PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles :
E.
Vazquez-Jauregui, J. Engelfried, U. Akgun et al., "First Observation of the
Cabibbo-suppressed Decays Xi_c+ -> Sigma+ pi- pi+ and Xi_c+ ->
Sigma- pi+ pi+ and Measurement of their Branching Ratios", FERMILAB-PUB-08-084-E, hep-ex/0804.2298,
Apr 2008. Submitted to Physics Letters B.
F.
Duru, U. Akgun et al.,
"CMS Hadronic EndCap Calorimeter Upgrade Studies for SLHC - Cerenkov
Light Collection from Quartz Plates", CMS-NOTE
2007/019,
IEEE
Transactions on
Nuclear Science, Vol 55, Issue 2, 734-740, Apr 2008.
G.
Baiatian, …, U. Akgun et al. "Design,
Performance, and Calibration of CMS Hadron Endcap Calorimeters", CMS-NOTE 2008/010, Mar 2008.
U.
Akgun et
al., "Afterpulse Timing and Rate
investigation of Three Different Hamamatsu Photomultipler Tubes",
Journal of Instrumentation, 3
T01001, Jan 2008.
S.
Abdullin, …, U. Akgun et al.,
"Design,
Performance, and Calibration of CMS Forward Calorimeter
Wedges",
CMS-NOTE 2006/044,
Euro. Phys. Jour. C 53
(1), 139-166, Jan 2008.
J. L.
Sanchez-Lopez, K.D. Nelson, J. Engelfried, U. Akgun et al.,
"Polarization of Lambda0 and anti-Lambda0 inclusively produced by
610-GeV/c Sigma- and 525-GeV/c proton beams", hep-ex/07063660, Submitted
to Phys. Rev. D, 2007
G. Baiatian,
…, U.Akgun et al., "CMS
Physics Technical Design Report, Volume II: Physics Performance", Journal of Physics G, 34, 995-1579,
2007
M.
Iori,
A.S. Ayan, U. Akgun et al., "Measurement
of the Omega_c_0 lifetime", FERMILAB-PUB-07-011-E,
hep-ex/0701021, 2007
U.
Akgun et
al., "Radiation
damage and light transmission studies on air core light
guides", IEEE Transactions
on Nuclear Science, Vol 53, No. 3, 1547, 2006
D.
Isenhower, …, U. Akgun et al., "Proposal
to Upgrade the MIPP Experiment", hep-ex/0609057, 2006
G.
Baiatian, …, U. Akgun et al. "Design,
Performance, and Calibration of CMS Hadron-Barrel Calorimeter Wedges", CMS-NOTE 2006/138
G.
Baiatian,
…, U. Akgun et al., "Synchronization
and Timing in CMS HCAL", CMS-NOTE 2006/139, 2006
G.
Baiatian,
…, U. Akgun et al., "CMS
physics: Technical Design Report", CERN-LHCC-2006-001,
CMS-TDR-008-1, 2006
A.
Ocherashvili, …, U. Akgun et al., "Confirmation
of the
Double
Charm Baryon Xi_cc+ via its Decay to p D+
K-",
Fermilab-Pub-04-082-E,
Jun
2004. 5pp., hep-ex/0406033
Phys.Lett.B628:18-24, 2005
U.
Akgun et al.,
"Complete tests of 2000
Hamamatsu R7525HA Phototubes for the CMS-HF
Forward Calorimeter",
CMS-NOTE
2004/019 Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A550:145-156,
2005
S.
Ayan, N. Akchurin, U. Akgun et al., "Energy
Resolution and the Linearity of the CMS Forward Quartz
Fiber Calorimetry Pre-Production-Prototype (PPP-I)", CMS-NOTE 2003/030
, J.
Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 30, N33-N44, 2004
A.V.
Evdokimov, U. Akgun et al., "First
observation of a
narrow charm-strange meson DsJ(2632) -> Ds
eta and D0 K+", Fermilab-Pub-04/087-E,
hep-ex/0406045
Phys.Rev.Lett.93:242001, 2004,
U. Akgun et
al., "Comparison
of PMTs from
three different manufacturers for the CMS-HF
Forward Calorimeter", CMS-NOTE 2003/029,
IEEE
Trans.Nucl.Sci.51:1909-1915, 2004
I.
Dumanoglu, …,
U. Akgun et al.,
"Radiation-hardness studies
of high OH- content quartz fibres
irradiated with 500 MeV electrons", CMS-NOTE
2001/020,
Nucl.Instr.Meth.A490:444-455, 2002
Conference
Proceedings:
U. Akgun et
al., "Preliminary
Cascade_c_+ Lifetime Measurement from SELEX", Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 167
46-49, 2007
U. Akgun and
Y. Onel,
"Radiation-Hard Quartz Čerenkov Calorimeters", AIP Conf.Proc.867:282-289,2006. Also
in "Chicago 2006, Calorimetry in high energy physics" 282-289, 2006
E.
Gulmez, …, U. Akgun et al.,
"Using Single Photoelectron Spectra in the Calibration of the CMS-HF
Calorimeter", Proceedings
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005
E.
Gulmez, U. Akgun et al.,
"Selection
and Testing of 2000 Photomultiplier Tubes for the CMS-HF
Forward Calorimeter", Proceedings IMTC
2004 -
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2004
Dumanoglu, …
U.Akgun et al., "Radiation
Hardness Studies
of High OH-Quartz Fibers for a Hadronic
Forward Calorimeter of the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment at the
Large Hadron Collider", Published
in "Pasadena
2002 Calorimetry in
Particle Physics" 521-528, 2002
Other Publications:
F. Duru, U.
Akgun et al.,
"Mass Reconstruction and Missing Et Studies on MSSM A/H -->Tau+Tau-
Leptonic Decay", CMS-IN
2007/021, 2007
J. Olson, U.
Akgun et al.,
"Comparison of resistive and parallel dynode bases", CMS-IN
2006/019, 2006
K.Dindar,
..., U.Akgun et al., "Comparison
of PMT Relative Gains
Measured at the University of Iowa and at CERN", CMS-IN
2005/045, 2005
J. Olson, U.
Akgun et al.,
"Parallel
Dynode
Base for HF", CMS-IN
2005/042, 2005
A.Mestvirishvili,
U.Akgun et al.,
"Higgs Boson
Production Via WW Fusion", CMS-IN
2005/008, 2005
E.Gulmez,
U.Akgun et al.,
"Variation of relative gains as a function of HV for the
Hamamatsu R7525HA PMTs used in the HF Forward Calorimeter", CMS-IN
2005/006, 2005
U. Akgun et
al.,
"Afterpulse Studies for HF
Calorimeter PMTs", CMS-IN
2004/034, 2004
U. Akgun et
al.,
"CMS
HF Calorimeter Light
Guide System Radiation Damage Studies", CMS-IN
2003/029, 2003
U. Akgun et
al.,
"CMS
HF Calorimeter PMTs
& Xc+ Lifetime Analysis", Ph.D. Thesis,UMI-31-14464,
FERMILAB-THESIS-2003-43, Dec 2003
S. Wang, …,
U.
Akgun et al.,
"Administration, Operation,
and Planning of a Proof-of-Concept CMS
Tier-2 Center", Technical
Report -
TR-GROW02-10, 2002
U. Akgun et
al.,
"Timing,
Gain and Dark
current Measurements of PMTs from Three
Different Manufacturers for HF Calorimeter", CMS-IN
2002/032, 2002
P. Bruecken,
…, U. Akgun et al.,
"Radiation Effect Studies on
High Efficiency Mirror (HEM) and
Aluminized Mylar for the HF Optical Design", CMS-IN
2002/031, 2002
U. Akgun et
al.,
"Single
and Double Pulse
Linearity Studies Performed on Candidate PMTs
for HF Calorimeter", CMS-IN
2002/030, 2002
U. Akgun et
al.,
"Tests
of the CMS-HF Light
Guide System at the University of Iowa PMT
Test Station", CMS-IN
2002/029, 2002
U. Akgun et
al.,
"Single
Photoelectron
Spectrum Measurements of HF Calorimetry
Candidate PMTs in The University of Iowa Test Station", CMS-IN
2002/026, 2002
S. Ayan, ...
, U.
Akgun et al.,
"Results From the Beam Test
of the CMS Forward Quartz Fiber
Calorimeter Pre-Production-Prototype (PPP-I)", CMS-IN
2002/064, 2002
U. Akgun,
"Charm
Baryon Lifetime
Analysis & University of Iowa PMT Test
Station", Ph.D.
Dissertation
Proposal, May 2001