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Heavy-flavor production in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at LHC with ALICE
We report recent results from the ALICE experiment the Large Hadron Collider
on open charmed hadron production in pp collisions at and 7
TeV, and Pb-Pb collisions at TeV.
Open charmed hadrons are kinematically fully reconstructed in the hadronic
decay channels \DtoKpi, \DtoKpipi, and \DstartoDpi %,
, and and identified through their invariant mass. Combinatorial background is
minimized by selecting a displaced vertex topology. Inclusive charm and beauty
production is measured by detecting electrons (muons) from semi-leptonic decays
of open charmed and beauty hadrons in the central (forward) region. Comparison
to results from state-of-the-art QCD calculations is given. First results on
nuclear modifications factors in Pb--Pb collisions from hadronic and
semi-leptonic decays are presented.Comment: proceedings of the Hadron 2011 Conference, 13-17 June 2011, Munich,
Germany, 6 pages, 3 fig
Heavy-Flavor Collectivity - Light-Flavor Thermalization at RHIC
Flow measurements of multi-strange baryons from Au + Au collisions at RHIC
energies demonstrate that collectivity develops before hadronization, among
partons. To pin down the partonic EOS of matter produced at RHIC, the status of
thermalization in such collisions has to be addressed. We propose to measure
collective flow of heavy-flavor quarks, e.g. charm quarks, as an indicator of
thermalization of light flavors (). The completion of the time of flight
barrel and the proposed upgrade with a Vertex detector for heavy-flavor
identification in STAR are well suited for achieving these goals.Comment: proceedings of the ISMD 2005 conference, Kromeriz, Czech Republic; 6
pages, 4 figure
Time ordered perturbation theory for non-local interactions; applications to NCQFT
In the past decades, time ordered perturbation theory was very successful in
describing relativistic scattering processes. It was developed for local
quantum field theories. However, there are field theories which are governed by
non-local interactions, for example non-commutative quantum field theory
(NCQFT). Filk (Phys. Lett. B 376 (1996) 53) first studied NCQFT perturbatively
obtaining the usual Feynman propagator and additional phase factors as the
basic elements of perturbation theory. However, this treatment is only
applicable for cases, where the deformation of space-time does not involve
time. Thus, we generalize Filk's approach in two ways: First, we study
non-local interactions of a very general type able to embed NCQFT. And second,
we also include the case, where non-locality involves time. A few applications
of the obtained formalism will also be discussed.Comment: 21 pages, 2 figure
momentum correlations versus relative azimuth as a sensitive probe for thermalization
In high-energy nuclear collisions at LHC, where a QGP might be created, the
degree of thermalization at the partonic level is a key issue. Due to their
large mass, heavy quarks are a powerful tool to probe thermalization. We
propose to measure azimuthal correlations of heavy-quark hadrons and their
decay products. Changes or even the complete absence of these initially
existing azimuthal correlations in collisions might indicate
thermalization at the partonic level. We present studies with PYTHIA for
collisions at 14 TeV using the two-particle transverse momentum correlator
as a sensitive measure
of potential changes in these azimuthal correlations. Contributions from
transverse radial flow are estimated.Comment: proceedings of the ISMD08 conference, DESY, Hamburg, Germany; to
appear in DESY-PROC, 5 pages, 4 fig
Country differences in technology experience: The effect of teletext on iTV adoption in the United Kingdom
This study found that participantâs previous teletext experience and previous iTV experience influenced their openness towards using interactive television in planning independent longhaul holidays. The study surveyed participants for their previous interactive media experience (internet, iTV and teletext) before viewing a linear or interactive television destination promotion. Two ad models (impulse and telescopic) were tested from two program formats (travel program segment and ad break in a lifestyle program). These were aired on a video-on-demand network in London (UK) with 164 people out of a total of 375 participating all the way to the final steps of the study. Participants were most experienced with the Internet (mean 6.29 on 1-7scale) and 50% had had experience with an interactive television provider other than the VOD network. 70% had experience with teletext. Overall, participants felt positively towards interactive television as an information source for holiday planning. Those with teletext experience or iTV experience were more open to iTV than those without such experience. Furthermore, actual interaction with the treatment seemed to moderate the previous experience â iTV attractiveness link. This demonstrated that although previous technology experiences can transfer to new media, the actual experience of using the new media is also a powerful factor
A comparison of three interactive television AD formats
This study explores the effects of interacting with three current interactive television (iTV) ad formats, using an Australian audience panel. Interaction with iTV ads has positive effects on awareness and net positive thoughts, which increase purchase intentions compared with the influence of regular ads. The telescopic format represents the best format, likely because it makes the most of the entertaining possibilities of iTV by offering additional long-form video; its superior performance cannot be explained readily by self-selection effects. The results suggest that the effectiveness of iTV ads should be measured by their interaction rate rather than the much smaller response rate, and iTV advertisers should consider ways to maximize interaction and response rates
The three-dimensional BF Model with Cosmological Term in the Axial Gauge
We quantize the three-dimensional -model using axial gauge conditions.
Exploiting the rich symmetry-structure of the model we show that the
Green-functions correspond to tree graphs and can be obtained as the unique
solution of the Ward-Identities. Furthermore, we will show that the theory can
be uniquely determined by symmetry considerations without the need of an action
principle.Comment: one reference added, transmission errors correcte
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