title:
Measurements of CP-Violating Asymmetries and Branching Fractions in B
  Decays to omegaK and omegapi

abstract:
  We present measurements of CP-violating asymmetries and branching fractions
for the decays omegapi+, omegaK+, and omegaK0. The data sample corresponds to
232 million BBbar pairs produced by e+e- annihilation at the Upsilon(4S)
resonance. For the decay omegaKs, we measure the time-dependent CP-violation
parameters S=0.51+0.35-0.39+/-0.02, and C=-0.55+0.28-0.26+/-0.03. We also
measure the branching fractions, in units of 10^-6,
B(omegapi+)=6.1+/-0.7+/-0.4, B(omegaK+)=6.1+/-0.6+/-0.4, and
B(omegaK0)=6.2+/-1.0+/-0.4, and charge asymmetries
Ach(omegapi+)=-0.01+/-0.10+/-0.01 and Ach(omegaK+)=0.05+/-0.09+/-0.01.


title:
Measurement of the Branching Ratio of the KL -> pi+pi- decay with the
  KLOE Detector

abstract:
  We present a measurement of the branching ratio of the CP violating decay
KL->pi+pi- performed by the KLOE experiment at the phi factory DAFNE. We use
328 pb-1 of data collected in 2001 and 2002, corresponding to ~ 150 million
tagged KL mesons. We find BR(KL->pi+pi-) = $(1.963 +/- 0.012 +/- 0.017)x 10^-3.
This branching ratio measurement is fully inclusive of final-state radiation.
Using the above result, we determine the modulus of the amplitude ratio
|\eta_{+-}| to be (2.219 +/- 0.013)x 10^{-3} and |\epsilon| to be (2.216 +/-
0.013)x 10^{-3}.


title: Experimental Summary of HSQCD2005

abstract:
  A summary of experimental contributions to HSQCD 2005 is given. This includes
results from the four HERA experiments H1, ZEUS, HERMES and HERA-B, as well as
results from the Tevatron (D0), the CERN hyperon beam (WA98), from RHIC
(PHENIX), and IHEP (SVD). I present a short survey of the points appearing most
relevant to me.


title:
Measurement of the t anti-t Production Cross Section in p anti-p
  Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV using Missing E(t) + jets Events with
  Secondary Vertex b-Tagging

abstract:
  We present a measurement of the t anti-t production cross section in p anti-p
collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV which uses events with an inclusive signature
of significant missing transverse energy and jets. This is the first
measurement which makes no explicit lepton identification requirements, so that
sensitivity to W --> tau nu decays is maintained. Heavy flavor jets from top
quark decay are identified with a secondary vertex tagging algorithm. From 311
pb-1 of data collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab we measure a
production cross section of 5.8 +/- 1.2(stat.)+0.9_-0.7(syst.) pb for a top
quark mass of 178 GeV/c2, in agreement with previous determinations and
standard model predictions.


title: A Measurement of the Tau Hadronic Branching Ratios

abstract:
  The exclusive and semi-exclusive branching ratios of the tau lepton hadronic
decay modes (h- v_t, h- pi0 v_t, h- pi0 pi0 v_t, h- \geq 2pi0 v_t, h- \geq 3pi0
v_t, 2h- h+ v_t, 2h- h+ pi0 v_t, 2h- h+ \geq 2pi0 v_t, 3h- 2h+ v_t and 3h- 2h+
\geq 1pi0 v_t) were measured with data from the DELPHI detector at LEP.


title: Search for excited leptons in e+e- collisions at sqrt{s}=189-209 GeV

abstract:
  A search for excited lepton production in e+e- collisions was performed using
the data collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies
ranging from 189 GeV to 209 GeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of
approximately 600 pb^{-1}. No evidence for excited lepton production was found.
In searches for pair-produced excited leptons, lower mass limits were
established in the range 94 - 103 GeV/c^2, depending on the channel and model
assumptions. In searches for singly-produced excited leptons, upper limits on
the parameter f/Lambda were established as a function of the mass.


title:
Determination of the b quark mass at the M_Z scale with the DELPHI
  detector at LEP

abstract:
  An experimental study of the normalized three-jet rate of b quark events with
respect to light quarks events (light= \ell \equiv u,d,s) has been performed
using the CAMBRIDGE and DURHAM jet algorithms. The data used were collected by
the DELPHI experiment at LEP on the Z peak from 1994 to 2000. The results are
found to agree with theoretical predictions treating mass corrections at
next-to-leading order. Measurements of the b quark mass have also been
performed for both the b pole mass: M_b and the b running mass: m_b(M_Z). Data
are found to be better described when using the running mass. The measurement
yields: m_b(M_Z) = 2.85 +/- 0.18 (stat) +/- 0.13 (exp) +/- 0.19 (had) +/- 0.12
(theo) GeV/c^2 for the CAMBRIDGE algorithm. This result is the most precise
measurement of the b mass derived from a high energy process. When compared to
other b mass determinations by experiments at lower energy scales, this value
agrees with the prediction of Quantum Chromodynamics for the energy evolution
of the running mass. The mass measurement is equivalent to a test of the
flavour independence of the strong coupling constant with an accuracy of 7
permil.


title:
Polarization of Lambda and Anti-Lambda in 920 GeV Fixed-Target
  Proton-Nucleus Collisions

abstract:
  A measurement of the polarization of Lambda and Anti-Lambda baryons produced
in pC and pW collisions at sqrt(s)=41.6 GeV has been performed with the HERA-B
spectrometer. The measurements cover the kinematic range of 0.6 GeV/c < p_T<1.2
GeV/c in transverse momentum and -0.15<x_F<0.01 in Feynman-x. The polarization
results from the two different targets agree within the statistical error. In
the combined data set, the largest deviation from zero, +0.054 +- 0.029, is
measured for x_F < -0.07. Zero polarization is expected at x_F=0 in the absence
of nuclear effects. The polarization results for the Lambda agree with a
parametrization of previous measurements which were performed at positive x_F
values, where the Lambda polarization is negative. Results of Anti-Lambda
polarization measurements are consistent with zero.


title: Partial wave analyses of J/psi to gamma pi^+ pi^- and gamma pi^0 pi^0

abstract:
  Results are presented on J/psi radiative decays to pi^+pi^- and pi^0pi^0
based on a sample of 58M J/psi events taken with the BESII detector. Partial
wave analyses are carried out using the relativistic covariant tensor amplitude
method in the 1.0 to 2.3 GeV/c^2 pipi mass range. There are conspicuous peaks
due to the f_2(1270) and two 0^++ states in the 1.45 and 1.75 GeV/c^2 mass
regions. The first 0^++ state has a mass of 1466\pm 6\pm 20 MeV/c^2, a width of
108^{+14}_{-11}\pm 25 MeV/c^2, and a branching fraction B(J/psi \to \gamma
f_0(1500) \to\gamma \pi^+\pi^-) = (0.67\pm0.02\pm0.30) \times 10^{-4}. Spin 0
is strongly preferred over spin 2. The second 0^++ state peaks at
1765^{+4}_{-3}\pm 13 MeV/c^2 with a width of 145\pm8\pm69 MeV/c^2. If this 0^++
is interpreted as coming from f_0(1710), the ratio of its branching fractions
to pipi and K\bar K is 0.41^{+0.11}_{-0.17}.


title: Bottomonium and Drell-Yan production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV

abstract:
  The NA50 Collaboration has measured heavy-quarkonium production in p-A
collisions at 450 GeV incident energy (sqrt(s) = 29.1 GeV). We report here
results on the production of the Upsilon states and of high-mass Drell-Yan muon
pairs (m > 6 GeV). The cross-section at midrapidity and the A-dependence of the
measured yields are determined and compared with the results of other
fixed-target experiments and with the available theoretical estimates. Finally,
we also address some issues concerning the transverse momentum distributions of
the measured dimuons.


title: Observation of B0 Meson Decay to a1(1260)+- pi-+

abstract:
  We present a measurement of the branching fraction of the decay B0 -->
a1(1260)^{+-} pi^{-+} with a1(1260)^{+-} --> pi^{-+} pi^{+-} pi^{+-}. The data
sample consists of 218 million B B-bar pairs collected at the Y(4S) resonance
and recorded by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e-
collider at SLAC. The analysis is based on unbinned multivariate maximum
likelihood fit. The measured branching fraction is: (16.6 +/- 1.9 +/- 1.5)
10^{-6}. The decay mode, observed for the first time, is seen with a
significance of 9.2 sigma (systematic uncertainties included).


title:
Open Heavy Flavor Production in p+p, d+Au and Au+Au Collisions at
  $\sqrt(s)= 200$ GeV

abstract:
  PHENIX results for open charm production from semi-lepton decay in p+p, d+Au
and Au+Au collisions in a wide rapidity ranges at $\sqrt(s)= 200$ GeV are
presented. Keywords: Relativistic Heavy-ion Collision, Open Charm production,
Nuclear Medium Effect PACS: 25.75.-q, 25.75 Dw, 13.20.Gd


title:
Observation of a Charmed Baryon Decaying to D0 p at a Mass Near 2.94
  GeV/c2

abstract:
  A search for charmed baryons decaying to $D^0 p$ reveals two states: the
$\Lambda_c(2880)^+$ baryon and a previously unobserved state at a mass of
[$2939.8\pm 1.3 \text{(stat.)}\pm 1.0 \text{(syst.)}$]~\mevcc and with an
intrinsic width of [$17.5\pm 5.2 \text{(stat.)}\pm 5.9 \text{(syst.)}$]~\mev.
Consistent and significant signals are observed for the $K^-\pi^+$ and
$K^-\pi^+\pi^-\pi^+$ decay modes of the $D^0$ in 287 ${\rm fb}^{-1}$
annihilation data recorded by the BaBar detector at a center-of-mass energy of
10.58~${\rm GeV}/c^2$. There is no evidence in the $D^+ p$ spectrum of
doubly-charged partners. The mass and intrinsic width of the
$\Lambda_c(2880)^+$ baryon and relative yield of the two baryons are also
measured.


title:
Search for T, CP and CPT Violation in B0-B0bar Mixing with Inclusive
  Dilepton Events

abstract:
  We report the results of a search for T, CP and CPT violation in B0-B0bar
mixing using an inclusive dilepton sample collected by the BaBar experiment at
the PEP-II B Factory. Using a sample of 232 million BBbar pairs, with a
simultaneous likelihood fit of the same-sign and opposite-sign dileptons, we
measure the T and CP violation parameter |q/p|-1 = (-0.8 +/- 2.7(stat.) +/-
1.9(syst.))e-03, and the CPT and CP parameters Im(z) = (-13.9 +/- 7.3 (stat.)
+/- 3.2(syst.))e-03 and DeltaGamma x Re(z) = (-7.1 +/- 3.9(stat.) +/-
2.0(syst.))e-03 ps^{-1}. The statistical correlation between the measurements
of Im(z) and DeltaGamma x Re(z) is 76%.


title:
Measurement of Branching Fractions in Radiative B Decays to eta K gamma
  and Search for B Decays to eta' K gamma

abstract:
  We present measurements of the B->eta K gamma branching fractions and upper
limits for the B->eta' K gamma branching fractions. For B->eta K+ gamma we also
measure the time-integrated charge asymmetry. The data sample, collected with
the BaBar detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, represents 232
million produced B B-bar pairs. The results for branching fractions and upper
limits at 90% C.L. in units of 10^{-6} are: Br(B0->eta K0
gamma)=11.3+2.8-2.6+/-0.6, Br(B+->eta K+gamma)=10.0+/-1.3+/-0.5, Br(B0->eta' K0
gamma)<6.6, Br(B+->eta' K+ gamma)<4.2. The charge asymmetry in the decay
B+->eta K+ gamma is Ach =-0.09+/-0.12+/-0.01. The first errors are statistical
and the second systematic.


title: Top Mass Measurement at CDF

abstract:
  We report on recent measurements of the top quark mass using t t-bar
candidate events selected in ~320/pb of data from the "Run II" operation period
of the Tevatron p p-bar collider. More emphasis is given on the best single
measurement to date Mtop = 173.5 +3.9 -3.8 GeV/c^2, provided by CDF using the
"lepton plus jets" channel, where one W decays to a lepton-neutrino pair and
the other into quarks (top quarks decay to Wb almost 100% of the time).


title: Prospects for e+e- physics at Frascati between the phi and the psi

abstract:
  We present a detailed study, done in the framework of the INFN 2006 Roadmap,
of the prospects for e+e- physics at the Frascati National Laboratories. The
physics case for an e+e- collider running at high luminosity at the phi
resonance energy and also reaching a maximum center of mass energy of 2.5 GeV
is discussed, together with the specific aspects of a very high luminosity
tau-charm factory. Subjects connected to Kaon decay physics are not discussed
here, being part of another INFN Roadmap working group. The significance of the
project and the impact on INFN are also discussed. All the documentation
related to the activities of the working group can be found in
http://www.roma1.infn.it/people/bini/roadmap.html.


title:
First Measurement Of The Jet Cross Section In Polarized p+p Collisions
  At $\sqrt{s}=200 $ GeV

abstract:
  We present preliminary measurements of the inclusive jet cross section in the
transverse momentum region 5<$p_{T}$<50 GeV/\textit{c} from 0.2 $pb^{-1}$ of
polarized p+p data at $\sqrt{s}$=200 GeV. The data were corrected for detector
inefficiency and resolution using PYTHIA events processed through a full GEANT
simulation. The measured jet cross section agrees well with NLO pQCD
calculations over seven orders of magnitude. These "proof of principal"
measurements pave the way for ongoing analyses of the higher statistics ($\sim$
3 $pb^{-1}$) data sample from the 2005 RHIC run.


title:
High precision study of CP-violating charge asymmetry in K+- --> 3pi+-
  decays

abstract:
  A precise measurement of the direct CP violating charge asymmetry parameter
$A_g$ in $K^\pm\to\pi^\pm\pi^+\pi^-$ decays by the NA48/2 experiment at CERN
SPS is presented. The experiment has been designed not to be limited by
systematic uncertainties in the asymmetry measurement. A preliminary result for
the charge asymmetry $A_g=(-1.3\pm2.3)\times 10^{-4}$ has been obtained with a
sample of $3.11\times 10^9$ selected events corresponding to the full collected
statistics. The precision of the result is limited by the statistics used.


title:
QCD coherence and correlations of particles with restricted momenta in
  hadronic Z decays

abstract:
  QCD coherence effects are studied based on measurements of correlations of
particles with either restricted transverse momenta, pT<pTcut, where pT is
defined with respect to the thrust axis, or restricted absolute momenta, p
equiv |p| < pcut, using about four million hadronic Z decays recorded at LEP
with the OPAL detector. The correlations are analyzed in terms of normalized
factorial and cumulant moments. The analysis is inspired by analytical QCD
calculations which, in conjunction with Local Parton-Hadron Duality (LPHD),
predict that, due to colour coherence, the multiplicity distribution of
particles with restricted transverse momenta should become Poissonian as pTcut
decreases. The expected correlation pattern is indeed observed down to pTcut
approx 1GeV but not at lower transverse momenta. Furthermore, for pcut to 0 GeV
a strong rise is observed in the data, in disagreement with theoretical
expectation. The Monte Carlo models reproduce well the measurements at large
pTcut and pcut but underestimate their magnitudes at the lowest momenta. The
e+e- data are also compared to the measurements in deep-inelastic e+p
collisions. Our study indicates difficulties with the LPHD hypothesis when
applied to many-particle inclusive observables of soft hadrons.


title: Measurement of nucleon time-like form factors at DAFNE-2

abstract:
  The study of the electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon in both the
space-like and time-like domains plays a key role for the understanding of the
internal structure and dynamics of this basic building block of the matter.
Form factors are also necessary for the interpretation of many other
measurements in reactions involving nucleons. In spite of being under
investigation by more than fifty years, they are far from being fully exploited
and more efforts devoted to their experimental determination are needed. Here,
we discuss the possibility of a complete measurement of the nucleon form
factors, both moduli and phases, in the time-like region at Frascati with the
DA$\Phi$NE electron-positron storage ring upgraded in energy.


title:
Search for the Rare Decays J/Psi --> Ds- e+ nu_e, J/Psi --> D- e+ nu_e,
  and J/Psi --> D0bar e+ e-

abstract:
  We report on a search for the decays J/Psi --> Ds- e+ nu_e + c.c., J/Psi -->
D- e+ nu_e + c.c., and J/Psi --> D0bar e+ e- + c.c. in a sample of 5.8 * 10^7
J/Psi events collected with the BESII detector at the BEPC. No excess of signal
above background is observed, and 90% confidence level upper limits on the
branching fractions are set: B(J/Psi --> Ds- e+ nu_e + c.c.)<4.8*10^-5, B(J/Psi
--> D- e+ nu_e + c.c.)<1.2*10^-5, and B(J/Psi --> D0bar e+ e- + c.c.)<1.1*10^-5


title:
Search for the Charmed Pentaquark Candidate Theta_c(3100) in e+e-
  Annihilations at sqrt(s)=10.58 GeV

abstract:
  We search for the charmed pentaquark candidate reported by the H1
collaboration, the Theta_c(3100)^0, in e^+e^- interactions at a center-of-mass
(c.m.) energy of 10.58 GeV, using 124~fb-1 of data recorded with the BaBar
detector at the PEP-II e^+e^- facility at SLAC. We find no evidence for such a
state in the same pD^{*-} decay mode reported by H1, and we set limits on its
production cross section times branching fraction into pD^{*-} as a function of
c.m. momentum. The corresponding limit on its total rate per e^+e^- -> qqbar
event, times branching fraction, is about three orders of magnitude lower than
rates measured for the charmed Lambda_c and Sigma_c baryons in such events.


title:
Measurements of branching fractions, rate asymmetries, and angular
  distributions in the rare decays B --> Kl+l- and B --> K*l+l-

abstract:
  We present measurements of the flavor-changing neutral current decays B -->
Kl+l- and B --> K*l+l-, where l+l- is either an e+e- or mu+mu- pair. The data
sample comprises 229 x 10^6 Y(4s) -->to BBbar decays collected with the BaBar
detector at the PEP-II e+e- storage ring. Flavor-changing neutral current
decays are highly suppressed in the Standard Model and their predicted
properties could be significantly modified by new physics at the electroweak
scale. We measure the branching fractions B(B --> Kll) = (0.34 +- 0.07 +- 0.02)
x 10^{-6}, B(B --> K*ll) = (0.78^{+0.19}_{-0.17} +- 0.11) x 10^{-6}, the direct
CP asymmetries of these decays, and the relative abundances of decays to
electrons and muons. For two regions in l+l- mass, above and below m(Jpsi), we
measure partial branching fractions and the forward-backward angular asymmetry
of the lepton pair. In these same regions we also measure the K* longitudinal
polarization in B --> K*l+l- decays. Upper limits are obtained for the lepton
flavor-violating decays B --> Kemu and B --> K*emu. All measurements are
consistent with Standard Model expectations.


title: The Top Quark - 2006 and Beyond

abstract:
  We know there is new physics at the electroweak scale, but we don't know what
it is. Right now, the top quark is our only window on to this physics. In
almost all models of electroweak symmetry breaking, top either couples strongly
to new particles or its properties are modified in some way. Top is being
studied in detail at the Fermilab Tevatron. Its production cross section has
been measured in a variety of channels; its mass has been determined to better
than 2%, and can be used to constrain the mass of the Higgs. Top quark decays
have been tested and non-standard production mechanisms searched for. Single
top production probes the electroweak properties of top, and has not yet been
observed; searches are now closing in on this process and it should be seen
soon. So far, all of the top quark's properties are consistent with the
Standard Model. However, the data still to come at the Tevatron will increase
the precision of all these measurements, and the enormous statistics available
at the LHC will open up new possibilities such as observation of spin
correlations and perhaps even CP violation in the top sector.


title: Study of the decay B0bar -> D*+ omega pi-

abstract:
  We report on a study of the decay B0bar -> D*+ omega pi- with the BABAR
detector at the PEP-II B-factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Based on a sample of 232 million BBbar decays, we measure the branching
fraction BF(B0bar -> D*+ omega pi-) = (2.88 +/- 0.21(stat.) +/- 0.31(syst.))
\times 10^{-3}. We study the invariant mass spectrum of the omega pi- system in
this decay. This spectrum is in good agreement with expectations based on
factorization and the measured spectrum in tau- -> omega pi- nu_tau. We also
measure the polarization of the D*+ as a function of the omega pi- mass. In the
mass region 1.1 to 1.9 GeV we measure the fraction of longitudinal polarization
of the D*+ to be Gamma_L/Gamma = 0.654 +/- 0.042(stat.) +/- 0.016(syst.). This
is in agreement with the expectations from heavy-quark effective theory and
factorization assuming that the decay proceeds as B0bar -> D*+ rho(1450),
rho(1450) -> omega pi-.


title: The Near-Threshold Production of Phi Mesons in pp Collisions

abstract:
  The pp->pp phi reaction has been studied at the Cooler Synchrotron
COSY-Juelich, using the internal beam and ANKE facility. Total cross sections
have been determined at three excess energies epsilon near the production
threshold. The differential cross section closest to threshold at epsilon=18.5
MeV exhibits a clear S-wave dominance as well as a noticeable effect due to the
proton-proton final state interaction. Taken together with data for pp
omega-production, a significant enhancement of the phi/omega ratio of a factor
8 is found compared to predictions based on the Okubo-Zweig-Iizuka rule.


title:
Three flavor neutrino oscillation analysis of atmospheric neutrinos in
  Super-Kamiokande

abstract:
  We report on the results of a three-flavor oscillation analysis using
Super-Kamiokande~I atmospheric neutrino data, with the assumption of one mass
scale dominance ($\Delta m_{12}^2$$=$0). No significant flux change due to
matter effect, which occurs when neutrinos propagate inside the Earth for
$\theta_{13}$$\neq$0, has been seen either in a multi-GeV $\nu_e$-rich sample
or in a $\nu_\mu$-rich sample. Both normal and inverted mass hierarchy
hypotheses are tested and both are consistent with observation. Using
Super-Kamiokande data only, 2-dimensional 90 % confidence allowed regions are
obtained: mixing angles are constrained to $\sin^2\theta_{13} < 0.14$ and $0.37
< \sin^2\theta_{23} < 0.65$ for the normal mass hierarchy. Weaker constraints,
$\sin^2\theta_{13} < 0.27$ and $0.37 < \sin^2\theta_{23} < 0.69$, are obtained
for the inverted mass hierarchy case.


title: Observation of Decays B0->D_s(*)+pi- and B0->D_s(*)-K+

abstract:
  We report the observation of decays B0->D_s(*)+pi- and B0->D_s(*)-K+ in a
sample of 230*10^6 Upsilon(4S)->BBbar events recorded with the BaBar detector
at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- storage ring. We measure the branching
fractions B(B0->D_s+pi-)=(1.3 +/- 0.3 (stat.) +/- 0.2 (syst.))*10^{-5},
B(B0->D_s-K+)=(2.5 +/- 0.4 (stat.) +/- 0.4 (syst.))*10^{-5},
B(B0->D_s*+pi-)=(2.8 +/- 0.6 (stat.) +/- 0.5 (syst.))*10^{-5}, and
B(B0->D_s*-K+)=(2.0 +/- 0.5 (stat.) +/- 0.4 (syst.))*10^{-5}. The significance
of the measurements to differ from zero are 5, 9, 6, and 5 standard deviations,
respectively.


title:
Measurements of CP Violation in $B^0 \to D^{*-}\pi^+$ and $B^0 \to D^-
  \pi^+$ Decays

abstract:
  We report measurements of time dependent decay rates for $B^0 \to
D^{(*)-}\pi^+$ decays and extraction of CP violation parameters that depend on
$\phi_3$. Using fully reconstructed $D^{(*)}\pi$ events and partially
reconstructed $D^{*}\pi$ events from a data sample that contains 386 million
$B\bar{B}$ pairs that was collected near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, with the
Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy $e^+ e^-$ collider, we obtain the
CP violation parameters $S^+ (D^{(*)}\pi)$ and $S^- (D^{(*)}\pi)$. We obtain
  $S^+ (D^* \pi) = 0.049 \pm 0.020(\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.011(\mathrm{sys})$,
  $S^- (D^* \pi) = 0.031 \pm 0.019(\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.011(\mathrm{sys})$, and
  $S^+ (D \pi) = 0.031 \pm 0.030(\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.012(\mathrm{sys})$,
  $S^- (D \pi) = 0.068 \pm 0.029(\mathrm{stat}) \pm 0.012(\mathrm{sys})$.
  These results are an indication of CP violation in $B^0 \to D^{*-}\pi^+$ and
$B^0 \to D^- \pi^+$ decays at the $2.5 \sigma$ and $2.2 \sigma$ levels,
respectively. If we use the values of $R_{D^{(*)}\pi}$ that are derived using
assumptions of factorization and SU(3) symmetry, the branching fraction
measurements for the $D_s^{(*)} \pi$ modes, and lattice QCD calculations, we
can restrict the allowed region of $|\sin (2\phi_1 + \phi_3)|$ to be above 0.44
and 0.52 at 68% confidence level from the $D^* \pi$ and $D \pi$ modes,
respectively.


title: Search for the Decay tau- --> 3pi- 2pi+ 2pi0 nu_tau

abstract:
  A search for the decay of the tau lepton to five charged and two neutral
pions is performed using data collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II
asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. The analysis uses 232 fb-1 of data at
center-of-mass energies on or near the Y(4S) resonance. We observe 10 events
with an expected background of 6.5^{+2.0}_{-1.4} events. In the absence of a
signal, we set the limit on the branching ratio B(tau- --> 3pi- 2pi+ 2pi0
nu_tau) < 3.4x10^{-6} at the 90% confidence level. This is a significant
improvement over the previously established limit. In addition, we search for
the decay mode tau- --> 2omega pi- nu_tau. We observe 1 event with an expected
background of 0.4^{+1.0}_{-0.4} events and calculate the upper limit B(tau- -->
2omega pi- nu_tau) < 5.4x10^{-7} at the 90% confidence level. This is the first
upper limit for this mode.


title: Search for the Rare Decay B0_s -> phi mu^+ mu- with the D0 Detector

abstract:
  We present a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decay B0_s -> phi
mu+ mu- using about 0.45 fb^-1 of data collected in p \bar p collisions at
sqrt{s} =1.96 TeV with the D{\O}detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We
find an upper limit on the branching ratio of this decay normalized to B0_s ->
J/psi phi of B(B0_s -> phi mu+ mu-)/B(B0_s -> J/psi phi) < 4.4\times 10^{-3} at
the 95% C.L. Using the central value of the world average branching fraction of
B0_s -> J/psi phi, the limit corresponds to B(B0_s -> phi mu+ mu-) < 4.1 \times
10^{-6} at the 95% C.L., the most stringent upper bound to date.


title: Measurement of B0bar -> D(*)0 K(*)0bar Branching Fractions

abstract:
  We present a study of the decays B0bar --> D(*)0 K(*)0bar using a sample of
226 million Y(4S) --> B Bbar decays collected with the BaBar detector at the
PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e-collider at SLAC. We report evidence for the decay
of B0 and B0bar mesons to the D*0 K0s final state with an average branching
fraction BF(B0-tilde --> D*0 K0bar) := [ BF(B0bar --> D*0 K0bar) + BF(B0 -->
D*0 K0) ]/2 = (3.6 +- 1.2 +- 0.3) x 10^-5. Similarly, we measure BF(B0-tilde
--> D0 K0bar) := [ BF(B0bar --> D0 K0bar) + BF(B0 --> D0 K0) ]/2 = (5.3 +- 0.7
+- 0.3) x 10^-5 forthe D0 K0s final state. We measure BF(B0bar --> D0 K*0bar)
=^(4.0 +- 0.7 +- 0.3) x 10^-5 and set a 90% confidence level upper limit
BF(B0bar --> D0bar K*0bar) < 1.1 x 10^-5. We determine the upper limit for the
decay amplitude ratio |A(B0bar --> D0bar K*0bar)/A(B0bar --> D0 K*0bar)| to be
less than 0.4 at the 90% confidence level.


title: Measurement of the B- -> D0 K*- branching fraction

abstract:
  From a sample of 232 million Upsilon(4S)--> B B-bar events collected with the
BABAR detector at the PEP-II B Factory in 1999--2004, we measure the B- --> D0
K*-(892) decay branching fraction using events where the K*- is reconstructed
in the K0_S pi- mode and the D0 in the K- pi+, K- pi+ pi0, and K- pi+ pi+ pi-
channels:
  B(B- --> D0 K*-(892)) = 5.29 +/- 0.30(stat) +/- 0.34 (syst)) X 10-4.


title: Evidence of the Purely Leptonic Decay B- --> tau- nu_tau-bar

abstract:
  We present the first evidence of the decay B- --> tau- nu_tau-bar using 414
fb^-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at
the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. Events are tagged by fully
reconstructing one of the B mesons in hadronic modes. We detect the signal with
a significance of 3.5 standard deviations including systematics, and measure
the branching fraction to be Br(B- --> tau- nu_tau-bar) = (1.79
+0.56-0.49(stat) +0.46-0.51(syst))*10^-4. This implies that f_B = 0.229
+0.036-0.031(stat) +0.034-0.037(syst) GeV and is the first direct measurement
of this quantity.


title: Geoneutrinos in Borexino

abstract:
  This paper describes the Borexino detector and the high-radiopurity studies
and tests that are integral part of the Borexino technology and development.
The application of Borexino to the detection and studies of geoneutrinos is
discussed.


title:
Multivariate searches for single top quark production with the D0
  detector

abstract:
  We present a search for electroweak production of single top quarks in the
s-channel (p-pbar -> t bbar + X) and t-channel (p-pbar -> tq bbar + X) modes.
We have analyzed 230 pb^(-1) of data collected with the D0 detector at the
Fermilab Tevatron collider at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV.
Two separate analysis methods are used: neural networks and a cut-based
analysis. No evidence for a single top quark signal is found. We set 95%
confidence level upper limits on the production cross sections using Bayesian
statistics, based on event counts and binned likelihoods formed from the neural
network output. The limits from the neural network (cut-based) analysis are 6.4
pb (10.6 pb) in the s-channel and 5.0 pb (11.3 pb) in the t-channel.


title: Neutrino Physics: A Selective Overview

abstract:
  Neutrinos in the Standard Model of particle physics are massless, neutral
fermions that seemingly do little more than conserve 4-momentum, angular
momentum, lepton number, and lepton flavour in weak interactions. In the last
decade conclusive evidence has demonstrated that the Standard Model's
description of neutrinos does not match reality. We now know that neutrinos
undergo flavour oscillations, violating lepton flavour conservation and
implying that neutrinos have non-zero mass. A rich oscillation phenomenology
then becomes possible, including matter-enhanced oscillation and possibly CP
violation in the neutrino sector. Extending the Standard Model to include
neutrino masses requires the addition of new fields and mass terms, and
possibly new methods of mass generation. In this review article I will discuss
the evidence that has established the existence of neutrino oscillation, and
then highlight unresolved issues in neutrino physics, such as the nature of
three-generational mixing (including CP-violating effects), the origins of
neutrino mass, the possible existence of light sterile neutrinos, and the
difficult question of measuring the absolute mass scale of neutrinos.


title: Tau Lepton Production in ep Collisions at HERA

abstract:
  The production of tau leptons in ep collisions is investigated using data
recorded by the H1 detector at HERA in the period 1994-2000. Tau leptons are
identified by detecting their decay products, using leptonic and hadronic decay
modes. The cross section for the production of tau lepton pairs is measured for
the first time at HERA. Furthermore, a search for events with an energetic
isolated tau lepton and with large missing transverse momentum is performed.
The results are found to be in agreement with the Standard Model predictions.


title:
Deuteron and Anti-deuteron Production in e+e- Collisions at the Z
  Resonance

abstract:
  Deuteron and anti-deuteron production in Z decays has been observed in the
ALEPH experiment at LEP. The production rate of anti-deuterons is measured to
be 5.9+-1.8+-0.5 10^-6 per hadronic Z decay in the anti-deuteron momentum range
0.62 to 1.03 GeV/c. The coalescence parameter B_2, which characterizes the
likelihood of anti-deuteron production, is measured to be 0.0033+-0.0013 GeV^2
in Z dedays. These measurements indicate that the production of anti-deuterons
is suppressed in e+e- collisions compared to pp and photoproduction collisions.


title:
Measurements of branching fractions and $q^2$ distributions for $B \to
  \pi \ell \nu$ and $B \to \rho \ell \nu$ Decays with $B \to D^{(*)} \ell \nu$
  Decay Tagging

abstract:
  We report measurements of the charmless semileptonic decays $B^0 \to \pi^- /
\rho^- \ell^{+} \nu$ and $B^+ \to \pi^0 / \rho^0 \ell^{+} \nu$, based on a
sample of $2.75 \times 10^8$ $B \bar{B}$ events collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$
resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ asymmetric collider. In
this analysis, the accompanying $B$ meson is reconstructed in the semileptonic
mode $B \to D^{(*)} \ell \nu$, enabling detection of the signal modes with high
purity. We measure the branching fractions ${\mathcal B}(B^0 \to \pi^- \ell^+
\nu) = (1.38\pm 0.19\pm 0.14\pm 0.03) \times 10^{-4}$, ${\mathcal B}(B^0 \to
\rho^- \ell^+ \nu) = (2.17\pm 0.54\pm 0.31\pm 0.08) \times 10^{-4}$, ${\mathcal
B}(B^+ \to \pi^0 \ell^+ \nu) = (0.77\pm 0.14\pm 0.08\pm 0.00) \times 10^{-4}$
and ${\mathcal B}(B^+ \to \rho^0 \ell^+ \nu) = (1.33\pm 0.23\pm 0.17\pm 0.05)
\times 10^{-4}$, where the errors are statistical, experimental systematic, and
systematic due to form-factor uncertainties, respectively. For each mode we
also present the partial branching fractions in three $q^2$ intervals: $q^2 <
8$, $8 \leq q^2 < 16$, and $q^2 \geq 16$ GeV$^2/c^2$. From our partial
branching fractions for $B \to \pi \ell \nu$ and recent results for the form
factor from unquenched Lattice QCD calculations, we obtain values of the CKM
matrix element $|V_{ub}|$.


title: Recent Bottomonium and Charmonium Results from CLEO

abstract:
  Recent results from the CLEO experiment on decays and partial widths of
various bottomonium and charmonium resonances are presented. New measurements
of the di-electron partial widths for the 3 bound-state Upsilons and the J/psi
are discussed. A determination of the total hadronic cross section for the
psi(3770) is made, which solves a 20-year-old puzzle. The Y(4260) state is
confirmed and its decay into 2 new modes is measured.


title:
A High-Precision Measurement of the Di-Electron Widths of the
  Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S), and Upsilon(3S) Mesons at CLEO-III

abstract:
  The di-electron width of an Upsilon meson is the decay rate of the Upsilon
into an electron-positron pair, expressed in units of energy. We measure the
di-electron width of the Upsilon(1S) meson to be 1.354 +- 0.004 +- 0.020 keV
(the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic), the
di-electron width of the Upsilon(2S) to be 0.619 +- 0.004 +- 0.010 keV and that
of the Upsilon(3S) to be 0.446 +- 0.004 +- 0.007 keV. We determine these values
with better than 2% precision by integrating the Upsilon production
cross-section from electron-positron collisions over their collision energy.
Our incident electrons and positrons were accelerated and collided in the
Cornell Electron Storage Ring, and the Upsilon decay products were observed by
the CLEO-III detector. The di-electron widths probe the wavefunctions of the
Strongly-interacting bottom quarks that constitute the three Upsilon mesons,
information which is especially interesting to check high-precision Lattice QCD
calculations of the nuclear Strong force.


title: Search for Doubly-Charged Higgs Boson Production at HERA

abstract:
  A search for the single production of doubly-charged Higgs bosons H^{\pm \pm}
in ep collisions is presented. The signal is searched for via the Higgs decays
into a high mass pair of same charge leptons, one of them being an electron.
The analysis uses up to 118 pb^{-1} of ep data collected by the H1 experiment
at HERA. No evidence for doubly-charged Higgs production is observed and mass
dependent upper limits are derived on the Yukawa couplings h_{el} of the Higgs
boson to an electron-lepton pair. Assuming that the doubly-charged Higgs only
decays into an electron and a muon via a coupling of electromagnetic strength
h_{e \mu} = \sqrt{4 \pi \alpha_{em}} = 0.3, a lower limit of 141 GeV on the
H^{\pm\pm} mass is obtained at the 95% confidence level. For a doubly-charged
Higgs decaying only into an electron and a tau and a coupling h_{e\tau} = 0.3,
masses below 112 GeV are ruled out.


title:
Double Longitudinal Spin Asymmetry in Inclusive Jet Production in
  Polarized p+p Collisions at Sqrt(s) = 200 GeV

abstract:
  We present preliminary measurements of the cross section and the double
longitudinal spin asymmetry in inclusive jet production in polarized p+p
collisions at Sqrt(s) = 200 GeV. The measured cross section agrees well with
NLO pQCD calculations over seven orders of magnitude. The observed spin
asymmetries are consistent with theoretical evaluations based on deeply
inelastic scattering data and tend to disfavor a large positive gluon
polarization.


title:
Search for squarks and gluinos in events with jets and missing
  transverse energy in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

abstract:
  The results of a search for squarks and gluinos using data from ppbar
collisions recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV by the D0 detector
at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider are reported. The topologies analyzed consist
of acoplanar-jet and multijet events with large missing transverse energy. No
evidence for the production of squarks or gluinos was found in a data sample of
310 pb-1. Lower limits of 325 and 241 GeV were derived at the 95% C.L. on the
squark and gluino masses, respectively, within the framework of minimal
supergravity with tan(beta)=3, A0=0, and mu<0.


title:
A Study of the DsJ(2317) and DsJ(2460) Mesons in Inclusive ccbar
  Production Near sqrt(s) = 10.6 GeV

abstract:
  A study of the $D_{sJ}^*(2317)^+$ and $D_{sJ}(2460)^+$ mesons in inclusive
$c\bar{c}$ production is presented using 232 ${\rm fb}^{-1}$ of data collected
by the BaBar experiment near $\sqrt{s} = 10.6$ \gev. Final states consisting of
a $D_s^+$ meson along with one or more $\pi^0$, $\pi^\pm$, or $\gamma$
particles are considered. Estimates of the mass and limits on the width are
provided for both mesons and for the $D_{s1}(2536)^+$ meson. A search is also
performed for neutral and doubly-charged partners of the $D_{sJ}^*(2317)^+$
meson.


title:
Observation of $\Upsilon(4S) decays to $\pi^+pi^-\Upsilon(1S)$ and
  $\pi^+pi^-\Upsilon(2S)

abstract:
  We present the first measurement of $\Upsilon(4S)$ decays to
$\pi^+pi^-\Upsilon(1S)$ and $\pi^+pi^-\Upsilon(2S)$ based on a sample of
230$\times10^6$ $\Upsilon(4S)$ mesons collected with the BABAR detector. We
measure the product branching fractions ${\cal B}(\Upsilon(4S)\to
\pi^+pi^-\Upsilon(1S))\times{\cal
B}(\Upsilon(1S)\to\mu^+\mu^-)=(2.23\pm0.25_{stat} \pm0.27_{sys})\times 10^{-6}$
and ${\cal B}(\Upsilon(4S)\to \pi^+pi^-\Upsilon(2S))\times{\cal
B}(\Upsilon(2S)\to\mu^+\mu^-)=(1.69\pm0.26_{stat}\pm0.20_{sys})\times 10^{-6}$,
from which we derive the partial widths $\Gamma(\Upsilon(4S)\to
\pi^+pi^-\Upsilon(1S))=(1.8\pm0.4)$~keV and $\Gamma(\Upsilon(4S)\to
\pi^+pi^-\Upsilon(2S))=(2.7\pm0.8)$~keV.


title: Event shapes in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

abstract:
  Mean values and differential distributions of event-shape variables have been
studied in neutral current deep inelastic scattering using an integrated
{luminosity} of 82.2 pb$^{-1}$ collected with the ZEUS detector at HERA. The
kinematic range was $80 < Q^2 < 20 480\gev^2$ and $0.0024 < x < 0.6$, where
$Q^2$ is the virtuality of the exchanged boson and $x$ is the Bjorken variable.
The data are compared with a model based on a combination of
next-to-leading-order QCD calculations with next-to-leading-logarithm
corrections and the Dokshitzer-Webber non-perturbative power corrections. The
power-correction method provides a reasonable description of the data for all
event-shape variables studied. Nevertheless, the lack of consistency of the
determination of $\alpha_s$ and of the non-perturbative parameter of the model,
$\albar$, suggests the importance of higher-order processes that are not yet
included in the model.


title:
Search for D to phi l nu and measurement of the branching fraction for D
  to phi pi

abstract:
  Using a data sample of integrated luminosity of about 33 pb$^{-1}$ collected
around 3.773 GeV with the BESII detector at the BEPC collider, the semileptonic
decays $D^+ \to \phi e ^+\nu_e$, $D^+ \to \phi \mu^+\nu_\mu$ and the hadronic
decay $D^+ \to \phi \pi^+$ are studied. The upper limits of the branching
fractions are set to be $BF(D^+ \to \phi e ^+\nu_e) <$ 2.01% and $BF(D^+ \to
\phi \mu^+ \nu_\mu) <$ 2.04% at the 90% confidence level. The ratio of the
branching fractions for $D^+ \to \phi \pi^+$ relative to $D^+ \to
K^-\pi^+\pi^+$ is measured to be $0.057 \pm 0.011 \pm 0.003$. In addition, the
branching fraction for $D^+ \to \phi \pi^+$ is obtained to be $(5.2 \pm 1.0 \pm
0.4) \times 10^{-3}$.


title: Measuring cosmogenic Li9 background in a reactor neutrino experiment

abstract:
  Cosmogenic isotopes 9Li and 8He produced in the detector are the most
problematic background in the reactor neutrino experiments designed to
determine precisely the neutrino mixing angle theta13. The average time
interval of cosmic-ray muons in the detector is often on the order of the
lifetimes of the 9Li and 8He isotopes. We have developed a method for
determining this kind of background from the distribution of time since last
muon for muon rate up to about 20 Hz when the background-to-signal ratio is
small, on the order of a few percents.


title: Measurement of Direct Emission in the KL->pi+pi-gamma Decay Mode

abstract:
  In this paper the KTeV collaboration reports the analysis of 112.1*10^3
candidate KL->pi+pi-gamma decays including a background of 671+/-41 events with
the objective of determining the photon production mechanisms intrinsic to the
decay process. These decays have been analyzed to extract the relative
contributions of the CP violating bremsstrahlung process and the CP conserving
M1 and CP violating E1 direct photon emission processes. The M1 direct photon
emission amplitude and its associated vector form factor parameterized as
|g_M1|(1+ (a_1/a_2)/(M(rho)^2-M(K)^2+2M(K)*E(gamma)) have been measured to be
|g_M1|=1.198 +/- 0.035(stat) +/- 0.086(syst) and a_1/a_2 = -0.738 +/-
0.007(stat) +/- 0.018 (syst) GeV^2/c^2 respectively. An upper limit for the CP
violating E1 direct emission amplitude |g_E1| < 0.21 (90% CL) has been found.
The overall ratio of direct photon emission (DE) to total photon emission
including the bremsstrahlung process (IB) has been determined to be DE/(DE +IB)
= 0.689 +/- 0.021 for E(gamma) > 20 MeV.


title: Searches for New Physics in Photon Final States

abstract:
  The Run I results on the searches for new physics in photon final states were
intriguing. The rare 2 electrons + 2 photons + missing transverse energy (MET)
candidate event and the measured event rate for the signature lepton + photon +
MET, which was 2.7 sigma above the Standard Model predictions, sparked
signature-based searches in the photon + photon + X and lepton + photon + X
channels. With more data in Run II we should be able to answer a simple
question: was it an anomaly or were the Run I results the first evidence for
the new physics? We present searches for New Physics in Photon Final States at
CDF Run II, Fermilab, with substantially more data and a higher $\pbarp$
collision energy, 1.96 TeV, and the upgraded CDF detector (CDF II).


title:
Measurement of Branching Fractions and CP-Violating Charge Asymmetries
  for B Meson Decays to D(*)D(*), and Implications for the CKM Angle gamma

abstract:
  We present measurements of the branching fractions and charge asymmetries of
B decays to all D(*)D(*) modes. Using 232 million BBbar pairs recorded on the
Upsilon(4S) resonance by the BaBar detector at the e+e- asymmetric B factory
PEP-II at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, we measure the branching
fractions BF(B0 -> D*+D*-) = (8.1 +- 0.6 +- 1.0) x 10^-4, BF(B0 -> D*+-D-+) =
(5.7 +- 0.7 +- 0.7) x 10^-4, BF(B0 -> D+D-) = (2.8 +- 0.4 +- 0.5) x 10^-4,
BF(B+ -> D*+D*0) = (8.1 +- 1.2 +- 1.2) x 10^-4, BF(B+ -> D*+D0) = (3.6 +- 0.5
+- 0.4) x 10^-4, BF(B+ -> D+D*0) = (6.3 +- 1.4 +- 1.0) x 10^-4, and BF(B+ ->
D+D0) = (3.8 +- 0.6 +- 0.5) x 10^-4, where in each case the first uncertainty
is statistical and the second systematic. We also determine the limits BF(B0 ->
D*0D*0) < 0.9 x 10^-4, BF(B0 -> D*0D0) < 2.9 x 10^-4, and BF(B0 -> D0D0) < 0.6
x 10^-4, each at 90% confidence level. All decays above denote either member of
a charge conjugate pair. We also determine the CP-violating charge asymmetries
A(B0 -> D*+-D-+) = 0.03 +- 0.10 +- 0.02, A(B+ -> D*+D*0) = -0.15 +- 0.11 +-
0.02, A(B+ -> D*+D0) = -0.06 +- 0.13 +- 0.02, A(B+ -> D*+D*0) = 0.13 +- 0.18 +-
0.04, and A(B+ -> D+D0) = -0.13 +- 0.14 +- 0.02. Additionally, when we combine
these results with information from time-dependent CP asymmetries in B0 ->
D*+D*- decays and world-averaged branching fractions of B decays to Ds(*)D(*)
modes, we find the CKM phase gamma is favored to lie in the range [0.07-2.77]
radians (with a +0 or +pi radians ambiguity) at 68% confidence level.


title: Evidence for an Excess of Soft Photons in Hadronic Decays of Z^0

abstract:
  Soft photons inside hadronic jets converted in front of the DELPHI main
tracker (TPC) in events of qqbar disintegrations of the Z^0 were studied in the
kinematic range 0.2 < E_gamma < 1 GeV and transverse momentum with respect to
the closest jet direction p_T < 80 MeV/c. A clear excess of photons in the
experimental data as compared to the Monte Carlo predictions is observed. This
excess (uncorrected for the photon detection efficiency) is (1.17 +/- 0.06 +/-
0.27) x 10^{-3} gamma/jet in the specified kinematic region, while the expected
level of the inner hadronic bremsstrahlung (which is not included in the Monte
Carlo) is (0.340 +/- 0.001 +/- 0.038) x 10^{-3} gamma/jet. The ratio of the
excess to the predicted bremsstrahlung rate is then (3.4 +/- 0.2 +/- 0.8),
which is similar in strength to the anomalous soft photon signal observed in
fixed target experiments with hadronic beams.


title: Study of double-tagged gamma gamma events at LEPII

abstract:
  Double-tagged interactions of photons with virtualities Q^2 between 10 GeV^2
and 200 GeV^2 are studied with the data collected by DELPHI at LEPII from 1998
to 2000, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 550 pb^{-1}. The gam*
gam* -> mu+mu- data agree with QED predictions. The cross-section of the
reaction gam* gam* -> hadrons is measured and compared to the LO and NLO BFKL
calculations.


title: Search for Excited Muons in ppbar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV

abstract:
  We present the results of a search for the production of an excited state of
the muon, mu*, in proton antiproton collisions at sqrt s = 1.96 TeV. The data
have been collected with the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider
and correspond to an integrated luminosity of approximately 380 pb^-1. We
search for mu* in the process p pbar -> mu* mu, with the mu* subsequently
decaying to a muon plus photon. No excess above the standard model expectation
is observed in data. Interpreting our data in the context of a model that
describes mu* production by four-fermion contact interactions and mu* decay via
electroweak processes, we exclude production cross sections higher than 0.057
pb -- 0.112 pb at the 95% confidence level, depending on the mass of the
excited muon. Choosing the scale for contact interactions to be Lambda = 1 TeV,
excited muon masses below 618 GeV are excluded.


title:
Top Background to SM Higgs Searches in the W^-W^+=>2l2nu Decay Mode at
  CMS

abstract:
  The top quark and its properties within and beyond the Standard Model will be
extensively studied at the incoming Large Hadron Collider. Nonetheless the top
quark will play the role of the main background for most of the Higgs and new
physics searches. In this paper the top as a background to H=>WW=>2l2nu Higgs
discovery channel will be studied. The current status of the Monte Carlo tools
for t-tbar and single top simulation will be presented. Finally the problem on
how to evaluate the top background from the data will be addressed and the
related systematics will be discussed.


title:
Test of Colour Reconnection Models using Three-Jet Events in Hadronic Z
  Decays

abstract:
  Hadronic Z decays into three jets are used to test QCD models of colour
reconnection (CR). A sensitive quantity is the rate of gluon jets with a gap in
the particle rapidity distribution and zero jet charge. Gluon jets are
identified by either energy-ordering or by tagging two b-jets. The rates
predicted by two string-based tunable CR models, one implemented in JETSET (the
GAL model), the other in ARIADNE, are too high and disfavoured by the data,
whereas the rates from the corresponding non-CR standard versions of these
generators are too low. The data can be described by the GAL model assuming a
small value for the R_0 parameter in the range 0.01-0.02.


title: An Investigation of D+--> tau+ nu

abstract:
  We test whether or not the tau lepton manifests the same couplings as the mu
lepton by investigating the relative decay rates in purely leptonic D+ meson
decays. Specifically, we place the first upper limit on the ratio R=Gamma(D+ ->
tau+ nu)/Gamma(D+ -> mu+ nu). We use 281 inverse pb of data accumulated at the
psi(3770) resonance with the CLEO-c detector, to determine B(D+ -> tau+ nu) <
2.1 x 10^(-3) at 90% confidence level (C. L.). The ratio of R to the Standard
Model expectation of 2.65 then is <1.8 at 90% C. L., consistent with the
prediction of lepton universality.


title:
Absolute Branching Fraction Measurements for D^+ and D^0 Inclusive
  Semileptonic Decays

abstract:
  We present measurements of the inclusive branching fractions for the decays
D^+ -> X e^+ nu_e and D^0 -> X e^+ nu_e, using 281 pb^-1 of data collected on
the psi(3770) resonance with the CLEO-c detector. We find Br(D^0 ->Xe^+\nu_e) =
(6.46 \pm 0.17 \pm 0.13)% and Br((D^+ -> Xe^+nu_e) = (16.13 \pm 0.20 \pm
0.33)%. Using the known D meson lifetimes, we obtain the ratio
Gamma{D^+}^sl/Gamma_{D^0}^sl= 0.985\pm 0.028\pm 0.015, confirming isospin
invariance at the level of 3%. The positron momentum spectra from D^+ and D^0
have consistent shapes.


title:
Pseudoscalar production at omega omega threshold in J/psi -> gamma omega
  omega

abstract:
  The decay channel J/\psi->gamma omega omega, omega -> pi+ pi- pi0 is analyzed
using a sample of 5.8x10^7 J/psi events collected with the BESII detector. The
omega omega invariant mass distribution peaks at 1.76 GeV/c^2, just above the
omega omega threshold. Analysis of angular correlations indicate that the omega
omega system below 2 GeV/c^2 is predominantly pseudoscalar. A partial wave
analysis confirms the predominant pseudoscalar structure, together with small
0^{++} and 2^{++} contributions, and yields a pseudoscalar mass M = 1744 \pm 10
(stat) \pm 15 (syst) MeV/c^2, a width Gamma = 244^{+24}_{-21} (stat) \pm 25
(syst) MeV/c^2, and a product branching fraction Br(J/psi-> gamma eta(1760))
\cdot Br(\eta(1760)->omega omega) = (1.98 \pm 0.08 (stat) \pm 0.32 (syst)) x
10^{-3}.


title: Measurement of the $B^{0}_{s}$ Lifetime Using Semileptonic Decays

abstract:
  We report a measurement of the $B^0_{s}$ lifetime in the semileptonic decay
channel $B^0_{s}\to D^-_s \mu^{+}\nu X$ (and its charge conjugate), using
approximately 0.4 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected with the D0 detector during 2002
-- 2004. We have reconstructed 5176 $D^-_s \mu^{+}$ signal events, where the
$D_s^-$ is identified via the decay $D_s^-\to \phi\pi^-$, followed by $\phi\to
K^+ K^-$. Using these events, we have measured the $B^0_s$ lifetime to be
$\tau(B^0_{s}) = 1.398 \pm 0.044$ $({stat}) ^{+0.028}_{-0.025}$ $({syst})
{ps}$. This is the most precise measurement of the $B_s^0$ lifetime to date.


title:
Search for the Theta+ pentaquark in the gamma d -> Lambda n K+ reaction
  measured with CLAS

abstract:
  For the first time, the reaction gamma d -> Lambda n K+ has been analyzed in
order to search for the exotic pentaquark baryon Theta+(1540). The data were
taken at Jefferson Lab, using the Hall-B tagged-photon beam of energy between
0.8 and 3.6 GeV and the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS). No
statistically significant structures were observed in the nK+ invariant mass
distribution. The upper limit on the gamma d -> Lambda Theta+ integrated cross
section has been calculated and found to be between 5 and 25 nb, depending on
the production model assumed. The upper limit on the differential cross section
is also reported.


title:
Measurement of the DA$\Phi$NE luminosity with the KLOE detector using
  large angle Bhabha scattering

abstract:
  We describe the method of measuring the integrated luminosity of the $e^+e^-$
collider DA$\Phi$NE, the Frascati $\phi-$factory. The measurement is done with
the KLOE detector selecting large angle Bhabha scattering events and
normalizing them to the effective cross section. The $e^+e^- \to
e^+e^-(\gamma)$ cross section is calculated using different event generators
which account for the $O(\alpha)$ radiative initial and final state
corrections, and the $\phi$ resonance contribution. The accuracy of the
measurement is 0.6%, where 0.3% comes from systematic errors related to the
event counting and 0.5% from theoretical evaluations of the cross section.


title:
Measurement of D0 -> pilnu (Klnu) Form Factors and Absolute Branching
  Fractions

abstract:
  Using a 282 1/fb data sample collected by the Belle experiment at the KEKB
e+e- collider, we study D0 decays to K-l+nu and pi-l+nu final states. The D0
flavor and momentum are tagged through a full reconstruction of the recoiling
charm meson and additional mesons from fragmentation. The reconstruction method
provides very good resolution in neutrino momentum and in q^2 = (p_l+p_nu)^2.
Normalizing to the total number of D0 tags, we measure the absolute branching
fractions to be B(D0 -> Klnu) =(3.45 +- 0.07stat +- 0.20syst)% and B(D0 ->
pilnu) = (0.255 +- 0.019stat +- 0.016syst)% and the semi-leptonic form factors
(within the modified pole model) f+^K(0) = 0.695 +- 0.007stat +- 0.022syst and
f+^pi(0) = 0.624 +- 0.020stat +- 0.030syst.


title:
Production properties of K*(892) vector mesons and their spin alignment
  as measured in the NOMAD experiment

abstract:
  First measurements of K*(892) mesons production properties and their spin
alignment in nu_mu charged current (CC) and neutral current (NC) interactions
are presented. The analysis of the full data sample of the NOMAD experiment is
performed in different kinematic regions. For K*+ and K*- mesons produced in
nu_mu CC interactions and decaying into K0 pi+/- we have found the following
yields per event: (2.6 +/- 0.2 (stat.) +/- 0.2 (syst.))% and (1.6 +/- 0.1
(stat.) +/- 0.1 (syst.))% respectively, while for the K*+ and K*- mesons
produced in nu NC interactions the corresponding yields per event are: (2.5 +/-
0.3 (stat.) +/- 0.3 (syst.))% and (1.0 +/- 0.3 (stat.) +/- 0.2 (syst.))%. The
results obtained for the rho00 parameter, 0.40 +/- 0.06 (stat) +/- 0.03 (syst)
and 0.28 +/- 0.07 (stat) +/- 0.03 (syst) for K*+ and K*- produced in nu_mu CC
interactions, are compared to theoretical predictions tuned on LEP measurements
in e+e- annihilation at the Z0 pole. For K*+ mesons produced in nu NC
interactions the measured rho00 parameter is 0.66 +/- 0.10 (stat) +/- 0.05
(syst).


title: CMD-2 and SND results on the rho, omega and phi

abstract:
  The review of experimental results of the light vector mesons parameters
studies with CMD-2 and SND detectors at VEPP-2M e+e- collider in the energy
region 360 < sqrt{s} < 1380 MeV is given.


title: Pion Form Factor at SND (new edition)

abstract:
  The update of the e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^- process cross section, measured in the
energy region \sqrt{s}<1 GeV with SND detector at VEPP-2M collider is
presented.


title: Combination of CDF and DO Results on the Mass of the Top Quark

abstract:
  We summarize the published top-quark mass measurements from the CDF and DO
experiments at Fermilab. We combine published Run-I (1992-1996) measurements
with the most recent published Run-II (2001-present) measurements using up to
340 pb of data. Taking correlated uncertainties properly into account the
resulting mass of the top quark is m(top)=174.2 +- 2.0(stat) +- 2.6(syst)
GeV/c^2, which corresponds to a total uncertainty of 3.3 GeV/c^2, i.e. 1.9%
precision. Since this combination uses only a subset of the available analyses
and data sets, it does not supersede our latest world average combination of
m(top)=172.5 +- 1.3(stat) +- 1.9(syst) GeV/c^2, which is based on the latest
published and preliminary results.


title: Measurement of phi_3 with Dalitz plot analysis of B+ -> D(*)K(*)+ decay

abstract:
  We present a measurement of the unitarity triangle angle phi_3 using a Dalitz
plot analysis of the K0_S pi+ pi- decay of the neutral D meson from the B+- ->
D(*)K(*)+- process. The method employs the interference between D0 and D0bar to
extract the angle phi_3, strong phase Delta and the ratio r of suppressed and
allowed amplitudes. We apply this method to a 357 fb-1 data sample collected by
the Belle experiment. The analysis uses three modes: B+ -> DK+, B+ -> D*K+ with
D* -> Dpi0, and B+ -> DK*+ with K*+ -> K0_S pi+, as well as the corresponding
charge-conjugate modes. From a combined maximum likelihood fit to the three
modes, we obtain phi_3=53+15-18(stat)+-3(syst)+-9(model) degrees. The
corresponding two standard deviation interval is 8<phi_3<111 degrees.


title:
Neyman & Feldman-Cousins intervals for a simple problem with an
  unphysical region, and an analytic solution

abstract:
  The new Belle phi_3/gamma measurement arXiv:hep-ex/0604054, based on Dalitz
analysis of D -> Kshort pi+ pi- in B+- -> D(*) K(*)+- decays, uses likelihood
ratio ordering to set confidence intervals in phi_3 and the r,delta parameters.
This is different to the choice made by BaBar in PRL 95, 121802 (2005) and
arXiv:hep-ex/0507101, and requires additional computation. This Note explains
Belle's choice using a related but simpler example: the averaging of two
numbers. We find that intervals calculated with likelihood ratio ordering
reproduce the analytic solution to this problem, whereas intervals calculated
by ordering according to the p.d.f. (so-called Neyman intervals) do not, and
show a pathology which is important in our case.
  This document is adapted from a Belle Internal Note.


title:
Search for a Narrow Baryonic Resonance Decaying to $K^0_s p$ or $K^0_s
  \bar{p}$ in Deep Inelastic Scattering at HERA

abstract:
  A search for a narrow baryonic resonance decaying to $K^0_s p$ or $K^0_s \bar
p$ is carried out in deep inelastic ep scattering with the H1 detector at HERA.
Such a resonance could be a strange pentaquark \thplns, evidence for which has
been reported by several experiments. The $K^0_s p$ and $K^0_s \bar p$
invariant mass distributions presented here do not show any significant peak in
the mass range from threshold up to 1.7 GeV. Mass dependent upper limits on
$\sigma(ep \to e \thplf X)\times BR(\thplf \to K^0 p)$ are obtained at the 95%
confidence level.


title:
Search for $\Theta^{++}$ Pentaquarks in the Exclusive Reaction $\gamma
  p\to K^+K^-p$

abstract:
  The reaction $\gamma p \to pK^+K^-$ was studied at Jefferson Lab with photon
energies from 1.8 to 3.8 GeV using a tagged photon beam. The goal was to search
for a $\Theta^{++}$ pentaquark, a narrow doubly charged baryon state having
strangeness S=+1 and isospin I=1, in the $pK^+$ invariant mass spectrum. No
statistically significant evidence of a $\Theta^{++}$ was found. Upper limits
on the total and differential production cross section for the reaction $\gamma
p \to K^-\Theta^{++}$ were obtained in the mass range from 1.5 to 2.0
GeV/c$^2$, with an upper limit of about 0.15 nb, 95% C.L. for a narrow
resonance with a mass $M_{\Theta^{++}}=1.54$ GeV/c$^2$. This result places a
very stringent upper limit on the $\Theta^{++}$ width.


title:
The preliminary result from spectra of $K^0_s \pi^-$ in reaction
  p+propane at 10 GeV/c

abstract:
  The experimental data from 2m propane bubble chamber have been analyzed to
search for scalar meson $\kappa(800)$ in a $K^0_s\pi$ decay mode for the
reaction p+$C_3H_8$ at 10 GeV/c. The $K^0_s\pi^-$ invariant mass spectrum has
shown resonant structures with $M_{K^0_s\pi^-}$=730, 900 and $\Gamma$=143, 48
MeV/$c^2$, respectively. The statistical significance are estimated to be of
14.2$\sigma$ and 4.2$\sigma$, respectively. The peak in M(900) is identified as
reflection from the well known resonance with mass of 892 MeV/c$^2$.


title: Dalitz plot analysis of the decay B+- -> K+-K+-K-+

abstract:
  We analyze the three-body charmless decay B+- -> K+-K+-K-+ using a sample of
226.0 +- 2.5 million BBbar pairs collected by the BABAR detector. We measure
the total branching fraction and CP asymmetry to be B = (35.2 +- 0.9 +-1.6) x
10^{-6} and A_CP = (-1.7 +- 2.6 +- 1.5)%. We fit the Dalitz plot distribution
using an isobar model and measure the magnitudes and phases of the decay
coefficients. We find no evidence of CP violation for the individual components
of the isobar model. The decay dynamics is dominated by the K+K- S-wave, for
which we perform a partial-wave analysis in the region m(K+K-) < 2 GeV/c^2.
Significant production of the f0(980) resonance, and of a spin zero state near
1.55 GeV/c^2 are required in the isobar model description of the data. The
partial-wave analysis supports this observation.


title: Charm Physics with BES-III at BEPC-II

abstract:
  We report on the charm physics potential at BES-III at BEPC-II which will
make significant contribution to quark flavor physics this decade. The charm
physics program will include studies of leptonic, semileptonic and hadronic
charm decays, and tests for physics beyond the Standard Model. Event samples of
the order of 30 million $\DD$ pairs, 2 million $\DspDsm$ pairs at threshold and
$10\times 10^9$ $J/\psi$ decays will be produced with one year design
luminosity. High precision charm data will enable us to validate forthcoming
Lattice QCD calculations at the few percent level. These can then be used to
make precise measurements of CKM elements, $V_{cd}$, $V_{cs}$, $V_{ub}$,
$V_{cb}$ and $V_{ts}$, which are useful to improve the accuracy of test of the
CKM unitarity.


title:
Search for R-parity violating supersymmetry via the LLE couplings
  lambda_{121}, lambda_{122} or lambda_{133} in ppbar collisions at
  sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

abstract:
  A search for gaugino pair production with a trilepton signature in the
framework of R-parity violating supersymmetry via the couplings lambda_121,
lambda_122, or lambda_133 is presented. The data, corresponding to an
integrated luminosity of L~360/pb, were collected from April 2002 to August
2004 with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, at a
center-of-mass energy of sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. This analysis considers final states
with three charged leptons with the flavor combinations eel, mumul, and eetau
(l=e or mu). No evidence for supersymmetry is found and limits at the 95%
confidence level are set on the gaugino pair production cross section and lower
bounds on the masses of the lightest neutralino and chargino are derived in two
supersymmetric models.


title:
Search of Neutrino Magnetic Moments with a High-Purity Germanium
  Detector at the Kuo-Sheng Nuclear Power Station

abstract:
  A search of neutrino magnetic moments was carried out at the Kuo-Sheng
Nuclear Power Station at a distance of 28 m from the 2.9 GW reactor core. With
a high purity germanium detector of mass 1.06 kg surrounded by scintillating
NaI(Tl) and CsI(Tl) crystals as anti-Compton detectors, a detection threshold
of 5 keV and a background level of 1 $\cpd$ near threshold were achieved.
Details of the reactor neutrino source, experimental hardware, background
understanding and analysis methods are presented. Based on 570.7 and 127.8 days
of Reactor ON and OFF data, respectively, at an average Reactor ON electron
anti-neutrino flux of $\rm{6.4 \times 10^{12} cm^{-2} s^{-1}}$, the limit on
the neutrino magnetic moments of $\rm{\munuebar < 7.4 \times 10^{-11} \mub}$ at
90% confidence level was derived. Indirect bounds on the $\nuebar$ radiative
decay lifetimes were inferred.


title: Search for the h_c meson in B^+- ->h_c K^+-

abstract:
  We report a search for the $h_c$ meson via the decay chain $B^{\pm}\to h_c
K^{\pm}$, $\etac \gamma$ with $\eta_c \to K_S^0 K^{\pm} \pi^{\mp}$ and
$p\bar{p}$. No significant signals are observed. We obtain upper limits on the
branching fractions for $B^{\pm} \to \eta_c\gamma K^{\pm}$ in bins of the
$\eta_c\gamma$ invariant mass. The results are based on an analysis of 253
fb$^{-1}$ of data collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+e^-$
collider.


title: Search for B Meson Decays to eta' eta' K

abstract:
  We describe searches for decays of B mesons to the charmless final states
eta' eta' K. The data consist of 228 million B Bbar pairs produced in e+ e-
annihilation, collected with the BaBar detector at the Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center. The 90% confidence level upper limits for the branching
fractions are Br(B0->eta' eta' K0)<31 10^{-6} and Br(B+->eta' eta' K+)<25
10^{-6}.


title:
Search for Neutral Higgs Bosons Decaying to Tau Pairs in p-pbar
  Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV

abstract:
  A search for the production of neutral Higgs bosons Phi decaying into
tau^+tau^- final states in p-pbar collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96
TeV is presented. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to
348 pb^-1, were collected by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron
Collider. Since no excess compared to the expectation from standard model
processes is found, limits on the production cross section times branching
ratio are set. The results are combined with those obtained from the D0 search
for Phi b(b) to b-bbar-b(bbar) and are interpreted in the minimal
supersymmetric standard model.


title: Search for resonant second generation slepton production at the Tevatron

abstract:
  We present a search for supersymmetry in the R-parity violating resonant
production and decay of smuons and muon-sneutrinos in the channels
smuon->neutralino_1 muon, smuon->neutralino_2 muon, and
muon-sneutrino->chargino muon. We analyzed 0.38 fb^-1 of integrated luminosity
collected between April 2002 and August 2004 with the D0 detector at the
Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The observed number of events is in agreement with
the standard model expectation, and we calculate 95% C.L. limits on the slepton
production cross section times branching fraction to gaugino plus muon, as a
function of slepton and gaugino masses. In the framework of minimal
supergravity, we set limits on the coupling parameter lambda'_211, extending
significantly previous results obtained in Run I of the Tevatron and at the
CERN LEP collider.


title: Measurement of the W boson mass and width in e+e- collisions at LEP

abstract:
  The mass of the W boson is determined from the direct reconstruction of its
decays into purely hadronic and semi-leptonic events in e+e- collisions at LEP.
The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 683 inverse
picobarns collected with the ALEPH detector at centre-of-mass energies up to
209 GeV. To minimise any effect from colour reconnection a new procedure is
adopted in which low energy particles are not considered in the mass
determination from the purely hadronic channel. The combined result from all
channels is Mw = 80.440+-0.043(stat.)+-0.024(syst.)+-0.009(FSI)+-0.009(LEP)
GeV/c**2 where FSI represents the possible effects of final state interactions
in the purely hadronic channel. From two-parameter fits to the W mass and
width, the W width is found to be Gw =
2.14+-0.09(stat.)+-0.04(syst.)+-0.05(FSI)+-0.01(LEP) GeV


title:
Measurement of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering with a Polarized Proton
  Target

abstract:
  The longitudinal target-spin asymmetry A_UL for the exclusive
electroproduction of high energy photons was measured for the first time in
p(e,e'p\gamma). The data have been accumulated at Jefferson Lab with the CLAS
spectrometer using 5.7 GeV electrons and a longitudinally polarized NH_3
target. A significant azimuthal angular dependence was observed, resulting from
the interference of the Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering and Bethe-Heitler
processes. The amplitude of the sin(phi) moment is 0.252 +/- 0.042(stat) +/-
0.020(sys). Theoretical calculations are in good agreement with the magnitude
and the kinematic dependence of the target-spin asymmetry, which is sensitive
to the generalized parton distributions H and H-tilde.


title:
Update of the e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^- cross section measured by SND detector
  in the energy region 400<\sqrt{s}<1000 MeV

abstract:
  The corrected cross section of the e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^- process measured in
the SND experiment at the VEPP-2M e^+e^- collider is presented. The update is
necessary due to a flaw in the e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^- and e^+e^-\to\mu^+\mu^-
Monte Carlo events generators used previously in data analysis.


title: W Mass at LEP and Standard Model Fits

abstract:
  The W-mass measurements from LEP and the results of a global fit of the
Standard Model parameters to the electroweak data are presented. Comprehensive
studies of experimental systematic effects allowed a measurement of the W mass
with an accuracy of better than half a permill. Especially the recent
improvements in the LEP energy calibration, the modelling of the hadronisation
process and the understanding of Bose-Einstein correlations and colour
reconnection effects are discussed. The fit of the Standard Model parameters to
all electroweak measurements verifies the self-consistency of the theory. The
combination of all electroweak data yield information on the mass of the still
undiscovered Higgs boson, $m_H$.


title: CP and CPT tests with the KLOE detector

abstract:
  Neutral kaons provide one of the most sensitive system to CP and CPT
violation. Tests on CP, CPT and quantum mechanics have been performed at KLOE
operating at the DAFNE e+e- collider. Results on the quantum interference in
the channel phi-> KSKL ->pi+pi-pi+pi-, the measurement of the BR(KL ->pi+pi-)
and the related CP violating parameter epsilon are presented. Using the
Bell-Steinberger relation, CPT violating parameters have been also obtained


title:
Measurement of Charm and Beauty Dijet Cross Sections in Photoproduction
  at HERA using the H1 Vertex Detector

abstract:
  A measurement of charm and beauty dijet photoproduction cross sections at the
ep collider HERA is presented. Events are selected with two or more jets of
transverse momentum $p_t^{jet}_{1(2)}>11(8)$ GeV in the central range of
pseudo-rapidity $-0.9<\eta^{jet}_{1(2)}<1.3$. The fractions of events
containing charm and beauty quarks are determined using a method based on the
impact parameter, in the transverse plane, of tracks to the primary vertex, as
measured by the H1 central vertex detector. Differential dijet cross sections
for charm and beauty, and their relative contributions to the flavour inclusive
dijet photoproduction cross section, are measured as a function of the
transverse momentum of the leading jet, the average pseudo-rapidity of the two
jets and the observable $x_{\gamma}^{obs}$. Taking into account the theoretical
uncertainties, the charm cross sections are consistent with a QCD calculation
in next-to-leading order, while the predicted cross sections for beauty
production are somewhat lower than the measurement.


title:
B Meson Decays to mega K*, omega rho, omega omega, omega phi, and omega
  f0

abstract:
  We describe searches for B meson decays to the charmless vector-vector final
states omega K*, omega rho, omega omega, and omega phi with 233 times 10^{6} BB
pairs produced in e+e- annihilation at sqrt{s}=10.58 GeV. We also search for
the vector-scalar B decay to omega f_0. We measure the following branching
fractions in units of 10^{-6}: BR(B0 --> omega K*0) = 2.4 +/- 1.1 +/- 0.7
(<4.2), BR(B+ --> omega K*+) = 0.6 {+1.4}_{-1.2} {+1.1}_{-0.9} (<3.4), BR(B0
--> omega rho0) = -0.6 +/- 0.7 {+0.8}_{-0.3} (<1.5), BR(B+ --> omega rho+) =
10.6 +/- 2.1 {+1.6}_{-1.0}, BR(B0 --> omega omega) = 1.8 {+1.3}_{-0.9} +/- 0.4
(<4.0), BR(B0 --> omega phi) = 0.1 +/- 0.5 +/- 0.1 (<1.2), and BR(B0 --> omega
f_0) = 0.9 +/- 0.4 {+0.2}_{-0.1} (<1.5). In each case the first error quoted is
statistical, the second systematic, and the upper limits are defined at the 90%
confidence level. For B+ --> omega rho+ decays we also measure the longitudinal
spin component f_L=0.82 +/- 0.11 +/- 0.02 and the charge asymmetry A_CP=0.04
+/- 0.18 +/- 0.02.


title:
Measurement of the eta and etaprime transition form factors at q^2=112
  GeV^2

abstract:
  We report a study of the processes e+e- -> eta gamma and e+e- -> etaprime
gamma at a center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV, using a 232 fb^-1 data sample
collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider at SLAC. We observe
20+6-5 eta gamma and 50+8-7 etaprime gamma events over small backgrounds, and
measure the cross sections sigma(e+e- -> eta gamma)
=4.5+1.2-1.1(stat)+-0.3(sys) fb and sigma(e+e- -> etaprime
gamma)=5.4+-0.8(stat)+-0.3(sys) fb. The corresponding transition form factors
at q^2 = 112 GeV^2 are q^2|F_eta(q^2)|=0.229+-0.030+-0.008 GeV, and
q^2|F_etaprime(q^2)|=0.251+-0.019+-0.008 GeV, respectively.


title: Study of Higgs boson production at LHC near the WW resonance

abstract:
  The study of WW Higgs boson decays is one of the key elements of the LHC
physics program, as these decays are dominant close to the WW resonance. Recent
results obtained using the full simulation of the detector are presented in the
framework of the Standard Model. Direct production, associated WH production
and boson fusion processes are considered.


title:
Examination on SK atmospheric neutrino experiment by the computer
  experiment

abstract:
  We examine neutrino events occurring inside the SuperKamiokande (SK) detector
and those occurring outside the same detector using computer simulations. We
analyze the zenith angle distribution of Fully Contained Events and show the
method for the determination of the incident neutrino by the SK group is
unreliable. The analysis of the neutrino events occurring outside the detector
shows these events agree with the Monte Carlo simulation without oscillation.


title:
Analysis of the pi^+pi^-pi^+pi^- and pi^+pi^0pi^-pi^0 Final States in
  Quasi-Real Two-Photon Collisions at LEP

abstract:
  The reactions gamma gamma -> pi^+pi^-pi^+pi^- and gamma gamma ->
pi^+pi^0pi^-pi^0 are studied with the L3 detector at LEP in a data sample
collected at centre-of-mass energies from 161GeV to 209GeV with a total
integrated luminosity of 698/pb. A spin-parity-helicity analysis of the rho^0
rho^0 and rho^+ rho^- systems for two-photon centre-of-mass energies between
1GeV and 3GeV shows the dominance of the spin-parity state 2+ with helicity 2.
The contribution of 0+ and 0- spin-parity states is also observed, whereas
contributions of 2- states and of a state with spin-parity 2+ and zero helicity
are found to be negligible.


title: Resonance method of electric-dipole-moment measurements in storage rings

abstract:
  A resonance method of measuring the electric dipole moment (EDM) of nuclei in
storage rings is described, based on two new ideas: (1) Oscillating particles'
velocities in resonance with spin precession, and (2) alternately producing two
sub-beams with different betatron tunes--one sub-beam to amplify and thus make
it easier to correct ring imperfections that produce false signals imitating
EDM signals, and the other to make the EDM measurement.

categories: hep-ex hep-ph nucl-ex nucl-th physics.acc-ph


title:
Measurement of the CKM parameter cos(2phi_1) using time-dependent Dalitz
  analysis of B0bar -> D[Ks pi+ pi-] h0

abstract:
  We present a measurement of the angle phi1 of the CKM Unitarity Triangle
using time-dependent Dalitz analysis of D -> Ks pi+ pi- decays produced in
neutral B meson decay to a neutral D meson and a light meson (B0bar -> D(*)
h0). The method allows a direct extraction of 2phi1 and, therefore, helps to
resolve the ambiguity between 2phi1 and pi-2phi1 in the measurement of sin
2phi1. We obtain sin 2phi1=0.78+-0.44+-0.22 and cos 2phi1=1.87+0.40+0.22
-0.53-0.32 The sign of cos 2phi1 is determined to be positive at 98.3% C.L.


title: Search for the decay B0 to a1 rho

abstract:
  We present a search for the rare B-meson decay B0 to a1+- rho-+ with a_1+- to
pi+ pi- pi+-. We use (110 +/- 1.2) x 10^6 Upsilon(4S) to BBbar decays collected
with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. We
obtain an upper limit of 30 x 10-6 (90% C.L.) for the branching fraction
product B(B0 to a_1+- rho-+)B(a_1+- to pi+ pi- pi+-), where we assume that the
a_1+- decays exclusively to rho0 pi+-.


title:
Search for Lepton Flavor Violating tau- Decays Including with a K0s
  Meson

abstract:
  We have searched for the lepton flavor violating decays $\tau^-\to \ell^-\ks$
($\ell = e {or} \mu$), using a data sample of 281 fb$^{-1}$ collected with the
Belle detector at the KEKB $e^+e^-$ asymmetric-energy collider. No evidence for
a signal was found in either of the decay modes, and we set the following upper
limits for the branching fractions: ${\cal{B}}(\tau^-\to e^-\ks) < 5.6\times
10^{-8}$ and ${\cal{B}}(\tau^-\to \mu^-\ks) < 4.9\times 10^{-8}$ at the 90%
confidence level. These results improve the previously published limits set by
the CLEO collaboration by factors of 16 and 19, respectively.


title:
Precision Measurements of the Timelike Electromagnetic Form Factors of
  the Pion, Kaon, and Proton

abstract:
  Using 20.7 pb^-1 of e+e- annihilation data taken at sqrt{s} = 3.671 GeV with
the CLEO-c detector, precision measurements of the electromagnetic form factors
of the charged pion, charged kaon, and proton have been made for timelike
momentum transfer of |Q^2| = 13.48 GeV^2 by the reaction e+e- to h+h-. The
measurements are the first ever with identified pions and kaons of |Q^2| > 4
GeV^2, with the results F_pi(13.48 GeV^2) = 0.075+-0.008(stat)+-0.005(syst) and
F_K(13.48 GeV^2) = 0.063+-0.004(stat)+-0.001(syst). The result for the proton,
assuming G^p_E = G^p_M, is G^p_M(13.48 GeV^2) =
0.014+-0.002(stat)+-0.001(syst), which is in agreement with earlier results.


title:
Measurement of the Ratio of Branching Fractions B(D0 -> K+ pi-)/B(D0 ->
  K- pi+) using the CDF II Detector

abstract:
  We present a measurement of R_B, the ratio of the branching fraction for the
rare decay D0 -> K+ pi- to that for the Cabibbo-favored decay D0 -> K- pi+.
Charge conjugate decays are implicitly included. A signal of 2005 +/- 104
events for the decay D0 -> K+ pi- is obtained using the CDF II detector at the
Fermilab Tevatron collider. The data set corresponds to an integrated
luminosity of 0.35 1/fb produced in p-bar/p collisions at sqrt{s}=1.96 TeV.
Assuming no mixing, we find R_B = [ 4.05 +/- 0.21 (stat) +/- 0.11 (syst) ] x
10(-3). This measurement is consistent with the world average, and comparable
in accuracy with the best measurements from other experiments.


title: Non SUSY Searches at the Tevatron

abstract:
  Recent results from searches for non-supersymmetric particles by the CDF and
D0 collaborations are reported. The sample taken during the RunII of the
Fermilab T eVatron collider at Ecms=1.96 TeV is used. The integrated luminosity
analyzed ranges from 300 to 1020 pb-1 depending on the search.}


title: Top physics at LHC with ttbar events

abstract:
  The new CERN proton-proton collider, the LHC, is about to start in 2007 its
data taking. Millions of top quarks will be available out of these data,
allowing to perform a wide range of precision measurements and searches for new
physics. An overview of the planned top physics program accessible with ttbar
events is given for the ATLAS and CMS experiments. A particular emphasis is put
on the precision measurements of the top mass, top polarization and searches
for new physics in top production and decay.


title: Recent results on fully leptonic and semileptonic charm decays

abstract:
  We begin with giving some motivation for the study of charm semileptonic and
fully leptonic decays. We turn next to a discussion of semileptonic absolution
branching fraction results form CLEO-c. Two exciting high statistics results on
fully leptonic decays of the D+ -> mu+ nu and Ds+ -> mu+ nu from CLEO-c and
BaBar are reviewed. We turn next to a discussion of recent results on charm
meson decay to pseudo-scalar l nu decays from FOCUS, BaBar, and CLEO-c. We
conclude with a review of charm meson decay into Vector l nu.


title: First observation of $\psi(2S) \to p \bar{n} \pi^- +c.c.$

abstract:
  Using 14 million $\psi(2S)$ events collected with the Beijing Spectrometer
(BESII) at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider, the branching fractions of
$\psi(2S)$ decays to $p \bar{n} \pi^-$ and $\bar{p} n \pi^+$ and the branching
fractions of the main background channels $\psi(2S) \to p \bar{n} \pi^-\pi^0$,
$\psi(2S) \to \gamma\chi_{c0} \to \gamma p \bar{n} \pi^-$, $\psi(2S) \to
\gamma\chi_{c2} \to \gamma p \bar{n} \pi^-$, and $\psi(2S) \to \gamma \chi_{cJ}
\to \gamma p \bar{n} \pi^- \pi^0$ are determined. The contributions of the
$N^{\ast}$ resonances in $\psi(2S) \to p \bar{n} \pi^- +c.c.$ are also
discussed.


title:
Searches for D0-D0bar Mixing: Finding the (Small) Crack in the Standard
  Model

abstract:
  We review results from searches for mixing and CP violation in the D0-D0bar
system. No evidence for mixing or CP violation is found, and limits are set for
the mixing parameters x, y, x', y', and several CP-violating parameters.


title: Study of Scalar Mesons at BES-II

abstract:
  Recent results from BES-II experiment on hadron spectroscopy using $\jpsi$
and $\psi^\prime$ data samples collected in $e^+e^-$ annihilation are
presented, including study of the scalar particles in $\jpsi$ radiative and
hadronic decays, the observation of X(1810) in $J/\psi \to \gamma \phi \omega$,
as well as pair productions of scalars in $\chi_{c0}$ hadronic decays.


title: Single Top production at LHC

abstract:
  The Production of single top quarks at LHC provides an ideal framework to
investigate the properties of electroweak interaction, in particular of the
{\it tWb} coupling. Moreover, single top is a powerful mean to identify physics
beyond the standard model. All three different production mechanisms of single
top are expected to be observed at LHC. Recent studies from ATLAS and CMS are
presented.


title: Physics of the ALICE Experiment

abstract:
  A short description of the ALICE detector at CERN is given. The experiment is
aiming to study the properties of the quark-gluon plasma by means of a whole
set of probes that can be subdivided into three classes: soft, heavy-flavour
and high-Pt probes. Each of the classes is illustrated by a few typical
examples.


title:
Study of B --> D^(*)D_s(J)^(*) Decays and Measurement of D_s^- and
  D_sJ(2 460)^- Branching Fractions

abstract:
  We present branching fraction measurements of twelve B meson decays of the
form B --> D^(*)D_s(J)^(*). The results are based on Y(4S) decays in BBbar
pairs. One of the B mesons is fully reconstructed and the other decays to two
charm mesons, of which one is reconstructed, and the mass and momentum of the
other is inferred by kinematics. Combining these results with previous
exclusive branching fraction measurements, we determine BR(D_s^- --> phi pi^-)
= (4.62 +/- 0.36_stat. +/- 0.51_syst.)%, BR(D_sJ(2460)^- --> D_s^*- pi^0) = (56
+/- 13_stat. +/- 9_syst.)% and BR(D-sJ(2460)^- --> D_s^- gamma) = (16 +/-
4_stat. +/- 3_syst.)%.


title: Search for B+ -> phi pi+ and B0 -> phi pi0 Decays

abstract:
  A search has been made for the decays B+ -> phi pi+ and B0->to phi pi0 in a
data sample of approximately 232 x 10^6 B Bbar pairs recorded at the
Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II B-meson Factory at
SLAC. No significant signals have been observed, and therefore upper limits
have been set on the branching fractions: BR(B+ ->phi pi+)<2.4 x 10^{-7} and
BR(B0->phi pi0)<2.8 x 10^{-7} at 90% probability.


title: CDF Hot Topics

abstract:
  After an introduction on the peculiarities of flavor-physics measurements at
a hadron collider, and on the upgraded Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II),
I show recent results on two-body B0 and B0s decays into charged,
pseudo-scalar, charmless mesons or into muons, to illustrate how the flavor
physics program at CDF is competitive with (in B0 decays) and complementary (in
B0s decays) to B-factories. Results shown include the new measurement of the
CP-violating asymmetry in B0-->K+pi- decays, the first measurement of the
time-evolution of B0s-->K+K- decays, and the world best limits on the decay
rates of rare B0/B0s-->mu+mu- modes.


title:
Jet Properties from Dihadron Correlations in p+p Collisions at
  sqrt(s)=200 GeV

abstract:
  The properties of jets produced in p+p collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV are
measured using the method of two particle correlations. The trigger particle is
a leading particle from a large transverse momentum jet while the associated
particle comes from either the same jet or the away-side jet. Analysis of the
angular width of the near-side peak in the correlation function determines the
jet fragmentation transverse momentum j_T . The extracted value, sqrt(<j_T^2>)=
585 +/- 6(stat) +/- 15(sys) MeV/c, is constant with respect to the trigger
particle transverse momentum, and comparable to the previous lower sqrt(s)
measurements. The width of the away-side peak is shown to be a convolution of
j_T with the fragmentation variable, z, and the partonic transverse momentum,
k_T . The <z> is determined through a combined analysis of the measured pi^0
inclusive and associated spectra using jet fragmentation functions measured in
e^+e^-. collisions. The final extracted values of k_T are then determined to
also be independent of the trigger particle transverse momentum, over the range
measured, with value of sqrt(<k_T^2>) = 2.68 +/- 0.07(stat) +/- 0.34(sys)
GeV/c.


title: On the Case for a Super Tau-Charm Factory

abstract:
  Design studies for a Super Flavor Factory (SFF), an asymmetric energy e+e-
collider utilizing International Linear Collider (ILC) techniques and
technology, are in progress. The capablity to run at center-of-mass energies
near 3.770 GeV could be included in the initial design. This report discusses
the physics that can be probed with luminosity of 10^{35} 1/cm^2 1/s near
tau-charm threshold.


title: Single Top Production at the Tevatron

abstract:
  We report on a search for Standard Model t-channel ans s-channel single top
quark production in p-pbar collisions at a center of mass energy of 1.96 TeV.
We use a data sample corresponding to 0.7 fb-1 recorded by the upgraded
Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDFII) and a data sample corresponding to 370
pb-1 recorded by D0. Both CDF and D0 find no significant evidence for
electroweak top quark production and set upper limits at the 95 % confidence
level on the production cross section


title: Early LHC physics studies: what can be obtained before the discoveries?

abstract:
  The Large Hadron Collider will provide an unprecedented quantity of collision
data right from the start-up. The challenge for the LHC experiments is the
quick use of these data for the final commissioning of the detectors, including
calibration, alignment, measuring of detector and trigger efficiencies. A new
energy frontier will open up, and measurement of basic Standard Model processes
will build a solid basement for any discovery studies.


title: New measurement of DeltaG/G at COMPASS

abstract:
  One of the main goals of the COMPASS experiment at CERN is the determination
of the gluon polarisation in the nucleon, DeltaG/G. It is extracted from the
spin asymmetry in the scattering of a polarized 160 GeV muon beam on a
polarized LiD target, by selecting photon-gluon fusion events. These events are
tagged by the production of open charm or high pT hadron pairs. We present the
results obtained for DeltaG/G(x) in both channels. For the first time,
preliminary results of 2004 data in the high pT channel are also shown.


title: Measurement of the D+ --> pi+ pi0 and D+ --> K+ pi0 Branching Fractions

abstract:
  We present measurements of the branching fractions for the Cabbibo suppressed
decays D+ --> pi+ pi0 and D+ --> K+ pi0 based on a data sample corresponding to
an integrated luminosity of 124.3 fb-1. The data were taken with the BABAR
detector at the PEP-II B Factory operating on and near the Y(4S) resonance. We
find BR(D+ --> pi+ pi0) = (1.22 +/- 0.10 +/- 0.08 +/- 0.08) * 10^(-3) and BR(D+
--> K+ pi0) = (2.46 +/- 0.46 +/- 0.24 +/- 0.16) * 10^(-4), where the first
uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the last error is due to
the uncertainties in the absolute branching fraction scale for D+ mesons. This
represents the first observation of the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed D+ --> K+ pi0
decay mode and an improved measurement of the D+ --> K+ pi0 branching fraction.


title: Top Quark Production Cross Section at the Tevatron

abstract:
  An overview of the preliminary results of the top quark pair production cross
section measurements at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV carried out by the
CDF and D0 collaborations is presented. The data samples used for the analyses
are collected in the current Tevatron run and correspond to an integrated
luminosity from 360 pb-1 up to 760 pb-1.


title:
D0--anti-D0 mixing results from BaBar by analysis of D0 --> K+ pi- pi0
  Dalitz-plot regions

abstract:
  We present a preliminary search for D0--anti-D0 mixing using the decays D0
--> K+ pi- pi0, additionally presenting Dalitz-plot distributions and a
measurement of the branching ratio for this mode. A new tagging technique is
used to produce the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed Dalitz plot, which in turn is
used to motivate the method used for the D-mixing search. We analyze 230.4fb-1
of data collected from the BaBar detector at the PEP-II collider. Assuming CP
conservation, we find R_M < 0.054% with 95% confidence, and we estimate that
the data are consistent with no mixing at a 4.5% confidence level. We present
D-mixing results both with and without the assumption of CP conservation.


title: Charmed baryon spectroscopy with Belle

abstract:
  Recent studies of charmed baryon spectroscopy, performed by the Belle
collaboration, are briefly described. We report the observation of an
isotriplet of baryons $\Sigma_c(2800)$ and evidence for two new baryons
$\Xi_{cx}(2980)$ and $\Xi_{cx}(3077)$. Finally we present a precise
determination of the masses of $\Xi_c$ and $\Xi_c(2645)$.


title: Jet Measurements and Determination of \alpha_S at HERA

abstract:
  The strong coupling constant \alpha_S can be measured in deep inelastic ep
scattering by employing various methods. Recent results on the extraction of
\alpha_S using jet and event shape observables are presented. The results are
found to be in good agreement with other more inclusive measurements and the
world average value.


title: The search for solar axions in the CAST experiment

abstract:
  The CAST (CERN Axion Solar Telescope) experiment at CERN searches for solar
axions with energies in the keV range. It is possible that axions are produced
in the core of the sun by the interaction of thermal photons with virtual
photons of strong electromagnetic fields. In this experiment, the solar axions
can be reconverted to photons in the transversal field of a 9 Tesla
superconducting magnet. At both ends of the 10m-long dipole magnet three
different X-ray detectors were installed, which are sensitive in the
interesting photon energy range. Preliminary results from the analysis of the
2004 data are presented: g$_{a\gamma}<0.9\times10^{-10}$ GeV$^{-1}$ at 95% C.L.
for axion masses m$_{a} <$ 0.02 eV. At the end of 2005, data started to be
taken with a buffer gas in the magnet pipes in order to extend the sensitivity
to axion masses up to 0.8 eV.


title: Structure Functions and Extraction of PDFs at HERA

abstract:
  Results from the HERA experiments, H1 and ZEUS, on $e^\pm p$ deep inelastic
scattering (DIS) provide an important contribution to the knowledge of the
proton structure and QCD. The data were collected in the years 1994-2000 (HERA
I) and 2003-2006 (HERA II) in the center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s} = 300$ GeV
in 1994-1997 and 319 GeV from 1998. During the HERA II period, the lepton beams
were longitudinally polarised. The most recent results on neutral current (NC)
and charge current (CC) DIS cross sections from HERA II data are presented.
Results on Parton Density Functions (PDFs) and the strong coupling $\alpha_s$
extracted from HERA I data are discussed. Accounting for the correlation of
electroweak parameters with PDFs, a combined electroweak and QCD analysis is
performed for the first time at HERA.


title: Measurement of the Masses and Lifetimes of B Hadrons at the Tevatron

abstract:
  The latest results for the B Hadron sector at the Tevatron Collider are
summarized. The properties of B Hadrons can be precisely measured at the
Tevatron. In particularly we will focus on the masses and lifetimes. The new
Tevatron results for the CP violation in B Hadrons will be also discussed.


title: New results on direct CP violation in charged kaon decays by NA48/2

abstract:
  The NA48/2 result, based on the data collected during the 2003 run, on direct
CP violation in $K^{\pm}\to\pi^{\pm}\pi^0\pi^0$ decay is presented. The main
goal of the experiment is to reach a sensitivity at level of $10^{-4}$ in the
measurement of the charge asymmetry parameter $A_g=(g^+-g^-)/(g^++g^-)$, where
$g$ is the \emph{linear slope} of the Dalitz plot in the $K\to 3\pi$ decay.
Thanks to the simultaneous collection of the two kaon charges and to the high
resolution of the main sub-detectors, the systematics uncertainties are kept
under the statistical error level. The experimental procedure, the analysis
technique and the main systematics are discussed to present the final result $$
A_g=(1.8\pm2.6)\times 10^{-4} $$ This result based on more than $45\cdot10^6$
events, correspondig to one half of the whole two year data taking, is about an
order of magnitude more precise with respect to the previous measurement.


title: B to Baryon decays in Belle

abstract:
  We report recent observations of baryonic B decays with charmless and charmed
baryons in the final state. We show the angular distributions of the di-baryon
low-mass enhancements in the charmless three-body baryonic B decays andthe
branching fractions of B decays with two charmed baryons or charmonium in the
final states. We also report the observation of the decay $\eta_c \to \Lambda
\bar{\Lambda}$ at Belle.


title: Electroweak Physics at HERA

abstract:
  Neutral-current (NC) and charged-current (CC) deep inelastic scattering (DIS)
interactions have been studied in electron-proton and positron-proton
collisions with longitudinally polarised lepton beams using the H1 and ZEUS
detectors at HERA. Measurements of the polarised inclusive cross-sections are
presented and compared to the Standard Model (SM) expectations. The extraction
of several electroweak parameters using a combined EW-QCD fit of unpolarised
data is also discussed.


title: Kaon Physics at KLOE

abstract:
  The most precise determination of Vus comes from semileptonic kaon decays. We
have measured with the KLOE detector at DAFNE, the Frascati phi-factory, all
the experimental inputs to Vus for both neutral and charged kaons. Using our
results we extract the value of Vus with about 0.9% fractional error, which is
entirely dominated by the theoretical error on the knowledge of the
normalization of the decay form factors, f0. A new determination of the ratio
Vus/Vud is also presented, based on our precise measurement of the absolute
branching ratio for the decay K+ -> mu+nu, combined with recent lattice results
for the ratio f_K/f_pi. New results on CPT symmetry have also been achieved,
which are based on the first measurement of the charge asymmetry for Ks -> pi e
nu decay.


title: Fragmentation and spectroscopy of hadrons in ep collisions

abstract:
  Recent results on charm fragmentation and hadron spectroscopy in $e^+/e^- p$
collisions at HERA with the ZEUS and H1 detectors are presented. The measured
fragmentation ratios and fragmentation fractions are in agreement with those
measured in $e^+e^-$, thus supporting the assumption of universality.
Measurements of the inclusive photoproduction of the neutral mesons $\eta,
\rho^0, f_0(980)$ and $f_2(1270)$ are also presented. At the same time results
on production of pentaquarks are shown. Cross sections of observed states and
upper limits on the production cross section of unobserved states are extracted
in order to enable comparison between experiments.


title: $B^0_s$ Mixing Studies At The Tevatron

abstract:
  Measurement of the $B^0_s$ oscillation frequency via $B^0_s$ mixing analysis
provides a powerful constraint on CKM matrix elements. This note briefly
reviews the motivation behind these analyses and describes the various steps
that go into a mixing measurement. Recent results on $B^0_s$ mixing obtained by
the CDF and D{\O}collaborations using the data samples collected at Tevtron
Collider in the period 2002 - 2005 are presented.


title: First MINOS Results from the NuMI Beam

abstract:
  As of December 2005, the MINOS long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment
collected data with an exposure of $0.93\times10^{20}$ protons on target.
Preliminary analysis of these data reveals a result inconsistent with a
no-oscillation hypothesis at level of 5.8 sigma. The data are consistent with
neutrino oscillations reported by Super-Kamiokande and K2K, with best fit
parameters of $\Delta m^2_{23} = 3.05^{+0.60}_{-0.55}\times 10^-3$ and
$\sin^22\theta_{23} = 0.88^{+0.12}_{-0.15}$.


title:
Measurement of the Top-Antitop Production Cross Section at sqrt(s) =
  1.96 TeV in the Combined Lepton+Track and e+mu Channel Using 370 pb^-1 of D0
  Data

abstract:
  A measurement of the ttbar production cross section at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV in
the dilepton final states using a lepton+track selection and secondary vertex
b-tagging is presented. One of the two leptons from the decay of the ttbar pair
is allowed to be identified only as an isolated track to improve the selection
efficiency. The result is combined with a measurement in the ttbar->e+mu final
state. The measurements are based on 370 pb^-1 of data collected with the D0
experiment at the Tevatron collider. The preliminary cross section obtained in
the combined lepton+track and e+mu channel is: sigma_{ttbar} = 8.6 +1.9 -1.7
(stat) +/- 1.1 (syst) +/- 0.6 (lumi) pb.


title: Latest Jet Results from Tevatron

abstract:
  This contribution reports preliminary jet results in ppbar collisions at
sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV from the CDF and D0 experiments. The jet inclusive cross
section, measured using both the Midpoint and the K_T jet clustering algorithm,
is compared to next-to-leading order QCD prediction in different rapidity
regions. The b-jet inclusive cross section measured exploiting the long
lifetime and large mass of B hadrons is presented and compared to QCD
prediction. A complementary measurement, using the large branching fraction of
B hadrons into muons, is also described. The measurement of two-particle
momentum correlation in jets is presented and compared to predictions.