Interner Jahresbericht 2003

www.jahresbericht.ethz.ch

 

 

 

Name der Organisationseinheit: Rubbia, André
Leiterin / Leiter der Organisationseinheit: Rubbia, André
LZ der Organisationseinheit: 03503
Institut: Inst. für Teilchenphysik (IPP)
Departement: Physik

 

A. Übersichtsdatenblatt der Organisationseinheit

 

Liste 1: Im Berichtsjahr betreute a) Promotionsarbeiten (mit Referent in der Professur) 0
b) Diplomarbeiten (Anzahl Studierende) 1
c) Semesterarbeiten (Anzahl Studierende) 1
Liste 2: Lehrleistung im WS 03/04 und SS 04 a) Anzahl gehaltener Vorlesungsstunden (NICHT Semesterwochenstunden)
Leiter der Organisationseinheit / Mitarbeitende der Organisationseinheit 		112/70
b) Anzahl übriger Kontaktstunden (Übungen, Seminarien, Kolloquien, Labor, Exkursionen, mündliche Prüfungen) (NICHT Semesterwochenstunden)
Leiter der Organisationseinheit / Mitarbeitende der Organisationseinheit 		241/1081
Liste 3: Anzahl der an der Organisationseinheit angestellten Wissenschaftler (inkl. Leiter der Organisationseinheit), welche an anderen Hochschulen, Universitäten oder Fachhochschulen unterrichten. 0
Liste 4: Im Berichtsjahr laufende oder abgeschlossene Forschungsprojekte 6
Liste 5: Wissenschaftliche Publikationen a) Referierte Publikationen 23
b) Monografien 13
c) Varia 14
Liste 6: Vorträge a) Eingeladene Vorträge vor wissenschaftlichen Gremien 16
b) Sonstige Vorträge vor wissenschaftlichen Gremien 18
Liste 7: Erstellte Gutachten 0
Liste 8: Preise 0
Liste 9: Technologietransfer und Patente Technologietransfer
a) Anzahl im Berichtsjahr unterzeichneter Lizenzverträge 0
b) Anzahl im Berichtsjahr unterzeichneter Zusammenarbeitsverträge 1
Lizenzen
Anzahl im Berichtsjahr vergebene Lizenzen
c) für Software 0
d) für Patente (allenfalls inkl. Software) 0
e) für Anderes 0
Forschungsverträge
Anzahl im Berichtsjahr unterzeichnete
f) Zusammenarbeitsverträge mit Dritten (nicht-akademische Parteien) 0
g) Mit Gesamtvertragssumme >= CHF 50'000 0
h) Mit Gesamtvertragssumme < CHF 50'000 0
Patente
i) Prioritätsanmeldung 0
j) Patent-Folgeanmeldung 0
k) Erteiltes Patent 0
Liste 10: Drittmittel (in CHF) a) öffentliche Forschungsförderungs-Organisationen 0
b) Bund, Bundesämter, ausl. Regierungsstellen 0
c) übrige öffentliche Hand (Kantone, Gemeinden) 0
d) Privater Sektor 0
Total 0
Liste 11: Tagungs- und Kongressorganisation 0
Liste 12: Kommissionsarbeit 15
Liste 13: Öffentlichkeitsarbeit a) Anzahl Presseartikel 0
b) Anzahl Vorträge vor nicht-wissenschaftlichem Gremien 2
c) Anzahl andere Veranstaltungen 1

 

 

B. Listen:

 

Liste 1: Promotionsarbeiten

  Referent(in) Doktorand(in) und Titel Anzahl Referenten

 

Liste 4: Forschungsprojekte

  Projekt-ID Projektleiter Titel
1. 7826  Rubbia, André;   The ICARUS experiment at the Underground Gran Sasso Laboratory 
2. 7827  Rubbia, André;   Slow Control system for the ICARUS experiment 
3. 7828  Rubbia, André;   Test of liquid Argon Imaging in magnetic field 
4. 7830  Rubbia, André;   Physics with positrons and study of positronium 
5. 8633  Rubbia, André;   The NOMAD experiment at the CERN/SPS 
6. 8638  Rubbia, André;   Direct Search for dark matter in the universe 

 

Liste 5: Wissenschaftliche Publikationen

 

a) Referierte Publikationen
  Publikations-ID Autoren Titel Erschienen in
1. 6448  A. Angelopoulos and others  Physics at CPLEAR  Physics Report 
2. 7970  ALEPH-, CELPHI-, L3-, OPAL-Collaboration and the LEP working group for Higgs Boson Searches (M. Felcini)  Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson at LEP  Physics Letters B 
3. 1071  Arneodo, F. and others  Observation of long ionizing tracks with the ICARUS T600 first half-module  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment  
4. 1077  Arneodo, F. and others  Performance of the 10-m**3 ICARUS liquid argon prototype  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment  
5. 1075  Astier, P. and others  Search for nu/mu -> nu/e oscillations in the NOMAD experiment  Physics Letters B 
6. 1076  Astier, P. and others  Prediction of neutrino fluxes in the NOMAD experiment  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment  
7. 6613  Battistoni, G., Ferrari, A., Montaruli, T., Sala P.R.  The Fluka atmospheric neutrino flux calculation  Astroparticle Physics and Erratum 
8. 1091  Campanelli M. , Navas-Concha S., Rubbia A.  Neutrino cross-section measurement with neutrinos from muon decay  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment  
9. 1074  Campanelli, M., Bueno, A., Rubbia A.  Optimization studies for CP- and T-violation  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment  
10. 1072  Gil-Botella I., Rubbia A.  Oscillation effects on supernova neutrino rates and spectra and detection of the shock breakout in a liquid argon TPC  Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) 
11. 1078  Gninenko, S. N., Krasnikov, N. V., Rubbia A.  Extra dimensions and invisible decay of orthopositronium  Physical Review D (Particles and Fields -1)  
12. 1086  M. Antonello and others  Detection of Cherenkov light emission in liquid argon  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment  
13. 7952  P. Achard and others  Measurement Of Charged Particle Multiplicity Distributions And Their H(Q) Moments In Hadronic Z Decays At LEP  Physics Letters B 
14. 7963  P. Achard and others  Search for doubly-charged Higgs bosons at LEP  Physics Letters B 
15. 7965  P. Achard and others  Z boson pair-production at LEP  Phsics Letters B 
16. 7967  P. Achard and others  Search for excited leptons at LEP  Phsics Letters B 
17. 7975  P. Achard and others  Search for colour reconnection effects in e+e- --> W+W- --> hadrons through particle-flow studies at LEP  Physics Letters B 
18. 7968  P. Achard and others  Measurement of exclusive rho0 rho0 production in two-photon collisions at high Q**2 at LEP  Phsics Letters B 
19. 7966  P. Achard and others  Proton-antiproton pair production in two-photon collisions at LEP  Phsics Letters B 
20. 7964  P. Achard and others  Search for charged Higgs bosons at LEP  Phsics Letters B 
21. 1087  S. Amoruso and others  Analysis of the liquid argon purity in the ICARUS T600 TPC  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment  
22. 1102  S. Amoruso and others  Study of electron recombination in liquid Argon with the ICARUS TPC  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment  
23. 1106  Zuccon, P. and others  Atmospheric production of energetic protons, electrons and positrons observed in near earth orbit  Astroparticle Physics 

 

b) Monografien
  Publikations-ID Autoren Titel Erschienen in
1. 1109  Battistoni G., Ferrari A., Montaruli T., Sala P. R.  High energy extension of the FLUKA atmospheric neutrino flux  28th International Cosmic Ray Conferences (ICRC 2003), Tsukuba, Japan, 31 Jul - 7 Aug 2003 
2. 1108  Fasso, A. and others  The physics models of FLUKA: Status and recent development  2003 Conference for Computing in High-Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 03), La Jolla, California, 24-28 Mar 2003 
3. 1118  Fasso A. and others  The FLUKA code: Present applications and future developments  2003 Conference for Computing in High-Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 03), La Jolla, California, 24-28 Mar 2003 
4. 7987  Felcini M.  Searches for effects of extra-dimensions and other exotic physics at LEP  Proceedings of the International Conference on 20 years of SUGRA and Search for SUSY and unification (SUGRA 20), Boston, USA, March 17-20, 2003 
5. 7988  Felcini M.  Test of CP symmetry in the positronium: a preliminary investigation of detector sensitivity  Proceedings of the Workshop on Positronium Physics, ETH Zurich, May 30-31, 2003 
6. 6527  Fetscher, W  Muon Decay: Is It Really Non-Neutrino Physics?  Journal of Phyiscs 
7. 6471  Fetscher, W. and others  Measurement of the Polarization Vector of the e+ from the Decay of Polarized mu+ as a Test of Time Reversal Invariance  Journal of Physics  
8. 6532  Fetscher, W. and others  Polarized Muon Decay: Measurement Of The Polarization Vector Of The Decay Positrons As A Test Of Time Reversal Invariance  Nuclear Phyiscs A 
9. 1119  Gil-Botella I.  The ICARUS experiment  International Workshop on Astroparticle and High Energy Physics (October 14-18, 2003, Valencia) 
10. 1107  Heck, D. and others  Influence of low-energy hadronic interaction programs on air shower simulations with CORSIKA  28th International Cosmic Ray Conferences (ICRC 2003), Tsukuba, Japan, 31 Jul - 7 Aug 2003 
11. 6470  K. Köhler and others  Determination of the Polarization of the Decay Positrons in Polarized Muon Decay  AIP Conference Proceedings 
12. 1115  Rico, J  Results from the ICARUS T600 module: A measurement of the mu decay spectrum  International Europhysics Conference on High-Energy Physics (HEP 2003), Aachen, Germany, 17-23 Jul 2003 
13. 1174  Sala P.R.  Status of the ICARUS project  28th International Cosmic Ray Conferences (ICRC 2003), Tsukuba, Japan, 31 Jul - 7 Aug 2003 

 

c) Varia
  Publikations-ID Autoren Titel Erschienen in
1. 1085  Amoruso, S. and others  Measurement of the mu decay spectrum with the ICARUS liquid argon TPC  hep-ex/0311040  
2. 1070  Badertscher, A. and others  An apparatus to search for mirror dark matter via the invisible decay of orthopositronium in vacuum  hep-ex/0311031 
3. 7640  Ban G. and others  Search for time reversal violating effects in the decay of free neutrons  PSI annual report 2002 
4. 1073  Bueno, A., Gil-Botella, I. and Rubbia, A.  Supernova neutrino detection in a liquid argon TPC  hep-ph/0307222 
5. 7635  Danneberg, N. and others  A precision measurement of the Michel parameter xi" in polarized muon decay  PSI annual report 2002 
6. 7989  Felcini M.  Measurements of cosmic ray multiple muon showers with the ICARUS T600 first half-module  ICARUS TM 2003-09 
7. 7991  P. Achard and others  Search for a Higgs boson decaying to weak boson pairs at LEP  hep-ex/0307010 
8. 7990  P. Achard and others  Search for colour singlet and colour reconnection effects in hadronic Z decays at LEP  hep-ex/0312026 
9. 7959  P. Achard and others  Search for scalar letpons and scalar quarks at LEP  hep-ex 0310007 
10. 1150  P. Aprili and others  A magnetized muon spectrometer for ICARUS T3000 at the LNGS/CNGS  LNGS-EXP 13/89 add. 3/03, CERN-SPSC-P-323-Add. 1, CERN/SPSC 2003-030, ICARUS-TM-03-08, October 2003, 104pp 
11. 1146  S. Navas-Concha, F. Pietropaolo, A. Rubbia  On the observed behavior of the liquid Argon purity in the T600 half-module  ICARUS-TM/03-04 
12. 7638  Von Allmen A. and others  Measurement of the transverse polarization of positrons from the decay of polarized muons  PSI annual report 2002 
13. 1147  Y. Ge, P. Sala, A. Rubbia  e/pi0 separation in ICARUS liquid argon TPC  ICARUS-TM/03-05 
14. 1148  Z. Dai, M. Messina, A. Rubbia  Magnetic field 2D computation for the ICARUS muon spectrometer  ICARUS-TM/03-06 

 

Liste 6: Vorträge vor wissenschaftlichem Publikum

 

a) Eingeladene Vorträge vor wissenschaftlichem Publikum
  Redner Titel
1.   I. Gil Botella, The ICARUS experiment, Invited talk at the 4th Low Nu Workshop, Collège de France, Paris, France, May 19-22, 2003
 
2.   M. Messina, R&D for WIMP detection with ICARUS-like detectors, Invited talk at the Astroparticle Physics Workshop (Cosmic Ray Physics), ETH-Hönggerberg, Zurich, Switzerland, January 28th, 2003 
3.   J. Rico, Results from the ICARUS T600 module: a measurement of the muon decay spectrum, Invited of International Europhysics Conference on High-Energy Physics (HEP 2003), Aachen, Germany, July 17-23, 2003, 3pp, e-Print Archive: hep-ex/0309023  
4.   A. Rubbia, Orthopositronium as a probe for new physics, Invited talk at »Aktuelles aus der Teilchen- und Astrophysik», University Zurich-Irchel, Zurich, Switzerland, January 8th, 2003 
5.   A. Rubbia, Physics with ICARUS T3000, Invited talk at the Astroparticle Physics Workshop (Cosmic Ray Physics), ETH-Hönggerberg, Zurich, Switzerland, January 28th, 2003 
6.   A. Rubbia, Liquid Argon Detectors for Neutrino Factories and Superbeams, Invited talk at NuFACT03: 5th International Workshop on Neutrino Factories & Superbeams, Columbia University, New York, USA (June 5-11, 2003), June 10, 2003  
7.   P.R. Sala, Status of the ICARUS project, Invited talk at the 28th International Cosmic Ray Conferences (ICRC 2003), Tsukuba, Japan, August 2nd, 2003 
8.   P. Crivelli,
New physics and invisible decay of ortho-positronium,
Doktorierendenseminar at Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, October 1, 2003
 
9.   I. Gil Botella, The ICARUS Experiment, Invited talk at the International Workshop on Astroparticle and High Energy Physics, Valencia, Spain, October 14-18, 2003.
 
10.   A. Rubbia, Accelerator Experiments for CP Violation,
Invited talk at NO-VE International Workshop on Neutrino Oscillations in Venice,
Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Loredan - Campo S.Stefano 2945, Venice, Italy, December 2003. 
11.   M. Laffranchi, "Test of a Liquid Argon Time Protection Chamber in a Magnetic Field",
Doktorierendenseminar ETH/UNI, PSI, Villigen, October 1st, 2003 
12.   A. Kozela, Search for Time Reversal Violating Effects in the Decay of Free Neutrons, Frühjahrstagung DPG, Hadronen und Kerne, Tübingen (D), March 20th, 2003 
13.   W. Fetscher, Measurement of the polarization vector of the e+ from the decay of polarized mu+ and its implications of G_F (Fermi coupling constant), TRI (time reversal invariance), and PBSM (physics beyond de standard model), NuFact03 Workshop, New York, USA, June 6, 2003 
14.   M. Felcini, Searches for effects of extra-dimensions and other exotic physics at LEP, invited talk at the International Conference on 20 years of SUGRA (SUGRA 20), Boston, USA, March 17-20, 2003 
15.   M. Felcini, The ICARUS experiment: status and prospects, Physics colloquium at Boston University, Boston, USA, March 19, 2003 
16.   M. Felcini, Final results from Higgs searches at LEP, invited talk at the 15th Conference on High-Energy Physics (IFAE 2003), Lecce, Italy, April 23-26, 2003 

 

b) Sonstige Vorträge vor wissenschaftlichem Publikum
  Redner Titel
1.   A. Badertscher,
Development of a purity monitor based on an alpha source,
ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, Naples, Italy, February 20, 2003 
2.   M. Felcini, Status report on a study of multi-muon events in the T600 data, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, April 4, 2003 
3.   I. Gil Botella, Supernova neutrinos, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, April 4, 2003  
4.   I. Gil Botella, Update on supernova, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, Granada, Spain, June 27, 2003
 
5.   M. Laffranchi, Test of a Liquid Argon Time Protection Chamber in a Magnetic Field, Doktorierendenseminarat Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, October 1, 2003 
6.   M. Messina, Latest measrements with biphase with 50 liter, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, Naples, Italy, February 20, 2003
 
7.   M. Messina, Improved simulation of digitization and noise in T600 MC, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, Granada, Spain, June 27, 2003
 
8.   J. Rico, Measurement of Michel parameters, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, Naples, Italy, February 20, 2003
 
9.   A. Rubbia, A muon spectrometer for T3000 : yes or no ?, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, Naples, Italy, February 20, 2003
 
10.   A. Rubbia, News from CERN committees, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, April 3, 2003
 
11.   A. Rubbia, Status of ICARUS, Review of the CNGS programme, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, July 15, 2003
 
12.   A. Rubbia, ICARUS, FORUM, Particle Physics in Switzerland: Present Activities and Future Perspectives, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland, October 2, 2003
 
13.   A. Rubbia, The muon spectrometer, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, LNGS, Gran Sasso, Italy, October 4, 2003
 
14.   P.R. Sala, Quenching, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, Naples, Italy, February 20, 2003
 
15.   P.R. Sala, Status of quenching normalization, ICARUS Collaboration Meeting, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, April 4, 2003
 
16.   I. Gil Botella, Supernova Neutrino Detection with Liquid Argon TPC Detectors, Seminar at ETH Zurich, November 11th, 2003.
 
17.   P. Crivelli, Search for the decay o-Ps -> invisible state, talk at the Workshop on Positronium Physics, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich (CH), May 30th, 2003 
18.   M. Felcini, Test of CP symmetry in positronium, talk at Workshop on Positronium Physics, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich (CH), May 30th, 2003 

 

Liste 7: Gutachtertätigkeit

  Gutachter Art des Gutachtens Typ der anfordernden Organisation Sitz der anfordernden Organisation Anzahl

 

Liste 8: Preise

  Preisträger Name des Preises Prämierte Leistung Vergebende Organisation Betrag (CHF)

 

Liste 9: Patente

 

i) Prioritätsanmeldungen
  Bezeichnung

 

j) Patent-Folgeanmeldung
  Bezeichnung

 

k) Erteiltes Patent
  Bezeichnung

 

Liste 10: Drittmittel

 

a) Öffentliche Forschungsorganisationen
  Verantwortliche Person Drittmitteleinwerbung Betrag (CHF) Typ Drittmittelherkunft Nutzungszeitraum

 

b) Forschungsverträge mit Bund, Bundesämtern, ausl. Regierungsstellen
  Verantwortliche Person Drittmitteleinwerbung Betrag (CHF) Typ Drittmittelherkunft Nutzungszeitraum

 

c) Forschungsverträge übrige öffentliche Hand (Kantone, Gemeinden)
  Verantwortliche Person Drittmitteleinwerbung Betrag (CHF) Typ Drittmittelherkunft Nutzungszeitraum

 

d) Forschungsverträge Privater Sektor
  Verantwortliche Person Drittmitteleinwerbung Betrag (CHF) Typ Drittmittelherkunft Nutzungszeitraum

 

Liste 11: Tagungs- und Kongressorganisation

  Organisator(en) Titel Ort Teilnehmerzahl

 

Liste 12: Kommissionsarbeit

  Kommissionsmitglied Neu Typ Kommission Typ Organisation Sitz Anzahl
1. A. Rubbia,
Mitglied der «Task Force: gestufte Studiengänge» des Departement Physik, ETH Zürich, Schweiz (since 2002),
2 days
 		 Nein        1 
2. A. Rubbia,
Mitglied der Strategiekommission Departement Physik, ETH Zürich, Schweiz (since 1999),
3 days
 		 Nein        1 
3. A. Rubbia,
Member of the ICARUS Executive Committee (since 1998),
3 days
 		 Nein        1 
4. A. Rubbia,
Member of the ICARUS 600t parameters committee, INFN, Pavia, Italy (since 1998),
1 day
 		 Nein        1 
5. A. Rubbia,
Referee for the Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics and European Physics Journal
(since 2001),
5 days
 		 Nein        1 
6. A. Rubbia,
Organizer of the Workshopon Positronium Physics, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich (May 30-31, 2003),
5 days
 		 Ja        1 
7. A. Rubbia,
Member of Roadmap Working Group, CH Institute for Particle Physics (CHIPP) (2003),
20 days 		 Ja        1 
8. M. Felcini,
Co-organizer of the Workshop on Positronium Physics, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich (May 30-31, 2003),
5 days 		 Ja        1 
9. A. Rubbia, Organizer of the "Doktorierendenseminar ETH/UNI", Villigen (CH), 3 days  Nein        1 
10. W. Fetscher,
Member of the "Bibliothekskommission PSI", PSI Villigen (since 1990),
2 days 		 Nein        1 
11. W. Fetscher,
Referee for Physical Review and Physical Review Letters (since 1994),
2 days 		 Nein        1 
12. W. Fetscher,
Fachexperte Physik an der Fachhochschule Aargau/Windisch (FHA) (since 1996),
1 day 		 Nein        1 
13. M. Felcini,
Co-convenor of the LEP Higgs working group for combination of the results of LEP experiments on Higgs searches, CERN, Geneva (CH),
10 days 		 Nein        1 
14. M. Felcini,
Coordinator of the L3 analysis group for Higgs searches, CERN, Geneva (CH),
10 days 		 Nein        1 
15. M. Felcini,
Referee for scientific journals,
15 days 		 Nein        1 

 

Liste 13: Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

 

a) Presseartikel
  Bezeichnung

 

b) Vorträge vor nicht-wissenschaftlichem Gremien
  Bezeichnung
1. M. Felcini, Particle physics and high energy experiments, introductory talk to high school and university students visiting CERN, every month 
2. M. Felcini, La physique .... c'est super!, presentation with practical demonstrations for the pupils of elementary schools, two hours, two times/year. 

 

c) Andere Veranstaltungen
  Bezeichnung
1. M. Laffranchi
Maturandenorientierung: "Standbetreuung"
ETH-Zürich (CH), September 9, 2003 

 

C. Kommentar