Publications de Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank

Measurement of the Z boson production cross-section in proton-lead collisions at root(NN)-N-s=8.16 TeV

Ian William Marison, Aurelio Bay, François Fleuret, Eliazar Rodriguez Garcia, Fabiano Colpo, Tatsuya Nakada, Guido Haefeli, Olivier Schneider, Xiaoqiang Wang, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, I-Chun Lin, Mingkui Wang, Frédéric Blanc, Lesya Shchutska, Basil Andrew Stansfield Davis, Liang Sun, Marco Guarise, Chao Wang, Achille Mauri, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Xiaoqing Zhou, Craig Matthew Smith, Huizhen Liu, Yang Zou, Chia-Chun Chen, Simone Meloni, Chunmin Zhang, Remy Jean Henry Albrecht, Maxim Karpov, Michael Thompson McCann, Yi Zhang, Arnout Lodewijk M Beckers, John Martin Kolinski

This article presents the first measurement of the differential Z-boson production cross-section in the forward region using proton-lead collisions with the LHCb detector. The dataset was collected at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of root(NN)-N-s ...

Springer Nature2023

Amplitude analysis of the D+-> pi(-)pi(+)pi(+) decay and measurement of the pi(-)pi(+) S-wave amplitude

Ian William Marison, Aurelio Bay, François Fleuret, Eliazar Rodriguez Garcia, Fabiano Colpo, Tatsuya Nakada, Guido Haefeli, Olivier Schneider, Xiaoqiang Wang, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, I-Chun Lin, Mingkui Wang, Frédéric Blanc, Lesya Shchutska, Basil Andrew Stansfield Davis, Liang Sun, Marco Guarise, Chao Wang, Achille Mauri, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Xiaoqing Zhou, Craig Matthew Smith, Huizhen Liu, Yang Zou, Chia-Chun Chen, Simone Meloni, Chunmin Zhang, Remy Jean Henry Albrecht, Maxim Karpov, Michael Thompson McCann, Yi Zhang, Arnout Lodewijk M Beckers, John Martin Kolinski

An amplitude analysis of the D+-> (-)pi(+)pi(+) decay is performed with a sample corresponding to 1.5 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy root s = 8 TeV collected by the LHCb detector in 2012. The sample contains app ...

Springer Nature2023

First branching fraction measurement of the suppressed decay Xi(0)(c) -> pi(-) Lambda(+)(c)

Ian William Marison, Christoph Frei, Peter Clarke, Aurelio Bay, Minh Tâm Tran, Marc-Olivier Bettler, François Fleuret, Tatsuya Nakada, Guido Haefeli, Niko Neufeld, Olivier Schneider, Hans Dijkstra, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Frédéric Teubert, Gerhard Raven, Mingkui Wang, Frédéric Blanc, Matthew Needham, Lesya Shchutska, Basil Andrew Stansfield Davis, Liang Sun, Marco Guarise, Chao Wang, Achille Mauri, Maxime Schubiger, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Xiaoqing Zhou, Hang Yin, Xiaoxue Han, Paolo Durante, Craig Matthew Smith, Jorge Miguel Dias Almeida Rodrigues Soares, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Huizhen Liu, Vladislav Balagura, Zhirui Xu, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek, Yang Zou, Mark Tobin, Xing Li, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Search for the rare decay B+ -> mu(+) mu(-) mu(+)nu(mu)

Ian William Marison, Christoph Frei, Peter Clarke, Jean Wicht, Aurelio Bay, Minh Tâm Tran, Marc-Olivier Bettler, Cédric Potterat, François Fleuret, Tatsuya Nakada, Guido Haefeli, Niko Neufeld, Olivier Schneider, Hans Dijkstra, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Frédéric Teubert, Gerhard Raven, Mingkui Wang, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Frédéric Blanc, Matthew Needham, Axel Kuonen, Olivier Göran Girard, Basil Andrew Stansfield Davis, Liang Sun, Achille Mauri, Maxime Schubiger, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thibaud Humair, Hang Yin, Xiaoxue Han, Greig Alan Cowan, Paolo Durante, Craig Matthew Smith, Jessica Prisciandaro, Jorge Miguel Dias Almeida Rodrigues Soares, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Vladislav Balagura, Zhirui Xu, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Measurement of the CP-violating phase phi(s) from B-s(0) -> J/psi pi(+)pi(-) decays in 13 TeV pp collisions

Christoph Frei, Peter Clarke, Jean Wicht, Aurelio Bay, Minh Tâm Tran, Marc-Olivier Bettler, Cédric Potterat, François Fleuret, Tatsuya Nakada, Guido Haefeli, Niko Neufeld, Olivier Schneider, Hans Dijkstra, Frédéric Teubert, Gerhard Raven, Mingkui Wang, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Frédéric Blanc, Matthew Needham, Axel Kuonen, Olivier Göran Girard, Liang Sun, Achille Mauri, Maxime Schubiger, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thibaud Humair, Hang Yin, Xiaoxue Han, Greig Alan Cowan, Paolo Durante, Jessica Prisciandaro, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Vladislav Balagura, Zhirui Xu, Mark Tobin, Victor Coco, Violaine Bellée, Juan Federico Esteban Müller, Mirco Dorigo, Yu Zheng, Maurizio Martinelli, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Time-resolved Element-selective Probing of Charge Carriers in Solar Materials

Majed Chergui, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Jochen Rittmann, Thomas Charles Henry Rossi, Fabio Giacomo Santomauro, Dominik Kinschel, James Michael Budarz

We review our recent results on the implementation of picosecond (ps) X-ray absorption spectroscopy to probe the electronic and geometric structure of centres formed by photoexcitation of solar materials such as TiO2 polymorphs and inorganic Cs-based perov ...

2017

NO binding kinetics in myoglobin investigated by picosecond Fe K-edge absorption spectroscopy

Majed Chergui, Camelia Borca, Frederico Alves Lima, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Jochen Rittmann, Mahsa Silatani

Diatomic ligands in hemoproteins and the way they bind to the active center are central to the protein's function. Using picosecond Fe K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy, we probe the NO-heme recombination kinetics with direct sensitivity to the Fe-NO bi ...

National Academy of Sciences2015

Mapping of the Photoinduced Electron Traps in TiO2 by Picosecond X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Majed Chergui, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Jochen Rittmann

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is the most popular material for applications in solar-energy conversion and photocatalysis, both of which rely on the creation, transport, and trapping of charges (holes and electrons). The nature and lifetime of electron traps at ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

X-ray Spectroscopic Study of Solvent Effects on the Ferrous and Ferric Hexacyanide Anions

Majed Chergui, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold

We present an Fe K alpha resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) and X-ray emission (XES) study of ferrous and ferric hexacyanide dissolved in water and ethylene glycol. We observe that transitions below the absorption edge show that the solvent has a d ...

2014

Characterizing the Structure and Defect Concentration of ZnO Nanoparticles in a Colloidal Solution

Majed Chergui, Camelia Borca, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Jochen Rittmann, Thomas Charles Henry Rossi

The structure and defect concentration of colloidal solutions of ZnO nanoparticles, synthesized by a sol gel procedure (SG-NP), as well as commercially available ZnO nanoparticles (SA-NP) are investigated by UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, transmission ele ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

Picosecond X-ray Absorption Studies of Electron Dynamics in Titania Nanoparticles and Ruthenium Dye Sensitizer Complexes

Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank

EPFL2014

The role of Hartree-Fock exchange in the simulation of X-ray absorption spectra: A study of photoexcited [Fe(bpy)(3)](2+)

Majed Chergui, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Gloria Capano

We present a theoretical analysis for the K- and L-2/3-edge static and picosecond X-ray absorption spectra of Fe(bpy)(3). Simulations of the pre-edge region at the Fe K-edge using time-dependent density functional theory demonstrate the importance of ...

Elsevier2013

Transient mid-IR study of electron dynamics in TiO2 conduction band

Michel Rossi, Majed Chergui, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Fabio Giacomo Santomauro

The dynamics of TiO2 conduction band electrons were followed with a novel broadband synchrotron-based transient mid-IR spectroscopy setup. The lifetime of conduction band electrons was found to be dependent on the injection method used. Direct band gap exc ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2013

Direct observation of charge separation on Au localized surface plasmons

Giulia Tagliabue, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Fabio Giacomo Santomauro

Plasmonic nano-structures of d(10) metals are suggested to be the future of photo-voltaics and photo-catalysis under solar irradiation, thanks to their large light absorption cross-section, versatility, and stability. We investigated the impact of continuo ...

2013

Solvent Induced Luminescence Quenching: Static and Time-Resolved X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of a Copper(I) Phenanthroline Complex

Majed Chergui, Olivier Christian Bräm, Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli, Frederico Alves Lima, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Lotta Susanne Karlsson, Jochen Rittmann, Gloria Capano

We present a static and picosecond X-ray absorption study at the Cu K-edge of bis(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)copper(I) (Cu(dmp)(2); dmp = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) dissolved in acetonitrile and dichloromethane. The steady-state photolumi ...

Amer Chemical Soc2013

Ultrafast X-ray Absorption Studies of the Structural Dynamics of Molecular and Biological Systems in Solution

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Van Thai Pham, Renske Marjan van der Veen, Frederico Alves Lima, Marco Eli Reinhard, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Thomas James Penfold, Lotta Susanne Karlsson

We review our recent studies of excited state structures and dynamics of chemical and biological systems with pico- and femtosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the liquid phase. ...

2011

A high-repetition rate scheme for synchrotron-based picosecond laser pump/x-ray probe experiments on chemical and biological systems in solution

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Camelia Borca, Van Thai Pham, Renske Marjan van der Veen, Frederico Alves Lima, Marco Eli Reinhard, Daniel Grollman, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank, Lotta Susanne Karlsson

We present the extension of time-resolved optical pump/x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) probe experiments towards data collection atMHz repetition rates. The use of a high-power picosecond laser operating at an integer fraction of the repetition rate of ...

American Institute of Physics2011

RETRACTED: Charge transfer to solvent identified using dark channel fluorescence-yield L-edge spectroscopy

Majed Chergui, Mercedes Hannelore Rittmann-Frank

Aqueous ions are central to catalysis and biological function and play an important role in radiation biology as sources of damage-inducing electrons. Detailed knowledge of solute-solvent interactions is therefore crucial. For transition-metal ions, soft X ...

2010