2013 ACTIVITY REPORT
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The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for single b*-quark production with the ATLAS detector at sqrt(s) = 7  TeV" - Phys. Lett. B 721 (2013) 171-189

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for long-lived, multi-charged particles in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector" - Phys. Lett. B 722(2013) 305-322

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of hard double-parton interactions in W (-> l nu) + 2 jet events at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - New J. Phys.15 (2013) 1-39

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurements of Wgamma and Zgamma production in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" - Phys. Rev. D 87(2013) 1-40

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of kT splitting scales in W -> l nu events at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - Eur. Phys. J. C 73 (2013) 1-30

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of the cross-section for W boson production in association with b-jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - J. High Energy Phys. 06 (2013) 1-44

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for a light charged Higgs boson in the decay channel H^+ -> c sbar in ttbar events using pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" -Eur. Phys. J. C 73 (2013) 1-20

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for WH production with a light Higgs boson decaying to prompt electron-jets in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - New J. Phys. 13 (2013) 1-35

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of angular correlations in Drell-Yan lepton pairs to probe Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - Phys. Lett. B 720 (2013) 32-51

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Characterisation and mitigation of beam-induced backgrounds observed in the ATLAS detector during the 2011 proton-proton run" - JINST 8 (2013) 1-70

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for third generation scalar leptoquarks in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - J. High Energy Phys. 06 (2013) 1-39

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of multi-particle azimuthal correlations in proton-lead collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - Phys. Lett. B 725 (2013) 60-78

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for resonant diboson production in the WW/WZ -> l nu jj decay channels with the ATLAS detector at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV" - Phys. Rev. D 87 (2013) 1-22

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of the production cross section of jets in association with a Z boson in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - J. High Energy Phys. 07 (2013) 1-50

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for non-pointing photons in the diphoton and ETmiss final state in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV pp collisions using the ATLAS detector" - Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013) 1-24

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Improved luminosity determination in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHC" - Eur. Phys. J. C 73 (2013)1-39

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of the inclusive jet cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 2.76 TeV and comparison to the inclusive jet cross section at sqrt(s) = 7 TeVusing the ATLAS detector" - Eur. Phys. J. C 73 (2013) 1-56

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of charged-particle event shape variables in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV proton-proton interactions with the ATLAS detector" -  Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013) 1-25

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Triggers for Displaced Decays of Long-lived Neutral Particles in the ATLAS Detector" - JINST 8 (2013) 1-34

The ATLAS Collaboration - "A search for ttbar resonances in the lepton plus jets final state with ATLAS using 4.7 fb^-1 of pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV" - Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013) 1-28

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of the high-mass Drell-Yan differential cross-section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - Phys. Lett. B 725 (2013) 223-242

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of the distributions of event-by-event flow harmonics in Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - J. High Energy Phys. 11 (2013) 1-56

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Performance of jet substructure techniques for large-R jets in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector" -  J. High Energy Phys. 09 (2013) 1-82

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of the azimuthal angle dependence of inclusive jet yields in Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 (2013) 1-18

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of the differential cross section of B^+ production in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV at ATLAS" - J. High Energy Phys. 10(2013) 1-37

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurements of Higgs production and couplings using diboson final states with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" - Phys. Lett. B 726 (2013) 88-119

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Evidence for the spin-0 nature of the Higgs boson using ATLAS data" - Phys. Lett. B 726 (2013) 120-144

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of the top quark charge in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - J. High Energy Phys. 11 (2013) 1-41

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of jet shapes in ttbar events at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector" - Eur. Phys. J. C 73 (2013) 1-31

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Measurement of top quark polarization in top-antitop events from proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector" - Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 (2013) 1-19

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Dynamics of isolated-photon plus jet production in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - Nucl. Phys. B 875 (2013) 483-535

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for excited electrons and muons with proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - New J. Phys. 15 (2013) 1-32

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for new phenomena in final states with large jet multiplicities and missing transverse momentum at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV proton-proton collisions using the ATLAS experiment" - J. High Energy Phys. 10 (2013) 1-49

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for direct third generation squark pair production in final states with Missing Transverse Momentum and two b-jets in sqrt(s) = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector" - J. High Energy
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The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for Microscopic Black Holes in a Like-sign Dimuon Final State using large Track Multiplicity with the ATLAS detector" - Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013) 1-22

The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for charginos nearly mass-degenerate with the lightest neutralino based on a disappearing-track signature in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector" - Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013)
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The ATLAS Collaboration - "Search for long-lived stopped R-hadrons decaying out-of-time with pp collisions using the ATLAS detector" - Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013) 1-30

Chiodini G, Spagnolo S. and ATLAS Collaboration, "Off-line time calibration of the ATLAS RPC system" JINST 8 (2013) T02004

A. Ventura for the ATLAS Collaboration - "The ATLAS Muon Trigger: Experience and Performance in the first 3 years of LHC pp runs" -  Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 732 (2013) 48-51


Instrumentation and Technological Advances


Interdisciplinary and Technological Applications
E. Alemanno, A. P. Caricato, G. Chiodini, A. Corvaglia, G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, M. Dinardo, P. Dangelo, M. De Napoli, G. Fiore, S. Kwan, S. Malvezzi, A. Leone, M. Martino, D. Menasce, L. Moroni, D. Pedrini, R. Perrino, N. Randazzo, C. Pinto, R. Rivera, S. Spagnolo, V. Sipala, C. Tuvè, L. Uplegger, "Radiation damage of polycrystalline diamond exposed to 62 MeV protons" Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 730 (2013) 152-154

E. Alemanno, A. P. Caricato, G. Chiodini, M. Martino, R. Perrino, S. Spagnolo "Radiation detectors based on synthetic diamond" Nuovo Cimento, 36 C 1 (2013) 61-65

E. Alemanno, M. Martino, A. P. Caricato, M. Corrado,  C. Pinto, S. Spagnolo, G. Chiodini, R. Perrino, G. Fiore "Laser induced nano-graphite electrical contacts on synthetic polycrystalline CVD diamond for nuclear radiation detection" Diamond and Related Materials, 38 (2013) 32-35

E. Alemanno, A. P. Caricato, G. Chiodini, M. Martino, P.M. Ossi, R. Perrino, S. Spagnolo, "Excimer laser-induced diamond graphitization for high energy nuclear applications", APPLIED PHYSICS B, 113, (2013) 373-378

A. Ambrosio, S. Girardo, A. Camposeo, D. Pisignano, P. Maddalena, ”Controlling spontaneous surface structuring of azobenzene-containing polymers for large-scale nano-lithography of functional substrates”, Applied Physics Letters, 102, 2013, 093102.

E. Basile, V. Bellini, M. Capogni, S. Colilli, E. Cisbani, J. Diefenbach, R. De Leo, F. De Persio, S. Frullani, F. Giuliani, M. Lucentini, F. Meddi, S. Minutoli, P. Musico, F. Noto, R. De Oliveira, R. Perrino, F. Santavenere, G. Urciuoli "Production status of the JLab Hall-A GEM and Si $\mus$strip Tracker" Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 718 (2013) 429-431

R. Cataldo, D. D’ Agostino, P.M. Congedo: "Ventilation Control using Computational Fluid-dynamics (CFD) Modelling for Cultural Buildings Conservation" Procedia Chemistry,8, 2013, 83-91

R. Cataldo, A. Agrusti, G. De Nunzio, A. Carlà, I. De Mitri, M. Favetta, M. Quarta, L. Monno, L. Rei, E. Fiorina, "Generating a minimal set of templates for the hippocampal region in MR neuroimages"  J Neuroimaging. 23(3) 2013 p473-83.
Chiodini G, Perrino R, Spagnolo S and CERN RD-42 Collaboration, "Diamond Sensors in HEP", PoS ICHEP2012 (2013) 524

F. Di Benedetto,  V. Fasano ,  L. Persano, C. Maruccio,  E. Mele,  G. Potente,  D. A. Weitz,  L. De Lorenzis, D. Pisignano, “Rolling particle lithography by soft polymer microparticles”, Soft Matter, 9 2013, 2206-2211.

D. Di Camillo, V. Fasano, F. Ruggieri, S. Santucci, L. Lozzi, A. Camposeo, D. Pisignano, “Near-field electrospinning of conjugated polymer light-emitting nanofibers“, Nanoscale,  5, 2013, 11637-11642. Highlighted as Hot Article.

A. Camposeo, I. Greenfeld, F. Tantussi, S. Pagliara, M. Moffa, F. Fuso, M. Allegrini, E. Zussman, D. Pisignano, “Local mechanical properties of electrospun fibers correlate to their internal nanostructure”, Nano Letters 13, 2013, 5056-5062.

A. Camposeo, L. Persano, D. Pisignano, “Electrospun light-emitting nanofibers as building blocks for photonics and electronics”, SPIE Newsroom, 26 August 2013,  DOI: 10.1117/2.1201308.005067.

A. Camposeo, L. Persano, D. Pisignano, “Light-emitting electrospun nanofibers for nanophotonics and optoelectronics“, Macromolecular Materials & Engineering 5, 2013, 487-503 (Review article). Highlighted in MaterialsViews.com
L. Cosentino, F. Cusanno, R. De Leo, G. Di Venti, P. Finocchiaro, F. Garibaldi, F. Loddo, F. Meddi, P. Musico, A. Pappalardo, R. Perrino, A. Ranieri "New developments at INFN-LNS on TOF-DOI PET based on SiPM detectors" Nucl. Instr. Meth. 702 (2013) 10-12

V. Fasano, A. Polini, G. Morello, M. Moffa, A. Camposeo, D. Pisignano, “Bright light emission and waveguiding in conjugated polymer nanofibers electrospun from organic-salt added solutions”, Macromolecules 46, 2013, 5935-5942.

F. Garibaldi, S. Capuani, S. Colilli, L. Cosentino, F. Cusanno, R. De Leo, P. Finocchiaro, M. Foresta, F. Giove, F. Giuliani, M. Gricia, F. Loddo, M. Lucentini, B. Maraviglia, F. Meddi, E. Monno, P. Musico, A. Pappalardo, R. Perrino, A. Ranieri, A. Rivetti, F. Santavenere, C. Tamma "TOPEM: A PET-TOF endorectal probe, compatible with MRI for diagnosis and follow up of prostate cancer" Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 702 (2013) 13-15

F. Gontad, A. Lorusso, A. Klini, A. Loufardaki, M. Panareo, C. Fotakis, and A. Perrone: "Picosecond and sub-picosecond pulsed laser deposition of Pb thin films",  Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, 16 (2013) 093401

A. Lorusso, A. Cola, F. Gontad, I. Koutselas, M. Panareo, N.A. Vainos and A. Perrone: "New configuration of metallic photocathodes prepared by pulsed laser deposition", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res A, 724 (2013) 72-75

G. Morello, A. Polini, S. Girardo, A. Camposeo, D. Pisignano, “Enhanced emission efficiency in electrospun polyfluorene copolymer fibers”, Applied Physics Letters 102, 2013, 211911.

A. Perrone, L. Cultrera, A. Lorusso, B. Maiolo, F. Strafella: "Laser ablation and deposition of aluminium with a specially configured target-substrate arrangement",  J. Appl. Phys. 113 (2013) 026102

A. Perrone, A. I. Savchuk, H. De Rosa, I. D. Stolyarchuk, V. V. Makoviy,M. M. Smolinsky, and O. A. Savchuk: "Magnetic Field Sensing Properties of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Based Nanocomposites",  Sensor Lett. 11 (2013) 145-148

A. Perrone, F. Gontad, A. Lorusso, M. Di Giulio, E. Broitman, M. Ferrario: "Comparison of the properties of Pb thin films deposited on Nb substrate using thermal evaporation and pulsed laser deposition techniques", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res A, 729 (2013) 451-455

L. Persano, C. Dagdeviren, Y. Su, Y. Zhang, S. Girardo, D. Pisignano, Y. Huang, J. A. Rogers, “High performance piezoelectric devices based on aligned arrays of nanofibers of poly[(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene]”, Nature Communications 4, 2013, 1633.



Physics of the Atmosphere
G. Pappalardo, L. Mona, G. D'Amico, U. Wandinger, M. Adam, A. Amodeo, A. Ansmann, A. Apituley, L. Alados Arboledas, D. Balis, A. Boselli, J. A. Bravo-Aranda, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comeron, J. Cuesta, F. De Tomasi, V. Freudenthaler, M. Gausa, E. Giannakaki, H. Giehl, A. Giunta, I. Grigorov, S. Groß, M. Haeffelin, A. Hiebsch, M. Iarlori, D. Lange, H. Linné, F. Madonna, I. Mattis, R.-E. Mamouri, M. A. P. McAuliffe, V. Mitev, F. Molero, F. Navas-Guzman, D. Nicolae, A. Papayannis, M. R. Perrone, C. Pietras, A. Pietruczuk, G. Pisani, J. Preißler, M. Pujadas, V. Rizi, A. A. Ruth, J. Schmidt, F. Schnell, P. Seifert, I. Serikov, M. Sicard, V. Simeonov, N. Spinelli, K. Stebel, M. Tesche, T. Trickl, X. Wang, F. Wagner, M. Wiegner, K. M. Wilson: "Four-dimensional distribution of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic cloud over Europe observed by EARLINET", ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 13, p. 4429-4450, 2013


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