118405748
High-angular-precision gamma-ray astronomy and polarimetry
Abstract We are developing a concept of a “thin” detector as a high-angular-precision telescope and polarimeter for cosmic γ - rays above the pair-creation threshold.
125343210
Measurement of the CKM matrix element $|V_{ub}|$ with $B \to \rho e \nu$ decays
126404399
Measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in B-meson decays to the charmless two-body states K0 pi+, anti-K0 K+, and K0 anti-K0
202048438
Branching fraction for $B^{+} \to \pi^0 \ell^{+} \nu$, measured in $\upsilon_{4S} \to B \bar{B}$ events tagged by $B^{-} \to D^0 \ell^{-}$ anti-v ($X$) decays
160033287
Improved Measurement of CP Violation in Neutral B Decays to c cs
120104270
Operation of the Cherenkov detector DIRC of BABAR at high luminosity
The DIRC (acronym for Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov (light)) is the ring imaging Cherenkov detector of the BABAR detector at the PEP-II ring of SLAC. It provides the identification of pions, kaons and protons for momenta up to 4 GeV/c with high efficiency. This is needed to reconstruct CP-violating B-decay final states and to provide B-meson flavour tagging for time dependent asymmetry measurements. The DIRC radiators consists of long rectangular bars made of synthetic fused silica and the photon detector is a water tank equipped with an array of 10.752 conventional photomultipliers. At the end of the year 2000 BABAR has recorded about 22 million B~B pairs reaching the design luminosity of L=3/spl middot/10/sup 33//cm/sup 2/s. The ability to keep the beam background level low at highest collision rates and the long term reliability of the DIRC components during continuous data taking are requirements of BABAR to accomplish its physics program.
123106105
String characters from kac-moody automorphisms
Abstract We construct modular invariant partition functions for strings which propagate on a group manifold. These string characters are built upon automorphisms of affine Kac-Moody algebras. Namely, to each element of the center of the group we associate infinite series of modular invariant string characters.
120400467
An Introduction to Yangian Symmetries
We review some aspects of the quantum Yangians as symmetry algebras of two-dimensional quantum field theories. The plan of these notes is the following: 
 
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The classical Heisenberg model: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-Abelian symmetries; 
 
 
The generators of the symmetries and the semi-classical Yangians; 
 
 
An alternative presentation of the semi-classical Yangians; 
 
 
Digression on Poisson-Lie groups. 
 
 
Non-Abelian symmetries and the quantum Yangians; 
 
 
The transfer matrix and an alternative presentation of the Yangians; 
 
 
Digression on the double Yangians. 
 
 
 
 
 
2 
 
The quantum Heisenberg chain: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-Abelian symmetries and the quantum Yangians; 
 
 
The transfer matrix and an alternative presentation of the Yangians; 
 
 
Digression on the double Yangians.
120960577
EXCHANGE ALGEBRA AND EXOTIC SUPERSYMMETRY IN THE CHIRAL POTTS MODEL
We obtain an exchange algebra for the Chiral Potts model, the elements of which are linear in the parameters defining the rapidity curve. This enables us to connect the Chiral Potts model to a Uq(GL(2)) algebra. On the other hand, looking at the model from the S-matrix point of view relates it to a ZZN generalisation of the supersymmetric algebra.
18392219
AFFINE SOLITONS: A RELATION BETWEEN TAU FUNCTIONS, DRESSING AND BÄCKLUND TRANSFORMATIONS
We reconsider the construction of solitons by dressing transformations in the sine-Gordon model. We show that the N-soliton solutions are in the orbit of the vacuum, and we identify the elements in the dressing group which allow us to build the N-soliton solutions from the vacuum solution. The dressed τ functions can be computed in two different ways: either using adjoint actions in the affine Lie algebra , and this gives the relation with the Backlund transformations, or using the level-one representations of the affine Lie algebra , and this directly gives the formulae for the τ functions in terms of vertex operators.
33626790
An insulating grid spacer for large-area MICROMEGAS chambers
Abstract We present a novel design for large-area gaseous detectors based on the MICROMEGAS technology. This technology incorporates an insulating grid, sandwiched between the micro-mesh and the anode-pad plane, which provides a uniform 200 μm amplification gap. The uniformity of the amplification gap thickness has been verified. The gain performances of the detector are presented and compared to the values obtained with detectors using cylindrical micro spacers. The new design presents several technical and financial advantages.