion sheets) of the long-baseline OPERA neutrino experiment....
Search for spontaneous muon emission from lead nuclei (2005)
Arrabito, L., Autiero, D., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Cecchini, S., Consiglio, L., ...
We describe a possible search for muonic radioactivity from lead nuclei using the base elements ("bricks" composed by lead and nuclear emulsion sheets) of the long-baseline OPERA neutrino experiment....
Search for nuclearites with the SLIM detector (2005)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Kumar, A., Mandrioli, G., ...
We discuss the properties of cosmic ray nuclearites, from the point of view of their search with large nuclear track detector arrays exposed at different altitudes, in particular with the SLIM...
Battistoni, G., Becherini, Y., Cecchini, S., Cozzi, M., Dekhissi, H., Esposito, L. S., ...
Neutrino-induced upward-going muons in MACRO have been analysed in terms of relativity principles violating effects, keeping standard mass-induced atmospheric neutrino oscillations as the dominant...
Search for Intermediate Mass Magnetic Monopoles and Nuclearites with the SLIM experiment (2005)
Cecchini, S., Chiarusi, T., Di Ferdinando, D., Cozzi, M., Frutti, M., Giacomelli, G., ...
SLIM is a large area experiment (440 m2) installed at the Chacaltaya cosmic ray laboratory since 2001, and about 100 m2 at Koksil, Himalaya, since 2003. It is devoted to the search for intermediate...
Calibration of the Makrofol Nuclear Track Detector using Relativistic Lead Ions (2005)
Cecchini, S., Chiarusi, T., Cozzi, M., Di Ferdinando, D., Frutti, M., Giacomelli, G., ...
We present the calibration of the Makrofol nuclear detector using Pb ions of 158 AGeV.
Time correlations of high energy muons in an underground detector (2005)
Becherini, Y., Cecchini, S., Chiarusi, T., Cozzi, M., Dekhissi, H., Derkaoui, J., ...
We present the result of a search for correlations in the arrival times of high energy muons collected from 1995 till 2000 with the streamer tube system of the complete MACRO detector at the...
Transmission of light in deep sea water at the site of the ANTARES neutrino telescope (2005)
Mazure, A., Boulesteix, J., Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is a large photomultiplier array designed to detect neutrino-induced upward-going muons by their Cherenkov radiation. Understanding the absorption and scattering of...
Study of Large Hemispherical Photomultiplier Tubes for the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope (2005)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope, to be immersed depth in the Mediterranean Sea, will consist of a 3 dimensional matrix of 900 large area photomultiplier tubes housed in pressure resistant glass...
Search for spontaneous muon emission from lead nuclei (2005)
Arrabito, L., Autiero, D., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Cecchini, S., Consiglio, L., ...
We describe a possible search for muonic radioactivity from lead nuclei using the base elements ("bricks" composed by lead and nuclear emulsion sheets) of the long-baseline OPERA neutrino experiment....
Transmission of light in deep sea water at the site of the ANTARES neutrino telescope (2005)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is a large photomultiplier array designed to detect neutrino-induced upward-going muons by their Cherenkov radiation. Understanding the absorption and scattering of...
Study of Large Hemispherical Photomultiplier Tubes for the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope (2005)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope, to be immersed depth in the Mediterranean Sea, will consist of a 3 dimensional matrix of 900 large area photomultiplier tubes housed in pressure resistant glass...
Search for spontaneous muon emission from lead nuclei (2005)
Arrabito, L., Autiero, D., Barbuto, E., Bozza, C., Cecchini, S., Consiglio, L., ...
We describe a possible search for muonic radioactivity from lead nuclei using the base elements ("bricks" composed by lead and nuclear emulsion sheets) of the long-baseline OPERA neutrino experiment....
Transmission of light in deep sea water at the site of the ANTARES neutrino telescope (2005)
Aguilar, J.A., Albert, A., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., ...
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is a large photomultiplier array designed to detect neutrino-induced upward-going muons by their Cherenkov radiation. Understanding the absorption and scattering of...
Single-Strand-Specific Radiosensitization of DNA by Bromodeoxyuridine (2004)
S. Cecchini, S. Girouard, M. A. Huels, L. Sanche, D. J. Hunting
Cecchini, S., Girouard, S., Huels, M. A., Sanche, L. and Hunting, D. J. Single-Strand-Specific Radiosensitization of DNA by Bromodeoxyuridine. Radiat. Res. 162, 604–615 (2004). The effects of...
Search for possible neutrino radiative decays during the 2001 total solar eclipse (2004)
Cecchini, S., Centomo, D., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Popa, V., Serbanut, C. G., ...
We present the results of the observations performed in the occasion of the June 21, 2001 total solar eclipse, looking for visible photons emitted trough a possible radiative decay of solar...
The Sky Polarization Observatory (2004)
Cortiglioni, S., Bernardi, G., Carretti, E., Casarini, L., Cecchini, S., Macculi, C., ...
SPOrt is an ASI-funded experiment specifically designed to measure the sky polarization at 22, 32 and 90 GHz, which was selected in 1997 by ESA to be flown on the International Space Station....
The ANTARES neutrino project (2004)
Sokalski, I., Aguilar, J.A., Alleyne, H., Ameli, F., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., ...
The ANTARES neutrino project (2004)
Sokalski, I., Aguilar, J.A., Alleyne, H., Ameli, F., Amram, P., Anghinolfi, M., ...
Monte Carlo simulation of an experiment looking for radiative solar neutrino decays (2003)
Cecchini, S., Centomo, D., Giacomelli, G., Popa, V., Serbanut, C. G.
We analyse the possibility of detecting visible photons from a hypothetical radiative decay of solar neutrinos. Our study is focused on the simulation of such measurements during total solar eclipses...
This paper explores a number of case studies of initiatives using ICTs for poverty reduction in rural India. It details individual case studies as well as broader ways in which ICTs might contribute...
The BaR-SPOrt Experiment (2003)
Zannoni, M., Cortiglioni, S., Bernardi, G., Carretti, E., Cecchini, S., Macculi, C., ...
BaR-SPOrt (Balloon-borne Radiometers for Sky Polarisation Observations) is an experiment to measure the linearly polarized emission of sky patches at 32 and 90 GHz with sub-degree angular resolution....
Carretti, E., Cortiglioni, S., Bernardi, G., Cecchini, S., Macculi, C., Sbarra, C., ...
SPOrt (Sky Polarization Observatory) is a space experiment to be flown on the International Space Station during Early Utilization Phase aimed at measuring the microwave polarized emission with FWHM...
Search for nucleon decays induced by GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment (2002)
Battistoni, G., Mufson, S., Nicolò, D., Choudhary, B.C., Maaroufi, F., Lamanna, E., ...
The interaction of a Grand Unification Magnetic Monopole with a nucleon can lead to a barion-number violating process in which the nucleon decays into a lepton and one or more mesons (catalysis of...
The ANTARES Optical Module (2002)
Amram, P, Anghinolfi, M, Anvar, S, Ardellier-Desages, F E, Aslanides, Elie, Aubert, Jean-Jacques, ...
The ANTARES collaboration is building a deep sea neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. This detector will cover a sensitive area of typically 0.1 km-squared and will be equipped with about...
Polarization angular spectra of Galactic synchrotron emission on arcminute scales (2002)
Tucci, M., Carretti, E., Cecchini, S., Nicastro, L., Fabbri, R., Gaensler, B. M., ...
We study the angular power spectra of the polarized component of the Galactic synchrotron emission in the 28-deg^2 Test Region of the Southern Galactic Plane Survey at 1.4 GHz. These data were...
Alteration of Protein Structure Induced by Low-Energy ( (2002)
H. Abdoul-Carime, S. Cecchini, L. Sanche
Abdoul-Carime, H., Cecchini, S. and Sanche, L. Alteration of Protein Structure Induced by Low-Energy (
Using information and communications technology to reduce poverty in rural India (2002)
The authors focus on experience in rural India to show that ICTs can enhance poor people's opportunities by improving their access to markets and health care. The note briefly describes a number of...
Cecchini, S, Giacomelli, G, Giorgini, M, Mandrioli, G, Patrizii, L, Popa, V, ...
We report the measurement of the fragmentation cross sections in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions using the 158 A GeV Pb beam from the CERN-SPS. The fragments have charges changed from that of...