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Correction to: Optical tweezers in a dusty universe
The project number was missing from the acknowledgement. The correct acknowledgment is as follows
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Open AccessOptical tweezers in a dusty universe
Optical tweezers are powerful tools based on focused laser beams. They are able to trap, manipulate, and investigate a wide range of microscopic and nanoscopic particles in different media, such as liquids, ai...
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First comparison of GEANT4 hadrontherapy physics model with experimental data for a NUMEN project reaction case
Gamma-ray and neutron spectra from the \(^{18}\hbox {O }{+}^{76} \hbox {Se}\)18O+76Se reaction at 15.3 MeV/u were measured with the EDEN array of liquid scintillators at the LNS. The results were compared to GEAN...
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The NUMEN project: NUclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decay
The article describes the main achievements of the NUMEN project together with an updated and detailed overview of the related R&D activities and theoretical developments. NUMEN proposes an innovative techniqu...
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Le vie chirurgiche di accesso: il pilone tibiale
Tibial pilon fractures represent a noteworthy surgical challenge. Usually caused by high-energy injuries, they are often burdened by frequent complications, in particular concerning soft-tissue healing. The li...
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The 7Li(d, p)8Li reaction in inverse kinematics at 5.44 MeV/u
New data are presented for the 7Li(d, p)8Li strip** reaction which, together with previously reported elastic scattering data taken in the same experiment, provide a coherent set. These data, plus existing meas...
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Interplay of the elastic and inelastic channels in the 16O+27Al scattering at Elab = 280 MeV
Recent data indicated a nuclear rainbow-like pattern in the elastic scattering of 16O + 27Al at \( E_{lab}=100\) MeV th...
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L’utilizzo della protesi d’anca nel trattamento delle fratture del femore prossimale
Proximal femur fractures represent a great clinical and economic burden. Literature shows several surgical choices, mainly subordinate to patient age and fracture pattern. The aim of this article was to evalua...
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Heavy-ion double charge exchange reactions: A tool toward \(0 \nu\beta\beta\) nuclear matrix elements
The knowledge of the nuclear matrix elements for the neutrinoless double beta decay is fundamental for neutrino physics. In this paper, an innovative technique to extract information on the nuclear matrix elem...
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Optical tweezers: a non-destructive tool for soft and biomaterial investigations
Optical tweezers are a key technique for trap** and contactless manipulation of particles at the micro- and nanoscale that can exert and sense forces from hundreds of piconewton down to few femtonewton. In t...
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Study of the 6Li + p \( \rightarrow\) 3He + 4He reaction in inverse kinematics
Angular distribution measurements were performed for the 6 Li + p $ \rightarr...
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Open AccessSignatures of the Giant Pairing Vibration in the 14C and 15C atomic nuclei
Giant resonances are collective excitation modes for many-body systems of fermions governed by a mean field, such as the atomic nuclei. The microscopic origin of such modes is the coherence among elementary pa...
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Transfer to the continuum of 14C via (18O, 16O) reaction
A study of the continuum of 14C populated by the 12C(18O, 16O)14C reaction at 84 MeV incident energy has been performed. The ejectiles have been momentum analyzed at forward angles by the MAGNEX magnetic spectrom...
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Study of new resonances at high excitation energy by the 120Sn(p,t)118Sn reaction at 35 MeV
The 120Sn(p,t)118Sn reaction was investigated at 35 MeV incident energy. The 118Sn excitation energy spectrum was reconstructed up to about 16 MeV. Preliminary results show the presence of a broad resonance at hi...
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Selectivity of the 12C(18O, 16O)14C reaction
A study about the 12C(18O, 16O)14C two-neutron transfer reaction was performed at the Catania INFN-LNS laboratory at 84 MeV incident energy. The 16O ejectiles produced in the reactions were momentum analyzed and ...
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The low-pressure focal plane detector of the MAGNEX spectrometer
The focal plane detector of the MAGNEX large acceptance magnetic spectrometer is presented. It is based on a large low-pressure gas-filled tracker followed by a wall of silicon detectors to stop the particles....
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Commissioning of the MAGNEX large-acceptance spectrometer
The MAGNEX large-acceptance spectrometer has been commissioned with beams from the Tandem accelerator at INFN-LNS Catania. The optics were tested with elastically-scattered 7Li, 16O and 48Ti beams with various ...
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Exploring the Nα + 3n light nuclei via the ( 7Li,7Be) reaction
Experimental signatures of the dynamical correlations of a core with a single-particle neutron have been found in light neutron-rich nuclei investigated via the ( 7Li, 7Be) charge-exchange reactions at around 8Me...
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Anomalous behaviour of matter radii of proton-rich Ga, Ge, As, Se and Br nuclei
Proton-rich isotopes of Ga, Ge, As, Se and Br had their total reaction cross-sections (σR) measured. Root-mean-squared matter radii were determined from Glauber model calculations, which reproduced the experiment...
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Decay modes of 24Mg excited at 46.4 MeV
8Begs coincidences with 12C, 8Begs and α-particles produced in the 12C +12C interaction at 65 MeV have been measured in a wide in-plane angular range. The 3 −8Begs final state is found to be produced, even if po...
