257 research outputs found
Conexión venosa pulmonar anómala parcial supra cardiaca. Por qué la imagen ecocardiográfica supraesternal es obligatoria
Different from the total connection form, supracardiac partial anomalous venous connection may be asymptomatic for a long time and may be diagnosed accidentally during routine echocardiographic examination. In these cases, performing the suprasternal study is essential for the diagnosis and should be performed in all patients regardless of age, mainly when dilation of the right chambers without associated atrial septal defect is observed.Diferente de la forma de conexión total, la conexión venosa anómala parcial supracardíaca puede ser asintomática durante un tiempo y ser diagnosticada de forma accidental durante un examen ecocardiográfico de rutina. En estos casos, la realización de la aproximación supraesternal en el estudio ecocardiográfico es fundamental para el diagnóstico y debe ser realizado en todos los pacientes independientemente de la edad, principalmente cuando sea observada dilatación de las cámaras derechas sin comunicación interauricular.
Cosmic-ray searches with the MATHUSLA detector
The performance of the proposed MATHUSLA detector as an instrument for
studying the physics of cosmic rays by measuring extensive air showers is
presented. The MATHUSLA detector is designed to observe and study the decay of
long-lived particles produced at the pp interaction point of the CMS detector
at CERN during the HL-LHC data-taking period. The proposed MATHUSLA detector
will be composed of many layers of long scintillating bars that cannot measure
more than one hit per bar and correctly report the hit coordinate in case of
multiple hits. This study shows that adding a layer of RPC detectors with both
analogue and digital readout significantly enhances the capabilities of
MATHUSLA to measure the local densities and arrival times of charged particles
at the front of air showers. We discuss open issues in cosmic-ray physics that
the proposed MATHUSLA detector with an additional layer of RPC detectors could
address and conclude by comparing with other air-shower facilities that measure
cosmic rays in the PeV energy range.Comment: 64 pages, 58 figure
Search for CP Violation in the decays D+ -> K_S pi+ and D+ -> K_S K+
A high statistics sample of photo-produced charm from the FOCUS(E831)
experiment at Fermilab has been used to search for direct CP violation in the
decays D+->K_S pi+ and D+ -> K_S K+. We have measured the following asymmetry
parameters relative to D+->K-pi+pi+: A_CP(K_S pi+) = (-1.6 +/- 1.5 +/- 0.9)%,
A_CP(K_S K+) = (+6.9 +/- 6.0 +/- 1.5)% and A_CP(K_S K+) = (+7.1 +/- 6.1 +/-
1.2)% relative to D+->K_S pi+. The first errors quoted are statistical and the
second are systematic. We also measure the relative branching ratios:
\Gamma(D+->\bar{K0}pi+)/\Gamma(D+->K-pi+pi+) = (30.60 +/- 0.46 +/- 0.32)%,
\Gamma(D+->\bar{K0}K+)/\Gamma(D+->K-pi+pi+) = (6.04 +/- 0.35 +/- 0.30)% and
\Gamma(D+->\bar{K0}K+)/\Gamma(D+->\bar{K0}pi+) = (19.96 +/- 1.19 +/- 0.96)%.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
A measurement of branching ratios of and hadronic decays to four-body final states containing a
We have studied hadronic four-body decays of and mesons with a
in the final state using data recorded during the 1996-1997 fixed-target
run at Fermilab high energy photoproduction experiment FOCUS. We report a new
branching ratio measurement of . We make the first observation
of three new decay modes with branching ratios ,
\Gamma(D^+\to\K_S K^+ K^-\pi^+)/\Gamma(D^+\to K_S
\pi^+\pi^+\pi^-)=0.0077\pm0.0015\pm0.0009, and , where
in each case the first error is statistical and the second error is systematic.Comment: 4 pages, 1 table, 2 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letter
Measurement of the relative branching ratio BR(\Xi_c^+ \to p^+ K^-\pi^+)\BR(\Xi_c^+ \to \Xi^- \pi^+ \pi^+)
We report the observation of the Cabibbo suppressed decay \Xi_c^+ \to p
K^-\pi^+ using data collected with the FOCUS spectrometer during the 1996--97
Fermilab fixed target run. We find a \Xi_c^+ signal peak of 202\pm35 events. We
have measured the relative branching ratios BR(\Xi^+_c\to p
K^-\pi^+)/BR(\Xi^+_c\to\Xi^-\pi^+\pi^+)= 0.234 \pm 0.047 \pm 0.022 and
BR(\Xi^+_c\to p \bar{K}^*(892)^0)/BR(\Xi^+_c\to p K^-\pi^+)= 0.54 \pm 0.09 \pm
0.05 .Comment: 9 pages, 4 figure
The Target Silicon Detector for the FOCUS Spectrometer
We describe a silicon microstrip detector interleaved with segments of a
beryllium oxide target which was used in the FOCUS photoproduction experiment
at Fermilab. The detector was designed to improve the vertex resolution and to
enhance the reconstruction efficiency of short-lived charm particles.Comment: 18 pages, 14 figure
Observation of a 1750 MeV/c^2 Enhancement in the Diffractive Photoproduction of K^+K^-
Using the FOCUS spectrometer with photon beam energies between 20 and 160
\gev, we confirm the existence of a diffractively photoproduced enhancement in
at 1750 \mevcc with nearly 100 times the statistics of previous
experiments. Assuming this enhancement to be a single resonance with a
Breit-Wigner mass shape, we determine its mass to be
\mevcc and its width to be \mevcc. We find no
corresponding enhancement at 1750 \mevcc in , and again neglecting any
possible interference effects we place limits on the ratio . Our results are consistent with previous
photoproduction experiments, but, because of the much greater statistics,
challenge the common interpretation of this enhancement as the
seen in annihilation experiments.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
Centralized Inverted Decoupling Control
This paper presents a new methodology of multivariable centralized control based on the structure of inverted decoupling. The method is presented for general n×n processes, obtaining very simple general expressions for the controller elements with a complexity independent of the system size. The possible configurations and realizability conditions are stated. Then, the specification of performance requirements is carried out from simple open loop transfer functions for three common cases. As a particular case, it is shown that the resulting controller elements have PI structure or filtered derivative action plus a time delay when the process elements are given by first order plus time delay systems. Comparisons with other works demonstrate the effectiveness of this methodology through the use of several simulation examples and an experimental lab process
The Pierre Auger Observatory III: Other Astrophysical Observations
Astrophysical observations of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with the Pierre
Auger ObservatoryComment: Contributions to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference,
Beijing, China, August 201
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