38 research outputs found
Second Generation Leptoquark Search in p\bar{p} Collisions at = 1.8 TeV
We report on a search for second generation leptoquarks with the D\O\
detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider at = 1.8 TeV.
This search is based on 12.7 pb of data. Second generation leptoquarks
are assumed to be produced in pairs and to decay into a muon and quark with
branching ratio or to neutrino and quark with branching ratio
. We obtain cross section times branching ratio limits as a function
of leptoquark mass and set a lower limit on the leptoquark mass of 111
GeV/c for and 89 GeV/c for at the 95%\
confidence level.Comment: 18 pages, FERMILAB-PUB-95/185-
Jet Production via Strongly-Interacting Color-Singlet Exchange in Collisions
A study of the particle multiplicity between jets with large rapidity
separation has been performed using the D{\O}detector at the Fermilab Tevatron
Collider operating at TeV. A significant excess of
low-multiplicity events is observed above the expectation for color-exchange
processes. The measured fractional excess is , which is consistent with a strongly-interacting
color-singlet (colorless) exchange process and cannot be explained by
electroweak exchange alone. A lower limit of 0.80% (95% C.L.) is obtained on
the fraction of dijet events with color-singlet exchange, independent of the
rapidity gap survival probability.Comment: 15 pages (REVTeX), 3 PS figs (uuencoded/tar compressed, epsf.sty)
Complete postscript available at http://d0sgi0.fnal.gov/d0pubs/journals.html
Submitted to Physical Review Letter
Measurement of the and Couplings in Collisions at TeV
We have directly measured the ZZ-gamma and Z-gamma-gamma couplings by
studying p pbar --> l+ l- gamma + X, (l = e, mu) events at the CM energy of
1.813.3 pb^-1)
for the electron (muon) channel, yields the following 95% confidence level
limits on the anomalous CP-conserving ZZ-gamma couplings: -1.9 < h^Z_30 < 1.8
(h^Z_40 = 0), and -0.5 < h^Z_40 < 0.5 (h^Z_30 = 0), for a form-factor scale
Lambda = 500 GeV. Limits for the Z-gamma-gamma$ couplings and CP-violating
couplings are also discussed.Comment: 11 pages, 1 table, and 3 figure
Measurement of the gauge boson couplings in Collisions at TeV
The gauge boson couplings were measured using () events at TeV observed with the
{D\O} detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The signal, obtained from the
data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of , agrees
well with the Standard Model prediction. A fit to the photon transverse energy
spectrum yields limits at the 95% confidence level on the CP--conserving
anomalous coupling parameters of ( = 0) and
( = 0).Comment: 16pages (14pages + 2figure pages) Uses ReVTEX Two postscript files
for figures will follow immediatel
W and Z Boson Production in PbarP Collisions at Sqrt(s)=1.8 TeV
The inclusive cross sections times leptonic branching ratios for W and Z
boson production in PbarP collisions at Sqrt(s)=1.8 TeV were measured using the
D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider:
Sigma_W*B(W->e, nu) = 2.36 +/- 0.07 +/- 0.13 nb,
Sigma_W*B(W->mu,nu) = 2.09 +/- 0.23 +/- 0.11 nb,
Sigma_Z*B(Z-> e, e) = 0.218 +/- 0.011 +/- 0.012 nb,
Sigma_Z*B(Z->mu,mu) = 0.178 +/- 0.030 +/- 0.009 nb.
The first error is the combined statistical and systematic uncertainty, and
the second reflects the uncertainty in the luminosity. For the combined
electron and muon analyses we find:
[Sigma_W*B(W->l,nu)]/[Sigma_Z*B(Z->l,l)] = 10.90 +/- 0.49.
Assuming Standard Model couplings, this result is used to determine the width
of the W boson:
Gamma(W) = 2.044 +/- 0.093 GeV.Comment: 11 pages (including 2 figure pages), in REVTEX. Two PostScript
figures are appended in a UUencoded fil
Primjena i kompozicija individualiziranih zaštitnih elemenata linijske grafike u projektiranju novčanica
Proces stvaranja novčanica je dugotrajan i složen, što rezultira kompleksnim rješenjima koja predstavljaju pravo remek djelo grafike. Novčanice su prožete brojnim detaljima i prenose različite informacije koje se analiziraju u teorijskom dijelu rada.
Prvotno se postavljaju kriteriji po kojima se izrađuje detaljna analiza velikog broja zaštitnih i konceptualnih elemenata na primjerima novčanica. Time je prikazan okvirni povijesni pregled razvoja novčanica i utjecaji kojima je bio izložen. Analizira se međuovisnost dizajna o sigurnosnim značajkama, te se ispituje razina informiranosti javnosti o zaštitama na novčanicama. Zaključuje se koje metode zaštite su najučinkovitije, te kako šira javnost najčešće provjerava autentičnost novčanica.
U eksperimentalnom dijelu rada se na temelju donesenih zaključaka iz teorijskog dijela izrađuje prototip novčanice koja je u najvećoj mjeri prožeta individualiziranim PostScript programskim rješenjima elemenata linijske grafike (rozete, mikrotekst, zaštitne linije, brojevi apoena), a od ostalih zaštita modeliran je individualizirani raster transformacijom matematičkog izraza u PostScript programski kod. Sve ostale zaštite tipične za novčanice simulirane su alatima za rastersku i vektorsku grafiku. U radu se ispituje utjecaj kompozicije zaštitnih elemenata na prepoznavanje autentičnosti novčanica, te efikasnost samih individualiziranih programskih rješenja
The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts
Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures
such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of
alien species. Existing global databases of species’ threat status or population
time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with
broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of
a range of biodiversity indicators, is necessary to enable better understanding of
historical declines and to project – and avert – future declines. We describe and
assess a new database of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing
over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of
local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic
pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database contains
measurements taken in 208 (of 814) ecoregions, 13 (of 14) biomes, 25 (of 35)
biodiversity hotspots and 16 (of 17) megadiverse countries. The database contains
more than 1% of the total number of all species described, and more than
1% of the described species within many taxonomic groups – including flowering
plants, gymnosperms, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, beetles, lepidopterans
and hymenopterans. The dataset, which is still being added to, is
therefore already considerably larger and more representative than those used
by previous quantitative models of biodiversity trends and responses. The database
is being assembled as part of the PREDICTS project (Projecting Responses
of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems – www.predicts.org.uk).
We make site-level summary data available alongside this article. The full database
will be publicly available in 2015