Beam test of BTeV pixel detectors
The silicon pixel vertex detector is one of the key elements of the BTeV spectrometer. Detector prototypes were tested in a beam at Fermilab. We report here on the measured spatial resolution as a function of the incident angles for different sensor-readout electronics combinations. We compare the results with predictions from our Monte Carlo simulation.

title: Searches for Majorana neutrinos in $B^-$ decays
abstract: Searches for heavy Majorana neutrinos in B- decays in final states containing hadrons plus a \mu- \mu- pair have been performed using 0.41/fb of data collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The D+ \mu- \mu- and D*+ \mu- \mu- final states can arise from the presence of virtual Majorana neutrinos of any mass. Other final states containing \pi+, Ds+, or D0\pi+ can be mediated by an on-shell Majorana neutrino. No signals are found and upper limits are set on Majorana neutrino production as a function of mass, and also on the B- decay branching fractions.

title: First spatial alignment of the LHCb VELO and analysis of beam absorber collision data
abstract: A first alignment of the LHCb Vertex Locator has been obtained from beam induced tracks at the LHC. A 450 GeV/c protons were collided on a beam absorber during the LHC synchronisation tests of the anti-clockwise beam in August and September 2008. The resulting particle tracks have been reconstructed by the Vertex Locator. This was the first full reconstruction of tracks induced by the LHC beam. The quality of the data obtained is discussed. A total of 2200 tracks were reconstructed from the full data sample, and a first spatial alignment was obtained. The detector is aligned to an accuracy of Slim in the sensor plane. The results confirm that all detector modules have not been displaced from their surveyed positions by more than 10 mm.

title: Measurement of the Ds+ - Ds- production asymmetry in 7 TeV pp collisions
abstract: Article history: Received 4 May 2012 Received in revised form 30 May 2012  W.-D. Schlatter Heavy quark production in 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy pp collisions at the LHC is not necessarily flavour symmetric. The production asymmetry, AP, between D+s and D−s mesons is studied using the φπ± decay mode in a data sample of 1.0 fb−1 collected with the LHCb detector. The difference between π+ and π− detection efficiencies is determined using the ratios of fully reconstructed to partially reconstructed D∗± decays. The overall production asymmetry in the D±s rapidity region 2.0 to 4.5 with transverse momentum larger than 2 GeV is measured to be AP = (−0.33 ± 0.22 ± 0.10)%. This result can constrain models of heavy flavour production.

title: Performance of the CLEO III LiF-TEA ring imaging Cherenkov detector in a high-energy muon beam
abstract: LiF radiators to generate Cherenkov photons which are then detected by proportional wire chambers using a mixture of CH 4 and TEA gases. The first two photon detector modules which were constructed, were taken to the Fermilab and tested in a beam dump that provided high-momentum muons. We report on results using both plane and “sawtooth”–shaped radiators. Specifically, we discuss the number of photoelectrons observed per ring and the angular resolution. The particle separation ability is shown to be sufficient for the physics of CLEO III.

title: Measurement of B(Upsilon(5S) ---> B(*)(s) anti-B(*)(s)) Using phi Mesons

title: UNIVERSALLY TREATING THE QUARK PAIR WITH A VACUUM QUANTUM NUMBER IN THE RELATED CHARM DECAYS
abstract: A method for universally treating the quark pair with a vacuum quantum number is proposed and it is applied to calculating some charm meson decays as examples. The smallness for W-exchange and annihilation mechanisms has new explanation and the result obtained by means of the proposed method on the decay fits the experimental data well.

title: Production of e, mu and tau pairs in untagged two-photon collisions at LEP
abstract: The two-photon collision reaction e+e- --> e+e-l+l- has been studied at root(s) ~ 91 GeV using the L3 detector at LEP for l = e, muon , tau. We have analysed untagged configurations where the two photons are quasi-real. Good agreement is found between our measurements and the order alpha**4 QED expectation.

title: Proposal of the Next Incarnation of Accelerator Test Facility at KEK for the International Linear Collider
abstract: To reach design luminosity, the International Linear Collider (ILC) must be able to create and reliably maintain nanometer size beams. The ATF damping ring is the unique facility where ILC emittances are possible. In this paper we present and evaluate the proposal to create a final focus facility at the ATF which, using compact final focus optics and an ILC-like bunch train, would be capable of achieving 37 nm beam size. Such a facility would enable the development of beam diagnostics and tuning methods, as well as the training of young accelerator physicists.

title: Electromagnetic calorimeter with thin gap wire chambers
abstract: In this paper we report about the experimental results obtained in a beam test of a gas sampling EM calorimeter. The module consists of 20 thin gap (30 mm) multiwire chambers as active elements, interleaved with brass absorber plates of 12 mm thickness or 0.84 radiation length. The KEK electron beam was tuned to energies of 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 GeV. The construction and performances of the chamber, the assembling of the module, the experimental setup and data acquisition system are briefly described. The energy resolution of the module is found to be 25%√E (E in GeV). In the range of measured energies, good linearity of the energy response is obtained. The longitudinal development of EM shower, the relation between energy resolution and thickness of the absorber as well as the high voltage of the chamber are studied. The effect of incident position of the beam on the performance of the module is also given.

title: Monte Carlo simulation of the response of Si(Li) detectors to monoenergetic X-rays
abstract: We present a Monte Carlo simulation of X-ray interaction with a Si(Li) detector which includes for the first time both a detailed description of the atomic excitation and de-excitation and also a physically realistic model of the frontal region of incomplete charge collection. Simulated lineshapes are in good agreement with those measured by us using monoenergetic X-rays of energy 1–10 keV and by varying the two parameters of the model we can generate lineshapes very similar to those reported in the literature for other Si(Li) detectors.