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Production of pions, kaons, (anti-)protons and ϕ mesons in Xe–Xe collisions at √sNN = 5.44 TeV
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The first measurement of the production of pions, kaons, (anti-)protons and φ mesons at midrapidity in Xe–Xe collisions at √sNN = 5.44 TeV is presented. Transverse momentum (pT) spectra and pT-integrated yields are extracted ... -
Production of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes During the Early Stages of Lightning Flashes
(Journal article, 2022)Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) are short emissions of high energy photons associated with thunderstorms. It has been known since the discovery of TGFs that they are associated with lightning, and several case studies ... -
Production of the ρ(770)0 meson in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The production of the ρ ( 770 ) 0 meson has been measured at midrapidity ( | y | < 0.5 ) in p p and centrality differential Pb-Pb collisions at √ s N N = 2.76 TeV with the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The ... -
Production of Λ and K0 S in jets in p–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV and pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The production of baryons and K0 S mesons (V0 particles) was measured in p–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV and pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with ALICE at the LHC. The production of these strange particles is studied ... -
Production of Σ(1385)± and Ξ(1530)0 in proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01-10)The production of the strange and double-strange baryon resonances ((1385)±, Ξ(1530)0) has been measured at mid-rapidity (|y|< 0.5) in proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC. Transverse ... -
Production of ω mesons in pp collisions at √s=7TeV
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The invariant differential cross section of inclusive ω(782)ω(782) meson production at midrapidity (|y|<0.5|y|<0.5) in pp collisions at s√=7TeVs=7TeV was measured with the ALICE detector at the LHC over a transverse momentum ... -
Prompt and non-prompt J/Psi cross-sections in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 5.02 TeV with ALICE
(Master thesis, 2019-06-25)The study presented in this thesis is about the measurement of \jpsi\ production in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energy \(\sqrt{s}\) = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC, with a focus on the separation ... -
Prompt and non-prompt J/ψ and ψ(2S) suppression at high transverse momentum in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb collisions with the ATLAS experiment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-09)A measurement of J/ψJ/ψ and ψ(2S)ψ(2S) production is presented. It is based on a data sample from Pb+Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=5.02 TeVsNN=5.02 Te ... -
Prompt and non-prompt J/ψ elliptic flow in Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 Tev with the ATLAS detector
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-09)The elliptic flow of prompt and non-prompt J/ψ was measured in the dimuon decay channel in Pb+Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=5.02 TeV with an integrated luminosity of 0.42 nb−1 with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The prompt and ... -
Prompt and non-prompt J/ψ production and nuclear modification at mid-rapidity in p–Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06)A measurement of beauty hadron production at mid-rapidity in proton-lead collisions at a nucleon–nucleon centre-of-mass energy sNN−−−√=5.02 TeV is presented. The semi-inclusive decay channel of beauty hadrons into J/ψ is ... -
Prompt D0, D+, and D*+ production in Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The production of prompt D0, D+, and D*+ mesons was measured at midrapidity (|y| < 0.5) in Pb–Pb collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon–nucleon pair \( \sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} \) = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE ... -
Prompt gamma-ray spectroscopy in conjunction with the Monte Carlo Library Least Squares approach: applications to range verification in proton therapy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Prompt Gamma-ray Spectroscopy (PGS) in conjunction with the Monte Carlo Library Least Squares (MCLLS) approach was investigated for the purposes of range monitoring in proton therapy through Monte Carlo simulations. Prompt ... -
Properties of g→b¯b at small opening angles in pp collisions with the ATLAS detector at √s=13 TeV
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The fragmentation of high-energy gluons at small opening angles is largely unconstrained by present measurements. Gluon splitting to b -quark pairs is a unique probe into the properties of gluon fragmentation because ... -
Properties of jet fragmentation using charged particles measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This paper presents a measurement of quantities related to the formation of jets from high-energy quarks and gluons (fragmentation). Jets with transverse momentum 100 GeV < p T < 2.5 TeV and pseudorapidity | η | < 2.1 from ... -
Properties of S3-Symmetric Three-Higgs-Doublet Models
(Master thesis, 2019-06-27)Some aspects of the S3-symmetric three-Higgs-doublet models are analysed. A CP conserving potential with both real and complex vacuum configurations is considered. The S3-symmetric potential is presented in the irreducible ... -
Properties of Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes. Modelling and Analysis of BATSE and RHESSI data
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-06-15)This thesis objective is to study Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes (TGFs), which are short burst (∼ 1 ms) of gamma-radiation from thunderstorms first discovered by Fishman et al. [1994]. The measured photons energies in TGFs ... -
Proton acceleration in thermonuclear nova explosions revealed by gamma rays
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Classical novae are cataclysmic binary star systems in which the matter of a companion star is accreted on a white dwarf1,2. Accumulation of hydrogen in a layer eventually causes a thermonuclear explosion on the surface ... -
Proton Beam Test Of A High Granularity Calorimeter For Proton Computed Tomography
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)Radiation therapy is a non-invasive method of treating cancer. The purpose of it is to stop cancer cells from reproducing properly which will in turn cause the cancer cells to die out. This is achieved by having ionising ... -
Proton computed tomography readout testing and detector design
(Master thesis, 2017-10-11)Proton computed tomography is a way of using protons instead of x-rays to make a three dimensional image of a scanned object. This will result in more accurate predictions for proton treatments and less radiation in the ... -
Pseudorapidity and transverse-momentum distributions of charged particles in proton-proton collisions at \(\mathbf{\sqrt{\textit s}}\) = 13 TeV
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02)The pseudorapidity \(\eta\) and transverse-momentum \(p_{\rm T}\) distributions of charged particles produced in proton-proton collisions are measured at the centre-of-mass energy \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV. The pseudorapidity ...