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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Measurement of the spectroscopy of orbitally excited mesons with the L3 detector
No full textWe measure the mass, decay width and production rate of orbitally excited B mesons in 1.25 million hadronic Z decays registered by the L3 detector in 1994 and 1995. B meson candidates are inclusively reconstructed and combined with charged pions produced at the event primary vertex. An excess of events above the expected background is observed in the B\pi mass spectrum near 5.7 GeV. These events are interpreted as resulting from the decay B^** -> B^(*)pi, where B^** denotes a mixture of L=1 B meson spin states. The masses and decay widths of the B^*_2 (j_q = 3/2) and B^*_1 (j_q = 1/2) resonances and the relative production rate for the combination of all spin states are extracted from a fit to the mass spectrum
Measurement of Diboson Production with CMS
No full textWe investigate the CMS potential for the observation and study of the pp -> ZZ -> e+e-e+e- and pp -> WZ -> 3l (l=e,mu) reactions, using fully simulated signal and background samples. It is shown that these processes are potentially accessible with early CMS data, thanks to relatively high production cross sections at LHC energies, together with clear signatures of the multi-lepton final states. The main systematic effects relevant for cross section measurements with 1 and 10 inverse femtobarns of data are addressed. We demonstrate that multiple gauge-boson production in pp collisions at LHC energies can be observed in the early phase of the experiment, with an integrated luminosity of 1 inverse femtobarn or less
First Measurements of Diboson Processes at the LHC
No full textWe present studies of diboson production in pp collisions
based on data recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC
at 7 TeV center-of-mass energy in 2011 and 8 TeV in 2012.
These include precise measurements of W and Z production
in association with a photon and of WW, WZ and ZZ production
at the LHC.
The results are interpreted in terms of constraints on anomalous triple
gauge couplings
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Measurement of diboson production in early LHC data
No full textWe investigate the discovery potential for the process at CMS, using full detector simulation of the signal and of the various physics and instrumental backgrounds. We propose data driven methods to extract backgrounds and estimate that we can reach 5 significance of WZ signal at CMS with less than 350 pb at 95 \% C.L.
Measurements of Gauge Boson Self-Interactions at CMS
No full textA critical prediction of the Standard Model electroweak theory is the existence of triple and quartic gauge-boson self-interactions. The 2010-12 LHC run has resulted in a wealth of data in this sector, which can now be probed in many different production modes, both ordinary and potentially anomalous, with a sensitivity that is world-leading.
In this seminar, recent CMS results are presented for: measurements of diboson production, with associated constraints on triple gauge boson couplings; the first LHC measurement of purely electroweak production of a Z with two forward jets; and two-photon production of W pairs, with the first LHC constraints on quartic gauge couplings
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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