{"title":"Chromosome damage by ionizing radiation: A review","authors":"F. Ballarini","doi":"10.1393/NCB/I2009-10771-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1393/NCB/I2009-10771-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54708,"journal":{"name":"Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66579119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Derivation of gravitational continuity equation from time-dependent quasi-Maxwell equations","authors":"Mohammadreza Yavari","doi":"10.1393/NCB/I2009-10760-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1393/NCB/I2009-10760-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54708,"journal":{"name":"Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66579053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-thermal X-rays from the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster and dark matter annihilation","authors":"S. Profumo","doi":"10.1063/1.3052024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3052024","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate a scenario where the recently discovered non‐thermal hard X‐ray emission from the Ophiuchus cluster originates from inverse Compton scattering of energetic electrons and positrons produced in weakly interacting dark matter pair annihilations. We show that this scenario can account for the detected X‐ray emission. We demonstrate that GLAST will conclusively test the dark matter annihilation hypothesis. Depending on the particle dark matter model, GLAST might even detect the monochromatic line produced by dark matter pair annihilation into two photons.","PeriodicalId":54708,"journal":{"name":"Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1063/1.3052024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58566463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A proposito delle microantenne retiniche","authors":"G. Toraldo di Francia","doi":"10.1007/BF02781880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02781880","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54708,"journal":{"name":"Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics","volume":"16 1","pages":"275-276"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82744203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unsteady magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer flow over a stretching surface with viscous dissipation and Joule heating","authors":"R. Jat, Santosh Chaudhary","doi":"10.1393/NCB/I2009-10744-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1393/NCB/I2009-10744-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54708,"journal":{"name":"Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66578979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Massive bosons interacting with gravity: No standard solutions in Robertson-Walker space-time","authors":"A. Zecca","doi":"10.1393/NCB/I2009-10751-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1393/NCB/I2009-10751-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54708,"journal":{"name":"Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66579000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of harmonic-undulator free-electron laser gain","authors":"J. Hussain, Vikesh Gupta, G. Mishra","doi":"10.1393/NCB/I2009-10738-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1393/NCB/I2009-10738-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54708,"journal":{"name":"Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66578925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. M. Salvatore, P. Oliva, U. Bottigli, M. Carpinelli, B. Golosio
{"title":"Image quality simulations in X-ray mammography","authors":"D. M. Salvatore, P. Oliva, U. Bottigli, M. Carpinelli, B. Golosio","doi":"10.1393/NCB/I2009-10758-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1393/NCB/I2009-10758-X","url":null,"abstract":"The application of tunable monochromatic X-rays to mammography can improve the image quality and reduce the radiation dose to the patient. A new generation of quasi-monochromatic, high-flux X-ray sources is currently under development, based on Thomson scattering of photons produced by a laser on a highly focused electron beam. In this paper we investigate the effect of different spectral distributions on the image contrast on 2 cm, 4 cm, 6 cm, 8 cm breast mammographic phantoms containing details of different composition (tumor mass and calcification details) and thickness. In the simulations we assume a homogeneous breast composition and three compositions (25%; 50% and 75% glandular) are investigated. We simulate monochromatic, quasi-monochromatic and polychromatic X-ray sources in order to define the optimal energies that maximize the image quality parameter. In particular we compare the simulations of the Gaussian quasi-monochromatic spectra. having different energy standard deviations (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 keV) with traditional X-ray tubes spectra. Results show that Gaussian spectra having an energy spread of about 1 keV standard deviation call improve the image quality of about 30% with respect to traditional X-ray tube ones.","PeriodicalId":54708,"journal":{"name":"Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics","volume":"124 1","pages":"205-222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66579040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discrepancy in the Unitarity Triangle fit from b s transitions","authors":"M. Bona","doi":"10.1063/1.3051953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3051953","url":null,"abstract":"We combine all the available experimental information on Bs mixing, including the recent tagged analyses of Bs→J/Ψφ by the CDF and DO/ collaborations. We find that the phase of the Bs mixing amplitude deviates about 2.5σ from the Standard Model prediction. While no single Tevatron experiment has a significant evidence yet, all the constraints show a remarkable agreement with the combined result. This is an interesting hint of physics beyond the Standard Model. In particular, this result disfavours New Physics models with Minimal Flavour Violation with the same significance.","PeriodicalId":54708,"journal":{"name":"Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1063/1.3051953","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58566439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of ATLAS sensitivity to FCNC top quark decays","authors":"F. Veloso","doi":"10.1393/NCB/I2008-10711-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1393/NCB/I2008-10711-7","url":null,"abstract":"Tese de doutoramento em Fisica (Fisica Experimental) apresentada a Fac. de Ciencias e Tecnologia da Univ. de Coimbra","PeriodicalId":54708,"journal":{"name":"Nuovo Cimento Della Societa Italiana Di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics","volume":"123 1","pages":"1334-1336"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66578825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}