The first level muon trigger in the central toroid of the ATLAS experiment

We present the design of the first level muon trigger in the central toroid of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A trigger is foreseen based on fast, finely segmented gaseous detectors, Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC), to unambiguously identify the interaction bunch crossing. We describe the detectors and the logic scheme of the trigger. © 1995

Limits on the production of scalar leptoquarks from Z (0) decays at LEP

A search has been made for pairs and for single production of scalar leptoquarks of the first and second generations using a data sample of 392000 Z0 decays from the DELPHI detector at LEP 1. No signal was found and limits on the leptoquark mass, production cross section and branching ratio were set. A mass limit at 95% confidence level of 45.5 GeV/c2 was obtained for leptoquark pair production. The search for the production of a single leptoquark probed the mass region above this limit and its results exclude first and second generation leptoquarks D0 with masses below 65 GeV/c2 and 73 GeV/c2 respectively, at 95% confidence level, assuming that the D0lq Yukawa coupling alpha(lambda) is equal to the electromagnetic one. An upper limit is also given on the coupling alpha(lambda) as a function of the leptoquark mass m(D0)

First study of the interference between initial and final state radiation at the Z resonance

The interference between initial and final state radiation in the process \eemm\ at \sqs \approx \MZ has been studied by measuring the forward-backward asymmetry as a function of the acoplanarity angle between the final state muons. The interference is expected to be sensitive to the space-time separation of the initial and final state radiation. The measured asymmetry distribution has been compared to theoretical predictions using the \KORALZ\ generator, with and without Ördalph\ interference. The magnitude of the interference between initial and $\pm 0.06$ (syst.) \GeV} . \end{center} has been extracted. The interpretation of this result is discussed. There is an additional uncertainty in the estimate of \GZ\ from as yet uncalculated higher order interference terms. By assuming a value of \GZ\ consistent with the world average, the data were used to estimate the size of these uncalculated corrections. The interference between initial and final state radiation in the process \eemm\ at \sqs \approx \MZ has been studied by measuring the forward-backward asymmetry as a function of the acoplanarity angle between the final state muons. The interference is expected to be sensitive to the space-time separation of the initial and final state radiation. The measured asymmetry distribution has been compared to theoretical predictions using the \KORALZ\ generator, with and without \ordalph\ interference. The magnitude of the interference between initial and final state radiation was found to be of the order predicted and to follow the expected distribution. Using the theoretical predictions, a value of \begin{center} \mbox{ \GZ = 2.50 \pm 0.21 (stat.) \pm 0.06 (syst.) \GeV} . \end{center} has been extracted. The interpretation of this result is discussed. There is an additional uncertainty in the estimate of \GZ\ from as yet uncalculated higher order interference terms. By assuming a value of \GZ\ consistent with the world average, the data were used to estimate the size of these uncalculated corrections

Ritorno del flusso diastolico nell'arteria ombelicale dopo la somministrazione di steroidi in feti IUGR con flusso ARED

Ritorno del flusso diastolico nell'arteria ombelicale dopo la somministrazione di steroidi in feti IUGR con flusso ARED

The first level trigger in the central toroid of the ATLAS experiment

We present the design of the first level muon trigger in the central toroid of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A trigger is foreseen based on fast, finely segmented gaseous detectors, Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC), to unambiguously identify the interaction bunch crossing. We describe the detectors and the logic scheme of the trigge

STUDY OF THE EFFICIENCY AND TIME RESOLUTION OF AN RPC IRRADIATED WITH PHOTONS AND NEUTRONS

We present recent results on the efficiency and time resolution of an RPC operated with low gas gain under intense irradiation of photons and neutrons. These results are compared with previous measurements obtained using both high and low gain RPC, Results on the RPC sensitivity to photons and neutrons of energy around 1 MeV are also reported