The parameters of the electroweak theory are determined in a combined electroweak and QCD analysis using all deep-inelastic Formula omitted and Formula omitted neutral current and charged current ...scattering cross sections published by the H1 Collaboration, including data with longitudinally polarised lepton beams. Various fits to Standard Model parameters in the on-shell scheme are performed. The mass of the W boson is determined as Formula omitted. The axial-vector and vector couplings of the light quarks to the Z boson are also determined. Both results improve the precision of previous H1 determinations based on HERA-I data by about a factor of two. Possible scale dependence of the weak coupling parameters in both neutral and charged current interactions beyond the Standard Model is also studied. All results are found to be consistent with the Standard Model expectations.
Charged particle multiplicity distributions in positron-proton deep inelastic scattering at a centre-of-mass energy Formula omitted GeV are measured. The data are collected with the H1 detector at ...HERA corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 136 pb Formula omitted. Charged particle multiplicities are measured as a function of photon virtuality Formula omitted, inelasticity y and pseudorapidity Formula omitted in the laboratory and the hadronic centre-of-mass frames. Predictions from different Monte Carlo models are compared to the data. The first and second moments of the multiplicity distributions are determined and the KNO scaling behaviour is investigated. The multiplicity distributions as a function of Formula omitted and the Bjorken variable Formula omitted are converted to the hadron entropy Formula omitted, and predictions from a quantum entanglement model are tested.
Chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) is a recently recognized illness characterized by debilitating fatigue as well as immunological and neurological abnormalities Straus, S. E. (1988) ...J. Inf. Dis. 157, 405-412. Once thought to be caused by Epstein-Barr virus, it is now thought to have a different but unknown etiology. We evaluated 30 adult and pediatric CFIDS patients from six eastern states for the presence of human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) types I and II by Western immunoblotting, polymerase chain reaction, and in situ hybridization of blood samples. The majority of patients were positive for HTLV antibodies by Western blotting and for HTLV-II gag sequences by polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization. Twenty nonexposure healthy controls were negative in all assays. These data support an association between an HTLV-II-like virus and CFIDS.
Diffractive electroproduction of ρ and ϕ mesons is measured at HERA with the H1 detector in the elastic and proton dissociative channels. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 51 pb
−1
. ...About 10500 ρ and 2000 φ events are analysed in the kinematic range of squared photon virtuality 2.5 ≤
Q
2
≤ 60 GeV
2
, photon-proton centre of mass energy 35 ≤
W
≤ 180 GeV and squared four-momentum transfer to the proton |
t
| ≤ 3 GeV
2
. The total, longitudinal and transverse cross sections are measured as a function of
Q
2
,
W
and |
t
|. The measurements show a transition to a dominantly “hard” behaviour, typical of high gluon densities and small
dipoles, for
Q
2
larger than 10 to 20 GeV
2
. They support flavour independence of the diffractive exchange, expressed in terms of the scaling variable (
Q
2
+
M
2
V
)/4, and proton vertex factorisation. The spin density matrix elements are measured as a function of kinematic variables. The ratio of the longitudinal to transverse cross sections, the ratio of the helicity amplitudes and their relative phases are extracted. Several of these measurements have not been performed before and bring new information on the dynamics of diffraction in a QCD framework. The measurements are discussed in the context of models using generalised parton distributions or universal dipole cross sections.
Exclusive photoproduction of ρ0(770) mesons is studied using the H1 detector at the ep collider HERA. A sample of about 900,000 events is used to measure single- and double-differential cross ...sections for the reaction γp→π+π-Y. Reactions where the proton stays intact (mY=mp) are statistically separated from those where the proton dissociates to a low-mass hadronic system (mp<mY<10GeV). The double-differential cross sections are measured as a function of the invariant mass mππ of the decay pions and the squared 4-momentum transfer t at the proton vertex. The measurements are presented in various bins of the photon–proton collision energy Wγp. The phase space restrictions are 0.5≤mππ≤2.2GeV, |t|≤1.5GeV2, and 20≤Wγp≤80GeV. Cross section measurements are presented for both elastic and proton-dissociative scattering. The observed cross section dependencies are described by analytic functions. Parametrising the mππ dependence with resonant and non-resonant contributions added at the amplitude level leads to a measurement of the ρ0(770) meson mass and width at mρ=770.8-2.7+2.6(tot.)MeV and Γρ=151.3-3.6+2.7(tot.)MeV, respectively. The model is used to extract the ρ0(770) contribution to the π+π- cross sections and measure it as a function of t and Wγp. In a Regge asymptotic limit in which one Regge trajectory α(t) dominates, the intercept α(t=0)=1.0654-0.0067+0.0098(tot.) and the slope α′(t=0)=0.233-0.074+0.067(tot.)GeV-2 of the t dependence are extracted for the case mY=mp.
The diffractive process
ep
→
eXY
, where
Y
denotes a proton or its low mass excitation with
M
Y
<1.6 GeV, is studied with the H1 experiment at HERA. The analysis is restricted to the phase space ...region of the photon virtuality 3 ≤
Q
2
≤ 1600 GeV
2
, the square of the four-momentum transfer at the proton vertex |
t
|< 1.0 GeV
2
and the longitudinal momentum fraction of the incident proton carried by the colourless exchange
x
ℙ
<0.05.
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Triple differential cross sections are measured as a function of
x
ℙ
,
Q
2
and
β
=
x
/
x
ℙ
where
x
is the Bjorken scaling variable. These measurements are made after selecting diffractive events by demanding a large empty rapidity interval separating the final state hadronic systems
X
and
Y
. High statistics measurements covering the data taking periods 1999–2000 and 2004–2007 are combined with previously published results in order to provide a single set of diffractive cross sections from the H1 experiment using the large rapidity gap selection method. The combined data represent a factor between three and thirty increase in statistics with respect to the previously published results. The measurements are compared with predictions from NLO QCD calculations based on diffractive parton densities and from a dipole model. The proton vertex factorisation hypothesis is tested.
After 2001, the upgraded ep collider HERA will provide an about five times higher luminosity for the two experiments H1 and ZEUS. To cope with the expected higher event rates, the H1 collaboration is ...building a track-based trigger system, the Fast Track Trigger (FTT). It will be integrated in the first three levels (L1-L3) of the H1 trigger scheme to provide higher selectivity for events with charged particles. The FTT will allow reconstruction of three-dimensional tracks in the central drift chamber down to 100 MeV/c within the L2 latency of /spl sim/23 /spl mu/s. To reach the necessary momentum resolution of /spl sim/5% (at 1 GeV/c), sophisticated reconstruction algorithms have to be implemented using high-density field-programmable gate arrays and their embedded content addressable memories. The final track parameter optimization will be done using noniterative fits implemented in digital signal processors. While at the first trigger level rough track information will be provided, at L2 tracks with high resolution are available to form trigger decisions on topological and other track-based criteria like multiplicities and momenta. At the third trigger level, a farm of commercial processor boards will be used to compute physics quantities such as invariant masses.
The cross section for the diffractive deep-inelastic scattering process
ep
→
eXp
is measured, with the leading final state proton detected in the H1 Forward Proton Spectrometer. The data sample ...covers the range
x
ℙ
<0.1 in fractional proton longitudinal momentum loss, 0.1<|
t
|<0.7 GeV
2
in squared four-momentum transfer at the proton vertex and 4<
Q
2
<700 GeV
2
in photon virtuality. The cross section is measured four-fold differentially in
t
,
x
ℙ
,
Q
2
and
β
=
x
/
x
ℙ
, where
x
is the Bjorken scaling variable. The
t
and
x
ℙ
dependences are interpreted in terms of an effective pomeron trajectory and a sub-leading exchange. The data are compared with perturbative QCD predictions at next-to-leading order based on diffractive parton distribution functions previously extracted from complementary measurements of inclusive diffractive deep-inelastic scattering. The ratio of the diffractive to the inclusive
ep
cross section is studied as a function of
Q
2
,
β
and
x
ℙ
.
Measurements of
D
∗
(
2010
)
meson production in diffractive deep inelastic scattering
(
5
<
Q
2
<
100
GeV
2
)
are presented which are based on HERA data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy
s
=
319
...GeV
with an integrated luminosity of 287 pb
-
1
. The reaction
e
p
→
e
X
Y
is studied, where the system
X
, containing at least one
D
∗
(
2010
)
meson, is separated from a leading low-mass proton dissociative system
Y
by a large rapidity gap. The kinematics of
D
∗
candidates are reconstructed in the
D
∗
→
K
π
π
decay channel. The measured cross sections compare favourably with next-to-leading order QCD predictions, where charm quarks are produced via boson-gluon fusion. The charm quarks are then independently fragmented to the
D
∗
mesons. The calculations rely on the collinear factorisation theorem and are based on diffractive parton densities previously obtained by H1 from fits to inclusive diffractive cross sections. The data are further used to determine the diffractive to inclusive
D
∗
production ratio in deep inelastic scattering.
Advances in information and communication technologies, particularly the emergence of the Internet as a major source of global information have encouraged tertiary educators to develop rich, ...technology-based learning environments. Moreover, ready access to multimedia at the desktop provides the opportunity to develop engaging and interactive learning resources to enhance traditional learning environments. As a consequence, educators of distance education students are now able to move away from traditional, print-based study packages and develop multimodal course materials. This paper provides a qualitative meta-analysis of the issues associated with academics' adoption and integration of technology for developing distance education courses, emerging from a range of contemporary studies and presents a framework for the investigation of factors influencing academics' adoption of technology. Author abstract
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