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The H1 Forward Track Detector at HERA II
In order to maintain efficient tracking in the forward region of H1 after the luminosity upgrade of the HERA machine, the H1 Forward Track Detector was also upgraded. While much of the original software and techniques used for the HERA I phase could be reused, the software for pattern recognition was completely rewritten. This, along with several other improvements in hit finding and high-level track reconstruction, are described in detail together with a summary of the performance of the detector.
125281002
Photoproduction of $K \bar{K} \pi$ Final States in the Photon Energy Range From 20-{GeV} to 70-{GeV}
CERN-OMEGA PHOTON COLLABORATION. PHOTOPRODUCTION OF & lt;K AK PI& gt; FINAL STATES IN THE ENERGY RANGE 20 TO 70 GEV. NO EVIDENCE IS FOUND FOR THE PHOTOPRODUCTION OF PHIPRIME(1680).
121816869
Associated photoproduction of a charmed meson and a charmed baryon
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Correlations between two identified charged hadrons at the CERN ISR
Abstract We have measured the value of the correlation R (h 1 , h 2 ) between two identified charged hadrons ( h = π ± , K ± , p or p ) produced in pp collisions at the CERN ISR. One hardon was produced in the forward direction and the other at a large angle. Quantum number dependent effects have been observed.
122240842
Multiplicities associated with the production of pions, kaons or protons of high transverse momentum, at the ISR
Abstract In high-energy proton-proton collisions, the mean charged multiplicity M in the central region, associated with a high-PT hadron trigger at 90°, shows a linear dependence on both ln s and PT. M is measured to depend on the type (π ± , K ± , p or p ) of the idenfied high-PT trigger particle.
121568291
Multiplicity distributions associated with charged hadron production over a range of transverse momentum and production angle at ISR energies
Abstract The charged multiplicity density M , associated with identified charged hadrons up to 3.0 GeV/ c in p T , is presented at ISR energies from 23.4 to 63.4 GeV and at 3 laboratory angles, as a function of pseudorapidity and azimuth.
119098306
Reflection and transmission at dimensional boundaries
An inhomogeneous Kaluza-Klein compactification of a higher dimensional spacetime may give rise to an effective 4D spacetime with distinct domains having different sizes of the extra dimensions. The domains are separated by domain walls generated by the extra dimensional scale factor. The scattering of electromagnetic and massive particle waves at such boundaries is examined here for models without warping or branes. We consider the limits corresponding to thin (thick) domain walls, i.e., limits where wavelengths are large (small) in comparison to wall thickness. We also obtain numerical solutions for a wall of arbitrary thickness and extract the reflection and transmission coefficients as functions of frequency. Results are obtained which qualitatively resemble those for electroweak domain walls and other ordinary domain walls for 4D theories.
122066859
Superconducting strings as sources of high-energy cosmic rays
SummaryThe possibility is explored that highly charged superconducting strings and vortons ionize neutral atoms and act as high-energy charged-particle accelerators. For strings characterized by a GUT mass scale, it is roughly estimated (neglecting radiative losses) that charged particles such as protons and heavier nuclei may reach an energy scale ≥ 1021 eV.
122392542
Absorption and emission of radiation by a sourceless abelian gauge wall in a robertson-walker space-time
SummaryA model of a sourceless Abelian «gauge wall» consisting of a singular magnetic field occupying the (y, z)-plane is examined in the context of a flat Robertson-Walker space-time background. Exact solutions are found for the gauge field structure function. The solutions may be static or time dependent. Dynamic solutions exist which describe the absorption and emission of gauge field radiation by the gauge wall.
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Time-dependent propagation of high-energy laser beams through the atmosphere: II
Various factors that can effect thermal blooming in stagnation zone situations are examined, including stagnation-zone motion, longitudinal air motion in the neighborhood of the stagnation zone, and the effects of scenario noncoplanarity. Of these effects, only the last offers reasonable hope of reducing the strong thermal blooming that normally accompanies stagnation zones; in particular, noncoplanarity should benefit multipulse more than cw beams. The methods of treating nonhorizontal winds hydrodynamically for cw and multipulse steady-state sources are discussed. Aspects of pulse “self-blooming” are also considered.
119203809
Chameleon gravity and satellite geodesy
We consider the possibility of the detection of a chameleon effect by an earth orbiting satellite such as LAGEOS, and possible constraints that might be placed on chameleon model parameters. Approximate constraints presented here result from using a simple monopole approximation for the gravitational field of the earth, along with results from the Khoury-Weltman chameleon model, solar system constraints obtained from the Cassini mission, and parameter bounds obtained from the LAGEOS satellite. It is furthermore suggested that a comparison of ground-based and space-based multipole moments of the geopotential could reveal a possible chameleon effect.