Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics (2008)
Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., ...
A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together with the performance...
Search for Charged Higgs Bosos in $e^{+}e^{-}$ Collisions at $\sqrts{s}$ = 189-209 GeV (2008)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
A search is made for charged Higgs bosons predicted by Two-Higgs-Doublet extensions of the Standard Model (2HDM) using electron-positron collision data collected by the OPAL experiment at...
Search for Charged Higgs Bosos in e+e- Collisions at sqrts(s) = 189-209 GeV (2008)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
A search is made for charged Higgs bosons predicted by Two-Higgs-Doublet extensions of the Standard Model (2HDM) using electron-positron collision data collected by the OPAL experiment at...
Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...
The inclusive production of prompt photons with energy above 10 GeV is measured using the OPAL detector in hadronic Z^0 decays at LEP. In contrast to previous measurements, the prompt photons were...
Measurement of f(c -> D^*+ X), f(b -> D^*+ X) and Gamma_cc(bar)/Gamma_had using D^*+/- Mesons (2008)
Al, K Ackerstaff Et, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...
The production rates of D^*+/- mesons in charm and bottom events at centre-of-mass energies of about 91 GeV and the partial width of primary cc(bar) pairs in hadronic Z^0 decays have been measured at...
A Measurement of the B_s^0 Lifetime using Reconstructed D_s^- Mesons (2008)
Al, K Ackerstaff Et, Ackerstaff, K, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, ...
We report a measurement of the B^0_s meson lifetime from B_s^0 -> D^-_s X decays, where D_s^- mesons are reconstructed in the D_s^- -> phi pi^- and D_s^- -> K^{*0} K^- decay channels. From...
Al, K Ackerstaff Et, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Altekamp, N, Anderson, K J, Anderson, S, ...
Production of events with hadronic and leptonic final states has been measured in e^+e^- collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130-172 GeV, using the OPAL detector at LEP. Cross-sections and...
Precision Electroweak Measurements and Constraints on the Standard Model (2007)
Alcaraz, J, Bajo-Vaquero, A, Barberio, E, Bourilkov, D, Checchia, P, Chierici, R, ...
This note presents constraints on Standard Model parameters using published and preliminary precision electroweak results measured at the electron-positron colliders LEP and SLC. The results are...
Measurement of the $e^+ e^- \to W^+ W^-$ cross section and W decay branching fractions at LEP (2007)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
From a total data sample of 701.1 pb^-1 recorded with e+e- centre-of-mass energies of sqrt = 161-209 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP, 11693 W-pair candidate events are selected. These data are used...
Bose-Einstein study of position-momentum correlations of charged pions in hadronic Z0 decays (2007)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
A study of Bose-Einstein correlations in pairs of identically charged pions produced in e+e- annihilations at the Z0 peak has been performed for the first time assuming a non-static emitting source....
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
A search is performed for Higgs bosons decaying into invisible final states, produced in association with a Zo boson in e+e- collisions at energies between 183 and 209 GeV. The search is based on...
Search for Dirac Magnetic Monopoles in e+e- Collisions with the OPAL Detector at LEP2 (2007)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
This letter describes a direct search for pair produced magnetic monopoles in e+e- collisions. The analysis is based on 62.7 pb^-1 of data collected with the OPAL detector at an average...
Inclusive Jet Production in Photon-Photon Collisions at $\sqrt^{s}$ee from 189 to 209 GeV (2007)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
Inclusive jet production (e+e- -> e+e- +jet+X) is studied in collisions of quasi-real photons radiated by the LEP beams at e+e- centre-of-mass energies sqrt see from 189 to 209 GeV. Jets are...
Compensation of the Crossing Angle with Crab Cavities at KEKB (2007)
Abe, T., Akai, K., Akemoto, M., Akiyama, A., Arinaga, M., Ebihara, K., ...
Crab cavities have been installed in the KEKB B--Factory rings to compensate the crossing angle at the collision point and thus increase luminosity. The beam operation with crab crossing has been...
The ATLAS Level-1 Trigger: Status of the System and First Results from Cosmic-Ray Data (2007)
Berge, D, Aielli, G, Andrei, V, Achenbach, R, Adragna, P, Aloisio, A, ...
The ATLAS detector at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be exposed to proton-proton collisions from beams crossing at 40 MHz. At the design luminosity of 10^34 cm^-2 s^-1 there are on average...
Alcaraz, J, Azzurri, P, Bajo-Vaquero, A, Barberio, E, Blondel, A, Bourilkov, D, ...
This note presents a combination of published and preliminary electroweak results from the four LEP collaborations ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL based on electron-positron collision data taken at...
A Combination of Preliminary Electroweak Measurements and Constraints on the Standard Model (2007)
Alcaraz, J., Azzurri, P., Barberio, E., Blondel, A., Checchia, P., Clare, R., ...
This note presents a combination of published and preliminary electroweak results from the four LEP collaborations ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL based on electron-positron collision data taken at...
Inclusive Production of Charged Hadrons in Photon-Photon Collisions (2006)
Abbiendi, G, Åkesson, P F, De Roeck, A, Zivkovic, L, Zer-Zion, D, Yamashita, S, ...
The inclusive production of charged hadrons in the collisions of quasi-real photons e+e- -> e+e- +X has been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. The data were taken at e+e- centre-of-mass...
Inclusive Production of Charged Hadrons in Photon-Photon Collisions (2006)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K, ...
The inclusive production of charged hadrons in the collisions of quasi-real photons e+e- -> e+e- +X has been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. The data were taken at e+e- centre-of-mass...
A Combination of Preliminary Electroweak Measurements and Constraints on the Standard Model (2006)
Alcaraz, J, De Jong, P, Wynhoff, St, Wells, P S, Watson, N K, ...
This note presents a combination of published and preliminary electroweak results from the four LEP collaborations ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL based on electron-positron collision data taken at...
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
This paper describes a topological search for an invisibly decaying Higgs boson,H, produced via the Bjorken process (e+e- -> HZ). The analysis is based on data recorded using the OPAL detector at LEP...
Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons at LEP (2006)
Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benítez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., ...
The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The data of the four...
Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons at LEP (2006)
Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benítez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., ...
The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The data of the four...
Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons at LEP (2006)
Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benítez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., ...
The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The data of the four...
A Combination of Preliminary Electroweak Measurements and Constraints on the Standard Model (2006)
Alcaraz, J., Bajo-Vaquero, A., Bambade, P., Barberio, E., Blondel, A., Bourilkov, D., ...
This note presents a combination of published and preliminary electroweak results from the four LEP collaborations ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL based on electron-positron collision data taken at...
A Combination of Preliminary Electroweak Measurements and Constraints on the Standard Model (2006)
Abbaneo, D., Alcaraz, J., Antilogus, P., Bajo-Vaquero, A., Bambade, P., Barberio, E., ...
This note presents a combination of published and preliminary electroweak results from the four LEP collaborations and the SLD collaboration which were prepared for the 2004 summer conferences. [...]...
QCD coherence and correlations of particles with restricted momenta in hadronic Z decays (2006)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
QCD coherence effects are studied based on measurements of correlations of particles with either restricted transverse momenta, pT
QCD coherence and correlations of particles with restricted momenta in hadronic Z decays (2006)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
QCD coherence effects are studied based on measurements of correlations of particles with either restricted transverse momenta, pT
Selective inhibition of Toll-like receptor 4 signaling by the small molecule TAK-242 (2006)
Kawamoto, T, Sha, T, Ii, M, Kimura, H
No abstract available.
Precision Electroweak Measurements on the Z Resonance (2006)
Schael, S, Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, ...
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...
Precision Electroweak Measurements on the Z Resonance (2006)
Schael, S, Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, ...
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...
Search for Neutral MSSM Higgs Bosons at LEP (2006)
Schael, S, Zivkovic, L, Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, ...
The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The data of the four...
Search for Neutral MSSM Higgs Bosons at LEP (2006)
Schael, S, Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...
The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The data of the four...
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
Data from e+e- annihilation into hadrons at centre-of-mass energies between 91 GeV and 209 GeV collected with the OPAL detector at LEP, are used to study the four-jet rate as a function of the Durham...
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
Data from e+e- annihilation into hadrons at centre-of-mass energies between 91 GeV and 209 GeV collected with the OPAL detector at LEP, are used to study the four-jet rate as a function of the Durham...
Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons at LEP (2006)
Schael, S., Barate, R., Bruneliere, R., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Goy, C., ...
The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). The data of the four...
Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons (2006)
Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benítez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., ...
The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The data of the four...
Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons (2006)
Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benítez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., ...
The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The data of the four...
The first-level trigger of ATLAS (2005)
Haller, J, Achenbach, R, Aielli, G, Aloisio, A, Alviggi, M G, Aprodu, V, ...
Due to the huge interaction rates and the tough experimental environment of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy sqrt(s)=14 TeV and luminosities of up to 10^34cm^-2s^-1, one of the experimental...
Alcaraz, J, Bajo-Vaquero, A, Bambade, P, Barberio, E, Blondel, A, Bourilkov, D, ...
This note presents a combination of published and preliminary electroweak results from the four LEP collaborations ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL based on electron-positron collision data taken at...
Colour reconnection in $e^{+}e^{-}\to W^{+}W^{-}$ at $\sqrt{s}$ = 189 - 209 GeV$ (2005)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...
The effects of the final state interaction phenomenon known as colour reconnection are investigated at centre-of-mass energies in the range $\sqrt{s}~ 189-209 GeV using the OPAL detector at LEP....
Measurement of the mass and width of the W boson (2005)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...
The mass and width of the W boson are measured using e+e- -> W+W- events from the data sample collected by the OPAL experiment at LEP at centre-of-mass energies between 170 GeV and 209 GeV. The mass...
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...
Searches were performed for topologies predicted by gauge-mediated Supersymmetry breaking models (GMSB). All possible lifetimes of the next-to-lightest SUSY particle (NLSP), either the lightest...
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...
Searches were performed for topologies predicted by gauge-mediated Supersymmetry breaking models (GMSB). All possible lifetimes of the next-to-lightest SUSY particle (NLSP), either the lightest...
Determination of $\alpha_{s}$ using Jet Rates at LEP with the OPAL detector (2005)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
Hadronic events produced in e+e- collisions by the LEP collider and recorded by the OPAL detector were used to form distributions based on the number of reconstructed jets. The data were collected...
Determination of $\alpha_{s}$ using Jet Rates at LEP with the OPAL detector (2005)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
Hadronic events produced in e+e- collisions by the LEP collider and recorded by the OPAL detector were used to form distributions based on the number of reconstructed jets. The data were collected...
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...
For the first time at LEP the production of prompt photons is studied in the collisions of quasi-real photons using the OPAL data taken at e+e- centre-of-mass energies between 183 GeV and 209 GeV....
Measurement of the mass of the Z boson and the energy calibration of LEP (2005)
Arnaudon, L., Assmann, R., Billan, J., Birr, W., Blondel, A., Bobbink, G., ...
Measurement of the mass of the Z boson and the energy calibration of LEP (2005)
Arnaudon, L., Assmann, R., Billan, J., Birr, W., Blondel, A., Bobbink, G., ...
Measurement of the mass of the Z boson and the energy calibration of LEP (2005)
Arnaudon, L., Assmann, R., Billan, J., Birr, W., Blondel, A., Bobbink, G., ...
Demonstration of a single-flux-quantum microprocessor using passive transmission lines (2005)
Tanaka, M., Kondo, T., Nakajima, N., Kawamoto, T., Yamanashi, Y., Kamiya, Y., ...
We have successfully demonstrated an 8-bit microprocessor using passive transmission lines based on single-flux-quantum LSI technology. In the microprocessor designed here, called CORE1 alpha 6, a...
Measurement of the running of the QED coupling in small-angle Bhabha scattering at LEP (2005)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
Using the OPAL detector at LEP, the running of the effective QED coupling alpha(t) is measured for space-like momentum transfer through its effect on the angular spectrum of small-angle Bhabha...
Measurement of the running of the QED coupling in small-angle Bhabha scattering at LEP (2005)
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Anagnostou, G, Anderson, K J, ...
Using the OPAL detector at LEP, the running of the effective QED coupling alpha(t) is measured for space-like momentum transfer through its effect on the angular spectrum of small-angle Bhabha...
A combination of preliminary electroweak measurements and constraints on the standard model (2005)
Alcaraz, J., Anagnostou, G., Antilogus, P., Bajo-Vaquero, A., Bambade, P., Barberio, E., ...
This note presents a combination of published and preliminary electroweak results from the four LEP collaborations and the SLD collaboration which were prepared for the 2003 summer conferences....
Neutral heavy lepton analysis (2005)
Akrawy, M Z, Alexander, Gideon, Allison, J, Allport, P P, Anderson, K J, Armitage, J C, ...
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...
A study of Z-boson pair production in e+e- annihilation at center-of-mass energies between 190 GeV and 209 GeV is reported. Final states containing only leptons, (l+l-l+l- and l+l-nn), quark and...
Abbiendi, G, Ainsley, C, Åkesson, P F, Alexander, G, Allison, J, Amaral, P, ...
A study of Z-boson pair production in e+e- annihilation at center-of-mass energies between 190 GeV and 209 GeV is reported. Final states containing only leptons, (l+l-l+l- and l+l-nn), quark and...