45 research outputs found
Global analysis of charge exchange meson production at high energies
Many experiments that are conducted to study the hadron spectrum rely on peripheral resonance production. Hereby, the rapidity gap allows the process to be viewed as an independent fragmentation of the beam and the target, with the beam fragmentation dominated by production and decays of meson resonances. We test this separation by determining the kinematic regimes that are dominated by factorizable contributions, indicating the most favorable regions to perform this kind of experiments. In doing so, we use a Regge model to analyze the available world data of charge exchange meson production with beam momentum above 5 GeV in the laboratory frame that are not dominated by either pion or Pomeron exchanges. We determine the Regge residues and point out the kinematic regimes which are dominated by factorizable contributions
Antibiotic susceptibility of respiratory pathogens recently isolated in Italy: focus on ceftidoren
Search for Invisible Decays of a Dark Photon Produced in e(+)e(-) Collisions at BABAR
We search for single-photon events in 53 fb^-1 of e+e- collision data
collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II B-factory. We look for events
with a single high-energy photon and a large missing momentum and energy,
consistent with production of a spin-1 particle A' through the process
e+e->gamma A', A'->invisible. Such particles, referred to as "dark photons",
are motivated by theories applying a U(1) gauge symmetry to dark matter. We
find no evidence for such processes and set 90% confidence level upper limits
on the coupling strength of A' to e+e- in the mass range m_A'<=8 GeV. In
particular, our limits exclude the values of the A' coupling suggested by the
dark-photon interpretation of the muon (g-2) anomaly, as well as a broad range
of parameters for the dark-sector models.Comment: 9 pages, 13 figures; v2 is the version published in Physical Review
Letter
Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR
International audienceRecent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination uuddss could be a deeply bound state (S) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in ÏâSÎÂŻÎÂŻ decays based on a sample of 90Ă106Ï(2S) and 110Ă106Ï(3S) decays collected by the BABAR experiment. No signal is observed, and 90%Â confidence level limits on the combined Ï(2S,3S)âSÎÂŻÎÂŻ branching fraction in the range (1.2â1.4)Ă10-7 are derived for mS<2.05ââGeV. These bounds set stringent limits on the existence of such exotic particles
Measurement of the neutral D meson mixing parameters in a time-dependent amplitude analysis of the D-0 -> pi(+)pi(-)pi(0) decay
See paper for full list of authors - 11 pages, 2 figures, Submitted to Phys. Rev. DInternational audienceWe measure the mixing parameters using a time-dependent amplitude analysis of the decay . The data were recorded with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies at and near the resonance, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of approximately 468.1 . The neutral meson candidates are selected from decays where the flavor at the production is identified by the charge of the low momentum pion, . The measured mixing parameters are and , where the quoted uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively
Search for Rare or Forbidden Decays of the D^{0} Meson.
We present a search for nine lepton-number-violating and three lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type D^{0}âh^{'-}h^{-}â^{'+}â^{+} and D^{0}âh^{'-}h^{+}â^{'±}â^{â}, where h and h^{'} represent a K or Ï meson and â and â^{'} an electron or muon. The analysis is based on 468ââfb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} annihilation data collected at or close to the Ï(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. No significant signal is observed for any of the twelve modes, and we establish 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions in the range (1.0-30.6)Ă10^{-7}. The limits are between 1 and 3 orders of magnitude more stringent than previous measurements
Prevalence of anti-microbial resistance in eighty clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori
THE IN VITRO EFFECTS OF CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM NAPROXENATE ON ORAL AND PHARYNGEAL MICROORGANISMS OF VARIOUS ECOLOGICAL NICHES
Failure of first line eradication treatment significantly increases prevalence of anti-microbial resistant helicobacter pylori clinical isolates.
Helicobacter pylori infection is a major health problem worldwide, and effective eradication of the infection is mandatory. The efficacy of recommended eradication regimens is approximately 70%. To avoid treatment failure and the consequent development of secondary resistance(s), it is important to choose the most appropriate first-line treatment regimen. This choice should also be made based on the knowledge of the antimicrobial resistance peculiar to a given geographical area. We evaluated the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant H pylori strains isolated from naive patients and from patients with previous unsuccessful treatments.
This study examined 109 H pylori-infected subjects (Group 1) who had never received an eradication treatment and 104 H pylori-infected subjects (Group 2) who had failed one or more eradication treatments. Resistance to amoxicillin (AMO), tetracycline (TET), clarithromycin (CLA), metronidazole (MET) and levofloxacin (LEV) was determined using the epsilometer test. The significance of differences was evaluated by the chi2 test.
The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance was 0% versus 3.1% to AMO, 0% versus 2% to TET, 27% versus 41.3% to MET (p<0.05), 18% versus 45.8% to CLA (p<0.05) and 3% versus 14.6% to LEV (p<0.05) in Group 1 vs Group 2, respectively. In Group 2, there was an increased prevalence of H pylori strains resistant to multiple antimicrobials.
This study confirms the high prevalence of H pylori strains resistant to CLA and MET, and indicates that unsuccessful treatments significantly increase resistance. Choosing eradication regimens other than standard triple therapy as a first-line therapy should be advisable in areas with high primary antimicrobial resistance prevalence
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