Search Results - "Girard, T A"

Final analysis and results of the Phase II SIMPLE dark matter search by Felizardo, M, Girard, T A, Morlat, T, Fernandes, A C, Ramos, A R, Marques, J G, Kling, A, Puibasset, J, Auguste, M, Boyer, D, Cavaillou, A, Poupeney, J, Sudre, C, Miley, H S, Payne, R F, Carvalho, F P, Prudêncio, M I, Gouveia, A, Marques, R

“…We report the final results of the Phase II SIMPLE measurements, comprising two run stages of 15 superheated droplet detectors each, with the second stage…”
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The SIMPLE Phase II dark matter search by Felizardo, M., Girard, T. A., Morlat, T., Fernandes, A. C., Ramos, A. R., Marques, J. G., Kling, A., Puibasset, J., Auguste, M., Boyer, D., Cavaillou, A., Poupeney, J., Sudre, C., Carvalho, F. P., Prudêncio, M. I., Marques, R.

“…Phase II of SIMPLE (Superheated Instrument for Massive Particle Experiments) searched for astroparticle dark matter using superheated liquid C sub(2)ClF sub(5)…”
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SIMPLE dark matter search results by Girard, T.A., Giuliani, F., Morlat, T., Felizardo da Costa, M., Collar, J.I., Limagne, C., Waysand, G., Puibasset, J., Miley, H.S., Auguste, M., Boyer, D., Cavaillou, A., Marques, J.G., Oliveira, C., Fernandes, A.C., Ramos, A.R., Martins, R.C.

“…We report an improved SIMPLE experiment comprising four superheated droplet detectors with a total exposure of 0.42 kgd. The result yields ∼ factor 10…”
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On the direct search for spin-dependent WIMP interactions by Girard, TA, Giuliani, F.

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Spatial characteristics of hallucinations associated with sleep paralysis by Girard, T. A., Cheyne, J. A.

“…Introduction. Spatial properties of hallucinations have received relatively little systematic investigation. We present evidence from a web-based study of the…”
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Exclusion limits on spin dependent WIMP-nucleon couplings from the SIMPLE experiment by Giuliani, F., Girard, T.A.

“…The SIMPLE experiment is reanalyzed within the context of the WIMP model independent framework of Tovey et al. The results are compared with those of the UK…”
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Early postnatal ethanol exposure has long-term effects on the performance of male rats in a delayed matching-to-place task in the Morris water maze by GIRARD, T. A, XING, H.-C, WARD, G. R, WAINWRIGHT, P. E

“…There is concern that, in the absence of full-blown fetal alcohol syndrome, binge drinking during pregnancy might produce long-term cognitive deficits in…”
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Independent Component Analysis of Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pedophiles by Cantor, J.M., Lafaille, S.J., Hannah, J., Kucyi, A., Soh, D.W., Girard, T.A., Mikulis, D.J.

“…Neuroimaging and other studies have changed the common view that pedophilia is a result of childhood sexual abuse and instead is a neurologic phenomenon with…”
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First results of the Phase II SIMPLE dark matter search by Felizardo, M, Morlat, T, Fernandes, A C, Girard, T A, Marques, J G, Ramos, A R, Auguste, M, Boyer, D, Cavaillou, A, Sudre, C, Poupeney, J, Payne, R F, Miley, H S, Puibasset, J

“…We report results of a 14.1   kg d measurement with 15 superheated droplet detectors of total active mass 0.208 kg, comprising the first stage of a 30 kg d…”
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APPLICATION OF DROPLET DETECTORS TO ALPHA RADIATION DETECTION by Morlat, T, Fernandes, A C, Felizardo, M, Kling, A, Girard, T A, Marques, J G, Carvalho, F P

“…Superheated droplet detectors (SDDs) are traditionally employed in the detection of neutrons. In this work the focus is on the detection of alpha particles…”
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First dark matter limits from a large-mass, low-background, superheated droplet detector by Collar, J I, Puibasset, J, Girard, T A, Limagne, D, Miley, H S, Waysand, G

“…We report on the fabrication aspects and calibration of the first large active mass ( approximately 15 g) modules of SIMPLE, a search for particle dark matter…”
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Exposure to ethanol and nicotine during the brain growth spurt: spatial DMP performance in male rats by Girard, T.A, Xing, H.-C, Ward, G.R, Nguyen, H, Wainwright, P.E

“…Male Long–Evans rats were reared artificially and, using a 2×2 design, were exposed from postnatal days (PD) 6–9 to ethanol (ET: 6.5 g kg −1 day −1 “binge”…”
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Study of parylene-coated NaI(Tl) at low temperatures for bolometric applications by Coron, N., Cuesta, C., García, E., Ginestra, C., Girard, T.A., de Marcillac, P., Martínez, M., Ortigoza, Y., Ortiz de Solórzano, A., Pobes, C., Puimedón, J., Redon, T., Sarsa, M.L., Torres, L., Valko, P., Villar, J.A.

“…•The interest of a NaI scintillating bolometer for Dark Matter search is discussed.•We study parylene-coated NaI(Tl) to overcome hygroscopicity problems.•We…”
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Individual differences in lateralisation of hallucinations associated with sleep paralysis by Girard, T. A., Cheyne, J. A.

“…Individual differences were investigated in the lateralisation of two general categories of hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations associated with sleep…”
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Developmental Binge Exposure to Ethanol and Artificial Rearing Do Not Affect the Social Transfer of Diet Preference by Girard, T. A., Hung, V., Patel, S., Ward, G. R., Wainwright, P. E.

“…Background: A previous study reported no effect of binge exposure to ethanol during the brain growth spurt on the social acquisition of enhanced diet…”
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Fabrication and response of high concentration SIMPLE superheated droplet detectors with different liquids by Felizardo, M., Morlat, T., Marques, J.G., Ramos, A.R., Girard, TA, Fernandes, A.C., Kling, A., Lázaro, I., Martins, R.C., Puibasset, J.

“…The combined measurement of dark matter interactions with different superheated liquids has recently been suggested as a cross-correlation technique in…”
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R&D of a SIMPLE bubble chamber for dark matter searches by Felizardo, M., Girard, T.A., Lazaro, I., Fernandes, A.C., Morlat, T., Marques, J.G., Kling, A.

“…SIMPLE (Superheated Instrument for Massive ParticLe Experiments) intends the realization and full field tests of a 25 kg, low background, low…”
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Model-independent limits from spin-dependent WIMP dark matter experiments by Giuliani, F., Girard, T. A.

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Neutron spectrometry with large volume, heavy-loaded superheated droplet detectors: a simple spin-off by Ramos, A. R., Giuliani, F., Felizardo, M., Girard, T. A., Morlat, T., Marques, J. G., Oliveira, C., Limagne, D., Waysand, G., Fernandes, A. C.

“…SIMPLE is a superheated droplet detector (SDD) experiment designed to search for the evidence of spin-dependent weakly interacting neutralino dark matter…”
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Three dimensional passive acoustic spatial identification of nucleations in superheated droplet detectors by Felizardo, M., Martins, R.C., Girard, T.A.

“…A new method for spatial localization of bubble nucleations in superheated droplet detectors is presented which has two steps: validation and localization…”
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