Rigidity of SU(2, 2|2)-symmetric solutions in Type IIB
We investigate the existence of half-BPS solutions in Type IIB supergravity which are invariant under the superalgebra SU(2, 2|2) realized on either AdS5 × S2 × S1 or AdS5 × S3 warped over a Riemann surface Σ with boundary. We prove that, in both cases, the only solution is AdS5 × S5 itself. We argue that this result provides evidence for the non-existence of fully back-reacted intersecting D3/D7 branes with either AdS5 × S2 × S1 × Σ or AdS5 × S3 × Σ near-horizon limits.

title: Exact half-BPS string-junction solutions in six-dimensional supergravity
abstract: A bstractWe construct SO(2, 1) × SO(3)-invariant half-BPS solutions in six-dimensional (0,4) supergravity with m tensor multiplets. The space-time manifold of each one of these solutions consists of an AdS2 × S2 warped over a Riemann surface Σ with boundary. The most general local solution is parametrized by one real harmonic function, and m + 2 holomorphic functions which are subject to a quadratic constraint and a hermitian inequality, both of which are manifestly SO(2, m) invariant. Imposing suitable conditions on these harmonic and holomorphic functions, we construct globally regular supergravity solutions with N distinct AdS3 × S3 asymptotic regions and contractible Σ. These solutions have an intricate moduli space, whose dimension equals 2(m + 1)N − m − 2 and matches the counting of three-form charge vectors and un-attracted scalars of the tensor multiplet. Exact explicit formulas for all supergravity fields are obtained in terms of the moduli.Our solutions give the near-horizon geometries for junctions of N self-dual strings in six dimensions, and are holographic duals to CFTs defined on N half-planes which share a common interface line. For m = 5, the solutions lift to quarter-BPS solutions for sixdimensional (4,4) supergravity.

title: Observation of a Near-Threshold Enhancement in the p-anti-p Mass Spectrum from Radiative J/psi --> gamma-p-anti-p Decays
abstract: We observe a narrow enhancement near 2m{sub p} in the invariant mass spectrum of p{bar p} pairs from radiative J/{psi} {yields}  decays. No similar structure is seen in J/{psi} {yields}  p{bar p} decays. The results are based on an analysis of a 58 million event sample of J/{psi} decays accumulated with the BESII detector at the Beijing electron-positron collider. The enhancement can be fit with either an S- or P-wave Breit Wigner resonance function. In the case of the S-wave fit, the peak mass is below 2m{sup p} at M = 1859{sub -10}{sup +3} (stat){sub -25}{sup +5} (sys) MeV/c{sup 2} and the total width is {Lambda} < 30 MeV/c{sup 2} at the 90 percent confidence level. These mass and width values are not consistent with the properties of any known particle.

title: Measurements of the observed cross sections for e+e- ---> exclusive light hadrons containing pi0 pi0 at s**(1/) = 3.773, 3.650 and 3.6648-GeV
abstract: By analyzing the data sets of 17.3, 6.5 and 1.0 pb−1 taken, respectively, at s = 3.773 , 3.650 and 3.6648 GeV with the BES-II detector at the BEPC collider, we measure the observed cross sections for e + e − → π + π − π 0 π 0 , K + K − π 0 π 0 , 2 ( π + π − π 0 ) , K + K − π + π − π 0 π 0 and 3 ( π + π − ) π 0 π 0 at the three energy points. Based on these cross sections we set the upper limits on the observed cross sections and the branching fractions for ψ ( 3770 ) decay into these final states at 90% C.L.

title: Measurement of dijet angular distributions and search for quark compositeness in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV.
abstract: Dijet angular distributions are measured over a wide range of dijet invariant masses in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV, at the CERN LHC. The event sample, recorded with the CMS detector, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb⁻¹. The data are found to be in good agreement with the predictions of perturbative QCD, and yield no evidence of quark compositeness. With a modified frequentist approach, a lower limit on the contact interaction scale for left-handed quarks of Λ⁺ = 5.6 TeV (Λ⁻ = 6.7 TeV) for destructive (constructive) interference is obtained at the 95% confidence level.

title: Temperature effect on RPC performance in the ARGO-YBJ experiment
abstract: The ARGO-YBJ experiment has been taking data for nearly 2 years. In order to monitor continuously the performance of the Resistive Plate Chamber detectors and to study the daily temperature effects on the detector performance, a cosmic ray muon telescope was setup near the carpet detector array in the ARGO-YBJ laboratory. Based on the measurements performed using this telescope, it is found that, at the actual operating voltage of 7.2 kV, the temperature effect on the RPC time resolution is about 0.04 ns / ∘ C and on the particle detection efficiency is about 0.03 % / ∘ C . Based on these figures we conclude that the environmental effects do not affect substantially the angular resolution of the ARGO-YBJ detector.

title: A Monte Carlo study to measure the energy spectra of the primary cosmic-ray components at the knee using a new Tibet AS core detector array
abstract: A new hybrid experiment has been started by AS{\gamma} experiment at Tibet, China, since August 2011, which consists of a low threshold burst-detector-grid (YAC-II, Yangbajing Air shower Core array), the Tibet air-shower array (Tibet-III) and a large underground water Cherenkov muon detector (MD). In this paper, the capability of the measurement of the chemical components (proton, helium and iron) with use of the (Tibet-III+YAC-II) is investigated by means of an extensive Monte Carlo simulation in which the secondary particles are propagated through the (Tibet-III+YAC-II) array and an artificial neural network (ANN) method is applied for the primary mass separation. Our simulation shows that the new installation is powerful to study the chemical compositions, in particular, to obtain the primary energy spectrum of the major component at the knee.