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Title: HACCP with multivariate process monitoring and fault diagnosis techniques: application to a food pasteurization process
Creator: Tokatli, F., Cinar, A., Schlesser, J. E.
Date: 2005-06
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Description: Multivariate statistical process monitoring (SPM), and fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) methods are developed to monitor the critical...
Show moreMultivariate statistical process monitoring (SPM), and fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) methods are developed to monitor the critical control points (CCPs) in a continuous food pasteurization process. Multivariate SPM techniques effectively use information from all process variables to detect abnormal process behavior. Fault diagnosis techniques isolate the source cause of the deviation in process variable(s). The methods developed are illustrated by implementing them to monitor the critical control points and diagnose causes of abnormal operation of a high temperature short time (HTST) pasteurization pilot plant. The detection power of multivariate SPM and FDD techniques over univariate SPM techniques is shown and their integrated use to ensure the product safety and quality in food processes is demonstrated.
Endnote format citation for DOI:10.1016/j.foodcont.2004.04.008
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Title: Ozone Delivery System Binder
Creator: Cooper, Kerri, Lee, Alvin, Slade, Peter
Date: 2010-09-10T18:51:34Z
Description: Development and validation of the Ozone Delivery System

Title: Fab Lab: Creating Design-to-Prototype Learning Modules at the Museum of Science and Industry (sequence unknown), IPRO 333 - Deliverables: IPRO 333 Final Report F09
Creator: Bonesz, Andrew, Clark, Howard, Douglas, Carlie, Gajdorus, Michael, Gottschall, Keenan, Hendricks, Rachel, Kimball, Clayton, Linares, Jared, Marks, Paul, Mellom, James, Oblenida, Cindy, Pop, Sabina, Stelcel, Carl, Young, Jeremy, Zhou, Raymond
Date: 2009-12
Description: The primary objective of IPRO 333 is to partner the knowledge and ideas of young engineers, architects, and scientists at IIT with the...
Show moreThe primary objective of IPRO 333 is to partner the knowledge and ideas of young engineers, architects, and scientists at IIT with the resources of the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) in Chicago. This partnership endeavors to help the museum's Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab) maximize its potential as a resource for museum guests, young and old, as well as for IIT students, staff, and faculty.
Sponsorship: Museum of Science and Industry. Steven Willis- Director, Fabrication Lab
Deliverables for IPRO 333: Fab Lab: Creating Design-to-Prototype Learning Modules at the Museum of Science and Industry for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: TRANSFER RATE OF NOROVIRUS DURING CHOPPING ROMAINE LETTUCE
Creator: Li, Mingming
Date: 2012-11-24, 2012-12
Description: Human noroviruses (HuNoV) are the leading cause of outbreaks of nonbacterial gastroenteritis in the U.S., and are often implicated in...
Show moreHuman noroviruses (HuNoV) are the leading cause of outbreaks of nonbacterial gastroenteritis in the U.S., and are often implicated in outbreaks associated with ready-to-eat foods, such as salads. Such foods may be extensively handled, and norovirus may be transferred readily between infected food handlers and food surfaces. The aim of this study was to investigate norovirus transfer between surfaces and romaine lettuce which were commonly used in the preparation of fresh food. Fresh Romaine lettuce was cut into 25cm2 pieces and inoculated with 25 μl (approx. 7-log PFU) murine norovirus (MNV-1) per leaf. After 10 min air-drying, 5 g piles of inoculated leaves were cut with a sterile stainless steel knife on a sterile cutting board. Sampling sponges soaked in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Media (DMEM) were used to swab blade and board surfaces for MNV-1 transferred from lettuce. In some cases, fresh, uninoculated Romaine lettuce was chopped using the contaminated knife and board. MNV-1 transferred to the chopped lettuce was recovered by stomaching in DMEM and enumerated by plaque assay. MNV-1 transfer was lower from contaminated lettuce to cutting board (p<0.05) than that from a contaminated cutting board to lettuce. This same trend was observed between a stainless steel knife and lettuce. The MNV-1 transfer coefficient was lower when contaminated lettuce was chopped on a wood board (p<0.05) compared to a polyvinyl cutting board. Norovirus transfers readily between surfaces common in the preparation of fresh produce preparation, but the transfer coefficient appears to be dependent on the surface type. This research provides the scientific basis for the development of a risk assessment model for norovirus transfer during the fresh food preparation.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, December 2012
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Title: MODELING OF A DCFC ANODE IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON THE WETTING BEHAVIOR OF A GRAPHIC ROD IN MOLTEN CARBONATE
Creator: Li, Yue
Date: 2013, 2013-12
Description: Not available
M.S. in Civil Engineering, July 2013

Title: THE EFFECT OF FLOW ON MICROPARTICLE TRANSPORT AND THE ROLE OF MICROPARTICLES IN THROMBOSIS
Creator: Lee, Ying-hui
Date: 2012-11-27, 2012-12
Description: Elevated monocyte/macrophage-derived microparticles (MPs) have been found to correlate with thrombotic complications. These MPs carry tissue...
Show moreElevated monocyte/macrophage-derived microparticles (MPs) have been found to correlate with thrombotic complications. These MPs carry tissue factor (TF), the principal coagulation pathway initiator, as their parental cells and expose anionic phospholipid phosphatidylserine (PS), which can promote thrombin generation and fibrin formation. During thrombus development, MPs may be delivered to the injured/dysfunctional vascular endothelium or biomaterial surfaces and influence the process of thrombosis. MPs are submicron membrane vesicles that may have increased transport and/or binding capabilities compared to platelets or other cell types due to their decreased size and their higher Brownian diffusion. MPs and their surface molecules can be delivered to surfaces, either biological or prosthetic, and alter the local environment. Little is known of the mechanisms by which MPs are transported to and impart their biological activity on surfaces, especially in blood. Such a transfer of activity will depend on the ability of MPs to be transported to the surface, the strength of adhesion of the MPs on the surface and the nature of the activity/host interaction. In the present study, physical and biological properties of MPs generated from macrophage-like cell lines by endotoxin stimulation were characterized, the transport of MPs to surface by flow was investigated, and the import biological activity on surfaces was elucidated. We observed that the deposition of MPs suspended in buffer on glass surfaces was strongly shear-dependent using a well-defined parallel plate flow chamber. The diffusivity coefficients of MPs at shear rate ranges ranging from 100 to 3200 s-1 were determined from the classical mass transport equation proposed by Leveque and the values were found to be of the same order of magnitude as predicted by Brownian xi diffusion. MPs non-specific attachment to glass was dominated by electrostatic interactions; this was verified by changing the surrounding ionic strength of the suspending solution. In addition to shear rate, red blood cells (RBCs) also influenced MP adhesion due to the complex movement of RBCs. Such movement has been shown to enhance the adhesion of platelets (1-2 micron size cells) to surfaces in flowing blood. MP lateral transport was enhanced at low concentrations of RBCs and reduced at higher concentration of RBCs. The reduction of MP deposition was due to the competition for surface binding sites between the two populations of MPs. The two types of MPs studied here, those produced by macrophages after endotoxin stimulation and those produced by RBCs during experimental preparation (repeated centrifugal washing) have the capability of nonspecific binding to artificial surfaces in a competitive manner. Finally, we demonstrated that the amount of adherent MPs on surfaces influenced fibrin formation via both a TF-dependent and a negatively charged phospholipid pathway. These findings suggest that procoagulant MPs may modulate thrombotic events under certain conditions, especially in MP-associated diseases. The knowledge of the effects of flow on MP transport and the influence of increased MPs on thrombosis may provide novel insights for the transfer of biological activity to relatively passive surfaces.
PH.D in in Biomedical Engineering, December 2012
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Title: Overlap Overlay: Overlap Overlay
Creator: Wankel, Jordan
Date: 5/4/2011, 2011-05
Description: The purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban...
Show moreThe purpose of this overlay is to provide the proper mechanics which allows a new type of home ownership while addressing current urban vacancy. The overlay attempts to be democratic. It establishes basic rules based on the existing block requirements, while also providing flexibility within. Residents voluntarily participate in the system, benefiting from the whole. Social interactions, block orientated activities, and housing arrangements expand and contract over time.
Sponsorship: Goodman, David
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Title: Interactive Urban Landmark Kiosks for Memorial Walk of Martin Luther King (sequence unknown), IPRO 314 - Deliverables: IPRO 314 Brochure F09
Creator: O’leary, Kevin, Petty, Sonya, Qi, Tianshu, Tan, Sophia, Noor, Nashrah, Schleich, Kenneth, Akhtar, Ayesha, Cheng, Eric, Kim, James, Parker, Joseph, Saha, Sougata
Date: 2009-12
Description: The objective of this IPRO is to help the students of Gage Park H.S. bring their vision of a memorial to a historical event into existence.
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Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to help the students of Gage Park H.S. bring their vision of a memorial to a historical event into existence.
Sponsorship: Gage Park High School
Deliverables for IPRO 314: Interactive Urban Landmark Kiosks for Memorial Walk of Martin Luther King for the fall 2009 semester.
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Title: ULTRASONIC RANGING AND INFRARED DEPTH PROFILING FOR 3D IMAGE RECOl'STRUCTION AND SCENE ANALYSIS
Creator: Jia, Weldi
Date: 2013, 2013-07
Description: This doctoral work cannot be done without the help, support and dedication of numerous people. First of all, I will give my great thanks to my...
Show moreThis doctoral work cannot be done without the help, support and dedication of numerous people. First of all, I will give my great thanks to my advisor Dr. Jafar Saniie, who is patient, fundamental and knowledgeable in providing advices, suggestions and guidance to all my six years' study. I would like to express my sincere thanks for his encouragement and nancial support during my study. I will never forget the days and nights he spent with me doing research work in the ECASP research lab. His spirit of carefully searching, friendly talking and knowledgeably thinking stays in my mind forever. My gratitude extends to my committee members, Dr. Anjali, Dr. Moderes and Dr. Oruklu. Also, I would like to give my thanks to my colleagues and friends, especially the people in ECASP research lab, Won-Jae, Sufeng, Thomas, Spenser and Pramod. Their kindness and powerful knowledge in di erent elds help me enhance my work so much. I will never forget the days debugging programs with them and the days we cheered for our success. I would like to dedicate this thesis to my family, especially to my grandfather who just passed away but gave me nancial support and advices from childhood till now, my father who is not able to speak after an accident during my study, my mother who is taking care of my father herself during the past six years, and my wife Wenhui Liu, who encouraged and helped me living in the United States. I promise that I will use what I learned from here to change the world and their constant support of my academic ventures from the beginning to the present would be valuable. Thank you Grandpa, rest in peace in heaven.
PH.D in Electrical Engineering, July 2013
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Title: THE EVALUATION OF THERMAL INACTIVATION OF COXIELLA BURNETII NINE MILE PHASE II IN BOVINE AND NON-BOVINE MILKS BY MOST PROBABLE NUMBER-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (MPN-PCR) ASSAY
Creator: Zhang, Cheng
Date: 2016, 2016-05
Description: As non-bovine milks become popular for human consumption, ensuring that standard bovine milk pasteurization conditions provide enough...
Show moreAs non-bovine milks become popular for human consumption, ensuring that standard bovine milk pasteurization conditions provide enough treatment for non-bovine milks is significant for food safety. Coxiella burnetii, an obligate intracellular bacterium, has been used as the reference microorganism for defining milk pasteurization conditions. To evaluate C. burnetii thermal inactivation in bovine and non-bovine milks at commercial pasteurization temperature, an MPN-PCR assay was developed to quantitate viable C. burnetii in milk. Using this assay, the thermal inactivation of C. burnetii and a potential nonpathogenic surrogate, Micrococcus luteus, was tested in bovine, buffalo, camel and goat milks. Milk in sealed glass vials was pre-heated in a water bath at 72°C and inoculated via a syringe with C. burnetii and M. luteus at a final concentration of ~6.5 log10 ge/mL (CFU/mL) each. The inoculated milk was heat-treated at 72°C for up to 16 sec, cooled in a crushed ice bath and serially diluted. Viable M. luteus was quantitated by plating on BHIA plates. For C. burnetii detection, 1 mL of each dilution was inoculated into 9 mL Acidified Citrate Cysteine Medium-2 (ACCM-2) in triplicate T-25 flasks to produce a 3- flask Most Probable Number (MPN) assay. Viability of C. burnetii was considered positive if an increase of ≥0.5 log10 ge/mL was detected by qPCR after 14 d growth in ACCM-2 media. The numbers of positive flasks at each dilution were used to calculate the remaining viable C. burnetii by MPN method. The average D-values for 72°C inactivation were 1.99 ± 0.21 sec, 0.79 ± 0.28 sec, 1.43 ± 0.30 sec, and 2.06 ± 0.71 sec for C. burnetii, and 5.47 ± 0.94 sec, 3.65 ± 0.45 sec, 3.48 ± 0.83 sec and 5.34 ± 1.54 sec for M. luteus in bovine, buffalo, camel and goat milks, respectively. For C. burnetii, D-values in camel and goat milks were not significantly different (p>0.05) from bovine milk, but the D-value in buffalo milk was significantly lower (p<0.05). These results indicate that non-bovine milks may not be a safety concern under standard milk pasteurization conditions, and M. luteus could be a good surrogate for C. burnetii thermal inactivation in milk.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, May 2016
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Title: FLOW DISTRIBUTION AND TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
Creator: Goudarzi, Sepehr Aboutorabi
Date: 2014, 2014-12
Description: The amount of the urban flow studies has been excessively increased during past decade. Pollutant dispersion quality has been the main...
Show moreThe amount of the urban flow studies has been excessively increased during past decade. Pollutant dispersion quality has been the main motivation in these investigations. Besides, a more recent goal is to provide a spatial map of the flow distribution which can be used for micro aerial vehicles (MAV) flight control. These all have developed advanced methodologies in both computational and experimental researches. In this study flow distribution and characteristics are investigated in a 7×5 urban array model (blocks are representing buildings) in a low-speed wind tunnel. Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry (SPIV) is employed as the velocimetry method to acquire three-dimensional velocity filed in the three-dimensional region of street areas. A large amount of SPIV data was acquired in four consecutive streets for four wind incidence angle. The evolution of the three-dimensional coherent structures is investigated. Also, flow characteristics are studied using parameters such as mean velocity, turbulent kinetic energy (TKE), vorticity magnitude and Reynolds stress tensor components. All flow characteristics are studied in four consecutive streets of the array. Also, the effects of the wind direction on the flow characteristics and arch vortex location are studied. A valuable achievement of this study is to suggest a method to find the location of the arch vortex legs, and find the angle between the arch horizontal axis with the spanwise direction (𝜑). It is shown that this angle is increasing significantly in variation of angle of incidence (AOI) in the range of 𝐴𝑂𝐼=0° to 𝐴𝑂𝐼=15°. The rate of increment of 𝜑 is much slower between 𝐴𝑂𝐼=15° and 𝐴𝑂𝐼=30° but the 𝜑 range is still greater than AOI. Existence of geometrical symmetry in 𝐴𝑂𝐼=0° case, brings unique features for this condition such as zero spanwise flow velocity in streets.. Increasing AOI to higher magnitudes will cause severe change in flow distribution and turbulence level, in the sense that turbulence intensity starts to impoverish.
M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, December 2014
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Title: Cure for the IKIA Syndrome : presented at IACRL 2008 conference: Cure For IKIA Syndrome: Cure For IKIA Syndrome: Cure For IKIA Syndrome
Creator: Uth, Charles, Link, Jeanne
Date: 2008-02
Description: Informal observations of a practical and creative approach piloting Blended Library Instruction for undergraduate Civil Architecture and...
Show moreInformal observations of a practical and creative approach piloting Blended Library Instruction for undergraduate Civil Architecture and Engineering students, in collaboration with faculty. At Illinois Institute of Technology students don’t receive library instruction as a required class or in tandem with a composition class. Faculty will schedule one-time sessions, which ideally should be planned with a class assignment in mind, but students are rarely engaged with a one time instruction. Many have IKIA syndrome or I Know It Already syndrome. The Millennials are a group that has integrated technology into every aspect of their lives and they assume that retrieving useful or necessary information will be easy. When they discover this isn’t the case lack of time, heightened anxiety, and increased frustration can prevent them from doing their best work. By intentionally creating a similar crisis prior to library instruction, students were more interested in what they stood to gain during pending library instruction. In this presentation we will discuss: 1) A creative means of delivering library instruction to a traditionally challenging population: engineering undergraduate students 2) Qualitative information collected via multiple assignments and interpreted in a quantitative fashion, as well as our observations. 3) A method for preparing students for library instruction that can be applied in almost any discipline without asking the instructor to sacrifice class time.
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Title: Jet-cavity Interaction Tones
Creator: Raman, G., Bencic, Tj, Envia, E.
Date: 2002-08
Publisher: American Inst Aeronaut Astronaut
Description: A fundamental study of resonant tones produced by jet-cavity interaction over a wide range of flow conditions covering both subsonic and...
Show moreA fundamental study of resonant tones produced by jet-cavity interaction over a wide range of flow conditions covering both subsonic and supersonic speeds is described. Two significant findings emerge. For the jet-cavity configurations investigated, a suitably defined reduced frequency parameter allows for a global classification of all jet-cavity tones into two main types. For the first type, the reduced frequency depends on the jet Mach number, whereas for the second type, the reduced frequency is independent of the jet Mach number. We propose simple correlations for the frequency of both types of tones. Based on earlier research, we had expected that the traditional classifications of cavity flows into the open, transitional, or closed variety would be insensitive to small changes in Mach number and would depend primarily on the cavity's LID ratio. However, use of the novel high-resolution photoluminescent pressure sensitive paint shows that these classifications are actually quite sensitive to the jet Mach number for jet-cavity interactions. However, these classifications provide no guidance for determining tone type, amplitude, or frequency.
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Title: ANTENNA LOCATION DESIGN IN DOWNLINK DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM
Creator: Zhang, Peng
Date: 2015, 2015-07
Description: In recent years, Wireless cellular network design with distributed antenna system (DAS) has received much attention for its ability to extend...
Show moreIn recent years, Wireless cellular network design with distributed antenna system (DAS) has received much attention for its ability to extend the cell coverage, improve spectral efficiency and increase the system capacity. Instead of locating all antennas at the cell center in the centralized antenna systems (CAS), distributed antenna basements in the DAS are separated geographically, which has been wide implemented to cover the dead spots and improve the system efficiency in wireless communication systems The mainly purpose of this research is to find optimal antenna locations that maximize the cell average ergodic capacity for the distributed-antenna system in downlink applied condition. Squared distance criterion (SDC) will be considered to offer an object function to maximize the lower bound of the cell average ergodic capacity. Existed analyses for location design in distributed antenna system are based on the uniform distribution without considering other cell interference. Considering other cell interference, I derive the analytical antenna location position for the infinite uniform distribution linear cell. For multi-cell applied condition implementation, I get reasonable locations of the applied condition by applying K-means algorithm to generating the initial values and find the optimal location. In order to solve the multi-cell scenario considering other-cell interference, I change the existed algorithm and simulation results show the performance of the obtained antenna location with changed algorithm offer a higher performance than the original one. I propose a circle initial setup to generate the initial points for relative location and converge fitting. The simulation has showed the initial setup I proposed significant reduce the computation in the antenna location design in applied downlink scenario.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, July 2015
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Title: A study of water distribution from automatic sprinklers
Creator: Schmidt, J. L., Alling, C. R
Date: 2009, 1907
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/studyofwaterdist00schm
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1907 B. S. in Fire Protection Engineering,...
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Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1907 B. S. in Fire Protection Engineering, 1907
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Title: Controller performance assessment by frequency domain techniques
Creator: Kendra, S. J., Cinar, A.
Date: 1997-06
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Description: A system identification based method for assessing the performance of closed-loop systems is proposed, utilizing measures which coincide...
Show moreA system identification based method for assessing the performance of closed-loop systems is proposed, utilizing measures which coincide naturally with classical and modern frequency domain design specifications. Standard robust control system design methodologies seek to maximize closed-loop performance, subject to strict robustness requirements and include specifications for bandwidth and peak magnitude of the sensitivity and complementary sensitivity functions. Estimates of these transfer functions can be obtained by exciting the reference input with a zero mean, pseudo random binary sequence, observing the process output and error response, and developing a closed-loop model. Performance assessment is based on the comparison between the observed frequency response characteristics and the design specifications. Selection of appropriate model structures, experiment design, and model validation which will ensure reasonable estimates of the closed-loop transfer functions are considered in this paper. A case study involving the performance assessment of a packed bed tubular reactor control system is presented.
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Title: Resonant interaction of a linear array of supersonic rectangular jets: An experimental study
Creator: Raman, G, Taghavi, R
Date: 1996-11-10
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

Title: Using Assessment Data to Improve Library Services : presented at ILA 2007 conference: ILA_presentation_07_revised_final: ILA_presentation_07_revised_final
Creator: Stewart, Christopher, Uth, Charles
Date: 2007-10
Description: IIT Libraries conducted LibQUAL+ service quality assessment in 2004 and 2006. This presentation will outline strategies we undertook to...
Show moreIIT Libraries conducted LibQUAL+ service quality assessment in 2004 and 2006. This presentation will outline strategies we undertook to address issues identified in the 2004 assessment, and evaluate their success based on assessment results in 2006. We will also discuss the importance of measuring academic library effectiveness in higher education’s emerging outcomes-based culture.
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Title: A system of automatic train control
Creator: Morgan, Charles Woodward
Date: 2009, 1911
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/systemofautomati00morg
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1911 Includes bibliographical references...
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Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1911 Includes bibliographical references and index B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1911
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Title: Proton structure from multiparticle contribution to elastic pp-scattering at 7 TeV, Proceedings of the XLIII International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics
Creator: Dremin, I. M.
Date: 2013-09-15, 2013-09-15
Publisher: IIT Press
Description: The parton content of protons gets strong peripheral contribution at 1 fm from multiparticle dynamics as revealed by the overlap function in...
Show moreThe parton content of protons gets strong peripheral contribution at 1 fm from multiparticle dynamics as revealed by the overlap function in the unitarity condition for elastic pp-scattering at 7 TeV.
Sponsorship: IIT College of Science, High Energy Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory
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