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1. Mapping the hair density, thickness, and volume in normal and androgenetic alopecia subjects with the digital microscope

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W. C. Chang, K. Y. Chen, S. Y. Cheng, C. K. Hsu, and C. C. Yang

Subjects
AGA‐Alopecia‐hair density‐dermoscope, Dermatology, RL1-803, Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923
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Abstract Background Scalp hair density and hair diameters were the two key parameters to the diagnosis of hair loss diseases, including androgenetic alopecia (AGA). Objectives To comprehensively map the hair density and the ratio of terminal‐to‐vellus hair numbers (T/V ratio) on different scalp sites in subjects of different genders, ages, body mass index, and stages of AGA. The impact of the two parameters on visual perception of the hair volume was evaluated. Methods Normal and AGA subjects of both genders were included. Trichosopic pictures were taken by a hand‐held digital microscope at the 11 designed anatomical sites on the scalp and the hair density and T/V ratio were measured based on the pictures. The T/V ratio was defined as the ratio of non‐vellus (terminal or intermediate) hair count to vellus hair count. Results In subjects with normal scalp (n = 49), the hair density and T/V ratio were highest at the parietal and vertex sites in men and women, respectively. In AGA subjects (n = 111), the hair density was significantly decreased at the frontal, parietal and vertex sites in both genders. The hair density at the occipital sites was not significantly changed in alopecia subjects of both genders, but in female alopecia subjects the occipital hair density showed a steadily decreasing trend as the AGA severity increased. The perception of hair volume was impacted more greatly by the T/V ratio than the hair number density. Conclusion The hand‐held digital microscope (videodermoscope) was an easily accessible and noninvasive tool to evaluate hair parameters, in which hair diameters better determined the visual perception of alopecia in AGA.

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2023
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2. Transverse-spin-dependent azimuthal asymmetries of pion and kaon pairs produced in muon-proton and muon-deuteron semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering

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G.D. Alexeev, M.G. Alexeev, C. Alice, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, V. Anosov, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badelek, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, M. Bodlak, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, V.E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, P.M.M. Correia, M.L. Crespo, D. D'Ago, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, F. Del Carro, I. Denisenko, O.Yu. Denisov, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, D. Ecker, A. Efremov, C. Elia, D. Eremeev, P. Faccioli, M. Faessler, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, K.J. Flöthner, W. Florian, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, L.G. Garcia Ordòñez, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, D. Giordano, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, M. Grüner, A. Guskov, D. von Harrach, M. Hoffmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, M. Jandek, V. Jary, R. Joosten, E. Kabuß, F. Kaspar, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, A. Khatun, G.V. Khaustov, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo Horikawa, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Korzenev, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, A. Koval, Z. Kral, F. Krinner, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A. Kveton, K. Lavickova, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, P.-J. Lin, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, A. Maltsev, S.A. Mamon, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, T. Matsuda, G. Mattson, C. Menezes Pires, F. Metzger, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, D. Miura, Y. Miyachi, R. Molina, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, D. Neyret, M. Niemiec, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.G. Olshevsky, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, H. Pekeler, J.-C. Peng, G. Pesaro, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, M. Pešková, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rychter, A. Rymbekova, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, H. Schmieden, A. Selyunin, K. Sharko, L. Sinha, M. Slunecka, F. Sozzi, D. Spülbeck, A. Srnka, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, A. Townsend, T. Triloki, V. Tskhay, B. Valinoti, B.M. Veit, J.F.C.A. Veloso, B. Ventura, M. Virius, M. Wagner, S. Wallner, K. Zaremba, M. Zavertyaev, M. Zemko, E. Zemlyanichkina, and M. Ziembicki

Subjects
SIDIS, Di-hadron, Spin, Fragmentation, Transversity, Collins effect, Physics, QC1-999
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A set of measurements of azimuthal asymmetries in the production of pairs of identified hadrons in deep-inelastic scattering of muons on transversely polarised 6LiD (deuteron) and NH3 (proton) targets is presented. All available data collected in the years 2003–2004 and 2007/2010 with the COMPASS spectrometer using a muon beam of 160GeV/c at the CERN SPS were analysed. The asymmetries provide access to the transversity distribution functions via a fragmentation function that in principle may be independently obtained from e+e− annihilation data. Results are presented, discussed and compared to existing measurements as well as to model predictions. Asymmetries of π+π− pairs measured with the proton target as a function of the Bjorken scaling variable are sizeable in the range x>0.032, indicating non-vanishing transversity distribution and di-hadron interference fragmentation functions. As already pointed out by several authors, the small asymmetries of π+π− measured on the 6LiD target can be interpreted as indication for a cancellation of u and d-quark transversity distributions.

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2023
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3. Collins and Sivers transverse-spin asymmetries in inclusive muoproduction of ρ0 mesons

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G.D. Alexeev, M.G. Alexeev, C. Alice, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, V. Anosov, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badelek, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, M. Bodlak, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, V.E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, P.M.M. Correia, M.L. Crespo, D. D'Ago, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, F. Del Carro, I. Denisenko, O.Yu. Denisov, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, D. Ecker, A. Efremov, C. Elia, D. Eremeev, P. Faccioli, M. Faessler, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, K.J. Flöthner, W. Florian, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, L.G. Garcia Ordòñez, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, D. Giordano, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, M. Grüner, A. Guskov, D. von Harrach, M. Hoffmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, M. Jandek, V. Jary, R. Joosten, E. Kabuß, F. Kaspar, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, A. Khatun, G.V. Khaustov, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo Horikawa, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Korzenev, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, A. Koval, Z. Kral, F. Krinner, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A. Kveton, K. Lavickova, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, P.-J. Lin, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, A. Maltsev, S.A. Mamon, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, T. Matsuda, G. Mattson, C. Menezes Pires, F. Metzger, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, D. Miura, Y. Miyachi, R. Molina, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, C. Naim, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.G. Olshevsky, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, H. Pekeler, J.-C. Peng, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, M. Pešková, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, T. Rudnicki, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rychter, A. Rymbekova, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, G. Sbrizzai, H. Schmieden, A. Selyunin, K. Sharko, L. Sinha, M. Slunecka, F. Sozzi, D. Spülbeck, A. Srnka, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, A. Townsend, T. Triloki, V. Tskhay, B. Valinoti, B.M. Veit, J.F.C.A. Veloso, B. Ventura, M. Virius, M. Wagner, S. Wallner, K. Zaremba, M. Zavertyaev, M. Zemko, E. Zemlyanichkina, and M. Ziembicki

Subjects
SIDIS, Spin, Fragmentation, Collins asymmetry, Sivers asymmetry, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The production of vector mesons in deep inelastic scattering is an interesting yet scarcely explored channel to study the transverse spin structure of the nucleon and the spin-dependence of fragmentation. The COMPASS collaboration has performed the first measurement of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries for inclusively produced ρ0 mesons. The analysis is based on the data set collected in deep inelastic scattering in 2010 using a 160GeV/c μ+ beam impinging on a transversely polarized NH3 target. The ρ0 mesons are selected from oppositely charged hadron pairs, and the asymmetries are extracted as a function of the Bjorken-x variable, the transverse momentum of the pair and the fraction of the energy z carried by the pair. Indications for positive Collins and Sivers asymmetries are observed.

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2023
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5. A LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY OF ENTEROVIRUS A71 INFECTIONS IN YOUNG CHILDREN IN TAIWAN

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W.-C. Chang, W.-Y. Chung, S.-T. Luo, P.-S. Chiang, K.-C. Tsao, T.-Y. Lin, and M.-S. Lee

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Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
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Intro: Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71), the major pathogen causing hand, foot, and mouth disease, affects young children in the Asia-Pacific region with cyclical epidemics. Numerous studies estimated seroprevalence of EV-A71 neutralizing antibodies. However, evidence of incidence rates from longitudinal studies is scarce. This study aims to examine age-specific incidence rates of EV-A71 infection, and to investigate dynamics of serum neutralizing antibody response to infection by following a birth cohort. Methods: We recruited 759 neonates in northern Taiwan from June 2006 to December 2009 and followed these children for 7 years. Study participants’ sera were collected at birth, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 and 84 months of age (m) for conducting neutralization test on EV-A71 to measure age-specific incidence rates and to observe reinfections at different ages. Findings: A total of 576 children returning for follow-up were analyzed from 2006 to 2013. The incidence rates increased gradually from 0.68 per 100 personyears at 6m to 19.33 at 60m, and reduced to 9.57 at 72m. The cumulative incidence rate of primary and secondary infections by 84m reached 37.97% and 6.96%, respectively. Of the 123 children with a primary infection, 43% were asymptomatic. The cumulative negative conversion rate of serum neutralizing antibody was 12%, 16.84%, and 23.51% in the first, second, and third year post primary infection, respectively. The decay rate of neutralizing antibody titer was estimated as 4.37% per month, and the half-life of infection-induced neutralizing antibody was estimated as 15.9 months. Discussion: Our findings suggest that cumulative incidence of primary and secondary infections by 7 years of age was about 38% and 7% after experiencing 2 epidemics. We also characterized the dynamics of neutralizing antibody titers after EV-A71 infections. Conclusion: These findings provide critical information for designing efficacy trials of EV-A71 vaccines and formulating vaccination policy.

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2023
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6. A HOSPITAL-BASED ENTEROVIRUS 71 SURVEILLANCE IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM, 2012-2020

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Y. Chang, T.H. Khanh, W.-C. Chang, N.T. Hung, S.-T. Luo, L.N.T. Nhan, W.-Y. Chung, Y.-S. Chien, and M.-S. Lee

Subjects
Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
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Intro: Enterovirus-A71 (EV-A71), a major cause of hand, foot, and mouth diseases (HFMD), has caused several outbreaks in Vietnam after its first identification in 2003. In 2011, a large-scale EV-A71 outbreak occurred in Southern Vietnam. To characterize epidemiological patterns of EV-A71 in Southern Vietnam, we conducted a hospital-based enterovirus surveillance in Children's Hospital No. 1 (CH1) Ho Chi Minh City over a 9-year period from 2012- 2020. Methods: Clinical samples (throat swabs and serum) were collected from CH1 inpatients with suspected enteroviruses infection for virus isolation in CH1. VP1- CODEHOP, a molecular assay, was performed for detection and genotyping of enteroviruses in National Health Research Institutes. Full genomes of selected EV-A71 viruses were also sequenced for phylogenetic analysis using Neighbor- joining method in MEGA 11 software. Findings: From 2012 to 2020, a total of 3184 HFMD inpatients were tested and 1693 of them (53%) were positive for enterovirus using VP1-CODEHOP, including 368 (11.56%) EV-A71 cases. Based on virus isolation conducted in 2012-2019, EV-A71 detection rate was 6.79% (177/2607). During the study period, EV-A71 was the top serotype detected in 2013, and 2016∼2018. Overall, the other prevalent serotypes were CV-A2, CV-A6, CV-A10 and CV-A16. Partial VP1 genes of 368 EV-A71 isolates were sequenced, 86.4% were genotype B5 and 13.6% C4. The predominant genotype was C4 in 2012 and shifted to B5 afterward. Based on full genome sequencing of five EV-A71 strains (3 B5 and 2 C4), the genotype C4 viruses were phylogenetically related to the C4 viruses isolated in China, genotype B5 were phylogenetically related to the B5 virus circulated in Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan. Conclusion: EV-A71 outbreaks occurred every 2-3 years in Southern Vietnam and the predominant genotype circulating in Southern Vietnam was genotype B5. Development of EV-A71 vaccine is the priority and other prevalent serotypes should be included for developing multivalent vaccines in the future.

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2023
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7. Double J/ψ production in pion-nucleon scattering at COMPASS

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G.D. Alexeev, M.G. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, V. Anosov, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, M. Bodlak, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, V.E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, P.M.M. Correia, M.L. Crespo, D. D'Ago, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, I. Denisenko, O.Yu. Denisov, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, D. Ecker, A. Efremov, D. Eremeev, P.D. Eversheim, P. Faccioli, M. Faessler, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, K.J. Flöthner, W. Florian, C. Franco, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, L.G. Garcia Ordòñez, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, D. Giordano, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, S. Groote, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, M. Grüner, A. Guskov, D. von Harrach, M. Hoffmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, M. Jandek, V. Jary, R. Joosten, E. Kabuß, F. Kaspar, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, A. Khatun, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo Horikawa, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Korzenev, S. Koshkarev, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, A. Koval, Z. Kral, F. Krinner, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A. Kveton, K. Lavickova, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, P.-J. Lin, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, A. Maltsev, S.A. Mamon, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, T. Matsuda, G. Mattson, C. Menezes Pires, F. Metzger, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, R. Molina, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, C. Naim, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.G. Olshevsky, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, H. Pekeler, J.-C. Peng, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, M. Pešková, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, T. Rudnicki, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rychter, A. Rymbekova, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, G. Sbrizzai, H. Schmieden, A. Selyunin, K. Sharko, L. Sinha, M. Slunecka, D. Spülbeck, A. Srnka, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, A. Townsend, T. Triloki, V. Tskhay, B. Valinoti, B.M. Veit, J.F.C.A. Veloso, B. Ventura, M. Virius, M. Wagner, S. Wallner, K. Zaremba, M. Zavertyaev, M. Zemko, E. Zemlyanichkina, and M. Ziembicki

Subjects
COMPASS, Charmonia production, Double J/ψ, Single parton scattering, Intrinsic charm, Physics, QC1-999
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We present the study of the production of double J/ψ mesons using COMPASS data collected with a 190 GeV/c π− beam scattering off NH3, Al and W targets. Kinematic distributions of the collected double J/ψ events are analysed, and the double J/ψ production cross section is estimated for each of the COMPASS targets. The NH3 results are compared to predictions from single- and double-parton scattering models as well as the pion intrinsic charm and the tetraquark exotic resonance hypotheses. It is demonstrated that the single parton scattering production mechanism gives the dominant contribution that is sufficient to describe the data. An upper limit on the double intrinsic charm content of the pion is evaluated. No significant signatures that could be associated with exotic tetraquarks are found in the double J/ψ mass spectrum.

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2023
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8. Coercivity enhancement of hot-deformed NdFeB magnets by in situ two-end-diffusion with R70Cu30 alloy powders (R = NdPr and Ce)

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Y. J. Wong, W. M. Huang, H. W. Chang, and W. C. Chang

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
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We hereby present a simple process, called in situ two-end diffusion (TED), to reach coercivity enhancement with almost unchanged energy product for hot deformed (HD) NdFeB magnets. Coercivity of the HD magnets is increased from 15.1 to 18.7 kOe for the magnet TED with (Nd0.75Pr0.25)70Cu30 (NdPrCu), which is larger than 17.6 kOe for the magnet directly doped with 2 wt. % NdPrCu alloy. Besides, the magnet TED with NdPrCu exhibits good (00L) texture and therefore could support high (BH)max of 43.0 MGOe. In addition, the magnet TED with Ce70Cu30 (CeCu) exhibit superior magnetic properties of Br = 12.8 kG, iHc = 18.0 kOe and (BH)max = 40.7 MGOe to those of traditional doping with CeCu (Br = 11.7 kG, iHc = 16.4 kOe and (BH)max = 34.2 MGOe). For TED process, low-melting CeCu can infiltrate into the center of the magnet, and most Ce distribute at grain boundary. The distribution of Ce and Cu at grain boundary can reduce the magnetization of grain boundary phase, strengthen the decoupling effect between grains and contribute to the coercivity enhancement. This work demonstrates TED with low-melting HRE-free alloys is a simple method to effectively enhance coercivity and keep high Br and (BH)max for HD NdFeB magnets.

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2023
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9. High-coercivity heavy-rare-earth-free NdFeB sintered magnets developed by doping Ce85Al15 and grain boundary diffusion with Pr70Cu15Al15

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Y. J. Wong, H. W. Chang, Y. I. Lee, W. C. Chang, C. H. Chiu, and C. C. Mo

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Traditional NdFeB sintered magnets with coercivity larger than 20 kOe, called super-high (SH) level, usually contains considerable amount of high-cost heavy rare earth (HRE), such as Dy or Tb. In this work, high coercivity of 21.4 kOe, which corresponds to SH level, is achieved for HRE-free NdFeB magnet by doping with Ce85Al15 (CeAl) alloy and grain boundary diffusion (GBD) with Pr70Cu15Al15 (PrCuAl) alloy powders, where Ce/RE ratio is about 15% within the magnet. After GBD treatment with PrCuAl on Ce-containing NdFeB magnets, the formation of Pr-containing shell at 2:14:1 grain surface can increase the local magnetic anisotropy filed and therefore enhance the coercivity. Most of Cu and Al, and parts of Ce and Pr appear at grain boundary and triple junction, which can reduce the magnetization of grain boundary phase, strengthen the decoupling effect between grains and thus contribute to high coercivity. This study provides a cost-effective way to obtain high coercivity for HRE-free NdFeB sintered magnet via doping Ce85Al15 and then GBD with Pr70Cu15Al15.

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2023
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10. Directional growth effect on magneto-mechanical properties of Fe81Al19 alloy

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H. W. Chang, S. U. Jen, Y. H. Liao, Y. J. Wong, C. H. Chiu, and W. C. Chang

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
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Directional growth effect on magneto-mechanical properties of Fe81Al19 alloy is studied. The ideal model of heat flux for directional solidification (DS) technique is proposed, and the tuned A/L (the ratio of cross-sectional area and length for the ingot) and ΔT (temperature difference) are adopted to increase heat flux (q). The experimental result shows that the increase of q effectively promotes the degree of (011)[100] Goss texture and therefore helps to form an oriented stripe domain structure. Large λ100 of 93.8 ppm attained for this optimized Fe81Al19 alloy prepared by DS method is very close to that of the Fe81Al19 single crystal (95.0 ppm). For the optimized DS prepared Fe81Al19 alloy, high magnetostriction sensitivity (dλ/dH) of 0.45 ppm/Oe leads to huge ΔEs/E0 of ∼10% and attractive ΔE/E0 of 8.2% at small H = 0.25 kOe. The above remarkable magneto-mechanical properties, low cost of Fe81Al19, and simple process of DS favor for applications. This work proposes an ideal model to emphasize the importance of heat flux in DS, and experimentally attains the remarkable magneto-mechanical properties for Fe81Al19 alloy prepared by DS.

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2023
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12. Spin density matrix elements in exclusive $$\omega $$ ω meson muoproduction

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G. D. Alexeev, M. G. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, V. Anosov, A. Antoshkin, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, C. D. R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Berenguer Antequera, J. Bernhard, M. Bodlak, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, V. E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, A. G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, P. M. M. Correia, M. L. Crespo, D. D’Ago, S. Dalla Torre, S. S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, I. Denisenko, O. Yu. Denisov, S. V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R. R. Dusaev, A. Efremov, P. D. Eversheim, P. Faccioli, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, H. Fischer, C. Franco, J. M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, F. Gautheron, O. P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, A. Guskov, D. von Harrach, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d’Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, M. Jandek, V. Jary, P. Jörg, R. Joosten, E. Kabuß, F. Kaspar, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G. V. Khaustov, Yu. A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, J. H. Koivuniemi, V. N. Kolosov, K. Kondo Horikawa, I. Konorov, V. F. Konstantinov, A. M. Kotzinian, O. M. Kouznetsov, A. Koval, Z. Kral, F. Krinner, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R. P. Kurjata, A. Kveton, K. Lavickova, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, P.-J. Lin, R. Longo, V. E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G. K. Mallot, A. Maltsev, S. A. Mamon, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, T. Matsuda, G. Mattson, G. V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu. V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, C. Naim, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A. S. Nunes, A. G. Olshevsky, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, H. Pekeler, J.-C. Peng, M. Pešek, D. V. Peshekhonov, M. Pešková, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V. A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, T. Rudnicki, D. I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, V. D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I. A. Savin, G. Sbrizzai, H. Schmieden, A. Selyunin, L. Sinha, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, A. Townsend, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, B. I. Vasilishin, A. Vauth, B. M. Veit, J. Veloso, B. Ventura, A. Vidon, M. Virius, M. Wagner, S. Wallner, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, M. Zemko, E. Zemlyanichkina, Y. Zhao, M. Ziembicki, and COMPASS Collaboration

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract We report on a measurement of Spin Density Matrix Elements (SDMEs) in hard exclusive $$\omega $$ ω meson muoproduction on the proton at COMPASS using 160 GeV/c polarised $$ \mu ^{+}$$ μ + and $$ \mu ^{-}$$ μ - beams impinging on a liquid hydrogen target. The measurement covers the range 5.0 GeV/ $$c^2$$ c 2 $$< W

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2021
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14. Probing transversity by measuring Λ polarisation in SIDIS

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G.D. Alexeev, M.G. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, V. Anosov, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Berenguer Antequera, J. Bernhard, M. Bodlak, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, V.E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, P.M.M. Correia, M.L. Crespo, D. D'Ago, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, I. Denisenko, O.Yu. Denisov, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, A. Efremov, C. Elia, D. Eremeev, P.D. Eversheim, P. Faccioli, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, K.J. Flöthner, C. Franco, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, L.G. Garcia Ordòñez, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, D. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, A. Guskov, D. von Harrach, R. Heitz, M. Hoffmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, M. Jandek, V. Jary, R. Joosten, E. Kabuß, D.-H. Kang, F. Kaspar, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo Horikawa, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, A. Koval, Z. Kral, F. Krinner, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A. Kveton, K. Lavickova, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, P.-J. Lin, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, A. Maltsev, S.A. Mamon, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, T. Matsuda, G. Mattson, G.V. Meshcheryakov, F. Metzger, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, C. Naim, T.S. Negrini, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, H. Pekeler, J.-C. Peng, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, M. Pešková, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, T. Rudnicki, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rychter, A. Rymbekova, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, H. Schmieden, A. Selyunin, K. Sharko, L. Sinha, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, F. Sozzi, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, P. Sznajder, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, A. Townsend, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, B.I. Vasilishin, A. Vauth, B.M. Veit, J. Veloso, B. Ventura, A. Vidon, M. Virius, M. Wagner, S. Wallner, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, M. Zemko, E. Zemlyanichkina, Y. Zhao, and M. Ziembicki

Subjects
Quantum chromodynamics, Deep inelastic scattering, Lambda polarisation, Transversity, COMPASS, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Based on the observation of sizeable target-transverse-spin asymmetries in single-hadron and hadron-pair production in Semi-Inclusive measurements of Deep Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS), the chiral-odd transversity quark distribution functions h1q are nowadays well established. Several possible channels to access these functions were originally proposed. One candidate is the measurement of the polarisation of Λ hyperons produced in SIDIS off transversely polarised nucleons, where the transverse polarisation of the struck quark might be transferred to the final-state hyperon. In this article, we present the COMPASS results on the transversity-induced polarisation of Λ and Λ¯ hyperons produced in SIDIS off transversely polarised protons. Within the experimental uncertainties, no significant deviation from zero was observed. The results are discussed in the context of different models taking into account previous experimental results on h1u and h1d.

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2022
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15. Erratum to: Azimuthal asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in high-energy muon scattering off longitudinally polarised deuterons

Author

C. Adolph, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov, M. G. Alexeev, G. D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N. V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C. D. R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E. R. Bielert, R. Birsa, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M. L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S. S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O. Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S. V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P. D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J. M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O. P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, F. H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d’Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, B. Ketzer, G. V. Khaustov, Yu. A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J. H. Koivuniemi, V. N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V. F. Konstantinov, A. M. Kotzinian, O. M. Kouznetsov, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z. V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R. P. Kurjata, A. A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G. K. Mallot, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G. V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu. V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A. S. Nunes, A. G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D. V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V. A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, M. Roskot, N. S. Rossiyskaya, D. I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V. D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I. A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Takekawa, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, F. Thibaud, A. Thiel, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, J. Veloso, M. Virius, J. Vondra, S. Wallner, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, N. Zhuravlev, M. Ziembicki, and A. Zink

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake.

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2020
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16. Transverse extension of partons in the proton probed in the sea-quark range by measuring the DVCS cross section

Author

R. Akhunzyanov, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, A. Antoshkin, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, R. Birsa, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, E. Burtin, V.E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, K. Juraskova, E. Kabuß, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, Z. Kral, M. Krämer, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, I.I. Kuznetsov, A. Kveton, A.A. Lednev, E.A. Levchenko, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, S.A. Mamon, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, M. Pešková, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, N.S. Rogacheva, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, B.I. Vasilishin, A. Vauth, B.M. Veit, J. Veloso, A. Vidon, M. Virius, S. Wallner, M. Wilfert, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, N. Zhuravlev, and M. Ziembicki

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

We report on the first measurement of exclusive single-photon muoproduction on the proton by COMPASS using 160GeV/c polarised μ+ and μ− beams of the CERN SPS impinging on a liquid hydrogen target. We determine the dependence of the average of the measured μ+ and μ− cross sections for deeply virtual Compton scattering on the squared four-momentum transfer t from the initial to the final proton. The slope B of the t-dependence is fitted with a single exponential function, which yields B=(4.3±0.6stat|sys−0.3+0.1)(GeV/c)−2. This result can be converted into a transverse extension of partons in the proton, 〈r⊥2〉=(0.58±0.04stat|sys−0.02+0.01±0.04model)fm. For this measurement, the average virtuality of the photon mediating the interaction is 〈Q2〉=1.8(GeV/c)2 and the average value of the Bjorken variable is 〈xBj〉=0.056. Keywords: Quantum chromodynamics, Deep inelastic scattering, Exclusive reactions, Deeply virtual Compton scattering, Generalized Parton Distributions, Proton size, COMPASS

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2019
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17. Measurement of PT-weighted Sivers asymmetries in leptoproduction of hadrons

Author

M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, A. Antoshkin, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, V. Barone, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, V.E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, C. Elia, P.D. Eversheim, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, A. Guskov, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, M. Jandek, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, K. Juraskova, E. Kabuß, F. Kaspar, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, Z. Kral, M. Krämer, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A. Kveton, A.A. Lednev, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, S.A. Mamon, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, M. Pešková, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, H. Schmieden, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, F. Sozzi, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, B.I. Vasilishin, A. Vauth, B.M. Veit, J. Veloso, A. Vidon, M. Virius, M. Wagner, S. Wallner, M. Wilfert, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, Y. Zhao, E. Zemlyanichkina, and M. Ziembicki

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

The transverse spin asymmetries measured in semi-inclusive leptoproduction of hadrons, when weighted with the hadron transverse momentum PT, allow for the extraction of important transverse-momentum-dependent distribution functions. In particular, the weighted Sivers asymmetries provide direct information on the Sivers function, which is a leading-twist distribution that arises from a correlation between the transverse momentum of an unpolarised quark in a transversely polarised nucleon and the spin of the nucleon. Using the high-statistics data collected by the COMPASS Collaboration in 2010 with a transversely polarised proton target, we have evaluated two types of PT-weighted Sivers asymmetries, which are both proportional to the product of the first transverse moment of the Sivers function and of the fragmentation function. The results are compared to the standard unweighted Sivers asymmetries and used to extract the first transverse moments of the Sivers distributions for u and d quarks.

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2019
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18. Regulation, formation, exposure, and treatment of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in swimming pool waters: A critical review

Author

Linyan Yang, Xueming Chen, Qianhong She, Guomin Cao, Yongdi Liu, Victor W.-C. Chang, and Chuyang Y. Tang

Subjects
Environmental sciences, GE1-350
Abstract

The microbial safety of swimming pool waters (SPWs) becomes increasingly important with the popularity of swimming activities. Disinfection aiming at killing microbes in SPWs produces disinfection by-products (DBPs), which has attracted considerable public attentions due to their high frequency of occurrence, considerable concentrations and potent toxicity. We reviewed the latest research progress within the last four decades on the regulation, formation, exposure, and treatment of DBPs in the context of SPWs. This paper specifically discussed DBP regulations in different regions, formation mechanisms related with disinfectants, precursors and other various conditions, human exposure assessment reflected by biomarkers or epidemiological evidence, and the control and treatment of DBPs. Compared to drinking water with natural organic matter as the main organic precursor of DBPs, the additional human inputs (i.e., body fluids and personal care products) to SPWs make the water matrix more complicated and lead to the formation of more types and greater concentrations of DBPs. Dermal absorption and inhalation are two main exposure pathways for trihalomethanes while ingestion for haloacetic acids, reflected by DBP occurrence in human matrices including exhaled air, urine, blood, and plasma. Studies show that membrane filtration, advanced oxidation processes, biodegradation, thermal degradation, chemical reduction, and some hybrid processes are the potential DBP treatment technologies. The removal efficiency, possible mechanisms and future challenges of these DBP treatment methods are summarized in this review, which may facilitate their full-scale applications and provide potential directions for further research extension. Keywords: Disinfectants, Disinfection by-products (DBP), Precursors, Human exposure, DBP treatment

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2018
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19. Developing interdisciplinary research teams in neurosurgery: key elements to success in brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgery

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Whitney E. Muhlestein, Kate W. C. Chang, Denise Justice, Sarah Johnson, Shawn Brown, and Miriana Popadich

Subjects
General Medicine
Abstract

The highest-impact medical literature is increasingly produced by interdisciplinary teams. The field of neurosurgery, which involves complex pathologies and recoveries, is particularly amenable to interdisciplinary research approaches. However, research in the medical context regarding the characteristics of effective teams, as well as how to develop and maintain interdisciplinary teams, remains lacking. Here, the authors used the business literature to identify the characteristics of effective teams. They then used the University of Michigan Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Program, founded under the leadership of the late Dr. Lynda Yang, as a case study for how these principles can be applied to build and operationalize a successful interdisciplinary team. They suggest that these same techniques can be used to create interdisciplinary research groups in other areas of neurosurgery.

Published
2023

20. Beyond cortex: The evolution of the human brain

Author

Rowena Chin, Steve W. C. Chang, and Avram J. Holmes

Subjects
General Psychology
Abstract

Human evolution has been marked by a striking increase in total brain volume relative to body size. While a prominent and characteristic feature of this volumetric shift has been the disproportionate expansion of association cortex across our evolutionary lineage, descent with modification is apparent throughout all neural systems in both human and nonhuman primates. However, despite evidence for the ubiquitous and complex influence of evolutionary forces on brain biology, within the psychological sciences the vast majority of the literature on human brain evolution is entirely corticocentric. This selective focus has contributed to a flawed theoretical framework in which the evolution of association cortex is viewed as an isolated process, removed from the rest of the brain. Here, we review our current understanding of how evolutionary pressures have acted across anatomically and functionally coupled networks, highlighting the diverse set of rules and principles that govern human brain development. In doing so we challenge the systemic mischaracterization of human cognition and behavior as a competition that pits phylogenetically recent cortical territories against evolutionarily ancient subcortical and cerebellar systems. Rather, we propose a comprehensive view of human brain evolution with critical importance for the use of animal models, theory development, and network-focused approaches in the study of behavior across health and disease. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Published
2023

21. Coercivity enhancement of hot-deformed NdFeB magnet by doping R80Al20 (R = La, Ce, Dy, Tb) alloy powders

Author

H. W. Chang, G. T. Lin, Y. J. Wong, W. M. Huang, and W. C. Chang

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Significant enhancement in coercivity for hot deformed (HD) NdFeB magnets is achieved by doping R80Al20 (R= La, Ce, Dy, Tb) alloy powders. All studied samples exhibit fine microstructure with good (00L) texture. By doping R80Al20 powders, the coercivity of HD NdFeB magnets is significantly increased from 16.0 kOe to 19.4 kOe, 20.0 kOe, 21.8 kOe, and 23.8 kOe for R = La, Ce, Dy, and Tb, respectively, while (BH)max is decreased from 41.5 MGOe to 39.3-40.8 MGOe slightly. Microstructure analysis shows that Ce or La prefers to distribute mostly at grain boundary, while Dy or Tb and Al locate at grain boundary and surface. The magnetic isolation due to R-rich phase containing Nd, Ce or La, Al at the grain boundary contributes to coercivity enhancement with the samples with R = La and Ce. In additional to magnetic isolation, the strengthened magnetic anisotropy field of 2:14:1 phase due to Tb or Dy, and slight Al substitutions gives rise to the significant enhancement of coercivity for those with R80Al20 (R = Dy and Tb).

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2021
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22. Comparison on the coercivity enhancement of the sintered NdFeB magnets by grain boundary diffusion with Tb70Cu30 powders prepared by different milling methods

Author

Y. J. Wong, W. C. Hsu, H. W. Chang, Y. I. Lee, W. C. Chang, C. H. Chiu, and C. C. Mo

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Coercivity enhancement of the sintered NdFeB magnets by grain boundary diffusion (GBD) with Tb70Cu30 powders prepared by different milling methods has been compared. The commercial NdFeB sintered magnets with the magnetic properties of Br=14.0 kG, iHc= 17.5 kOe and (BH)max= 48.4 MGOe are chosen as original magnets. The coercivity increment of the NdFeB magnets is 7.6 kOe and 9.4 kOe after GBD with Tb70Cu30 alloy powders made by high energy ball milling (HEBM) and low-energy ball milling (LEBM), respectively. Higher coercivity increment can be obtained for the magnet GBD treated with Tb70Cu30 powders prepared by LEBM, mainly related to their platelet shape. The platelet shape powders may provide the wider contact area between GBD source and the surface of the magnets. The above effect is helpful in improving diffusion efficiency and enhancing coercivity accordingly. As a result, magnetic properties of Br=13.6 kG, iHc= 25.1 kOe and (BH)max= 46.1 MGOe are achieved.

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2021
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23. Social Learning through Prediction Error in the Brain

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Jessica Joiner, Matthew Piva, Courtney Turrin, and Steve W. C. Chang

Abstract

Learning about the world is critical to survival and success. In social animals, learning about others is a necessary component of navigating the social world, ultimately contributing to increasing evolutionary fitness. How humans and nonhuman animals represent the internal states and experiences of others has long been a subject of intense interest in the developmental psychology tradition, and, more recently, in studies of learning and decision making involving self and other. In this review, we explore how psychology conceptualizes the process of representing others, and how neuroscience has uncovered correlates of reinforcement learning signals to explore the neural mechanisms underlying social learning from the perspective of representing reward-related information about self and other. In particular, we discuss self-referenced and other-referenced types of reward prediction errors across multiple brain structures that effectively allow reinforcement learning algorithms to mediate social learning. Prediction-based computational principles in the brain may be strikingly conserved between self-referenced and other-referenced information.

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2017
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26. Antiproton over proton and K− over K+ multiplicity ratios at high z in DIS

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G.D. Alexeev, M.G. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, V. Anosov, A. Antoshkin, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Berenguer Antequera, J. Bernhard, M. Bodlak, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, V.E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, P.M.M. Correia, M.L. Crespo, D. D'Ago, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, I. Denisenko, O.Yu. Denisov, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, P. Faccioli, M. Faessler, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, A. Guskov, D. von Harrach, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, M. Jandek, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, F. Kaspar, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo Horikawa, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, A. Koval, Z. Kral, F. Krinner, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A. Kveton, K. Lavičková, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, P.-J. Lin, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, A. Maltsev, S.A. Mamon, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, T. Matsuda, G. Mattson, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, C. Naim, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, H. Pekeler, J.-C. Peng, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, M. Pešková, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, T. Rudnicki, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, G. Sbrizzai, H. Schmieden, A. Selyunin, L. Sinha, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, P. Sznajder, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, A. Townsend, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, B.I. Vasilishin, A. Vauth, B.M. Veit, J. Veloso, B. Ventura, A. Vidon, M. Virius, M. Wagner, S. Wallner, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, M. Zemko, E. Zemlyanichkina, Y. Zhao, and M. Ziembicki

Subjects
Quantum chromodynamics, pQCD, Deep-inelastic scattering, Hadron multiplicities, COMPASS, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The antiparticle-over-particle multiplicity ratio is measured in deep-inelastic scattering for negatively and positively charged kaons and, for the first time, for antiprotons and protons. The data were obtained by the COMPASS Collaboration using a 160 GeV muon beam impinging on an isoscalar 6LiD target. The regime of deep-inelastic scattering is ensured by requiring Q2 > 1 (GeV/c)2 for the photon virtuality and W>5 GeV/c2 for the invariant mass of the produced hadronic system. Bjorken-x is restricted to the range 0.01 to 0.40. Protons and antiprotons are identified in the momentum range from 20 GeV/c to 60 GeV/c and required to carry a large fraction of the virtual-photon energy, z>0.5. In the whole studied z-region, the p¯ over p multiplicity ratio is found to be below the lower limit expected from calculations based on leading-order perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (pQCD). Kaons were previously analysed in the momentum range 12 GeV/c to 40 GeV/c. In the present analysis this range is extended up to 55 GeV/c, whereby events with larger virtual-photon energies are included in the analysis and the observed K− over K+ ratio becomes closer to the expectation of next-to-leading order pQCD. The results of both analyses strengthen our earlier conclusion that at COMPASS energies the phase space available for single-hadron production in deep-inelastic scattering should be taken into account in the standard pQCD formalism.

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2020
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27. Contribution of exclusive diffractive processes to the measured azimuthal asymmetries in SIDIS

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J. Agarwala, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, A. Antoshkin, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Berenguer Antequera, J. Bernhard, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, V.E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, P.M.M. Correia, M.L. Crespo, D. D'Ago, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, I. Denisenko, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, Jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, A. Guskov, D. von Harrach, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, M. Jandek, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, F. Kaspar, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo Horikawa, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, A. Koval, Z. Kral, F. Krinner, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A. Kveton, K. Lavickova, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, P.-J. Lin, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, A. Maltsev, S.A. Mamon, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, T. Matsuda, G. Mattson, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, C. Naim, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, H. Pekeler, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, M. Pešková, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, T. Rudnicki, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, G. Sbrizzai, H. Schmieden, A. Selyunin, L. Sinha, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, P. Sznajder, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, A. Townsend, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, B.I. Vasilishin, A. Vauth, B.M. Veit, J. Veloso, B. Ventura, A. Vidon, M. Virius, M. Wagner, S. Wallner, M. Wilfert, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, M. Zemko, E. Zemlyanichkina, Y. Zhao, and M. Ziembicki

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

Hadron leptoproduction in Semi-Inclusive measurements of Deep-Inelastic Scattering (SIDIS) on unpolarised nucleons allows one to get information on the intrinsic transverse momentum of quarks in a nucleon and on the Boer-Mulders function through the measurement of azimuthal modulations in the cross section. These modulations were recently measured by the HERMES experiment at DESY on proton and deuteron targets, and by the COMPASS experiment using the CERN SPS muon beam and a 6LiD target. In both cases, the amplitudes of the cos⁡ϕh and cos⁡2ϕh modulations show strong kinematic dependences for both positive and negative hadrons. It has been known since some time that the measured final-state hadrons in those SIDIS experiments receive a contribution from exclusive diffractive production of vector mesons, particularly important at large values of z, the fraction of the virtual photon energy carried by the hadron. In previous measurements of azimuthal asymmetries this contribution was not taken into account, because it was not known that it could distort the azimuthal modulations. Presently, a method to evaluate the contribution of the exclusive reactions to the azimuthal asymmetries measured by COMPASS has been developed. The subtraction of this contribution results in a better understanding of the kinematic effects, and the remaining non-zero cos⁡2ϕh modulation gives indication for a non-zero Boer-Mulders effect.

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2020
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28. The anterior cingulate cortex is necessary for forming prosocial preferences from vicarious reinforcement in monkeys.

Author

Benjamin M Basile, Jamie L Schafroth, Chloe L Karaskiewicz, Steve W C Chang, and Elisabeth A Murray

Subjects
Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract

A key feature of most social relationships is that we like seeing good things happen to others. Research has implicated the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in attaching value to social outcomes. For example, single neurons in macaque ACC selectively code reward delivery to the self, a partner, both monkeys, or neither monkey. Here, we assessed whether the ACC's contribution to social cognition is causal by testing rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) on a vicarious reinforcement task before and after they sustained ACC lesions. Prior to surgery, actors learned that 3 different visual cues mapped onto 3 distinct reward outcomes: to self ("Self"), to the other monkey ("Other"), or to neither monkey ("Neither"). On each trial, actors saw a cue that predicted one of the 3 juice offers and could accept the offer by making a saccade to a peripheral target or reject the offer by breaking fixation. Preoperatively, all 6 actors displayed prosocial preferences, indicated by their greater tendency to give reward to Other relative to Neither. Half then received selective, bilateral, excitotoxic lesions of the ACC, and the other half served as unoperated controls. After surgery, all monkeys retained the social preferences they had demonstrated with the preoperatively learned cues, but this preference was reduced in the monkeys with ACC lesions. Critically, none of the monkeys in the ACC lesion group acquired social preferences with a new set of cues introduced after surgery. These data indicate that the primate ACC is necessary for acquisition of prosocial preferences from vicarious reinforcement.

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2020
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29. Measurement of the cross section for hard exclusive π0 muoproduction on the proton

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M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, A. Antoshkin, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, V.E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, Jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, A. Guskov, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, M. Jandek, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, K. Juraskova, E. Kabuß, F. Kaspar, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo Horikawa, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, Z. Kral, M. Krämer, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A. Kveton, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, P.-J. Lin, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, S.A. Mamon, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Moretti, C. Naim, A. Nagaytsev, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, M. Pešková, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, G. Sbrizzai, H. Schmieden, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, B.I. Vasilishin, A. Vauth, B.M. Veit, J. Veloso, A. Vidon, M. Virius, M. Wagner, S. Wallner, M. Wilfert, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, Y. Zhao, and M. Ziembicki

Subjects
Quantum chromodynamics, Muoproduction, Hard exclusive meson production, Generalised Parton Distributions, COMPASS, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

We report on a measurement of hard exclusive π0 muoproduction on the proton by COMPASS using 160GeV/c polarised μ+ and μ− beams of the CERN SPS impinging on a liquid hydrogen target. From the average of the measured μ+ and μ− cross sections, the virtual-photon proton cross section is determined as a function of the squared four-momentum transfer between initial and final proton in the range 0.08(GeV/c)2

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2020
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30. Correlation between phase composition and exchange bias in CoFe/MnN and MnN/CoFe polycrystalline films

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H. W. Chang, Y. H. Chien, F. T. Yuan, Y. R. Lai, C. R. Wang, Lance Horng, and W. C. Chang

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Magnetic properties and phase composition of both MnN/CoFe (MnN at top of bilayer) and CoFe/MnN films (MnN at bottom of bilayer) bilayers through annealing at various temperatures (Ta = 300-450 °C) and then cooling to room temperature under the application of an external magnetic field of 1.5 kOe are compared. The exchange bias field (HE), the magnitude of magnetic hysteresis loop shift, of the studied films is highly related to phase composition of antiferromagnetic (AF) layer. The increase of HE with increasing Ta in the range of 300-375 °C possibly results from the improvement of magnetocrystalline anisotropy of AF related to the promoted crystallinity and stress relaxation of tetragonal face-centered θ-MnN phase. The reduction of HE at higher Ta is due to the decreased volume fraction or disappearance of θ-MnN phase and the formation of impurity phases, such as Mn4N and Mn. The induction of impurity phases is possibly related to the diffusion of part of N out of MnN phase at higher Ta. Higher HE for CoFe/MnN than MnN/CoFe at Ta = 300-375 °C might be attributed to larger amount and higher degree of stress relaxation for θ-MnN phase. For CoFe/MnN film annealed at 375 °C, the highest HE = 562 Oe is attained, and the corresponding interfacial exchange energy of 0.47 mJ/m2 in this study is comparable to that reported by Meinert et al. [Phys. Rev. B 92, 144408 (2015)].

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2020
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31. Persistence and Extent of Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy: Association with Number of Maneuvers and Duration of Shoulder Dystocia

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Morgen S. Doty, Suneet P. Chauhan, Kate W.-C. Chang, Leen Al-Hafez, Connie McGovern, Lynda J.-S. Yang, and Sean C. Blackwell

Subjects
neonatal brachial plexus palsy, shoulder dystocia, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991
Abstract

Objective The main objective of this article is to determine if persistence of neonatal brachial plexus palsy (NBPP) following shoulder dystocia was associated with maneuvers used or duration of impacted shoulder. Study Design Retrospective review of children with NBPP and documented shoulder dystocia. Student t-tests and chi-squared tests were used to compare outcomes when shoulder dystocia resolved with > 3 versus ≤ 3 maneuvers or duration > versus ≤ 120 seconds. Relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) was calculated. Results Among 46 children with NBPP and shoulder dystocia, incidence of persistence was significantly higher at 2 years of age when > 3 versus ≤ 3 maneuvers were used (100 vs. 62%; RR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.2–2.2). When resolution of impacted shoulder lasted >120 versus ≤ 120 seconds, NBPP at 2 years was significantly more likely (100 vs. 63%; RR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.1–2.2). Injury to all five nerves of the brachial plexus was more likely if standard deviation lasted > 120 versus ≤ 120 seconds (RR: 2.2; 95% CI: 1.03–4.6). Conclusion Though the number of maneuvers used and duration of shoulder dystocia are associated with persistence of NBPP, the retrospective nature of the study of a selective cohort precludes recommendations changing the current management of shoulder dystocia.

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2020
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32. K− over K+ multiplicity ratio for kaons produced in DIS with a large fraction of the virtual-photon energy

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R. Akhunzyanov, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, A. Antoshkin, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, R. Birsa, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, V.E. Burtsev, L. Capozza, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, A. Guskov, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, Z. Kral, M. Krämer, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, I.I. Kuznetsov, A. Kveton, A.A. Lednev, E.A. Levchenko, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, S.A. Mamon, C. Marchand, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, G. Pesaro, M. Pešek, M. Pešková, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, H. Schmieden, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, F. Sozzi, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, B.I. Vasilishin, A. Vauth, B.M. Veit, J. Veloso, A. Vidon, M. Virius, S. Wallner, M. Wilfert, R. Windmolders, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, and M. Ziembicki

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The K− over K+ multiplicity ratio is measured in deep-inelastic scattering, for the first time for kaons carrying a large fraction z of the virtual-photon energy. The data were obtained by the COMPASS collaboration using a 160 GeV muon beam and an isoscalar 6LiD target. The regime of deep-inelastic scattering is ensured by requiring Q2>1(GeV/c)2 for the photon virtuality and W>5GeV/c2 for the invariant mass of the produced hadronic system. Kaons are identified in the momentum range from 12 GeV/c to 40 GeV/c, thereby restricting the range in Bjorken-x to 0.010.75. For very large values of z, i.e. z>0.8, we observe the kaon multiplicity ratio to fall below the lower limits expected from calculations based on leading and next-to-leading order perturbative quantum chromodynamics. Also, the kaon multiplicity ratio shows a strong dependence on the missing mass of the single-kaon production process. This suggests that within the perturbative quantum chromodynamics formalism an additional correction may be required, which takes into account the phase space available for hadronisation.

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2018
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33. Azimuthal asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in high-energy muon scattering off longitudinally polarised deuterons

Author

C. Adolph, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov, M. G. Alexeev, G. D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N. V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C. D. R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E. R. Bielert, R. Birsa, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M. L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S. S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O. Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S. V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P. D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Vijayan Hohenesche, J. M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O. P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, F. H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d’Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, B. Ketzer, G. V. Khaustov, Yu. A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J. H. Koivuniemi, V. N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V. F. Konstantinov, A. M. Kotzinian, O. M. Kouznetsov, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z. V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R. P. Kurjata, A. A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G. K. Mallot, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G. V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu. V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A. S. Nunes, A. G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D. V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V. A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, M. Roskot, N. S. Rossiyskaya, D. I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V. D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I. A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Takekawa, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, F. Thibaud, A. Thiel, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, J. Veloso, M. Virius, J. Vondra, S. Wallner, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, N. Zhuravlev, M. Ziembicki, and A. Zink

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract Single hadron azimuthal asymmetries of positive and negative hadrons produced in muon semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering off longitudinally polarised deuterons are determined using the 2006 COMPASS data and also combined all deuteron COMPASS data. For each hadron charge, the dependence of the azimuthal asymmetry on the hadron azimuthal angle $$\phi $$ ϕ is obtained by means of a five-parameter fitting function that besides a $$\phi $$ ϕ -independent term includes four modulations predicted by theory: $$\sin \phi $$ sinϕ , $$\sin 2 \phi $$ sin2ϕ , $$\sin 3\phi $$ sin3ϕ and $$\cos \phi $$ cosϕ . The amplitudes of the five terms have been extracted, first, for the hadrons in the whole available kinematic region. In further fits, performed for hadrons from a restricted kinematic region, the $$\phi $$ ϕ -dependence is determined as a function of one of three variables (Bjorken-x, fractional energy of virtual photon taken by the outgoing hadron and hadron transverse momentum), while disregarding the others. Except the $$\phi $$ ϕ -independent term, all the modulation amplitudes are very small, and no clear kinematic dependence could be observed within experimental uncertainties.

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2018
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34. Comparison on the coercivity enhancement of sintered NdFeB magnets by grain boundary diffusion with low-melting (Tb, R)75Cu25 alloys (R= None, Y, La, and Ce)

Author

Y. J. Wong, H. W. Chang, Y. I. Lee, W. C. Chang, C. H. Chiu, and C. C. Mo

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

A significant coercivity enhancement of the commercial NdFeB magnets with the magnetic properties of (BH)max = 48.4 MGOe and iHc = 17.5 kOe through grain boundary diffusion (GBD) with low-melting Tb55R20Cu25 alloys is demonstrated. Adopting Tb55R20Cu25 alloys as GBD sources is effective in increasing coercivity to 29.0 kOe for R = None, 23.8 kOe for R = Y, 25.6 kOe for R = La, 28.0 kOe for R = Ce, respectively. Yet, (BH)max is slightly reduced to 46.2-48.2 MGOe. The preferential appearance of Cu at grain boundary and triple junction of the grains, and the core-shell structure occurred due to Tb at grain surface remarkably enhance the coercivity. Interestingly, higher coercivity enhancement per wt% Tb usage (ΔiHc/wt%Tb) of 7.2 kOe/wt% for the magnet with Tb55Ce25Cu25 than 5.9 kOe/wt% for that with Tb75Cu25 has been found due to the magnetic isolation effect caused by the preferential appearance of Ce at grain boundary, though a slight lower coercivity enhancement was found for the samples with R = Y and La. Lower melting point (637 °C) for Tb55Ce20Cu25 than Tb75Cu25 (743 °C) leads to larger diffusion depth of Tb into the magnet and therefore contributes to higher efficiency of coercivity enhancement for the magnet with R=Ce.

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2019
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35. Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A1p and spin-dependent structure function g1p of the proton at small values of x and Q2

Author

M. Aghasyan, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, A. Antoshkin, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, R. Birsa, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, V.E. Burtsev, L. Capozza, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, A. Gridin, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, F.H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, T. Iwata, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, Z. Kral, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, I.I. Kuznetsov, A. Kveton, A.A. Lednev, E.A. Levchenko, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, S.A. Mamon, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Moretti, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, M. Pešková, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, N.S. Rogacheva, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, B.I. Vasilishin, A. Vauth, J. Veloso, A. Vidon, M. Virius, S. Wallner, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, R. Windmolders, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, and M. Ziembicki

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

We present a precise measurement of the proton longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A1p and the proton spin-dependent structure function g1p at photon virtualities 0.006(GeV/c)2

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2018
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36. New analysis of ηπ tensor resonances measured at the COMPASS experiment

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A. Jackura, C. Fernández-Ramírez, M. Mikhasenko, A. Pilloni, V. Mathieu, J. Nys, V. Pauk, A.P. Szczepaniak, G. Fox, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, A. Antoshkin, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, R. Birsa, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, V.E. Burtsev, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, A.G. Chumakov, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, W. Dünnweber, R.R. Dusaev, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, A. Grasso, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, F.H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, Z. Kral, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, I.I. Kuznetsov, A. Kveton, A.A. Lednev, E.A. Levchenko, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, V.E. Lyubovitskij, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, S.A. Mamon, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, M. Pešková, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, N.S. Rogacheva, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, T. Schlüter, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Thiel, J. Tomsa, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, B.I. Vasilishin, A. Vauth, J. Veloso, A. Vidon, M. Virius, S. Wallner, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, N. Zhuravlev, and M. Ziembicki

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

We present a new amplitude analysis of the ηπ D-wave in the reaction π−p→ηπ−p measured by COMPASS. Employing an analytical model based on the principles of the relativistic S-matrix, we find two resonances that can be identified with the a2(1320) and the excited a2′(1700), and perform a comprehensive analysis of their pole positions. For the mass and width of the a2 we find M=(1307±1±6) MeV and Γ=(112±1±8) MeV, and for the excited state a2′ we obtain M=(1720±10±60) MeV and Γ=(280±10±70) MeV, respectively.

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2018
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38. First measurement of the Sivers asymmetry for gluons using SIDIS data

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C. Adolph, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, A. Antoshkin, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, R. Birsa, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, F.H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A.A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, M. Roskot, N.S. Rogacheva, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Takekawa, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, F. Thibaud, A. Thiel, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, A. Vauth, J. Veloso, M. Virius, J. Vondra, S. Wallner, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, N. Zhuravlev, M. Ziembicki, and A. Zink

Subjects
Deep inelastic scattering, Gluon, Sivers, TMD, PDF, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The Sivers function describes the correlation between the transverse spin of a nucleon and the transverse motion of its partons. For quarks, it was studied in previous measurements of the azimuthal asymmetry of hadrons produced in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering of leptons off transversely polarised nucleon targets, and it was found to be non-zero. In this letter the evaluation of the Sivers asymmetry for gluons is presented. The contribution of the photon–gluon fusion subprocess is enhanced by requiring two high transverse-momentum hadrons. The analysis method is based on a Monte Carlo simulation that includes three hard processes: photon–gluon fusion, QCD Compton scattering and the leading-order virtual-photon absorption process. The Sivers asymmetries of the three processes are simultaneously extracted using the LEPTO event generator and a neural network approach. The method is applied to samples of events containing at least two hadrons with large transverse momentum from the COMPASS data taken with a 160 GeV/c muon beam scattered off transversely polarised deuterons and protons. With a significance of about two standard deviations, a negative value is obtained for the gluon Sivers asymmetry. The result of a similar analysis for a Collins-like asymmetry for gluons is consistent with zero.

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2017
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39. Sivers asymmetry extracted in SIDIS at the hard scales of the Drell–Yan process at COMPASS

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C. Adolph, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, R. Birsa, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, Jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, F.H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A.A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, M. Roskot, N.S. Rossiyskaya, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Takekawa, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, F. Thibaud, A. Thiel, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, J. Veloso, M. Virius, J. Vondra, S. Wallner, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, N. Zhuravlev, M. Ziembicki, and A. Zink

Subjects
SIDIS, Drell–Yan, Spin, Azimuthal asymmetries, Sivers, TMDs, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Eight proton transverse-spin-dependent azimuthal asymmetries are extracted in four regions of the photon virtuality Q2 from the COMPASS 2010 semi-inclusive hadron measurements in deep inelastic muon–nucleon scattering. These Q2 regions correspond to the four regions of the di-muon mass Q2 used in the ongoing analyses of the COMPASS Drell–Yan measurements, which allows for a future direct comparison of the nucleon transverse-momentum-dependent parton distribution functions extracted from these two alternative measurements. In addition, for the azimuthal asymmetries induced by the Sivers transverse-momentum-dependent parton distribution function various two-dimensional kinematic dependences are presented. The integrated Sivers asymmetries are found to be positive with an accuracy that appears to be sufficient to test the sign change of the Sivers function predicted by Quantum Chromodynamics.

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2017
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40. Final COMPASS results on the deuteron spin-dependent structure function g1d and the Bjorken sum rule

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C. Adolph, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, R. Birsa, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, J. Giarra, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, F.H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, A. Kerbizi, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A.A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, M. Roskot, N.S. Rossiyskaya, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Takekawa, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, F. Thibaud, A. Thiel, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, A. Vauth, J. Veloso, M. Virius, J. Vondra, S. Wallner, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, R. Windmolders, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, N. Zhuravlev, M. Ziembicki, and A. Zink

Subjects
COMPASS, Deep inelastic scattering, Spin, Structure function, Parton helicity distributions, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Final results are presented from the inclusive measurement of deep-inelastic polarised-muon scattering on longitudinally polarised deuterons using a 6LiD target. The data were taken at 160 GeV beam energy and the results are shown for the kinematic range 1(GeV/c)24GeV/c2 in the mass of the hadronic final state. The deuteron double-spin asymmetry A1d and the deuteron longitudinal-spin structure function g1d are presented in bins of x and Q2. Towards lowest accessible values of x, g1d decreases and becomes consistent with zero within uncertainties. The presented final g1d values together with the recently published final g1p values of COMPASS are used to again evaluate the Bjorken sum rule and perform the QCD fit to the g1 world data at next-to-leading order of the strong coupling constant. In both cases, changes in central values of the resulting numbers are well within statistical uncertainties. The flavour-singlet axial charge a0, which is identified in the MS‾ renormalisation scheme with the total contribution of quark helicities to the nucleon spin, is extracted at next-to-leading order accuracy from only the COMPASS deuteron data: a0(Q2=3(GeV/c)2)=0.32±0.02stat±0.04syst±0.05evol. Together with the recent results on the proton spin structure function g1p, the results on g1d constitute the COMPASS legacy on the measurements of g1 through inclusive spin-dependent deep inelastic scattering.

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2017
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41. Multiplicities of charged kaons from deep-inelastic muon scattering off an isoscalar target

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C. Adolph, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, M. Ball, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, R. Birsa, M. Bodlak, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, L. Capozza, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, Ch. Dreisbach, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, Jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. Hahne, G. Hamar, D. von Harrach, F.H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A.A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, M. Roskot, N.S. Rossiyskaya, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, F. Sozzi, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, O. Subrt, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Takekawa, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, F. Thibaud, A. Thiel, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, J. Veloso, M. Virius, J. Vondra, S. Wallner, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, R. Windmolders, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, N. Zhuravlev, M. Ziembicki, and A. Zink

Subjects
Deep inelastic scattering, Kaon multiplicities, Quark fragmentation functions, Strange quark, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Precise measurements of charged-kaon multiplicities in deep inelastic scattering were performed. The results are presented in three-dimensional bins of the Bjorken scaling variable x, the relative virtual-photon energy y, and the fraction z of the virtual-photon energy carried by the produced hadron. The data were obtained by the COMPASS Collaboration by scattering 160 GeV muons off an isoscalar 6LiD target. They cover the kinematic domain 1(GeV/c)25 GeV/c2 in the invariant mass of the hadronic system. The results from the sum of the z-integrated K+ and K− multiplicities at high x point to a value of the non-strange quark fragmentation function larger than obtained by the earlier DSS fit.

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2017
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42. Leading-order determination of the gluon polarisation from semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering data

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C. Adolph, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov, M. G. Alexeev, G. D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N. V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C. D. R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E. R. Bielert, R. Birsa, J. Bisplinghoff, M. Bodlak, M. Boer, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, W.-C. Chang, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M. L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S. S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O. Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S. V. Donskov, N. Doshita, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P. D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J. M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O. P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. Hahne, D. von Harrach, R. Hashimoto, F. H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, F. Hinterberger, N. Horikawa, N. d’Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, R. Jahn, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, B. Ketzer, G. V. Khaustov, Yu. A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J. H. Koivuniemi, V. N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V. F. Konstantinov, A. M. Kotzinian, O. M. Kouznetsov, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z. V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R. P. Kurjata, A. A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G. K. Mallot, C. Marchand, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G. V. Meshcheryakov, W. Meyer, T. Michigami, Yu. V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, Y. Miyachi, P. Montuenga, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, V. I. Nikolaenko, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A. S. Nunes, A. G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D. V. Peshekhonov, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V. A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, M. Roskot, N. S. Rossiyskaya, D. I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V. D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I. A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, S. Schopferer, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, O. Yu. Shevchenko, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, F. Sozzi, A. Srnka, M. Stolarski, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Takekawa, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, F. Thibaud, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, J. Veloso, M. Virius, J. Vondra, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, M. Ziembicki, A. Zink, and COMPASS Collaboration

Subjects
Transverse Momentum, Monte Carlo, Systematic Uncertainty, Parton Shower, Monte Carlo Model, Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract Using a novel analysis technique, the gluon polarisation in the nucleon is re-evaluated using the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry measured in the cross section of semi-inclusive single-hadron muoproduction with photon virtuality $$Q^2>1~(\mathrm{GeV}/c)^2$$ Q 2 > 1 ( GeV / c ) 2 . The data were obtained by the COMPASS experiment at CERN using a 160 GeV/c polarised muon beam impinging on a polarised $$^6$$ 6 LiD target. By analysing the full range in hadron transverse momentum $$p_\mathrm{T}$$ p T , the different $$p_\mathrm{T}$$ p T -dependences of the underlying processes are separated using a neural-network approach. In the absence of pQCD calculations at next-to-leading order in the selected kinematic domain, the gluon polarisation $$\Delta g/g$$ Δ g / g is evaluated at leading order in pQCD at a hard scale of $$\mu ^2= \langle Q^2 \rangle = 3 (\mathrm{GeV}/c)^2$$ μ 2 = ⟨ Q 2 ⟩ = 3 ( GeV / c ) 2 . It is determined in three intervals of the nucleon momentum fraction carried by gluons, $$x_\mathrm{g}$$ x g , covering the range $$0.04 \!

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2017
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43. Exclusive ω meson muoproduction on transversely polarised protons

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C. Adolph, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, R. Birsa, J. Bisplinghoff, M. Bodlak, M. Boer, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger Jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. Hahne, D. von Harrach, R. Hashimoto, F.H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, F. Hinterberger, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, R. Jahn, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A.A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, C. Marchand, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, T. Michigami, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, P. Montuenga, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, V.I. Nikolaenko, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, M. Roskot, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, S. Schopferer, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, O.Yu. Shevchenko, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, F. Sozzi, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Takekawa, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, F. Thibaud, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, J. Veloso, M. Virius, J. Vondra, S. Wallner, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, M. Ziembicki, and A. Zink

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

Exclusive production of ω mesons was studied at the COMPASS experiment by scattering 160 GeV/c muons off transversely polarised protons. Five single-spin and three double-spin azimuthal asymmetries were measured in the range of photon virtuality 1 (GeV/c)2

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2017
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44. Multiplicities of charged pions and charged hadrons from deep-inelastic scattering of muons off an isoscalar target

Author

C. Adolph, M. Aghasyan, R. Akhunzyanov, G.D. Alexeev, M.G. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, N.V. Anfimov, V. Anosov, K. Augsten, W. Augustyniak, A. Austregesilo, C.D.R. Azevedo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, J. Barth, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, R. Birsa, J. Bisplinghoff, M. Bodlak, M. Boer, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, L. Capozza, W.-C. Chang, C. Chatterjee, M. Chiosso, I. Choi, S.-U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, E. Fuchey, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, F. Giordano, I. Gnesi, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, M. Grosse Perdekamp, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. Hahne, D. von Harrach, R. Hashimoto, F.H. Heinsius, R. Heitz, F. Herrmann, F. Hinterberger, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, C.-Y. Hsieh, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, R. Jahn, V. Jary, R. Joosten, P. Jörg, E. Kabuß, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O.M. Kouznetsov, M. Krämer, P. Kremser, F. Krinner, Z.V. Kroumchtein, R. Kuhn, Y. Kulinich, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A.A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, Y.-S. Lian, J. Lichtenstadt, R. Longo, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makins, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, C. Marchand, B. Marianski, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matoušek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G.V. Meshcheryakov, M. Meyer, W. Meyer, T. Michigami, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M. Mikhasenko, E. Mitrofanov, N. Mitrofanov, Y. Miyachi, P. Montuenga, A. Nagaytsev, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, V.I. Nikolaenko, J. Nový, W.-D. Nowak, G. Nukazuka, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, J.-C. Peng, F. Pereira, M. Pešek, D.V. Peshekhonov, N. Pierre, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, C. Riedl, M. Roskot, N.S. Rossiyskaya, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rybnikov, A. Rychter, R. Salac, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, C. Santos, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, T. Sawada, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, S. Schopferer, E. Seder, A. Selyunin, O.Yu. Shevchenko, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, J. Smolik, F. Sozzi, A. Srnka, D. Steffen, M. Stolarski, M. Sulc, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Takekawa, M. Tasevsky, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, F. Thibaud, F. Tosello, V. Tskhay, S. Uhl, J. Veloso, M. Virius, J. Vondra, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, R. Windmolders, J. ter Wolbeek, K. Zaremba, P. Zavada, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, N. Zhuravlev, M. Ziembicki, and A. Zink

Subjects
Deep inelastic scattering, Pion multiplicities, Fragmentation functions, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Multiplicities of charged pions and charged hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering were measured in three-dimensional bins of the Bjorken scaling variable x, the relative virtual-photon energy y and the relative hadron energy z. Data were obtained by the COMPASS Collaboration using a 160GeV muon beam and an isoscalar target (6LiD). They cover the kinematic domain in the photon virtuality Q2>1(GeV/c)2, 0.004

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2017
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46. Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviours in a representative epidemiological youth sample in Hong Kong: the significance of suicide-related rumination, family functioning, and ongoing population-level stressors

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Stephanie M. Y. Wong, Charlie H. Ip, Christy L. M. Hui, Y. N. Suen, Corine S. M. Wong, W. C. Chang, Sherry K. W. Chan, Edwin H. M. Lee, Simon S. Y. Lui, K. T. Chan, Michael T. H. Wong, and Eric Y. H. Chen

Subjects
Psychiatry and Mental health, Applied Psychology
Abstract

Background Young people are most vulnerable to suicidal behaviours but least likely to seek help. A more elaborate study of the intrinsic and extrinsic correlates of suicidal ideation and behaviours particularly amid ongoing population-level stressors and the identification of less stigmatising markers in representative youth populations is essential. Methods Participants (n = 2540, aged 15–25) were consecutively recruited from an ongoing large-scale household-based epidemiological youth mental health study in Hong Kong between September 2019 and 2021. Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt were assessed, alongside suicide-related rumination, hopelessness and neuroticism, personal and population-level stressors, family functioning, cognitive ability, lifetime non-suicidal self-harm, 12-month major depressive disorder (MDD), and alcohol use. Results The 12-month prevalence of suicidal ideation, ideation-only (no plan or attempt), plan, and attempt was 20.0, 15.4, 4.6, and 1.3%, respectively. Importantly, multivariable logistic regression findings revealed that suicide-related rumination was the only factor associated with all four suicidal outcomes (all p < 0.01). Among those with suicidal ideation (two-stage approach), intrinsic factors, including suicide-related rumination, poorer cognitive ability, and 12-month MDE, were specifically associated with suicide plan, while extrinsic factors, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stressors, poorer family functioning, and personal life stressors, as well as non-suicidal self-harm, were specifically associated with suicide attempt. Conclusions Suicide-related rumination, population-level COVID-19 stressors, and poorer family functioning may be important less-stigmatising markers for youth suicidal risks. The respective roles played by not only intrinsic but also extrinsic factors in suicide plan and attempt using a two-stage approach should be considered in future preventative intervention work.

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2022

47. Quantifying long-term upper-limb activity using wearable motion sensors after nerve reconstruction for neonatal brachial plexus palsy

Author

Whitney E, Muhlestein, Kate W C, Chang, Brandon W, Smith, Lynda J S, Yang, and Susan H, Brown

Subjects
General Medicine
Abstract

OBJECTIVE Standard, physician-elicited clinical assessment tools for the evaluation of function after nerve reconstruction for neonatal brachial plexus palsy (NBPP) do not accurately reflect real-world arm function. Wearable activity monitors allow for the evaluation of patient-initiated, spontaneous arm movement during activities of daily living. In this pilot study, the authors demonstrate the feasibility of using body-worn sensor technology to quantify spontaneous arm movement in children with NBPP 10 years after nerve reconstruction and report the timing and magnitude of recovered arm movement. METHODS Eight children with NBPP who underwent brachial plexus reconstruction approximately 10 years prior were recruited to take part in this single-institution prospective pilot study. Per the treatment protocol of the authors’ institution, operated patients had severe, nonrecovering nerve function at the time of surgery. The patients were fitted with an activity monitoring device on each of the affected and unaffected arms, which were worn for 7 consecutive days. The duration (VT) and power (VM) with which each arm moved during the patient’s normal daily activities were extracted from the accelerometry data and ratios comparing the affected and unaffected arms were calculated. Demographic data and standard physician-elicited clinical measures of upper-extremity function were also collected. RESULTS Three children underwent nerve grafting and transfer and 5 children underwent graft repair only. The mean (± SD) active range of motion was 98° ± 53° for shoulder abduction, 130° ± 24° for elbow flexion, and 39° ± 34° for shoulder external rotation. The median Medical Research Council grade was at least 2.5 for all muscle groups. The median Mallet grade was at least 2 for all categories, and 13.5 total. The VT ratio was 0.82 ± 0.08 and the VM ratio was 0.53 ± 0.12. CONCLUSIONS Wearable activity monitors such as accelerometers can be used to quantify spontaneous arm movement in children who underwent nerve reconstruction for NBPP at long-term follow-up. These data more accurately reflect complex, goal-oriented movement needed to perform activities of daily living. Notably, despite severe, nonrecovering nerve function early in life, postsurgical NBPP patients use their affected arms more than 80% of the time that they use their unaffected arms, paralleling results in patients with NBPP who recovered spontaneously. These data represent the first long-term, real-world evidence to support brachial plexus reconstruction for patients with NBPP.

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2022

48. Comparison on the structure and exchange bias in Co/MnPt and MnPt/Co polycrystalline films on glass substrates

Author

H. W. Chang, F. T. Yuan, P. Y. Yeh, Y. C. Chen, Y. L. Lai, P. H. Pan, C. R. Wang, Lance Horng, and W. C. Chang

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Structure and magnetic properties of sputter-prepared Co(5 nm)/MnPt(20 nm) and MnPt/Co polycrystalline films with various annealing temperatures (T) have been compared. XRD and TEM analysis show that MnPt is more compressive in film plane for Co/MnPt than MnPt/Co at as-deposited state. Large HE of 464-560 Oe are attained in two series films through proper thermal process of post annealing and cooling in external magnetic field. The increase of HE with T is mainly dominated by the ordering degree of MnPt layer and the roughness of the interface. As compared to MnPt/Co film (T = 250 °C), Co/MnPt film with more compressive in film plane exhibits L10-ordering, the onset of stress release, and the optimized HE at lower T = 200 °C. Higher HE for MnPt/Co film at T = 250 °C (560 Oe) than Co/MnPt film T = 200 °C (464 Oe) might be related to grain growth for L10 phase. Nevertheless, higher annealing temperature leads to the interdiffusion, the roughened surface and therefore the decrease of HE and Hc. This study provides useful information to fabricate exchange-bias system with L10-MnPt as an antiferromagnetic layer.

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2019
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50. Persistence of Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy among Nulliparous Versus Parous Women

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Rodney A. McLaren Jr., Kate W.-C. Chang, Nana-Ama E. Ankumah, Lynda J.-S. Yang, and Suneet P. Chauhan

Subjects
neonatal brachial plexus palsy, nulliparous, persistent, shoulder dystocia, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991
Abstract

Abstract Objective Our objective was to compare persistence of neonatal brachial plexus palsy (NBPP) at 1 and 2 years in children of nulliparous versus parous women. Study Design We conducted a retrospective cohort study of children diagnosed with NBPP followed at the University of Michigan, Interdisciplinary Brachial Plexus Program (UM-BPP). Self-reported demographics, delivery history, including birth weight (BW)

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2019
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