A search for the pair production of new light bosons, each decaying into a pair of muons, is performed with the CMS experiment at the LHC, using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.7 fb-1 collected in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energy of √{ s} = 8 TeV. No excess is observed in the data relative to standard

Graphite oxide (GO) and heavily ozonized C60 and C70 fullerenes known as “fullerene ozopolymers” were studied by TGA-FTIR (Thermogravimetry coupled with FT-IR spectroscopy), DTG (Differential Thermogravimetry) and DTA (Differential Thermal Analysis) in air flow. It was found that GO burns at 70°C higher temperature than the fullerene ozopolymers

It is shown that heavily ozonized C60 or C70 fullerenes (known also as “fullerene ozopolymers”) are suitable substrates for the preparation of graphene or nanographene in place of graphite oxide (GO) by thermal reduction in inert atmosphere. TGA-FTIR study shows that the release profile of CO2 and CO from fullerene ozopolymers in the temperature

We present an atlas of mid-infrared (mid-IR) ˜ 7.5-13 μm spectra of 45 local active galactic nuclei (AGN) obtained with CanariCam on the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) as part of an ESO/GTC large programme. The sample includes Seyferts and other low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN) at a median distance of 35 Mpc and luminous AGN, namely PG quasars, (U

Spectroscopic studies of primitive asteroid families provide constraints on the composition of the solar nebula and the distribution of volatiles in the asteroid belt. Results from visible and near-infrared spectroscopy show diversity between primitive families. We aim to better constrain the composition of two primitive families with very

In this thesis I focused on the study of the dwarf galaxies in the Local Group (LG). Since they can be resolved into stars, this group of galaxies offers a perfect laboratory to address the still open problems in galaxy formation and evolution. In addition, the LG is composed by a unique mixture of all the morphological types of dwarfs, namely