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    Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B0→K∗0γ )/B(B0s→φγ ) and the directCP asymmetry inB 0→K∗0γ

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    The ratio of branching fractions of the radiative B decays B0→K⁎0γ and B0s→ϕγ has been measured using an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1 of pp collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of s√=7TeV. The value obtained is B(B0→K⁎0γ)B(B0s→ϕγ)=1.23±0.06(stat.)±0.04(syst.)±0.10(fs/fd), where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is the experimental systematic uncertainty and the third is associated with the ratio of fragmentation fractions fs/fd. Using the world average value for B(B0→K⁎0γ), the branching fraction B(B0s→ϕγ) is measured to be (3.5±0.4)×10−5. The direct CP asymmetry in B0→K⁎0γ decays has also been measured with the same data and found to be ACP(B0→K⁎0γ)=(0.8±1.7(stat.)±0.9(syst.))%. Both measurements are the most precise to date and are in agreement with the previous experimental results and theoretical expectations

    Branching fraction and CP asymmetry of the decays B+→K0Sπ+ and B+→K0SK+

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    An analysis of B+ → K0 Sπ+ and B+ → K0 S K+ decays is performed with the LHCb experiment. The pp collision data used correspond to integrated luminosities of 1 fb−1 and 2 fb−1 collected at centre-ofmass energies of √ s = 7 TeV and √ s = 8 TeV, respectively. The ratio of branching fractions and the direct CP asymmetries are measured to be B(B+ → K0 S K+ )/B(B+ → K0 Sπ+ ) = 0.064 ± 0.009 (stat.) ± 0.004 (syst.), ACP(B+ → K0 Sπ+ ) = −0.022 ± 0.025 (stat.) ± 0.010 (syst.) and ACP(B+ → K0 S K+ ) = −0.21 ± 0.14 (stat.) ± 0.01 (syst.). The data sample taken at √ s = 7 TeV is used to search for B+ c → K0 S K+ decays and results in the upper limit ( fc · B(B+ c → K0 S K+ ))/( fu · B(B+ → K0 Sπ+ )) < 5.8 × 10−2 at 90% confidence level, where fc and fu denote the hadronisation fractions of a ¯b quark into a B+ c or a B+ meson, respectively

    Measurement of branching fractions for B → χc1(2)K (K*) at Belle

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    We have measured the branching fractions for the exclusive decay modes B→χc1(2)K(K*) using a 140 fb-1 data sample collected by the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e +e- collider. The measured branching fractions for B +→χc1K+, B0→χ c1K0, B0→χc1K* 0 and B+→χc1K*+ decay modes are (4.5±0.2±0.5)×10-4, (3.5±0.3±0.5)×10-4, (3.1±0.3±0.7) ×10-4 and (4.1±0.6±0.9)×10-4, respectively, where the first error is statistical and the second error is systematic. We do not observe statistically significant signals for the B→χc2K(K*) decay modes and set upper limits at the 90% confidence level. We also study the helicity distribution for B→χc1K* decay mode and show that the longitudinal polarization component is dominant. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.LPH

    Search for the suppressed decays B+→K+K+π− and B+→π+π+K−

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    © 2016 The Author A search is made for the highly-suppressed B meson decays B+→K+K+π− and B+→π+π+K− using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb experiment in proton–proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. No evidence is found for the decays, and upper limits at 90% confidence level are determined to be B(B+→K+K+π−)<1.1×10−8 and B(B+→π+π+K−)<4.6×10−8

    First observation of the decay Bs0→K*0K*0

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    The first observation of the decay B0s→K∗0K∗0 is reported using 35 pb−1 of data collected by LHCb in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. A total of 49.8±7.5 B0s→(K+π−)(K−π+) events are observed within ±50 MeV/c2 of the B0s mass and 746 MeV/c2 < mKπ < 1046 MeV/c2, mostly coming from a resonant B0s→K∗0K∗0 signal. The branching fraction and the CP-averaged K∗0 longitudinal polarization fraction are measured to be B(B0s→K∗0K∗0)=(2.81±0.46(stat.)±0.45(syst.)±0.34(fs/ fd))×10−5 and fL =0.31±0.12(stat.)±0.04(syst.)

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The 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

    SIMPLIFIED MODELING OF HIGH-J FAR-INFRARED AND MICROWAVE SPECTRA OF TETRAHEDRAL XY4XY_{4} MOLECULES

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    1^{1} W. G. Harter and C. W. Patterson, J. Chem. Phys. 66, 4872-4885 (1977); C. W. Patterson and W. G. Harter, J. Chem. Phys. 66, 4886-4892 (1977). 2^{2} H. W. Galbraith, C. W. Patterson, B. J. Krohn, and W. G. Harter, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 73, 475-493 (1978).Author Institution:We use the C3C_{3} and C4C_{4} symmetric-top representations 1,2^{1,2} for rapidly rotating spherical-top molecules to approximate the clustered values of F3F_{3} and diagonal F4F^{4}- coefficients with 3-J symbols. These coefficients then specify the intensities and wavenumbers, respectively, of absorption lines for the ``forbidden’’ pure rotational transitions in the vibrational ground state of tetrahedral XY4XY_{4} molecules. We predict the absorption to be strongest for those states which correspond to rotation about the C3C_{3} axes, and which satisfy the selection rule ΔK=0,±3\Delta K = 0, \pm 3, Model spectra for ΔJ=+1\Delta J = +1 (far-infrared) and ΔJ=0\Delta J = 0 (microwave) transitions will be shown

    Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts

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    We conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more sophisticated methods

    Measurement of the CKM angle gamma from a combination of B->Dh analyses

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    A combination of three LHCb measurements of the CKM angle gamma is presented. The decays B->DK and B->Dpi are used, where D denotes an admixture of D0 and D0-bar mesons, decaying into K+K-, pi+pi-, K+-pi-+, K+-pi-+pi+-pi-+, KSpi+pi-, or KSK+K- final states. All measurements use a dataset corresponding to 1.0 fb-1 of integrated luminosity. Combining results from B->DK decays alone a best-fit value of gamma = 72.0 deg is found, and confidence intervals are set gamma in [56.4,86.7] deg at 68% CL, gamma in [42.6,99.6] deg at 95% CL. The best-fit value of gamma found from a combination of results from B->Dpi decays alone, is gamma = 18.9 deg, and the confidence intervals gamma in [7.4,99.2] deg or [167.9,176.4] deg at 68% CL, are set, without constraint at 95% CL. The combination of results from B->DK and B->Dpi decays gives a best-fit value of gamma = 72.6 deg and the confidence intervals gamma in [55.4,82.3] deg at 68% CL, gamma in [40.2,92.7] deg at 95% CL are set. All values are expressed modulo 180 deg, and are obtained taking into account the effect of D0-D0bar mixing

    How do you like that? : queer translations and disidentifications of K-pop within online fandoms

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    Since the mid-2000s, Korean popular music (K-pop) has continued to rise in popularity in Western countries like the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. As such, Western academic and media discourse on K-pop has revolved around finding answers to explain K-pop’s meteoric and continued rise in popularity in the West since Psy’s viral hit “Gangnam Style” in 2013. However, these analyses often conclude that the reasons for K-pop’s popularity are due to idol groups’ catchy dance routines and pop music that blends Korean and English lyrics with Western musical styles. Although, many critique K-pop’s blend of musical styles, particularly Black musical traditions of hip-hop and rap as ‘inauthentic’. However, K-pop scholarship within cultural, media, and Asia American studies argue that K-pop should be considered as ‘hybrid’ to acknowledge its political and cultural history in addition to the complex ways it is translated transnationally by racialized individuals. Drawing upon scholarship in the disciplines of queer, critical race, media, Asian American and fan studies, this thesis aims to further current discourse on K-pop’s hybridity by exploring the ways K-pop is translated as ‘Asiatic’ and queer, which brings K-pop’s Asianish and campy aesthetics to the forefront. Often missing from the conversation, this thesis centers around transnational queer and Asian K-pop fans to highlight the transformative ways the Asiatic as a queer space facilitates Asiatic disidentifications of K-pop. Theorized by Christopher Patterson, the Asiatic refers to a “style or form recognize as Asianish but [remains] adaptable, fluid, and outside of the authentic/inauthentic binary” (2020, p. 29). In this way, K-pop facilitates a queer space within online fandoms to ‘play’ along with K-pop idols through the process of Asiatic disidentification to challenge and navigate dominant culture. Considering the Covid-19 pandemic, this thesis argues that it is imperative to explore how K-pop and idols are translated by Western social institutions that continue to exacerbate anti-Asian racism. In addition, this thesis considers the ways queer K-pop fans’ translations of K-pop occur within a heteronormative and patriarchal framework in and outside of countries like South Korea as 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals continue to face disproportionate violence and death globally.Arts, Faculty ofGender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, Institute forGraduat
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