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1. Determination of the CKM angle ϕ 3 from a combination of Belle and Belle II results

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The Belle and Belle II collaborations, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, S. Al Said, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, V. Aushev, M. Aversano, R. Ayad, V. Babu, H. Bae, S. Bahinipati, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, S. Bansal, M. Barrett, J. Baudot, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, F. Becherer, J. Becker, K. Belous, J. V. Bennett, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, B. Bhuyan, F. Bianchi, L. Bierwirth, T. Bilka, S. Bilokin, D. Biswas, A. Bobrov, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, R. A. Briere, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, J. Cerasoli, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, R. Cheaib, P. Cheema, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H.-E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-K. Choi, Y. Choi, S. Choudhury, L. Corona, S. Das, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. de Marino, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, K. Dort, D. Dossett, S. Dreyer, S. Dubey, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, M. Eliachevitch, D. Epifanov, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, G. Finocchiaro, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, E. Ganiev, M. Garcia-Hernandez, R. Garg, G. Gaudino, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, D. Ghosh, H. Ghumaryan, G. Giakoustidis, R. Giordano, A. Giri, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, O. Gogota, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, T. Grammatico, S. Granderath, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, Z. Gruberová, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, S. Halder, Y. Han, T. Hara, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, M. T. Hedges, A. Heidelbach, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, T. Higuchi, M. Hoek, M. Hohmann, P. Horak, C.-L. Hsu, T. Humair, T. Iijima, K. Inami, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, P. Jackson, W. W. Jacobs, E.-J. Jang, Q. P. Ji, S. Jia, Y. Jin, H. Junkerkalefeld, D. Kalita, A. B. Kaliyar, J. Kandra, T. Kawasaki, F. Keil, C. Kiesling, C.-H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, Y.-K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, T. M. G. Kraetzschmar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, J. Kumar, M. Kumar, R. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, Y.-T. Lai, T. Lam, L. Lanceri, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, M. J. Lee, D. Levit, P. M. Lewis, C. Li, L. K. Li, Y. Li, Y. B. Li, J. Libby, M. H. Liu, Q. Y. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, T. Lueck, C. Lyu, Y. Ma, M. Maggiora, S. P. Maharana, R. Maiti, S. Maity, G. Mancinelli, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, M. Mantovano, D. Marcantonio, S. Marcello, C. Marinas, L. Martel, C. Martellini, A. Martini, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, D. Matvienko, S. K. Maurya, J. A. McKenna, R. Mehta, F. Meier, M. Merola, F. Metzner, C. Miller, M. Mirra, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, G. B. Mohanty, N. Molina-Gonzalez, S. Mondal, S. Moneta, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, K. R. Nakamura, M. Nakao, Y. Nakazawa, A. Narimani Charan, M. Naruki, D. Narwal, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, M. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, M. Neu, C. Niebuhr, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, Y. Onishchuk, H. Ono, P. Oskin, F. Otani, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, A. Panta, S. Pardi, K. Parham, H. Park, S.-H. Park, A. Passeri, S. Patra, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, G. Pinna Angioni, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, H. Purwar, P. Rados, G. Raeuber, S. Raiz, N. Rauls, M. Reif, S. Reiter, M. Remnev, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, S. H. Robertson, M. Roehrken, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, D. A. Sanders, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, C. Schmitt, G. Schnell, C. Schwanda, M. Schwickardi, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, W. Shan, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, T. Shimasaki, J.-G. Shiu, D. Shtol, B. Shwartz, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, R. J. Sobie, M. Sobotzik, A. Soffer, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, P. Stavroulakis, S. Stefkova, R. Stroili, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, W. Sutcliffe, N. Suwonjandee, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, O. Tittel, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, K. Trabelsi, I. Tsaklidis, M. Uchida, I. Ueda, Y. Uematsu, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, K. E. Varvell, M. Veronesi, A. Vinokurova, V. S. Vismaya, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, R. Volpe, B. Wach, M. Wakai, S. Wallner, E. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, X. L. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Warburton, S. Watanuki, C. Wessel, E. Won, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, W. Yan, S. B. Yang, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, B. Zhang, Y. Zhang, V. Zhilich, Q. D. Zhou, and V. I. Zhukova

Subjects
B Physics, CKM Angle Gamma, CP Violation, e +-e − Experiments, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract We report a determination of the CKM angle ϕ 3, also known as γ, from a combination of measurements using samples of up to 711 fb −1 from the Belle experiment and up to 362 fb −1 from the Belle II experiment. We combine results from analyses of B + → DK +, B + → Dπ +, and B + → D * K + decays, where D is an admixture of D 0 and D ¯ 0 $$ {\overline{D}}^0 $$ mesons, in a likelihood fit to obtain ϕ 3 = (75.2 ± 7.6) ° . We also briefly discuss the interpretation of this result.

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2024
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2. Measurement of the energy dependence of the e + e − → B B ¯ $$ B\overline{B} $$ , B B ¯ ∗ $$ B{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ , and B ∗ B ¯ ∗ $$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ cross sections at Belle II

Author

The Belle II collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Ahmed, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Althubiti, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, V. Aushev, M. Aversano, R. Ayad, V. Babu, H. Bae, S. Bahinipati, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, S. Bansal, M. Barrett, J. Baudot, M. Bauer, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, F. Becherer, J. Becker, P. K. Behera, J. V. Bennett, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, B. Bhuyan, F. Bianchi, L. Bierwirth, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, A. Bobrov, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, A. Bondar, J. Borah, A. Boschetti, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, R. A. Briere, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, Q. Campagna, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, J. Cerasoli, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, P. Cheema, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H.-E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-J. Cho, S.-K. Choi, S. Choudhury, J. Cochran, L. Corona, J. X. Cui, S. Das, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. de Marino, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, S. Dey, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, D. Dorner, K. Dort, D. Dossett, S. Dreyer, S. Dubey, K. Dugic, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, M. Eliachevitch, D. Epifanov, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, C. Finck, G. Finocchiaro, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, E. Ganiev, M. Garcia-Hernandez, R. Garg, A. Garmash, G. Gaudino, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, D. Ghosh, H. Ghumaryan, G. Giakoustidis, R. Giordano, A. Giri, A. Glazov, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, O. Gogota, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, T. Grammatico, S. Granderath, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, Z. Gruberová, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, S. Halder, Y. Han, K. Hara, T. Hara, C. Harris, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, M. T. Hedges, A. Heidelbach, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, A. Hershenhorn, T. Higuchi, E. C. Hill, M. Hoek, M. Hohmann, P. Horak, C.-L. Hsu, T. Humair, T. Iijima, K. Inami, G. Inguglia, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, S. Ito, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, P. Jackson, W. W. Jacobs, E.-J. Jang, Q. P. Ji, S. Jia, Y. Jin, A. Johnson, K. K. Joo, H. Junkerkalefeld, H. Kakuno, M. Kaleta, D. Kalita, A. B. Kaliyar, J. Kandra, K. H. Kang, S. Kang, G. Karyan, T. Kawasaki, F. Keil, C. Ketter, C. Kiesling, C.-H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, Y.-K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, T. Konno, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, T. M. G. Kraetzschmar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, Y. Kulii, T. Kuhr, J. Kumar, M. Kumar, R. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, Y.-T. Lai, T. Lam, L. Lanceri, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, R. Leboucher, F. R. Le Diberder, M. J. Lee, P. Leitl, P. Leo, D. Levit, P. M. Lewis, C. Li, L. K. Li, S. X. Li, Y. Li, Y. B. Li, J. Libby, Q. Y. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, A. Lozar, T. Lueck, C. Lyu, Y. Ma, M. Maggiora, S. P. Maharana, R. Maiti, S. Maity, G. Mancinelli, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, M. Mantovano, D. Marcantonio, S. Marcello, C. Marinas, L. Martel, C. Martellini, A. Martini, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, T. Matsuda, K. Matsuoka, D. Matvienko, S. K. Maurya, J. A. McKenna, R. Mehta, F. Meier, M. Merola, F. Metzner, M. Milesi, C. Miller, M. Mirra, S. Mitra, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, N. Molina-Gonzalez, S. Mondal, S. Moneta, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, M. Nakao, Y. Nakazawa, A. Narimani Charan, M. Naruki, D. Narwal, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, M. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, M. Neu, C. Niebuhr, N. K. Nisar, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, Y. Onishchuk, H. Ono, Y. Onuki, P. Oskin, F. Otani, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, A. Paladino, A. Panta, E. Paoloni, S. Pardi, K. Parham, H. Park, J. Park, S.-H. Park, B. Paschen, A. Passeri, S. Patra, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, I. Peruzzi, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, F. Pham, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, G. Pinna Angioni, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, S. Privalov, H. Purwar, N. Rad, P. Rados, G. Raeuber, S. Raiz, N. Rauls, K. Ravindran, M. Reif, S. Reiter, M. Remnev, L. Reuter, I. Ripp-Baudot, S. H. Robertson, M. Roehrken, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, D. Sahoo, D. A. Sanders, S. Sandilya, A. Sangal, L. Santelj, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, S. Schneider, M. Schnepf, C. Schwanda, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, W. Shan, C. Sharma, C. P. Shen, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, T. Shimasaki, J.-G. Shiu, D. Shtol, B. Shwartz, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, K. Smith, R. J. Sobie, M. Sobotzik, A. Soffer, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, P. Stavroulakis, S. Stefkova, Z. S. Stottler, R. Stroili, J. Strube, Y. Sue, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, W. Sutcliffe, H. Svidras, M. Takahashi, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, S. Tanaka, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, A. Thaller, O. Tittel, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, N. Toutounji, K. Trabelsi, I. Tsaklidis, M. Uchida, I. Ueda, Y. Uematsu, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, G. S. Varner, K. E. Varvell, M. Veronesi, A. Vinokurova, V. S. Vismaya, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, R. Volpe, B. Wach, M. Wakai, S. Wallner, E. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, X. L. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Warburton, M. Watanabe, S. Watanuki, C. Wessel, E. Won, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, W. Yan, S. B. Yang, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, L. Zani, F. Zeng, B. Zhang, Y. Zhang, V. Zhilich, J. S. Zhou, Q. D. Zhou, X. Y. Zhou, V. I. Zhukova, and R. Žlebčík

Subjects
e +-e − Experiments, Quarkonium, Spectroscopy, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract We report measurements of the e + e − → B B ¯ $$ B\overline{B} $$ , B B ¯ ∗ $$ B{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ , and B ∗ B ¯ ∗ $$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ cross sections at four energies, 10653, 10701, 10746 and 10805 MeV, using data collected by the Belle II experiment. We reconstruct one B meson in a large number of hadronic final states and use its momentum to identify the production process. In the first 2 – 5 MeV above B ∗ B ¯ ∗ $$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ threshold, the e + e − → B ∗ B ¯ ∗ $$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ cross section increases rapidly. This may indicate the presence of a pole close to the threshold.

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2024
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3. Measurements of the branching fractions of Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 π 0 $$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0 $$ , Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 η $$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0\eta $$ , and Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 η ′ $$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\eta}^{\prime } $$ and asymmetry parameter of Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 π 0 $$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0 $$

Author

The Belle and Belle II collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Althubiti, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, V. Aushev, M. Aversano, R. Ayad, V. Babu, H. Bae, S. Bahinipati, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, M. Barrett, J. Baudot, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, F. Becherer, J. Becker, J. V. Bennett, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, B. Bhuyan, F. Bianchi, L. Bierwirth, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, A. Bobrov, D. Bodrov, J. Borah, A. Boschetti, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, Q. Campagna, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, J. Cerasoli, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, P. Cheema, C. Chen, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H.-E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-J. Cho, S.-K. Choi, S. Choudhury, L. Corona, J. X. Cui, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. De Nardo, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, S. Dey, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, K. Dort, D. Dossett, S. Dubey, K. Dugic, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, M. Eliachevitch, D. Epifanov, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, T. Fillinger, C. Finck, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, G. Gaudino, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, D. Ghosh, H. Ghumaryan, G. Giakoustidis, R. Giordano, A. Giri, A. Glazov, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, O. Gogota, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, Z. Gruberová, T. Gu, K. Gudkova, I. Haide, S. Halder, Y. Han, T. Hara, C. Harris, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, M. T. Hedges, A. Heidelbach, I. Heredia de la Cruz, T. Higuchi, M. Hoek, M. Hohmann, P. Horak, C.-L. Hsu, T. Humair, K. Inami, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, W. W. Jacobs, E.-J. Jang, S. Jia, Y. Jin, A. Johnson, K. K. Joo, H. Junkerkalefeld, M. Kaleta, J. Kandra, K. H. Kang, S. Kang, G. Karyan, F. Keil, C. Kiesling, C.-H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, Y.-K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, Y. Kulii, R. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, K. Lalwani, T. Lam, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, R. Leboucher, M. J. Lee, C. Lemettais, P. Leo, D. Levit, P. M. Lewis, L. K. Li, S. X. Li, Y. Li, Y. B. Li, J. Libby, Z. Liptak, M. H. Liu, Q. Y. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, T. Lueck, C. Lyu, Y. Ma, M. Maggiora, S. P. Maharana, R. Maiti, S. Maity, G. Mancinelli, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, M. Mantovano, D. Marcantonio, S. Marcello, C. Marinas, C. Martellini, A. Martens, A. Martini, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, D. Matvienko, S. K. Maurya, J. A. McKenna, R. Mehta, F. Meier, M. Merola, C. Miller, M. Mirra, S. Mitra, K. Miyabayashi, G. B. Mohanty, S. Moneta, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, I. Nakamura, M. Nakao, Y. Nakazawa, M. Naruki, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, M. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, M. Neu, M. Niiyama, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, Y. Onishchuk, H. Ono, G. Pakhlova, S. Pardi, K. Parham, H. Park, J. Park, S.-H. Park, A. Passeri, S. Patra, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, G. Pinna Angioni, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, H. Purwar, P. Rados, G. Raeuber, S. Raiz, N. Rauls, M. Reif, S. Reiter, M. Remnev, L. Reuter, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, M. Roehrken, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, S. Schneider, M. Schnepf, C. Schwanda, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, W. Shan, C. Sharma, C. P. Shen, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, T. Shimasaki, J.-G. Shiu, D. Shtol, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, R. J. Sobie, M. Sobotzik, A. Soffer, E. Solovieva, W. Song, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, P. Stavroulakis, S. Stefkova, R. Stroili, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, N. Suwonjandee, H. Svidras, M. Takahashi, M. Takizawa, S. Tanaka, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, A. Thaller, O. Tittel, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, K. Trabelsi, I. Ueda, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, K. E. Varvell, M. Veronesi, A. Vinokurova, V. S. Vismaya, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, R. Volpe, A. Vossen, M. Wakai, S. Wallner, E. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Warburton, S. Watanuki, C. Wessel, E. Won, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, W. Yan, S. B. Yang, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, Y. M. Yook, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, L. Zani, F. Zeng, B. Zhang, V. Zhilich, J. S. Zhou, Q. D. Zhou, V. I. Zhukova, and R. Žlebčík

Subjects
Branching fraction, Charm Physics, e +-e − Experiments, Particle and Resonance Production, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
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Abstract We present a study of Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 π 0 $$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0 $$ , Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 η $$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0\eta $$ , and Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 η ′ $$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\eta}^{\prime } $$ decays using the Belle and Belle II data samples, which have integrated luminosities of 980 fb −1 and 426 fb −1, respectively. We measure the following relative branching fractions B Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 π 0 / B Ξ c 0 → Ξ − π + = 0.48 ± 0.02 stat ± 0.03 syst , B Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 η / B Ξ c 0 → Ξ − π + = 0.11 ± 0.01 stat ± 0.01 syst , B Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 η ′ / B Ξ c 0 → Ξ − π + = 0.08 ± 0.02 stat ± 0.01 syst $$ {\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0\right)/\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}\right)=0.48\pm 0.02\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.03\left(\textrm{syst}\right),\\ {}\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0\eta \right)/\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}\right)=0.11\pm 0.01\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.01\left(\textrm{syst}\right),\\ {}\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\eta}^{\prime}\right)/\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}\right)=0.08\pm 0.02\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.01\left(\textrm{syst}\right)\end{array}} $$ for the first time, where the uncertainties are statistical (stat) and systematic (syst). By multiplying by the branching fraction of the normalization mode, B Ξ c 0 → Ξ − π + $$ \mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}\right) $$ , we obtain the following absolute branching fraction results B Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 π 0 = 6.9 ± 0.3 stat ± 0.5 syst ± 1.3 norm × 10 − 3 , B Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 η = 1.6 ± 0.2 stat ± 0.2 syst ± 0.3 norm × 10 − 3 , B Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 η ′ = 1.2 ± 0.3 stat ± 0.1 syst ± 0.2 norm × 10 − 3 , $$ {\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0\right)=\left(6.9\pm 0.3\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.5\left(\textrm{syst}\right)\pm 1.3\left(\operatorname{norm}\right)\right)\times {10}^{-3},\\ {}\mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0\eta \right)=\left(1.6\pm 0.2\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.2\left(\textrm{syst}\right)\pm 0.3\left(\operatorname{norm}\right)\right)\times {10}^{-3},\\ {}\mathcal{B}\left({\varXi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\eta}^{\prime}\right)=\left(1.2\pm 0.3\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.1\left(\textrm{syst}\right)\pm 0.2\left(\operatorname{norm}\right)\right)\times {10}^{-3},\end{array}} $$ where the third uncertainties are from B Ξ c 0 → Ξ − π + $$ \mathcal{B}\left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^{-}{\pi}^{+}\right) $$ . The asymmetry parameter for Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 π 0 $$ {\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0 $$ is measured to be α Ξ c 0 → Ξ 0 π 0 = − 0.90 ± 0.15 stat ± 0.23 syst $$ \alpha \left({\Xi}_c^0\to {\Xi}^0{\pi}^0\right)=-0.90\pm 0.15\left(\textrm{stat}\right)\pm 0.23\left(\textrm{syst}\right) $$ .

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2024
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4. Search for lepton-flavor-violating τ − → μ − μ + μ − decays at Belle II

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The Belle II collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Althubiti, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, V. Aushev, M. Aversano, R. Ayad, V. Babu, H. Bae, S. Bahinipati, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, S. Bansal, M. Barrett, J. Baudot, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, F. Becherer, J. Becker, J. V. Bennett, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, F. Bianchi, L. Bierwirth, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, A. Bobrov, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, J. Borah, A. Boschetti, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, Q. Campagna, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, J. Cerasoli, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, R. Cheaib, P. Cheema, C. Chen, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H.-E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-J. Cho, S.-K. Choi, S. Choudhury, J. Cochran, L. Corona, J. X. Cui, S. Das, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, S. Dey, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, D. Dorner, K. Dort, D. Dossett, S. Dreyer, S. Dubey, K. Dugic, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, M. Eliachevitch, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, C. Finck, G. Finocchiaro, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, E. Ganiev, M. Garcia-Hernandez, R. Garg, G. Gaudino, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, D. Ghosh, H. Ghumaryan, G. Giakoustidis, R. Giordano, A. Giri, A. Glazov, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, O. Gogota, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, T. Grammatico, S. Granderath, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, Z. Gruberová, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, S. Halder, Y. Han, T. Hara, C. Harris, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, M. T. Hedges, A. Heidelbach, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, T. Higuchi, M. Hoek, M. Hohmann, P. Horak, C.-L. Hsu, T. Humair, T. Iijima, K. Inami, G. Inguglia, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, W. W. Jacobs, D. E. Jaffe, E.-J. Jang, Q. P. Ji, S. Jia, Y. Jin, H. Junkerkalefeld, M. Kaleta, D. Kalita, A. B. Kaliyar, J. Kandra, K. H. Kang, S. Kang, G. Karyan, T. Kawasaki, F. Keil, C. Kiesling, C.-H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, Y.-K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, T. Konno, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, T. M. G. Kraetzschmar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, Y. Kulii, J. Kumar, M. Kumar, R. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, K. Lalwani, T. Lam, L. Lanceri, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, K. Lautenbach, R. Leboucher, F. R. Le Diberder, M. J. Lee, P. Leo, C. Lemettais, D. Levit, P. M. Lewis, L. K. Li, S. X. Li, Y. Li, Y. B. Li, J. Libby, M. H. Liu, Q. Y. Liu, Y. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, T. Lueck, C. Lyu, Y. Ma, M. Maggiora, S. P. Maharana, R. Maiti, S. Maity, G. Mancinelli, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, M. Mantovano, D. Marcantonio, S. Marcello, C. Marinas, C. Martellini, A. Martini, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, K. Matsuoka, D. Matvienko, S. K. Maurya, J. A. McKenna, R. Mehta, F. Meier, M. Merola, F. Metzner, C. Miller, M. Mirra, S. Mitra, K. Miyabayashi, G. B. Mohanty, S. Mondal, S. Moneta, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, K. R. Nakamura, M. Nakao, Y. Nakazawa, A. Narimani Charan, M. Naruki, D. Narwal, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, M. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, M. Neu, C. Niebuhr, J. Ninkovic, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, Y. Onishchuk, H. Ono, F. Otani, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, S. Pardi, K. Parham, H. Park, J. Park, S.-H. Park, B. Paschen, A. Passeri, S. Patra, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, G. Pinna Angioni, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, I. Prudiev, H. Purwar, P. Rados, G. Raeuber, S. Raiz, N. Rauls, M. Reif, S. Reiter, L. Reuter, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, S. H. Robertson, M. Roehrken, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, D. A. Sanders, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, S. Schneider, C. Schwanda, M. Schwickardi, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, W. Shan, C. Sharma, C. P. Shen, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, T. Shimasaki, J.-G. Shiu, D. Shtol, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, K. Smith, R. J. Sobie, M. Sobotzik, A. Soffer, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, P. Stavroulakis, S. Stefkova, R. Stroili, Y. Sue, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, W. Sutcliffe, N. Suwonjandee, H. Svidras, M. Takahashi, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, S. Tanaka, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, A. Thaller, O. Tittel, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, K. Trabelsi, I. Tsaklidis, I. Ueda, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, K. E. Varvell, M. Veronesi, A. Vinokurova, V. S. Vismaya, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, R. Volpe, A. Vossen, B. Wach, M. Wakai, S. Wallner, E. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, X. L. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Warburton, M. Watanabe, S. Watanuki, C. Wessel, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, W. Yan, S. B. Yang, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, Y. M. Yook, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, L. Zani, F. Zeng, B. Zhang, Y. Zhang, V. Zhilich, Q. D. Zhou, X. Y. Zhou, V. I. Zhukova, and R. Žlebčík

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e +-e − Experiments, Flavour Physics, Tau Physics, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
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Abstract We present the result of a search for the charged-lepton-flavor violating decay τ − → μ − μ + μ − using a 424 fb −1 sample of data recorded by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB e + e − collider. The selection of e + e − → τ + τ − events is based on an inclusive reconstruction of the non-signal tau decay, and on a boosted decision tree to suppress background. We observe one signal candidate, which is compatible with the expectation from background processes. We set a 90% confidence level upper limit of 1.9 × 10 −8 on the branching fraction of the τ − → μ − μ + μ − decay, which is the most stringent bound to date.

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2024
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5. Test of light-lepton universality in τ decays with the Belle II experiment

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The Belle II collaboration, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk, L. Aggarwal, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, V. Aushev, M. Aversano, R. Ayad, V. Babu, H. Bae, S. Bahinipati, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, S. Bansal, M. Barrett, J. Baudot, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, F. Becherer, J. Becker, J. V. Bennett, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, F. Bianchi, L. Bierwirth, T. Bilka, S. Bilokin, D. Biswas, A. Bobrov, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, J. Borah, A. Boschetti, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, J. Cerasoli, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, R. Cheaib, P. Cheema, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H.-E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-J. Cho, S.-K. Choi, S. Choudhury, L. Corona, J. X. Cui, S. Das, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. de Marino, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, S. Dey, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, D. Dorner, K. Dort, D. Dossett, S. Dreyer, S. Dubey, K. Dugic, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, M. Eliachevitch, D. Epifanov, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, C. Finck, G. Finocchiaro, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, E. Ganiev, M. Garcia-Hernandez, G. Gaudino, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, D. Ghosh, H. Ghumaryan, G. Giakoustidis, R. Giordano, A. Giri, A. Glazov, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, O. Gogota, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, T. Grammatico, S. Granderath, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, Z. Gruberová, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, Y. Han, T. Hara, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, M. T. Hedges, A. Heidelbach, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, T. Higuchi, M. Hoek, M. Hohmann, P. Horak, C.-L. Hsu, T. Humair, T. Iijima, K. Inami, G. Inguglia, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, W. W. Jacobs, D. E. Jaffe, E.-J. Jang, Q. P. Ji, S. Jia, Y. Jin, H. Junkerkalefeld, M. Kaleta, D. Kalita, A. B. Kaliyar, J. Kandra, S. Kang, G. Karyan, T. Kawasaki, F. Keil, C. Kiesling, C.-H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, Y.-K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, T. Konno, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, T. M. G. Kraetzschmar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, Y. Kulii, J. Kumar, M. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, Y.-T. Lai, K. Lalwani, T. Lam, L. Lanceri, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, K. Lautenbach, R. Leboucher, F. R. Le Diberder, M. J. Lee, P. Leo, C. Lemettais, D. Levit, P. M. Lewis, C. Li, L. K. Li, S. X. Li, Y. Li, Y. B. Li, J. Libby, Z. Liptak, M. H. Liu, Q. Y. Liu, Y. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, T. Lueck, C. Lyu, Y. Ma, M. Maggiora, S. P. Maharana, R. Maiti, S. Maity, G. Mancinelli, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, M. Mantovano, D. Marcantonio, S. Marcello, C. Marinas, C. Martellini, A. Martini, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, K. Matsuoka, D. Matvienko, S. K. Maurya, J. A. McKenna, R. Mehta, F. Meier, M. Merola, F. Metzner, C. Miller, M. Mirra, S. Mitra, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, S. Mondal, S. Moneta, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, K. R. Nakamura, M. Nakao, H. Nakazawa, Y. Nakazawa, A. Narimani Charan, M. Naruki, D. Narwal, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, M. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, M. Neu, C. Niebuhr, J. Ninkovic, S. Nishida, A. Novosel, S. Ogawa, Y. Onishchuk, H. Ono, F. Otani, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, A. Panta, S. Pardi, K. Parham, H. Park, S.-H. Park, B. Paschen, A. Passeri, S. Patra, T. K. Pedlar, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, G. Pinna Angioni, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, I. Prudiiev, H. Purwar, P. Rados, G. Raeuber, S. Raiz, N. Rauls, M. Reif, S. Reiter, M. Remnev, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, S. H. Robertson, M. Roehrken, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, D. A. Sanders, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, C. Schmitt, C. Schwanda, M. Schwickardi, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, W. Shan, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, J.-G. Shiu, D. Shtol, B. Shwartz, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, R. J. Sobie, M. Sobotzik, A. Soffer, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, P. Stavroulakis, S. Stefkova, R. Stroili, Y. Sue, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, W. Sutcliffe, N. Suwonjandee, H. Svidras, M. Takahashi, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, S. Tanaka, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, A. Thaller, O. Tittel, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, K. Trabelsi, I. Tsaklidis, M. Uchida, I. Ueda, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, K. E. Varvell, M. Veronesi, A. Vinokurova, V. S. Vismaya, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, R. Volpe, B. Wach, M. Wakai, S. Wallner, E. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, X. L. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Warburton, M. Watanabe, S. Watanuki, C. Wessel, E. Won, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, W. Yan, S. B. Yang, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, Y. Yusa, L. Zani, F. Zeng, B. Zhang, Y. Zhang, V. Zhilich, Q. D. Zhou, X. Y. Zhou, V. I. Zhukova, and R. Žlebčík

Subjects
e +-e − Experiments, Tau Physics, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
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Abstract We present a measurement of the ratio R μ = B τ − → μ − ν ¯ μ ν τ / B τ − → e − ν ¯ e ν τ $$ {R}_{\mu }=\mathcal{B}\left({\tau}^{-}\to {\mu}^{-}{\overline{\nu}}_{\mu }{\nu}_{\tau}\right)/\mathcal{B}\left({\tau}^{-}\to {e}^{-}{\overline{\nu}}_e{\nu}_{\tau}\right) $$ of branching fractions B $$ \mathcal{B} $$ of the τ lepton decaying to muons or electrons using data collected with the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB e + e − collider. The sample has an integrated luminosity of 362 ± 2 fb −1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV. Using an optimised event selection, a binned maximum likelihood fit is performed using the momentum spectra of the electron and muon candidates. The result, R μ = 0.9675 ± 0.0007 ± 0.0036, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic, is the most precise to date. It provides a stringent test of the light-lepton universality, translating to a ratio of the couplings of the muon and electron to the W boson in τ decays of 0.9974 ± 0.0019, in agreement with the standard model expectation of unity.

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2024
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6. Measurement of the branching fractions of B ¯ $$ \overline{B} $$ → D (*) K − K S ∗ 0 $$ {K}_{(S)}^{\left(\ast \right)0} $$ and B ¯ $$ \overline{B} $$ → D (*) D s − $$ {D}_s^{-} $$ decays at Belle II

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The Belle II collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Althubiti, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, V. Aushev, M. Aversano, R. Ayad, V. Babu, H. Bae, S. Bahinipati, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, S. Bansal, M. Barrett, J. Baudot, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, F. Becherer, J. Becker, J. V. Bennett, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, B. Bhuyan, F. Bianchi, L. Bierwirth, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, A. Bobrov, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, A. Boschetti, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, R. A. Briere, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, Q. Campagna, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, J. Cerasoli, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, P. Cheema, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H.-E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-J. Cho, S.-K. Choi, S. Choudhury, L. Corona, J. X. Cui, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. de Marino, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, S. Dey, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, D. Dorner, K. Dort, D. Dossett, S. Dreyer, S. Dubey, K. Dugic, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, M. Eliachevitch, D. Epifanov, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, T. Fillinger, C. Finck, G. Finocchiaro, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, M. Garcia-Hernandez, R. Garg, G. Gaudino, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, D. Ghosh, H. Ghumaryan, G. Giakoustidis, R. Giordano, A. Giri, A. Glazov, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, O. Gogota, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, Z. Gruberová, T. Gu, K. Gudkova, I. Haide, S. Halder, Y. Han, T. Hara, C. Harris, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, M. T. Hedges, A. Heidelbach, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, T. Higuchi, M. Hoek, M. Hohmann, P. Horak, C.-L. Hsu, T. Humair, T. Iijima, K. Inami, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, W. W. Jacobs, D. E. Jaffe, E.-J. Jang, S. Jia, Y. Jin, A. Johnson, K. K. Joo, H. Junkerkalefeld, A. B. Kaliyar, J. Kandra, K. H. Kang, S. Kang, G. Karyan, T. Kawasaki, F. Keil, C. Kiesling, C.-H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, Y.-K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, T. Konno, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, Y. Kulii, J. Kumar, M. Kumar, R. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, K. Lalwani, T. Lam, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, K. Lautenbach, R. Leboucher, F. R. Le Diberder, M. J. Lee, C. Lemettais, P. Leo, D. Levit, P. M. Lewis, L. K. Li, S. X. Li, Y. Li, Y. B. Li, J. Libby, Z. Liptak, M. H. Liu, Q. Y. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, T. Lueck, C. Lyu, Y. Ma, M. Maggiora, S. P. Maharana, R. Maiti, S. Maity, G. Mancinelli, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, M. Mantovano, D. Marcantonio, S. Marcello, C. Marinas, C. Martellini, A. Martens, A. Martini, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, K. Matsuoka, D. Matvienko, S. K. Maurya, J. A. McKenna, F. Meier, M. Merola, C. Miller, M. Mirra, S. Mitra, K. Miyabayashi, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, S. Mondal, S. Moneta, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, M. Nakao, Y. Nakazawa, M. Naruki, D. Narwal, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, M. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, M. Neu, M. Niiyama, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, Y. Onishchuk, H. Ono, G. Pakhlova, S. Pardi, K. Parham, H. Park, J. Park, S.-H. Park, B. Paschen, A. Passeri, S. Patra, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, G. Pinna Angioni, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, H. Purwar, P. Rados, G. Raeuber, S. Raiz, N. Rauls, M. Reif, S. Reiter, M. Remnev, L. Reuter, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, M. Roehrken, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, C. Schmitt, S. Schneider, M. Schnepf, C. Schwanda, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, W. Shan, C. Sharma, C. P. Shen, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, T. Shimasaki, J.-G. Shiu, D. Shtol, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, R. J. Sobie, M. Sobotzik, A. Soffer, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, P. Stavroulakis, S. Stefkova, R. Stroili, M. Sumihama, H. Svidras, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, S. Tanaka, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, A. Thaller, O. Tittel, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, K. Trabelsi, I. Ueda, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, K. E. Varvell, M. Veronesi, A. Vinokurova, V. S. Vismaya, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, R. Volpe, A. Vossen, B. Wach, M. Wakai, S. Wallner, E. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Warburton, M. Watanabe, S. Watanuki, C. Wessel, J. Wiechczynski, E. Won, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, S. B. Yang, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, Y. M. Yook, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, L. Zani, F. Zeng, B. Zhang, V. Zhilich, J. S. Zhou, Q. D. Zhou, V. I. Zhukova, and R. Žlebčík

Subjects
B Physics, Branching fraction, e +-e − Experiments, Particle and Resonance Production, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract We present measurements of the branching fractions of eight B ¯ 0 $$ {\overline{B}}^0 $$ → D (*)+ K − K S ∗ 0 $$ {K}_{(S)}^{\left(\ast \right)0} $$ , B − → D (*)0 K − K S ∗ 0 $$ {K}_{(S)}^{\left(\ast \right)0} $$ decay channels. The results are based on data from SuperKEKB electron-positron collisions at the Υ(4S) resonance collected with the Belle II detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 362 fb −1. The event yields are extracted from fits to the distributions of the difference between expected and observed B meson energy, and are efficiency-corrected as a function of m(K − K S ∗ 0 $$ {K}_{(S)}^{\left(\ast \right)0} $$ ) and m(D (*) K S ∗ 0 $$ {K}_{(S)}^{\left(\ast \right)0} $$ ) in order to avoid dependence on the decay model. These results include the first observation of B ¯ 0 $$ {\overline{B}}^0 $$ → D + K − K S 0 $$ {K}_S^0 $$ , B − → D* 0 K − K S 0 $$ {K}_S^0 $$ , and B ¯ 0 $$ {\overline{B}}^0 $$ → D* + K − K S 0 $$ {K}_S^0 $$ decays and a significant improvement in the precision of the other channels compared to previous measurements. The helicity-angle distributions and the invariant mass distributions of the K − K S ∗ 0 $$ {K}_{(S)}^{\left(\ast \right)0} $$ systems are compatible with quasi-two-body decays via a resonant transition with spin-parity J P = 1− for the K − K S 0 $$ {K}_S^0 $$ systems and J P = 1+ for the K − K* 0 systems. We also present measurements of the branching fractions of four B ¯ 0 $$ {\overline{B}}^0 $$ → D (*)+ D s − $$ {D}_s^{-} $$ , B − → D (*)0 D s − $$ {D}_s^{-} $$ decay channels with a precision compatible to the current world averages.

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2024
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7. Study of Υ(10753) decays to π + π − Υ(nS) final states at Belle II

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The Belle II collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Ahmed, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, V. Aushev, M. Aversano, V. Babu, H. Bae, S. Bahinipati, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, S. Bansal, M. Barrett, J. Baudot, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, F. Becherer, J. Becker, J. V. Bennett, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, B. Bhuyan, F. Bianchi, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, A. Bobrov, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, J. Cerasoli, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, P. Cheema, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H.-E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-J. Cho, S.-K. Choi, S. Choudhury, L. Corona, S. Das, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, K. Dort, S. Dreyer, S. Dubey, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, M. Eliachevitch, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, C. Finck, G. Finocchiaro, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, E. Ganiev, M. Garcia-Hernandez, R. Garg, G. Gaudino, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, D. Ghosh, H. Ghumaryan, G. Giakoustidis, R. Giordano, A. Giri, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, O. Gogota, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, T. Grammatico, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, Z. Gruberová, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, S. Halder, Y. Han, T. Hara, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, M. T. Hedges, A. Heidelbach, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, T. Higuchi, M. Hoek, M. Hohmann, P. Horak, C.-L. Hsu, T. Humair, T. Iijima, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, P. Jackson, W. W. Jacobs, E.-J. Jang, Q. P. Ji, S. Jia, Y. Jin, K. K. Joo, H. Junkerkalefeld, H. Kakuno, D. Kalita, A. B. Kaliyar, J. Kandra, K. H. Kang, S. Kang, G. Karyan, T. Kawasaki, F. Keil, C. Kiesling, C.-H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, Y.-K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, T. M. G. Kraetzschmar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, M. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, Y.-T. Lai, T. Lam, L. Lanceri, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, R. Leboucher, F. R. Le Diberder, M. J. Lee, D. Levit, C. Li, L. K. Li, Y. Li, Y. B. Li, J. Libby, M. Liu, Q. Y. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, T. Lueck, C. Lyu, Y. Ma, M. Maggiora, S. P. Maharana, R. Maiti, S. Maity, G. Mancinelli, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, M. Mantovano, D. Marcantonio, S. Marcello, C. Marinas, L. Martel, C. Martellini, A. Martini, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, K. Matsuoka, D. Matvienko, S. K. Maurya, J. A. McKenna, R. Mehta, F. Meier, M. Merola, F. Metzner, C. Miller, M. Mirra, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, N. Molina-Gonzalez, S. Mondal, S. Moneta, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, Y. Nakazawa, A. Narimani Charan, M. Naruki, D. Narwal, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, M. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, C. Niebuhr, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, Y. Onishchuk, H. Ono, Y. Onuki, P. Oskin, F. Otani, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, A. Panta, S. Pardi, K. Parham, H. Park, S.-H. Park, B. Paschen, A. Passeri, S. Patra, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, G. Pinna Angioni, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, H. Purwar, P. Rados, G. Raeuber, S. Raiz, N. Rauls, M. Reif, S. Reiter, M. Remnev, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, S. H. Robertson, M. Roehrken, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, D. A. Sanders, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, C. Schwanda, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, W. Shan, C. P. Shen, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, T. Shimasaki, J.-G. Shiu, D. Shtol, B. Shwartz, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, R. J. Sobie, M. Sobotzik, A. Soffer, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, P. Stavroulakis, S. Stefkova, R. Stroili, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, W. Sutcliffe, H. Svidras, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, O. Tittel, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, K. Trabelsi, I. Tsaklidis, M. Uchida, I. Ueda, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, K. E. Varvell, M. Veronesi, A. Vinokurova, V. S. Vismaya, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, R. Volpe, B. Wach, M. Wakai, S. Wallner, E. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, X. L. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Warburton, S. Watanuki, C. Wessel, E. Won, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, S. B. Yang, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, Y. Yusa, L. Zani, B. Zhang, Y. Zhang, V. Zhilich, Q. D. Zhou, X. Y. Zhou, and V. I. Zhukova

Subjects
e +-e − Experiments, Exotics, Quarkonium, Spectroscopy, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract We present an analysis of the process e + e − → π + π − Υ(nS) (where n = 1, 2, or 3) reconstructed in 19.6 fb −1 of Belle II data during a special run of the SuperKEKB collider at four energy points near the peak of the Υ(10753) resonance. By analyzing the mass distribution of the π + π − Υ(nS) system and the Born cross sections of the e + e − → π + π − Υ(nS) process, we report the first observation of Υ(10753) decays to the π + π − Υ(1S) and π + π − Υ(2S) final states, and find no evidence for decays to π + π − Υ(3S). Possible intermediate states in the π + π − Υ(1S, 2S) transitions are also investigated, and no evidence for decays proceeding via the π ∓ Z b ± $$ {\pi}^{\mp }{Z}_b^{\pm } $$ or f 0(980)Υ(nS) intermediate states is found. We measure Born cross sections for the e + e − → π + π − Υ(nS) process that, combined with results from Belle, obtain the mass and width of Υ(10753) to be (10756.6 ± 2.7 ± 0.9) MeV/c 2 and (29.0 ± 8.8 ± 1.2) MeV, respectively. The relative ratios of the Born cross sections at the Υ(10753) resonance peak are also reported for the first time.

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2024
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8. Measurement of branching-fraction ratios and CP asymmetries in B ± → D CP± K ± decays at Belle and Belle II

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The Belle and Belle II collaboration, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, V. Aushev, M. Aversano, R. Ayad, V. Babu, H. Bae, S. Bahinipati, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, M. Barrett, J. Baudot, M. Bauer, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, F. Becherer, J. Becker, P. K. Behera, K. Belous, J. V. Bennett, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, B. Bhuyan, F. Bianchi, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, A. Bobrov, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, A. Bondar, J. Borah, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, R. A. Briere, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, J. Cerasoli, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, P. Cheema, V. Chekelian, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H.-E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-K. Choi, Y. Choi, S. Choudhury, J. Cochran, L. Corona, L. M. Cremaldi, T. Czank, S. Das, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. de Marino, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, S. Dey, A. De Yta-Hernandez, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, K. Dort, D. Dossett, S. Dreyer, S. Dubey, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, M. Eliachevitch, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, C. Finck, G. Finocchiaro, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, E. Ganiev, M. Garcia-Hernandez, R. Garg, A. Garmash, G. Gaudino, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, D. Ghosh, H. Ghumaryan, G. Giakoustidis, R. Giordano, A. Giri, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, O. Gogota, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, S. Granderath, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, Z. Gruberová, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, S. Halder, Y. Han, T. Hara, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, M. T. Hedges, A. Heidelbach, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, A. Hershenhorn, T. Higuchi, E. C. Hill, M. Hoek, M. Hohmann, P. Horak, W.-S. Hou, C.-L. Hsu, T. Iijima, K. Inami, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, S. Ito, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, P. Jackson, W. W. Jacobs, E.-J. Jang, Q. P. Ji, S. Jia, Y. Jin, A. Johnson, H. Junkerkalefeld, H. Kakuno, A. B. Kaliyar, J. Kandra, K. H. Kang, G. Karyan, T. Kawasaki, F. Keil, C. Ketter, C. Kiesling, C.-H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, Y.-K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, T. M. G. Kraetzschmar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, M. Kumar, R. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, Y.-T. Lai, T. Lam, L. Lanceri, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, R. Leboucher, F. R. Le Diberder, M. J. Lee, P. Leitl, D. Levit, P. M. Lewis, C. Li, J. Li, L. K. Li, Y. Li, J. Libby, Q. Y. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, T. Lueck, T. Luo, C. Lyu, Y. Ma, M. Maggiora, S. P. Maharana, R. Maiti, S. Maity, G. Mancinelli, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, M. Mantovano, D. Marcantonio, S. Marcello, C. Marinas, L. Martel, C. Martellini, A. Martini, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, T. Matsuda, D. Matvienko, S. K. Maurya, J. A. McKenna, R. Mehta, F. Meier, M. Merola, F. Metzner, M. Milesi, C. Miller, M. Mirra, K. Miyabayashi, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, N. Molina-Gonzalez, S. Mondal, S. Moneta, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, T. Nakano, Y. Nakazawa, A. Narimani Charan, M. Naruki, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, N. K. Nisar, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, H. Ono, Y. Onuki, P. Oskin, F. Otani, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, A. Paladino, A. Panta, E. Paoloni, S. Pardi, K. Parham, H. Park, S.-H. Park, B. Paschen, A. Passeri, S. Patra, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, I. Peruzzi, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, F. Pham, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, H. Purwar, N. Rad, P. Rados, G. Raeuber, S. Raiz, M. Reif, S. Reiter, M. Remnev, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, L. B. Rizzuto, S. H. Robertson, M. Roehrken, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, D. Sahoo, S. Sandilya, A. Sangal, L. Santelj, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, C. Schmitt, G. Schnell, C. Schwanda, A. J. Schwartz, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, W. Shan, C. Sharma, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, J.-G. Shiu, D. Shtol, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, R. J. Sobie, M. Sobotzik, A. Soffer, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, P. Stavroulakis, S. Stefkova, Z. S. Stottler, R. Stroili, J. Strube, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, W. Sutcliffe, H. Svidras, M. Takahashi, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, A. Thaller, O. Tittel, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, N. Toutounji, K. Trabelsi, I. Tsaklidis, M. Uchida, I. Ueda, S. Uehara, Y. Uematsu, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, G. S. Varner, K. E. Varvell, A. Vinokurova, V. S. Vismaya, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, R. Volpe, B. Wach, M. Wakai, S. Wallner, D. Wang, E. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Warburton, M. Watanabe, S. Watanuki, M. Welsch, C. Wessel, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, W. Yan, S. B. Yang, J. H. Yin, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, L. Zani, Y. Zhang, V. Zhilich, J. S. Zhou, Q. D. Zhou, V. I. Zhukova, and R. Žlebčík

Subjects
B Physics, CKM Angle Gamma, CP Violation, e +-e − Experiments, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract We report results from a study of B ± → DK ± decays followed by D decaying to the CP-even final state K + K − and CP-odd final state K S 0 π 0 $$ {K}_S^0{\pi}^0 $$ , where D is an admixture of D 0 and D ¯ 0 $$ {\overline{D}}^0 $$ states. These decays are sensitive to the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa unitarity-triangle angle ϕ 3. The results are based on a combined analysis of the final data set of 772 × 106 B B ¯ $$ B\overline{B} $$ pairs collected by the Belle experiment and a data set of 198 × 106 B B ¯ $$ B\overline{B} $$ pairs collected by the Belle II experiment, both in electron-positron collisions at the Υ(4S) resonance. We measure the CP asymmetries to be A $$ \mathcal{A} $$ CP+ = (+12.5 ± 5.8 ± 1.4)% and A $$ \mathcal{A} $$ CP− = (−16.7 ± 5.7 ± 0.6)%, and the ratios of branching fractions to be R $$ \mathcal{R} $$ CP+ = 1.164 ± 0.081 ± 0.036 and R $$ \mathcal{R} $$ CP− = 1.151 ± 0.074 ± 0.019. The first contribution to the uncertainties is statistical, and the second is systematic. The asymmetries A $$ \mathcal{A} $$ CP+ and A $$ \mathcal{A} $$ CP− have similar magnitudes and opposite signs; their difference corresponds to 3.5 standard deviations. From these values we calculate 68.3% confidence intervals of (8.5 ° < ϕ 3 < 16.5 ° ) or (84.5 ° < ϕ 3 < 95.5 ° ) or (163.3 ° < ϕ 3 < 171.5 ° ) and 0.321 < r B < 0.465.

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2024
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9. Measurement of CP asymmetries and branching-fraction ratios for B ± → DK ± and Dπ ± with D → K S 0 $$ {K}_{\textrm{S}}^0 $$ K ± π ∓ using Belle and Belle II data

Author

The Belle and Belle II collaborations, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, T. Aushev, V. Aushev, M. Aversano, R. Ayad, V. Babu, H. Bae, S. Bahinipati, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, M. Barrett, J. Baudot, M. Bauer, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, J. Becker, P. K. Behera, J. V. Bennett, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, B. Bhuyan, F. Bianchi, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, A. Bobrov, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, A. Bondar, J. Borah, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, R. A. Briere, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, J. Cerasoli, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, R. Cheaib, P. Cheema, V. Chekelian, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H.-E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-K. Choi, Y. Choi, S. Choudhury, J. Cochran, L. Corona, L. M. Cremaldi, S. Das, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, S. Dey, A. De Yta-Hernandez, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, K. Dort, S. Dreyer, S. Dubey, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, D. Epifanov, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, C. Finck, G. Finocchiaro, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, E. Ganiev, M. Garcia-Hernandez, R. Garg, A. Garmash, G. Gaudino, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, D. Ghosh, H. Ghumaryan, G. Giakoustidis, R. Giordano, A. Giri, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, O. Gogota, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, Z. Gruberová, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, S. Halder, Y. Han, T. Hara, K. Hayasaka, S. Hazra, M. T. Hedges, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, A. Hershenhorn, T. Higuchi, E. C. Hill, M. Hoek, M. Hohmann, W.-S. Hou, C.-L. Hsu, T. Iijima, K. Inami, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, S. Ito, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, P. Jackson, W. W. Jacobs, D. E. Jaffe, E.-J. Jang, Q. P. Ji, S. Jia, Y. Jin, A. Johnson, H. Junkerkalefeld, A. B. Kaliyar, J. Kandra, K. H. Kang, G. Karyan, T. Kawasaki, F. Keil, C. Ketter, C. Kiesling, C.-H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, Y.-K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, T. M. G. Kraetzschmar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, M. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, Y.-T. Lai, T. Lam, L. Lanceri, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, K. Lautenbach, R. Leboucher, F. R. Le Diberder, P. Leitl, D. Levit, P. M. Lewis, C. Li, L. K. Li, J. Libby, Q. Y. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, T. Lueck, T. Luo, C. Lyu, Y. Ma, M. Maggiora, S. P. Maharana, R. Maiti, S. Maity, G. Mancinelli, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, M. Mantovano, D. Marcantonio, C. Marinas, C. Martellini, A. Martini, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, T. Matsuda, K. Matsuoka, D. Matvienko, S. K. Maurya, J. A. McKenna, R. Mehta, F. Meier, M. Merola, F. Metzner, M. Milesi, C. Miller, M. Mirra, K. Miyabayashi, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, N. Molina-Gonzalez, S. Mondal, S. Moneta, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, Y. Nakazawa, A. Narimani Charan, M. Naruki, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, N. K. Nisar, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, H. Ono, Y. Onuki, P. Oskin, F. Otani, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, A. Paladino, A. Panta, E. Paoloni, S. Pardi, K. Parham, H. Park, S.-H. Park, A. Passeri, S. Patra, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, I. Peruzzi, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, F. Pham, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, H. Purwar, N. Rad, P. Rados, G. Raeuber, S. Raiz, M. Reif, S. Reiter, M. Remnev, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, S. H. Robertson, M. Roehrken, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, D. Sahoo, S. Sandilya, A. Sangal, L. Santelj, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, C. Schmitt, G. Schnell, M. Schnepf, C. Schwanda, A. J. Schwartz, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, W. Shan, C. Sharma, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, J.-G. Shiu, D. Shtol, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, R. J. Sobie, M. Sobotzik, A. Soffer, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, P. Stavroulakis, S. Stefkova, Z. S. Stottler, R. Stroili, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, W. Sutcliffe, H. Svidras, M. Takahashi, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, A. Thaller, O. Tittel, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, K. Trabelsi, I. Tsaklidis, M. Uchida, I. Ueda, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, G. S. Varner, K. E. Varvell, M. Veronesi, V. S. Vismaya, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, R. Volpe, B. Wach, M. Wakai, S. Wallner, E. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Warburton, M. Watanabe, S. Watanuki, M. Welsch, C. Wessel, E. Won, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, W. Yan, S. B. Yang, J. H. Yin, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, Y. Yusa, L. Zani, Y. Zhang, V. Zhilich, J. S. Zhou, Q. D. Zhou, V. I. Zhukova, and R. Žlebčík

Subjects
B Physics, CKM Angle Gamma, CP Violation, e +-e − Experiments, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract We measure CP asymmetries and branching-fraction ratios for B ± → DK ± and Dπ ± decays with D → K S 0 $$ {K}_{\textrm{S}}^0 $$ K ± π ∓, where D is a superposition of D 0 and D ¯ $$ \overline{D} $$ 0. We use the full data set of the Belle experiment, containing 772 × 106 B B ¯ $$ B\overline{B} $$ pairs, and data from the Belle II experiment, containing 387 × 106 B B ¯ $$ B\overline{B} $$ pairs, both collected in electron-positron collisions at the Υ(4S) resonance. Our results provide model-independent information on the unitarity triangle angle ϕ 3.

Published
2023
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10. Corrigendum to High Keratin 8/18 Ratio Predicts Aggressive Hepatocellular Cancer Phenotype12 [Translational Oncology Volume 12, Issue 2, February 2019, Pages 256-268]

Author

N. Golob-Schwarzl, K. Bettermann, A.K. Mehta, S.M. Kessler, J. Unterluggauer, S. Krassnig, K. Kojima, X. Chen, Y. Hoshida, N.M. Bardeesy, H. Müller, V. Svendova, M.G. Schimek, C. Diwoky, A. Lipfert, V. Mahajan, C. Stumptner, A. Thüringer, L.F. Fröhlich, T. Stojakovic, K.P.R. Nilsson, T. Kolbe, T. Rülicke, T.M. Magin, P. Strnad, A.K. Kiemer, R. Moriggl, and Johannes Haybaeck

Subjects
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
Published
2020
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11. Stability study of intense hadron bunches in linear accelerators using a Paul ion trap

Author

M. Goto, C. Ichikawa, K. Ito, K. Kojima, and H. Okamoto

Subjects
Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

The collective behavior of an ion cloud confined in a linear Paul trap is physically almost equivalent to that of a relativistic beam traveling in a particle accelerator. This fact provides a new possibility for experimental beam-dynamics studies that can be done without relying on large-scale machines. We have constructed a compact ion trap to explore various accelerator-physics issues in a local tabletop environment. The present trap system is designed particularly for the study of high-intensity short hadron bunches typical in linear accelerators. Resonance-induced ion losses are measured and plotted as a function of the betatron and synchrotron phase advances over a wide range, which offers a piece of indisputable experimental evidence for the presence of various betatron and synchrobetatron resonance stop bands. We confirm that these instability bands shift in the stability map depending on the ion density. The recently proposed stop-band diagram, free from the conventional concept of incoherent tune spread, is employed to explain the experimental observations.

Published
2022
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12. Characterization of overlapping betatron resonances above the phase advance of 90° per cell

Author

K. Kojima and H. Okamoto

Subjects
Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

The space-charge-induced resonance band just above the betatron phase advance of 90° per cell is of great practical importance. The instability is closely related to the linear collective mode and can thus give rise to severe emittance growth at high beam density. In a circular machine, this type of second-order resonance occurs not only at half-integer tunes but also near quarter-integer tunes, depending on the lattice superperiodicity. Self-consistent numerical simulations are carried out to elucidate the resonance feature above the 90° cell tune. The present results suggest the existence of three different resonance mechanisms working there; namely, the fourth-order incoherent resonance in the beam tail, the second-order and fourth-order coherent resonances in the beam core. It is reconfirmed that no serious emittance growth occurs even if particles deep inside the core satisfy the incoherent resonance condition. The recently proposed stop-band diagram, free from the concept of incoherent tune spread, appears to be consistent with the numerical observations.

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2022
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13. Excitation and suppression of synchrobetatron resonances in high-intensity hadron linacs

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Y. Yamane, H. Okamoto, and K. Kojima

Subjects
Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

The space-charge potential can be a source of various resonances in high-intensity hadron bunches traveling in linear accelerators at relatively low energy. Those natural resonances, which may occur even without external driving fields, have to be avoided carefully to minimize undesired beam loss. We perform self-consistent multiparticle simulations systematically to locate major resonance stop bands in the tune diagram, starting from equipartitioned and nonequipartitioned beams. Serious excitation of synchrobetatron resonances is confirmed, depending on the emittance condition at injection. It is demonstrated that a synchrobetatron difference resonance of any order can be suppressed strongly by controlling the ratio of the transverse and longitudinal projected emittances. The equipartitioned linac design is shown to broaden the usable operating area in the tune space, though that has almost nothing to do with thermodynamic effects.

Published
2021
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14. Internal quantum efficiency of radiation in a bulk CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite crystal quantified by using the omnidirectional photoluminescence spectroscopy

Author

K. Kojima, K. Ikemura, K. Matsumori, Y. Yamada, Y. Kanemitsu, and S. F. Chichibu

Subjects
Biotechnology, TP248.13-248.65, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of radiation for bulk CH3NH3PbBr3 crystals was quantified by using omnidirectional photoluminescence spectroscopy. The angle-resolved photoluminescence revealed that the emission with photon energies higher than the absorption-edge shows a Lambertian distribution and that the light extraction efficiency is determined by the escaping cone. The IQE value strongly depends on the photo-excitation density (P), and a CH3NH3PbBr3 crystal fabricated under the methylammonium-rich conditions gave the maximum IQE of 62.5% under P = 28 W/cm2. A further increase in P gave rise to the decrease in IQE due to the Auger effects.

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2019
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15. Reply to 'Comment on ‘Empirical condition of betatron resonances with space charge'’

Author

K. Kojima, H. Okamoto, and Y. Tokashiki

Subjects
Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

In the Comment on our paper [Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 22, 074201 (2019)PRABCJ2469-988810.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.074201], Hofmann claims that our conclusions are based on a questionable interpretation of Vlasov’s equation and an over-interpretation of our multiparticle simulations. This assertion, however, comes largely from his misinterpretations of the essence of our work and proposed resonance condition. His criticism based on experimental data from some operating machines has also missed the point; we see no essential conflict between our arguments and experimental observations. While most of the questions raised by Hofmann have already been answered in our original paper above and previous publications, we take this opportunity to provide more information and explanation for clarity.

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2020
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16. Empirical condition of betatron resonances with space charge

Author

K. Kojima, H. Okamoto, and Y. Tokashiki

Subjects
Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

This paper addresses the generalization of the single-particle betatron resonance condition derived by Courant and Snyder more than a half century ago. A two-dimensional resonance condition including the effect of space-charge interaction was recently conjectured from one-dimensional Vlasov predictions made by Sacherer, Okamoto, and Yokoya [K. Ito et al., Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 20, 064201 (2017)PRABCJ2469-988810.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.064201]. The condition is remarkably simple which only contains a few measurable quantities and indicates the possibility that twice as many resonance stop bands as expected from the conventional incoherent picture may exist at high beam density. Self-consistent multiparticle simulations are performed systematically to locate low-order stop bands in the tune diagram. The proposed betatron resonance formula is shown to explain the basic feature of numerical observations, which suggests that no serious incoherent resonance is activated inside the phase-space core of a dense beam matched to the external linear focusing potential. It is confirmed that the coherent tune-shift factor of any collective mode is less than unity and practically considered as a constant over the whole tune space in a typical high-intensity storage ring. The procedure for finding the optimum operating point of the ring is discussed on the basis of the coherent picture instead of the commonly used picture relying on the concept of incoherent tune spread. Despite years of theoretical efforts by many researchers, the coherent resonance concept is still not being employed for the construction of a stability tune diagram. We here provide a simple prescription to draw the diagram quickly. The present study also indicates the possibility of complete suppression of emittance exchange on particular difference resonances by choosing a proper emittance ratio.

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2019
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17. Subsidence and soil CO2 efflux in tropical peatland in southern Thailand under various water table and management conditions

Author

T. Nagano, K. Osawa, T. Ishida, K. Sakai, P. Vijarnsorn, A. Jongskul, S. Phetsuk, S. Waijaroen, T. Yamanoshita, M. Norisada, and K. Kojima

Subjects
drainage, field fire, NAIS (NAgano-IShida) Peat Model, peat swamp forest, soil respiration, Ecology, QH540-549.5
Abstract

At the Bacho peatland in southern Thailand, peat subsidence was measured at four locations on abandoned agricultural land (degraded peat swamp forest) and at one location in a conservation zone, at monthly intervals over a period of more than 20 years. Average peat subsidence rates during the observation period were 3.1–5.2 cm y−1 on the degraded peatland, reducing to 1.8–2.6 cm y−1 when peat loss due to field fires was discounted, and 1.0 cm y−1 reducing to 0.7 cm y-1 in the conservation zone. Due to martial law restrictions on access to the Bacho site, measurements of the peat soil respiration rate under various water table conditions were made mostly at other sites in Thailand with similar climate. During these measurements the position of the water table ranged from 0.92 m above the peat surface to more than one metre below it, and daily mean respiration rates ranged from 0.57 to 8.20 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1. The CO2 efflux attributed to peat respiration was 13.7–18.9 Mg ha−1 y−1 on the degraded peatland but only 7.5 Mg ha−1 y−1 in the conservation zone. To simulate the CO2 efflux resulting from soil respiration at Bacho on the basis of data collected elsewhere, we developed an empirical three-stage model (NAIS Peat Model) that treats the position of the water table as a proxy variable. The observed values of peat subsidence were in good agreement with simulated values of CO2 efflux in two tests. The implications for peatland management are considered.

Published
2013

18. Long- read sequencing identifies an SVA_D retrotransposon insertion deep within the intron of ATP7A as a novel cause of occipital horn syndrome.

Author

Naoko Yano, Pin Fee Chong, Kenji K. Kojima, Tomoichiro Miyoshi, Ahmad Luqman- Fatah, Yu Kimura, Kengo Kora, Taisei Kayaki, Kanako Maizuru, Takahiro Hayash, Atsushi Yokoyama, Masahiko Ajiro, Masatoshi Hagiwara, Teruyuki Kondo, Ryutaro Kira, Junko Takita, and Takeshi Yoshida

Abstract

Background SINE- VNTR- Alu (SVA) retrotransposons move from one genomic location to another in a 'copyand- paste' manner. They continue to move actively and cause monogenic diseases through various mechanisms. Currently, disease- causing SVA retrotransposons are classified into human- specific young SVA_E or SVA_F subfamilies. In this study, we identified an evolutionarily old SVA_D retrotransposon as a novel cause of occipital horn syndrome (OHS). OHS is an X- linked, copper metabolism disorder caused by dysfunction of the copper transporter, ATP7A. Methods We investigated a 16- year- old boy with OHS whose pathogenic variant could not be detected via routine molecular genetic analyses. Results A 2.8 kb insertion was detected deep within the intron of the patient's ATP7A gene. This insertion caused aberrant mRNA splicing activated by a new donor splice site located within it. Long- read circular consensus sequencing enabled us to accurately read the entire insertion sequence, which contained highly repetitive and GC- rich segments. Consequently, the insertion was identified as an SVA_D retrotransposon. Antisense oligonucleotides (AOs) targeting the new splice site restored the expression of normal transcripts and functional ATP7A proteins. AO treatment alleviated excessive accumulation of copper in patient fibroblasts in a dose- dependent manner. Pedigree analysis revealed that the retrotransposon had moved into the OHScausing position two generations ago. Conclusion This is the first report of a human monogenic disease caused by the SVA_D retrotransposon. The fact that the evolutionarily old SVA_D is still actively transposed, leading to increased copy numbers may make a notable impact on rare genetic disease research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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19. Study on ammonia generation from digested sludge by subcritical water treatment

Author

Takahiro Kato, K. Kojima, M. Sumikura, and Y. Kuroiwa

Subjects
Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology
Abstract

Organic sludge has recently attracted attention as a renewable energy source. While the organic matter contained in sludge can be utilized as various renewable energy sources, its nitrogen component has limited use. In this study, subcritical water treatment was conducted to recover ammonia from digested sludge. While ammonia recovered via stripping is limited to soluble components, subcritical water treatment can convert solid components and dissolved organic nitrogen sludge into ammonia. Digested sludge was treated at several reaction temperatures, reaction pressures, treatment times, and oxygen ratios to determine the ammonia generation rate. Among the conditions tested in this study, an ammonium generation rate of 84.0% was obtained at 400 °C, 10 MPa, a treatment time of 5 min, and at an oxygen ratio of 1.2.

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2023
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21. Influence of cyclic load on pullout stiffness of geogrid embedded in well-graded gravel

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K. Watanabe, K. Kojima, and A. Kudo

Subjects
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology, Civil and Structural Engineering
Abstract

Railway structures applied to high-speed railways must achieve high performance in terms of strength and deformation characteristics. This requirement has led to the widespread use of geosynthetic-reinforced soil (GRS) structures. For the design of GRS structures, it is important to evaluate not only the tensile strength of the geosynthetic but also the pullout stiffness (spring constant of geosynthetic). Hence, a series of cyclic pullout loading tests were conducted to evaluate the pullout characteristics of various types of reinforcement embedded in the soil. Moreover, these test results were compared with the results of in-isolation tensile tests with the same loading histories. The experiments revealed that the pullout stiffness increased with an increase in the confining pressure and in-isolation tensile stiffness, but decreased with an increase in the relative displacement between the soil and reinforcement. Although the pullout stiffness was found to be affected by factors such as experimental conditions and type of reinforcement, a similar trend was observed in the results of several other tests when examining the relationship between the normalized pullout stiffness and the average strain generated in the reinforcement. This interesting correlation can be taken into account during the design of GRS structures that support bridge girders.

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2022
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24. Base-excision restriction enzymes: expanding the world of epigenetic immune systems

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Kenji K Kojima and Ichizo Kobayashi

Subjects
Genetics, General Medicine, Molecular Biology
Abstract

The restriction enzymes examined so far are phosphodiesterases, which cleave DNA strands by hydrolyzing phosphodiester bonds. Based on the mobility of restriction-modification systems, recent studies have identified a family of restriction enzymes that excise a base in their recognition sequence to generate an abasic (AP) site unless the base is properly methylated. These restriction glycosylases also show intrinsic but uncoupled AP lyase activity at the AP site, generating an atypical strand break. Action of an AP endonuclease at the AP site may generate another atypical break, rejoining/repairing of which is difficult. The PabI family of restriction enzymes contain a novel fold (HALFPIPE) and show unusual properties, such as non-requirement of divalent cations for cleavage. These enzymes are present in Helicobacteraceae/Campylobacteraceae and in few hyperthermophilic archaeal species. In Helicobacter genomes, their recognition sites are strongly avoided, and the encoding genes are often inactivated by mutations or replacement, indicating that their expression is toxic for the cells. The discovery of restriction glycosylases generalizes the concept of restriction-modification systems to epigenetic immune systems, which may use any mode of damage to DNA that are considered “non-self” based on epigenetic modifications. This concept will add to our understanding of immunity and epigenetics.

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2023
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25. Short-range order and increased transition temperature in LiVO2 with weakened trimer frustration

Author

K. Kojima, N. Katayama, Y. Matsuda, M. Shiomi, R. Ishii, and H. Sawa

Subjects
Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons, Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el), Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci), FOS: Physical sciences
Abstract

Vanadium atoms in layered LiVO2 form in-plane periodic vanadium trimers at low temperatures, but the trimers appear randomly in the stacking direction because there are many trimer configurations with comparable lattice energy. We detailed an original modeling scheme to represent glassy states with a completely disordered trimer configuration in the stacking structure. Through PDF analysis using this model, we show that the synthesis method can yield two types of low-temperature stacking structures: a completely disordered stacking structure and a short-range order in the stacking structure. The phase transition temperature of the former sample is about 15 K lower than that of the latter. We discuss that this is due to the strong trimer frustration that appears in the sample without short-range order, which suppresses the phase transition temperature, similar to the frustration effect in conventional spin systems., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures

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2023
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26. {Measurement of the \ensuremath{\Lambda}c+ Lifetime}

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F. Abudinén, L. Aggarwal, H. Ahmed, J. K. Ahn, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, V. Aushev, V. Babu, H. Bae, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, S. Bansal, J. Baudot, M. Bauer, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, J. Becker, J. V. Bennett, E. Bernieri, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, V. Bhardwaj, F. Bianchi, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, G. Bonvicini, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, R. A. Briere, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, M. -C. Chang, P. Chang, R. Cheaib, P. Cheema, C. Chen, Y. Q. Chen, Y. -T. Chen, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H. -E. Cho, K. Cho, S. -J. Cho, S. -K. Choi, S. Choudhury, D. Cinabro, L. Corona, L. M. Cremaldi, S. Cunliffe, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, A. De Yta-Hernandez, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, K. Dort, D. Dossett, S. Dreyer, G. Dujany, M. Eliachevitch, D. Epifanov, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, G. Finocchiaro, K. Flood, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, E. Ganiev, M. Garcia-Hernandez, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, R. Giordano, A. Giri, A. Glazov, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, S. Granderath, D. Greenwald, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, J. Guilliams, S. Halder, K. Hara, O. Hartbrich, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, A. Hershenhorn, T. Higuchi, M. Hohmann, T. Humair, T. Iijima, K. Inami, G. Inguglia, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, S. Ito, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, P. Jackson, W. W. Jacobs, D. E. Jaffe, Q. P. Ji, Y. Jin, H. Junkerkalefeld, M. Kaleta, J. Kandra, K. H. Kang, R. Karl, G. Karyan, C. Kiesling, C. -H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K. -H. Kim, Y. -K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, T. M. G. Kraetzschmar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, J. Kumar, R. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, Y. -J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, T. Lam, L. Lanceri, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, R. Leboucher, S. C. Lee, P. Leitl, D. Levit, L. K. Li, S. X. Li, Y. B. Li, J. Libby, Z. Liptak, Q. Y. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, T. Lueck, C. Lyu, M. Maggiora, R. Maiti, S. Maity, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, S. Marcello, C. Marinas, L. Martel, A. Martini, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, K. Matsuoka, D. Matvienko, J. A. McKenna, F. Meier, M. Merola, M. Milesi, C. Miller, K. Miyabayashi, G. B. Mohanty, N. Molina-Gonzalez, S. Moneta, H. Moon, H. -G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, M. Nakao, H. Nakayama, A. Narimani Charan, M. Naruki, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, M. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, C. Niebuhr, N. K. Nisar, S. Nishida, K. Nishimura, H. Ono, P. Oskin, E. R. Oxford, G. Pakhlova, A. Paladino, A. Panta, E. Paoloni, S. Pardi, K. Parham, H. Park, S. -H. Park, A. Passeri, T. K. Pedlar, I. Peruzzi, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, F. Pham, L. E. Piilonen, G. Pinna Angioni, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, L. Polat, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, H. Purwar, N. Rad, P. Rados, S. Raiz, M. Reif, S. Reiter, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, S. H. Robertson, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, D. A. Sanders, S. Sandilya, A. Sangal, L. Santelj, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, C. Schwanda, A. J. Schwartz, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, C. Sfienti, C. P. Shen, T. Shillington, J. -G. Shiu, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, R. J. Sobie, A. Soffer, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, S. Stefkova, R. Stroili, J. Strube, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, W. Sutcliffe, S. Y. Suzuki, H. Svidras, M. Takahashi, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, S. Tanaka, K. Tanida, H. Tanigawa, N. Taniguchi, F. Tenchini, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, N. Toutounji, K. Trabelsi, M. Uchida, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, G. S. Varner, K. E. Varvell, A. Vinokurova, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, E. Waheed, H. M. Wakeling, E. Wang, M. -Z. Wang, X. L. Wang, A. Warburton, S. Watanuki, M. Welsch, C. Wessel, J. Wiechczynski, H. Windel, E. Won, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, S. B. Yang, H. Ye, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, K. Yoshihara, Y. Yusa, Y. Zhang, V. Zhilich, Q. D. Zhou, V. I. Zhukova, and R. Žlebčík, Abudinén, F., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Ahn, J. K., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Atmacan, H., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Babu, V., Bae, H., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Bansal, S., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Baur, A., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., Bennett, J. V., Bernieri, E., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhardwaj, V., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bodrov, D., Bolz, A., Bonvicini, G., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Briere, R. A., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Chang, M. -C., Chang, P., Cheaib, R., Cheema, P., Chen, C., Chen, Y. Q., Chen, Y. -T., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H. -E., Cho, K., Cho, S. -J., Choi, S. -K., Choudhury, S., Cinabro, D., Corona, L., Cremaldi, L. M., Cunliffe, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., De La Motte, S. A., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dossett, D., Dreyer, S., Dujany, G., Eliachevitch, M., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finocchiaro, G., Flood, K., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Frey, A., Fulsom, B. G., Gabrielli, A., Ganiev, E., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Gradl, W., Granderath, S., Greenwald, D., Gu, T., Guan, Y., Gudkova, K., Guilliams, J., Halder, S., Hara, K., Hartbrich, O., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Heredia de la Cruz, I., Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hohmann, M., Humair, T., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Inguglia, G., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Iwasaki, Y., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Ji, Q. P., Jin, Y., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kaleta, M., Kandra, J., Kang, K. H., Karl, R., Karyan, G., Kiesling, C., Kim, C. -H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K. -H., Kim, Y. -K., Kindo, H., Kinoshita, K., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuhr, T., Kumar, J., Kumar, R., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kwon, Y. -J., Lacaprara, S., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Leboucher, R., Lee, S. C., Leitl, P., Levit, D., Li, L. K., Li, S. X., Li, Y. B., Libby, J., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Maggiora, M., Maiti, R., Maity, S., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martel, L., Martini, A., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuoka, K., Matvienko, D., Mckenna, J. A., Meier, F., Merola, M., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Moneta, S., Moon, H., Moser, H. -G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Nakao, M., Nakayama, H., Narimani Charan, A., Naruki, M., Natkaniec, Z., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nayak, M., Nazaryan, G., Niebuhr, C., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Nishimura, K., Ono, H., Oskin, P., Oxford, E. R., Pakhlova, G., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Paoloni, E., Pardi, S., Parham, K., Park, H., Park, S. -H., Passeri, A., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Pham, F., Piilonen, L. E., Pinna Angioni, G., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rad, N., Rados, P., Raiz, S., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Robertson, S. H., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Russo, G., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sfienti, C., Shen, C. P., Shillington, T., Shiu, J. -G., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Sokolov, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stroili, R., Strube, J., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. 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Abstract

An absolute measurement of the Λ_{c}^{+} lifetime is reported using Λ_{c}^{+}→pK^{-}π^{+} decays in events reconstructed from data collected by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy electron-positron collider. The total integrated luminosity of the data sample, which was collected at center-of-mass energies at or near the ϒ(4S) resonance, is 207.2 fb^{-1}. The result, τ(Λ_{c}^{+})=203.20±0.89±0.77 fs, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic, is the most precise measurement to date and is consistent with previous determinations.

Published
2023

27. {Measurement of the \ensuremath{\Omega}c0 lifetime at Belle II}

Author

F. Abudinén, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Ahmed, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, T. Aushev, V. Aushev, H. Bae, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, J. Baudot, M. Bauer, A. Beaubien, J. Becker, P. K. Behera, J. V. Bennett, E. Bernieri, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, B. Bhuyan, F. Bianchi, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, J. Borah, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, R. A. Briere, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, M. -C. Chang, P. Cheema, V. Chekelian, Y. Q. Chen, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H. -E. Cho, K. Cho, S. -J. Cho, S. -K. Choi, S. Choudhury, D. Cinabro, L. Corona, S. Cunliffe, S. Das, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. de Marino, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, S. Dey, A. De Yta-Hernandez, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, K. Dort, S. Dreyer, S. Dubey, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, M. Eliachevitch, D. Epifanov, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, G. Finocchiaro, A. Fodor, F. Forti, B. G. Fulsom, E. Ganiev, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, R. Giordano, A. Giri, A. Glazov, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, S. Granderath, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, J. Guilliams, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, A. Hershenhorn, T. Higuchi, E. C. Hill, H. Hirata, M. Hohmann, C. -L. Hsu, T. Iijima, K. Inami, G. Inguglia, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, S. Ito, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, P. Jackson, W. W. Jacobs, D. E. Jaffe, E. -J. Jang, S. Jia, Y. Jin, K. K. Joo, H. Junkerkalefeld, A. B. Kaliyar, K. H. Kang, R. Karl, G. Karyan, C. Kiesling, C. -H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K. -H. Kim, Y. -K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, T. Konno, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, T. M. G. Kraetzschmar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, J. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y. -J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, T. Lam, L. Lanceri, J. S. Lange, M. Laurenza, K. Lautenbach, R. Leboucher, C. Li, L. K. Li, J. Libby, K. Lieret, Z. Liptak, Q. Y. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, A. Lozar, T. Lueck, C. Lyu, M. Maggiora, R. Maiti, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, S. Marcello, C. Marinas, A. Martini, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, S. K. Maurya, J. A. McKenna, F. Meier, M. Merola, F. Metzner, M. Milesi, C. Miller, K. Miyabayashi, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, N. Molina-Gonzalez, S. Moneta, H. -G. Moser, M. Mrvar, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, M. Nakao, H. Nakayama, Y. Nakazawa, A. Narimani Charan, M. Naruki, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, L. Nayak, M. Nayak, G. Nazaryan, N. K. Nisar, S. Ogawa, H. Ono, Y. Onuki, E. R. Oxford, A. Paladino, A. Panta, E. Paoloni, S. Pardi, H. Park, S. -H. Park, A. Passeri, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, I. Peruzzi, R. Peschke, R. Pestotnik, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, L. Polat, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, H. Purwar, N. Rad, P. Rados, S. Raiz, A. Ramirez Morales, M. Reif, S. Reiter, M. Remnev, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, S. H. Robertson, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, D. A. Sanders, S. Sandilya, A. Sangal, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, J. Schueler, C. Schwanda, A. J. Schwartz, B. Schwenker, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, C. P. Shen, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, A. Sibidanov, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, R. J. Sobie, A. Soffer, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, S. Stefkova, Z. S. Stottler, R. Stroili, J. Strube, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, W. Sutcliffe, S. Y. Suzuki, H. Svidras, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, K. Tanida, H. Tanigawa, F. Tenchini, A. Thaller, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, N. Toutounji, K. Trabelsi, M. Uchida, I. Ueda, Y. Uematsu, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, G. S. Varner, K. E. Varvell, A. Vinokurova, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, H. M. Wakeling, E. Wang, M. -Z. Wang, X. L. Wang, A. Warburton, M. Watanabe, S. Watanuki, M. Welsch, C. Wessel, E. Won, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, W. Yan, S. B. Yang, H. Ye, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, Y. M. Yook, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, L. Zani, Y. Zhang, V. Zhilich, Q. D. Zhou, X. Y. Zhou, V. I. Zhukova, and R. Žlebčík, Abudinén, F., Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Bae, H., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., Behera, P. K., Bennett, J. V., Bernieri, E., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bodrov, D., Bolz, A., Borah, J., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Briere, R. A., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Chang, M. -C., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Chen, Y. Q., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H. -E., Cho, K., Cho, S. -J., Choi, S. -K., Choudhury, S., Cinabro, D., Corona, L., Cunliffe, S., Das, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., De La Motte, S. A., de Marino, G., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Dujany, G., Ecker, P., Eliachevitch, M., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finocchiaro, G., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Fulsom, B. G., Ganiev, E., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Gradl, W., Granderath, S., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gu, T., Guan, Y., Gudkova, K., Guilliams, J., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Heredia de la Cruz, I., Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hirata, H., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C. -L., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Inguglia, G., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E. -J., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Joo, K. K., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kaliyar, A. B., Kang, K. H., Karl, R., Karyan, G., Kiesling, C., Kim, C. -H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K. -H., Kim, Y. -K., Kindo, H., Kinoshita, K., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Konno, T., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kumar, J., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lacaprara, S., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Lautenbach, K., Leboucher, R., Li, C., Li, L. K., Libby, J., Lieret, K., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lozar, A., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Maggiora, M., Maiti, R., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Maurya, S. K., Mckenna, J. A., Meier, F., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Moneta, S., Moser, H. -G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Nakao, M., Nakayama, H., Nakazawa, Y., Narimani Charan, A., Naruki, M., Natkaniec, Z., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nayak, M., Nazaryan, G., Nisar, N. K., Ogawa, S., Ono, H., Onuki, Y., Oxford, E. R., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Paoloni, E., Pardi, S., Park, H., Park, S. -H., Passeri, A., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Piccolo, M., Piilonen, L. E., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rad, N., Rados, P., Raiz, S., Ramirez Morales, A., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Robertson, S. H., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Russo, G., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schueler, J., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Schwenker, B., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shen, C. P., Shi, X. D., Shillington, T., Sibidanov, A., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Strube, J., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Tenchini, F., Thaller, A., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Toutounji, N., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uematsu, Y., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varner, G. S., Varvell, K. E., Vinokurova, A., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Wakeling, H. M., Wang, E., Wang, M. -Z., Wang, X. L., Warburton, A., Watanabe, M., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Won, E., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Ye, H., Yelton, J., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Zani, L., Zhang, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhou, Q. D., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., and Žlebčík, and R.

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2023

28. A unique eukaryotic lineage of composite-like DNA transposons encoding a DDD/E transposase and a His-Me finger homing endonuclease

Author

Kenji K, Kojima and Weidong, Bao

Subjects
Molecular Biology
Abstract

Background DNA transposons are ubiquitous components of eukaryotic genomes. A major group of them encode a DDD/E transposase and contain terminal inverted repeats (TIRs) of varying lengths. The Kolobok superfamily of DNA transposons has been found in a wide spectrum of organisms. Results Here we report a new Kolobok lineage, designated KolobokP. They were identified in 7 animal phyla (Mollusca, Phoronida, Annelida, Nemertea, Bryozoa, Chordata, and Echinodermata), and are especially rich in bivalves. Unlike other Kolobok families, KolobokP adopts a composite-like architecture: an internal region (INT) flanked by two long terminal direct repeats (LTDRs), which exhibit their own short terminal inverted repeats ranging up to 18 bps. The excision of LTDRs was strongly suggested. The LTDR lengths seem to be constrained to be either around 450-bp or around 660-bp. The internal region encodes a DDD/E transposase and a small His-Me finger nuclease, which likely originated from the homing endonuclease encoded by a group I intron from a eukaryotic species. The architecture of KolobokP resembles composite DNA transposons, usually observed in bacterial genomes, and long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons. In addition to this monomeric LTDR-INT-LTDR structure, plenty of solo LTDRs and multimers represented as (LTDR-INT)n-LTDR are also observed. Our structural and phylogenetic analysis supported the birth of KolobokP in the late stage of the Kolobok evolution. We propose KolobokP families propagate themselves in two ways: the canonical transposition catalyzed by their transposase and the sequence-specific cleavage by their endonuclease followed by the multimerization through the unequal crossover. Conclusions The presence of homing endonuclease and long terminal direct repeats of KolobokP families suggest their unique dual replication mechanisms: transposition and induced unequal crossover.

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2022
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29. P395 Short-term clinical efficacy and safety of teduglutide for Crohn’s disease patients with short bowel syndrome

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K Kaku, T Sato, J Takeuchi, M Uchino, Y Fujihira, K Shimizu, K Yokoyama, S Yagi, Y Takashima, M Ikenouchi, K Kojima, M Kawai, K Nagase, K Kamikozuru, Y Yokoyama, T Takagawa, H Ikeuchi, K Watanabe, and S Shinzaki

Subjects
Gastroenterology, General Medicine
Abstract

Background The short-term effects of teduglutide (TED) for short bowel syndrome with chronic intestinal failure (SBS–IF) in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) remain unknown and real-world data have not been scarce. This study aimed to investigate the short-term efficacy and safety of TED in CD patients on parenteral support (PS) for SBS–IF. Methods We retrospectively investigated the medical records of CD patients with SBS–IF who initiated TED between January 2020 and October 2022 in Hyogo Medical University hospital. The primary outcomes were the change in PS volume and proportion of patients with a reduction of PS volume by ≥20% at week 4. Secondary outcomes were the changes in body mass index (BMI), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), albumin, hematocrit (Ht), PS calorie requirements, withdrawal from PS, and adverse events during the observation period. Results Of 605 CD patients, 23 who underwent home PS for SBS–IF were included in this study. Twenty patients continued TED throughout the observation period. The median PS duration was 11.6 (range 1.0-20.0) years and the observation period after starting TED was 48.0 (7.0-60.0) weeks. TED significantly reduced the PS volume from 17989(570-49000) mL/week to 14257(0-42000) mL/week at week 4 (p = 0.0013), and the PS volume decreased by ≥20% in 8 patients (40.0%) at week 4 and in 16 patients (80.0%) during the observation period after TED administration. The BMI significantly increased from 17.9 (12.9–23.9) kg/m2 before TED administration and 18.9 (14.6–25.4) kg/m2 after TED administration (p = 0.014). Although there were no significant differences in albumin (p = 0.53), eGFR (p = 0.66), and Ht (p = 0.089), the PS calorie /week was significantly decreased from 6581 (244–14000) kcal to 3747(0– 8820) kcal after TED administration (p = 0.0001). Ten patients (50.0%) experienced gastrointestinal stoma complications, including stoma swelling and/or prolapse during the observation period. Abdominal pain occurred in 7 cases (35.0%), catheter-related infection in five patients (25.0%), oedema in 4 patients (20.0%), nausea in 2 patients (10.0%), abdominal distension in 3 patients (15.0%), and upper respiratory tract infection in 1 patient (5.0%). All the symptoms were transient and tolerable. Although 3 patients discontinued TED due to nausea and abdominal pain and were excluded from this analysis, these symptoms improved after the discontinuation. Conclusion TED reduced PS volume at week 4 in CD patients with SBS–IF, and the BMI and the PS calorie requirement were improved during the observational period without serious adverse events.

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2023
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33. Hagfish genome reveals parallel evolution of 7SL RNA-derived SINEs

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Kenji K. Kojima

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, 0303 health sciences, Small RNA, biology, lcsh:QH426-470, Research, Retrotransposon, biology.organism_classification, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, behavioral disciplines and activities, Nucleic acid secondary structure, Long interspersed nuclear element, 03 medical and health sciences, Euarchontoglires, lcsh:Genetics, Evolutionary biology, biology.animal, Signal recognition particle RNA, Molecular Biology, Gene, 030304 developmental biology, Hagfish
Abstract

Background Short interspersed elements (SINEs) are ubiquitous components of eukaryotic genomes. SINEs are composite transposable elements that are mobilized by non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons, also called long interspersed elements (LINEs). The 3′ part of SINEs usually originated from that of counterpart non-LTR retrotransposons. The 5′ part of SINEs mostly originated from small RNA genes. SINE1 is a group of SINEs whose 5′ part originated from 7SL RNA, and is represented by primate Alu and murine B1. Well-defined SINE1 has been found only from Euarchontoglires, a group of mammals, in contrast to the wide distribution of SINE2, which has a tRNA-derived sequence, from animals to plants to protists. Both Alu and B1 are mobilized by L1-type non-LTR retrotransposons, which are the only lineage of autonomous non-LTR retrotransposons active in these mammalian lineages. Results Here a new lineage of SINE1 is characterized from the seashore hagfish Eptatretus burgeri genome. This SINE1 family, designated SINE1-1_EBu, is young, and is transposed by RTE-type non-LTR retrotransposon, not L1-type. Comparison with other SINE families from hagfish indicated the birth of SINE1-1_EBu through chimera formation of a 7SL RNA-derived sequence and an older tRNA-derived SINE family. It reveals parallel evolution of SINE1 in two vertebrate lineages with different autonomous non-LTR retrotransposon partners. The comparison between two SINE1 lineages supports that the RNA secondary structure of the Alu domain of 7SL RNA is required for the efficient retrotransposition. Conclusions The hagfish SINE1 is the first evident SINE1 family found outside of Euarchontoglires. Independent evolution of SINE1 with similar RNA secondary structure originated in 7SL RNA indicates the functional importance of 7SL RNA-derived sequence in the proliferation of SINEs.

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2020
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35. IS481EU Shows a New Connection between Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic DNA Transposons

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Kenji K. Kojima and Weidong Bao

Subjects
insertion sequence, General Immunology and Microbiology, IS481, target site duplications (TSDs), DNA transposon, parabasalids, IS481EU, DDD/E transposase, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Abstract

DDD/E transposase gene is the most abundant gene in nature and many DNA transposons in all three domains of life use it for their transposition. A substantial number of eukaryotic DNA transposons show similarity to prokaryotic insertion sequences (ISs). The presence of IS481-like DNA transposons was indicated in the genome of Trichomonas vaginalis. Here, we surveyed IS481-like eukaryotic sequences using a bioinformatics approach and report a group of eukaryotic IS481-like DNA transposons, designated IS481EU, from parabasalids including T. vaginalis. The lengths of target site duplications (TSDs) of IS481EU are around 4 bps, around 15 bps, or around 25 bps, and strikingly, these discrete lengths of TSDs can be observed even in a single IS481EU family. Phylogenetic analysis indicated the close relationships of IS481EU with some of the prokaryotic IS481 family members. IS481EU was not well separated from IS3EU/GingerRoot in the phylogenetic analysis, but was distinct from other eukaryotic DNA transposons including Ginger1 and Ginger2. The unique characteristics of IS481EU in protein sequences and the distribution of TSD lengths support its placement as a new superfamily of eukaryotic DNA transposons.

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2023
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36. Ancient Origin of the U2 Small Nuclear RNA Gene-Targeting Non-LTR Retrotransposons Utopia.

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Kenji K Kojima and Jerzy Jurka

Subjects
Medicine, Science
Abstract

Most non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons encoding a restriction-like endonuclease show target-specific integration into repetitive sequences such as ribosomal RNA genes and microsatellites. However, only a few target-specific lineages of non-LTR retrotransposons are distributed widely and no lineage is found across the eukaryotic kingdoms. Here we report the most widely distributed lineage of target sequence-specific non-LTR retrotransposons, designated Utopia. Utopia is found in three supergroups of eukaryotes: Amoebozoa, SAR, and Opisthokonta. Utopia is inserted into a specific site of U2 small nuclear RNA genes with different strength of specificity for each family. Utopia families from oomycetes and wasps show strong target specificity while only a small number of Utopia copies from reptiles are flanked with U2 snRNA genes. Oomycete Utopia families contain an "archaeal" RNase H domain upstream of reverse transcriptase (RT), which likely originated from a plant RNase H gene. Analysis of Utopia from oomycetes indicates that multiple lineages of Utopia have been maintained inside of U2 genes with few copy numbers. Phylogenetic analysis of RT suggests the monophyly of Utopia, and it likely dates back to the early evolution of eukaryotes.

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2015
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38. Current condition of recovery method of disaster embankments using geo-cell and soil reinforcement bar

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K Kojima, G Noda, S Yazaki, M Harata, and K Yokota

Subjects
General Medicine
Abstract

Recently, many embankment disasters have occurred. The main causes of these disasters are natural hazards, such as earthquakes, rainfalls and the combination of these. We are proposing a sustainable seismic and rainfall countermeasures for railway and road embankments by means of geo-cells (made of HDPE) and soil reinforcement bars (Gc-Rb embankment). The soil reinforcement bar is inserted into an embankment, and the geo-cell is laid on the slope of the embankment. The characteristics of this method are the convenience of construction and the economy, in addition to the reinforcement against the natural hazards. The embankment of the Sanriku Railway Riasu Line was seriously damaged by the Tohoku Region Pacific Offshore Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011 in Japan. Many civil structures were damaged not only in the Sanriku railway but also in Pacific ocean side of Tohoku area. In the restoration works of these structures, the shortage of the construction machine, the machine operator and related materials was the problem. Therefore easiness of construction and usual materials were demanded (such materials other than concrete and so on). The proposed method satisfies these required conditions. The operation of this railway line was restarted on April 3, 2013, two years after the earthquake. In this paper we report the current state of the embankment using this recovery method, including the maintenance, after 6 years from the restart of the service.

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2022
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39. Excitation and suppression of synchrobetatron resonances in high-intensity hadron linacs

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K. Kojima, Y. Yamane, and Hiromi Okamoto

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Hadron, Resonance, QC770-798, Surfaces and Interfaces, Linear particle accelerator, Computational physics, Transverse plane, Bunches, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Thermal emittance, Beam (structure), Excitation
Abstract

The space-charge potential can be a source of various resonances in high-intensity hadron bunches traveling in linear accelerators at relatively low energy. Those natural resonances, which may occur even without external driving fields, have to be avoided carefully to minimize undesired beam loss. We perform self-consistent multiparticle simulations systematically to locate major resonance stop bands in the tune diagram, starting from equipartitioned and nonequipartitioned beams. Serious excitation of synchrobetatron resonances is confirmed, depending on the emittance condition at injection. It is demonstrated that a synchrobetatron difference resonance of any order can be suppressed strongly by controlling the ratio of the transverse and longitudinal projected emittances. The equipartitioned linac design is shown to broaden the usable operating area in the tune space, though that has almost nothing to do with thermodynamic effects.

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2021
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40. P–145 usefulness of morphokinetic data to predict pregnancy rates of day–6 blastocyst transfers

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M Kinoshita-Okabe, S Akashi, M Shioya, K Kojima, M Fujita, T Kobayashi, K Takahashi, S Nakano, K Yamauchi, and T Sugiura

Subjects
Pregnancy, Transvaginal ultrasonography, business.industry, Rehabilitation, Gestational sac, Obstetrics and Gynecology, medicine.disease, Cryopreservation, Embryo transfer, Andrology, Pregnancy rate, medicine.anatomical_structure, Reproductive Medicine, Area under curve, medicine, Blastocyst, business
Abstract

Study question Can a scoring model based on morphokinetic data developed to predict pregnancy rates of day–5 blastocyst transfers (KIDSCORE™D5) predict pregnancy rates of day–6 blastocyst transfers? Summary answer KIDSCORE™D5 was able to predict the clinical pregnancy rates of embryo transfers done on day 6 with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.72. What is known already KIDSCORE™D5 is a scoring model based on morphokinetic data developed to predict the pregnancy rates of day–5 blastocysts. In 2019, Regnier et al. reported that the AUC of KIDSCORE™D5 for predicting clinical pregnancy rates of day–5 blastocyst transfers was 0.6. However, as KIDSCORE™D5 is constructed based on morphological characteristics and developmental dynamics of day–5 blastocysts, it is unclear whether KIDSCORE™D5 can predict pregnancy rates of day–6 blastocyst transfers. Since there are many cases of day–6 blastocyst transfers, it is important to know if KIDSCORE™D5 can predict pregnancy rates of day–6 blastocyst transfers. Study design, size, duration This retrospective single-center study, which included 162 day–5 and 72 day–6 blastocyst transfers, respectively, was conducted at Takahashi Women’s clinic from January to December 2019. Blastocysts derived from 146 patients who underwent intracytoplasmic sperm injection. All blastocysts were cryopreserved and were transferred singly. Participants/materials, setting, methods We used EmbryoScope+™ (Vitrolife) for in-vitro culture and calculated KIDSCORE™D5 (ver.3) using Embryoviewer™ (Vitrolife). Blastocyst scoring was done from 1.0 to 9.9. Clinical pregnancy was defined as the presence of a gestational sac confirmed by transvaginal ultrasonography. Statistical analysis was performed with JMP Pro 15.00 (SAS). The relationship between KIDSCORE™D5 and clinical pregnancy was evaluated by the AUC using ROC curve analysis and multivariate analysis adjusted for patient age. Main results and the role of chance The mean KIDSCORE™D5 of day–5 and day–6 blastocysts was 7.1±1.7 and 3.7±1.5, respectively. KIDSCORE™D5 of day–6 blastocysts was significantly lower than that of day–5 blastocysts (p Limitations, reasons for caution This study had a small sample size, and it was a retrospective single-center study. In addition, the relationship between KIDSCORE™D5 and clinical pregnancy rates may vary among facilities. Therefore, a prospective multicenter validation is necessary. Wider implications of the findings: Our study results indicated that KIDSCORE™D5 predicted clinical pregnancy and that morphokinetic parameters related to clinical pregnancy were similar between day–5 and day–6 blastocysts. Hence, morphokinetic evaluation can serve as a criterion for deciding which of multiple day–6 blastocysts can be transferred. Trial registration number Not applicable

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2021
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44. Tiotropium/Olodaterol Improves Pulmonary Function and Physical Activity in Patients with Treatment-Naïve COPD

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K. Takahashi, M. Uchida, G. Kato, A. Takamori, H. Sadamatsu, M. Tanaka, R. Tajiri, H. Inoue, T. Kinoshita, K. Kojima, M. Yoshida, H. Kobayashi, H. Tashiro, S. Hayashi, A. Kawaguchi, N. Sueoka-Aragane, T. Kawayama, and E.S.I.G. Saga naive COPD physical activity evaluation (SCOP

Subjects
Therapy naive, medicine.medical_specialty, COPD, business.industry, Internal medicine, Tiotropium-olodaterol, Physical activity, Cardiology, Medicine, In patient, business, medicine.disease, Pulmonary function testing
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2020
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45. AcademH, a lineage of Academ DNA transposons encoding helicase found in animals and fungi

Author

Kenji K. Kojima

Subjects
Transposable element, Genetics, lcsh:QH426-470, biology, Lineage (evolution), Research, Plant homeodomain, Helicase, Eukaryotic DNA replication, DNA transposon, Genome, lcsh:Genetics, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Academ, biology.protein, Target site duplication, Molecular Biology, Transposase, DNA
Abstract

Background DNA transposons are ubiquitous components of eukaryotic genomes. Academ superfamily of DNA transposons is one of the least characterized DNA transposon superfamilies in eukaryotes. DNA transposons belonging to the Academ superfamily have been reported from various animals, one red algal species Chondrus crispus, and one fungal species Puccinia graminis. Six Academ families from P. graminis encode a helicase in addition to putative transposase, while some other families encode a single protein which contains a putative transposase and an XPG nuclease. Results Systematic searches on Repbase and BLAST searches against publicly available genome sequences revealed that several species of fungi and animals contain multiple Academ transposon families encoding a helicase. These AcademH families generate 9 or 10-bp target site duplications (TSDs) while Academ families lacking helicase generate 3 or 4-bp TSDs. Phylogenetic analysis clearly shows two lineages inside of Academ, designated here as AcademH and AcademX for encoding helicase or XPG nuclease, respectively. One sublineage of AcademH in animals encodes plant homeodomain (PHD) finger in its transposase, and its remnants are found in several fish genomes. Conclusions The AcademH lineage of TEs is widely distributed in animals and fungi, and originated early in the evolution of Academ DNA transposons. This analysis highlights the structural diversity in one less studied superfamily of eukaryotic DNA transposons.

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2020

47. Reply to 'Comment on ‘Empirical condition of betatron resonances with space charge'’

Author

Hiromi Okamoto, K. Kojima, and Y. Tokashiki

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Computer science, Interpretation (philosophy), Assertion, Surfaces and Interfaces, Betatron, 01 natural sciences, Space charge, law.invention, Theoretical physics, law, 0103 physical sciences, CLARITY, Criticism, lcsh:QC770-798, lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, 010306 general physics
Abstract

In the Comment on our paper [Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 22, 074201 (2019)PRABCJ2469-988810.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.074201], Hofmann claims that our conclusions are based on a questionable interpretation of Vlasov’s equation and an over-interpretation of our multiparticle simulations. This assertion, however, comes largely from his misinterpretations of the essence of our work and proposed resonance condition. His criticism based on experimental data from some operating machines has also missed the point; we see no essential conflict between our arguments and experimental observations. While most of the questions raised by Hofmann have already been answered in our original paper above and previous publications, we take this opportunity to provide more information and explanation for clarity.

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2020

48. Contributors

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D.E. Albert, A. Alves, J.M. Anderson, T. Blair, J.P. Boutrand, R.P. Brown, J.W. Carraway, W.V. Christian, G. Clermont, K.P. Coleman, M. Dard, E. Drevon-Gaillot, R. Eloy, R.E. Geertsma, S.J. Goldenberg, S. Gompertz, Z.X. Guo, J. Huang, W.H. De Jong, C. Kaddick, A.T. Keene, K. Kojima, X. Li, M. Liu, A. Metz, D. Parente, K. Sakaguchi, C. Shan, J.A. Torfin, L. Wancket, M.F. Wolf, and W. Zhang

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2020
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