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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Cheaib R, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Li Y, Lin DX, Middleton S, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Oyang J, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Shuve BJ, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Gaz A, Margoni M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Kim P, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Tasneem N, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Miller C, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Wu SL. Search for Evidence of Baryogenesis and Dark Matter in B^{+}→ψ_{D}+p Decays at BABAR. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:201801. [PMID: 38039482 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.201801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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A new dark sector antibaryon, denoted ψ_{D}, could be produced in decays of B mesons. This Letter presents a search for B^{+}→ψ_{D}+p (and the charge conjugate) decays in e^{+}e^{-} annihilations at 10.58 GeV, using data collected in the BABAR experiment. Data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 398 fb^{-1} are analyzed. No evidence for a signal is observed. Branching fraction upper limits in the range from 10^{-7}-10^{-5} are obtained at 90% confidence level for masses of 1.0
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Allega A, Anderson MR, Andringa S, Antunes J, Askins M, Auty DJ, Bacon A, Barros N, Barão F, Bayes R, Beier EW, Bezerra TS, Bialek A, Biller SD, Blucher E, Caden E, Callaghan EJ, Cheng S, Chen M, Cleveland B, Cookman D, Corning J, Cox MA, Dehghani R, Deloye J, Deluce C, Depatie MM, Dittmer J, Dixon KH, Di Lodovico F, Falk E, Fatemighomi N, Ford R, Frankiewicz K, Gaur A, González-Reina OI, Gooding D, Grant C, Grove J, Hallin AL, Hallman D, Heintzelman WJ, Helmer RL, Hu J, Hunt-Stokes R, Hussain SMA, Inácio AS, Jillings CJ, Kaluzienski S, Kaptanoglu T, Khaghani P, Khan H, Klein JR, Kormos LL, Krar B, Kraus C, Krauss CB, Kroupová T, Lam I, Land BJ, Lawson I, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lefebvre C, Lidgard J, Lin YH, Lozza V, Luo M, Maio A, Manecki S, Maneira J, Martin RD, McCauley N, McDonald AB, Mills C, Morton-Blake I, Naugle S, Nolan LJ, O'Keeffe HM, Orebi Gann GD, Page J, Parker W, Paton J, Peeters SJM, Pickard L, Ravi P, Reichold A, Riccetto S, Richardson R, Rigan M, Rose J, Rosero R, Rumleskie J, Semenec I, Skensved P, Smiley M, Svoboda R, Tam B, Tseng J, Turner E, Valder S, Virtue CJ, Vázquez-Jáuregui E, Wang J, Ward M, Wilson JR, Wilson JD, Wright A, Yanez JP, Yang S, Yeh M, Yu S, Zhang Y, Zuber K, Zummo A. Evidence of Antineutrinos from Distant Reactors Using Pure Water at SNO. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:091801. [PMID: 36930908 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.091801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The SNO+ Collaboration reports the first evidence of reactor antineutrinos in a Cherenkov detector. The nearest nuclear reactors are located 240 km away in Ontario, Canada. This analysis uses events with energies lower than in any previous analysis with a large water Cherenkov detector. Two analytical methods are used to distinguish reactor antineutrinos from background events in 190 days of data and yield consistent evidence for antineutrinos with a combined significance of 3.5σ.
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- A Allega
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003, Lisboa, Portugal
- Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Departamento de Física, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720-8153, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 4-181 CCIS, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003, Lisboa, Portugal
- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciéncias (FCUL), Departamento de Física, Campo Grande, Edifício C8, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003, Lisboa, Portugal
- Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Departamento de Física, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA
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- Physics & Astronomy, University of Sussex, Pevensey II, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
- SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- The Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
- SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720-8153, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
- SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003, Lisboa, Portugal
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Kern und Teilchenphysik, Zellescher Weg 19, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand Building, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand Building, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Physics & Astronomy, University of Sussex, Pevensey II, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
- SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 4-181 CCIS, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Instituto de Física, Apartado Postal 20-364, México D.F. 01000, México
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 4-181 CCIS, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 4-181 CCIS, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003, Lisboa, Portugal
- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciéncias (FCUL), Departamento de Física, Campo Grande, Edifício C8, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
- SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720-8153, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
- SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 4-181 CCIS, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
- SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720-8153, USA
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003, Lisboa, Portugal
- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciéncias (FCUL), Departamento de Física, Campo Grande, Edifício C8, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003, Lisboa, Portugal
- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciéncias (FCUL), Departamento de Física, Campo Grande, Edifício C8, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
- SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), Avenida Professor Gama Pinto, 2, 1649-003, Lisboa, Portugal
- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciéncias (FCUL), Departamento de Física, Campo Grande, Edifício C8, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Physics & Astronomy, University of Sussex, Pevensey II, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, 327 Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720-8153, USA
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- Physics & Astronomy, University of Sussex, Pevensey II, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Physics & Astronomy, University of Sussex, Pevensey II, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Physics & Astronomy, University of Sussex, Pevensey II, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 555, P.O. Box 5000, Upton, New York 11973-500, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720-8153, USA
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- University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Physics & Astronomy, University of Sussex, Pevensey II, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Instituto de Física, Apartado Postal 20-364, México D.F. 01000, México
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- University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand Building, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 4-181 CCIS, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 4-181 CCIS, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 4-181 CCIS, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 555, P.O. Box 5000, Upton, New York 11973-500, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 4-181 CCIS, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, China
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Kern und Teilchenphysik, Zellescher Weg 19, Dresden 01069, Germany
- MTA Atomki, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6396, USA
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Wilson JR, Di Nicola M, Williams BK. Hematoma at the insertion of the medial rectus mimicking a conjunctival melanoma. J Fr Ophtalmol 2023; 46:417. [PMID: 36868937 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2022.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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- J R Wilson
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Suite 5414, Cincinnati, OH, 45267-0527 Ohio, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Suite 5414, Cincinnati, OH, 45267-0527 Ohio, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Suite 5414, Cincinnati, OH, 45267-0527 Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Wilson JR, Doty S, Petitt JC, El-Abtah M, Francis JJ, Sharpe MG, Kelly ML, Anderson KD. Feasibility of gabapentin as an intervention for neurorecovery after an acute spinal cord injury: Protocol. Front Neurol 2022; 13:1033386. [PMID: 36419530 PMCID: PMC9676350 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1033386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Introduction This protocol is describing the first ever prospective, mock-efficacy, dose exploration trial design testing the feasibility of administering gabapentin in the acute setting as an intervention for neurorecovery. Gabapentin is an FDA-approved medication for treating seizures and postherpetic neuralgia and is used broadly off-label for neuropathic pain management for many conditions, including spinal cord injury. Emerging data suggests that when given early after spinal cord injury onset and in low-medium doses, gabapentin may have properties that promote recovery of neurological function. The objective of this trial is to assess the feasibility of conducting an efficacy trial in which gabapentin is started early after injury, is restricted in its dose, and is not used for pain management. Methods and analysis Forty-two people aged 18 years or older with any level and any severity of spinal cord injury induced by a trauma will be enrolled, randomized, and have the first dose of study medication by 120 h post-injury onset. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: 600, 1,800 mg/day gabapentin, or placebo. Study medication will be given for a 90-day duration. Blinded assessments will be obtained at 7 days post-injury (baseline), 30 days post-injury (interim), after the 90-day treatment duration/approximately 3 months post-injury (end of treatment), and at 6 months post-injury (end of study). The key analysis parameters will evaluate feasibility of recruitment of target population, delivery of drug treatment protocol, maintenance of blinding, and retention of participants. Discussion Outputs from this trial will inform research and clinical practice on the effects of manipulating gabapentin for non-pain management purposes in the acute setting and will guide the development of a properly powered efficacy trial of gabapentin as an intervention for neurorecovery in spinal cord injury. Ethics and dissemination The study was approved by the MetroHealth Institutional Review Board (IRB21-00609) and registered at clinicaltrials.gov prior to enrolling any participants. Dissemination will include peer-reviewed publications, presentations at professional conferences and in the community, and through other healthcare and public venues. Clinical trial registration www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT05302999; protocol version 1.1 approved 05/23/2022. Trial funding National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research.
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- James R. Wilson
- MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
- MetroHealth Medical Center, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
- *Correspondence: Kim D. Anderson
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Anderson KD, Korupolu R, Musselman KE, Pierce J, Wilson JR, Yozbatiran N, Desai N, Popovic MR, Thabane L. Multi-center, single-blind randomized controlled trial comparing functional electrical stimulation therapy to conventional therapy in incomplete tetraplegia. Front Rehabilit Sci 2022; 3:995244. [PMID: 36188946 PMCID: PMC9500231 DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2022.995244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Background Loss of upper extremity function after tetraplegia results in significant disability. Emerging evidence from pilot studies suggests that functional electrical stimulation (FES) therapy may enhance recovery of upper extremity function after tetraplegia. The aim of this trial was to determine the effectiveness of FES therapy delivered by the Myndmove stimulator in people with tetraplegia. Methods A multi-center, single-blind, parallel-group, two-arm, randomized controlled trial was conducted comparing FES to conventional therapy in adults (≥18 years) with C4–C7 traumatic incomplete tetraplegia between 4 and 96 months post-injury, and with a baseline spinal cord injury independence measure III -self-care (SCIM III-SC) score of ≤10. Participants were enrolled at four SCI-specialized neurorehabilitation centers in the U.S. and Canada. Participants were stratified by center and randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either 40 sessions of FES or conventional therapy targeting upper extremities over a 14-week period. Blinded assessors measured SCIM III, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Hand Function Test, and Graded Redefined Assessment of Strength, Sensibility, and Prehension at baseline, after 20th session, after 40th session or 14 weeks after 1st session, and at 24 weeks after 1st session. The primary outcome measure was change in SCIM III-SC from baseline to end of the treatment. Based on the primary outcome measure, a sample size of 60 was calculated. Seventeen participants' progress in the study was interrupted due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The protocol was modified for these participants to allow them to complete the study. Results Between June 2019 to August 2021, 51 participants were randomized to FES (n = 27) and conventional therapy (n = 24). Both groups gained a mean of 2 points in SCIM-SC scores at the end of treatment, which was a clinically meaningful change. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the groups on any outcomes. Conclusion Forty sessions of FES therapy delivered by the MyndMove stimulator are as effective as conventional therapy in producing meaningful functional improvements that persist after therapy is completed. Limitations of this study include the impact of COVID-19 limiting the ability to recruit the target sample size and per-protocol execution of the study in one-third of the participants. Registration This trial is registered at www.ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03439319.
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- Kim D. Anderson
- MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Correspondence: Kim D. Anderson
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
- The Institute of Rehabilitation / Research (TIRR) Memorial Hermann, Houston, TX, United States
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- The KITE Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- HealthTech Connex Centre for Neurology Studies/Neuromotion Physiotherapy, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
- The Institute of Rehabilitation / Research (TIRR) Memorial Hermann, Houston, TX, United States
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- Krembil Research Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- The KITE Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- CRANIA, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada
- Biostatistics Unit, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Cheaib R, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Li Y, Lin DX, Middleton S, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Oyang J, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Flood I, Nguyen N, Shuve BJ, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, De Nuccio M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Tasneem N, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Miller C, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Search for an Axionlike Particle in B Meson Decays. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:131802. [PMID: 35426701 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.131802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Axionlike particles (ALPs) are predicted in many extensions of the standard model, and their masses can naturally be well below the electroweak scale. In the presence of couplings to electroweak bosons, these particles could be emitted in flavor-changing B meson decays. We report herein a search for an ALP, a, in the reaction B^{±}→K^{±}a, a→γγ using data collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. No significant signal is observed, and 90% confidence level upper limits on the ALP coupling to electroweak bosons are derived as a function of ALP mass, improving current constraints by several orders of magnitude in the range 0.175 GeV<m_{a}<4.78 GeV.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrarab, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrarab, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrarab, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrarab, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrarab, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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- Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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- Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Cheaib R, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Li Y, Lin DX, Middleton S, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Oyang J, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Shuve BJ, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Search for Lepton Flavor Violation in ϒ(3S)→e^{±}μ^{∓}. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:091804. [PMID: 35302790 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.091804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
We report on the first search for electron-muon lepton flavor violation (LFV) in the decay of a b quark and b antiquark bound state. We look for the LFV decay ϒ(3S)→e^{±}μ^{∓} in a sample of 118 million ϒ(3S) mesons from 27 fb^{-1} of data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e^{+}e^{-} collider operating with a 10.36 GeV center-of-mass energy. No evidence for a signal is found, and we set a limit on the branching fraction B[ϒ(3S)→e^{±}μ^{∓}]<3.6×10^{-7} at 90% C. L. This result can be interpreted as a limit Λ_{NP}/g_{NP}^{2}>80 TeV on the energy scale Λ_{NP} divided by the coupling-squared g_{NP}^{2} of relevant new physics (NP).
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Oyang
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5, Canada
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Cheaib R, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Li Y, Lin DX, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Oyang J, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Shuve BJ, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Search for Darkonium in e^{+}e^{-} Collisions. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:021802. [PMID: 35089770 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.021802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Collider searches for dark sectors, new particles interacting only feebly with ordinary matter, have largely focused on identifying signatures of new mediators, leaving much of dark sector structures unexplored. In particular, the existence of dark matter bound states (darkonia) remains to be investigated. This possibility could arise in a simple model in which a dark photon (A^{'}) is light enough to generate an attractive force between dark fermions. We report herein a search for a J^{PC}=1^{--} darkonium state, the ϒ_{D}, produced in the reaction e^{+}e^{-}→γϒ_{D}, ϒ_{D}→A^{'}A^{'}A^{'}, where the dark photons subsequently decay into pairs of leptons or pions, using 514 fb^{-1} of data collected with the BABAR detector. No significant signal is observed, and we set bounds on the γ-A^{'} kinetic mixing as a function of the dark sector coupling constant for 0.001<m_{A^{'}}<3.16 GeV and 0.05<m_{ϒ_{D}}<9.5 GeV.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
| | - W S Lockman
- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
| | - S R Wagner
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
| | - D Bernard
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - D Bettoni
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - C Bozzi
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - R Calabrese
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - G Cibinetto
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - E Fioravanti
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - I Garzia
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - E Luppi
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - V Santoro
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - A Calcaterra
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - R de Sangro
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - G Finocchiaro
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - S Martellotti
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - P Patteri
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - I M Peruzzi
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - M Piccolo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - M Rotondo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - A Zallo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - S Passaggio
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
| | - U Mallik
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - J Cochran
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - S Prell
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
| | - M Davier
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
| | - A M Lutz
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
| | - G Wormser
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
| | - D J Lange
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - D M Wright
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - J P Coleman
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - E Gabathuler
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - D E Hutchcroft
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - D J Payne
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - C Touramanis
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - A J Bevan
- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
| | - G Cowan
- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
| | - Sw Banerjee
- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
| | - D N Brown
- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
| | - C L Davis
- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
| | - A G Denig
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - K Griessinger
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - R Cenci
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - A Jawahery
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - R Cowan
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
| | - R M Seddon
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
| | - N Neri
- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
| | - F Palombo
- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
| | - L Cremaldi
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - R Godang
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - D J Summers
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - P Taras
- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
| | - G De Nardo
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - C Sciacca
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - G Raven
- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - C P Jessop
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
| | - J M LoSecco
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
| | - K Honscheid
- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
| | - R Kass
- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
| | - A Gaz
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - M Margoni
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - M Posocco
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - G Simi
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - F Simonetto
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - R Stroili
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - S Akar
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - E Ben-Haim
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - M Bomben
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - G R Bonneaud
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - G Calderini
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - J Chauveau
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - G Marchiori
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - J Ocariz
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - M Biasini
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - E Manoni
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - A Rossi
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Batignani
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Bettarini
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Carpinelli
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - G Casarosa
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - F Forti
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M A Giorgi
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Lusiani
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - B Oberhof
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - E Paoloni
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Rama
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - G Rizzo
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J J Walsh
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L Zani
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A J S Smith
- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
| | - F Anulli
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Faccini
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - F Ferroni
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - A Pilloni
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - G Piredda
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - C Bünger
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - O Grünberg
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - C Voß
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - R Waldi
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - F F Wilson
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - S Emery
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - G Vasseur
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - M R Convery
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - J Dorfan
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - W Dunwoodie
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - M Ebert
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - R C Field
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - B G Fulsom
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - M T Graham
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - C Hast
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - W R Innes
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - P Kim
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - D W G S Leith
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - S Luitz
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - D B MacFarlane
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - D R Muller
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - H Neal
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - B N Ratcliff
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - A Roodman
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - M K Sullivan
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - J Va'vra
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - W J Wisniewski
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - M V Purohit
- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - J R Wilson
- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
| | - H Ahmed
- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5, Canada
| | - M Bellis
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P R Burchat
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - E M T Puccio
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - M S Alam
- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
| | - J A Ernst
- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
| | - R Gorodeisky
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - N Guttman
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - D R Peimer
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - A Soffer
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
| | - S M Spanier
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
| | - J L Ritchie
- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
| | | | - J M Izen
- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
| | - X C Lou
- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
| | - F Bianchi
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - F De Mori
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - A Filippi
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - D Gamba
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - L Lanceri
- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
| | - L Vitale
- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - F U Bernlochner
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - G J King
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - R Kowalewski
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - T Lueck
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - I M Nugent
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - J M Roney
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - R J Sobie
- Institute of Particle Physics, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - N Tasneem
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - T J Gershon
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Wecht JM, Krassioukov AV, Alexander M, Handrakis JP, McKenna SL, Kennelly M, Trbovich M, Biering-Sorensen F, Burns S, Elliott SL, Graves D, Hamer J, Krogh K, Linsenmeyer TA, Liu N, Hagen EM, Phillips AA, Previnaire JG, Rodriguez GM, Slocum C, Wilson JR. International Standards to document Autonomic Function following SCI (ISAFSCI): Second Edition. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil 2021; 27:23-49. [PMID: 34108833 DOI: 10.46292/sci2702-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jill M Wecht
- James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY.,Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation, Bronx, NY.,Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.,Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD) and Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia.,Spinal Cord Program, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.,GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,President, American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)
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- Sustain Our Abilities, Birmingham, AL.,University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL.,Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA
| | - John P Handrakis
- James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY.,Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation, Bronx, NY.,New York Institute of Technology, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions, Old Westbury, NY
| | - Stephen L McKenna
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY.,Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.,International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD) and Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX.,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio
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- Department for Spinal Cord Injuries, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Spinal Cord Injury Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
| | - Stacy L Elliott
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD) and Division of Sexual Medicine, Departments of Psychiatry and Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
| | - Daniel Graves
- College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Surgery ( Division of Urology), Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queens Square, UCLH, London, UK.,Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiac Sciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary.,Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
| | - Chloe Slocum
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA.,Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Boston, MA
| | - James R Wilson
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute, Cleveland, OH.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University-SOM, Cleveland, OH
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Aranguren MJ, Canto-Farachala P, Wilson JR. Transformative academic institutions: An experimental framework for understanding regional impacts of research. Research Evaluation 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvaa030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Abstract
Public and private research funding to academic institutions is increasingly conditional on demonstrating societal impact. Research is expected to produce new knowledge that is both relevant in academia and of direct practical use in society. Universities are well placed to serve as links between global academic communities and local problem owners. However, playing this pivotal role is problematic because in practice there is a tendency to frame the dual role of producing socially relevant and academic knowledge in terms of an artificial distinction between applied consultancy and basic research. Considering the challenges faced by universities in playing a more proactive role in addressing the practical challenges faced by their home regions, we propose the term transformative academic institutions to refer to research centres created within universities to proactively engage in the socioeconomic development of the regions in which they are rooted. We propose an experimental framework that can help map the relationship between their role in a global academic knowledge community and their role in the (local) practical knowledge community. The framework is developed from on our own experience working in an academic institution that conducts research to strengthen regional socioeconomic development processes. We experiment with the framework through an application to our own research context in the period 2016–19. Our findings show that this relationship can be mapped by assessing: (1) how well academic research questions are aligned to themes identified in regional policy discourse; and (2) whether academic knowledge has demonstrably led to changes actioned by regional stakeholders.
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- María José Aranguren
- Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness and Deusto Business School, University of Deusto. Mundaiz, 50, San Sebastian, 20012, Spain
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- Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness and Deusto Business School, University of Deusto. Mundaiz, 50, San Sebastian, 20012, Spain
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- Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness and Deusto Business School, University of Deusto. Mundaiz, 50, San Sebastian, 20012, Spain
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Cheaib R, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Li Y, Lin DX, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Oyang J, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Shuve BJ, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sibidanov A, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Precision Measurement of the Ratio B(ϒ(3S)→τ^{+}τ^{-})/B(ϒ(3S)→μ^{+}μ^{-}). Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:241801. [PMID: 33412062 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.241801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
We report on a precision measurement of the ratio R_{τμ}^{ϒ(3S)}=B(ϒ(3S)→τ^{+}τ^{-})/B(ϒ(3S)→μ^{+}μ^{-}) using data collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II e^{+}e^{-} collider. The measurement is based on a 28 fb^{-1} data sample collected at a center-of-mass energy of 10.355 GeV corresponding to a sample of 122 million ϒ(3S) mesons. The ratio is measured to be R_{τμ}^{ϒ(3S)}=0.966±0.008_{stat}±0.014_{syst} and is in agreement with the standard model prediction of 0.9948 within 2 standard deviations. The uncertainty in R_{τμ}^{ϒ(3S)} is almost an order of magnitude smaller than the only previous measurement.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Cheaib R, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Li Y, Lin DX, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Oyang J, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Shuve BJ, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Search for a Dark Leptophilic Scalar in e^{+}e^{-} Collisions. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:181801. [PMID: 33196250 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.181801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Many scenarios of physics beyond the standard model predict the existence of new gauge singlets, which might be substantially lighter than the weak scale. The experimental constraints on additional scalars with masses in the MeV to GeV range could be significantly weakened if they interact predominantly with leptons rather than quarks. At an e^{+}e^{-} collider, such a leptophilic scalar (ϕ_{L}) would be produced predominantly through radiation from a τ lepton. We report herein a search for e^{+}e^{-}→τ^{+}τ^{-}ϕ_{L}, ϕ_{L}→ℓ^{+}ℓ^{-} (ℓ=e, μ) using data collected by the BABAR experiment at SLAC. No significant signal is observed, and we set limits on the ϕ_{L} coupling to leptons in the range 0.04<m_{ϕ_{L}}<7.0 GeV. These bounds significantly improve upon the current constraints, excluding almost entirely the parameter space favored by the observed discrepancy in the muon anomalous magnetic moment below 4 GeV at 90% confidence level.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5, Canada
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Anderson KD, Wilson JR, Korupolu R, Pierce J, Bowen JM, O'Reilly D, Kapadia N, Popovic MR, Thabane L, Musselman KE. Multicentre, single-blind randomised controlled trial comparing MyndMove neuromodulation therapy with conventional therapy in traumatic spinal cord injury: a protocol study. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e039650. [PMID: 32988951 PMCID: PMC7523215 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION This protocol is describing a multicentre, single-blind randomised controlled trial. The objective is to compare the efficacy of MyndMove therapy versus conventional therapy (CT) in improving upper extremity function in individuals with C4-C7 traumatic, incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). It is being conducted in two US and two Canadian SCI rehabilitation centres. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Sixty people aged 18 years or older with a C4-C7 incomplete (AIS B-D) SCI between 4 months and 8 years postinjury are randomised to receive 40 sessions of MyndMove neuromodulation therapy or CT within a 14-week period of time. Therapy sessions are 1 hour in duration with a dose of 3-5 sessions per week. Assessments occur prior to randomisation, after 20 sessions, after 40 sessions and 10 weeks after the last session. The primary outcome measure is the efficacy of MyndMove therapy versus CT in improving upper extremity function as measured by Spinal Cord Independence Measure III: Self-Care subscore after 40 sessions. Secondary outcomes include: (1) improvements in the SCIM mobility subscore; (2) upper limb functions measured by Graded Redefined Assessment of Strength, Sensibility and Prehension and (3) Toronto Rehab Institute Hand Function Test; (4) To assess safety as measured by serious and non-serious adverse events recorded for participants in both groups of the study population over the duration of the study; (5) to compare the change in quality of life as measured by the Spinal Cord Injury-Quality of Life; and (6) to evaluate the impact on healthcare resource utilisation. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION All ethical approvals were obtained prior to enrolling any participants. Dissemination of the results of the study will be made at peer-reviewed academic meetings and through peer-reviewed medical journals TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT03439319.
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- Kim D Anderson
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
- The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), Houston, Texas, USA
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- Centre for Neurology Studies, Health Tech Connex, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment (THETA) Collaborative, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- TELUS Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- The KITE Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Biostatistics Unit, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abe K, Akutsu R, Ali A, Alt C, Andreopoulos C, Anthony L, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Asada Y, Ashida Y, Atkin ET, Awataguchi Y, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barrow D, Barry C, Batkiewicz-Kwasniak M, Beloshapkin A, Bench F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Berns L, Bhadra S, Bienstock S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bourguille B, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bravo Berguño D, Bronner C, Bubak A, Buizza Avanzini M, Calcutt J, Campbell T, Cao S, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Chappell A, Checchia C, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Cook L, Coplowe D, Cudd A, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Dokania N, Dolan S, Doyle TA, Drapier O, Dumarchez J, Dunne P, Eklund L, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Fernandez P, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Fiorillo G, Francois C, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fujita R, Fukuda D, Fukuda R, Fukuda Y, Fusshoeller K, Gameil K, Giganti C, Golan T, Gonin M, Gorin A, Guigue M, Hadley DR, Haigh JT, Hamacher-Baumann P, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Hiramoto A, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Hong Van NT, Iacob F, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ishitsuka M, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jakkapu M, Jamieson B, Jenkins SJ, Jesús-Valls C, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Kasetti SP, Kataoka Y, Katori T, Kato Y, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kikawa T, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Koshio Y, Kostin A, Kowalik K, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kukita N, Kuribayashi S, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Kuze M, Labarga L, Lagoda J, Lamoureux M, Laveder M, Lawe M, Licciardi M, Lindner T, Litchfield RP, Liu SL, Li X, Longhin A, Ludovici L, Lu X, Lux T, Machado LN, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Maret L, Marino AD, Marti-Magro L, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Matsubara T, Matsushita K, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Miura M, Molina Bueno L, Moriyama S, Morrison J, Mueller TA, Munteanu L, Murphy S, Nagai Y, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakamura A, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Ngoc TV, Niewczas K, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Nonnenmacher TS, Nova F, Novella P, Nowak J, Nugent JC, O'Keeffe HM, O'Sullivan L, Odagawa T, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oser SM, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Parker WC, Pasternak J, Paudyal P, Pavin M, Payne D, Penn GC, Pickering L, Pidcott C, Pintaudi G, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Popov B, Porwit K, Posiadala-Zezula M, Pritchard A, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Radics B, Ratoff PN, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruggeri AC, Ruggles CA, Rychter A, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Schloesser CM, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaykina A, Shiozawa M, Shorrock W, Shvartsman A, Smirnov A, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Soler FJP, Sonoda Y, Steinmann J, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Sztuc AA, Tada M, Tajima M, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Tanaka S, Thompson LF, Toki W, Touramanis C, Towstego T, Tsui KM, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Uno W, Vagins M, Valder S, Vallari Z, Vargas D, Vasseur G, Vilela C, Vinning WGS, Vladisavljevic T, Volkov VV, Wachala T, Walker J, Walsh JG, Wang Y, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wood K, Wret C, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagisawa C, Yang G, Yano T, Yasutome K, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoshida T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zaremba K, Zarnecki G, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Zsoldos S, Zykova A. Search for Electron Antineutrino Appearance in a Long-Baseline Muon Antineutrino Beam. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:161802. [PMID: 32383902 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.161802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Electron antineutrino appearance is measured by the T2K experiment in an accelerator-produced antineutrino beam, using additional neutrino beam operation to constrain parameters of the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (PMNS) mixing matrix. T2K observes 15 candidate electron antineutrino events with a background expectation of 9.3 events. Including information from the kinematic distribution of observed events, the hypothesis of no electron antineutrino appearance is disfavored with a significance of 2.40σ and no discrepancy between data and PMNS predictions is found. A complementary analysis that introduces an additional free parameter which allows non-PMNS values of electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance also finds no discrepancy between data and PMNS predictions.
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- K Abe
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- Yokohama National University, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
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- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- University of Regina, Department of Physics, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
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- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
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- University Autonoma Madrid, Department of Theoretical Physics, Madrid, Spain
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
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- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
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- University of Houston, Department of Physics, Houston, Texas, USA
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Genève 23, Switzerland
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
| | - G De Rosa
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - T Dealtry
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - P F Denner
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - S R Dennis
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - C Densham
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - F Di Lodovico
- King's College London, Department of Physics, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
| | - N Dokania
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - S Dolan
- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Genève 23, Switzerland
| | - T A Doyle
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - O Drapier
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - J Dumarchez
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - P Dunne
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - L Eklund
- University of Glasgow, School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
| | | | - A Ereditato
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - P Fernandez
- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - T Feusels
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - A J Finch
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - G A Fiorentini
- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - G Fiorillo
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - C Francois
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - M Friend
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Fujii
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - R Fujita
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - D Fukuda
- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
| | - R Fukuda
- Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Noda, Chiba, Japan
| | - Y Fukuda
- Miyagi University of Education, Department of Physics, Sendai, Japan
| | - K Fusshoeller
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - K Gameil
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - C Giganti
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - T Golan
- Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw, Poland
| | - M Gonin
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - A Gorin
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Guigue
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - D R Hadley
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - J T Haigh
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | | | - M Hartz
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - T Hasegawa
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - N C Hastings
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - T Hayashino
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Y Hayato
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - A Hiramoto
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Hogan
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - J Holeczek
- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
| | - N T Hong Van
- Institute For Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Education (IFIRSE), ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
- International Centre of Physics, Institute of Physics (IOP), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 10 Dao Tan, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
| | - F Iacob
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - A K Ichikawa
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Ikeda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - T Ishida
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - T Ishii
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Ishitsuka
- Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Noda, Chiba, Japan
| | - K Iwamoto
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - A Izmaylov
- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Jakkapu
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - B Jamieson
- University of Winnipeg, Department of Physics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | - S J Jenkins
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - C Jesús-Valls
- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain
| | - M Jiang
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - S Johnson
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - P Jonsson
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - C K Jung
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - M Kabirnezhad
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - A C Kaboth
- Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - T Kajita
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - H Kakuno
- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - J Kameda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - D Karlen
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- University of Victoria, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| | - S P Kasetti
- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - Y Kataoka
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - T Katori
- King's College London, Department of Physics, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
| | - Y Kato
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - E Kearns
- Boston University, Department of Physics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - M Khabibullin
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Khotjantsev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - T Kikawa
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - H Kim
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - J Kim
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - S King
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - J Kisiel
- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
| | - A Knight
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - A Knox
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - T Kobayashi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - L Koch
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - T Koga
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - A Konaka
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - L L Kormos
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - Y Koshio
- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
| | - A Kostin
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - K Kowalik
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - H Kubo
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Y Kudenko
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - N Kukita
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - S Kuribayashi
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - R Kurjata
- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Kutter
- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - M Kuze
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - L Labarga
- University Autonoma Madrid, Department of Theoretical Physics, Madrid, Spain
| | - J Lagoda
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - M Lamoureux
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - M Laveder
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - M Lawe
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - M Licciardi
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - T Lindner
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - R P Litchfield
- University of Glasgow, School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
| | - S L Liu
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - X Li
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - A Longhin
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - L Ludovici
- INFN Sezione di Roma and Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
| | - X Lu
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - T Lux
- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain
| | - L N Machado
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - L Magaletti
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - K Mahn
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - M Malek
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - S Manly
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - L Maret
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A D Marino
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - L Marti-Magro
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J F Martin
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - T Maruyama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - T Matsubara
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - K Matsushita
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - V Matveev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - K Mavrokoridis
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | | | - M McCarthy
- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - N McCauley
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - K S McFarland
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - C McGrew
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - A Mefodiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - C Metelko
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - M Mezzetto
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - A Minamino
- Yokohama National University, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama, Japan
| | - O Mineev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Mine
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
| | - M Miura
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - L Molina Bueno
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - S Moriyama
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J Morrison
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - Th A Mueller
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - L Munteanu
- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - S Murphy
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Y Nagai
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - T Nakadaira
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Nakahata
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - Y Nakajima
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - A Nakamura
- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
| | - K G Nakamura
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Nakamura
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - S Nakayama
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - T Nakaya
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Nakayoshi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - C Nantais
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - T V Ngoc
- Institute For Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Education (IFIRSE), ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
| | - K Niewczas
- Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw, Poland
| | - K Nishikawa
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Nishimura
- Keio University, Department of Physics, Kanagawa, Japan
| | - T S Nonnenmacher
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - F Nova
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - P Novella
- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - J Nowak
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - J C Nugent
- University of Glasgow, School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
| | - H M O'Keeffe
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - L O'Sullivan
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - T Odagawa
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Okumura
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - T Okusawa
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - S M Oser
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - R A Owen
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - Y Oyama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - V Palladino
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - J L Palomino
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - V Paolone
- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - W C Parker
- Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
| | - J Pasternak
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - P Paudyal
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - M Pavin
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - D Payne
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - G C Penn
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - L Pickering
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - C Pidcott
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - G Pintaudi
- Yokohama National University, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama, Japan
| | - E S Pinzon Guerra
- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - C Pistillo
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - B Popov
- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - K Porwit
- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
| | | | - A Pritchard
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - B Quilain
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - T Radermacher
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - E Radicioni
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - B Radics
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - P N Ratoff
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - E Reinherz-Aronis
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - C Riccio
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - E Rondio
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S Roth
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - A Rubbia
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - A C Ruggeri
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - C A Ruggles
- University of Glasgow, School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
| | - A Rychter
- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - K Sakashita
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - F Sánchez
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C M Schloesser
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - K Scholberg
- Duke University, Department of Physics, Durham, North Carolina, USA
| | - J Schwehr
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - M Scott
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - Y Seiya
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - T Sekiguchi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - H Sekiya
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - D Sgalaberna
- CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Genève 23, Switzerland
| | - R Shah
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - A Shaikhiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - F Shaker
- University of Winnipeg, Department of Physics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | - A Shaykina
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Shiozawa
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - W Shorrock
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - A Shvartsman
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Smirnov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Smy
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
| | - J T Sobczyk
- Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw, Poland
| | - H Sobel
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - F J P Soler
- University of Glasgow, School of Physics and Astronomy, Glasgow, United Kingdom
| | - Y Sonoda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J Steinmann
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - S Suvorov
- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - S Y Suzuki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Suzuki
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - A A Sztuc
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - M Tada
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Tajima
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - A Takeda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - Y Takeuchi
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
| | - H K Tanaka
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - H A Tanaka
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California, USA
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - S Tanaka
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - L F Thompson
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - W Toki
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - C Touramanis
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - T Towstego
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - K M Tsui
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - T Tsukamoto
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Tzanov
- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - Y Uchida
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - W Uno
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Vagins
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - S Valder
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - Z Vallari
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - D Vargas
- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain
| | - G Vasseur
- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - C Vilela
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - W G S Vinning
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - T Vladisavljevic
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - V V Volkov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- University of Winnipeg, Department of Physics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- King's College London, Department of Physics, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Cheaib R, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Li Y, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Shuve BJ, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of B^{±}→K^{±}X_{cc[over ¯]}. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:152001. [PMID: 32357020 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.152001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
A study of the two-body decays B^{±}→X_{cc[over ¯]}K^{±}, where X_{cc[over ¯]} refers to one charmonium state, is reported by the BABAR Collaboration using a data sample of 424 fb^{-1}. The absolute determination of branching fractions for these decays are significantly improved compared to previous BABAR measurements. Evidence is found for the decay B^{+}→X(3872)K^{+} at the 3σ level. The absolute branching fraction B[B^{+}→X(3872)K^{+}]=[2.1±0.6(stat)±0.3(syst)]×10^{-4} is measured for the first time. It follows that B[X(3872)→J/ψπ^{+}π^{-}]=(4.1±1.3)%, supporting the hypothesis of a molecular component for this resonance.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5, Canada
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Abstract
Individuals with spinal cord injuries or disorders (SCI/D), whether of traumatic or nontraumatic cause, require multidisciplinary management by their care team to achieve optimal health outcomes. SCI/D is relatively rare in the general population and primary care providers (PCPs) may not have extensive experience managing people with these disorders. Spinal cord injuries, impair the body's autonomic and biomechanical performance by interrupting the communications to and from major bodily systems. This article provides a framework to help PCPs understand how these changes impact their patient's physiologic function and subsequent risks for health complications with guidance for initial treatment approaches.
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- Binnan Ong
- Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, 128(W), Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth System, Old Brooklyn Campus, 4229 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA
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- Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, 128(W), Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth System, Old Brooklyn Campus, 4229 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA
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- Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, 128(W), Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth System, Old Brooklyn Campus, 4229 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA.
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Cheaib R, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Li Y, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Shuve BJ, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Search for Rare or Forbidden Decays of the D^{0} Meson. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:071802. [PMID: 32142319 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.071802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
We present a search for nine lepton-number-violating and three lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type D^{0}→h^{'-}h^{-}ℓ^{'+}ℓ^{+} and D^{0}→h^{'-}h^{+}ℓ^{'±}ℓ^{∓}, where h and h^{'} represent a K or π meson and ℓ and ℓ^{'} an electron or muon. The analysis is based on 468 fb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} annihilation data collected at or close to the ϒ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. No significant signal is observed for any of the twelve modes, and we establish 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions in the range (1.0-30.6)×10^{-7}. The limits are between 1 and 3 orders of magnitude more stringent than previous measurements.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Slocum RF, Jones HL, Fletcher MT, McConnell BM, Hodgson TJ, Taheri J, Wilson JR. Improving chemotherapy infusion operations through the simulation of scheduling heuristics: a case study. Health Syst (Basingstoke) 2020; 10:163-178. [PMID: 34377441 PMCID: PMC8330715 DOI: 10.1080/20476965.2019.1709908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Over the last decade, chemotherapy treatments have dramatically shifted to outpatient services such that nearly 90% of all infusions are now administered outpatient. This shift has challenged oncology clinics to make chemotherapy treatment as widely available as possible while attempting to treat all patients within a fixed period of time. Historical data from a Veterans Affairs chemotherapy clinic in the United States and staff input informed a discrete event simulation model of the clinic. The case study examines the impact of altering the current schedule, where all patients arrive at 8:00 AM, to a schedule that assigns patients to two or three different appointment times based on the expected length of their chemotherapy infusion. The results identify multiple scheduling policies that could be easily implemented with the best solutions reducing both average patient waiting time and average nurse overtime requirements.
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- Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Ren Y, Tan Q, Heath K, Wu S, Wilson JR, Ren J, Shriwas P, Yuan C, Ngoc Ninh T, Chai HB, Chen X, Soejarto DD, Johnson ME, Cheng X, Burdette JE, Kinghorn AD. Cytotoxic and non-cytotoxic cardiac glycosides isolated from the combined flowers, leaves, and twigs of Streblus asper. Bioorg Med Chem 2020; 28:115301. [PMID: 31953129 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.115301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 12/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A new non-cytotoxic [(+)-17β-hydroxystrebloside (1)] and two known cytotoxic [(+)-3'-de-O-methylkamaloside (2) and (+)-strebloside (3)] cardiac glycosides were isolated and identified from the combined flowers, leaves, and twigs of Streblus asper collected in Vietnam, with the absolute configuration of 1 established from analysis of its ECD and NMR spectroscopic data and confirmed by computational ECD calculations. A new 14,21-epoxycardanolide (3a) was synthesized from 3 that was treated with base. A preliminary structure-activity relationship study indicated that the C-14 hydroxy group and the C-17 lactone unit and the established conformation are important for the mediation of the cytotoxicity of 3. Molecular docking profiles showed that the cytotoxic 3 and its non-cytotoxic analogue 1 bind differentially to Na+/K+-ATPase. Compound 3 docks deeply in the Na+/K+-ATPase pocket with a sole pose, and its C-10 formyl and C-5, C-14, and C-4' hydroxy groups may form hydrogen bonds with the side-chains of Glu111, Glu117, Thr797, and Arg880 of Na+/K+-ATPase, respectively. However, 1 fits the cation binding sites with at least three different poses, which all depotentiate the binding between 1 and Na+/K+-ATPase. Thus, 3 was found to inhibit Na+/K+-ATPase, but 1 did not. In addition, the cytotoxic and Na+/K+-ATPase inhibitory 3 did not affect glucose uptake in human lung cancer cells, against which it showed potent activity, indicating that this cardiac glycoside mediates its cytotoxicity by targeting Na+/K+-ATPase but not by interacting with glucose transporters.
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- Yulin Ren
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Center for Biomolecular Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, United States; Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, United States; Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, United States
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- Campus Chemical Instrument Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, United States; Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, United States; Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, United States; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States; Center for Biomolecular Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States.
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Kehle TJ, Cameron HK, Cameron WF, Wilson JR, Hartlage LC, Yanowitz B. Book Reviews. School Psychology Review 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/02796015.1982.12084985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Agarwal G, Wilson JR, Kurina SJ, Anaya-Eugenio GD, Ninh TN, Burdette JE, Soejarto DD, Cheng X, de Blanco EJC, Rakotondraibe LH, Kinghorn AD. Structurally Modified Cyclopenta[ b]benzofuran Analogues Isolated from Aglaia perviridis. J Nat Prod 2019; 82:2870-2877. [PMID: 31621322 PMCID: PMC6819999 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Four new cyclopenta[b]benzofuran derivatives based on an unprecedented carbon skeleton (1-4), with a dihydrofuran ring fused to dioxanyl and aryl rings, along with a new structural analogue (5) of 5‴-episilvestrol (episilvestrol, 7), were isolated from an aqueous extract of a large-scale re-collection of the roots of Aglaia perviridis collected in Vietnam. Compound 5 demonstrated mutarotation in solution due to the presence of a hydroxy group at C-2‴, leading to the isolation of a racemic mixture, despite being purified on a chiral-phase HPLC column. Silvestrol (6) and episilvestrol (7) were isolated from the most potently cytotoxic chloroform subfraction of the roots. All new structures were elucidated using 1D and 2D NMR, HRESIMS, IR, UV, and ECD spectroscopic data. Of the five newly isolated compounds, only compound 5 exhibited cytotoxic activity against a human colon cancer (HT-29) and human prostate cancer cell line (PC-3), with IC50 values of 2.3 μM in both cases. The isolated compounds (1-5) double the number of dioxanyl ring-containing rocaglate analogues reported to date from Aglaia species and present additional information on the structural requirements for cancer cell line cytotoxicity within this compound class.
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- Garima Agarwal
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Science and Technology, Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
- Division of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Li Y, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Neri N, Palombo F, Cheaib R, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Extraction of form Factors from a Four-Dimensional Angular Analysis of B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ}. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:091801. [PMID: 31524470 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.091801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
An angular analysis of the decay B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ}, ℓ∈{e,μ}, is reported using the full e^{+}e^{-} collision data set collected by the BABAR experiment at the ϒ(4S) resonance. One B meson from the ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] decay is fully reconstructed in a hadronic decay mode, which constrains the kinematics and provides a determination of the neutrino momentum vector. The kinematics of the semileptonic decay is described by the dilepton mass squared, q^{2}, and three angles. The first unbinned fit to the full four-dimensional decay rate in the standard model is performed in the so-called Boyd-Grinstein-Lebed approach, which employs a generic q^{2} parametrization of the underlying form factors based on crossing symmetry, analyticity, and QCD dispersion relations for the amplitudes. A fit using the more model-dependent Caprini-Lellouch-Neubert (CLN) approach is performed as well. Our form factor shapes show deviations from previous fits based on the CLN parametrization. The latest form factors also provide an updated prediction for the branching fraction ratio R(D^{*})≡B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}τ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{τ})/B(B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ})=0.253±0.005. Finally, using the well-measured branching fraction for the B[over ¯]→D^{*}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ} decay, a value of |V_{cb}|=(38.36±0.90)×10^{-3} is obtained that is consistent with the current world average for exclusive B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{ℓ} decays and remains in tension with the determination from inclusive semileptonic B decays to final states with charm.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Li Y, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Dey B, Neri N, Palombo F, Cheaib R, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Observation of the Decay D^{0}→K^{-}π^{+}e^{+}e^{-}. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:081802. [PMID: 30932586 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.081802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
We report the observation of the rare charm decay D^{0}→K^{-}π^{+}e^{+}e^{-}, based on 468 fb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} annihilation data collected at or close to the center-of-mass energy of the ϒ(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We find the branching fraction in the invariant mass range 0.675<m(e^{+}e^{-})<0.875 GeV/c^{2} of the electron-positron pair to be B(D^{0}→K^{-}π^{+}e^{+}e^{-})=(4.0±0.5±0.2±0.1)×10^{-6}, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third due to the uncertainty in the branching fraction of the decay D^{0}→K^{-}π^{+}π^{+}π^{-} used as a normalization mode. The significance of the observation corresponds to 9.7 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties. This result is consistent with the recently reported D^{0}→K^{-}π^{+}μ^{+}μ^{-} branching fraction, measured in the same invariant mass range, and with the value expected in the standard model. In a set of regions of m(e^{+}e^{-}), where long-distance effects are potentially small, we determine a 90% confidence level upper limit on the branching fraction B(D^{0}→K^{-}π^{+}e^{+}e^{-})<3.1×10^{-6}.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Canada V8W 3P6
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kozyrev EA, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Li Y, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Seddon RM, Dey B, Neri N, Palombo F, Cheaib R, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Zani L, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Ahmed H, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:072002. [PMID: 30848619 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.072002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Recent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination uuddss could be a deeply bound state (S) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in ϒ→SΛ[over ¯]Λ[over ¯] decays based on a sample of 90×10^{6}ϒ(2S) and 110×10^{6}ϒ(3S) decays collected by the BABAR experiment. No signal is observed, and 90% confidence level limits on the combined ϒ(2S,3S)→SΛ[over ¯]Λ[over ¯] branching fraction in the range (1.2-1.4)×10^{-7} are derived for m_{S}<2.05 GeV. These bounds set stringent limits on the existence of such exotic particles.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Adachi I, Adye T, Ahmed H, Ahn JK, Aihara H, Akar S, Alam MS, Albert J, Anulli F, Arnaud N, Asner DM, Aston D, Atmacan H, Aushev T, Ayad R, Babu V, Badhrees I, Bakich AM, Banerjee S, Bansal V, Barlow RJ, Batignani G, Beaulieu A, Behera P, Bellis M, Ben-Haim E, Bernard D, Bernlochner FU, Bettarini S, Bettoni D, Bevan AJ, Bhardwaj V, Bhuyan B, Bianchi F, Biasini M, Biswal J, Blinov VE, Bomben M, Bondar A, Bonneaud GR, Bozek A, Bozzi C, Bračko M, Browder TE, Brown DN, Brown DN, Bünger C, Burchat PR, Buzykaev AR, Calabrese R, Calcaterra A, Calderini G, Di Carlo S, Carpinelli M, Cartaro C, Casarosa G, Cenci R, Chao DS, Chauveau J, Cheaib R, Chen A, Chen C, Cheng CH, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Cho K, Choi Y, Choudhury S, Chrzaszcz M, Cibinetto G, Cinabro D, Cochran J, Coleman JP, Convery MR, Cowan G, Cowan R, Cremaldi L, Cunliffe S, Dash N, Davier M, Davis CL, De Mori F, De Nardo G, Denig AG, de Sangro R, Dey B, Di Lodovico F, Dittrich S, Doležal Z, Dorfan J, Drásal Z, Druzhinin VP, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Echenard B, Eidelman S, Eigen G, Eisner AM, Emery S, Epifanov D, Ernst JA, Faccini R, Fast JE, Feindt M, Ferber T, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Field RC, Filippi A, Finocchiaro G, Fioravanti E, Flood KT, Forti F, Fritsch M, Fulsom BG, Gabathuler E, Gamba D, Garg R, Garmash A, Gary JW, Garzia I, Gaur V, Gaz A, Gelb M, Gershon TJ, Li Gioi L, Giorgi MA, Giri A, Godang R, Goldenzweig P, Golob B, Golubev VB, Gorodeisky R, Gradl W, Graham MT, Grauges E, Griessinger K, Gritsan AV, Grünberg O, Guan Y, Guido E, Guttman N, Haba J, Hafner A, Hara T, Harrison PF, Hast C, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hearty C, Heck M, Hedges MT, Heß M, Hirose S, Hitlin DG, Honscheid K, Hou WS, Hsu CL, Huard Z, Van Hulse C, Hutchcroft DE, Inami K, Inguglia G, Innes WR, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Izen JM, Jacobs WW, Jawahery A, Jessop CP, Jia S, Jin Y, Joo KK, Julius T, Kaliyar AB, Kang KH, Karyan G, Kass R, Kichimi H, Kim DY, Kim JB, Kim KT, Kim SH, Kim J, Kim P, King GJ, Kinoshita K, Koch H, Kodyš P, Kolomensky YG, Korpar S, Kotchetkov D, Kowalewski R, Kravchenko EA, Križan P, Kroeger R, Krokovny P, Kuhr T, Kulasiri R, Kumita T, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lacker HM, Lafferty GD, Lanceri L, Lange JS, Lange DJ, Lankford AJ, Latham TE, Leddig T, Le Diberder F, Lee IS, Lee SC, Lees JP, Leith DWGS, Li LK, Li YB, Li Y, Libby J, Liventsev D, Lockman WS, Long O, LoSecco JM, Lou XC, Lubej M, Lueck T, Luitz S, Luo T, Luppi E, Lusiani A, Lutz AM, MacFarlane DB, MacNaughton J, Mallik U, Manoni E, Marchiori G, Margoni M, Martellotti S, Martinez-Vidal F, Masuda M, Matsuda T, Mattison TS, Matvienko D, McKenna JA, Meadows BT, Merola M, Miyabayashi K, Miyashita TS, Miyata H, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Moon HK, Mori T, Muller DR, Müller T, Mussa R, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nanut T, Nath KJ, Nayak M, Neal H, Neri N, Nisar NK, Nishida S, Nugent IM, Oberhof B, Ocariz J, Ogawa S, Ongmongkolkul P, Ono H, Onuchin AP, Onuki Y, Oyanguren A, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Pal B, Palano A, Palombo F, Panduro Vazquez W, Paoloni E, Pardi S, Park H, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Patteri P, Paul S, Pavelkin I, Payne DJ, Pedlar TK, Peimer DR, Peruzzi IM, Pestotnik R, Piccolo M, Piilonen LE, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Poireau V, Popov V, Porter FC, Posocco M, Prell S, Prepost R, Puccio EMT, Purohit MV, Pushpawela BG, Rama M, Randle-Conde A, Ratcliff BN, Raven G, Resmi PK, Ritchie JL, Ritter M, Rizzo G, Roberts DA, Robertson SH, Röhrken M, Roney JM, Roodman A, Rossi A, Rotondo M, Rozanska M, Russo G, Sacco R, Al Said S, Sakai Y, Salehi M, Sandilya S, Santelj L, Santoro V, Sanuki T, Savinov V, Schneider O, Schnell G, Schroeder T, Schubert KR, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Schwitters RF, Sciacca C, Seddon RM, Seino Y, Sekula SJ, Senyo K, Seon O, Serednyakov SI, Sevior ME, Shebalin V, Shen CP, Shibata TA, Shimizu N, Shiu JG, Simi G, Simon F, Simonetto F, Skovpen YI, Smith JG, Smith AJS, So RY, Sobie RJ, Soffer A, Sokoloff MD, Solodov EP, Solovieva E, Spanier SM, Starič M, Stroili R, Sullivan MK, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Summers DJ, Sun L, Takizawa M, Tamponi U, Tanida K, Taras P, Tasneem N, Tenchini F, Tisserand V, Todyshevx KY, Touramanis C, Uchida M, Uglov T, Unno Y, Uno S, Vahsen SE, Varner G, Vasseur G, Va'vra J, Červenkov D, Verderi M, Vitale L, Vorobyev V, Voß C, Wagner SR, Waheed E, Waldi R, Walsh JJ, Wang B, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Wang P, Watanabe Y, Wilson FF, Wilson JR, Wisniewski WJ, Won E, Wormser G, Wright DM, Wu SL, Ye H, Yuan CZ, Yusa Y, Zakharov S, Zallo A, Zani L, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zhukova V, Zhulanov V, Zupanc A. First Evidence for cos2β>0 and Resolution of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa Quark-Mixing Unitarity Triangle Ambiguity. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:261801. [PMID: 30636113 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.261801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
We present first evidence that the cosine of the CP-violating weak phase 2β is positive, and hence exclude trigonometric multifold solutions of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) Unitarity Triangle using a time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of B^{0}→D^{(*)}h^{0} with D→K_{S}^{0}π^{+}π^{-} decays, where h^{0}∈{π^{0},η,ω} denotes a light unflavored and neutral hadron. The measurement is performed combining the final data sets of the BABAR and Belle experiments collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance at the asymmetric-energy B factories PEP-II at SLAC and KEKB at KEK, respectively. The data samples contain (471±3)×10^{6}BB[over ¯] pairs recorded by the BABAR detector and (772±11)×10^{6}BB[over ¯] pairs recorded by the Belle detector. The results of the measurement are sin2β=0.80±0.14(stat)±0.06(syst)±0.03(model) and cos2β=0.91±0.22(stat)±0.09(syst)±0.07(model). The result for the direct measurement of the angle β of the CKM Unitarity Triangle is β=[22.5±4.4(stat)±1.2(syst)±0.6(model)]°. The measurement assumes no direct CP violation in B^{0}→D^{(*)}h^{0} decays. The quoted model uncertainties are due to the composition of the D^{0}→K_{S}^{0}π^{+}π^{-} decay amplitude model, which is newly established by performing a Dalitz plot amplitude analysis using a high-statistics e^{+}e^{-}→cc[over ¯] data sample. CP violation is observed in B^{0}→D^{(*)}h^{0} decays at the level of 5.1 standard deviations. The significance for cos2β>0 is 3.7 standard deviations. The trigonometric multifold solution π/2-β=(68.1±0.7)° is excluded at the level of 7.3 standard deviations. The measurement resolves an ambiguity in the determination of the apex of the CKM Unitarity Triangle.
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Affiliation(s)
- I Adachi
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5
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- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
| | - J Albert
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh 11442, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R J Barlow
- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - G Batignani
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Beaulieu
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
| | - P Behera
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
| | - M Bellis
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - E Ben-Haim
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - D Bernard
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - F U Bernlochner
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
| | - S Bettarini
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - D Bettoni
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - A J Bevan
- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
| | - V Bhardwaj
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, SAS Nagar, 140306, India
| | - B Bhuyan
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
| | - F Bianchi
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - M Biasini
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - J Biswal
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - V E Blinov
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russian Federation
| | - M Bomben
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - A Bondar
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - G R Bonneaud
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - A Bozek
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342, Poland
| | - C Bozzi
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - M Bračko
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
| | - T E Browder
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - D N Brown
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - D N Brown
- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
| | - C Bünger
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - P R Burchat
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A R Buzykaev
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - R Calabrese
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - A Calcaterra
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - G Calderini
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - S Di Carlo
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - M Carpinelli
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Cartaro
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - G Casarosa
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - R Cenci
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - D S Chao
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Chauveau
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - R Cheaib
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - A Chen
- National Central University, Chung-li 32054, Taiwan
| | - C Chen
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - C H Cheng
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B G Cheon
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
| | - K Chilikin
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
| | - K Cho
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, South Korea
| | - Y Choi
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea
| | - S Choudhury
- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285, India
| | | | - G Cibinetto
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - D Cinabro
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
| | - J Cochran
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - J P Coleman
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - M R Convery
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - G Cowan
- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
| | - R Cowan
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Cremaldi
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - S Cunliffe
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - N Dash
- Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Satya Nagar 751007, India
| | - M Davier
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - C L Davis
- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
| | - F De Mori
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - G De Nardo
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A G Denig
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - R de Sangro
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - B Dey
- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
| | - F Di Lodovico
- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
| | - S Dittrich
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - Z Doležal
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - J Dorfan
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - Z Drásal
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - V P Druzhinin
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - W Dunwoodie
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - M Ebert
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - B Echenard
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Eidelman
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - G Eigen
- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
| | - A M Eisner
- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
| | - S Emery
- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - D Epifanov
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - J A Ernst
- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
| | - R Faccini
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - J E Fast
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Feindt
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T Ferber
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | | | - F Ferroni
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R C Field
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - A Filippi
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - G Finocchiaro
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - E Fioravanti
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - K T Flood
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - F Forti
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Fritsch
- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
| | - B G Fulsom
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - E Gabathuler
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - D Gamba
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - R Garg
- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
| | - A Garmash
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - J W Gary
- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - I Garzia
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - V Gaur
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - A Gaz
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - M Gelb
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T J Gershon
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
| | - L Li Gioi
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
| | - M A Giorgi
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Giri
- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285, India
| | - R Godang
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - P Goldenzweig
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - B Golob
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - V B Golubev
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - R Gorodeisky
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
| | - W Gradl
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - M T Graham
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - E Grauges
- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
| | - K Griessinger
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - A V Gritsan
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
| | - O Grünberg
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - Y Guan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
| | - E Guido
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - N Guttman
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
| | - J Haba
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - A Hafner
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - T Hara
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - P F Harrison
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
| | - C Hast
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - K Hayasaka
- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
| | - H Hayashii
- Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
| | - C Hearty
- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
| | - M Heck
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M T Hedges
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - M Heß
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - S Hirose
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
| | - D G Hitlin
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Honscheid
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
| | - W-S Hou
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - C-L Hsu
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - Z Huard
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - C Van Hulse
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
| | - D E Hutchcroft
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - K Inami
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
| | - G Inguglia
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - W R Innes
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - A Ishikawa
- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - R Itoh
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - M Iwasaki
- Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
| | - Y Iwasaki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - J M Izen
- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
| | - W W Jacobs
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
| | - A Jawahery
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - C P Jessop
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
| | - S Jia
- Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
| | - Y Jin
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - K K Joo
- Chonnam National University, Kwangju 660-701, South Korea
| | - T Julius
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - A B Kaliyar
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
| | - K H Kang
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea
| | - G Karyan
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - R Kass
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
| | - H Kichimi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - D Y Kim
- Soongsil University, Seoul 156-743, South Korea
| | - J B Kim
- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
| | - K T Kim
- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
| | - S H Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
| | - J Kim
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - P Kim
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - G J King
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
| | - K Kinoshita
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - H Koch
- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
| | - P Kodyš
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Yu G Kolomensky
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - S Korpar
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
| | - D Kotchetkov
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - R Kowalewski
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
| | - E A Kravchenko
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - P Križan
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - R Kroeger
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - P Krokovny
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - T Kuhr
- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich, Germany
| | - R Kulasiri
- Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, USA
| | - T Kumita
- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
| | - A Kuzmin
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - Y-J Kwon
- Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
| | - H M Lacker
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
| | - G D Lafferty
- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - L Lanceri
- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
| | - J S Lange
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
| | - D J Lange
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - A J Lankford
- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
| | - T E Latham
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
| | - T Leddig
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - F Le Diberder
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - I S Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
| | - S C Lee
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea
| | - J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
| | - D W G S Leith
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - L K Li
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
| | - Y B Li
- Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
| | - Y Li
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Libby
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
| | - D Liventsev
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - W S Lockman
- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
| | - O Long
- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - J M LoSecco
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
| | - X C Lou
- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
| | - M Lubej
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - T Lueck
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
| | - S Luitz
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - T Luo
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443, China
| | - E Luppi
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - A Lusiani
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A M Lutz
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - D B MacFarlane
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - J MacNaughton
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - U Mallik
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
| | - E Manoni
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Marchiori
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - M Margoni
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - S Martellotti
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | | | - M Masuda
- Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
| | - T Matsuda
- University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
| | - T S Mattison
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
| | - D Matvienko
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - J A McKenna
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
| | - B T Meadows
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - M Merola
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | | | - T S Miyashita
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Miyata
- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
| | - R Mizuk
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Moscow Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
| | - G B Mohanty
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - H K Moon
- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
| | - T Mori
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
| | - D R Muller
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
| | - T Müller
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - R Mussa
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - E Nakano
- Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
| | - M Nakao
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Toho University, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Nippon Dental University, Niigata 951-8580, Japan
- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Moscow Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Luther College, Decorah, Iowa 52101, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342, Poland
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich, Germany
- University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
- Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- J-PARC Branch, KEK Theory Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
- Theoretical Research Division, Nishina Center, RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka 319-1195, Japan
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- National United University, Miao Li 36003, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Kanagawa University, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Moscow Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Abe K, Akutsu R, Ali A, Amey J, Andreopoulos C, Anthony L, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Ashida Y, Azuma Y, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barry C, Batkiewicz M, Bench F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Berner RM, Berns L, Bhadra S, Bienstock S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bourguille B, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Buizza Avanzini M, Calcutt J, Campbell T, Cao S, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Chappell A, Checchia C, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Coplowe D, Cudd A, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Dokania N, Dolan S, Drapier O, Duffy KE, Dumarchez J, Dunne P, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Fernandez P, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Fiorillo G, Francois C, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fujita R, Fukuda D, Fukuda Y, Gameil K, Giganti C, Gizzarelli F, Golan T, Gonin M, Hadley DR, Haegel L, Haigh JT, Hamacher-Baumann P, Hansen D, Harada J, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Hiramoto A, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Hosomi F, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Imber J, Inoue T, Intonti RA, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ishitsuka M, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jamieson B, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Katori T, Kato Y, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Koller PP, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Koshio Y, Kowalik K, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Kuze M, Labarga L, Lagoda J, Lamoureux M, Lasorak P, Laveder M, Lawe M, Licciardi M, Lindner T, Liptak ZJ, Litchfield RP, Li X, Longhin A, Lopez JP, Lou T, Ludovici L, Lu X, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Maret L, Marino AD, Martin JF, Martins P, Maruyama T, Matsubara T, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Ma WY, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Moriyama S, Morrison J, Mueller TA, Murphy S, Nagai Y, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakajima Y, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakamura KD, Nakanishi Y, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Nielsen C, Niewczas K, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Nonnenmacher TS, Novella P, Nowak J, O'Keeffe HM, O'Sullivan L, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Paudyal P, Pavin M, Payne D, Pickering L, Pidcott C, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Popov B, Porwit K, Posiadala-Zezula M, Pritchard A, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rondio E, Rossi B, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruggeri AC, Rychter A, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sasaki S, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaw D, Shiozawa M, Smirnov A, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sonoda Y, Steinmann J, Stewart T, Stowell P, Suda Y, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Sztuc AA, Tacik R, Tada M, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tamura R, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Thakore T, Thompson LF, Toki W, Touramanis C, Tsui KM, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Uno W, Vagins M, Vallari Z, Vasseur G, Vilela C, Vladisavljevic T, Volkov VV, Wachala T, Walker J, Wang Y, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wret C, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yamasu S, Yanagisawa C, Yang G, Yano T, Yasutome K, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoshida T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zaremba K, Zarnecki G, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Zsoldos S, Zykova A. Search for CP Violation in Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations by the T2K Experiment with 2.2×10^{21} Protons on Target. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:171802. [PMID: 30411920 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.171802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The T2K experiment measures muon neutrino disappearance and electron neutrino appearance in accelerator-produced neutrino and antineutrino beams. With an exposure of 14.7(7.6)×10^{20} protons on target in the neutrino (antineutrino) mode, 89 ν_{e} candidates and seven anti-ν_{e} candidates are observed, while 67.5 and 9.0 are expected for δ_{CP}=0 and normal mass ordering. The obtained 2σ confidence interval for the CP-violating phase, δ_{CP}, does not include the CP-conserving cases (δ_{CP}=0, π). The best-fit values of other parameters are sin^{2}θ_{23}=0.526_{-0.036}^{+0.032} and Δm_{32}^{2}=2.463_{-0.070}^{+0.071}×10^{-3} eV^{2}/c^{4}.
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- K Abe
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
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- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - L Anthony
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - Y Ashida
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Y Azuma
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - S Ban
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Barbi
- University of Regina, Department of Physics, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
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- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - A Blondel
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - B Bourguille
- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
| | - S B Boyd
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - D Brailsford
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - A Bravar
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Bronner
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - M Buizza Avanzini
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - J Calcutt
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - T Campbell
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - S Cao
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - S L Cartwright
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - M G Catanesi
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - A Cervera
- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - A Chappell
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - C Checchia
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - D Cherdack
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - N Chikuma
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - G Christodoulou
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - J Coleman
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - G Collazuol
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - D Coplowe
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - A Cudd
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - A Dabrowska
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
| | - G De Rosa
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - T Dealtry
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - P F Denner
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - S R Dennis
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - C Densham
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - F Di Lodovico
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - N Dokania
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - S Dolan
- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - O Drapier
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - K E Duffy
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - J Dumarchez
- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - P Dunne
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | | | - A Ereditato
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - P Fernandez
- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - T Feusels
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - A J Finch
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - G A Fiorentini
- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - G Fiorillo
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - C Francois
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - M Friend
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Fujii
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - R Fujita
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - D Fukuda
- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
| | - Y Fukuda
- Miyagi University of Education, Department of Physics, Sendai, Japan
| | - K Gameil
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - C Giganti
- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | | | - T Golan
- Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw, Poland
| | - M Gonin
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - D R Hadley
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - L Haegel
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J T Haigh
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | | | - D Hansen
- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - J Harada
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - M Hartz
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - T Hasegawa
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - N C Hastings
- University of Regina, Department of Physics, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
| | - T Hayashino
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Y Hayato
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - A Hiramoto
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Hogan
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - J Holeczek
- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
| | - F Hosomi
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - A K Ichikawa
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Ikeda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J Imber
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - T Inoue
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - R A Intonti
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - T Ishida
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - T Ishii
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Ishitsuka
- Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Noda, Chiba, Japan
| | - K Iwamoto
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - A Izmaylov
- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - B Jamieson
- University of Winnipeg, Department of Physics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | - M Jiang
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - S Johnson
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - P Jonsson
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - C K Jung
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - M Kabirnezhad
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - A C Kaboth
- Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - T Kajita
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - H Kakuno
- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - J Kameda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - D Karlen
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- University of Victoria, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| | - T Katori
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - Y Kato
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - E Kearns
- Boston University, Department of Physics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - M Khabibullin
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Khotjantsev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - H Kim
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - J Kim
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - S King
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - J Kisiel
- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
| | - A Knight
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - A Knox
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - T Kobayashi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - L Koch
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - T Koga
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - P P Koller
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - A Konaka
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - L L Kormos
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - Y Koshio
- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
| | - K Kowalik
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - H Kubo
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Y Kudenko
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - R Kurjata
- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Kutter
- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - M Kuze
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - L Labarga
- University Autonoma Madrid, Department of Theoretical Physics, Madrid, Spain
| | - J Lagoda
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - P Lasorak
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - M Laveder
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - M Lawe
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - M Licciardi
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - T Lindner
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Z J Liptak
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - R P Litchfield
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - X Li
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - A Longhin
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - J P Lopez
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - T Lou
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - L Ludovici
- INFN Sezione di Roma and Università di Roma "La Sapienza," Roma, Italy
| | - X Lu
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - L Magaletti
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - K Mahn
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - M Malek
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - S Manly
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - L Maret
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A D Marino
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - J F Martin
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - P Martins
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - T Maruyama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - T Matsubara
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - V Matveev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - K Mavrokoridis
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - W Y Ma
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | | | - M McCarthy
- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - N McCauley
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - K S McFarland
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - C McGrew
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - A Mefodiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - C Metelko
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - M Mezzetto
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
| | - A Minamino
- Yokohama National University, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama, Japan
| | - O Mineev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Mine
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
| | - A Missert
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - M Miura
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - S Moriyama
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J Morrison
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - Th A Mueller
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - S Murphy
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Y Nagai
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - T Nakadaira
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Nakahata
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - Y Nakajima
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - K G Nakamura
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Nakamura
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - K D Nakamura
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Y Nakanishi
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - S Nakayama
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - T Nakaya
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Nakayoshi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - C Nantais
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - C Nielsen
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - K Niewczas
- Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw, Poland
| | - K Nishikawa
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Nishimura
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - T S Nonnenmacher
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - P Novella
- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - J Nowak
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - H M O'Keeffe
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - L O'Sullivan
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - K Okumura
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - T Okusawa
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - W Oryszczak
- University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S M Oser
- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - R A Owen
- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
| | - Y Oyama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - V Palladino
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - J L Palomino
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - V Paolone
- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - P Paudyal
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - M Pavin
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - D Payne
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - L Pickering
- Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - C Pidcott
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - E S Pinzon Guerra
- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - C Pistillo
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - B Popov
- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - K Porwit
- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
| | | | - A Pritchard
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - B Quilain
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - T Radermacher
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - E Radicioni
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - P N Ratoff
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - E Reinherz-Aronis
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - C Riccio
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - E Rondio
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - B Rossi
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - S Roth
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - A Rubbia
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - A C Ruggeri
- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
| | - A Rychter
- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw, Poland
| | - K Sakashita
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - F Sánchez
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Sasaki
- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - E Scantamburlo
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - K Scholberg
- Duke University, Department of Physics, Durham, North Carolina, USA
| | - J Schwehr
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - M Scott
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - Y Seiya
- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
| | - T Sekiguchi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - H Sekiya
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - D Sgalaberna
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Shah
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - A Shaikhiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - F Shaker
- University of Winnipeg, Department of Physics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | - D Shaw
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - M Shiozawa
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - A Smirnov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Smy
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
| | - J T Sobczyk
- Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw, Poland
| | - H Sobel
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - Y Sonoda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J Steinmann
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - T Stewart
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - P Stowell
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - Y Suda
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - S Suvorov
- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - S Y Suzuki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Suzuki
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - A A Sztuc
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - R Tacik
- University of Regina, Department of Physics, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - M Tada
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - A Takeda
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - Y Takeuchi
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
| | - R Tamura
- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - H K Tanaka
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - H A Tanaka
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California, USA
- University of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - T Thakore
- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - L F Thompson
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - W Toki
- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - C Touramanis
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - K M Tsui
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - T Tsukamoto
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Tzanov
- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - Y Uchida
- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
| | - W Uno
- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Vagins
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - Z Vallari
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - G Vasseur
- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - C Vilela
- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - T Vladisavljevic
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- University of Winnipeg, Department of Physics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
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- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
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- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw, Poland
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- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Hicklin KT, Ivy JS, Wilson JR, Cobb Payton F, Viswanathan M, Myers ER. Simulation model of the relationship between cesarean section rates and labor duration. Health Care Manag Sci 2018; 22:635-657. [PMID: 29995263 DOI: 10.1007/s10729-018-9449-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cesarean delivery is the most common major abdominal surgery in many parts of the world, and it accounts for nearly one-third of births in the United States. For a patient who requires a C-section, allowing prolonged labor is not recommended because of the increased risk of infection. However, for a patient who is capable of a successful vaginal delivery, performing an unnecessary C-section can have a substantial adverse impact on the patient's future health. We develop two stochastic simulation models of the delivery process for women in labor; and our objectives are (i) to represent the natural progression of labor and thereby gain insights concerning the duration of labor as it depends on the dilation state for induced, augmented, and spontaneous labors; and (ii) to evaluate the Friedman curve and other labor-progression rules, including their impact on the C-section rate and on the rates of maternal and fetal complications. To use a shifted lognormal distribution for modeling the duration of labor in each dilation state and for each type of labor, we formulate a percentile-matching procedure that requires three estimated quantiles of each distribution as reported in the literature. Based on results generated by both simulation models, we concluded that for singleton births by nulliparous women with no prior complications, labor duration longer than two hours (i.e., the time limit for labor arrest based on the Friedman curve) should be allowed in each dilation state; furthermore, the allowed labor duration should be a function of dilation state.
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- Karen T Hicklin
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
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- Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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Introduction Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is considered the gold standard surgical treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia. The number of TURPs performed has declined significantly over the last three decades owing to pharmaceutical therapy. TURP data from a single institution for the years 1990, 2000 and 2010 were compared to assess the difference in performance. Methods A retrospective analysis was undertaken of all patients who underwent TURP between January and December 2010. These findings were compared with historical data for the years 1990 and 2000: 100 sets of case notes were selected randomly from each of these years. Results The number of TURPs performed fell from 326 in 1990 to 113 in 2010. The mean age of patients increased from 70.6 years to 74.0 years. There was also a significant increase in the mean ASA grade from 1.9 to 2.3. The most common indication for TURP shifted from LUTS to acute urinary retention. No significant change in operating time was observed. The mean resection weight remained constant (22.95g in 1990, 22.55g in 2000, 20.76g in 2010). A reduction in transfusion rates was observed but there were higher rates of secondary haematuria and bladder neck stenosis. There was an increase from 2% to 11.5% of patients with long-term failure to void following TURP. Conclusions The number of TURPs performed continues to decline, which could lead to potential training issues. Urinary retention is still by far the most common indication. However, there has been a significant rise in the percentage of men presenting for TURP with high pressure chronic retention. The number of patients with bladder dysfunction who either have persistent storage LUTS or eventually require long-term catheterisation or intermittent self-catheterisation has increased markedly, which raises the question of what the long-term real life impact of medical therapy is on men with LUTS secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia who eventually require surgery.
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- MJ Young
- York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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Timothy J, Petralia V, Wilson JR. Use of an Ultrasonic Bone Curet for the Extraction of a Cervical Artificial Disc: A Novel Application: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect 2018; 8:e5. [PMID: 29369059 DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.cc.17.00091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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CASE Eighteen months after implantation of a C6-C7 cervical artificial disc (ProDisc-C; DePuy Synthes), a 44-year-old woman presented with right-sided C7 radiculopathy. Imaging revealed posterior subsidence of the prosthesis, with C7 foraminal stenosis. An ultrasonic curet was used to safely and effectively extract the prosthesis without neurologic complication; safe access for the insertion of an intervertebral cage was facilitated. CONCLUSION The ultrasonic curet was a safe and effective adjunct for revision artificial cervical disc replacement surgery; this technique may help to reduce potential injury to neural structures in a procedure with a traditionally high complication rate.
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- J Timothy
- Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Ahmed H, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Dey B, Neri N, Palombo F, Cheaib R, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL, Sun L. Measurement of the D^{*}(2010)^{+}-D^{+} Mass Difference. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:202003. [PMID: 29219353 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.202003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We measure the mass difference, Δm_{+}, between the D^{*}(2010)^{+} and the D^{+} using the decay chain D^{*}(2010)^{+}→D^{+}π^{0} with D^{+}→K^{-}π^{+}π^{+}. The data were recorded with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies at and near the ϒ(4S) resonance, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of approximately 468 fb^{-1}. We measure Δm_{+}=(140 601.0±6.8[stat]±12.9[syst]) keV. We combine this result with a previous BABAR measurement of Δm_{0}≡m(D^{*}(2010)^{+})-m(D^{0}) to obtain Δm_{D}=m(D^{+})-m(D^{0})=(4824.9±6.8[stat]±12.9[syst]) keV. These results are compatible with and approximately five times more precise than the Particle Data Group averages.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Physics Department, Jazan University, Jazan 22822, Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute of Particle Physics and McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
| | - A Gaz
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Institute of Particle Physics, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Zhang Y, Wu H, Denton BT, Wilson JR, Lobo JM. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis on Markov models with uncertain transition probabilities: an application in evaluating treatment decisions for type 2 diabetes. Health Care Manag Sci 2017; 22:34-52. [DOI: 10.1007/s10729-017-9420-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Derdzinski M, Giuffrida A, Kolomensky YG, Fritsch M, Koch H, Schroeder T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rotondo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Lacker HM, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Ahmed H, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Robertson SH, Dey B, Neri N, Palombo F, Cheaib R, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Search for Invisible Decays of a Dark Photon Produced in e^{+}e^{-} Collisions at BaBar. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:131804. [PMID: 29341718 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.131804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We search for single-photon events in 53 fb^{-1} of e^{+}e^{-} collision data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B-Factory. We look for events with a single high-energy photon and a large missing momentum and energy, consistent with production of a spin-1 particle A^{'} through the process e^{+}e^{-}→γA^{'}; A^{'}→invisible. Such particles, referred to as "dark photons," are motivated by theories applying a U(1) gauge symmetry to dark matter. We find no evidence for such processes and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the coupling strength of A^{'} to e^{+}e^{-} in the mass range m_{A^{'}}≤8 GeV. In particular, our limits exclude the values of the A^{'} coupling suggested by the dark-photon interpretation of the muon (g-2)_{μ} anomaly, as well as a broad range of parameters for the dark-sector models.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Physics, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
| | - V P Druzhinin
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B Echenard
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K T Flood
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Kaye SM, Ono M, Peng YKM, Batchelor DB, Carter MD, Choe W, Goldston R, Hwang YS, Jaeger EF, Jarboe TR, Jardin S, Johnson D, Kaita R, Kessel C, Kugel H, Maingi R, Majeski R, Manickam J, Menard J, Mikkelsen DR, Orvis DJ, Nelson BA, Paoletti F, Pomphrey N, Rewoldt G, Sabbagh S, Strickler DJ, Synakowski E, Wilson JR. Physics Design of the National Spherical Torus Experiment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/fst99-a88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Stanley M. Kaye
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
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- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Columbia University Department of Applied Physics, New York, New York 10027
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Columbia University Department of Applied Physics, New York, New York 10027
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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Abstract
T2K reports its first results in the search for CP violation in neutrino oscillations using appearance and disappearance channels for neutrino- and antineutrino-mode beams. The data include all runs from January 2010 to May 2016 and comprise 7.482×10^{20} protons on target in neutrino mode, which yielded in the far detector 32 e-like and 135 μ-like events, and 7.471×10^{20} protons on target in antineutrino mode, which yielded 4 e-like and 66 μ-like events. Reactor measurements of sin^{2}2θ_{13} have been used as an additional constraint. The one-dimensional confidence interval at 90% for the phase δ_{CP} spans the range (-3.13, -0.39) for normal mass ordering. The CP conservation hypothesis (δ_{CP}=0, π) is excluded at 90% C.L.
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Affiliation(s)
- K Abe
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - C Andreopoulos
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, United Kingdom and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - M Antonova
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Aoki
- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
| | - A Ariga
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
| | - D Autiero
- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IPN Lyon (IN2P3), Villeurbanne, France
| | - S Ban
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Barbi
- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
| | - G J Barker
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - G Barr
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - C Barry
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - P Bartet-Friburg
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - M Batkiewicz
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
| | - V Berardi
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - S Bhadra
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - S Bienstock
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - A Blondel
- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - S Bordoni
- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
| | - S B Boyd
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - D Brailsford
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Bronner
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - M Buizza Avanzini
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - R G Calland
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - T Campbell
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - S Cao
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - M G Catanesi
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - C Checchia
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, United Kingdom and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - M Dziewiecki
- Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - A Ereditato
- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
| | - T Feusels
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Japan
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IPN Lyon (IN2P3), Villeurbanne, France
| | - A Garcia
- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
| | - C Giganti
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
| | | | - T Golan
- Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - A Hillairet
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Hogan
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - J Holeczek
- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - K Huang
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - A K Ichikawa
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Ikeda
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J Imber
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - J Insler
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - R A Intonti
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - T Ishida
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - K Iwamoto
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - A Izmaylov
- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - B Jamieson
- Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | - M Jiang
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - S Johnson
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - P Jonsson
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - C K Jung
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - M Kabirnezhad
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A C Kaboth
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, United Kingdom and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - T Kajita
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - H Kakuno
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
| | - J Kameda
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
| | - D Karlen
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| | - T Katori
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - E Kearns
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - M Khabibullin
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Khotjantsev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - H Kim
- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
| | - J Kim
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - S King
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - J Kisiel
- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
| | - A Knight
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - A Knox
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - T Kobayashi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - L Koch
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
| | - T Koga
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - A Konaka
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - K Kondo
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - L L Kormos
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - A Korzenev
- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - Y Koshio
- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
| | - K Kowalik
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - W Kropp
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
| | - Y Kudenko
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - R Kurjata
- Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Kutter
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - J Lagoda
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - I Lamont
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - P Lasorak
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - M Laveder
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - M Lawe
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - M Licciardi
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - T Lindner
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Z J Liptak
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - R P Litchfield
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - A Longhin
- INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - J P Lopez
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - T Lou
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Roma and Università di Roma "La Sapienza," Roma, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - L Magaletti
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Section de Physique, DPNC, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, United Kingdom and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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- Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, United Kingdom and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, University of Tokyo, Kamioka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, United Kingdom and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, United Kingdom and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Bernabei S, Hosea JC, Kung CC, Loesser GD, Rushinski J, Wilson JR, Parker RR, Porkolab M. Design of a Compact Lower Hybrid Coupler for Alcator C-Mod. Fusion Science and Technology 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/fst03-a255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Stefano Bernabei
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-0451
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-0451
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-0451
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-0451
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-0451
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-0451
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Brown DN, Kolomensky YG, Koch H, Schroeder T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Gary JW, Long O, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Bernard D, Verderi M, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Bhuyan B, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Ahmed H, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Banerjee S, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Fritsch M, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Cheaib R, Robertson SH, Dey B, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Taras P, De Nardo G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Gaz A, Margoni M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Heß M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Prepost R, Wu SL. Search for B^{+}→K^{+}τ^{+}τ^{-} at the BaBar Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:031802. [PMID: 28157371 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.031802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process B^{+}→K^{+}τ^{+}τ^{-} using data from the BABAR experiment. The data sample, collected at the center-of-mass energy of the ϒ(4S) resonance, corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 424 fb^{-1} and to 471×10^{6} BB[over ¯] pairs. We reconstruct one B meson, produced in the ϒ(4S)→B^{+}B^{-} decay, in one of many hadronic decay modes and search for activity compatible with a B^{+}→K^{+}τ^{+}τ^{-} decay in the rest of the event. Each τ lepton is required to decay leptonically into an electron or muon and neutrinos. Comparing the expected number of background events with the data sample after applying the selection criteria, we do not find evidence for a signal. The resulting upper limit, at the 90% confidence level, is B(B^{+}→K^{+}τ^{+}τ^{-})<2.25×10^{-3}.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Physics Department, Jazan University, Jazan 22822, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Abe K, Andreopoulos C, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bartet-Friburg P, Batkiewicz M, Bay F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Bhadra S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Buizza Avanzini M, Calland RG, Campbell T, Cao S, Caravaca Rodríguez J, Cartwright SL, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Clifton A, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Coplowe D, Cremonesi L, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Dewhurst D, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Dolan S, Drapier O, Duffy KE, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda D, Fukuda Y, Furmanski AP, Galymov V, Garcia A, Giffin SG, Giganti C, Gizzarelli F, Gonin M, Grant N, Hadley DR, Haegel L, Haigh MD, Hamilton P, Hansen D, Harada J, Hara T, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Helmer RL, Hierholzer M, Hillairet A, Himmel A, Hiraki T, Hirota S, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Hosomi F, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Intonti RA, Irvine TJ, Ishida T, Ishii T, Iwai E, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jacob A, Jamieson B, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jo JH, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Karpikov I, Katori T, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Konaka A, Kondo K, Kopylov A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koshio Y, Kropp W, Kudenko Y, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Lamont I, Larkin E, Lasorak P, Laveder M, Lawe M, Lazos M, Lindner T, Liptak ZJ, Litchfield RP, Li X, Longhin A, Lopez JP, Ludovici L, Lu X, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Martins P, Martynenko S, Maruyama T, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Ma WY, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Moriyama S, Mueller TA, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakamura KD, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Nielsen C, Nirkko M, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Novella P, Nowak J, O'Keeffe HM, Ohta R, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Ovsyannikova T, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Patel ND, Pavin M, Payne D, Perkin JD, Petrov Y, Pickard L, Pickering L, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Popov B, Posiadala-Zezula M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Ravonel M, Rayner MAM, Redij A, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rojas P, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Rychter A, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sato F, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schoppmann S, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaw D, Shiozawa M, Shirahige T, Short S, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sorel M, Southwell L, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Stewart T, Stowell P, Suda Y, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thakore T, Thompson LF, Tobayama S, Toki W, Tomura T, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vallari Z, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Wakamatsu K, Walter CW, Wark D, Warzycha W, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yamamoto M, Yanagisawa C, Yano T, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoo J, Yoshida K, Yuan T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Żmuda J. Measurement of Coherent π^{+} Production in Low Energy Neutrino-Carbon Scattering. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:192501. [PMID: 27858422 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.192501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We report the first measurement of the flux-averaged cross section for charged current coherent π^{+} production on carbon for neutrino energies less than 1.5 GeV, and with a restriction on the final state phase space volume in the T2K near detector, ND280. Comparisons are made with predictions from the Rein-Sehgal coherent production model and the model by Alvarez-Ruso et al., the latter representing the first implementation of an instance of the new class of microscopic coherent models in a neutrino interaction Monte Carlo event generator. We observe a clear event excess above background, disagreeing with the null results reported by K2K and SciBooNE in a similar neutrino energy region. The measured flux-averaged cross sections are below those predicted by both the Rein-Sehgal and Alvarez-Ruso et al.
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- K Abe
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IPN Lyon (IN2P3), Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
| | - M G Catanesi
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - A Cervera
- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - D Cherdack
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - N Chikuma
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - G Christodoulou
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - A Clifton
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - J Coleman
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - G Collazuol
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - D Coplowe
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - L Cremonesi
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - A Dabrowska
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
| | - G De Rosa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
| | - T Dealtry
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - P F Denner
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - S R Dennis
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - C Densham
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - D Dewhurst
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - F Di Lodovico
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - S Di Luise
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - S Dolan
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - O Drapier
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - K E Duffy
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - J Dumarchez
- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - S Dytman
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - M Dziewiecki
- Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - A Ereditato
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - T Feusels
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - A J Finch
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - G A Fiorentini
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - M Friend
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Fujii
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - D Fukuda
- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
| | - Y Fukuda
- Department of Physics, Miyagi University of Education, Sendai, Japan
| | - A P Furmanski
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - V Galymov
- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IPN Lyon (IN2P3), Villeurbanne, France
| | - A Garcia
- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
| | - S G Giffin
- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
| | - C Giganti
- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | | | - M Gonin
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - N Grant
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - D R Hadley
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - L Haegel
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M D Haigh
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - P Hamilton
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - D Hansen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - J Harada
- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
| | - T Hara
- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
| | - M Hartz
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - T Hasegawa
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - N C Hastings
- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
| | - T Hayashino
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - Y Hayato
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - R L Helmer
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - M Hierholzer
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - A Hillairet
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| | - A Himmel
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
| | - T Hiraki
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - S Hirota
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Hogan
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - J Holeczek
- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
| | - S Horikawa
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - F Hosomi
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - K Huang
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - A K Ichikawa
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Ieki
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Ikeda
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - J Imber
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - J Insler
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - R A Intonti
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - T J Irvine
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - T Ishida
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - T Ishii
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - E Iwai
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - K Iwamoto
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - A Izmaylov
- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Jacob
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - B Jamieson
- Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | - M Jiang
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - S Johnson
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - J H Jo
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - P Jonsson
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - C K Jung
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - M Kabirnezhad
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A C Kaboth
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - T Kajita
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - H Kakuno
- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
| | - J Kameda
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - D Karlen
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| | - I Karpikov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - T Katori
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - E Kearns
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - M Khabibullin
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Khotjantsev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - D Kielczewska
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Kikawa
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - H Kim
- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
| | - J Kim
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - S King
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - J Kisiel
- Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
| | - A Knight
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - A Knox
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - T Kobayashi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - L Koch
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - T Koga
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - A Konaka
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - K Kondo
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - A Kopylov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - L L Kormos
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - A Korzenev
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - Y Koshio
- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
| | - W Kropp
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
| | - Y Kudenko
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - R Kurjata
- Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Kutter
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - J Lagoda
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - I Lamont
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - E Larkin
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
| | - P Lasorak
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - M Laveder
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - M Lawe
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - M Lazos
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - T Lindner
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Z J Liptak
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - R P Litchfield
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - X Li
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - A Longhin
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - J P Lopez
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - L Ludovici
- INFN Sezione di Roma and Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
| | - X Lu
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - L Magaletti
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - K Mahn
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
| | - M Malek
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - S Manly
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - A D Marino
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - J Marteau
- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IPN Lyon (IN2P3), Villeurbanne, France
| | - J F Martin
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - P Martins
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - S Martynenko
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - T Maruyama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - V Matveev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - K Mavrokoridis
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - W Y Ma
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
| | | | - M McCarthy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - N McCauley
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - K S McFarland
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
| | - C McGrew
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - A Mefodiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - C Metelko
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - M Mezzetto
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - P Mijakowski
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Minamino
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - O Mineev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Mine
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
| | - A Missert
- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
| | - M Miura
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - S Moriyama
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - Th A Mueller
- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - S Murphy
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - J Myslik
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| | - T Nakadaira
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Nakahata
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - K G Nakamura
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Nakamura
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - K D Nakamura
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - S Nakayama
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - T Nakaya
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - K Nakayoshi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - C Nantais
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - C Nielsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - M Nirkko
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - K Nishikawa
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Nishimura
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - P Novella
- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - J Nowak
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - H M O'Keeffe
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - R Ohta
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - K Okumura
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - T Okusawa
- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
| | - W Oryszczak
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S M Oser
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - T Ovsyannikova
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - R A Owen
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - Y Oyama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - V Palladino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
| | - J L Palomino
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
| | - V Paolone
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - N D Patel
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - M Pavin
- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | - D Payne
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - J D Perkin
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - Y Petrov
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - L Pickard
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - L Pickering
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - E S Pinzon Guerra
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - C Pistillo
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - B Popov
- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
| | | | | | | | - P Przewlocki
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - B Quilain
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - T Radermacher
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - E Radicioni
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
| | - P N Ratoff
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - M Ravonel
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M A M Rayner
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Redij
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
| | - E Reinherz-Aronis
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - C Riccio
- Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
| | - P Rojas
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - E Rondio
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S Roth
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - A Rubbia
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - A Rychter
- Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - R Sacco
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - K Sakashita
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - F Sánchez
- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
| | - F Sato
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - E Scantamburlo
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - K Scholberg
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
| | - S Schoppmann
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - J Schwehr
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - M Scott
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Y Seiya
- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
| | - T Sekiguchi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - H Sekiya
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - D Sgalaberna
- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Shah
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - A Shaikhiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - F Shaker
- Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | - D Shaw
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - M Shiozawa
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - T Shirahige
- Department of Physics, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
| | - S Short
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - M Smy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
| | - J T Sobczyk
- Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw University, Wroclaw, Poland
| | - H Sobel
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - M Sorel
- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - L Southwell
- Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
| | - P Stamoulis
- IFIC (CSIC & University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
| | - J Steinmann
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - T Stewart
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
| | - P Stowell
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - Y Suda
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - S Suvorov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - K Suzuki
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - S Y Suzuki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - Y Suzuki
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
| | - R Tacik
- Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - M Tada
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - S Takahashi
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
| | - A Takeda
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - Y Takeuchi
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
| | - H K Tanaka
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - H A Tanaka
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - D Terhorst
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
| | - R Terri
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
| | - T Thakore
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - L F Thompson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
| | - S Tobayama
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - W Toki
- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - T Tomura
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
| | - C Touramanis
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - T Tsukamoto
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
| | - M Tzanov
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - Y Uchida
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - A Vacheret
- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- IRFU, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Wilson JR, Saulino MF. Poster 405 Prolongation of Botulinum Toxin Effect with Zinc Supplementation: A Case Report. PM R 2016; 8:S294. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.07.332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In one experiment 3 virgin rats were given 5 daily injections of 20 mg. of prolactin, 3 were given 5 injections of 10 mg. of the same hormone, and 3 received control injections of sterile water. At the end of treatment each female was tested on 3 days for tendencies to retrieve foster young a few days old. Some retrieving occurred, but it was confined to 2 of the 3 control females. The 3 rats previously serving as controls were next injected for 5 days with 20 mg. of prolactin, while the 6 animals that had received prolactin were shifted to water injections. The reversal of treatment conditions was not accompanied by any change in responsiveness to foster young. In a second experiment 9 multiparous females were given 20 daily injections of estrogen followed by 10 daily injections of 10 mg. of prolactin (4 rats) or control injections of water (5 rats). These treatments were followed by 3 daily tests for retrieving behavior. Estrogen followed by prolactin or by water had no clear-cut effect upon the responses to foster young. The same 9 females were placed with fertile males for impregnation which occurred in 8 of the 9 animals. The tendency to retrieve their own litters was tested on the first day postpartum. Seven of the 8 mothers retrieved part or all of the young within 10 min. The litters of these 7 were removed after the test and the females were re-tested with foster young 4 weeks later. No retrieving occurred. Finally, the 7 females which had previously shown postpartum retrieving were given 21 daily injections of estrogen followed by 7 injections of prolactin plus progesterone. None of these rats retrieved foster young during the test conducted one day after the final injection. It is evident (1) that some nulliparous rats will retrieve foster young without special treatment and (2) that this tendency is not induced in other females by prolactin, estrogen, or progesterone as used in the present experiment.
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Johnson RC, Ahern FM, Nagoshi CT, McClearn GE, Van Den Berg SG, Wilson JR. Age and Group-Specific Cohort Effects on Personality Test Scores. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0022002185016004004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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There has been substantial social change in Hawaii in recent decades, with amount of change varying across ethnic groups and probably across sexes as well. If cohort effects have substantial influences on differences in personality test scores across age groups, then group-specific cohort effects should influence the magnitude of age correlations. We report correlations of personality test scores with age separately for members of three ethnic groups-Americans of European, Chinese, and Japanese ancestries living in Hawaii-and for the two sexes. The high degree of similarity in both magnitude and pattern of correlations of personality scale scores with age across sex and ethnic groups suggests that age, not cohort, is the major influence. The relatively small numbers of significant and important sex by age, ethnicity by age, and sex by ethnicity by age interactions support this conclusion.
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Abe K, Andreopoulos C, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bartet-Friburg P, Batkiewicz M, Bay F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Bhadra S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Buizza Avanzini M, Calland RG, Cao S, Caravaca Rodríguez J, Cartwright SL, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Clifton A, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Cremonesi L, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Dewhurst D, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Dolan S, Drapier O, Duffy KE, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda D, Fukuda Y, Furmanski AP, Galymov V, Garcia A, Giffin SG, Giganti C, Gizzarelli F, Gonin M, Grant N, Hadley DR, Haegel L, Haigh MD, Hamilton P, Hansen D, Hara T, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Helmer RL, Hierholzer M, Hillairet A, Himmel A, Hiraki T, Hirota S, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Hosomi F, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Intonti RA, Irvine TJ, Ishida T, Ishii T, Iwai E, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jacob A, Jamieson B, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jo JH, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Karpikov I, Katori T, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Konaka A, Kondo K, Kopylov A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koshio Y, Kropp W, Kudenko Y, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Lamont I, Larkin E, Laveder M, Lawe M, Lazos M, Lindner T, Liptak ZJ, Litchfield RP, Li X, Longhin A, Lopez JP, Ludovici L, Lu X, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Martins P, Martynenko S, Maruyama T, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Ma WY, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Moriyama S, Mueller TA, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakamura KD, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Nielsen C, Nirkko M, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Nowak J, O'Keeffe HM, Ohta R, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Ovsyannikova T, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Patel ND, Pavin M, Payne D, Perkin JD, Petrov Y, Pickard L, Pickering L, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Popov B, Posiadala-Zezula M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Quilain B, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Ravonel M, Rayner MAM, Redij A, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rojas P, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Rychter A, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sato F, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schoppmann S, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaw D, Shiozawa M, Shirahige T, Short S, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sorel M, Southwell L, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Stewart T, Suda Y, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thakore T, Thompson LF, Tobayama S, Toki W, Tomura T, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vallari Z, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Wakamatsu K, Walter CW, Wark D, Warzycha W, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yamamoto M, Yanagisawa C, Yano T, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoo J, Yoshida K, Yuan T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, Żmuda J. Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Oscillations with an Accelerator-Produced Off-Axis Beam. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:181801. [PMID: 27203315 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.181801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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T2K reports its first measurements of the parameters governing the disappearance of ν[over ¯]_{μ} in an off-axis beam due to flavor change induced by neutrino oscillations. The quasimonochromatic ν[over ¯]_{μ} beam, produced with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV at J-PARC, is observed at the far detector Super-Kamiokande, 295 km away, where the ν[over ¯]_{μ} survival probability is expected to be minimal. Using a data set corresponding to 4.01×10^{20} protons on target, 34 fully contained μ-like events were observed. The best-fit oscillation parameters are sin^{2}(θ[over ¯]_{23})=0.45 and |Δm[over ¯]_{32}^{2}|=2.51×10^{-3} eV^{2} with 68% confidence intervals of 0.38-0.64 and 2.26-2.80×10^{-3} eV^{2}, respectively. These results are in agreement with existing antineutrino parameter measurements and also with the ν_{μ} disappearance parameters measured by T2K.
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- K Abe
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
| | - A Ariga
- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IPN Lyon (IN2P3), Villeurbanne, France
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- University of Regina, Department of Physics, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
| | - F Bay
- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
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- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
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- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Padova, Italy
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- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli and Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Fisica, Napoli, Italy
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
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- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw, Poland
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
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- Miyagi University of Education, Department of Physics, Sendai, Japan
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, IPN Lyon (IN2P3), Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- University of Regina, Department of Physics, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- UPMC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Regina, Department of Physics, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Bern, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Bern, Switzerland
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- University of Victoria, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Duke University, Department of Physics, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Colorado State University, Department of Physics, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
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- ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- Ecole Polytechnique, IN2P3-CNRS, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Palaiseau, France
| | - J Insler
- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | - R A Intonti
- INFN Sezione di Bari and Università e Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento Interuniversitario di Fisica, Bari, Italy
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
| | - T Ishida
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York, USA
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- IFIC (CSIC and University of Valencia), Valencia, Spain
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- University of Winnipeg, Department of Physics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
- STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, and Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Kamioka Observatory, Kamioka, Japan
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- University of Victoria, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
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- Boston University, Department of Physics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw, Poland
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Osaka City University, Department of Physics, Osaka, Japan
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- University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Queen Mary University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Silesia, Institute of Physics, Katowice, Poland
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut, Aachen, Germany
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, Tokyo, Japan
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Lancaster University, Physics Department, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- University of Geneva, Section de Physique, DPNC, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Okayama University, Department of Physics, Okayama, Japan
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- University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, California, USA
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw, Poland
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- Louisiana State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Wroclaw, Poland
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Stugu B, Brown DN, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Lee MJ, Lynch G, Koch H, Schroeder T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Khan A, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Gary JW, Long O, Franco Sevilla M, Hong TM, Kovalskyi D, Richman JD, West CA, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Kim J, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Andreassen R, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Ford WT, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Ayad R, Toki WH, Spaan B, Bernard D, Verderi M, Playfer S, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Contri R, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Bhuyan B, Prasad V, Adametz A, Uwer U, Lacker HM, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Ahmed H, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Derkach D, Grosdidier G, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Malaescu B, Roudeau P, Stocchi A, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Fritsch M, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Hamilton B, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Cheaib R, Patel PM, Robertson SH, Dey B, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Summers DJ, Simard M, Taras P, De Nardo G, Onorato G, Sciacca C, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Briand H, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Leruste P, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Rossi A, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Lopes Pegna D, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Hess M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Olaiya EO, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Bard DJ, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Pulliam T, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Schindler RH, Snyder A, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Wulsin HW, Purohit MV, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Albert J, Banerjee S, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, Choi HHF, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lewczuk MJ, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Band HR, Dasu S, Pan Y, Prepost R, Wu SL. Observation of B→D(*) π^(+)π^(-)ℓ^(-)ν Decays in e^(+)e^(-) Collisions at the Υ(4S) Resonance. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:041801. [PMID: 26871322 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.041801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
We report on measurements of the decays of B¯ mesons into the semileptonic final states B¯→D^(*)π^(+)π^(-)ℓ^(-)ν¯, where D^(*) represents a D or D^(*) meson and ℓ^(-) is an electron or a muon. These measurements are based on 471×10^(6) BB ¯ pairs recorded with the BABAR detector at the SLAC asymmetric B factory PEP-II. We determine the branching fraction ratios R_{π^{+}π^{-}}^{(*)}=B(B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}π^{+}π^{-}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯])/B(B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}ℓ^{-}ν[over ¯]) using events in which the second B meson is fully reconstructed. We find R_{π^{+}π^{-}}=0.067±0.010±0.008 and R_{π^{+}π^{-}}^{*}=0.019±0.005±0.004, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. Based on these results and assuming isospin invariance, we estimate that B[over ¯]→D^{(*)}ππℓ^{-}ν[over ¯] decays, where π denotes either a π^{±} and π^{0} meson, account for up to half the difference between the measured inclusive semileptonic branching fraction to charm hadrons and the corresponding sum of previously measured exclusive branching fractions.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
| | - A Palano
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Physics, University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, Ruhr Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, Ruhr Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Institute for Particle Physics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- Institute for Particle Physics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- Institute for Particle Physics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- Institute for Particle Physics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- Institute for Particle Physics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - I M Peruzzi
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - A Zallo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - R Contri
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - M R Monge
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
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- Physics Department, Jazan University, Jazan 22822, Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
| | - N Neri
- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
| | - R Kass
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - R Stroili
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - G Batignani
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Carpinelli
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E O Olaiya
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Capan M, Ivy JS, Wilson JR, Huddleston JM. A stochastic model of acute-care decisions based on patient and provider heterogeneity. Health Care Manag Sci 2015; 20:187-206. [PMID: 26490831 PMCID: PMC5415592 DOI: 10.1007/s10729-015-9347-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
The primary cause of preventable death in many hospitals is the failure to recognize and/or rescue patients from acute physiologic deterioration (APD). APD affects all hospitalized patients, potentially causing cardiac arrest and death. Identifying APD is difficult, and response timing is critical - delays in response represent a significant and modifiable patient safety issue. Hospitals have instituted rapid response systems or teams (RRT) to provide timely critical care for APD, with thresholds that trigger the involvement of critical care expertise. The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) was developed to define these thresholds. However, current triggers are inconsistent and ignore patient-specific factors. Further, acute care is delivered by providers with different clinical experience, resulting in quality-of-care variation. This article documents a semi-Markov decision process model of APD that incorporates patient and provider heterogeneity. The model allows for stochastically changing health states, while determining patient subpopulation-specific RRT-activation thresholds. The objective function minimizes the total time associated with patient deterioration and stabilization; and the relative values of nursing and RRT times can be modified. A case study from January 2011 to December 2012 identified six subpopulations. RRT activation was optimal for patients in “slightly concerning” health states (NEWS > 0) for all subpopulations, except surgical patients with low risk of deterioration for whom RRT was activated in “concerning” states (NEWS > 4). Clustering methods identified provider clusters considering RRT-activation preferences and estimation of stabilization-related resource needs. Providers with conservative resource estimates preferred waiting over activating RRT. This study provides simple practical rules for personalized acute care delivery.
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- Muge Capan
- Value Institute, Christiana Care Health System, John H. Ammon Medical Education Center, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19718 USA
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- Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7906, Raleigh, NC 27695-7906 USA
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- Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7906, Raleigh, NC 27695-7906 USA
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- Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905 USA
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Abdesselam A, Adachi I, Adametz A, Adye T, Ahmed H, Aihara H, Akar S, Alam MS, Albert J, Al Said S, Andreassen R, Angelini C, Anulli F, Arinstein K, Arnaud N, Asner DM, Aston D, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Ayad R, Babu V, Badhrees I, Bahinipati S, Bakich AM, Band HR, Banerjee S, Barberio E, Bard DJ, Barlow RJ, Batignani G, Beaulieu A, Bellis M, Ben-Haim E, Bernard D, Bernlochner FU, Bettarini S, Bettoni D, Bevan AJ, Bhardwaj V, Bhuyan B, Bianchi F, Biasini M, Biswal J, Blinov VE, Bloom PC, Bobrov A, Bomben M, Bondar A, Bonneaud GR, Bonvicini G, Bozek A, Bozzi C, Bračko M, Briand H, Browder TE, Brown DN, Brown DN, Bünger C, Burchat PR, Buzykaev AR, Calabrese R, Calcaterra A, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Cartaro C, Casarosa G, Cenci R, Červenkov D, Chang P, Chao DS, Chauveau J, Cheaib R, Chekelian V, Chen A, Chen C, Cheng CH, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Chistov R, Cho K, Chobanova V, Choi HHF, Choi SK, Chrzaszcz M, Cibinetto G, Cinabro D, Cochran J, Coleman JP, Contri R, Convery MR, Cowan G, Cowan R, Cremaldi L, Dalseno J, Dasu S, Davier M, Davis CL, De Mori F, De Nardo G, Denig AG, Derkach D, de Sangro R, Dey B, Di Lodovico F, Dingfelder J, Dittrich S, Doležal Z, Dorfan J, Drásal Z, Drutskoy A, Druzhinin VP, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dunwoodie W, Dutta D, Ebert M, Echenard B, Eidelman S, Eigen G, Eisner AM, Emery S, Ernst JA, Faccini R, Farhat H, Fast JE, Feindt M, Ferber T, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Field RC, Filippi A, Finocchiaro G, Fioravanti E, Flood KT, Ford WT, Forti F, Franco Sevilla M, Fritsch M, Fry JR, Fulsom BG, Gabathuler E, Gabyshev N, Gamba D, Garmash A, Gary JW, Garzia I, Gaspero M, Gaur V, Gaz A, Gershon TJ, Getzkow D, Gillard R, Li Gioi L, Giorgi MA, Glattauer R, Godang R, Goh YM, Goldenzweig P, Golob B, Golubev VB, Gorodeisky R, Gradl W, Graham MT, Grauges E, Griessinger K, Gritsan AV, Grosdidier G, Grünberg O, Guttman N, Haba J, Hafner A, Hamilton B, Hara T, Harrison PF, Hast C, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hearty C, He XH, Hess M, Hitlin DG, Hong TM, Honscheid K, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Huard Z, Hutchcroft DE, Iijima T, Inguglia G, Innes WR, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki Y, Izen JM, Jaegle I, Jawahery A, Jessop CP, Joffe D, Joo KK, Julius T, Kang KH, Kass R, Kawasaki T, Kerth LT, Khan A, Kiesling C, Kim DY, Kim JB, Kim JH, Kim KT, Kim P, Kim SH, Kim YJ, King GJ, Kinoshita K, Ko BR, Koch H, Kodyš P, Kolomensky YG, Korpar S, Kovalskyi D, Kowalewski R, Kravchenko EA, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kuhr T, Kumar R, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lacker HM, Lafferty GD, Lanceri L, Lange DJ, Lankford AJ, Latham TE, Leddig T, Le Diberder F, Lee DH, Lee IS, Lee MJ, Lees JP, Leith DWGS, Leruste P, Lewczuk MJ, Lewis P, Libby J, Lockman WS, Long O, Lopes Pegna D, LoSecco JM, Lou XC, Lueck T, Luitz S, Lukin P, Luppi E, Lusiani A, Luth V, Lutz AM, Lynch G, MacFarlane DB, Malaescu B, Mallik U, Manoni E, Marchiori G, Margoni M, Martellotti S, Martinez-Vidal F, Masuda M, Mattison TS, Matvienko D, McKenna JA, Meadows BT, Miyabayashi K, Miyashita TS, Miyata H, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Moll A, Monge 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Yamaoka J, Yashchenko S, Yuan CZ, Yusa Y, Zallo A, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zhulanov V, Zupanc A. First Observation of CP Violation in B[over ¯]^{0}→D_{CP}^{(*)}h^{0} Decays by a Combined Time-Dependent Analysis of BABAR and Belle Data. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:121604. [PMID: 26430984 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.121604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
We report a measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetry of B[over ¯]^{0}→D_{CP}^{(*)}h^{0} decays, where the light neutral hadron h^{0} is a π^{0}, η, or ω meson, and the neutral D meson is reconstructed in the CP eigenstates K^{+}K^{-}, K_{S}^{0}π^{0}, or K_{S}^{0}ω. The measurement is performed combining the final data samples collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance by the BABAR and Belle experiments at the asymmetric-energy B factories PEP-II at SLAC and KEKB at KEK, respectively. The data samples contain (471±3)×10^{6} BB[over ¯] pairs recorded by the BABAR detector and (772±11)×10^{6} BB[over ¯] pairs recorded by the Belle detector. We measure the CP asymmetry parameters -η_{f}S=+0.66±0.10(stat)±0.06(syst) and C=-0.02±0.07(stat)±0.03(syst). These results correspond to the first observation of CP violation in B[over ¯]^{0}→D_{CP}^{(*)}h^{0} decays. The hypothesis of no mixing-induced CP violation is excluded in these decays at the level of 5.4 standard deviations.
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- A Abdesselam
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Universität Heidelberg, Physikalisches Institut, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, Jazan University, Jazan 22822, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh 11442, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Satya Nagar 751007, India
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russian Federation
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342, Poland
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
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- National Central University, Chung-li 32054, Taiwan
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, South Korea
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Gyeongsang National University, Chinju 660-701, South Korea
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
- Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - F Di Lodovico
- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - J Dorfan
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - Z Drásal
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation
- Moscow Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
| | - V P Druzhinin
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | | | - W Dunwoodie
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - D Dutta
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M Ebert
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - B Echenard
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Eidelman
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
| | - A M Eisner
- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
| | - S Emery
- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - J A Ernst
- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
| | - R Faccini
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Farhat
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
| | - J E Fast
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Feindt
- Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T Ferber
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R C Field
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - A Filippi
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - G Finocchiaro
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - E Fioravanti
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - K T Flood
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - W T Ford
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
| | - F Forti
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Franco Sevilla
- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
| | - M Fritsch
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - J R Fry
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - B G Fulsom
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - E Gabathuler
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - N Gabyshev
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - D Gamba
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - A Garmash
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - J W Gary
- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - I Garzia
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - M Gaspero
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Gaur
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - A Gaz
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
| | - T J Gershon
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
| | - D Getzkow
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
| | - R Gillard
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
| | - L Li Gioi
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
| | - M A Giorgi
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - R Glattauer
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
| | - R Godang
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - Y M Goh
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
| | - P Goldenzweig
- Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - B Golob
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - V B Golubev
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - R Gorodeisky
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
| | - W Gradl
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - M T Graham
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - E Grauges
- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
| | - K Griessinger
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - A V Gritsan
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
| | - G Grosdidier
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - O Grünberg
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - N Guttman
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
| | - J Haba
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - A Hafner
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - B Hamilton
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - T Hara
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - P F Harrison
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
| | - C Hast
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - K Hayasaka
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
| | - H Hayashii
- Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
| | - C Hearty
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
| | - X H He
- Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
| | - M Hess
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - D G Hitlin
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T M Hong
- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
| | - K Honscheid
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
| | - W-S Hou
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Y B Hsiung
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
| | - Z Huard
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - D E Hutchcroft
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - T Iijima
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
| | - G Inguglia
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
| | - W R Innes
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - A Ishikawa
- Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
| | - R Itoh
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - Y Iwasaki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - J M Izen
- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
| | - I Jaegle
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - A Jawahery
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - C P Jessop
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
| | - D Joffe
- Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, USA
| | - K K Joo
- Chonnam National University, Kwangju 660-701, South Korea
| | - T Julius
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - K H Kang
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea
| | - R Kass
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
| | - T Kawasaki
- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
| | - L T Kerth
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - A Khan
- Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
| | - C Kiesling
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
| | - D Y Kim
- Soongsil University, Seoul 156-743, South Korea
| | - J B Kim
- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
| | - J H Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, South Korea
| | - K T Kim
- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
| | - P Kim
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - S H Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
| | - Y J Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, South Korea
| | - G J King
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - K Kinoshita
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - B R Ko
- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
| | - H Koch
- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
| | - P Kodyš
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Yu G Kolomensky
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - S Korpar
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
| | - D Kovalskyi
- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
| | - R Kowalewski
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - E A Kravchenko
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - P Križan
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - P Krokovny
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - T Kuhr
- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich, Germany
| | - R Kumar
- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
| | - A Kuzmin
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - Y-J Kwon
- Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
| | - H M Lacker
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
| | - G D Lafferty
- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - L Lanceri
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
| | - D J Lange
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - A J Lankford
- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
| | - T E Latham
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
| | - T Leddig
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
| | - F Le Diberder
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - D H Lee
- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
| | - I S Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
| | - M J Lee
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
| | - D W G S Leith
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - Ph Leruste
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - M J Lewczuk
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - P Lewis
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
| | - J Libby
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
| | - W S Lockman
- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
| | - O Long
- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - D Lopes Pegna
- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
| | - J M LoSecco
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
| | - X C Lou
- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
| | - T Lueck
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - S Luitz
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - P Lukin
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - E Luppi
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - A Lusiani
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - V Luth
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - A M Lutz
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - G Lynch
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - D B MacFarlane
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - B Malaescu
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - U Mallik
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
| | - E Manoni
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Marchiori
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - M Margoni
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - S Martellotti
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | | | - M Masuda
- Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
| | - T S Mattison
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
| | - D Matvienko
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
| | - J A McKenna
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
| | - B T Meadows
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | | | - T S Miyashita
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Miyata
- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
| | - R Mizuk
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation
- Moscow Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
| | - G B Mohanty
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - A Moll
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
- Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
| | - M R Monge
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - H K Moon
- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
| | - M Morandin
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - D R Muller
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - R Mussa
- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
| | - E Nakano
- Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
| | - H Nakazawa
- National Central University, Chung-li 32054, Taiwan
| | - M Nakao
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - T Nanut
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - M Nayak
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
| | - H Neal
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - N Neri
- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
| | - N K Nisar
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - S Nishida
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
| | - I M Nugent
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - B Oberhof
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J Ocariz
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - S Ogawa
- Toho University, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan
| | - S Okuno
- Kanagawa University, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
| | - E O Olaiya
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - J Olsen
- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
| | - P Ongmongkolkul
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G Onorato
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A P Onuchin
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russian Federation
| | - Y Onuki
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - W Ostrowicz
- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342, Poland
| | - A Oyanguren
- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
| | - G Pakhlova
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
| | - P Pakhlov
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation
- Moscow Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
| | - A Palano
- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
| | - B Pal
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
| | - F Palombo
- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
| | - Y Pan
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - W Panduro Vazquez
- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
| | - E Paoloni
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C W Park
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea
| | - H Park
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea
| | - S Passaggio
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - P M Patel
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
| | - C Patrignani
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - P Patteri
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - D J Payne
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - T K Pedlar
- Luther College, Decorah, Iowa 52101, USA
| | - D R Peimer
- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
| | - I M Peruzzi
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | | | - R Pestotnik
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - M Petrič
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - M Piccolo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | | | - L E Piilonen
- CNP, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - A Pilloni
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - G Piredda
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - S Playfer
- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
| | - V Poireau
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
| | - F C Porter
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Posocco
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - V Prasad
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
| | - S Prell
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
| | - R Prepost
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - E M T Puccio
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
| | - T Pulliam
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - M V Purohit
- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | | | - M Rama
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - B N Ratcliff
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - G Raven
- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - E Ribežl
- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - J D Richman
- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
| | - J L Ritchie
- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
| | - G Rizzo
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - D A Roberts
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | | | - M Röhrken
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - J M Roney
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
| | - A Roodman
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russian Federation
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
- Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russian Federation
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation
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- Technische Universität Dortmund, Fakultät Physik, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russian Federation
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
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- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Universität Heidelberg, Physikalisches Institut, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München, Germany
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- National United University, Miao Li 36003, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Kanagawa University, Yokohama 221-8686, Japan
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- CNP, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Stugu B, Brown DN, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Lee MJ, Lynch G, Koch H, Schroeder T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Khan A, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Campagnari C, Franco Sevilla M, Hong TM, Kovalskyi D, Richman JD, West CA, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Andreassen R, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Bloom PC, Ford WT, Gaz A, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Ayad R, Toki WH, Spaan B, Bernard D, Verderi M, Playfer S, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Piemontese L, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rama M, Zallo A, Contri R, Lo Vetere M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Bhuyan B, Prasad V, Adametz A, Uwer U, Lacker HM, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Ahmed H, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Derkach D, Grosdidier G, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Malaescu B, Roudeau P, Stocchi A, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Fritsch M, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Hamilton B, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Cheaib R, Patel PM, Robertson SH, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Sonnek P, Summers DJ, Simard M, Taras P, De Nardo G, Onorato G, Sciacca C, Martinelli M, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Feltresi E, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Briand H, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Leruste P, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Pacetti S, Rossi A, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Cervelli A, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Perez A, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Lopes Pegna D, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Anulli F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Li Gioi L, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Hess M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Olaiya EO, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Aston D, Bard DJ, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Lindemann D, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Perl M, Pulliam T, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Snyder A, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Wulsin HW, Purohit MV, White RM, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Wray BC, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Villanueva-Perez P, Albert J, Banerjee S, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, Choi HHF, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lewczuk MJ, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Band HR, Dasu S, Pan Y, Prepost R, Wu SL. Search for Long-Lived Particles in e+ e- Collisions. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:171801. [PMID: 25978225 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.171801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present a search for a neutral, long-lived particle L that is produced in e+ e- collisions and decays at a significant distance from the e+ e- interaction point into various flavor combinations of two oppositely charged tracks. The analysis uses an e+ e- data sample with a luminosity of 489.1 fb(-1) collected by the BABAR detector at the ϒ(4S), ϒ(3S), and ϒ(2S) resonances and just below the ϒ(4S). Fitting the two-track mass distribution in search of a signal peak, we do not observe a significant signal, and set 90% confidence level upper limits on the product of the L production cross section, branching fraction, and reconstruction efficiency for six possible two-body L decay modes as a function of the L mass. The efficiency is given for each final state as a function of the mass, lifetime, and transverse momentum of the candidate, allowing application of the upper limits to any production model. In addition, upper limits are provided on the branching fraction B(B→XsL), where Xs is a strange hadronic system.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
| | - V P Druzhinin
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
| | - Yu I Skovpen
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Technische Universität Dortmund, Fakultät Physik, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - S Playfer
- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
| | - D Bettoni
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - C Bozzi
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - R Calabrese
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - G Cibinetto
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - E Fioravanti
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - I Garzia
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - E Luppi
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | | | - V Santoro
- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
| | - A Calcaterra
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - R de Sangro
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - G Finocchiaro
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - S Martellotti
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - P Patteri
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - I M Peruzzi
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - M Piccolo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - M Rama
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - A Zallo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
| | - R Contri
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - M Lo Vetere
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - M R Monge
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - S Passaggio
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - C Patrignani
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - E Robutti
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Bhuyan
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
| | - V Prasad
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
| | - A Adametz
- Universität Heidelberg, Physikalisches Institut, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Universität Heidelberg, Physikalisches Institut, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
| | - U Mallik
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
| | - C Chen
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
| | - J Cochran
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
| | - S Prell
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
| | - H Ahmed
- Physics Department, Jazan University, Jazan 22822, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia
| | - A V Gritsan
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
| | - N Arnaud
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - M Davier
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
| | - G Grosdidier
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - D M Wright
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - J P Coleman
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - J R Fry
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - E Gabathuler
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - D E Hutchcroft
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - D J Payne
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - C Touramanis
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - A J Bevan
- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
| | - F Di Lodovico
- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
| | - R Sacco
- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
| | - G Cowan
- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
| | - D N Brown
- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
| | - C L Davis
- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
| | - A G Denig
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - M Fritsch
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - K Griessinger
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - K R Schubert
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - R J Barlow
- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - G D Lafferty
- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
| | - R Cenci
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - A Jawahery
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - R Cowan
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - G Sciolla
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - R Cheaib
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
| | - P M Patel
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
| | | | - N Neri
- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
| | - F Palombo
- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
| | - L Cremaldi
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - R Godang
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - M Simard
- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
| | - P Taras
- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
| | - G De Nardo
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - G Onorato
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - C Sciacca
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - M Martinelli
- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - G Raven
- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
| | - K Honscheid
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
| | - R Kass
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
| | - E Feltresi
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - M Margoni
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - M Morandin
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - M Posocco
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - M Rotondo
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - G Simi
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - R Stroili
- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
| | - M Biasini
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - E Manoni
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - S Pacetti
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - A Rossi
- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - C Angelini
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - G Batignani
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Perez
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
| | - J Olsen
- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
| | - A J S Smith
- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
| | - F Anulli
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Faccini
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - F Ferroni
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Gaspero
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - L Li Gioi
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - A Pilloni
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - G Piredda
- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - C Bünger
- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E O Olaiya
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
| | - J A Ernst
- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
| | - X C Lou
- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Lees JP, Poireau V, Tisserand V, Grauges E, Palano A, Eigen G, Stugu B, Brown DN, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Lee MJ, Lynch G, Koch H, Schroeder T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, So RY, Khan A, Blinov VE, Buzykaev AR, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Todyshev KY, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Dey B, Gary JW, Long O, Campagnari C, Franco Sevilla M, Hong TM, Kovalskyi D, Richman JD, West CA, Eisner AM, Lockman WS, Panduro Vazquez W, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Chao DS, Cheng CH, Echenard B, Flood KT, Hitlin DG, Miyashita TS, Ongmongkolkul P, Porter FC, Röhrken M, Andreassen R, Huard Z, Meadows BT, Pushpawela BG, Sokoloff MD, Sun L, Bloom PC, Ford WT, Gaz A, Smith JG, Wagner SR, Ayad R, Toki WH, Spaan B, Bernard D, Verderi M, Playfer S, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Fioravanti E, Garzia I, Luppi E, Piemontese L, Santoro V, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Martellotti S, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Rama M, Zallo A, Contri R, Lo Vetere M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Bhuyan B, Prasad V, Adametz A, Uwer U, Lacker HM, Dauncey PD, Mallik U, Chen C, Cochran J, Prell S, Ahmed H, Gritsan AV, Arnaud N, Davier M, Derkach D, Grosdidier G, Le Diberder F, Lutz AM, Malaescu B, Roudeau P, Stocchi A, Wormser G, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Hutchcroft DE, Payne DJ, Touramanis C, Bevan AJ, Di Lodovico F, Sacco R, Cowan G, Bougher J, Brown DN, Davis CL, Denig AG, Fritsch M, Gradl W, Griessinger K, Hafner A, Schubert KR, Barlow RJ, Lafferty GD, Cenci R, Hamilton B, Jawahery A, Roberts DA, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Cheaib R, Patel PM, Robertson SH, Neri N, Palombo F, Cremaldi L, Godang R, Sonnek P, Summers DJ, Simard M, Taras P, De Nardo G, Onorato G, Sciacca C, Martinelli M, Raven G, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Honscheid K, Kass R, Feltresi E, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simi G, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Akar S, Ben-Haim E, Bomben M, Bonneaud GR, Briand H, Calderini G, Chauveau J, Leruste P, Marchiori G, Ocariz J, Biasini M, Manoni E, Pacetti S, Rossi A, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Carpinelli M, Casarosa G, Cervelli A, Chrzaszcz M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Oberhof B, Paoloni E, Perez A, Rizzo G, Walsh JJ, Lopes Pegna D, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Li Gioi L, Pilloni A, Piredda G, Bünger C, Dittrich S, Grünberg O, Hess M, Leddig T, Voß C, Waldi R, Adye T, Olaiya EO, Wilson FF, Emery S, Vasseur G, Anulli F, Aston D, Bard DJ, Cartaro C, Convery MR, Dorfan J, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dunwoodie W, Ebert M, Field RC, Fulsom BG, Graham MT, Hast C, Innes WR, Kim P, Leith DWGS, Lewis P, Lindemann D, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, MacFarlane DB, Muller DR, Neal H, Perl M, Pulliam T, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Snyder A, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wisniewski WJ, Wulsin HW, Purohit MV, White RM, Wilson JR, Randle-Conde A, Sekula SJ, Bellis M, Burchat PR, Puccio EMT, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Gorodeisky R, Guttman N, Peimer DR, Soffer A, Spanier SM, Ritchie JL, Ruland AM, Schwitters RF, Wray BC, Izen JM, Lou XC, Bianchi F, De Mori F, Filippi A, Gamba D, Lanceri L, Vitale L, Martinez-Vidal F, Oyanguren A, Villanueva-Perez P, Albert J, Banerjee S, Beaulieu A, Bernlochner FU, Choi HHF, King GJ, Kowalewski R, Lewczuk MJ, Lueck T, Nugent IM, Roney JM, Sobie RJ, Tasneem N, Gershon TJ, Harrison PF, Latham TE, Band HR, Dasu S, Pan Y, Prepost R, Wu SL. Study of CP asymmetry in B^{0}-B[over ¯]^{0} mixing with inclusive dilepton events. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:081801. [PMID: 25768754 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.081801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
We present a measurement of the asymmetry A_{CP} between same-sign inclusive dilepton samples ℓ^{+}ℓ^{+} and ℓ^{-}ℓ^{-} (ℓ=e, μ) from semileptonic B decays in ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] events, using the complete data set recorded by the BABAR experiment near the ϒ(4S) resonance, corresponding to 471×10^{6} BB[over ¯] pairs. The asymmetry A_{CP} allows comparison between the mixing probabilities P(B[over ¯]^{0}→B^{0}) and P(B^{0}→B[over ¯]^{0}), and therefore probes CP and T violation. The result, A_{CP}=[-3.9±3.5(stat)±1.9(syst)]×10^{-3}, is consistent with the standard model expectation.
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- J P Lees
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- INFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk 630092, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Technische Universität Dortmund, Fakultät Physik, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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- Universität Heidelberg, Physikalisches Institut, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Universität Heidelberg, Physikalisches Institut, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
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- Physics Department, Jazan University, Jazan 22822, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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