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Dr Riccardo Pilato

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Particle Physics)
Physics

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2025

Observation of Orbitally Excited <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> States

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Observation of Orbitally Excited <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> States. Physical Review Letters, 135(23). doi:10.1103/fc8j-tb8k

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10.1103/fc8j-tb8k
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Search for the decay B0 → ϕϕ

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Search for the decay B0 → ϕϕ. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025(12). doi:10.1007/jhep12(2025)026

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10.1007/jhep12(2025)026
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Study of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> states in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> mass spectrum

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Study of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> states in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> mass spectrum. Physical Review D, 112(11). doi:10.1103/1d49-q8h4

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10.1103/1d49-q8h4
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Measurement of ψ(2S) to J/ψ cross-section ratio as function of multiplicity in pPb collisions at $$ \sqrt{s_{\textrm{NN}}}=8.16 $$ TeV

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Measurement of ψ(2S) to J/ψ cross-section ratio as function of multiplicity in pPb collisions at $$ \sqrt{s_{\textrm{NN}}}=8.16 $$ TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025(11). doi:10.1007/jhep11(2025)169

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10.1007/jhep11(2025)169
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Measurement of the Z-Boson Mass.

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . LHCb Collaboration. (2025). Measurement of the Z-Boson Mass.. Physical review letters, 135(16), 161802. doi:10.1103/ydn7-qx1d

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10.1103/ydn7-qx1d
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Measurement of branching fractions and CP asymmetries in $$ {\varLambda}_b^0\left({\varXi}_b^0\right)\to p{K}_{\textrm{S}}^0{h}^{-} $$ decays

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Measurement of branching fractions and CP asymmetries in $$ {\varLambda}_b^0\left({\varXi}_b^0\right)\to p{K}_{\textrm{S}}^0{h}^{-} $$ decays. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025(10). doi:10.1007/jhep10(2025)169

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10.1007/jhep10(2025)169
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First observation of the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>b</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>c</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>D</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>K</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>K</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math> decay and search for pentaquarks in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi><mml:mi>c</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msubsup><mml:msubsup><mml:mi>D</mml:mi><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msubsup></mml:math> system

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). First observation of the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>b</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>c</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>D</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>K</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>K</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math> decay and search for pentaquarks in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi><mml:mi>c</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msubsup><mml:msubsup><mml:mi>D</mml:mi><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msubsup></mml:math> system. Physical Review D, 112(5). doi:10.1103/b28d-z2xc

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10.1103/b28d-z2xc
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Precision measurement of the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Ξ</mml:mi><mml:mi>b</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msubsup></mml:math> baryon lifetime

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Precision measurement of the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Ξ</mml:mi><mml:mi>b</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msubsup></mml:math> baryon lifetime. Physical Review D, 112(5). doi:10.1103/sllb-p3j8

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10.1103/sllb-p3j8
Journal article

An alternative evaluation of the leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon $g-2$ with MUonE

Pilato, R. N. (2025). An alternative evaluation of the leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon $g-2$ with MUonE. SciPost Physics Proceedings, (17). doi:10.21468/scipostphysproc.17.024

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10.21468/scipostphysproc.17.024
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Status of the MUonE experiment

Pilato, R. N. (2025). Status of the MUonE experiment. SciPost Physics Proceedings, (16). doi:10.21468/scipostphysproc.16.034

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10.21468/scipostphysproc.16.034
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Observation of the $${{{\varLambda } ^0_{b}} \!\rightarrow {{J \hspace{-1.66656pt}/\hspace{-1.111pt}\psi }} {{\varXi } ^-} {{K} ^+} }$$ and $${{{{\varXi } ^0_{b}} \!\rightarrow {{J \hspace{-1.66656pt}/\hspace{-1.111pt}\psi }} {{\varXi } ^-} {{\pi } ^+} }}$$ decays

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Beteta, C. A., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Observation of the $${{{\varLambda } ^0_{b}} \!\rightarrow {{J \hspace{-1.66656pt}/\hspace{-1.111pt}\psi }} {{\varXi } ^-} {{K} ^+} }$$ and $${{{{\varXi } ^0_{b}} \!\rightarrow {{J \hspace{-1.66656pt}/\hspace{-1.111pt}\psi }} {{\varXi } ^-} {{\pi } ^+} }}$$ decays. The European Physical Journal C, 85(7). doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14129-6

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10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14129-6
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Observation of the decay $$ {B}_s^0\to {K}^0p\overline{p} $$ and measurement of the $$ {B}_{(s)}^0\to {K}^0p\overline{p} $$ branching fractions

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Observation of the decay $$ {B}_s^0\to {K}^0p\overline{p} $$ and measurement of the $$ {B}_{(s)}^0\to {K}^0p\overline{p} $$ branching fractions. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025(7). doi:10.1007/jhep07(2025)121

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10.1007/jhep07(2025)121
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Measurement of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>C</mml:mi><mml:mi>P</mml:mi></mml:math> asymmetries in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi><mml:mi>b</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msubsup><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:msup><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math> decays

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Measurement of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>C</mml:mi><mml:mi>P</mml:mi></mml:math> asymmetries in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi><mml:mi>b</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msubsup><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:msup><mml:mi>h</mml:mi><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math> decays. Physical Review D, 111(9). doi:10.1103/physrevd.111.092004

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10.1103/physrevd.111.092004
Journal article

Search for resonance-enhanced <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>C</mml:mi><mml:mi>P</mml:mi></mml:math> and angular asymmetries in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi><mml:mi>c</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msubsup><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:msup><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:msup><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math> decay at LHCb

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Search for resonance-enhanced <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>C</mml:mi><mml:mi>P</mml:mi></mml:math> and angular asymmetries in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi><mml:mi>c</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msubsup><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:msup><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:msup><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math> decay at LHCb. Physical Review D, 111(9). doi:10.1103/physrevd.111.l091102

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10.1103/physrevd.111.l091102
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Study of light-meson resonances decaying to <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">S</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msubsup><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mi>π</mml:mi></mml:math> in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>B</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo><mml:msubsup><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">S</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msubsup><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo><mml:mi>K</mml:mi></mml:math> channels

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., . . . Zunica, G. (2025). Study of light-meson resonances decaying to <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msubsup><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">S</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msubsup><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mi>π</mml:mi></mml:math> in the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>B</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo><mml:msubsup><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">S</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msubsup><mml:mi>K</mml:mi><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo><mml:mi>K</mml:mi></mml:math> channels. Physical Review D, 111(9). doi:10.1103/physrevd.111.092009

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10.1103/physrevd.111.092009
Journal article

2024

Results from a MUonE scaled detector with 160 GeV muon beam

Pilato, R. N. (2024). Results from a MUonE scaled detector with 160 GeV muon beam. In Proceedings of 42nd International Conference on High Energy Physics — PoS(ICHEP2024) (pp. 387). Sissa Medialab. doi:10.22323/1.476.0387

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10.22323/1.476.0387
Conference Paper

Detailed report on the measurement of the positive muon anomalous magnetic moment to 0.20 ppm

Aguillard, D. P., Albahri, T., Allspach, D., Anisenkov, A., Badgley, K., Baeßler, S., . . . Zhang, C. (2024). Detailed report on the measurement of the positive muon anomalous magnetic moment to 0.20 ppm. Physical Review D, 110(3). doi:10.1103/physrevd.110.032009

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10.1103/physrevd.110.032009
Journal article

The MUonE experiment: mu-e elastic scattering as a key to understand the muon g-2 puzzle

Pilato, R. N. (2024). The MUonE experiment: mu-e elastic scattering as a key to understand the muon g-2 puzzle. In Proceedings of The European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics — PoS(EPS-HEP2023) (pp. 305). Sissa Medialab. doi:10.22323/1.449.0305

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10.22323/1.449.0305
Conference Paper

2023

Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.20 ppm.

Aguillard, D. P., Albahri, T., Allspach, D., Anisenkov, A., Badgley, K., Baeßler, S., . . . Muon <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>g</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></math> Collaboration. (2023). Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.20 ppm.. Physical review letters, 131(16), 161802. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.131.161802

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10.1103/physrevlett.131.161802
Journal article

2022

Status of the MUonE experiment

Pilato, R. N. (2022). Status of the MUonE experiment. In Proceedings of 41st International Conference on High Energy physics — PoS(ICHEP2022) (pp. 788). Sissa Medialab. doi:10.22323/1.414.0788

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10.22323/1.414.0788
Conference Paper

2021

A study of muon-electron elastic scattering in a test beam

Abbiendi, G., Ballerini, G., Banerjee, D., Bernhard, J., Bonanomi, M., Brizzolari, C., . . . Zdybal, M. (2021). A study of muon-electron elastic scattering in a test beam. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 16(6). doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/06/P06005

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10.1088/1748-0221/16/06/P06005
Journal article

Beam dynamics corrections to the Run-1 measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment at Fermilab

Albahri, T., Anastasi, A., Badgley, K., Baeßler, S., Bailey, I., Baranov, V. A., . . . Wu, W. (2021). Beam dynamics corrections to the Run-1 measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment at Fermilab. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 24(4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.044002

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10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.044002
Journal article

Beam dynamics corrections to the Run-1 measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment at Fermilab

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10.48550/arxiv.2104.03240
Preprint

Measurement of the anomalous precession frequency of the muon in the Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment

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10.48550/arxiv.2104.03247
Preprint

2020

Results on multiple Coulomb scattering from 12 and 20 GeV electrons on carbon targets

Abbiendi, G., Bernhard, J., Betti, F., Bonanomi, M., Calame, C. M. C., Garattini, M., . . . Venanzoni, G. (2020). Results on multiple Coulomb scattering from 12 and 20 GeV electrons on carbon targets. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 15(1). doi:10.1088/1748-0221/15/01/P01017

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10.1088/1748-0221/15/01/P01017
Journal article

2019