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9. Magnetic properties of a spin-2 antiferromagnet with metal-radical hybrid spins

Author

T. Okabe, Shota Nakamura, Shunichiro Kittaka, Hironori Yamaguchi, Takateru Kawakami, M. Hagiwara, Yohei Kono, N. Uemoto, Toshiro Sakakibara, Y. Iwasaki, and Yuko Hosokoshi

Subjects
Physics, Phase transition, Spins, Condensed matter physics, law, Transition temperature, Order (ring theory), Antiferromagnetism, Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons, Electron paramagnetic resonance, Spin (physics), Magnetic susceptibility, law.invention
Abstract

We present an $S=2$ antiferromagnet composed of a Mn-verdazyl complex $[\mathrm{Mn}{(\mathrm{hfac})}_{2}]\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}[o\text{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{Py}\text{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{V}\text{\ensuremath{-}}{(4\text{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{F})}_{2}]$. An analysis of the magnetic behavior reveals that the strong antiferromagnetic intramolecular interaction between spins on ${\mathrm{Mn}}^{2+}$ and the verdazyl radical forms an $S=2$ hybrid spin below approximately 100 K. In the low-temperature regions, the magnetic susceptibility and the specific heat indicate a phase transition to the three-dimensional order of the $S$ = 2 system. Below the transition temperature, the magnetization curve exhibits a metamagnetic phase transition. From the analysis of electron spin resonance modes, we evaluate the on-site biaxial anisotropy responsible for the anisotropic magnetic behavior.

Published
2020

10. Magnetic properties of a spin- 12 honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet

Author

Toshiro Sakakibara, Y. Iwasaki, Yuko Hosokoshi, Shunichiro Kittaka, Yohei Kono, Hironori Yamaguchi, T. Okabe, and N. Uemoto

Subjects
Quantum phase transition, Materials science, Condensed matter physics, Dimer, Ab initio, 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, Magnetic susceptibility, chemistry.chemical_compound, Ferromagnetism, chemistry, Lattice (order), 0103 physical sciences, Antiferromagnetism, Molecular orbital, 010306 general physics, 0210 nano-technology
Abstract

We present an $S=1/2$ antiferromagnetic (AF) honeycomb lattice composed of a verdazyl-based complex $[\mathrm{Zn}{(\mathrm{hfac})}_{2}][o$-Py-V-(4-${\mathrm{F})}_{2}]$. Ab initio molecular orbital calculations indicate that two AF interactions and a ferromagnetic interaction lead to the formation of a honeycomb lattice. We explain the magnetic susceptibility, magnetization curve, and magnetic specific heat based on the $S$ = 1/2 Heisenberg AF honeycomb lattice using the quantum Monte Carlo method. Further, by considering the distortion effect on the magnetic behavior, we confirm that the dimer-like lattice distortion in the present compound is small enough not to affect the intrinsic two-dimensional properties of the honeycomb lattice. Our numerical study on the distorted honeycomb lattice reveals a quantum phase transition from a disordered dimer phase to an AF ordered phase at a critical distortion ratio.

Published
2020

11. Safety and efficacy of oral semaglutide versus dulaglutide in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes (PIONEER 10): an open-label, randomised, active-controlled, phase 3a trial

Author

S Wada, Hiromi Nishimura, Hitoshi Ishida, Andrea Navarria, Yoshiro Kato, F Okuguchi, Mette Gislum, Toshihiko Shiraiwa, K. Shin, Takeshi Osonoi, T Ohama, K Kanno, H Seino, Hideki Ishii, S Nakamura, Shizuka Kaneko, Shuichi Fukuda, Srikanth Deenadayalan, T Okabe, Hideaki Kaneto, Sumiko Inoue, Daisuke Yabe, Takashi Sasaki, Nobuya Inagaki, Shuhei Nakanishi, A Yamauchi, Makoto Kato, Norio Harada, Arihiro Kiyosue, T Arisaka, Jiro Nakamura, Haeng-Kon Kim, A Numata, Toshinari Asakura, N Azuma, Touko Sugiura, Teruo Kawada, O Miho, S Nakamoto, O. Matsuoka, Yasushi Fukushima, Hideaki Jinnouchi, and S Ishikawa

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Nausea, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Glucagon-Like Peptides, Administration, Oral, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Type 2 diabetes, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Endocrinology, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, Internal Medicine, medicine, Clinical endpoint, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, 030212 general & internal medicine, Adverse effect, Aged, Glycated Hemoglobin, business.industry, Semaglutide, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Discontinuation, Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Dulaglutide, Female, medicine.symptom, business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Summary Background New glucose-lowering medications need to be investigated in east Asian populations, as the clinical characteristics of type 2 diabetes differ between western and east Asian patients. The PIONEER 10 study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral semaglutide versus dulaglutide in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods PIONEER 10 was an open-label, randomised, active-controlled, phase 3a trial done at 36 sites (clinics and university hospitals) in Japan. Patients aged 20 years and older with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes were randomly assigned (2:2:2:1) to receive once-daily oral semaglutide 3 mg, 7 mg, or 14 mg, or once-weekly subcutaneous dulaglutide 0·75 mg for 52 weeks, as an add-on to their background medication. The primary endpoint was the number of treatment-emergent adverse events over 57 weeks. Supportive secondary endpoints (not controlled for multiplicity) included mean change from baseline in HbA1c and bodyweight at 52 weeks. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03015220. Findings Between Jan 10, and May 30, 2017, 492 patients were screened and 458 were randomly assigned to oral semaglutide 3 mg (n=131), 7 mg (n=132), or 14 mg (n=130), or dulaglutide 0·75 mg (n=65). 448 (98%) patients completed the trial. Adverse events occurred in 101 (77%) of 131 patients with oral semaglutide 3 mg, 106 (80%) of 132 with oral semaglutide 7 mg, 111 (85%) of 130 with oral semaglutide 14 mg, and 53 (82%) of 65 with dulaglutide. The most common adverse events were infections and gastrointestinal events. Gastrointestinal adverse events (mostly mild and transient constipation and nausea) occurred in a dose-dependent manner with oral semaglutide. Adverse events led to premature treatment discontinuation in four (3%) of 131 patients receiving oral semaglutide 3 mg, eight (6%) of 132 receiving oral semaglutide 7 mg, eight (6%) of 130 receiving oral semaglutide 14 mg, and two (3%) of 65 receiving dulaglutide. No deaths or severe hypoglycaemic events were reported. Based on the treatment policy estimand (ie, regardless of study drug discontinuation or rescue medication use), estimated mean reductions in HbA1c from baseline (8·3%) to week 52 were −0·9 percentage points (SE 0·1) with oral semaglutide 3 mg, −1·4 percentage points (0·1) with oral semaglutide 7 mg, −1·7 percentage points (0·1) with oral semaglutide 14 mg, and −1·4 percentage points (0·1) with dulaglutide (estimated treatment difference −0·3% [95% CI −0·6 to −0·1] for oral semaglutide 14 mg vs dulaglutide; p=0·0170). Estimated mean changes in bodyweight from baseline (72·1 kg) to week 52 were 0·0 kg (SE 0·3) with oral semaglutide 3 mg, −0·9 kg (0·3) with oral semaglutide 7 mg, −1·6 kg (0·3) with oral semaglutide 14 mg, and 1·0 kg (0·4) with dulaglutide (estimated treatment difference −2·6 kg [95% CI −3·5 to −1·6] for oral semaglutide 14 mg vs dulaglutide; p Interpretation Oral semaglutide was well tolerated in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes. Once-daily oral semaglutide significantly reduced HbA1c (14 mg dose) and bodyweight (7 mg and 14 mg doses) versus weekly subcutaneous dulaglutide 0·75 mg by week 52. Funding Novo Nordisk.

Published
2019

12. Weight enumerators, intersection enumerators, and Jacobi polynomials

Author

Manabu Oura, K. Honma, and T. Okabe

Subjects
Combinatorics, Discrete mathematics, symbols.namesake, Mathematics::Combinatorics, Intersection, Genus (mathematics), ComputingMethodologies_SYMBOLICANDALGEBRAICMANIPULATION, symbols, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Jacobi polynomials, Binary code, Theoretical Computer Science, Mathematics
Abstract

The intersection enumerator and the Jacobi polynomial in an arbitrary genus for a binary code are introduced. Adding the weight enumerator into our discussion, we give the explicit relations among them and give some of their basic properties.

Published
2020

13. OBSOLETE: Cardiac Arrhythmias in Heart Failure

Author

S.J. Kalbfleisch and T. Okabe

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Calcium channel, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac arrhythmia, medicine.disease, Internal medicine, Heart failure, Anesthesia, cardiovascular system, medicine, Cardiology, In patient, cardiovascular diseases, business
Abstract

A variety of brady- and tachy-arrhythmias can coexist with heart failure (HF) and complicate the care of HF patients. Moreover, an arrhythmia itself may cause or exacerbate HF (e.g., arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy) and control of these arrhythmias can reverse the cardiomyopathy. The presence of bradyarrhythmias may not only directly increase morbidity in HF patients, but also interfere with titration of atrioventricular nodal blockers such as beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers used to treat tachyarrhythmias. This article reviews the diagnosis and management of arrhythmias in patients with HF.

Published
2018

15. Combined Ventilation and Perfusion Imaging Correlates With the Dosimetric Parameters of Radiation Pneumonitis in Radiation Therapy Planning for Lung Cancer

Author

Ikuno Nishibuchi, Yasushi Nagata, Yoshiko Doi, Takeo Nakashima, Masahiro Kenjo, Shuichi Ozawa, Tomoki Kimura, Yuji Murakami, T. Okabe, Hideo Kawabata, and Nobuki Imano

Subjects
Adult, Male, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Lung Neoplasms, Movement, medicine.medical_treatment, Vital Capacity, Perfusion scanning, Single-photon emission computed tomography, Radiation Dosage, Ventilation/perfusion ratio, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio, Humans, Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Lung volumes, Prospective Studies, Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography, Lung cancer, Lung, Aged, Pneumonitis, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, Radiation, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted, Respiration, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Radiation Pneumonitis, Radiation therapy, Oncology, Female, Radiology, business, Nuclear medicine, Radiotherapy, Image-Guided
Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this study was to prospectively investigate clinical correlations between dosimetric parameters associated with radiation pneumonitis (RP) and functional lung imaging. Methods and Materials Functional lung imaging was performed using four-dimensional computed tomography (4D-CT) for ventilation imaging, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for perfusion imaging, or both (V/Q-matched region). Using 4D-CT, ventilation imaging was derived from a low attenuation area according to CT numbers below different thresholds (vent-860 and -910). Perfusion imaging at the 10th, 30th, 50th, and 70th percentile perfusion levels (F10-F70) were defined as the top 10%, 30%, 50%, and 70% hyperperfused normal lung, respectively. All imaging data were incorporated into a 3D planning system to evaluate correlations between RP dosimetric parameters (where fV20 is the percentage of functional lung volume irradiated with >20 Gy, or fMLD, the mean dose administered to functional lung) and the percentage of functional lung volume. Radiation pneumonitis was evaluated using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0. Statistical significance was defined as a P value of Results Sixty patients who underwent curative radiation therapy were enrolled (48 patients for non-small cell lung cancer, and 12 patients for small cell lung cancer). Grades 1, 2, and ≥3 RP were observed in 16, 44, and 6 patients, respectively. Significant correlations were observed between the percentage of functional lung volume and fV20 (r=0.4475 in vent-860 and 0.3508 in F30) or fMLD (r=0.4701 in vent-860 and 0.3128 in F30) in patients with grade ≥2 RP. F30∩vent-860 results exhibited stronger correlations with fV20 and fMLD in patients with grade ≥2 (r=0.5509 in fV20 and 0.5320 in fMLD) and grade ≥3 RP (r=0.8770 in fV20 and 0.8518 in fMLD). Conclusions RP dosimetric parameters correlated significantly with functional lung imaging.

Published
2015

16. Determinants of liquid gastric emptying: comparisons between milk and isocalorically adjusted clear fluids

Author

Atsuhiro Sakamoto, H. Terashima, and T. Okabe

Subjects
Body fluid, Orange juice, medicine.medical_specialty, Calorie, Gastric emptying, business.industry, Clear fluids, Stomach, digestive, oral, and skin physiology, food and beverages, Gastroenterology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, medicine.anatomical_structure, Internal medicine, Medicine, Ingestion, Food science, Preoperative fasting, business
Abstract

Background Although current preoperative fasting guidelines apply restrictions to drinks containing milk because of delayed gastric emptying, the safe volume of milk that can be consumed up to 2 h before surgery on a theoretical basis has not yet been defined. We aimed to determine whether delayed gastric emptying depended mainly on the total amount of calories irrespective of compositional differences between milk and clear fluids. Methods We prepared five beverages with a uniform volume (500 ml) and step-wise increments in calories (0, 220, and 330 kcal), comprised mainly of non-human milk, pulpless orange juice, water, and gum syrup. The gastric emptying rate of each beverage was determined by ultrasound measurements of the gastric antral cross-sectional area after their ingestion by eight healthy fasting volunteers. Results The emptying rates of 500 ml of orange juice and 330 ml of non-human milk with 170 ml of water (both were 220 kcal) from the stomach were similar. Furthermore, 450 ml of orange juice with 50 ml of gum syrup and 500 ml of non-human milk (both were 330 kcal) left the stomach at similar rates. The 220 kcal beverages emptied faster than the 330 kcal beverages. Conclusions There were no significant differences in liquid gastric emptying after drinking equal volumes of either orange juice or milk as long as both had the same amount of calories. Liquid gastric emptying depends chiefly on the total caloric content. Clinical trial registration UMIN000012537.

Published
2015

18. Magnetic properties of the S=12 honeycomb lattice antiferromagnet 2−Cl−3,6−F2−V

Author

Hironori Yamaguchi, Shunichiro Kittaka, T. Okabe, Toshiro Sakakibara, Yuko Hosokoshi, and Toshio Ono

Subjects
Physics, Phase transition, Condensed matter physics, 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, Magnetic susceptibility, Lattice (order), 0103 physical sciences, Spin model, Antiferromagnetism, Hexagonal lattice, 010306 general physics, 0210 nano-technology, Saturation (magnetic), Phase diagram
Abstract

We successfully synthesized single crystals of the verdazyl radical $2\text{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{Cl}\text{\ensuremath{-}}3,6\text{\ensuremath{-}}{\mathrm{F}}_{2}\text{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{V}$ [=3-(2-chloro-3,6-difluorophenyl)-1,5-diphenylverdazyl], which is a rare model compound with an $S=\frac{1}{2}$ Heisenberg antiferromagnetic (HAF) honeycomb lattice. Ab initio molecular orbital calculations indicate two dominant AF interactions, forming a slightly distorted honeycomb lattice. We explain the magnetic susceptibility and the magnetization curve up to the saturation field based on the expected spin model using the quantum Monte Carlo method. In the low-temperature regions, we found a phase transition to an AF ordered state at about 0.77 K for the zero field and obtained the magnetic field-temperature phase diagram from the magnetic susceptibility and the specific heat for various magnetic fields. Through the analysis considering the effect of lattice distortion on magnetic behavior, we confirm that the lattice distortion of the present model is small enough that it does not affect the intrinsic behavior of the uniform $S=\frac{1}{2}$ HAF honeycomb lattice.

Published
2017

19. Randomness-induced quantum spin liquid on honeycomb lattice

Author

T. Okabe, Shunichiro Kittaka, Yohei Kono, Hironori Yamaguchi, Toshiro Sakakibara, Y. Iwasaki, Yuko Hosokoshi, and Masataka Okada

Subjects
media_common.quotation_subject, lcsh:Medicine, Frustration, FOS: Physical sciences, 02 engineering and technology, Quantum entanglement, 01 natural sciences, Article, Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons, Lattice (order), 0103 physical sciences, lcsh:Science, 010306 general physics, Randomness, Quantum fluctuation, media_common, Physics, Multidisciplinary, Condensed matter physics, Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el), lcsh:R, Exchange interaction, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, lcsh:Q, Valence bond theory, Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons, Quantum spin liquid, 0210 nano-technology
Abstract

Quantum entanglement in magnetic materials is expected to yield a quantum spin liquid (QSL), in which strong quantum fluctuations prevent magnetic ordering even at zero temperature. This topic has been one of the primary focuses of condensed-matter science since Anderson first proposed the resonating valence bond state in a certain spin-1/2 frustrated magnet in 1973. Since then, several candidate materials featuring frustration, such as triangular and kagome lattices, have been reported to exhibit liquid-like behavior. However, the mechanisms that stabilize the liquid-like states have remained elusive. Here, we present a QSL state in a spin-1/2 honeycomb lattice with randomness in the exchange interaction. That is, we successfully introduce randomness into the organic radial-based complex and realize a random-singlet (RS) state (or valence bond glass). All magnetic and thermodynamic experimental results indicate the liquid-like behaviors, which are consistent with those expected in the RS state. Our results suggest that the randomness or inhomogeneity in the actual systems stabilize the RS state and yield liquid-like behavior.

Published
2017
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20. Biodistribution of locally or systemically transplanted osteoblast-like cells

Author

Y. Hayase, Hiroshi Kitoh, Naoki Ishiguro, Katsuyoshi Kato, Y. T. Okabe, M. Mizuno, T. Kondo, and Kenichi Mishima

Subjects
Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Biodistribution, Transplantation, business.industry, Bone regenerative medicine, Cell, Osteoblast, Peripheral blood mononuclear cell, Cellular tracking, Cell therapy, medicine.anatomical_structure, GFP rats, Paediatric, medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery, Bone marrow, Osteoblast-like cells, Bone regeneration, business
Abstract

ObjectivesIn order to ensure safety of the cell-based therapy for bone regeneration, we examined in vivo biodistribution of locally or systemically transplanted osteoblast-like cells generated from bone marrow (BM) derived mononuclear cells.MethodsBM cells obtained from a total of 13 Sprague-Dawley (SD) green fluorescent protein transgenic (GFP-Tg) rats were culture-expanded in an osteogenic differentiation medium for three weeks. Osteoblast-like cells were then locally transplanted with collagen scaffolds to the rat model of segmental bone defect. Donor cells were also intravenously infused to the normal Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats for systemic biodistribution. The flow cytometric and histological analyses were performed for cellular tracking after transplantation.ResultsLocally transplanted donor cells remained within the vicinity of the transplantation site without migrating to other organs. Systemically administered large amounts of osteoblast-like cells were cleared from various organ tissues within three days of transplantation and did not show any adverse effects in the transplanted rats.ConclusionsWe demonstrated a precise assessment of donor cell biodistribution that further augments prospective utility of regenerative cell therapy. Cite this article: Bone Joint Res 2014;3:76–81.

Published
2014

21. Underlying principle of liquid gastric emptying

Author

H. Terashima, T. Okabe, and Atsuhiro Sakamoto

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Gastric emptying, business.industry, MEDLINE, Gastroenterology, Beverages, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gastric Emptying, 030202 anesthesiology, Internal medicine, medicine, Animals, Humans, business, Energy Intake
Published
2015

22. Efficacy of Escalating the Dose to 54 Gy on Accelerated Hyperfractionated Thoracic Radiation Therapy for Limited-stage Small-cell Lung Cancer: The 6-year Outcomes at a Single Institution

Author

J. Hirokawa, T. Okabe, T. Katsuta, Kanji Matsuura, and M. Kagemoto

Subjects
Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Radiation, Oncology, Thoracic radiation, business.industry, Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Limited stage small cell lung cancer, Radiology, Single institution, business, Nuclear medicine
Published
2017

23. Long-term outcomes of intraluminal brachytherapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy for superficial esophageal cancer

Author

Yasushi Nagata, T. Okabe, Masahiro Kenjo, Yasutoshi Hashimoto, Ikuno Nishibuchi, Yuko Kaneyasu, Yuji Murakami, Yukio Akagi, and Tomoki Kimura

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Esophageal Neoplasms, medicine.medical_treatment, Brachytherapy, Surgical oncology, Long term outcomes, medicine, Humans, External beam radiotherapy, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Radiotherapy Dosage, Hematology, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Esophageal cancer, medicine.disease, Survival Rate, Radiation therapy, Treatment Outcome, Oncology, Female, Surgery, Radiology, business, Intraluminal brachytherapy
Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the long-term outcomes of combining high-dose-rate intraluminal brachytherapy (IBT) with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for superficial esophageal cancer (SEC).From 1992 to 2002, 87 patients with T1N0M0 thoracic esophageal cancer received IBT in combination with EBRT. Of these, 44 had mucosal cancer and 43 had submucosal cancer. For patients with tumor invasion within the lamina propria mucosa, IBT alone was performed (n = 27). IBT boost following EBRT was performed for patients with tumor invasion in the muscularis mucosa or deeper (n = 60). No patient received chemotherapy.The median follow-up time was 94 months. For mucosal cancer, the 5-year locoregional control (LRC), cause-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) rates were 75, 97 and 84%, respectively, and 49, 55 and 31%, respectively, for submucosal cancer. Tumor depth was a significant factor associated with LRC (p = 0.02), CSS (p0.001) and OS (p0.001) by univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis revealed that tumor depth was the only significant predictor for OS (p = 0.003). Late toxicities of grade 3 or higher in esophagus, pneumonitis, pleural effusion and pericardial effusion were observed in 5, 0, 0 and 1 patients, respectively. Grade ≥3 events of cardiac ischemia and heart failure after radiotherapy were observed in 9 patients, and history of heart disease before radiotherapy was the only significant factor (p = 0.002).There was a clear difference in outcomes of IBT combined with EBRT between mucosal and submucosal esophageal cancers. More intensive treatment should be considered for submucosal cancer.

Published
2011

24. Measurements of branching fractions and q2 distributions for B→πℓν and B→ρℓν decays with B→D(∗)ℓν decay tagging

Author

T. Hokuue, K. Abe, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, Y. Asano, T. Aushev, A.M. Bakich, V. Balagura, E. Barberio, M. Barbero, A. Bay, I. Bedny, K. Belous, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak, S. Blyth, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T.E. Browder, P. Chang, A. Chen, W.T. Chen, Y. Choi, A. Chuvikov, S. Cole, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, M. Dash, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, N. Gabyshev, A. Garmash, T. Gershon, G. Gokhroo, A. Gorišek, H. Ha, J. Haba, K. Hara, T. Hara, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, L. Hinz, Y. Hoshi, S. Hou, W.-S. Hou, T. Iijima, K. Ikado, A. Imoto, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, H. Kakuno, J.H. Kang, P. Kapusta, S.U. Kataoka, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H.R. Khan, H.J. Kim, H.O. Kim, K. Kinoshita, Y. Kozakai, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, R. Kulasiri, R. Kumar, C.C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, J. Lee, T. Lesiak, J. Li, A. Limosani, S.-W. Lin, G. Majumder, F. Mandl, T. Matsumoto, A. Matyja, S. McOnie, W. Mitaroff, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, Y. Miyazaki, D. Mohapatra, I. Nakamura, E. Nakano, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, T. Nozaki, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, S.L. Olsen, Y. Onuki, P. Pakhlov, C.W. Park, H. Park, L.S. Peak, R. Pestotnik, L.E. Piilonen, Y. Sakai, N. Sato, N. Satoyama, K. Sayeed, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, C. Schwanda, A.J. Schwartz, K. Senyo, M.E. Sevior, M. Shapkin, H. Shibuya, B. Shwartz, A. Somov, R. Stamen, S. Stanič, M. Starič, H. Stoeck, A. Sugiyama, S. Suzuki, S.Y. Suzuki, O. Tajima, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, M. Tanaka, G.N. Taylor, Y. Teramoto, X.C. Tian, T. Tsukamoto, K. Ueno, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Usov, G. Varner, K.E. Varvell, S. Villa, C.C. Wang, C.H. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, Y. Watanabe, E. Won, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, J. Ying, L.M. Zhang, Z.P. Zhang, and D. Zürcher

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, KEKB, Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix, Electron–positron annihilation, Analytical chemistry, Form factor (quantum field theory), Resonance, B meson, Lattice QCD, Branching (polymer chemistry)
Abstract

We report measurements of the charmless semileptonic decays B0 → π- / ρ- l+ ν and B+ → π0 / ρ0 l+ ν, based on a sample of 2.75 × 108B over(B, ) events collected at the Υ{hooked} (4 S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+ e- asymmetric collider. In this analysis, the accompanying B meson is reconstructed in the semileptonic mode B → D(*) l ν, enabling detection of the signal modes with high purity. We measure the branching fractions B (B0 → π- l+ ν) = (1.38 ± 0.19 ± 0.14 ± 0.03) × 10-4, B (B0 → ρ- l+ ν) = (2.17 ± 0.54 ± 0.31 ± 0.08) × 10-4, B (B+ → π0 l+ ν) = (0.77 ± 0.14 ± 0.08 ± 0.00) × 10-4 and B (B+ → ρ0 l+ ν) = (1.33 ± 0.23 ± 0.17 ± 0.05) × 10-4, where the errors are statistical, experimental systematic, and systematic due to form factor uncertainties, respectively. For each mode we also present the partial branching fractions in three q2 intervals: q2 < 8, 8 ≤ q2 < 16, and q2 ≥ 16 GeV2 / c2. From our partial branching fractions for B → π l ν and recent results for the form factor from unquenched Lattice QCD calculations, we obtain values of the CKM matrix element | Vu b |. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2007

25. Application of Non-woven Fabric Strips with Beauveria bassiana Conidia to Control Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Adults in Southern Kyushu

Author

K. Sone, M. Tomimoto, K. Hata, T. Okabe, and T. Higuchi

Subjects
Horticulture, Woven fabric, Beauveria bassiana, Biology, biology.organism_classification, Longhorn beetle, Conidium, Monochamus alternatus
Abstract

南九州でのBeauveria bassiana培養シート型不織布製剤 (不織布) によるマツノマダラカミキリ成虫防除の有効性を確かめるため，2003年5月に野外での防除を想定して約1m3の被害材を野外の網室内に集積し，処理区では材の表面に不織布を2,500cm2を固定して置き，対照区ではそのまま，材全体を二つの底辺50cm，高さ40cmの三角形の開口部があるブルーシートで覆った。各網室で捕獲したマツノマダラカミキリ成虫を個別飼育し，生存期間とB. bassianaの叢生を調査した。菌の感染は，成虫の1日あたりの平均後食面積に影響を与えていなかった。対照区と処理区の脱出個体のそれぞれ2％と34％で叢生がみられ，捕獲後15日間で対照区の脱出個体の20％，処理区の脱出個体の52％が死亡した。処理区の脱出個体の死亡率は，2001年に同じ場所で0.2m3の被害材に対して行った同様の試験結果ほぼ等しく，材積あたりの施用量が同じであれば，同等の防除効果が得られることが確かめられた。しかし，今回の叢生率と死亡率は，関東地方での試験結果より低かった。これらの結果をもとに，成虫の活動時期に気温が高く降水量の多い南九州における不織布によるカミキリ成虫駆除効果の向上に向けての問題点について考察した。

Published
2007

26. Results of sequential chemoradiotherapy for intracranial germinoma

Author

T. Okabe, Yoshiko Doi, Yasushi Nagata, Fumiyuki Yamasaki, Ryo Nosaka, Yuji Murakami, Tomoki Kimura, Masahiro Kenjo, Takeshi Takayasu, and Kazuhiko Sugiyama

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, genetic structures, Adolescent, medicine.medical_treatment, MEDLINE, Young Adult, Text mining, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, cardiovascular diseases, Young adult, Child, Survival rate, Retrospective Studies, Chemotherapy, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Brain Neoplasms, Retrospective cohort study, Magnetic resonance imaging, Radiotherapy Dosage, Chemoradiotherapy, equipment and supplies, Radiation therapy, Survival Rate, Treatment Outcome, cardiovascular system, Female, Radiology, Germinoma, business, circulatory and respiratory physiology, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

To evaluate the efficacy of sequential chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for intracranial germinoma by long-term follow-up.We retrospectively evaluated 23 consecutive intracranial germinoma patients without spinal dissemination, who had been treated by sequential CRT. All patients except for one were biopsied or surgically resected before treatment and all patients received both cranial and spinal magnetic resonance imaging. Three cycles of induction chemotherapy composed of etoposide and platinum agents were administered. The prescription of radiotherapy was 24 Gy per 12 fractions. No patients received spinal irradiation.All patients accomplished CRT and achieved complete remission. No severe acute and late toxicities were observed. Median follow-up time was 11.8 years. The 5- and 10-year overall survival rates were 100 and 100 %, and relapse-free survival rates were 96 and 89 %, respectively. Three patients developed intracranial recurrence and all of them were successfully salvaged by additional CRT. All patients were alive without disease at final follow-up.Treatment of 24 Gy of sequential CRT for intracranial germinoma might be promising as an alternative to radiotherapy alone. Spinal irradiation may not be necessary for patients who had no spinal dissemination and who were treated with CRT.

Published
2015

27. Search for neutrinoless decays τ→ℓhh and τ→ℓV0

Author

Y. Yusa, K. Abe, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, Y. Asano, V. Aulchenko, A. Bay, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak, S. Blyth, A. Bondar, T.E. Browder, A. Chen, B.G. Cheon, R. Chistov, Y. Choi, Y.K. Choi, A. Chuvikov, S. Cole, J. Dalseno, M. Dash, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, S. Fratina, N. Gabyshev, T. Gershon, G. Gokhroo, A. Gorišek, H.C. Ha, J. Haba, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, Y. Hoshi, W.-S. Hou, T. Iijima, K. Ikado, K. Inami, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, J.H. Kang, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H.R. Khan, H. Kichimi, S.K. Kim, S. Korpar, P. Križan, R. Kulasiri, C.C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, T. Lesiak, S.-W. Lin, D. Liventsev, G. Majumder, T. Matsumoto, W. Mitaroff, Y. Miyazaki, R. Mizuk, T. Nagamine, E. Nakano, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, T. Okabe, S.L. Olsen, Y. Onuki, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, H. Palka, R. Pestotnik, L.E. Piilonen, Y. Sakai, N. Sato, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, C. Schwanda, R. Seidl, K. Senyo, M. Shapkin, H. Shibuya, B. Shwartz, A. Sokolov, A. Somov, N. Soni, R. Stamen, S. Stanič, M. Starič, K. Sumisawa, O. Tajima, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, M. Tanaka, G.N. Taylor, Y. Teramoto, X.C. Tian, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, S. Uno, Y. Usov, G. Varner, S. Villa, E. Won, B.D. Yabsley, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, and Z.P. Zhang

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, KEKB, Muon, Meson, Electron–positron annihilation, Hadron, Electron, Neutral vector, Lepton
Abstract

We have searched for neutrinoless τ lepton decays into lhh or l V0, where l stands for an electron or muon, h for a charged light hadron, π or K, and V0 for a neutral vector meson, ρ0, K* (892)0 and φ{symbol}, using a 158 fb-1 data sample collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+ e- collider. Since the number of events observed are consistent with the expected background, we set upper limits on the branching fractions in the range of (1.6 - 8.0) × 10-7 for various decay modes at the 90% confidence level. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2006

28. Search for lepton flavor violating τ− decays with a KS0 meson

Author

Y. Miyazaki, K. Abe, H. Aihara, D. Anipko, K. Arinstein, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, A.M. Bakich, M. Barbero, I. Bedny, K. Belous, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak, S. Blyth, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T.E. Browder, A. Chen, W.T. Chen, R. Chistov, Y. Choi, Y.K. Choi, A. Chuvikov, S. Cole, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, M. Dash, J. Dragic, S. Eidelman, D. Epifanov, N. Gabyshev, T. Gershon, A. Gorišek, H. Ha, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, D. Heffernan, T. Hokuue, Y. Hoshi, S. Hou, T. Iijima, A. Imoto, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, J.H. Kang, P. Kapusta, H. Kawai, H.R. Khan, H. Kichimi, H.O. Kim, S. Korpar, P. Krokovny, R. Kumar, C.C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, J. Lee, T. Lesiak, S.-W. Lin, F. Mandl, T. Matsumoto, S. McOnie, W. Mitaroff, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Noguchi, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, Y. Onuki, H. Ozaki, H. Palka, H. Park, L.S. Peak, R. Pestotnik, L.E. Piilonen, A. Poluektov, Y. Sakai, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, R. Seidl, K. Senyo, M.E. Sevior, M. Shapkin, H. Shibuya, B. Shwartz, V. Sidorov, J.B. Singh, A. Somov, N. Soni, S. Stanič, M. Starič, H. Stoeck, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, F. Takasaki, N. Tamura, M. Tanaka, G.N. Taylor, Y. Teramoto, X.C. Tian, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, K. Ueno, T. Uglov, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Usov, G. Varner, S. Villa, C.C. Wang, C.H. Wang, Y. Watanabe, E. Won, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, L.M. Zhang, and V. Zhilich

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, KEKB, Meson, Electron–positron annihilation, Supersymmetry, Flavor, Lepton
Abstract

We have searched for the lepton flavor violating decays τ- → l- KS 0 (l = e or μ), using a data sample of 281 fb-1 collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+ e- asymmetric-energy collider. No evidence for a signal was found in either of the decay modes, and we set the following upper limits for the branching fractions: B (τ- → e- KS 0) < 5.6 × 10-8 and B (τ- → μ- KS 0) < 4.9 × 10-8 at the 90% confidence level. These results improve the previously published limits set by the CLEO Collaboration by factors of 16 and 19, respectively. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2006

29. Measurement of branching fractions for B→χc1(2)K(K∗) at Belle

Author

N. Soni, K. Abe, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, K. Arinstein, Y. Asano, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, A.M. Bakich, E. Barberio, I. Bedny, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak, S. Blyth, A. Bondar, M. Bračko, T.E. Browder, P. Chang, Y. Chao, A. Chen, K.-F. Chen, B.G. Cheon, R. Chistov, S.-K. Choi, Y. Choi, A. Chuvikov, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, M. Dash, L.Y. Dong, S. Eidelman, Y. Enari, D. Epifanov, S. Fratina, N. Gabyshev, A. Garmash, T. Gershon, A. Go, G. Gokhroo, B. Golob, A. Gorišek, J. Haba, T. Hara, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, L. Hinz, T. Hokuue, Y. Hoshi, S. Hou, W.-S. Hou, T. Iijima, K. Ikado, A. Imoto, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, J.H. Kang, J.S. Kang, P. Kapusta, N. Katayama, T. Kawasaki, H.R. Khan, H. Kichimi, H.J. Kim, S.M. Kim, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, R. Kulasiri, C.C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, T. Lesiak, S.-W. Lin, D. Liventsev, G. Majumder, F. Mandl, T. Matsumoto, Y. Mikami, W. Mitaroff, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, Y. Miyazaki, R. Mizuk, D. Mohapatra, T. Nagamine, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, S.L. Olsen, Y. Onuki, W. Ostrowicz, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, C.W. Park, R. Pestotnik, M. Peters, L.E. Piilonen, A. Poluektov, Y. Sakai, N. Sato, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, M.E. Sevior, H. Shibuya, B. Shwartz, V. Sidorov, J.B. Singh, A. Somov, S. Stanič, M. Starič, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Suzuki, S.Y. Suzuki, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, N. Tamura, M. Tanaka, G.N. Taylor, Y. Teramoto, X.C. Tian, T. Tsuboyama, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, K. Ueno, T. Uglov, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, G. Varner, S. Villa, C.C. Wang, C.H. Wang, Y. Watanabe, E. Won, Q.L. Xie, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, J. Ying, Y. Yuan, C.C. Zhang, L.M. Zhang, Z.P. Zhang, and V. Zhilich

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, KEKB, law, Analytical chemistry, Collider, Branching (polymer chemistry), Helicity, law.invention
Abstract

We have measured the branching fractions for the exclusive decay modes B→χc1(2)K(K∗)B→χc1(2)K(K∗) using a 140 fb−1140 fb−1 data sample collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e−e+e− collider. The measured branching fractions for B+→χc1K+B+→χc1K+, B0→χc1K0B0→χc1K0, B0→χc1K∗0B0→χc1K∗0 and B+→χc1K∗+B+→χc1K∗+ decay modes are (4.5±0.2±0.5)×10−4(4.5±0.2±0.5)×10−4, (3.5±0.3±0.5)×10−4(3.5±0.3±0.5)×10−4, (3.1±0.3±0.7)×10−4(3.1±0.3±0.7)×10−4 and (4.1±0.6±0.9)×10−4(4.1±0.6±0.9)×10−4, respectively, where the first error is statistical and the second error is systematic. We do not observe statistically significant signals for the B→χc2K(K∗)B→χc2K(K∗) decay modes and set upper limits at the 90% confidence level. We also study the helicity distribution for B→χc1K∗B→χc1K∗ decay mode and show that the longitudinal polarization component is dominant.

Published
2006

30. Search for the Θ(1540)+ pentaquark using kaon secondary interactions at Belle

Author

R. Mizuk, M. Danilov, K. Abe, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, Y. Asano, T. Aushev, S. Bahinipati, A.M. Bakich, V. Balagura, S. Banerjee, E. Barberio, M. Barbero, A. Bay, I. Bedny, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak, S. Blyth, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, J. Brodzicka, T.E. Browder, P. Chang, Y. Chao, A. Chen, K.-F. Chen, W.T. Chen, B.G. Cheon, R. Chistov, S.-K. Choi, Y. Choi, A. Chuvikov, J. Dalseno, M. Dash, L.Y. Dong, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, Y. Enari, S. Fratina, N. Gabyshev, A. Garmash, T. Gershon, G. Gokhroo, B. Golob, A. Gorišek, J. Haba, T. Hara, N.C. Hastings, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, T. Hokuue, Y. Hoshi, S. Hou, W.-S. Hou, T. Iijima, K. Ikado, A. Imoto, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, Y. Iwasaki, J.H. Kang, J.S. Kang, P. Kapusta, N. Katayama, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H.R. Khan, H. Kichimi, H.J. Kim, J.H. Kim, S.K. Kim, S.M. Kim, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, R. Kulasiri, C.C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, J.S. Lange, S.E. Lee, T. Lesiak, J. Li, S.-W. Lin, D. Liventsev, J. MacNaughton, G. Majumder, F. Mandl, T. Matsumoto, A. Matyja, Y. Mikami, W. Mitaroff, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, Y. Miyazaki, G.R. Moloney, Y. Nagasaka, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, H. Nakazawa, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Noguchi, T. Nozaki, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, S.L. Olsen, Y. Onuki, W. Ostrowicz, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, H. Palka, C.W. Park, N. Parslow, L.S. Peak, R. Pestotnik, L.E. Piilonen, Y. Sakai, N. Sato, N. Satoyama, K. Sayeed, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, A.J. Schwartz, M.E. Sevior, H. Shibuya, V. Sidorov, J.B. Singh, A. Somov, S. Stanič, M. Starič, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, N. Tamura, M. Tanaka, G.N. Taylor, Y. Teramoto, X.C. Tian, K. Trabelsi, T. Tsuboyama, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, K. Ueno, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, G. Varner, K.E. Varvell, S. Villa, C.C. Wang, C.H. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, Y. Watanabe, E. Won, Q.L. Xie, B.D. Yabsley, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, J. Ying, S.L. Zang, J. Zhang, L.M. Zhang, Z.P. Zhang, V. Zhilich, and D. Zürcher

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, KEKB, law, Hyperon, Collider, Resonance (particle physics), Pentaquark, law.invention, Charge exchange
Abstract

Using kaon secondary interactions in the material of the Belle detector, we search for both inclusive and exclusive production of the Θ(1540) +. We set an upper limit of 2.5% at the 90% C.L. on the ratio of the Θ(1540)+ to Λ(1520) inclusive production cross sections. We also search for the Θ(1540)+ as an intermediate resonance in the charge exchange reaction K+n→pKS 0. We set an upper limit of ΓΘ+

Published
2006

31. Measurement of Azimuthal Asymmetries in Inclusive Production of Hadron Pairs in e+e- Annihilation at Belle

Author

R, Seidl, K, Hasuko, K, Abe, I, Adachi, H, Aihara, D, Anipko, Y, Asano, T, Aushev, A M, Bakich, V, Balagura, E, Barberio, W, Bartel, A, Bay, U, Bitenc, I, Bizjak, S, Blyth, A, Bozek, M, Bracko, T E, Browder, P, Chang, A, Chen, B G, Cheon, Y, Choi, Y K, Choi, A, Chuvikov, J, Dalseno, M, Danilov, M, Dash, J, Dragic, S, Eidelman, S, Fratina, N, Gabyshev, T, Gershon, A, Go, G, Gokhroo, B, Golob, A, Gorisek, M, Grosse Perdekamp, H C, Ha, K, Hayasaka, H, Hayashii, M, Hazumi, T, Hokuue, Y, Hoshi, S, Hou, W-S, Hou, T, Iijima, K, Inami, A, Ishikawa, R, Itoh, M, Iwasaki, Y, Iwasaki, J H, Kang, P, Kapusta, N, Katayama, H, Kawai, T, Kawasaki, H R, Khan, H, Kichimi, S K, Kim, S M, Kim, R, Kulasiri, R, Kumar, C C, Kuo, A, Kuzmin, Y-J, Kwon, J S, Lange, J, Lee, T, Lesiak, J, Li, A, Limosani, S-W, Lin, D, Liventsev, F, Mandl, T, Matsumoto, A, Matyja, W, Mitaroff, H, Miyake, H, Miyata, Y, Miyazaki, R, Mizuk, T, Mori, I, Nakamura, E, Nakano, M, Nakao, Z, Natkaniec, S, Nishida, O, Nitoh, A, Ogawa, S, Ogawa, T, Ohshima, T, Okabe, S, Okuno, S L, Olsen, H, Ozaki, P, Pakhlov, H, Palka, C W, Park, H, Park, N, Parslow, L S, Peak, R, Pestotnik, L E, Piilonen, Y, Sakai, N, Sato, N, Satoyama, T, Schietinger, O, Schneider, J, Schümann, K, Senyo, M E, Sevior, M, Shapkin, H, Shibuya, A, Somov, N, Soni, R, Stamen, S, Stanic, M, Staric, K, Sumisawa, F, Takasaki, K, Tamai, M, Tanaka, G N, Taylor, Y, Teramoto, X C, Tian, T, Tsukamoto, S, Uehara, T, Uglov, S, Uno, P, Urquijo, Y, Usov, G, Varner, S, Villa, C C, Wang, C H, Wang, Y, Watanabe, E, Won, Q L, Xie, B D, Yabsley, A, Yamaguchi, Y, Yamashita, M, Yamauchi, J, Ying, Y, Yusa, L M, Zhang, Z P, Zhang, V, Zhilich, and D, Zürcher

Abstract

The Collins effect connects transverse quark spin with a measurable azimuthal dependence in the yield of hadronic fragments around the quark's momentum vector. Using two different reconstruction methods, we find evidence of statistically significant azimuthal asymmetries for charged pion pairs in e(+)e(-) annihilation at a center-of-mass energy of 10.52 GeV, which can be attributed to a transverse polarization of the primordial quarks. The measurement was performed using a sample of 79 x 10(6) hadronic events collected with the Belle detector.

Published
2006

32. Search for lepton and baryon number violating τ− decays into Λ¯π− and Λπ−

Author

Y. Miyazaki, K. Abe, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, K. Arinstein, Y. Asano, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, S. Bahinipati, A.M. Bakich, V. Balagura, E. Barberio, I. Bedny, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak, S. Blyth, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, J. Brodzicka, T.E. Browder, P. Chang, Y. Chao, A. Chen, K.-F. Chen, W.T. Chen, B.G. Cheon, R. Chistov, Y. Choi, A. Chuvikov, S. Cole, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, M. Dash, L.Y. Dong, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, Y. Enari, D. Epifanov, S. Fratina, N. Gabyshev, A. Garmash, T. Gershon, A. Go, G. Gokhroo, B. Golob, A. Gorišek, H.C. Ha, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, T. Hokuue, Y. Hoshi, S. Hou, W.-S. Hou, T. Iijima, K. Ikado, A. Imoto, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, Y. Iwasaki, J.H. Kang, J.S. Kang, P. Kapusta, N. Katayama, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H.R. Khan, H. Kichimi, H.J. Kim, J.H. Kim, S.K. Kim, S.M. Kim, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, R. Kulasiri, C.C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, G. Leder, S.E. Lee, T. Lesiak, S.-W. Lin, D. Liventsev, G. Majumder, F. Mandl, T. Matsumoto, A. Matyja, Y. Mikami, W. Mitaroff, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, G.R. Moloney, T. Nagamine, Y. Nagasaka, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, H. Nakazawa, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, S.L. Olsen, Y. Onuki, W. Ostrowicz, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, H. Palka, C.W. Park, N. Parslow, R. Pestotnik, L.E. Piilonen, A. Poluektov, N. Root, M. Rozanska, Y. Sakai, N. Sato, N. Satoyama, K. Sayeed, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, M.E. Sevior, H. Shibuya, B. Shwartz, V. Sidorov, A. Somov, S. Stanič, M. Starič, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, S.Y. Suzuki, O. Tajima, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, M. Tanaka, G.N. Taylor, Y. Teramoto, X.C. Tian, T. Tsuboyama, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, T. Uglov, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, G. Varner, S. Villa, C.C. Wang, C.H. Wang, Y. Watanabe, E. Won, Q.L. Xie, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, J. Ying, J. Zhang, L.M. Zhang, Z.P. Zhang, V. Zhilich, and D. Zürcher

Subjects
Physics, Baryon, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, KEKB, Electron–positron annihilation, Baryon number, Lepton
Abstract

We have searched for τ lepton decays, τ-→Λπ- and τ-→Λπ-, that simultaneously violate the conservation of the lepton (L) and baryon (B) number using a data sample of 154 fb-1 collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+e- asymmetric-energy collider. No evidence for a signal was found in either of the decay modes and we set the following upper limits for the branching fractions: B(τ-→Λπ-)

Published
2006

33. Search for lepton flavor violating decays τ−→ ℓ−π0,ℓ−η,ℓ−η′

Author

A.E. Bondar, H. Nakazawa, G. Gokhroo, M. Dash, B. Golob, Y. Iwasaki, Y. J. Kwon, D. Liventsev, O. Schneider, G. S. Varner, L. S. Peak, A. Ishikawa, H. Palka, L. E. Piilonen, T. Schietinger, S. E. Lee, R. Itoh, F. Fang, F. Takasaki, M. Starič, T. Sumiyoshi, Jeremy Dalseno, N. Parslow, Yuji Enari, Ilija Bizjak, Y. Chao, J. Ying, G. Leder, H. R. Khan, R. Chistov, N. Tamura, H. Shibuya, P. Schonmeier, M. H. Tanaka, Hiroyuki Sagawa, M. Watanabe, M. C. Chang, H. Hayashii, Hyunyong Kim, V.N. Zhilich, F. Mandl, S. M. Kim, C. W. Park, W. Ostrowicz, G. R. Moloney, K. Tamai, W. A. Mitaroff, U. Bitenc, Phillip Urquijo, Osamu Tajima, M. Bračko, K. Senyo, P. Krokovny, M. E. Sevior, J. B. Singh, A. Imoto, A. M. Bakich, T. Ohshima, J. H. Kang, Seema Bahinipati, Y. Choi, O. Nitoh, I. Bedny, J. Li, N. Gabyshev, N.I. Root, W. T. Chen, Z. Natkaniec, B. Shwartz, D. Epifanov, Shaji Kumar, K. Inami, N. Soni, W. S. Hou, Y. Mikami, Q. L. Xie, D. Zontar, Hiroaki Aihara, K. Sumisawa, T. J. Gershon, M. Iwasaki, Kazuo Abe, C. C. Kuo, B. G. Cheon, Y. Asano, P. Kapusta, S. Okuno, Hikaru Kawai, Rainer Stamen, Jie Zhang, S. Eidelman, J. S. Kang, V. M. Aulchenko, L. Hinz, P. Pakhlov, S. L. Olsen, X. C. Tian, Andrej Gorišek, Samo Stanič, E. Nakano, J. Haba, Heyoung Yang, L.M. Zhang, Yasushi Nagasaka, Y. Teramoto, Bruce Yabsley, M. Nakao, S. L. Blyth, S. Korpar, Jolanta Brodzicka, A. Bozek, T. Hokuue, T. Okabe, A. Kuzmin, S. R. Hou, A. Drutskoy, Y. Ushiroda, S. Uehara, S. Fratina, A. Yamaguchi, S. Nishida, S. Ogawa, N. Katayama, A. Chen, S. W. Lin, Z. P. Zhang, Masashi Hazumi, T. Uglov, H. Sakaue, T. Matsumoto, H. Ozaki, S. Villa, H. Kichimi, T. Lesiak, H. Miyake, A. Somov, R. Mizuk, C. C. Wang, K. Ueno, T. Kawasaki, T. A. Shibata, H. Miyata, Y. Hoshi, Y. Sakai, J. Schümann, K. Hayasaka, T. Iijima, C. H. Wang, Y. Yamashita, T. Nagamine, Nobuaki Sato, T. Tsukamoto, K. Hoshina, S. Uno, A. Chuvikov, and M. Yamauchi

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Electron–positron annihilation, Pi, Flavor, Prime (order theory), Lepton
Published
2005

34. Time-dependent CP violation effects in partially reconstructed B0→D∗∓π± decays

Author

H. Miyata, Y. Hoshi, C. C. Wang, N. C. Hastings, K. Hayasaka, N. Kent, S. Fratina, S. Suzuki, F.J. Ronga, Z. P. Zhang, M. C. Chang, E. Nakano, M. Dash, Y. Iwasaki, Y. J. Kwon, N. Tamura, T. Matsumoto, I. Adachi, Gobinda Majumder, A. Ishikawa, A. Bay, F. Takasaki, C. W. Park, I. Bedny, J. Li, T. Tsukamoto, O. Schneider, B. Golob, S. Villa, K. Inami, A. Imoto, Y. Chao, W. Ostrowicz, D. Žontar, A. Yamaguchi, A. M. Bakich, H. Miyake, T. Ohshima, S. W. Lin, D. Liventsev, Byung Gu Cheon, S. Cole, Simon Blyth, A. Somov, K. Trabelsi, H. R. Khan, Anton Poluektov, A. Bondar, T. Iijima, M. Nakao, S. M. Kim, Jolanta Brodzicka, S. Uehara, L. S. Peak, Heyoung Yang, I. Bizjak, W. A. Mitaroff, G. S. Varner, N. Gabyshev, P. Krokovny, H. Palka, J. MacNaughton, N. Katayama, H. Hayashii, S. Bahinipati, Daniel Robert Marlow, T. Hokuue, S. Uno, C. Schwanda, L. E. Piilonen, T. Schietinger, H. J. Kim, J. H. Kang, R. Itoh, Hiroyuki Sagawa, H. Kichimi, A. Garmash, A. Chen, Shaji Kumar, Tapas Sarangi, K. Kinoshita, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Kevin Varvell, Phillip Urquijo, A. Chuvikov, M. Starič, K. Miyabayashi, J. Dalseno, M. Yamauchi, Hirokazu Ishino, T. Aushev, T. Tsuboyama, T. Lesiak, Kazuo Abe, B. D. Yabsley, Y. Asano, P. Kapusta, J. Dragic, S. Okuno, H. Aihara, D. Mohapatra, H. Kawai, S. L. Olsen, W. S. Hou, C. H. Wang, Antonio Limosani, R. Pestotnik, G. R. Moloney, T. Sumiyoshi, Jia-ju Zhang, Noriaki K. Sato, Y. Yamashita, Y. Sakai, K. Senyo, T. Gershon, T. Kawasaki, G. Leder, Andrej Gorišek, S. Stanič, N. Parslow, Long Zhang, F. Mandl, S. R. Hou, T. Nagamine, U. Bitenc, T. Nozaki, Y. Teramoto, K. Tamai, M. E. Sevior, H. Nakazawa, G. Gokhroo, T. Okabe, H. Shibuya, M. Watanabe, M. Tanaka, A. J. Schwartz, M. Bračko, W. T. Chen, Y. Mikami, T. Shibata, P. Chang, X. C. Tian, Osamu Tajima, Q. L. Xie, J. Haba, O. Nitoh, A. Kuzmin, S. Ogawa, K. Sumisawa, Masashi Hazumi, Rainer Stamen, T. Uglov, L. Hinz, S. Nishida, T. E. Browder, M. Danilov, C. C. Kuo, K. Hara, S. Eidelman, P. Pakhlov, A. Bozek, J. B. Singh, S. K. Choi, J. Ying, Motoki Iwasaki, Y. Ushiroda, Y. Choi, J. S. Kang, and S. Banerjee

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Electron–positron annihilation, Resonance, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Pion, KEKB, law, CP violation, High Energy Physics::Experiment, B meson, Nuclear Experiment, Collider
Abstract

We report measurements of time-dependent decay rates for B 0 → D ∗ ∓ π ± decays and extraction of CP violation parameters related to ϕ 3 . We use a partial reconstruction technique, whereby signal events are identified using information only from the primary pion and the charged pion from the decay of the D ∗ ∓ . The analysis uses 140 fb −1 of data accumulated at the ϒ ( 4 S ) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e + e − collider. We measure the CP violation parameters S + = 0.035 ± 0.041 ( stat ) ± 0.018 ( syst ) and S − = 0.025 ± 0.041 ( stat ) ± 0.018 ( syst ) .

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2005

35. Measurement of |Vub| near the endpoint of the electron momentum spectrum from semileptonic B-meson decays

Author

A. Limosani, K. Abe, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, Y. Asano, T. Aushev, S. Bahinipati, A.M. Bakich, E. Barberio, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak, S. Blyth, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, J. Brodzicka, T.E. Browder, Y. Chao, A. Chen, K.-F. Chen, W.T. Chen, B.G. Cheon, R. Chistov, Y. Choi, A. Chuvikov, S. Cole, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, M. Dash, J. Dragic, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, S. Fratina, N. Gabyshev, T. Gershon, G. Gokhroo, B. Golob, A. Gorišek, T. Hara, N.C. Hastings, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, L. Hinz, T. Hokuue, Y. Hoshi, S. Hou, W.-S. Hou, T. Iijima, A. Imoto, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, J.H. Kang, J.S. Kang, N. Katayama, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H.R. Khan, H. Kichimi, H.J. Kim, H.O. Kim, S.K. Kim, S.M. Kim, K. Kinoshita, S. Korpar, P. Krokovny, R. Kulasiri, S. Kumar, C.C. Kuo, Y.-J. Kwon, J.S. Lange, G. Leder, T. Lesiak, J. Li, S.-W. Lin, D. Liventsev, J. MacNaughton, G. Majumder, F. Mandl, T. Matsumoto, Y. Mikami, W. Mitaroff, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, R. Mizuk, D. Mohapatra, T. Mori, T. Nagamine, Y. Nagasaka, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, T. Nozaki, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, S.L. Olsen, Y. Onuki, W. Ostrowicz, H. Ozaki, H. Palka, C.W. Park, H. Park, N. Parslow, R. Pestotnik, L.E. Piilonen, F.J. Ronga, H. Sagawa, Y. Sakai, N. Sato, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, C. Schwanda, R. Seuster, M.E. Sevior, H. Shibuya, B. Shwartz, V. Sidorov, A. Somov, R. Stamen, S. Stanič, M. Starič, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, S.Y. Suzuki, O. Tajima, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, N. Tamura, M. Tanaka, Y. Teramoto, X.C. Tian, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, K. Ueno, T. Uglov, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, G. Varner, K.E. Varvell, S. Villa, C.C. Wang, C.H. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, Q.L. Xie, B.D. Yabsley, A. Yamaguchi, H. Yamamoto, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, J. Ying, J. Zhang, L.M. Zhang, Z.P. Zhang, and D. Žontar

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Momentum, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, B meson, Center of mass, Electron, Resonance (particle physics)
Abstract

Reference EPFL-ARTICLE-154483doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.06.011View record in Web of Science Record created on 2010-11-05, modified on 2017-05-12

Published
2005

36. Branching fraction, polarization and CP-violating asymmetries in B0→D*+D*− decays

Author

H. Miyake, M. Hazumi, K. Abe, H. Aihara, Y. Asano, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, T. Aziz, S. Bahinipati, A.M. Bakich, V. Balagura, Y. Ban, S. Banerjee, A. Bay, I. Bedny, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak, S. Blyth, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, J. Brodzicka, T.E. Browder, Y. Chao, A. Chen, K.-F. Chen, B.G. Cheon, R. Chistov, S.-K. Choi, Y. Choi, Y.K. Choi, A. Chuvikov, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, M. Dash, L.Y. Dong, J. Dragic, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, V. Eiges, Y. Enari, S. Fratina, N. Gabyshev, A. Garmash, T. Gershon, G. Gokhroo, B. Golob, J. Haba, K. Hara, T. Hara, N.C. Hastings, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, L. Hinz, T. Hokuue, Y. Hoshi, S. Hou, W.-S. Hou, T. Iijima, A. Imoto, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, J.H. Kang, J.S. Kang, P. Kapusta, S.U. Kataoka, N. Katayama, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H.R. Khan, H. Kichimi, H.J. Kim, J.H. Kim, S.K. Kim, S.M. Kim, K. Kinoshita, P. Koppenburg, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, R. Kulasiri, C.C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, G. Leder, S.E. Lee, T. Lesiak, J. Li, S.-W. Lin, D. Liventsev, G. Majumder, F. Mandl, T. Matsumoto, A. Matyja, W. Mitaroff, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyata, R. Mizuk, D. Mohapatra, T. Mori, T. Nagamine, Y. Nagasaka, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, H. Nakazawa, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, S.L. Olsen, W. Ostrowicz, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, H. Palka, H. Park, N. Parslow, L.S. Peak, R. Pestotnik, L.E. Piilonen, M. Rozanska, H. Sagawa, Y. Sakai, N. Sato, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, P. Schönmeier, J. Schümann, C. Schwanda, A.J. Schwartz, K. Senyo, R. Seuster, M.E. Sevior, H. Shibuya, J.B. Singh, A. Somov, N. Soni, R. Stamen, S. Stanič, M. Starič, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Suzuki, S.Y. Suzuki, O. Tajima, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, N. Tamura, M. Tanaka, Y. Teramoto, X.C. Tian, K. Trabelsi, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, K. Ueno, T. Uglov, S. Uno, Y. Ushiroda, G. Varner, K.E. Varvell, S. Villa, C.C. Wang, C.H. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, M. Watanabe, Y. Watanabe, A. Yamaguchi, H. Yamamoto, T. Yamanaka, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, J. Ying, Y. Yusa, J. Zhang, L.M. Zhang, Z.P. Zhang, V. Zhilich, and D. Žontar

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), Nuclear physics, KEKB, CP violation, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

We present measurements of the branching fraction, the polarization parameters and CP-violating asymmetries in B0→D*+D *- decays using a 140 fb-1 data sample collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB energy-asymmetric e+e- collider. We obtain B(B0→D*+D*-)=[0. 81±0.08(stat)±0.11(syst)]×10-3, R⊥=0.19±0. 08(stat)±0.01(syst), R0=0.57±0.08(stat)±0.02(syst), S=-0.75±0.56(stat)±0.12(syst) and A=-0.26±0.26(stat) ±0.06(syst). Consistency with Standard Model expectations is also discussed.

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2005

37. Study of the baryon–antibaryon low-mass enhancements in charmless three-body baryonic B decays

Author

M. H. Tanaka, Hiroyuki Sagawa, H. Nakazawa, G. Gokhroo, N. Soni, T. Aushev, Phillip Urquijo, H. J. Kim, L. Hinz, Timothy Gershon, Osamu Tajima, S. M. Kim, O. Nitoh, H. Kawai, S. Nishida, Hiroaki Aihara, H. Miyata, Rainer Stamen, S. L. Olsen, N. Katayama, V.A. Sidorov, V.N. Zhilich, Y. Hoshi, I. Bedny, J. Li, N. Tamura, Zhenyu Zhang, J. S. Kang, W. A. Mitaroff, Y. Sakai, B. Shwartz, Yasushi Nagasaka, Youngjoon Kwon, S. K. Choi, A. Imoto, A. M. Bakich, Z. Natkaniec, T. Ohshima, M. Iwasaki, A. Drutskoy, J. Schümann, K. Hayasaka, S. Cole, D. Žontar, L. S. Peak, J. H. Kang, N. Gabyshev, R. Mizuk, P. Krokovny, D. Liventsev, S. Eidelman, T. Sumiyoshi, M. Dash, J. Ying, H. Ozaki, N. Parslow, Kevin Varvell, H. Palka, Jolanta Brodzicka, J. Dalseno, Seong Keun Kim, L. E. Piilonen, T. Schietinger, V. M. Aulchenko, I. Bizjak, B. Golob, G. S. Varner, M. Starič, Y. B. Hsiung, A. Ishikawa, R. Pestotnik, A.S. Kuzmin, A. Matyja, E. Nakano, T. E. Browder, S. E. Lee, F. Takasaki, C. W. Park, P. Križan, R. Itoh, A. Yamaguchi, W. S. Hou, Y.-J. Lee, Jasvinder A. Singh, S. W. Lin, M. C. Chang, Y. Iwasaki, G. R. Moloney, A. Chen, Long Zhang, Suneel Kumar, F. Fang, M. Bračko, C. C. Wang, O. Schneider, A. Somov, S. Fratina, Kai-Feng Chen, A. Bozek, T. Matsumoto, H. Shibuya, K. Senyo, T. Kawasaki, K. Kinoshita, S. Stanič, M. Watanabe, A. Chuvikov, H. Kichimi, Y. Yamashita, M. Danilov, C. C. Kuo, T. Nagamine, J. MacNaughton, T. L. Kuo, S. Uno, T. Tsukamoto, Byung Gu Cheon, S. R. Hou, K. Inami, C. H. Wang, M. Yamauchi, H. Miyake, Toru Iijima, S. Villa, S. Uehara, X. C. Tian, S. Bahinipati, J. Haba, Y. Chao, H. R. Khan, M. Nakao, G. Leder, F. Mandl, K. Tamai, M. E. Sevior, N.I. Root, W. Ostrowicz, K. Ueno, W. T. Chen, T. Shibata, P. Chang, Yuji Enari, T. Lesiak, Q. L. Xie, Kazuo Abe, B. D. Yabsley, Y. Asano, Andrej Gorišek, Y. Teramoto, T. Okabe, Heyoung Yang, T. Hokuue, R. Chistov, Samo Korpar, Meng Wang, Noriaki K. Sato, U. Bitenc, S. Ogawa, K. Sumisawa, Masashi Hazumi, and T. Uglov

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Baryon, Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Angular distribution, Web of science, Electron–positron annihilation, FOS: Physical sciences, Low Mass, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The angular distributions of the baryon-antibaryon low-mass enhancements seen in the charmless three-body baryonic B decays B+ -> p pbar K+, B0 -> p pbar Ks, and B0 -> p Lambdabar pi- are reported. A quark fragmentation interpretation is supported, while the gluonic resonance picture is disfavored. Searches for the Theta+ and Theta++ pentaquarks in the relevant decay modes and possible glueball states G with 2.2 GeV/c2 < M-ppbar < 2.4 GeV/c2 in the ppbar systems give null results. We set upper limits on the products of branching fractions, B(B0 -> Theta+ p)\times B(Theta+ -> p Ks) < 2.3 \times 10^{-7}, B(B+ -> Theta++ pbar) \times B(Theta++ -> p K+) < 9.1 \times 10^{-8}, and B(B+ -> G K+) \times B(G -> p pbar) < 4.1 \times 10^{-7} at the 90% confidence level. The analysis is based on a 140 fb^{-1} data sample recorded on the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider., 14 pages, 13 figure files, update of hep-ex/0409010 for journal submisssion

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2005

38. Spectra of prompt electrons from decays of B+ and B0 mesons and ratio of inclusive semielectronic branching fractions

Author

N. Tamura, D. Žontar, F. Mandl, S. Uno, Y. Iwasaki, E. Nakano, Y. Sakai, Jie Zhang, Y. J. Kwon, T. E. Browder, C. Schwanda, M. E. Sevior, Patrick Koppenburg, S. M. Kim, O. Schneider, Osamu Tajima, W. Ostrowicz, G. R. Moloney, M. Z. Wang, K. Kinoshita, H. Kawai, O. Nitoh, T. Aushev, C. H. Wang, H. Palka, Masashi Hazumi, S. Suzuki, S. R. Hou, A. Ishikawa, Yasushi Nagasaka, L. E. Piilonen, T. Schietinger, A. Yamaguchi, Jasvinder A. Singh, S. W. Lin, Antonio Limosani, W. S. Hou, A. Bay, S. E. Lee, T. Nozaki, Hiroaki Aihara, X. C. Tian, J. S. Lange, K. S. Park, F. Takasaki, A. Chuvikov, C. W. Park, J. Haba, R. Mizuk, Long Zhang, U. Bitenc, Rainer Stamen, H. Kichimi, A. Go, Kazuo Abe, B. D. Yabsley, T. Hara, Y. Asano, P. Kapusta, S. Okuno, M. Nakao, Gobinda Majumder, M. Starič, Zhenyu Zhang, I. Adachi, M. Rozanska, T. Uglov, S. L. Olsen, Takuya Higuchi, T. Tsukamoto, D. Liventsev, C. C. Wang, J. H. Kang, S. K. Choi, A. Garmash, H. Shibuya, A. Bondar, A. Drutskoy, J. Dalseno, M. Watanabe, Y. Teramoto, K. Ueno, K. Inami, Semen Eidelman, M. Akatsu, T. Okabe, S. Korpar, Jolanta Brodzicka, V. Eiges, Y. Hoshi, Heyoung Yang, J. MacNaughton, A. Somov, G. S. Varner, T. J. Gershon, M. H. Tanaka, T. Hokuue, G. Gokhroo, Y. Yamashita, Hiroyuki Sagawa, W. T. Chen, R. Chistov, T. Sumiyoshi, D. Mohapatra, Y. Watanabe, Yuji Enari, N. Gabyshev, A. M. Bakich, R. Itoh, H. J. Kim, Tapas Sarangi, Jung-Hyun Kim, Kevin Varvell, N. Parslow, S. Ogawa, H. Miyata, Byung Gu Cheon, S. Cole, A. Matyja, Ilija Bizjak, H. Miyake, T. Lesiak, V.N. Zhilich, J. Ying, P. Krokovny, S. H. Lee, Kai-Feng Chen, Simon Blyth, S. Semenov, W. A. Mitaroff, H. Hayashii, S. Fratina, Young-Il Choi, K. Sumisawa, S. Y. Suzuki, T. Kawasaki, J. Schümann, K. Hayasaka, T. Nagamine, M. Dash, T. Matsumoto, S. Stanič, R. Pestotnik, Akira Sugiyama, B. Golob, Toru Iijima, Y. Choi, S. Uehara, N. Katayama, Y. Chao, Rolf Seuster, A. Chen, J. S. Kang, I. Bedny, J. Li, S. Banerjee, Y. Yusa, N. Soni, Y. Ban, M. Yamauchi, M. Danilov, C. C. Kuo, L. Hinz, S. Nishida, M. Bračko, H. Park, A. Imoto, Z. Natkaniec, A. Bozek, and T. Ohshima

Subjects
Semileptonic decay, Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, KEKB, Meson, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Experiment, B meson, Electron, Rest frame, Branching (polymer chemistry), Spectral line
Abstract

We present spectra of prompt electrons from decays of neutral and charged B mesons. The results are based on 140 fb −1 of data collected by the Belle detector on the ϒ ( 4 S ) resonance at the KEKB e + e − asymmetric collider. We tag ϒ ( 4 S ) → B B ¯ events by reconstructing a B meson in one of several hadronic decay modes; the semileptonic decay of the other B meson is inferred from the presence of an identified electron. We obtain for charged and neutral B mesons the partial rates of semileptonic decay, to electrons with momentum greater than 0.6 GeV / c in the B rest frame, and their ratio b + / b 0 = 1.08 ± 0.05 ± 0.02 , where the first and second errors are statistical and systematic, respectively.

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2005

39. Measurement of the γγ→π+π− and γγ→K+K− processes at energies of 2.4–4.1 GeV

Author

N. Soni, Takehiko Mori, Y. Ban, E. Nakano, Y. Sakai, D. Epifanov, N. Tamura, K. Inami, A. Yamaguchi, A. Imoto, A. M. Bakich, Z. Natkaniec, T. Ohshima, X. C. Tian, J. S. Kang, S. R. Hou, Jasvinder A. Singh, S. W. Lin, N. Gabyshev, H. Hayashii, S. Banerjee, M. Nakao, S. L. Olsen, Y. Yusa, S. Eidelman, J. Ying, D. Žontar, M. H. Tanaka, V. M. Aulchenko, G. Leder, Y. Choi, T. Iijima, Hiroyuki Sagawa, A.S. Kuzmin, F. Mandl, H. R. Khan, S. Nishida, Zhenyu Zhang, Osamu Tajima, S. Blyth, R. Pestotnik, W. Ostrowicz, A. Drutskoy, B. Shwartz, T. Aushev, O. Nitoh, M. Iwasaki, Kazuo Abe, B. D. Yabsley, Y. Asano, S. Okuno, M. Yamauchi, Seong Keun Kim, P. Krokovny, T. J. Gershon, Hiroaki Aihara, Y. Watanabe, Yuji Enari, H. Kichimi, S. Villa, P. Pakhlov, Rainer Stamen, M. Bračko, A. Chen, Y. Teramoto, A. Bondar, T. Okabe, S. Korpar, H. Park, A. Bozek, Jolanta Brodzicka, T. Tsuboyama, T. Lesiak, T. Sumiyoshi, D. Mohapatra, N. Parslow, H. Palka, L. E. Piilonen, K. Sumisawa, I. Bedny, J. Li, T. Schietinger, S. Y. Suzuki, R. Kulasiri, Jung-Hyun Kim, M. Danilov, V.N. Zhilich, C. C. Kuo, W. A. Mitaroff, R. Chistov, S. Uehara, Young-Il Choi, S. Ogawa, N. Katayama, T. Uglov, S. Bahinipati, H. Miyake, M. Starič, D. Liventsev, H. Nakazawa, G. Gokhroo, H. J. Kim, I. Bizjak, G. S. Varner, W. S. Hou, Long Zhang, R. Itoh, S. Fratina, R. Mizuk, K. Senyo, T. Kawasaki, S. Stanič, T. Matsumoto, M. Dash, A. Chuvikov, A. Matyja, A. Somov, L. S. Peak, Y. Iwasaki, Y. J. Kwon, O. Schneider, Y. Yamashita, T. Nagamine, C. H. Wang, H. Shibuya, M. Watanabe, S. Uno, Gobinda Majumder, S. U. Kataoka, T. Tsukamoto, Byung Gu Cheon, Noriaki K. Sato, U. Bitenc, J. H. Kang, H. Kawai, A. Garmash, J. Dalseno, Yasushi Nagasaka, A. Ishikawa, S. E. Lee, T. Nozaki, F. Takasaki, C. W. Park, P. Križan, C. C. Wang, M. Akatsu, S. M. Kim, H. Miyata, Y. Hoshi, J. Schümann, and K. Hayasaka

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, KEKB, Pion, Pair production, Meson, Hadron, Elementary particle, Atomic physics, Quarkonium, Boson
Abstract

We have measured π + π − and K + K − production in two-photon collisions using 87.7 fb −1 of data collected with the Belle detector at the asymmetric energy e + e − collider KEKB. The cross sections are measured to high precision in the two-photon center-of-mass energy ( W ) range between 2.4 GeV W 4.1 GeV and angular region | cos θ ∗ | 0.6 . The cross section ratio σ ( γ γ → K + K − ) / σ ( γ γ → π + π − ) is measured to be 0.89 ± 0.04 ( stat. ) ± 0.15 ( syst. ) in the range of 3.0 GeV W 4.1 GeV , where the ratio is energy-independent. We observe a sin −4 θ ∗ behavior of the cross section in the same W range. Production of χ c 0 and χ c 2 mesons is observed in both γ γ → π + π − and γ γ → K + K − modes.

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2005

40. Gas and Mercury Adsorption Properties of Woodceramics Made from Chicken Waste

Author

Nathan Whitely, Yuko Nishimoto, Yan Cao, Riko Ozao, T. Okabe, and Wei-Ping Pan

Subjects
Flue gas, General Chemical Engineering, Potassium, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, chemistry.chemical_element, Sorption, Glassy carbon, Sulfur, Mercury (element), Fuel Technology, Amorphous carbon, chemistry, Chemical engineering, Specific surface area, Organic chemistry
Abstract

Gas-adsorption properties of woodceramics prepared from chicken waste, which was found to be amorphous carbon reinforced by glassy carbon generated from phenolic resin, was studied. The specific surface area as determined by the multipoint BET method was 33.41 m2 g-1 (N2, 77 K) and 63.40 m2 g-1 (CO2, 195 K), and the adsorption isotherm was of Type IIb (IUPAC classification). These results suggested the presence of narrow micropores and the formation of aggregates with nonrigid slit-shaped pores. Furthermore, from gas-adsorption studies and by preliminary field testing for mercury adsorption using flue gas from a coal-firing power plant, chicken-waste woodceramics was found to function as active carbon. The chicken-waste woodceramics was found to have higher mercury adsorption properties as compared with other woodceramics or a commercially available active carbon. It was presumed that calcium, potassium, sulfur, and other chemical species which were contained as impurities increased the sorption capacity ...

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2005

41. Search for τ→eγ decay at Belle

Author

S. U. Kataoka, G. Gokhroo, Noriaki K. Sato, U. Bitenc, H. J. Kim, M. Iwasaki, T. Aushev, Heyoung Yang, T. Hokuue, S. Blyth, S. Ogawa, J. Haba, C. C. Wang, B. Shwartz, V.N. Zhilich, H. R. Khan, D. Epifanov, Osamu Tajima, A. Matyja, Y. Yamashita, S. Uno, A. Bondar, A. Ishikawa, Jolanta Brodzicka, Y. Choi, K. Inami, M. C. Chang, Y. Iwasaki, O. Nitoh, G. Leder, Y. J. Kwon, H. Miyata, W. A. Mitaroff, A. Chuvikov, S. L. Olsen, K. Sumisawa, W. S. Hou, S. E. Lee, F. Takasaki, C. W. Park, S. Y. Suzuki, T. Nagamine, M. H. Tanaka, Y. Hoshi, Y. Sakai, V.A. Sidorov, O. Schneider, A.S. Kuzmin, E. Nakano, N. Tamura, S. Fratina, Long Zhang, Hiroyuki Sagawa, T. Tsukamoto, Kazuo Abe, Young-Il Choi, Y. Asano, K. Miyabayashi, Hiroaki Aihara, J. Schümann, K. Hayasaka, Masashi Hazumi, S. Okuno, F. Mandl, K. Senyo, H. Kawai, Rainer Stamen, A. Imoto, M. Dash, T. Matsumoto, A. M. Bakich, D. Žontar, A. Yamaguchi, T. Kawasaki, S. Stanič, P. Krokovny, T. Uglov, Z. Natkaniec, T. Ohshima, N. Soni, S. W. Lin, Byung Gu Cheon, Yasushi Nagasaka, Y. Teramoto, T. Okabe, H. Shibuya, M. Watanabe, I. Bedny, J. Li, W. Ostrowicz, J. H. Kang, N.I. Root, I. Bizjak, A. Garmash, G. S. Varner, W. T. Chen, J. Dalseno, A. Somov, H. Hayashii, P. Chang, Jung-Hyun Kim, M. Starič, J. S. Kang, N. Gabyshev, You-Jin Yuan, S. M. Kim, M. Yamauchi, Yuji Enari, H. Kichimi, S. Eidelman, T. Tsuboyama, C. H. Wang, T. Lesiak, S. R. Hou, X. C. Tian, M. Nakao, S. H. Lee, M. Bračko, R. Pestotnik, A. Chen, Zhenyu Zhang, T. E. Browder, Timothy Gershon, C. C. Kuo, L. Hinz, S. Nishida, Seong Keun Kim, H. Palka, L. E. Piilonen, T. Schietinger, P. Pakhlov, A. Bozek, R. Chistov, T. Sumiyoshi, N. Parslow, S. Villa, S. Uehara, N. Katayama, S. Bahinipati, H. Miyake, and Toru Iijima

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Decays of taus, Taus, Lepton number, law.invention, Nuclear physics, KEKB, law, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Collider
Abstract

We have searched for the lepton-flavor-violating decay τ → e γ using a data sample of 86.7 fb−1 collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric e + e − collider. No evidence for a signal is obtained, and we set an upper limit for the branching fraction B ( τ → e γ ) 3.9 × 10 −7 at the 90% C.L.

Published
2005

42. Observation of B+→K+ηγ

Author

O. Nitoh, Kazuo Abe, T. Hara, G. Leder, Hiroaki Aihara, Y. Asano, P. Kapusta, S. Okuno, F. Mandl, A. Ishikawa, Takuya Higuchi, Rainer Stamen, Jie Zhang, M. H. Tanaka, S. E. Lee, Y. Choi, A. Somov, Y. Teramoto, S. R. Hou, F. Takasaki, C. W. Park, Hiroyuki Sagawa, M. E. Sevior, P. Križan, Timothy Gershon, R. Mizuk, W. Ostrowicz, R. Pestotnik, T. Okabe, E. Nakano, M. Dash, A. Chuvikov, S. Uno, M. Starič, B. Golob, M. Yamauchi, H. Miyata, Y. Hoshi, K. Inami, Zhenyu Zhang, Y. Sakai, W. S. Hou, J. Schümann, K. Hayasaka, T. Kawasaki, H. Park, Yuji Enari, H. Kichimi, S. Stanič, S. K. Choi, A. Drutskoy, D. Zürcher, Long Zhang, A. Bozek, T. Tsuboyama, V. M. Aulchenko, S. M. Kim, T. Lesiak, L. Y. Dong, S. Suzuki, M. Iwasaki, T. E. Browder, M. Danilov, C. C. Kuo, J. Ying, L. Hinz, S. Nishida, W. T. Chen, X. C. Tian, J. Haba, A. Bondar, S. Korpar, M. Nakao, Jolanta Brodzicka, Takehiko Mori, Y. Chao, Y. Ban, D. Liventsev, M. Z. Wang, P. Krokovny, I. Bizjak, C. H. Wang, J. S. Lange, G. S. Varner, H. Nakazawa, D. Epifanov, G. Gokhroo, A. Imoto, A. M. Bakich, R. Itoh, F. Fang, K. S. Park, Z. Natkaniec, T. Ohshima, P. Schonmeier, S. L. Olsen, H. Hayashii, Tapas Sarangi, C. C. Wang, A. J. Schwartz, H. J. Kim, C. C. Zhang, Kevin Varvell, H. Shibuya, M. Watanabe, V. Eiges, N. Gabyshev, Y. Yamashita, M. Akatsu, A. Chen, T. Nagamine, H. Palka, L. E. Piilonen, A. Matyja, T. Schietinger, I. Bedny, J. Li, J. S. Kang, M. Bračko, H. Ozaki, S. H. Lee, A. Yamaguchi, S. Banerjee, Y. Yusa, S. Eidelman, Jasvinder A. Singh, S. W. Lin, S. Fratina, H. Kawai, Yasushi Nagasaka, R. Chistov, T. Matsumoto, S. Blyth, Y. Ushiroda, T. Sumiyoshi, N. Parslow, V.N. Zhilich, W. A. Mitaroff, J. MacNaughton, Young-Il Choi, K. Miyabayashi, T. Aushev, S. Ogawa, N. Tamura, J. Dragic, D. Žontar, Masashi Hazumi, T. Uglov, Gobinda Majumder, T. Tsukamoto, Heyoung Yang, Byung Gu Cheon, S. Cole, T. Hokuue, H. Miyake, S. U. Kataoka, Y. J. Kwon, O. Schneider, J. H. Kang, A. Garmash, G. R. Moloney, J. Dalseno, Patrick Koppenburg, Toru Iijima, L. S. Peak, Noriaki K. Sato, K. F. Chen, U. Bitenc, S. Uehara, N. Katayama, S. Bahinipati, Rolf Seuster, D. Mohapatra, K. Sumisawa, S. Y. Suzuki, and Osamu Tajima

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, KEKB, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, Radiative B decay, Radiative transfer, Resonance, Storage ring
Abstract

We report measurements of radiative B decays with K η γ final states, using a data sample of 253 fb −1 recorded at the ϒ ( 4 S ) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB e + e − storage ring. We observe B + → K + η γ for the first time with a branching fraction of ( 8.4 ± 1.5 (stat) −0.9 +1.2 (syst) ) × 10 −6 for M K η 2.4 GeV / c 2 , and find evidence of B 0 → K 0 η γ . We also search for B → K 3 ∗ ( 1780 ) γ .

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2005

43. Measurement of masses and branching ratios of Ξc+ and Ξc0 baryons

Author

A. Go, Y. Chao, G. R. Moloney, H. R. Khan, M. Rozanska, O. Nitoh, V.N. Zhilich, Hiroaki Aihara, S. Semenov, K. Inami, Rainer Stamen, A. Somov, W. A. Mitaroff, Kazuo Abe, Y. Asano, S. Okuno, B. D. Yabsley, L. Hinz, S. Nishida, H. Ozaki, N. Soni, T. Nakadaira, Gobinda Majumder, Manoranjan Dash, A. Ishikawa, K. Kinoshita, A. Bay, J. Ying, H. Miyata, C. H. Wang, Y. Hoshi, T. Tsukamoto, Y. Sakai, T. Schietinger, Y. Teramoto, T. Okabe, A. Chuvikov, Y. Yamashita, J. S. Lange, K. Hayasaka, T. Iijima, P. Krokovny, I. Bizjak, M. Nakao, J. H. Kang, G. S. Varner, Y. J. Kwon, E. Nakano, O. Schneider, S. Fratina, K. Ueno, A. Garmash, M. Starič, J. Dalseno, S. Cole, T. E. Browder, T. Nagamine, Zhenyu Zhang, S. K. Choi, C. C. Wang, M. Iwasaki, Byung Gu Cheon, L. S. Peak, R. Itoh, Y. Ushiroda, M. Danilov, K. S. Park, Q. L. Xie, C. C. Kuo, S. L. Olsen, J. Haba, T. Tsuboyama, T. Lesiak, G. Gokhroo, T. J. Gershon, A. Yamaguchi, S. Ogawa, S. Uno, R. Chistov, A. Bondar, S. W. Lin, Noriaki K. Sato, G. Leder, S. Korpar, Jolanta Brodzicka, Jie Zhang, T. Matsumoto, H. Kawai, F. Mandl, H. Park, U. Bitenc, K. Tamai, A. Bozek, S. R. Hou, T. Kawasaki, Suneel Kumar, S. Stanič, M. H. Tanaka, Yasushi Nagasaka, T. Sumiyoshi, A. Chen, Masashi Hazumi, N. Tamura, W. Ostrowicz, M. Bračko, Hiroyuki Sagawa, N. Parslow, C. C. Zhang, Y. Choi, H. Shibuya, D. Žontar, V. Eiges, A.S. Kuzmin, S. Uehara, N. Katayama, S. Bahinipati, A. Imoto, J. S. Kang, A. M. Bakich, Z. Natkaniec, T. Ohshima, I. Adachi, S. Villa, N. Gabyshev, J. MacNaughton, Y. Yusa, S. Eidelman, L. E. Piilonen, Kevin Varvell, A. Matyja, W. S. Hou, and Long Zhang

Subjects
Charmed baryons, Physics, Nuclear physics, Baryon, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, KEKB, Electron–positron annihilation, Mass spectrum, Analytical chemistry, Branching (polymer chemistry)
Abstract

We report a measurement of the Ξ c + and Ξ c 0 baryon masses, and the branching ratios for various Ξ c decays, using 140 fb −1 of data collected by the Belle experiment at the KEKB e + e − collider. The mass splitting m Ξ c 0 − m Ξ c + is found to be 2.9 ± 0.5 MeV / c 2 ; this measurement is three times as precise as the current world average. We measure the branching ratios Γ ( Ξ c + → Λ K − π + π + ) / Γ ( Ξ c + → Ξ − π + π + ) = 0.32 ± 0.03 ± 0.02 and Γ ( Ξ c 0 → p K − K − π + ) / Γ ( Ξ c 0 → Ξ − π + ) = 0.33 ± 0.03 ± 0.03 , with improved precision, and measure Γ ( Ξ c + → p K S 0 K S 0 ) / Γ ( Ξ c + → Ξ − π + π + ) = 0.087 ± 0.016 ± 0.014 , Γ ( Ξ c 0 → Λ K − π + ) / Γ ( Ξ c 0 → Ξ − π + ) = 1.07 ± 0.12 ± 0.07 and Γ ( Ξ c 0 → Λ K S 0 ) / Γ ( Ξ c 0 → Ξ − π + ) = 0.21 ± 0.02 ± 0.02 for the first time.

Published
2005

45. Neutral B flavor tagging for the measurement of mixing-induced CP violation at Belle

Author

K. Hara, Y. Sakai, H. Kakuno, Masashi Hazumi, K. Ueno, T. Okabe, Y. Watanabe, H. Hamasaki, Kai-Feng Chen, C. C. Wang, T. Tomura, J. Suzuki, N. Katayama, B. C. K. Casey, Toru Iijima, and K. Sumisawa

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, High Energy Physics::Lattice, Electron–positron annihilation, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Hadron, Belle experiment, Nuclear physics, CP violation, High Energy Physics::Experiment, B meson, Instrumentation, Mixing (physics), Flavor
Abstract

We describe a flavor tagging algorithm used in measurements of the CP violation parameter sin2φ1 at the Belle experiment. Efficiencies and wrong tag fractions are evaluated using flavor-specific B meson decays into hadronic and semileptonic modes. We achieve a total effective efficiency of 28 .8 ± 0.6%.

Published
2004

46. Observation of the decays B0→K+π−π0 and B0→ρ−K+

Author

P. Chang, K. Abe, T. Abe, H. Aihara, Y. Asano, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, T. Aziz, S. Bahinipati, A.M. Bakich, Y. Ban, A. Bay, I. Bedny, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, J. Brodzicka, T.E. Browder, M.-C. Chang, Y. Chao, B.G. Cheon, R. Chistov, S.-K. Choi, Y. Choi, S. Cole, M. Danilov, M. Dash, L.Y. Dong, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, V. Eiges, Y. Enari, F. Fang, S. Fratina, N. Gabyshev, A. Garmash, T. Gershon, G. Gokhroo, B. Golob, R. Guo, N.C. Hastings, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, T. Higuchi, L. Hinz, T. Hokuue, Y. Hoshi, W.-S. Hou, Y.B. Hsiung, H.-C. Huang, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, H. Iwasaki, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, J.H. Kang, J.S. Kang, S.U. Kataoka, N. Katayama, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H.R. Khan, H. Kichimi, H.J. Kim, J.H. Kim, S.K. Kim, T.H. Kim, P. Koppenburg, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S.E. Lee, T. Lesiak, J. Li, S.-W. Lin, J. MacNaughton, G. Majumder, F. Mandl, D. Marlow, T. Matsumoto, A. Matyja, W. Mitaroff, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, R. Mizuk, D. Mohapatra, T. Mori, T. Nagamine, Y. Nagasaka, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, H. Nakazawa, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Ogawa, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, S.L. Olsen, W. Ostrowicz, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, H. Park, N. Parslow, L.S. Peak, L.E. Piilonen, A. Poluektov, N. Root, M. Rozanska, H. Sagawa, Y. Sakai, O. Schneider, J. Schümann, S. Semenov, K. Senyo, M.E. Sevior, H. Shibuya, V. Sidorov, A. Somov, R. Stamen, S. Stanič, M. Starič, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Suzuki, O. Tajima, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, N. Tamura, M. Tanaka, Y. Teramoto, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, K. Ueno, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, G. Varner, K.E. Varvell, S. Villa, C.C. Wang, C.H. Wang, M.-Z. Wang, M. Watanabe, B.D. Yabsley, Y. Yamada, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, J. Ying, C.C. Zhang, J. Zhang, Z.P. Zhang, and D. Žontar

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Branching fraction, Electron–positron annihilation, media_common.quotation_subject, Dalitz plot, State (functional analysis), Asymmetry, law.invention, KEKB, law, Collider, media_common
Abstract

We report the observation of B0 decays to the K+π-π0 final state using a data sample of 78 fb-1 collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB e+e- collider. With no assumptions about intermediate states in the decay, the branching fraction is measured to be (36.6-4.3+4.2±3.0)×10-6. We also search for B decays to intermediate two-body states with the same K+π-π0 final state. Significant B signals are observed in the ρ(770)-K+ and K*(892)+π- channels, with branching fractions of (15.1-3.3-1.5-2.1+3.4+1.4+2.0)×10-6 and (14.8-4.4-1.0-0.9+4.6+1.5+2.4) ×10-6, respectively. The first error is statistical, the second is systematic and the third is due to the largest possible interference. Contributions from other possible two-body states will be discussed. No CP asymmetry is found in the inclusive K+π-π0 or ρ-K+ modes, and we set 90% confidence level bounds on the asymmetry of -0.12

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2004

47. High-Speed AMHS and Its Operation Method for 300-mm QTAT Fab

Author

Y. Kobayashi, Atsuyoshi Koike, S. Watanabe, T. Okabe, and T. Wakabayashi

Subjects
Engineering, Operation method, business.industry, Condensed Matter Physics, Automation, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Synchronization, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Reliability engineering, Transfer (computing), Embedded system, Component (UML), Electronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business, Material handling, Production system
Abstract

By using all-single-wafer processing in the 300-mm quick turn-around time production system, we have shortened cycle time to one-half or less than that of mixed-batch processing. We have also developed a high-speed automated material handling systems (AMHS) for achieving short cycle time. An intrabay rail-guided vehicle developed for the 300-mm fab is a component of this system. This paper describes the new system concepts, including AMHS hardware improvement, operation methods, and technician skill enhancement. We achieved a transfer time of one third or less that of previous fabs.

Published
2004

48. Search for neutrinoless decays τ→3ℓ

Author

Y. Yusa, T. Nagamine, A. Yamaguchi, K. Abe, T. Abe, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, M. Akatsu, Y. Asano, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, S. Bahinipati, A.M. Bakich, E. Banas, I. Bedny, U. Bitenc, I. Bizjak, A. Bondar, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T.E. Browder, M.-C. Chang, B.G. Cheon, R. Chistov, Y. Choi, A. Chuvikov, M. Danilov, L.Y. Dong, S. Eidelman, V. Eiges, Y. Enari, S. Fratina, N. Gabyshev, A. Garmash, T. Gershon, G. Gokhroo, B. Golob, J. Haba, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, L. Hinz, T. Hokuue, Y. Hoshi, W.-S. Hou, T. Iijima, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, H. Iwasaki, M. Iwasaki, J.H. Kang, J.S. Kang, P. Kapusta, N. Katayama, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H. Kichimi, H.O. Kim, P. Koppenburg, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S.H. Lee, T. Lesiak, J. Li, S.-W. Lin, J. MacNaughton, T. Matsumoto, A. Matyja, Y. Mikami, W. Mitaroff, H. Miyata, D. Mohapatra, G.R. Moloney, T. Mori, Y. Nagasaka, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, H. Nakazawa, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, T. Nozaki, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, S.L. Olsen, W. Ostrowicz, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, H. Palka, H. Park, K.S. Park, N. Parslow, J.-P. Perroud, L.E. Piilonen, A. Poluektov, N. Root, H. Sagawa, S. Saitoh, Y. Sakai, T.R. Sarangi, O. Schneider, A.J. Schwartz, S. Semenov, K. Senyo, M.E. Sevior, H. Shibuya, B. Shwartz, J.B. Singh, N. Soni, S. Stanič, M. Starič, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Suzuki, O. Tajima, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, N. Tamura, M. Tanaka, Y. Teramoto, T. Tomura, T. Tsuboyama, T. Tsukamoto, S. Uehara, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, G. Varner, C.C. Wang, C.H. Wang, Y. Yamada, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, H. Yanai, J. Zhang, Z.P. Zhang, V. Zhilich, T. Ziegler, and D. Žontar

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Particle physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, KEKB, Electron–positron annihilation, TAU lepton flavor violation, Lepton
Abstract

We have searched for neutrinoless τ lepton decays into three charged leptons using an 87.1fb-1 data sample collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+e- collider. Since the number of signal candidate events is compatible with that expected from the background, we set 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions in the range (1.9-3.5)×10-7 for various decay modes τ -→l-l+l- where l represents e or μ. © 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.

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2004
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49. Coal-like Thermal Behavior of a Carbon-Based Environmentally Benign New Material: Woodceramics

Author

Wei-Ping Pan, T. Okabe, Riko Ozao, and Nathan Whitely

Subjects
Diffraction, Chemistry, business.industry, General Chemical Engineering, Stacking, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Sintering, chemistry.chemical_element, Mineralogy, Aromaticity, Amorphous solid, Fuel Technology, Chemical engineering, Thermal, Coal, business, Carbon
Abstract

Woodceramics prepared from apple pomace, which were obtained by impregnating it with phenolic resin and sintering the material at different temperatures of 1073 K (sample AWC800) and 1473 K (sample AWC1200), were investigated mainly by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and simultaneous differential scanning calorimetry−thermogravimetry (DSC−TG). The as-prepared samples were amorphous; using XRD, broad peaks with d-spacings of ca. 0.57−0.52 and ca. 0.36−0.38 nm were observed. This result suggested the presence of at least two different phases: the former, which is attributed to a structure derived from aliphatic chains, and the latter, which is attributed to a structure derived from aromatic rings (graphene-like layers). By heating to 1273 K, the aromatic-ring stacking or graphene-like layers developed in three dimensions, whereas the aliphatic chains, which are more prone to oxidization, disappeared when heated in air. Therefore, it was suggested that combustible fragments with aliphatic chains develop via pyrolys...

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2004

50. Relaxation and diffusion of photoexcited carriers in ZnO epitaxial thin films

Author

Hang-Ju Ko, T. Okabe, Jun Takeda, Takafumi Yao, and K. Takagi

Subjects
Molecular diffusion, education.field_of_study, Materials science, Relaxation (NMR), Population, Analytical chemistry, Physics::Optics, Carrier lifetime, Molecular physics, Condensed Matter::Materials Science, Picosecond, Femtosecond, Diffusion (business), education, Luminescence
Abstract

Relaxation and diffusion of carriers in an electron-hole plasma (EHP) in ZnO epitaxial thin films were studied by femtosecond transient grating spectroscopy. By performing several experiments of different fringe spacing, the lifetime and diffusion coefficient of the EHP state are determined to be 23.8 ps and 10.8 cm2/s, respectively. The observed lifetime is in good agreement with the previous values obtained by pump-probe and time-resolved optical Kerr gate luminescence measurements. Based on a simple diffusion equation, we conclude that the carrier diffusion in the EHP state does not contribute to reduction of the carrier population within such a short carrier lifetime of a few tens picosecond. (© 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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2004

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