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1. Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits

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Keaton, Jacob M., Kamali, Zoha, Xie, Tian, Vaez, Ahmad, Williams, Ariel, Goleva, Slavina B., Ani, Alireza, Evangelou, Evangelos, Hellwege, Jacklyn N., Yengo, Loic, Young, William J., Traylor, Matthew, Giri, Ayush, Zheng, Zhili, Zeng, Jian, Chasman, Daniel I., Morris, Andrew P., Caulfield, Mark J., Hwang, Shih-Jen, Kooner, Jaspal S., Conen, David, Attia, John R., Morrison, Alanna C., Loos, Ruth J. F., Kristiansson, Kati, Schmidt, Reinhold, Hicks, Andrew A., Pramstaller, Peter P., Nelson, Christopher P., Samani, Nilesh J., Risch, Lorenz, Gyllensten, Ulf, Melander, Olle, Riese, Harriette, Wilson, James F., Campbell, Harry, Rich, Stephen S., Psaty, Bruce M., Lu, Yingchang, Rotter, Jerome I., Guo, Xiuqing, Rice, Kenneth M., Vollenweider, Peter, Sundström, Johan, Langenberg, Claudia, Tobin, Martin D., Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Luan, Jian’an, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Kutalik, Zoltan, Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Girotto, Giorgia, Trompet, Stella, Jukema, J. Wouter, van der Harst, Pim, Ridker, Paul M., Giulianini, Franco, Vitart, Veronique, Goel, Anuj, Watkins, Hugh, Harris, Sarah E., Deary, Ian J., van der Most, Peter J., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Keavney, Bernard D., Hayward, Caroline, Campbell, Archie, Boehnke, Michael, Scott, Laura J., Boutin, Thibaud, Mamasoula, Chrysovalanto, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Peters, Annette, Gieger, Christian, Lakatta, Edward G., Cucca, Francesco, Hui, Jennie, Knekt, Paul, Enroth, Stefan, De Borst, Martin H., Polašek, Ozren, Concas, Maria Pina, Catamo, Eulalia, Cocca, Massimiliano, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Hofer, Edith, Schmidt, Helena, Spedicati, Beatrice, Waldenberger, Melanie, Strachan, David P., Laan, Maris, Teumer, Alexander, Dörr, Marcus, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Cook, James P., Ruggiero, Daniela, Kolcic, Ivana, Boerwinkle, Eric, Traglia, Michela, Lehtimäki, Terho, Raitakari, Olli T., Johnson, Andrew D., Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Brown, Morris J., Dominiczak, Anna F., Sever, Peter J., Poulter, Neil, Chambers, John C., Elosua, Roberto, Siscovick, David, Esko, Tõnu, Metspalu, Andres, Strawbridge, Rona J., Laakso, Markku, Hamsten, Anders, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Geus, Eco, Morris, Andrew D., Palmer, Colin N. A., Nolte, Ilja M., Milaneschi, Yuri, Marten, Jonathan, Wright, Alan, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Howson, Joanna M. M., O’Donnell, Christopher J., Spector, Tim, Nalls, Mike A., Simonsick, Eleanor M., Liu, Yongmei, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Butterworth, Adam S., Danesh, John N., Menni, Cristina, Wareham, Nicholas J., Khaw, Kay-Tee, Sun, Yan V., Wilson, Peter W. F., Cho, Kelly, Visscher, Peter M., Denny, Joshua C., Levy, Daniel, Edwards, Todd L., Munroe, Patricia B., Snieder, Harold, and Warren, Helen R.

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2024
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5. Search for $B$ Mesogenesis at BABAR

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BABAR Collaboration, Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Brown, D. N., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Fritsch, M., Koch, H., Cheaib, R., Hearty, C., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y., Blinov, V. E., Buzykaev, A. R., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kozyrev, E. A., Kravchenko, E. A., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Skovpen, Yu. I., Solodov, E. P., Todyshev, K. Yu., Lankford, A. J., Dey, B., Gary, J. W., Long, O., Eisner, A. M., Lockman, W. S., Vazquez, W. Panduro, Chao, D. S., Cheng, C. H., Echenard, B., Flood, K. T., Hitlin, D. G., Kim, J., Li, Y., Lin, D. X., Middleton, S., Miyashita, T. S., Ongmongkolkul, P., Oyang, J., Porter, F. C., Röhrken, M., Huard, Z., Meadows, B. T., Pushpawela, B. G., Sokoloff, M. D., Sun, L., Smith, J. G., Wagner, S. R., 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, I. M., Piccolo, M., Rotondo, M., Zallo, A., Passaggio, S., Patrignani, C., Shuve, B. J., Lacker, H. M., Bhuyan, B., Mallik, U., Chen, C., Cochran, J., Prell, S., Gritsan, A. V., Arnaud, N., Davier, M., Diberder, F. Le, Lutz, A. M., Wormser, G., Lange, D. J., Wright, D. M., Coleman, J. P., Gabathuler, E., Hutchcroft, D. E., Payne, D. J., Touramanis, C., Bevan, A. J., Di Lodovico, F., Sacco, R., Cowan, G., Banerjee, Sw., Davis, C. L., Denig, A. G., Gradl, W., Griessinger, K., Hafner, A., Schubert, K. R., Barlow, R. J., Lafferty, G. D., Cenci, R., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D. A., Cowan, R., Robertson, S. H., Seddon, R. M., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Cremaldi, L., Godang, R., Summers, D. J., Taras, P., De Nardo, G., Sciacca, C., Raven, G., Jessop, C. P., LoSecco, J. M., Honscheid, K., Kass, R., Gaz, A., Margoni, M., Posocco, M., Simi, G., Simonetto, F., Stroili, R., Akar, S., Ben-Haim, E., Bomben, M., Bonneaud, G. R., 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, M. A., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paoloni, E., Rama, M., Rizzo, G., Walsh, J. J., Zani, L., Smith, A. J. S., 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, F. F., Emery, S., Vasseur, G., Aston, D., Cartaro, C., Convery, M. R., Dorfan, J., Dunwoodie, W., Ebert, M., Field, R. C., Fulsom, B. G., Graham, M. T., Hast, C., Innes, W. R., Kim, P., Leith, D. W. G. S., Luitz, S., MacFarlane, D. B., Muller, D. R., Neal, H., Ratcliff, B. N., Roodman, A., Sullivan, M. K., Va'vra, J., Wisniewski, W. J., Purohit, M. V., Wilson, J. R., Randle-Conde, A., Sekula, S. J., Ahmed, H., Tasneem, N., Bellis, M., Burchat, P. R., Puccio, E. M. T., Alam, M. S., Ernst, J. A., Gorodeisky, R., Guttman, N., Peimer, D. R., Soffer, A., Spanier, S. M., Ritchie, J. L., Schwitters, R. F., Izen, J. M., Lou, X. C., Bianchi, F., De Mori, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Lanceri, L., Vitale, L., Martinez-Vidal, F., Oyanguren, A., Albert, J., Beaulieu, A., Bernlochner, F. U., King, G. J., Kowalewski, R., Lueck, T., Miller, C., Nugent, I. M., Roney, J. M., Sobie, R. J., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Latham, T. E., Prepost, R., and Wu, S. L.

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High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

A new mechanism has been proposed to simultaneously explain the presence of dark matter and the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. This scenario predicts exotic $B$ meson decays into a baryon and a dark sector anti-baryon ($\psi_D$) with branching fractions accessible at $B$ factories. We present a search for $B \rightarrow \Lambda \psi_D$ decays using data collected by the $BABAR$ experiment at SLAC. This reaction is identified by fully reconstructing the accompanying $B$ meson and requiring the presence of a single $\Lambda$ baryon in the remaining particles. No significant signal is observed, and bounds on the $B \rightarrow \Lambda \psi_D$ branching fraction are derived in the range $0.13 - 5.2\times 10^{-5}$ for $1.0 < m_{\psi_D} < 4.2$ GeV/$c^{2}$. These results set strong constraints on the parameter space allowed by the theory.

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2023
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7. Early sevoflurane sedation in severe COVID-19-related lung injury patients. A pilot randomized controlled trial

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Beatrice Beck-Schimmer, Erik Schadde, Urs Pietsch, Miodrag Filipovic, Seraina Dübendorfer-Dalbert, Patricia Fodor, Tobias Hübner, Reto Schuepbach, Peter Steiger, Sascha David, Bernard D. Krüger, Thomas A. Neff, and Martin Schläpfer

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Sevoflurane, Volatile anesthetics, Anesthetic conditioning, COVID-19-related lung injury, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9
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Abstract Background This study aimed to assess a potential organ protective effect of volatile sedation in a scenario of severe inflammation with an early cytokine storm (in particular IL-6 elevation) in patients suffering from COVID-19-related lung injury with invasive mechanical ventilation and sedation. Methods This is a small-scale pilot multicenter randomized controlled trial from four tertiary hospitals in Switzerland, conducted between April 2020 and May 2021. 60 patients requiring mechanical ventilation due to severe COVID-19-related lung injury were included and randomized to 48-hour sedation with sevoflurane vs. continuous intravenous sedation (= control) within 24 h after intubation. The primary composite outcome was determined as mortality or persistent organ dysfunction (POD), defined as the need for mechanical ventilation, vasopressors, or renal replacement therapy at day 28. Secondary outcomes were the length of ICU and hospital stay, adverse events, routine laboratory parameters (creatinine, urea), and plasma inflammatory mediators. Results 28 patients were randomized to sevoflurane, 32 to the control arm. The intention-to-treat analysis revealed no difference in the primary endpoint with 11 (39%) sevoflurane and 13 (41%) control patients (p = 0.916) reaching the primary outcome. Five patients died within 28 days in each group (16% vs. 18%, p = 0.817). Of the 28-day survivors, 6 (26%) and 8 (30%) presented with POD (p = 0.781). There was a significant difference regarding the need for vasopressors (1 (4%) patient in the sevoflurane arm, 7 (26%) in the control one (p = 0.028)). Length of ICU stay, hospital stay, and registered adverse events within 28 days were comparable, except for acute kidney injury (AKI), with 11 (39%) sevoflurane vs. 2 (6%) control patients (p = 0.001). The blood levels of IL-6 in the first few days after the onset of the lung injury were less distinctly elevated than expected. Conclusions No evident benefits were observed with short sevoflurane sedation on mortality and POD. Unexpectedly low blood levels of IL-6 might indicate a moderate injury with therefore limited improvement options of sevoflurane. Acute renal issues suggest caution in using sevoflurane for sedation in COVID-19. Trial registration The trial was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04355962) on 2020/04/21.

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2024
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8. The impact of global falsified medicines regulation on healthcare stakeholders in the legitimate pharmaceutical supply chain: a systematic review

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Ellen Melia, Aislinn English, and Bernard D. Naughton

Subjects
falsified medicines, counterfeit medicines, regulation, Falsified Medicines Directive, healthcare, pharmacy, Medicine (General), R5-920
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BackgroundFalsified medicines and their international regulation impacts all healthcare sectors and their actors. These regulations aim to strengthen and protect the global pharmaceutical supply chain against falsified medicines. However, an evaluation of the impacts of these regulations on key stakeholders within the legitimate supply chain have not been explored.ObjectiveThis research aimed to evaluate both the positive and negative impacts of falsified medicines regulation on key stakeholders within the global pharmacy sector including including manufacturers, wholesalers, hospital pharmacies, community pharmacy and patients.DesignThis research consists of a systematic review and thematic analysis concerning falsified medicines regulation and the subsequent impacts of existing global regulations on healthcare. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement and checklist were utilized for reporting in this systematic review.Data sources and methodsA search of three databases, Embase, ProQuest and PubMed, was undertaken to determine studies applicable to the research question. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) was used to assess methodological quality and risk of bias for all included studies.ResultsFrom the initial 657 studies, a final set of 13 relevant studies were identified. The most frequently reported falsified medicines regulation was the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) [n = 11]. The impact of falsified medicines regulation in the literature related to four areas: (1) Financial, (2) Social, (3) Organizational, and (4) Pharmacy Practice. These common themes across the included studies frequently relate to challenges and/or concerns associated with falsified medicines regulation implementation as well as both the logistics and practicality of incorporating falsified medicines regulations into daily operations.ConclusionImplementation and enforcement of falsified medicines regulation does not yet appear to categorically fulfill the primary aim of the regulations, to strengthen the drug supply chain. However, in recent years, such regulations have challenged the legitimate pharmaceutical supply change actors as they attempt to successfully implement these regulations. Studies mainly detail the negative impacts of regulation during the implementation phase but with the overall benefit pertaining to the prioritization and enhancement of patient care and safety within the healthcare sector.

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2024
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15. School-Based Supervisory Practices and Teachers' Job Effectiveness Using Bootstrapping in Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modelling

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Owan, Valentine J., Johnson, Abraham J., Osim, Rosemary O., Anagbogu, German E., Otu, Bernard D., Undie, Stephen B., Ogabor, Joseph O., Apie, Martina A., and Ekere, Scholastica C. O.

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Due to the importance of teachers in providing quality education, research in the last two decades has consistently focused on their effectiveness. However, there are inconclusive debates in the literature on the nature of relationships that exist between different supervisory strategies and their links to teachers' job performance. This study used a predictive correlation design to assess how five principals' supervisory practices contribute to teachers' job effectiveness generally and across three specific areas. Secondary school teachers that participated in the study were 284 and were selected using simple and purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected using a questionnaire. A bootstrapping procedure in covariance-based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM) and multiple linear regression analysis were used for hypotheses testing at the .05 alpha level. Among others, findings revealed a significant joint prediction of classroom observation, supervision of sporting activities, instructional aids, team teaching and school record on teachers' job effectiveness generally and in the dimensions of lesson note preparation and classroom management, but not the use of instructional materials. Teachers who reported frequent classroom observation by principals also reported a higher level of lesson preparation but not other aspects of teaching effectiveness. The supervision of sporting activities significantly predicted teachers' overall effectiveness and specific aspects such as lesson preparation, instructional material use, and classroom management. This study can encourage school principals to gain more knowledge, facts and strategies required for effective and efficient school-based supervision.

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2023
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16. Prioritization of Kidney Cell Types Highlights Myofibroblast Cells in Regulating Human Blood Pressure

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Evangelou, Evangelos, Warren, Helen R., Gao, He, Ntritsos, Georgios, Dimou, Niki, Esko, Tonu, Mägi, Reedik, Milani, Lili, Almgren, Peter, Boutin, Thibaud, Debette, Stéphanie, Ding, Jun, Giulianini, Franco, Holliday, Elizabeth G., Jackson, Anne U., Li -Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Wei -Yu, Luan, Jian'an, Mangino, Massimo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Prins, Bram Peter, Qian, Yong, Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan, Shah, Nabi, Surendran, Praveen, Thériault, Sébastien, Verweij, Niek, Willems, Sara M., Zhao, Jing -Hua, Amouyel, Philippe, Connell, John, de Mutsert, Renée, Doney, Alex S.F., Farrall, Martin, Menni, Cristina, Morris, Andrew D., Noordam, Raymond, Paré, Guillaume, Poulter, Neil R., Shields, Denis C., Stanton, Alice, Thom, Simon, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan E., Ayers, Kristin L., Barbieri, Caterina M., Batini, Chiara, Bis, Joshua C., Blake, Tineka, Bochud, Murielle, Boehnke, Michael, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bottinger, Erwin P., Braund, Peter S., Brumat, Marco, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chambers, John C., Chauhan, Ganesh, Ciullo, Marina, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis, Cordell, Heather J., Davies, Gail, de Borst, Martin H., de Geus, Eco J., Deary, Ian J., Deelen, Joris, Del Greco M, Fabiola, Demirkale, Cumhur Yusuf, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg B., Elosua, Roberto, Enroth, Stefan, Erzurumluoglu, A. Mesut, Ferreira, Teresa, Frånberg, Mattias, Franco, Oscar H., Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Goel, Anuj, Gow, Alan J., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Guo, Xiuqing, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B., Harris, Sarah E., Hartman, Catharina A., Havulinna, Aki S., Hicks, Andrew A., Hofer, Edith, Hofman, Albert, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan, Jansen, Rick, Jarvelin, Marjo -Riitta, Joehanes, Roby, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Andrew D., Joshi, Peter K., Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J. Wouter, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Keavney, Bernard D., Khaw, Kay-Tee, Knekt, Paul, Knight, Joanne, Kolcic, Ivana, Kooner, Jaspal S., Koskinen, Seppo, Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltan, Laan, Maris, Larson, Marty, Launer, Lenore J., Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liewald, David C.M., Lin, Li, Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Liu, YongMei, Loos, Ruth J.F., Lopez, Lorna M., Lu, Yingchang, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Mahajan, Anubha, Mamasoula, Chrysovalanto, Marrugat, Jaume, Marten, Jonathan, Milaneschi, Yuri, Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew P., Morrison, Alanna C., Munson, Peter J., Nalls, Mike A., Nandakumar, Priyanka, Nelson, Christopher P., Niiranen, Teemu, Nolte, Ilja M., Nutile, Teresa, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Oostra, Ben A., O'Reilly, Paul F., Org, Elin, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter, Palotie, Aarno, Pattie, Alison, Penninx, Brenda W.J.H., Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P., Nguyen, Quang Tri, Raitakari, Olli T., Rettig, Rainer, Rice, Kenneth, Ridker, Paul M., Ried, Janina S., Riese, Harriëtte, Ripatti, Samuli, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M., Rotter, Jerome I., Rudan, Igor, Ruggiero, Daniela, Saba, Yasaman, Sala, Cinzia F., Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Reinhold, Schmidt, Helena, Shrine, Nick, Siscovick, David, Smith, Albert V., Snieder, Harold, Sõber, Siim, Sorice, Rossella, Starr, John M., Stott, David J., Strachan, David P., Strawbridge, Rona J., Sundström, Johan, Swertz, Morris A., Taylor, Kent D., Teumer, Alexander, Tobin, Martin D., Tomaszewski, Maciej, Toniolo, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Trompet, Stella, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tzourio, Christophe, Uitterlinden, André G., Vaez, Ahmad, van der Most, Peter J., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Verwoert, Germaine C., Vitart, Veronique, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Vuckovic, Dragana, Watkins, Hugh, Wild, Sarah H., Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilson, James F., Wright, Alan F., Yao, Jie, Zemunik, Tatijana, Zhang, Weihua, Attia, John R., Butterworth, Adam S., Chasman, Daniel I., Conen, David, Cucca, Francesco, Danesh, John, Hayward, Caroline, Howson, Joanna M.M., Laakso, Markku, Lakatta, Edward G., Langenberg, Claudia, Melander, Olle, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Palmer, Colin N.A., Risch, Lorenz, Scott, Robert A., Scott, Rodney J., Sever, Peter, Spector, Tim D., van der Harst, Pim, Wareham, Nicholas J., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Levy, Daniel, Munroe, Patricia B., Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Brown, Morris J., Metspalu, Andres, Psaty, Bruce M., Wain, Louise V., Elliott, Paul, Caulfield, Mark J., Ganji-Arjenaki, Mahboube, Kamali, Zoha, Sardari, Soroush, and de Borst, Martin

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2024
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17. Search for an Axionlike Particle in B Meson Decays

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Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, 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, and Di Lodovico, F

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

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

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2022

18. Search for Lepton Flavor Violation in ϒ(3S)→e±μ∓

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Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, 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, and Cowan, G

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
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^{∓}]80  TeV on the energy scale Λ_{NP} divided by the coupling-squared g_{NP}^{2} of relevant new physics (NP).

Published
2022

19. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Global TAVR Activity: The COVID-TAVI Study

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Armario, Xavier, Carron, Jennifer, Simpkin, Andrew J., Elhadi, Mohamed, Kennedy, Ciara, Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed, Bleiziffer, Sabine, Lefèvre, Thierry, Wolf, Alexander, Pilgrim, Thomas, Villablanca, Pedro A., Blackman, Daniel J., Van Mieghem, Nicolas M., Hengstenberg, Christian, Swaans, Martin J., Prendergast, Bernard D., Patterson, Tiffany, Barbanti, Marco, Webb, John G., Behan, Miles, Resar, Jon, Chen, Mao, Hildick-Smith, David, Spence, Mark S., Zweiker, David, Bagur, Rodrigo, Teles, Rui, Ribichini, Flavio L., Jagielak, Dariusz, Park, Duk-Woo, Kornowski, Ran, Wykrzykowska, Joanna J., Bunc, Matjaz, Estévez-Loureiro, Rodrigo, Poon, Karl, Götberg, Matthias, Jeger, Raban V., Ince, Hüseyin, Packer, Erik J.S., Angelillis, Marco, Nombela-Franco, Luis, Guo, Yingqiang, Savontaus, Mikko, Al-Moghairi, Abdulrahman M., Parasca, Catalina Andreea, Kliger, Chad, Roy, David, Molnár, Levente, Silva, Mariana, White, Jonathon, Yamamoto, Masanori, Carrilho-Ferreira, Pedro, Toggweiler, Stefan, Voudris, Vassileios, Ohno, Yohei, Rodrigues, Inês, Parma, Radosław, Ojeda, Soledad, Toutouzas, Kostas, Regueiro, Ander, Grygier, Marek, AlMerri, Khaled, Cruz-González, Ignacio, Fridrich, Viliam, de la Torre Hernández, José M., Noble, Stephane, Kala, Petr, Asmarats, Lluis, Kurt, Ibrahim Halil, Bosmans, Johan, Erglis, Martins, Casserly, Ivan, Iskandarani, Dounia, Bhindi, Ravinay, Kefer, Joelle, Yin, Wei-Hsian, Rosseel, Liesbeth, Kim, Hyo-Soo, O'Connor, Stephen, Hellig, Farrel, Sztejfman, Matias, Mendiz, Oscar, Pineda, Andres M., Seth, Ashok, Pllaha, Elton, de Brito, Fabio S., Jr., Bajoras, Vilhelmas, Balghith, Mohammed A., Lee, Michael, Eid-Lidt, Guering, Vandeloo, Bert, Vaz, Vinicius Daher, Alasnag, Mirvat, Ussia, Gian Paolo, Tay, Edgar, Mayol, Jorge, Gunasekaran, Sengottuvelu, Sardella, Gennaro, Buddhari, Wacin, Kao, Hsien-Li, Dager, Antonio, Tzikas, Apostolos, Gudmundsdottir, Ingibjörg J., Edris, Ahmad, Gutiérrez Jaikel, Luis Abel, Arias, Eduardo A., Al-Hijji, Mohammed, Ertürk, Mehmet, Conde-Vela, César, Boljević, Darko, Ferrero Guadagnoli, Adolfo, Hermlin, Toomas, ElGuindy, Ahmed M., Lima-Filho, Moysés de Oliveira, de Moura Santos, Luciano, Perez, Luis, Maluenda, Gabriel, Akyüz, Ali Rıza, Alhaddad, Imad A., Amin, Haitham, So, Chak-Yu, Al Nooryani, Arif A., Vaca, Carlos, Albistur, Juan, Nguyen, Quang Ngoc, Arzamendi, Dabit, Grube, Eberhard, Modine, Thomas, Tchétché, Didier, Hayashida, Kentaro, Latib, Azeem, Makkar, Raj R., Piazza, Nicolo, Søndergaard, Lars, McEvoy, John William, and Mylotte, Darren

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2024
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20. Newly Evaluated Neutron Reaction Data on Chromium Isotopes

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Nobre, G. P. A., Pigni, M. T., Brown, D. A., Capote, R., Trkov, A., Guber, K. H., Arcilla, R., Gutierrez, J., Cuadra, A., Arbanas, G., Kos, B., Bernard, D., and Leconte, P.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Neutron reaction data for the set of major chromium isotopes were reevaluated from the thermal energy range up to 20 MeV. In the low energy region, updates to the thermal values together with an improved $R$-matrix analysis of the resonance parameters characterizing the cluster of large $s$-wave resonances for $^{50,53}$Cr isotopes were performed. In the intermediate and high energy range up to 20 MeV, the evaluation methodology used statistical nuclear reaction models implemented in the EMPIRE code within the Hauser-Feshbach framework to evaluate the reaction cross sections and angular distributions. Exceptionally, experimental data were used to evaluate relevant cross sections above the resonance region up to 5 MeV in the major $^{52}$Cr isotope. Evaluations were benchmarked with Monte Carlo simulations of a small suite of critical assemblies highly sensitive to Chromium data, and with the Oktavian shielding benchmark to judge deep penetration performance with a 14-MeV D-T neutron source. A significant improvement in performance is demonstrated compared to existing evaluations., Comment: Submitted to Nuclear Data Sheets. 41 pages, 44 Figures, 13 Tables

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2021
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21. Study of the reactions e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0π0 and π+π-π0π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, 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, and Cowan, G

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0π0γ and π+π-π0π0π0ηγ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data were collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. About 7300 and 870 events, respectively, are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469 fb-1. The invariant mass of the hadronic final state defines the effective e+e- center-of-mass energy. The center-of-mass energies range from threshold to 4.5 GeV. From the mass spectra, the first ever measurements of the e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0π0 and the e+e-→π+π-π0π0π0η cross sections are performed. The contributions from ωπ0π0π0, ηπ+π-π0, ωη, and other intermediate states are presented. We observe the J/ψ and ψ(2S) in most of these final states and measure the corresponding branching fractions, many of them for the first time.

Published
2021

22. Study of the process e+e-→π+π-π0 using initial state radiation with BABAR

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, 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, and Cowan, G

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

The process e+e-→π+π-π0γ is studied at a center-of-mass energy near the D(4S) resonance using a data sample of 469 fb-1 collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. We have performed a precise measurement of the e+e-→π+π-π0 cross section in the center-of-mass energy range from 0.62 to 3.5 GeV. In the energy regions of the ω and φ resonances, the cross section is measured with a systematic uncertainty of 1.3%. The leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly calculated using the measured e+e-→π+π-π0 cross section from threshold to 2.0 GeV is (45.86±0.14±0.58)×10-10. From the fit to the measured 3π mass spectrum we have determined the resonance parameters Γ(ω→e+e-)B(ω→π+π-π0)=(0.5698±0.0031±0.0082) keV, Γ(φ→e+e-)B(φ→π+π-π0)=(0.1841±0.0021±0.0080) keV, and B(ρ→3π)=(0.88±0.23±0.30)×10-4. The significance of the ρ→3π signal is greater than 6σ. For the J/ψ resonance we have measured the product Γ(J/ψ→e+e-)B(J/ψ→3π)=(0.1248±0.0019±0.0026) keV.

Published
2021

25. Light meson spectroscopy from Dalitz plot analyses of ηc decays to η′K+K-, η′π+π-, and ηπ+π- produced in two-photon interactions

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, 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, and Banerjee, Sw

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the processes , , and using a data sample of recorded with the BABAR detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider at center-of-mass energies at and near the (, 3, 4) resonances. This is the first observation of the decay and we measure the branching fraction . Significant interference is observed between and the nonresonant two-photon process . A Dalitz plot analysis is performed of decays to , , and . Combined with our previous analysis of , we measure the parameters and the ratio between its and couplings. The decay is dominated by the resonance, also observed in radiative decays. A new resonance is observed in the channel. We also compare decays to and final states in association with scalar mesons as they relate to the identification of the scalar glueball.

Published
2021

27. Precision measurement of the ${\cal B}(\Upsilon(3S)\to\tau^+\tau^-)/{\cal B}(\Upsilon(3S)\to\mu^+\mu^-)$ ratio

Author

Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Brown, D. N., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Fritsch, M., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Cheaib, R., Hearty, C., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y., Blinov, V. E., Buzykaev, A. R., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kozyrev, E. A., Kravchenko, E. A., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Skovpen, Yu. I., Solodov, E. P., Todyshev, K. Yu., Lankford, A. J., Dey, B., Gary, J. W., Long, O., Eisner, A. M., Lockman, W. S., Vazquez, W. Panduro, Chao, D. S., Cheng, C. H., Echenard, B., Flood, K. T., Hitlin, D. G., Kim, J., Li, Y., Lin, D. X., Miyashita, T. S., Ongmongkolkul, P., Oyang, J., Porter, F. C., Röhrken, M., Huard, Z., Meadows, B. T., Pushpawela, B. G., Sokoloff, M. D., Sun, L., Smith, J. G., Wagner, S. R., 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, I. M., Piccolo, M., Rotondo, M., Zallo, A., Passaggio, S., Patrignani, C., Shuve, B. J., Lacker, H. M., Bhuyan, B., Mallik, U., Chen, C., Cochran, J., Prell, S., Gritsan, A. V., Arnaud, N., Davier, M., Diberder, F. Le, Lutz, A. M., Wormser, G., Lange, D. J., Wright, D. M., Coleman, J. P., Gabathuler, E., Hutchcroft, D. E., Payne, D. J., Touramanis, C., Bevan, A. J., Di Lodovico, F., Sacco, R., Cowan, G., Banerjee, Sw., Davis, C. L., Denig, A. G., Gradl, W., Griessinger, K., Hafner, A., Schubert, K. R., Barlow, R. J., Lafferty, G. D., Cenci, R., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D. A., Cowan, R., Robertson, S. H., Seddon, R. M., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Cremaldi, L., Godang, R., Summers, D. J., Taras, P., De Nardo, G., Sciacca, C., Raven, G., Jessop, C. P., LoSecco, J. M., Honscheid, K., Kass, R., Gaz, A., Margoni, M., Posocco, M., Simi, G., Simonetto, F., Stroili, R., Akar, S., Ben-Haim, E., Bomben, M., Bonneaud, G. R., 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, M. A., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paoloni, E., Rama, M., Rizzo, G., Walsh, J. J., Zani, L., Smith, A. J. S., 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, F. F., Emery, S., Vasseur, G., Aston, D., Cartaro, C., Convery, M. R., Dorfan, J., Dunwoodie, W., Ebert, M., Field, R. C., Fulsom, B. G., Graham, M. T., Hast, C., Innes, W. R., Kim, P., Leith, D. W. G. S., Luitz, S., MacFarlane, D. B., Muller, D. R., Neal, H., Ratcliff, B. N., Roodman, A., Sullivan, M. K., Va'vra, J., Wisniewski, W. J., Purohit, M. V., Wilson, J. R., Randle-Conde, A., Sekula, S. J., Ahmed, H., Bellis, M., Burchat, P. R., Puccio, E. M. T., Alam, M. S., Ernst, J. A., Gorodeisky, R., Guttman, N., Peimer, D. R., Soffer, A., Spanier, S. M., Ritchie, J. L., Schwitters, R. F., Izen, J. M., Lou, X. C., Bianchi, F., De Mori, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Lanceri, L., Vitale, L., Martinez-Vidal, F., Oyanguren, A., Albert, J., Beaulieu, A., Bernlochner, F. U., King, G. J., Kowalewski, R., Lueck, T., Nugent, I. M., Roney, J. M., Sibidanov, A., Sobie, R. J., Tasneem, N., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Latham, T. E., Prepost, R., and Wu, S. L.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We report on a precision measurement of the ratio ${\cal R}_{\tau\mu}^{\Upsilon(3S)} = {\cal B}(\Upsilon(3S)\to\tau^+\tau^-)/{\cal B}(\Upsilon(3S)\to\mu^+\mu^-)$ 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 $\Upsilon(3S)$ mesons. The ratio is measured to be ${\cal R}_{\tau\mu}^{\Upsilon(3S)} = 0.966 \pm 0.008_\mathrm{stat} \pm 0.014_\mathrm{syst}$ and is in agreement with the Standard Model prediction of 0.9948 within 2 standard deviations. The uncertainty in ${\cal R}_{\tau\mu}^{\Upsilon(3S)}$ is almost an order of magnitude smaller than the only previous measurement., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables

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2020
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28. Search for lepton-flavor violating decays $D^{0}\rightarrow X^{0}e^{\pm}\mu^{\mp}$

Author

BaBar Collaboration, Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Brown, D. N., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Fritsch, M., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Cheaib, R., Hearty, C., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y., Blinov, V. E., Buzykaev, A. R., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kozyrev, E. A., Kravchenko, E. A., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Skovpen, Yu. I., Solodov, E. P., Todyshev, K. Yu., Lankford, A. J., Dey, B., Gary, J. W., Long, O., Eisner, A. M., Lockman, W. S., Panduro, W., Chao, D. S., Cheng, C. H., Echenard, B., Flood, K. T., Hitlin, D. G., Kim, J., Li, Y., Lin, D. X., Miyashita, T. S., Ongmongkolkul, P., Oyang, J., Porter, F. C., R, M., Huard, Z., Meadows, B. T., Pushpawela, B. G., Sokoloff, M. D., Sun, L., Smith, J. G., Wagner, S. R., 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, I. M., Piccolo, M., Rotondo, M., Zallo, A., Passaggio, S., Patrignani, C., Shuve, B. J., Lacker, H. M., Bhuyan, B., Mallik, U., Chen, C., Cochran, J., Prell, S., Gritsan, A. V., Arnaud, N., Davier, M., Diberder, F. Le, Lutz, A. M., Wormser, G., Lange, D. J., Wright, D. M., Coleman, J. P., Gabathuler, E., Hutchcroft, D. E., Payne, D. J., Touramanis, C., Bevan, A. J., Di Lodovico, F., Sacco, R., Cowan, G., Banerjee, Sw., Davis, C. L., Denig, A. G., Gradl, W., Griessinger, K., Hafner, A., Schubert, K. R., Barlow, R. J., Lafferty, G. D., Cenci, R., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D. A., Cowan, R., Robertson, S. H., Seddon, R. M., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Cremaldi, L., Godang, R., Summers, D. J., Taras, P., De, G., Sciacca, C., Raven, G., Jessop, C. P., LoSecco, J. M., Honscheid, K., Kass, R., Gaz, A., Margoni, M., Posocco, M., Simi, G., Simonetto, F., Stroili, R., Akar, S., Ben, E., Bomben, M., Bonneaud, G. R., 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, M. A., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paoloni, E., Rama, M., Rizzo, G., Walsh, J. J., Zani, L., Smith, A. J. S., Anulli, F., Faccini, R., Ferrarotto, F., Ferroni, F., Pilloni, A., Piredda, G., B, C., Dittrich, S., Gr, O., He, M., Leddig, T., Vo, C., Waldi, R., Adye, T., Wilson, F. F., Emery, S., Vasseur, G., Aston, D., Cartaro, C., Convery, M. R., Dorfan, J., Dunwoodie, W., Ebert, M., Field, R. C., Fulsom, B. G., Graham, M. T., Hast, C., Innes, W. R., Kim, P., Leith, D. W. G. S., Luitz, S., MacFarlane, D. B., Muller, D. R., Neal, H., Ratcliff, B. N., Roodman, A., Sullivan, M. K., Va, J., Wisniewski, W. J., Purohit, M. V., Wilson, J. R., Randle, A., Sekula, S. J., Ahmed, H., Bellis, M., Burchat, P. R., Puccio, E. M. T., Alam, M. S., Ernst, J. A., Gorodeisky, R., Guttman, N., Peimer, D. R., Soffer, A., Spanier, S. M., Ritchie, J. L., Schwitters, R. F., Izen, J. M., Lou, X. C., Bianchi, F., De, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Lanceri, L., Vitale, L., Martinez, F., Oyanguren, A., Albert, J., Beaulieu, A., Bernlochner, F. U., King, G. J., Kowalewski, R., Lueck, T., Nugent, I. M., Roney, J. M., Sobie, R. J., Tasneem, N., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Latham, T. E., Prepost, R., and Wu, S. L.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We present a search for seven lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type $D^{0}\rightarrow X^{0} e^{\pm} \mu^{\mp}$, where $X^{0}$ represents a $\pi^{0}$, $K^{0}_{\rm S}$, $\bar{K^{*0}}$, $\rho^{0}$, $\phi$, $\omega$, or $\eta$ meson. The analysis is based on $468$ fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data collected at or close to the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the BaBar detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. No significant signals are observed, and we establish 90\% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions in the range $(5.0 - 22.5)\times 10^{-7}$. The limits are between one and two orders of magnitude more stringent than previous measurements., Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures, to be submitted to Physical Review D. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1905.00608

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2020
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29. School-Based Supervisory Practices and Teachers’ Job Effectiveness Using Bootstrapping in Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modelling

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Valentine J. Owan, Abraham J. Johnson, Rosemary O. Osim, German E. Anagbogu, Bernard D. Otu, Stephen B. Undie, Joseph O. Ogabor, Martina A Apie, and Scholastica C. O. Ekere

Subjects
Classroom observation, instructional aids, school records, sports activities, supervision, team teaching, Education (General), L7-991
Abstract

AbstractDue to the importance of teachers in providing quality education, research in the last two decades has consistently focused on their effectiveness. However, there are inconclusive debates in the literature on the nature of relationships that exist between different supervisory strategies and their links to teachers’ job performance. This study used a predictive correlation design to assess how five principals’ supervisory practices contribute to teachers’ job effectiveness generally and across three specific areas. Secondary school teachers that participated in the study were 284 and were selected using simple and purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected using a questionnaire. A bootstrapping procedure in covariance-based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM) and multiple linear regression analysis were used for hypotheses testing at the .05 alpha level. Among others, findings revealed a significant joint prediction of classroom observation, supervision of sporting activities, instructional aids, team teaching and school record on teachers’ job effectiveness generally and in the dimensions of lesson note preparation and classroom management, but not the use of instructional materials. Teachers who reported frequent classroom observation by principals also reported a higher level of lesson preparation but not other aspects of teaching effectiveness. The supervision of sporting activities significantly predicted teachers’ overall effectiveness and specific aspects such as lesson preparation, instructional material use, and classroom management. This study can encourage school principals to gain more knowledge, facts and strategies required for effective and efficient school-based supervision.

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2023
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30. Clinical risk associated with COVID-19 among 86000 patients with congenital heart disease

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Darren M Ashcroft, Bernard D Keavney, Hui Guo, Matthew J Carr, Simon Frain, and Simon G. Williams

Subjects
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
Abstract

Objective To determine the magnitude of any excess risk of mortality and hospitalisation due to COVID-19 infection in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) in the UK healthcare system.Methods Matched case–control study within the Clinical Practice Research Datalink study of anonymised general practice records in the National Health Service in England. Patients with CHD were stratified for disease severity according to the European Society of Cardiology guidelines. Presence of a positive COVID-19 test, hospitalisation with a diagnosis of COVID-19 and COVID-19-related mortality were compared in case and control groups.Results 86 441 patients with CHD and 335 839 controls were studied. Of patients with a positive COVID-19 test, patients with CHD were more likely than controls to be hospitalised (22.4% vs 14.5%; OR=1.77 (95% CI 1.60 to 1.96); p=2.11e−28) and suffer COVID-19-related death (6.1% vs 3.8%; OR=1.60 (95% CI 1.35 to 1.89); p=7.00e−08). The excess risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation and death rose with increasing physiological severity of CHD (presence of pulmonary vascular disease and/or cyanosis), rather than anatomical complexity.Conclusions In this study of the COVID-19 pandemic experience, using population health records in over 86000 patients with CHD in England, patients with CHD with COVID-19 were at around 50–75% higher risk of hospitalisation and mortality compared with matched controls with COVID-19. We provide the first primary care-derived estimates for COVID-19 hospitalisation and case-fatality rates in patients with CHD. Some factors predictive of worse COVID-19 outcome in general populations (such as non-white ethnic group), and other CHD-specific comorbidities (such as pulmonary hypertension), influenced outcomes among patients with CHD.

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2023
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31. Study of the reactions e+e- →2 (π+π-)π0π0π0 and 2 (π+π-)π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation STUDY of the REACTIONS ... LEES J. P. et al.

Author

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, and Banerjee, S

Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0π0γ and 2(π+π-)π0π0ηγ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data were collected with the BABAR detector at SLAC. About 14 000 and 4700 events, respectively, are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469 fb-1. The invariant mass of the hadronic final state defines the effective e+e- center-of-mass energy. The center-of-mass energies range from threshold to 4.5 GeV. From the mass spectra, the first ever measurements of the e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0π0 and the e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0η cross sections are performed. The contributions from ωπ+π-π0π0, η2(π+π-), and other intermediate states are presented. We observe the J/ψ and ψ(2S) in most of these final states and measure the corresponding branching fractions, many of them for the first time.

Published
2021

32. Study of the reactions e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0π0 and 2(π+π-)π0π0η at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.5 GeV using initial-state radiation

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, 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, and Banerjee, Sw

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We study the processes e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0π0γ and 2(π+π-)π0π0ηγ in which an energetic photon is radiated from the initial state. The data were collected with the BABAR detector at SLAC. About 14 000 and 4700 events, respectively, are selected from a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469 fb-1. The invariant mass of the hadronic final state defines the effective e+e- center-of-mass energy. The center-of-mass energies range from threshold to 4.5 GeV. From the mass spectra, the first ever measurements of the e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0π0 and the e+e-→2(π+π-)π0π0η cross sections are performed. The contributions from ωπ+π-π0π0, η2(π+π-), and other intermediate states are presented. We observe the J/ψ and ψ(2S) in most of these final states and measure the corresponding branching fractions, many of them for the first time.

Published
2021

33. Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of $B^\pm \to K^\pm X_{c\bar c}$

Author

Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Brown, D. N., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Fritsch, M., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Cheaib, R., Hearty, C., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y., Blinov, V. E., Buzykaev, A. R., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kozyrev, E. A., Kravchenko, E. A., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Skovpen, Yu. I., Solodov, E. P., Todyshev, K. Yu., Lankfordm, A. J., Dey, B., Gary, J. W., Long, O., Eisner, A. M., Lockman, W. S., Vazquez, W. Panduro, Chao, D. S., Cheng, C. H., Echenard, B., Flood, K. T., Hitlin, D. G., Kim, J., Li, Y., Miyashita, T. S., Ongmongkolkul, P., Porter, F. C., Rohrken, M., Huard, Z., Meadows, B. T., Pushpawela, B. G., Sokoloff, M. D., Sun, L., Smith, J. G., Wagner, S. R., 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, I. M., Piccolo, M., Rotondo, M., Zallo, A., Passaggio, S., Patrignani, C., Lacker, H. M., Bhuyan, B., Mallik, U., Chen, C., Cochran, J., Prell, S., Gritsan, A. V., Arnaud, N., Davier, M., Diberder, F. Le, Lutz, A. M., Wormser, G., Lange, D. J., Wright, D. M., Coleman, J. P., Hutchcroft, D. E., Payne, D. J., Touramanis, C., Bevan, A. J., Di Lodovico, F., Sacco, R., Cowan, G., Banerjee, Sw., Davis, C. L., Denig, A. G., Gradl, W., Griessinger, K., Hafner, A., Schubert, K. R., Barlow, R. J., Lafferty, G. D., Cenci, R., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D. A., Cowan, R., Robertson, S. H., Seddon, R. M., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Cremaldi, L., Godang, R., Summers, D. J., Taras, P., De Nardo, G., Sciacca, C., Raven, G., Jessop, C. P., LoSecco, J. M., Honscheid, K., Kass, R., Gaz, A., Margoni, M., Posocco, M., Simi, G., Simonetto, F., Stroili, R., Akar, S., Ben-Haim, E., Bomben, M., Bonneaud, G. R., 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, M. A., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paoloni, E., Rama, M., Rizzo, G., Walsh, J. J., Zani, L., Smith, A. J. S., Anulli, F., Faccini, R., Ferrarotto, F., Ferroni, F., Pilloni, A., Piredda, G., Bunger, C., Dittrich, S., Grunberg, O., Hess, M., Leddig, T., Voß, C., Waldi, R., Adye, T., Wilson, F. F., Emery, S., Vasseur, G., Aston, D., Cartaro, C., Convery, M. R., Dorfan, J., Dunwoodie, W., Ebert, M., Field, R. C., Fulsom, B. G., Graham, M. T., Hast, C., Innes, W. R., Kim, P., Leith, D. W. G. S., Luitz, S., MacFarlane, D. B., Muller, D. R., Neal, H., Ratcliff, B. N., Roodman, A., Sullivan, M. K., Va'vra, J., Wisniewski, W. J., Purohit, M. V., Wilson, J. R., Randle-Conde, A., Sekula, S. J., Ahmed, H., Bellis, M., Burchat, P. R., Puccio, E. M. T., Alam, M. S., Ernst, J. A., Gorodeisky, R., Guttman, N., Peimer, D. R., Soffer, A., Spanier, S. M., Ritchie, J. L., Schwitters, R. F., Izen, J. M., Lou, X. C., Bianchi, F., De Mori, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Lanceri, L., Vitale, L., Martinez-Vidal, F., Oyanguren, A., Albert, J., Beaulieu, A., Bernlochner, F. U., King, G. J., Kowalewski, R., Nugent, I. M., Roney, J. M., Sobie, R. J., Tasneem, N., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Latham, T. E., Prepost, R., and Wu, S. L.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

A study of the two body decays $B^\pm\rightarrow X_{c\bar c}K^\pm$, where X$_{c\bar c}$ refers to one charmonium state, is reported by 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 $B^+\rightarrow X(3872)K^+$ at the $3\sigma$ level. The absolute branching fraction ${\cal B}(B^+\rightarrow X(3872)K^+) = (2.1\pm0.6({\rm stat})\pm0.3({\rm syst}))\times 10^{-4}$ is measured for the first time. It follows that ${\cal B}(X(3872)\rightarrow J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-)=(4.1\pm1.3)\%$, supporting the hypothesis of a molecular component for this resonance., Comment: 8 pages 6 figures

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2019
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37. Search for $B^- \to \Lambda \bar p \nu \bar\nu$ with the BABAR experiment

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The BABAR Collaboration, Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Brown, D. N., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Fritsch, M., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Cheaib, R., Hearty, C., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y., Blinov, V. E., Buzykaev, A. R., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kozyrev, E. A., Kravchenko, E. A., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Skovpen, Yu. I., Solodov, E. P., Todyshev, K. Yu., Lankford, A. J., Dey, B., Gary, J. W., Long, O., Eisner, A. M., Lockman, W. S., Vazquez, W. Panduro, Chao, D. S., Cheng, C. H., Echenard, B., Flood, K. T., Hitlin, D. G., Kim, J., Li, Y., Miyashita, T. S., Ongmongkolkul, P., Porter, F. C., Röhrken, M., Huard, Z., Meadows, B. T., Pushpawela, B. G., Sokoloff, M. D., Sun, L., Smith, J. G., Wagner, S. R., 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, I. M., Piccolo, M., Rotondo, M., Zallo, A., Passaggio, S., Patrignani, C., Lacker, H. M., Bhuyan, B., Mallik, U., Chen, C., Cochran, J., Prell, S., Gritsan, A. V., Arnaud, N., Davier, M., Diberder, F. Le, Lutz, A. M., Wormser, G., Lange, D. J., Wright, D. M., Coleman, J. P., Gabathuler, E., Hutchcroft, D. E., Payne, D. J., Touramanis, C., Bevan, A. J., Di Lodovico, F., Sacco, R., Cowan, G., Banerjee, Sw., Davis, C. L., Denig, A. G., Gradl, W., Griessinger, K., Hafner, A., Schubert, K. R., Barlow, R. J., Lafferty, G. D., Cenci, R., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D. A., Cowan, R., Robertson, S. H., Seddon, R. M., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Cremaldi, L., Godang, R., Summers, D. J., Taras, P., De Nardo, G., Sciacca, C., Raven, G., Jessop, C. P., LoSecco, J. M., Honscheid, K., Kass, R., Gaz, A., Margoni, M., Posocco, M., Simi, G., Simonetto, F., Stroili, R., Akar, S., Ben-Haim, E., Bomben, M., Bonneaud, G. R., 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, M. A., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paoloni, E., Rama, M., Rizzo, G., Walsh, J. J., Zani, L., Smith, A. J. S., 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, F. F., Emery, S., Vasseur, G., Aston, D., Cartaro, C., Convery, M. R., Dorfan, J., Dunwoodie, W., Ebert, M., Field, R. C., Fulsom, B. G., Graham, M. T., Hast, C., Innes, W. R., Kim, P., Leith, D. W. G. S., Luitz, S., MacFarlane, D. B., Muller, D. R., Neal, H., Ratcliff, B. N., Roodman, A., Sullivan, M. K., Va'vra, J., Wisniewski, W. J., Purohit, M. V., Wilson, J. R., Randle-Conde, A., Sekula, S. J., Ahmed, H., Bellis, M., Burchat, P. R., Puccio, E. M. T., Alam, M. S., Ernst, J. A., Gorodeisky, R., Guttman, N., Peimer, D. R., Soffer, A., Spanier, S. M., Ritchie, J. L., Schwitters, R. F., Izen, J. M., Lou, X. C., Bianchi, F., De Mori, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Lanceri, L., Vitale, L., Martinez-Vidal, F., Oyanguren, A., Albert, J., Beaulieu, A., Bernlochner, F. U., King, G. J., Kowalewski, R., Lueck, T., Nugent, I. M., Roney, J. M., Sobie, R. J., Tasneem, N., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Latham, T. E., Prepost, R., and Wu, S. L.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process $B^- \to \Lambda {\overline p} \nu{\overline{\nu}}$ using data from the BABAR experiment. A total of 424 fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collision data collected at the center-of-mass energy of the $\Upsilon$(4S) resonance is used in this study, corresponding to a sample of ${(471 \pm 3) \times 10^{6}}$ $B\overline{B}$ pairs. Signal $B^- \to \Lambda {\overline p} \nu{\overline{\nu}}$ candidates are identified by first fully reconstructing a $B^+$ decay in one of many possible exclusive decays to hadronic final states, then examining detector activity that is not associated with this reconstructed $B^+$ decay for evidence of a signal $B^- \to \Lambda {\overline p} \nu{\overline{\nu}}$ decay. The data yield is found to be consistent with the expected background contribution under a null signal hypothesis, resulting in an upper limit of ${{\cal B} (B^- \to \Lambda {\overline p} \nu{\overline{\nu}}) < 3.0\times 10^{-5}}$ at the $90\%$ confidence level., Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures

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2019
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38. Search for rare or forbidden decays of the $D^{0}$ meson

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Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Brown, D. N., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Fritsch, M., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Cheaib, R., Hearty, C., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y., Blinov, V. E., Buzykaev, A. R., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kozyrev, E. A., Kravchenko, E. A., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Skovpen, Yu. I., Solodov, E. P., Todyshev, K. Yu., Lankford, A. J., Dey, B., Gary, J. W., Long, O., Eisner, A. M., Lockman, W. S., Vazquez, W. Panduro, Chao, D. S., Cheng, C. H., Echenard, B., Flood, K. T., Hitlin, D. G., Kim, J., Li, Y., Miyashita, T. S., Ongmongkolkul, P., Porter, F. C., Röhrken, M., Huard, Z., Meadows, B. T., Pushpawela, B. G., Sokoloff, M. D., Sun, L., Smith, J. G., Wagner, S. R., 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, I. M., Piccolo, M., Rotondo, M., Zallo, A., Passaggio, S., Patrignani, C., Lacker, H. M., Bhuyan, B., Mallik, U., Chen, C., Cochran, J., Prell, S., Gritsan, A. V., Arnaud, N., Davier, M., Diberder, F. Le, Lutz, A. M., Wormser, G., Lange, D. J., Wright, D. M., Coleman, J. P., Gabathuler, E., Hutchcroft, D. E., Payne, D. J., Touramanis, C., Bevan, A. J., Di Lodovico, F., Sacco, R., Cowan, G., Banerjee, Sw., Davis, C. L., Denig, A. G., Gradl, W., Griessinger, K., Hafner, A., Schubert, K. R., Barlow, R. J., Lafferty, G. D., Cenci, R., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D. A., Cowan, R., Robertson, S. H., Seddon, R. M., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Cremaldi, L., Godang, R., Summers, D. J., Taras, P., De Nardo, G., Sciacca, C., Raven, G., Jessop, C. P., LoSecco, J. M., Honscheid, K., Kass, R., Gaz, A., Margoni, M., Posocco, M., Simi, G., Simonetto, F., Stroili, R., Akar, S., Ben-Haim, E., Bomben, M., Bonneaud, G. R., 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, M. A., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paoloni, E., Rama, M., Rizzo, G., Walsh, J. J., Zani, L., Smith, A. J. S., 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, F. F., Emery, S., Vasseur, G., Aston, D., Cartaro, C., Convery, M. R., Dorfan, J., Dunwoodie, W., Ebert, M., Field, R. C., Fulsom, B. G., Graham, M. T., Hast, C., Innes, W. R., Kim, P., Leith, D. W. G. S., Luitz, S., MacFarlane, D. B., Muller, D. R., Neal, H., Ratcliff, B. N., Roodman, A., Sullivan, M. K., Va'vra, J., Wisniewski, W. J., Purohit, M. V., Wilson, J. R., Randle-Conde, A., Sekula, S. J., Ahmed, H., Bellis, M., Burchat, P. R., Puccio, E. M. T., Alam, M. S., Ernst, J. A., Gorodeisky, R., Guttman, N., Peimer, D. R., Soffer, A., Spanier, S. M., Ritchie, J. L., Schwitters, R. F., Izen, J. M., Lou, X. C., Bianchi, F., De Mori, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Lanceri, L., Vitale, L., Martinez-Vidal, F., Oyanguren, A., Albert, J., Beaulieu, A., Bernlochner, F. U., King, G. J., Kowalewski, R., Lueck, T., Nugent, I. M., Roney, J. M., Sobie, R. J., Tasneem, N., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Latham, T. E., Prepost, R., and Wu, S. L.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We present a search for nine lepton-number-violating and three lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm decays of the type $D^0\rightarrow h^{\prime -} h^{-}\ell^{\prime +} \ell^{+}$ and $D^0\rightarrow h^{\prime -} h^{+}\ell^{\prime\pm} \ell^{\mp}$, where $h$ and $h^{\prime}$ represent a $K$ or $\pi$ meson and $\ell$ and $\ell^{\prime}$ an electron or muon. The analysis is based on $468$ fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data collected at or close to the $Y(4S)$ 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 $(1.0 - 30.6)\times 10^{-7}$. The limits are between one and three orders of magnitude times more stringent than previous measurements., Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures

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2019
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39. Search for a Dark Leptophilic Scalar in e+e- Collisions

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, 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, and Banerjee, Sw

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, BABAR Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
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

Published
2020

40. Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays D0→X0e±μ∓

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, 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, and Banerjee, Sw

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

We present a search for seven lepton-flavor-violating neutral charm meson decays of the type D0→X0e±μ, where X0 represents a π0, KS0, K̄∗0, ρ0, φ, ω, or η meson. The analysis is based on 468 fb-1 of e+e- annihilation data collected at or close to the (4S) resonance with the BABAR detector at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. No significant signals are observed, and we establish 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions in the range (5.0-22.5)×10-7. The limits are between 1 and 2 orders of magnitude more stringent than previous measurements.

Published
2020

41. Measurements of the Absolute Branching Fractions of B^{±}→K^{±}X_{cc[over ¯]}.

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, 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, Sw, and Davis, CL

Subjects
BaBar Collaboration, BaBar Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
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.

Published
2020

42. Search for Rare or Forbidden Decays of the D0 Meson

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, 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, Sw, and Davis, CL

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, CLEO Collaboration, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

Using 0.8 x 10(6) D+ D- pairs collected with the CLEO-c detector at the psi(3770) resonance, we have searched for flavor-changing neutral current and lepton-number-violating decays of D+ mesons to final states with dielectrons. We find no indication of either, obtaining 90% confidence level upper limits of B(D+ --> pi+ e+ e-) < 7.4 x 10(-6), B(D+ --> pi- e+ d+) < 3.6 x 10(-6), B(D+ --> K+ e+ e-) < 6.2 x 10(-6), and B(D+ --> K- e+ e+) < 4.5 x 10(-6).

Published
2020

43. Resonances in e+e- annihilation near 2.2 GeV RESONANCES in E+E- ANNIHILATION NEAR 2.2 GEV LEES J. P. et al.

Author

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, and Davis, CL

Abstract

Using the initial-state radiation method, the e+e-→KSKL cross section from 1.98 to 2.54 GeV is measured in a data sample of 469 fb-1 collected with the BABAR detector. The results are used in conjunction with previous BABAR results for the e+e-→K+K-, e+e-→π+π-, e+e-→π+π-η, and e+e-→ωππ cross sections to investigate the nature of the resonance structure recently observed by the BESIII experiment in the e+e-→K+K- cross section.

Published
2020

44. Precision Measurement of the Ratio B(γ(3S) → τ+τ-)/B(γ(3S) → μ+μ-)

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, Chao, DS, Cheng, CH, Echenard, B, Flood, KT, Hitlin, DG, Kim, J, Li, Y, Lin, DX, Miyashita, TS, Ongmongkolkul, P, Oyang, J, Porter, FC, Rohrken, 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, and Banerjee, Sw

Subjects
BABAR Collaboration, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
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.

Published
2020

45. Equilibrium Fluctuations in Maximally Noisy Extended Quantum Systems

Author

Bauer, M., Bernard, D., and Jin, T.

Subjects
Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics, Mathematical Physics, Quantum Physics
Abstract

We introduce and study a class of models of free fermions hopping between neighbouring sites with random Brownian amplitudes. These simple models describe stochastic, diffusive, quantum, unitary dynamics. We focus on periodic boundary conditions and derive the complete stationary distribution of the system. It is proven that the generating function of the latter is provided by the Harish-Chandra-Itzykson-Zuber integral which allows us to access all fluctuations of the system state. The steady state is characterized by non trivial correlations which have a topological nature. Diagrammatic tools appropriate for the study of these correlations are presented. In the thermodynamic large system size limit, the system approaches a non random equilibrium state plus occupancy and coherence fluctuations of magnitude scaling proportionally with the inverse of the square root of the volume. The large deviation function for those fluctuations is determined. Although decoherence is effective on the mean steady state, we observe that sub-leading fluctuating coherences are dynamically produced from the inhomogeneities of the initial occupancy profile., Comment: 15 pages (main text) + 14 pages (appendix+references) Submission to SciPost

Published
2018
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46. Search for B-→ Λ p ν ν with the B a B ar experiment SEARCH for B-→ Λ p ν ν ... LEES J. P. et al.

Author

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, 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, Davis, CL, and Denig, AG

Subjects
hep-ex
Abstract

A search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process B-→Λpνν using data from the BABAR experiment has been performed. A total of 424 fb-1 of e+e-collision data collected at the center-of-mass energy of the Ï'(4S) resonance is used in this study, corresponding to a sample of (471±3)×106 BB pairs. Signal B-→Λpνν candidates are identified by first fully reconstructing a B+ decay in one of many possible exclusive decays to hadronic final states, then examining detector activity that is not associated with this reconstructed B+ decay for evidence of a signal B-→Λpνν decay. The data yield is found to be consistent with the expected background contribution under a null signal hypothesis, resulting in an upper limit of B(B-→Λpνν)

Published
2019

47. Search for B-→Λp¯νν¯ with the BaBar experiment

Author

Lees, JP, Poireau, V, Tisserand, V, Grauges, E, Palano, A, Eigen, G, Brown, DN, Kolomensky, Yu G, 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, Yu I, Solodov, EP, Todyshev, K Yu, Lankford, AJ, Dey, B, Gary, JW, Long, O, Eisner, AM, Lockman, WS, Vazquez, W Panduro, 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, Sw, Davis, CL, and Denig, AG

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

A search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process B-→Λpνν using data from the BABAR experiment has been performed. A total of 424 fb-1 of e+e-collision data collected at the center-of-mass energy of the Ï'(4S) resonance is used in this study, corresponding to a sample of (471±3)×106 BB pairs. Signal B-→Λpνν candidates are identified by first fully reconstructing a B+ decay in one of many possible exclusive decays to hadronic final states, then examining detector activity that is not associated with this reconstructed B+ decay for evidence of a signal B-→Λpνν decay. The data yield is found to be consistent with the expected background contribution under a null signal hypothesis, resulting in an upper limit of B(B-→Λpνν)

Published
2019

48. Significantly increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease amongst adults with predominantly mild congenital heart disease

Author

Dominic J. F. Byrne, Simon G. Williams, Apostol Nakev, Simon Frain, Stephanie L. Baross, Jørgen Vestbo, Bernard D. Keavney, and David Talavera

Subjects
Medicine, Science
Abstract

Abstract Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) face increased risk of various comorbid diseases. Previous work on lung dysfunction in this population has mainly focused on restrictive lung disease, in patients with severe CHD phenotypes. We examined the association of mild CHD with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the UK Biobank (UKB). Electronic health records (EHR) were used to identify 3385 CHD cases and 479,765 healthy controls in UKB, before performing a case–control analysis over a 20-year study period for a total of > 9.5 M person-years of follow-up. Our analysis showed that UKB participants with CHD are at substantially greater risk of developing COPD than healthy controls (8.7% vs 3.1% prevalence, unadjusted OR 2.98, 95% CI 2.63, 3.36, P = 1.40e−53). Slightly increased rates of smoking were observed amongst CHD cases, however the association with COPD was shown to be robust to adjustment for smoking and other factors known to modulate COPD risk within a multivariable-adjusted Cox regression framework (fully adjusted HR 2.21, 95% CI 1.97, 2.48, P = 5.5e−41). Care for adults with CHD should aim to mitigate their increased risk of COPD, possibly via increased smoking cessation support.

Published
2022
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49. Vector redesign and in‐droplet cell‐growth improves enrichment and recovery in live Escherichia coli

Author

Bernard D. G. Eenink, Tomasz S. Kaminski, Erich Bornberg‐Bauer, Joachim Jose, Florian Hollfelder, and Bert vanLoo

Subjects
Biotechnology, TP248.13-248.65
Abstract

Abstract Directed evolution (DE) is a widely used method for improving the function of biomolecules via multiple rounds of mutation and selection. Microfluidic droplets have emerged as an important means to screen the large libraries needed for DE, but this approach was so far partially limited by the need to lyse cells, recover DNA, and retransform into cells for the next round, necessitating the use of a high‐copy number plasmid or oversampling. The recently developed live cell recovery avoids some of these limitations by directly regrowing selected cells after sorting. However, repeated sorting cycles used to further enrich the most active variants ultimately resulted in unfavourable recovery of empty plasmid vector‐containing cells over those expressing the protein of interest. In this study, we found that engineering of the original expression vector solved the problem of false positives (i.e. plasmids lacking an insert) cells containing empty vectors. Five approaches to measure activity of cell‐displayed enzymes in microdroplets were compared. By comparing various cell treatment methods prior to droplet sorting two things were found. Substrate encapsulation from the start, that is prior to expression of enzyme, showed no disadvantage to post‐induction substrate addition by pico‐injection with respect to recovery of true positive variants. Furthermore in‐droplet cell growth prior to induction of enzyme production improves the total amount of cells retrieved (recovery) and proportion of true positive variants (enrichment) after droplet sorting.

Published
2022
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