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View article: Direct Seeding achieves rehabilitation objectives for an operational sand mine in Southeast Queensland: A case study
Direct Seeding achieves rehabilitation objectives for an operational sand mine in Southeast Queensland: A case study Open
View article: The Learning Hub – Empowering Remote Rural Communities across India through Blended Learning
The Learning Hub – Empowering Remote Rural Communities across India through Blended Learning Open
This case study explores The Learning Hub, an initiative of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), which hosts, among many other learning assets, a three-strand learning programme to enhance the quality of life in rural India through innovative bl…
View article: Detectors for Linear Colliders: Calorimetry at a Future Electron-Positron Collider (3/4)
Detectors for Linear Colliders: Calorimetry at a Future Electron-Positron Collider (3/4) Open
Calorimetry will play a central role in determining the physics reach at a future e+e- collider. The requirements for calorimetry place the emphasis on achieving an excellent jet energy resolution. The currently favoured option for calorim…
View article: Precision Constraints for Three-Flavor Neutrino Oscillations from the Full <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>MINOS</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> and MINOS Dataset
Precision Constraints for Three-Flavor Neutrino Oscillations from the Full and MINOS Dataset Open
We report the final measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameters Δm_{32}^{2} and sin^{2}θ_{23} using all data from the MINOS and MINOS+ experiments. These data were collected using a total exposure of 23.76×10^{20} protons on target …
View article: Towards sustainable food and land-use systems: Insights from integrated scenarios of the Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM)
Towards sustainable food and land-use systems: Insights from integrated scenarios of the Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM) Open
View article: Research and Development for Near Detector Systems Towards Long Term Evolution of Ultra-precise Long-baseline Neutrino Experiments
Research and Development for Near Detector Systems Towards Long Term Evolution of Ultra-precise Long-baseline Neutrino Experiments Open
With the discovery of non-zero value of $θ_{13}$ mixing angle, the next generation of long-baseline neutrino (LBN) experiments offers the possibility of obtaining statistically significant samples of muon and electron neutrinos and anti-ne…
View article: Top-quark physics at the CLIC electron-positron linear collider
Top-quark physics at the CLIC electron-positron linear collider Open
© 2019, The Author(s). The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is a proposed future high-luminosity linear electron-positron collider operating at three energy stages, with nominal centre-of-mass energies s = 380 GeV, 1.5 TeV, and 3 TeV. Its ai…
View article: Construction and response of a highly granular scintillator-based electromagnetic calorimeter
Construction and response of a highly granular scintillator-based electromagnetic calorimeter Open
View article: Software compensation in particle flow reconstruction
Software compensation in particle flow reconstruction Open
View article: The Pandora multi-algorithm approach to automated pattern recognition in LAr TPC detectors
The Pandora multi-algorithm approach to automated pattern recognition in LAr TPC detectors Open
The development and operation of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LAr TPCs) for neutrino physics has created a need for new approaches to pattern recognition, in order to fully exploit the superb imaging capabilities offered by this …
View article: Construction and Response of a Highly Granular Scintillator-based Electromagnetic Calorimeter
Construction and Response of a Highly Granular Scintillator-based Electromagnetic Calorimeter Open
A highly granular electromagnetic calorimeter with scintillator strip readout is being developed for future lepton collider experiments. A prototype of 21.5 $X_0$ depth and $180 \times 180 $mm$^2$ transverse dimensions was constructed, con…
View article: The Single-Phase ProtoDUNE Technical Design Report
The Single-Phase ProtoDUNE Technical Design Report Open
ProtoDUNE-SP is the single-phase DUNE Far Detector prototype that is under construction and will be operated at the CERN Neutrino Platform (NP) starting in 2018. ProtoDUNE-SP, a crucial part of the DUNE effort towards the construction of t…
View article: Hadron shower decomposition in the highly granular CALICE analogue hadron calorimeter
Hadron shower decomposition in the highly granular CALICE analogue hadron calorimeter Open
The spatial development of hadronic showers in the CALICE scintillator-steel analogue hadron calorimeter is studied using test beam data collected at CERN and FNAL for single positive pions and protons with initial momenta in the range fro…
View article: Model-independent measurement of the e $$^{{+}}$$ + e $$^{-}$$ - $$\rightarrow $$ → HZ cross section at a future e $$^{{+}}$$ + e $$^{-}$$ - linear collider using hadronic Z decays
Model-independent measurement of the e $$^{{+}}$$ + e $$^{-}$$ - $$\rightarrow $$ → HZ cross section at a future e $$^{{+}}$$ + e $$^{-}$$ - linear collider using hadronic Z decays Open
A future e+e- collider, such as the ILC or CLIC, would allow the Higgs sector\nto be probed with a precision significantly beyond that achievable at the\nHigh-Luminosity LHC. A central part of the Higgs programme at an e+e- collider\nis th…
View article: Shower development of particles with momenta from 15 GeV to 150 GeV in the CALICE scintillator-tungsten hadronic calorimeter
Shower development of particles with momenta from 15 GeV to 150 GeV in the CALICE scintillator-tungsten hadronic calorimeter Open
We present a study of showers initiated by electrons, pions, kaons, and protons with momenta from 15 GeV to 150 GeV in the highly granular CALICE scintillator-tungsten analogue hadronic calorimeter. The data were recorded at the CERN Super…
View article: DUNE and its CERN connection
DUNE and its CERN connection Open
View article: The Pandora software development kit for pattern recognition
The Pandora software development kit for pattern recognition Open
View article: Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors
Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors Open
We report the first observation of seasonal modulations in the rates of cosmic ray multiple-muon events at two underground sites, the MINOS Near Detector with an overburden of 225 mwe, and the MINOS Far Detector site at 2100 mwe. At the de…
View article: Testing hadronic interaction models using a highly granular silicon–tungsten calorimeter
Testing hadronic interaction models using a highly granular silicon–tungsten calorimeter Open
View article: Study of quasielastic scattering using charged-current<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>-iron interactions in the MINOS near detector
Study of quasielastic scattering using charged-current-iron interactions in the MINOS near detector Open
Kinematic distributions from an inclusive sample of 1.41×10^6 charged-current ν_μ interactions on iron, obtained using the MINOS near detector exposed to a wide-band beam with peak flux at 3 GeV, are compared to a conventional treatment of…