University of Mons

About: University of Mons is a education organization based out in Mons, Belgium. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Large Hadron Collider & Standard Model. The organization has 3073 authors who have published 9465 publications receiving 294776 citations.

Measurements of t t ̄ spin correlations and top-quark polarization using dilepton final states in pp collisions at s =7TeV

Abstract: Measurements of the top quark-antiquark (tt) spin correlations and the top quark polarization are presented for tt pairs produced in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb^(−1) collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The measurements are performed using events with two oppositely charged leptons (electrons or muons) and two or more jets, where at least one of the jets is identified as originating from a bottom quark. The spin correlations and polarization are measured from the angular distributions of the two selected leptons, both inclusively and differentially, with respect to the invariant mass, rapidity, and transverse momentum of the tt system. The measurements are unfolded to the parton level and found to be in agreement with predictions of the standard model. A search for new physics in the form of anomalous top quark chromo moments is performed. No evidence of new physics is observed, and exclusion limits on the real part of the chromo-magnetic dipole moment and the imaginary part of the chromo-electric dipole moment are evaluated.

Wrinkling of stimuloresponsive surfaces: mechanical instability coupled to diffusion.

Abstract: In this Letter, we propose a new mechanism to generate wrinkled patterns, based on the coupling between molecular diffusion and the buckling instability of rigid membranes "glued" on a polymer layer. The geometry of the diffusion front and the minimization of wrinkling energy conspire to generate various patterns of folds (e.g., parallel or radial folds, herringbone) and various dynamics (continuous or discrete). The diffusion process gives us the opportunity to study the stability of the various wrinkled patterns and to follow the creation or annihilation of topological defects.

Effect of high nitrate concentrations on growth and nitrate uptake by free-living and immobilized Chlorella vulgaris cells

Abstract: Growth and nitrate uptake were studied on free-living and immobilizedChlorella vulgaris cells cultivated in medium containing different nitrate concentrations. First, the effect of nitrate concentrations on growth indicated that cells can live in the presence of high concentrations as high as 97 mM. Although no lethal effect on cells was observed such concentration a slow down in growth and a decrease in biomass produced was observed. The rate of nitrate uptake increased with the nitrate concentration in the medium. The maximum uptake rate was reached in first days of culture in both free-living and immobilized cells. The rate dropped more rapidly for cells growing in 2 mM nitrate than for cells growing in higher nitrate concentration. The maximum rate was very much the same for free-living and immobilized and was within the order of 0.45 to 0.57 μg NO3 h−1 10−6 cells. Immobilization modified the changes of nitrate uptake rate for concentration higher than 2 mM.