Gunderson, S, Nordone, S, LaVoy, A, Zhang, L, Klaenhammer, T, Dean, G
No abstract available.
Chadov, S., Schärf, D., Fecher, G. H., Felser, C., Zhang, L., Singh, D. J.
We report density functional studies of the Fe$_{1-x}$Cu$_x$Se alloy done using supercell and coherent potential approximation methods. Magnetic behavior was investigated using the disordered local...
Evidence for the η_b(1S) Meson in Radiative Υ(2S) Decay (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees , J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We have performed a search for the η_b(1S) meson in the radiative decay of the Υ(2S) resonance using a sample of 91.6 × 10^6 Υ(2S) events recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B factory...
First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings (2009)
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
We report on a matched-filter search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic string cusps using LIGO data from the fourth science run (S4) which took place in February and March 2005. No...
Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with S5 LIGO data (2009)
Collaboration, The LIGO Scientific, Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., ...
We present a search for gravitational waves from 116 known millisecond and young pulsars using data from the fifth science run of the LIGO detectors. For this search ephemerides overlapping the run...
Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed black holes in LIGO S4 data (2009)
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
According to general relativity a perturbed black hole will settle to a stationary configuration by the emission of gravitational radiation. Such a perturbation will occur, for example, in the...
Measurement of the γγ* → π^0 transition form factor (2009)
Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent , X., ...
We study the reaction e^(+)e^(-) → e^(+)e^(-)π^0 in the single tag mode and measure the differential cross section dσ/dQ^2 and the γγ* → π^0 transition form factor in the momentum transfer...
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith , P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries, of total mass between 2 and 35M_☉, using LIGO observations between November 14, 2006 and May 18, 2007. No...
Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data (2009)
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
This paper reports on an all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves from sources such as deformed isolated rapidly spinning neutron stars. The analysis uses 840 hours of data from 66 days of the...
Search for b → u transitions in B^0 → D^(0)K^(*0) decays (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present a study of the decays B^0 → D^(0)K^(*0) and B^0 →[overline D]^(0)K^(*0) with K^(*0) → K^(+)π^-. The D^0 and the [overline D]^0 mesons are reconstructed in the final states f =...
Search for B0 meson decays to pi^0KS^0KS^0, etaKS^0KS^0, and eta^([prime])KS^0KS^0 (2009)
Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...
We describe searches for B^0 meson decays to the charmless final states π^(0)K^(0)_(S)K^(0)_(S), ηK^(0)_(S)K^(0)_(S), and η'K^(0)_(S)K^(0)_(S). The data sample corresponds to 467 × 10^6...
LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (2009)
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P, Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
The goal of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is to detect and study gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. Direct detection of GWs holds the promise of...
Magnetically Torqued Neutrino-Dominated Accretion Flows for Gamma-ray Bursts (2009)
Lei, W. H., Wang, D. X., Zhang, L., Gan, Z. M., Zou, Y. C., Xie, Y.
Recent observations and theoretical work on gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) favor the central engine model of a Kerr black hole (BH) surrounded by a magnetized neutrino-dominated accretion flow (NDAF). The...
The CMS barrel calorimeter response to particle beams from 2 to 350 GeV/c (2009)
Abdullin, S., Abramov, V., Acharya, B., Adam, N., Adams, M., Adzic, P., ...
Improved Measurement of B^+ → ρ^+ ρ^0 and Determination of the Quark-Mixing Phase Angle α (2009)
Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., ...
We present improved measurements of the branching fraction B, the longitudinal polarization fraction f_L, and the direct CP asymmetry A_(CP) in the B meson decay channel B^+ → p^+p^0. The data...
Evidence for X(3872) → Ψ (2S)y in B^± → X(3872)K^± Decays and a Study of B → ccyK (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
In a search for B → ccyK decays with the BABAR detector, where cc includes J/Ψ and Ψ (2S), and K includes K^±, K^0_S , and K^*(892), we find evidence for X(3872) → J/Ψy and X(3872) → Ψ...
Search for the decay B^+-->K_s^0K_s^0pi^+ (2009)
Aubert , B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We search for charmless decays of charged B mesons to the three-body final state K_S^0K_S^0pi^+. Using a data sample of 423.7 fb^(-1) collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the BABAR detector,...
Direct CP, Lepton Flavor, and Isospin Asymmetries in the Decays B → K^(*)l^+l^- (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We measure branching fractions and integrated rate asymmetries for the rare decays B→K(*)l^+l^-, where l^+l^- is either e^+e^- or µ^+µ^-, using a sample of 384×10^6 B B events collected with the...
Aubert , B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present measurements of the time-dependent CP-violation parameters S and C in the decays B0-->omegaKS0, B0-->eta[prime]K0, reconstructed as eta[prime]KS0 and eta[prime]KL0, and B0-->pi0KS0. The...
Measurement of the B^+ → omegal^+nu and B^+ → etal^+nu branching fractions (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present a study of the charmless semileptonic B-meson decays B^+ → omega[script-l]^+nu and B^+ → eta[script-l]^+nu. The analysis is based on 3.83×10^8 B[overline B] pairs recorded at the...
Evidence for B^+ → [overline K]^(*0)K^(*+) (2009)
Aubert , B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present measurements of the branching fraction and fraction of longitudinal polarization for the decay B^+ K^(*0)K^(*+) with a sample of (467±5)×10^6 BB pairs collected with the BABAR detector...
Observation of B meson decays to omegaK^* and improved measurements for omegarho and omegaf_0 (2009)
Aubert , B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent , X., ...
We present measurements of B meson decays to the final states ωK^*, ωp, and ωf_0, where K^* indicates a spin 0, 1, or 2 strange meson. The data sample corresponds to 465×10^6 BB pairs collected...
Angular distributions in the decay B → K^*l^+l^- (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prudent, X., ...
We use a sample of 384×106 B[overline B] events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e- collider to study angular distributions in the rare decays B-->K*[script-l]+[script-l]-, where...
Dalitz plot analysis of D_s^+ → π^+π^-π^+ (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
A Dalitz plot analysis of approximately 13 000 D_s^+ decays to π^+π^-π^+ has been performed. The analysis uses a 384 fb-1 data sample recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy...
Measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries in B^0 → D^((*)+)D^((*)-) decays (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present new measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries for B^0→D(*)+D(*)- decays using (467±5)×10^6 B[overline B] pairs collected with the BABAR detector located at the PEP-II B Factory at...
Chase, A., Schultheis, B., Kreil, S., Baxter, J., Hidalgo-Curtis, C., Jones, A., ...
Imatinib is usually a highly effective treatment for myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) associated with ABL, PDGFRA or PDGFRB gene fusions; however, occasional imatinib-responsive patients have been...
Measurement of the e^(+)e^(-)→ bb(macron) cross section between √s = 10.54 and 11.20 GeV (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We report e^(+)e^(-)→ bb(macron) cross section measurements by the BABAR experiment performed during an energy scan in the range of 10.54 to 11.20 GeV at the SLAC PEP-II e^(+)e^(-) collider. A...
Chen, XM, Li, YB, Zuo, Y, Zhang, L, Li, JD, Wang, HA
Nano-hydroxyapatite(n-HA)/chitosan(CS) composite membranes were prepared by solvent casting and evaporation methods for the function of guided bone regeneration (GBR). The effect of n-HA content and...
Branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in radiative B decays to ηKγ (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
We present measurements of the CP-violation parameters S and C for the radiative decay B^0 → ηK^0_Sγ for B → ηKγ we also measure the branching fractions and for B^+ → ηK^+γ the...
Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Decays tau^- --> l^-Ks^0 with the BABAR Experiment (2009)
Aubert, B., Bona, M., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., ...
A search for the lepton flavor violating decays τ^- → l^- K^0_S (l = e or µ) has been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 469 fb-1, collected with the BABAR...
Neuropeptide Y Gene Polymorphisms Confer Risk of Early-Onset Atherosclerosis (2009)
Shah, S.H., Freedman, N.J., Zhang, L., Crosslin, D.R., Stone, D.H., Haynes, C., ...
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a strong candidate gene for coronary artery disease (CAD). We have previously identified genetic linkage to familial CAD in the genomic region of NPY. We performed follow-up...
On-line scheduling with constraints (2009)
Scheduling is concerned with the process of deciding how to commit resources between a variety of possible tasks with the aim of optimizing some performance criterion. Efficient scheduling is a vital...
All-sky LIGO search for periodic gravitational waves in the early fifth-science-run data. (2009)
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range 50-1100 Hz and with the frequency's time derivative in the range -5 x 10{-9}-0 Hz s{-1}....
An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin (2009)
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Acernese, F., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., ...
A stochastic background of gravitational waves is expected to arise from a superposition of a large number of unresolved gravitational-wave sources of astrophysical and cosmological origin. It should...
LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (2009)
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
The goal of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is to detect and study gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. Direct detection of GWs holds the promise of...
Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state (2009)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
We introduce a novel cooling technique capable of approaching the quantum ground state of a kilogram-scale system-an interferometric gravitational wave detector. The detectors of the Laser...
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
We have searched for gravitational waves from coalescing low mass compact binary systems with a total mass between 2M(circle dot) and 35M(circle dot) and a minimum component mass of 1M(circle dot)...
Stacked Search for Gravitational Waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 Storm (2009)
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
We present the results of a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with the 2006 March 29 SGR 1900+14 storm. A new search method is used, "stacking" the GW data around...
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
We have searched for gravitational waves from coalescing low mass compact binary systems with a total mass between 2M/sub o/ and 35M/sub o/ and a minimum component mass of 1M/sub o/ using data from...
Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
We have searched for gravitational waves from coalescing low mass compact binary systems with a total mass between 2M_([sun]) and 35Mz-([sun]) and a minimum component mass of 1M_([sun]) using data...
Large-scale public infrastructure projects have featured in China’s modernization course since the early 1980s. During the early stages of China’s rapid economic development, public attention...
M. Kopacz, D. J. Jacob, J. A. Fisher, J. A. Logan, L. Zhang, I. A. Megretskaia, ...
We combine CO column measurements from the MOPITT, AIRS, SCIAMACHY, and TES satellite instruments in a full-year (May 2004–April 2005) global inversion of CO sources at 4°×5° spatial...
Chase, A., Schultheis, B., Kreil, S., Baxter, J., Hidalgo-Curtis, C., Jones, Alexander, ...
Imatinib is usually a highly effective treatment for myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) associated with ABL, PDGFRA or PDGFRB gene fusions; however, occasional imatinib-responsive patients have been...
Chase, A., Schultheis, B., Kreil, S., Baxter, J., Hidalgo-Curtis, C., Jones, Alexander, ...
Imatinib is usually a highly effective treatment for myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) associated with ABL, PDGFRA or PDGFRB gene fusions; however, occasional imatinib-responsive patients have been...
Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data (2009)
LIGO Sci Collaboration, Abbott, BP, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Ajith, P, Allen, B, ...
Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters (2008)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., ...
We present a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with soft gamma ray repeater (SGR) bursts. This is the first search sensitive to neutron star f modes, usually...
A joint search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and LIGO (2008)
Baggio, L., Bignotto, M., Bonaldi, M., Cerdonio, M., De Rosa, M., Falferi, P., ...
The first simultaneous operation of the AURIGA detector(63) and the LIGO observatory(64) was an opportunity to explore real data, joint analysis methods between two very different types of...
Study of B meson decays with excited eta and eta ` mesons (2008)
BABAR Collaboration, Aubert, B, Bona, M, Boutigny, D, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, JP, ...
A joint search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and LIGO (2008)
Baggio, L, Bignotto, M, Bonaldi, M, Cerdonio, M, Rosa, M De, Falferi, P, ...
"The first simultaneous operation of the AURIGA detector and the LIGO observatory was an opportunity to explore real data, joint analysis methods between two very different types of gravitational...
Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects (2008)
Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Ajith, P, Allen, B, Allen, G, ...
"In gravitational-wave detection, special emphasis is put onto searches that focus on cosmic events detected by other types of astrophysical observatories. The astrophysical triggers, e.g. from g-ray...
First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data (2008)
Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Ajith, P, Allen, B, Allen, G, ...
"We present the results of the first joint search for gravitational-wave bursts by the LIGO and GEO 600 detectors. We search for bursts with characteristic central frequencies in the band 768-2048 Hz...
Effects of crust constraints on bread expansion and CO2 release (2007)
Zhang, L., Lucas, T., Doursat, C., Flick, D., Wagner, M.
Artificial covers were designed and used to study the effects of crust constraints on bread expansion and gas release during baking. The results were interpreted by comparison with the results of...
Polymeric organometallic architectures of novel P-Se anions. (2007)
Shi, W., Shafaei-Fallah, M., Zhang, L., Anson, C.E., Matern, E., Rothenberger, A.
Chemistry - A European Journal, 13(2007) S.598-603
Shi, W., Zhang, L., Shafaei-Fallah, M., Rothenberger, A.
Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 633(2007) S.440-42
Reactions of coinage metal salts with a mixed sulfonic/carboxylic acid anhydride. (2007)
Shi, W.F., Zhang, L., Shafaei-Fallah, M., Rothenberger, A.
Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie. 633(2007) S.2431-34
Zhu, Chun-Fang, Liu, Qiang; U0051078, Zhang, L, Yuan, Hai-Xin, Zhen, Wei, Zhang, Jin-Song, ...
Members of the RNase superfamily participate in a diverse array of biological processes, including RNA degradation, antipathogen activities, angiogenesis, and digestion. In the present study, we...
Hommes, D W, Colombel, J-F, Gendre, J-P, Oldenburg, B, ...
INTRODUCTION: This study was designed to evaluate the safety of fontolizumab, a humanised anti-interferon gamma antibody, in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD). PATIENTS AND...
Xu, X. B., Liu, Y., Fangohr, H., Zhang, L., Ding, S. Y., Wang, Z. H., ...
We study numerically the effect of vortex pinning on the hysteresis voltage-temperature V-T loop of vortex matter. It is found that different types of the V-T loops result from different densities of...
Amberger, H.D., Zhang, L., Reddmann, H., Apostolidis, C., Walter, O.
Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 632(2006) S.2467-70
Formal Specification and State Space Analysis of an Operational Planning Process (2005)
Mitchell, B., Michael, L., Zhang, L.
This report presents the tools and techniques used to formally specify and analyse the business process for planning at an operational headquarters (HQ) of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The...
Constructing university timetable using constraint satisfaction programming approach (2005)
The timetabling problem consists of a set of subjects to be scheduled in different timeslots, a set of rooms in which the subjects can take place, a set of students who attend the subjects, and a set...
Third harmonics due to surface barrier in high-temperature superconductor (2005)
Xu, X. B., Zhang, L., Leng, X., Ding, S. Y., Liu, H. K., Wang, X. L., ...
The influence of surface barrier on the third harmonics ac susceptibility (chi3) is studied numerically. The surface barrier is described by a critical current density in surfaces which are higher...
Exact solutions for vibration of open cylindrical shells with intermediate ring supports (2005)
Zhang, L., Xiang, Y., Deeks, Andrew J., Hao, Hong
This paper presents an analytical procedure for determining the free vibration frequencies of open circular cylindrical shells with intermediate ring supports based on the Flügge thin shell theory....
COAST - an operational planning tool for course of action development and analysis (2004)
Zhang, L., Kristensen, L.M., Mitchell, B., Gallasch, G., Mechlenborg, P., Janczura, C.
This paper presents a Course Of Action Scheduling Tool (COAST), a military operational planning tool for course of action (COA) development and analysis. COAST supports automated sequencing and...
Decision-theoretic military operations planning (2004)
Aberdeen, D., Thiébaux, S., Zhang, L.
Military operations planning involves concurrent actions, resource assignment, and conflicting costs. Individual tasks sometimes fail with a known probability, promoting a decision-theoretic...
Amberger, H.D., Reddmann, H., Guttenberger, C., Unrecht, B., Zhang, L., Apostolidis, C., ...
Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 629(2003 ) S.1522-34
Scheduling operational-level courses of action (2003)
Planning for the operational level of war is concerned with the sequencing and scheduling of operations and tactical actions to achieve strategic objectives. Analysis of an operational-level plan...
Multi-resolution image-based 3D modeling of cultural heritage (2001)
A. Gruen, F. Remondino, L. Zhang
modeling of the area around and including the valley of Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the 3D reconstruction of the two lost Buddha statues, their actual empty niches, the rock cliff with the Buddhist monks...
Genotoxic markers among butadiene polymer workers in China (2000)
Hayes, R.B., Zhang, L., Yin, S., Swenberg, J.A., Xi, L., Wiencke, J., ...
While 1,3-butadiene is carcinogenic in rodents, cancer causation in humans is less certain. We examined a spectrum of genotoxic outcomes in 41 butadiene polymer production workers and 38 non-exposed...
Although it is widely recognized that an offender's perceptions of the legitimacy of legal sanctions are directly related to his or her subsequent behavioural adjustment, few studies examine the...
Measures of effectiveness for Joint Maritime C31 systems (1999)
Zhang, L., Scholz, J.B., Krause, D.
In military capability development, Defence planners often face the problem of setting priorities for competing projects such as platforms, weapons, sensors, communications and information systems....
Zhang, L, Rothman, N, Wang, Y, Hayes, RB, Li, G, Dosemeci, M, ...
Extremely robust turbo coded HF modem (1996)
Zhang, L., Zhang, W., Ball, J.T., Gill, M.C.
In this paper, we propose an extremely robust, low rate HF modem for military radio communications. The modem design is based on the existing DSTO chirp modem which uses a half rate, memory length...