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Higher-order QED corrections to single-W production in electron-positron collisions
Four-fermion processes with a particle lost in the beam pipe are studied at
LEP to perform precision tests of the electroweak theory. Leading higher-order
QED corrections to such processes are analyzed within the framework of the
Structure Functions (SF) approach. The energy scale entering the QED SF is
determined by inspection of the soft and collinear limit of the O(alpha)
radiative corrections to the four-fermion final states, paying particular
attention to the process of single-W production. Numerical predictions are
shown in realistic situations for LEP experiments and compared with existing
results. A Monte Carlo event generator, including exact tree-level matrix
elements, vacuum polarization, higher-order leading QED corrections and
anomalous trilinear gauge couplings, is presented.Comment: LaTeX (using elsart), 21 pages, 8 .ps figure
Light Pair Correction to Bhabha Scattering at Small Angle
This work deals with the computation of electron pair correction to small
angle Bhabha scattering, in order to contribute to the improvement of
luminometry precision at LEP/SLC below 0.1% theoretical accuracy. The exact QED
four-fermion matrix element for , including all
diagrams and mass terms, is computed and different Feynman graph topologies are
studied to quantify the error of approximate calculations present in the
literature. Several numerical results, obtained by a Monte Carlo program with
full matrix element, initial-state radiation via collinear structure functions,
and realistic event selections, are shown and critically compared with the
existing ones. The present calculation, together with recent progress in the
sector of purely photonic corrections, contributes to achieve a
total theoretical error in luminometry at the 0.05% level, close to the current
experimental precision and important in view of the final analysis of the
electroweak precision data.Comment: LaTeX2e, 28 pages, 8 figures include
Light-Pair Corrections to Small-Angle Bhabha Scattering in a Realistic Set-up at LEP
Light-pair corrections to small-angle Bhabha scattering have been computed in
a realistic set-up for luminosity measurements at LEP. The effect of
acollinearity and acoplanarity rejection criteria has been carefully analysed
for typical calorimetric event selections. The magnitude of the correction,
depending on the details of the considered set-up, is comparable with the
present experimental error.Comment: 6 pages, LaTeX (elsart.sty), 4 tables, 1 figur
The CNGS Neutrino Beam
The CERN to Gran Sasso Neutrino beam (CNGS) was commissioned at CERN in early
August 2006 and was first sent at low intensity to Gran Sasso on August 17,
2006. The Borexino, LVD and OPERA experiments continued the commissioning of
their detectors and started taking data with practically no dead time. The CNGS
collected several hundred events with clean time distributions.Comment: 11 pages, 14 EPS figures. Lecture given at the 2nd Latin American
School on Cosmic Rays and Astrophysics, Puebla, Mexico, 30th August - 8th
September 200
GPS-based CERN-LNGS time link for Borexino
We describe the design, the equipment, and the calibration of a new GPS based
time link between CERN and the Borexino experiment at the Gran Sasso Laboratory
in Italy. This system has been installed and operated in Borexino since March
2012, and used for a precise measurement of CNGS muon neutrinos speed in May
2012. The result of the measurement will be reported in a different letter.Comment: 13 pages, 11 figure
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