The Rossi award

Inference from Rossi Traces

We present an uncertainty analysis of data taken using the Rossi technique in which the horizontal oscilloscope sweep is driven sinusoidally in time while the vertical axis follows the signal amplitude. The analysis is aimed at determining the logarithmic derivative of the amplitude as a function of time. Within the Bayesian framework used, inferences are obtained with the Markov Chain Monte Ca...

Bruno Rossi and Norris

HE purpose of the experiment described in the present paper was to determine the disintegration curve of mesotrons at rest. The experiment was performed by investigating the delayed emission of the disintegration electrons, which takes place after the absorption of mesotrons by matter. Experiments more or less closely related to the present one have been reported previously by Montgomery, Ramse...

The Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer

RXTE has been operating for nearly 2 years and is planning the third. The spacecraft performance has been good and the three instruments are operating well. Observations have been made of the range of targets suitable for RXTE, including such different objects as accreting neutron stars and black holes, stellar flares, and supernova remnants. The goals of studying high time resolution and broad...

Summaries Rossi/Sawatzky: The Resolution of Inflammation

The mechanisms underlying control of programmed cell death and the functional consequences are beginning to be defined. In this chapter we discuss the implications of the heterogeneity of apoptotic cell phenotype for studies of phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. Delayed apoptotic cell clearance within tissues could potentially drive the progression to late apoptosis and secondary necrosis. Effici...

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