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Study of η and η' Photoproduction at MAMI

Kashevarov, V. L.; Ott, P.; Prakhov, S.; Adlarson, P.; Afzal, F.; Ahmed, Z.; Akondi, C. S.; Annand, J. R. M.; Arends, H. J.; Beck, R.; Braghieri, A.; Briscoe, W. J.; Cividini, F.; Codling, R.; Collicott, C.; Costanza, S.; Denig, A.; Downie, E. J.; Dieterle, M.; Ferretti Bondy, M. I.; Fil’kov, L. V.; Fix, A.; Gardner, S.; Garni, S.; Glazier, D. I.; Glowa, D.; Sarty, A. (American Physical Society, 2017-05-26)

The reactions γp→ηp and γp→η′p are measured from their thresholds up to the center-of-mass energy W=1.96 GeV with the tagged-photon facilities at the Mainz Microtron, MAMI. ...
Nuclear force imprints revealed on the elastic scattering of protons with 10C

Kumar, A.; Kanungo, R.; Calci, A.; Navratil, P.; Sanetullaev, A.; Alcorta, M.; Bildstein, V.; Christian, G.; Davids, B.; Dohet-Eraly, J.; Fallis, J.; Gallant, A. T.; Hackman, G.; Hadinia, B.; Hupin, G.; Ishimoto, S.; Krucken, R.; Laffoley, A. T.; Lighthall, J.; Miller, D.; Quaglioni, S.; Randhawa, J. S.; Rand, E. T.; Rojas, A.; Roth, R.; Shotter, A.; Tanaka, J.; Tanihata, I.; Unsworth, C. (American Physical Society, 2017-06-28)

How does nature hold together protons and neutrons to form the wide variety of complex nuclei in the Universe? Describing many-nucleon systems from the fundamental theory of quantum chromodynamics has been the greatest ...
Helicity-dependent cross sections and double-polarization observable E in η photoproduction from quasifree protons and neutrons

Witthauer, L.; Dieterle, M.; Abt, S.; Achenbach, P.; Afzal, F.; Ahmed, Z.; Akondi, C. S.; Annand, J. R. M.; Arends, H. J.; Bashkanov, M.; Beck, R.; Biroth, M.; Borisov, N. S.; Braghieri, A.; Briscoe, W. J.; Cividini, F.; Costanza, S.; Collicott, C.; Denig, A.; Downie, E. J.; Drexler, P.; Ferretti-Bondy, M. I.; Gardner, S.; Garni, S.; Glazier, D. I.; Sarty, A. (American Physical Society, 2017-05-01)

Precise helicity-dependent cross sections and the double-polarization observable E were measured for η photoproduction from quasifree protons and neutrons bound in the deuteron. The η→2γ and η&rarr ...
β-decay half-lives and β-delayed neutron emission probabilities for several isotopes of Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, and Bi, beyond N=126

Caballero-Folch, R.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Agramunt, J.; Algora, A.; Ameil, F.; Ayyad, Y.; Benlliure, J.; Bowry, M.; Calviño, F.; Cano-Ott, D.; Cortès, G.; Davinson, T.; Dillmann, I.; Estrade, A.; Evdokimov, A.; Faestermann, T.; Farinon, F.; Galaviz, D.; García, A. R.; Geissel, H.; Gelletly, W.; Gernhäuser, R.; Gómez-Hornillos, M. B.; Guerrero, C. (American Physical Society, 2017-06-23)

Background: There have been measurements on roughly 230 nuclei that are β-delayed neutron emitters. They range from ⁸He up to ¹⁵⁰La. Apart from ²¹⁰Tl, with a branching ratio of only ...
Determination of the Neutron-Capture Rate of 17C for the R-process Nucleosynthesis

Heine, M.; Typel, S.; Wu, M.-R.; Adachi, T.; Aksyutina, Y.; Alcantara, J.; Altstadt, S.; Alvarez-Pol, H.; Ashwood, N.; Atar, L.; Aumann, T.; Avdeichikov, V.; Barr, M.; Beceiro-Novo, S.; Bemmerer, D.; Benlliure, J.; Bertulani, C. A.; Boretzky, K.; Borge, M. J. G.; Burgunder, G.; Caamano, M.; Caesar, C.; Casarejos, E.; Catford, W.; Cederkall, J.; Chakraborty, S.; Chartier, M.; Chulkov, L. V.; Cortina-Gil, D.; Crespo, R.; Datta Pramanik, U.; Dıaz Fernandez, P.; Dillmann, I.; Elekes, Z.; Enders, J.; Ershova, O.; Estrade, A.; Kanungo, R. (American Physical Society, 2017-01-30)

With the R³B-LAND setup at GSI we have measured exclusive relative-energy spectra of the Coulomb dissociation of ¹⁸C at a projectile energy around 425A MeV on a lead target, which are needed to determine ...
Measurement of the π0→e+e−γ Dalitz decay at MAMI

Adlarson, P.; Afzal, F.; Aguar-Bartolome, P.; Ahmed, Z.; Akondi, C. S.; Annand, J. R. M.; Arends, H. J.; Bantawa, K.; Beck, R.; Berghauser, H.; Biroth, M.; Borisov, N. S.; Braghieri, A.; Briscoe, W. J.; Cherepnya, S.; Cividini, F.; Collicott, C.; Costanza, S.; Denig, A.; Dieterle, M.; Downie, E. J.; Drexler, P.; Ferretti-Bondy, M. I.; Fil’kov, L. V.; Gardner, S.; Garni, S.; Glazier, D. I.; Glowa, D. (American Physical Society, 2017-02-09)

The Dalitz decay π⁰→e⁺e⁻γ has been measured in the γp→π⁰p reaction with the A2 tagged-photon facility at the Mainz Microtron, MAMI. The value ...
Measurement of the ω→π0e+e− and η→e+e−γ Dalitz decays with the A2 setup at the Mainz Microtron

Adlarson, P.; Afzal, F.; Aguar-Bartolome, P.; Ahmed, Z.; Annand, J. R. M.; Arends, H. J.; Bantawa, K.; Beck, R.; Berghauser, H.; Biroth, M.; Borisov, N. S.; Braghieri, A.; Briscoe, W. J.; Cherepnya, S.; Cividini, F.; Collicott, C.; Costanza, S.; Danilkin, I. V.; Denig, A.; Dieterle, M.; Downie, E. J.; Drexler, P.; Ferretti-Bondy, M. I.; Fil’kov, L. V.; Gardner, S.; Garni, S.; Glazier, D. I.; Glowa, D.; Gradl, W. (American Physical Society, 2017-03-22)

The Dalitz decays η→e⁺e⁻γ and ω→π⁰e⁺e⁻ have been measured in the γp→ηp and γp→ωp reactions, ...
Knockout and fragmentation reactions using a broad range of tin isotopes

Rodríguez-Sánchez, J. L.; Benlliure, J.; Bertulani, C. A.; Vargas, J.; Ayyad, Y.; Alvarez-Pol, H.; Atkinson, J.; Aumann, T.; Beceiro-Novo, S.; Boretzky, K.; Caamaño, M.; Estrade, Alfredo (American Physical Society, 2017-09-05)

Production cross sections of residual nuclei obtained by knockout and fragmentation reactions of different tin isotopes accelerated at 1A GeV have been measured with the fragment separator (FRS) at GSI, Darmstadt. The new ...
Effective proton-neutron interaction near the drip line from unbound states in F-25,F-26

Vandebrouck, M.; Lepailleur, A.; Sorlin, O.; Aumann, T.; Caesar, C.; Holl, M.; Panin, V.; Wamers, F.; Stroberg, S. R.; Holt, J. D.; de Oliveira Santos, F.; Kanungo, R. (American Physical Society, 2017-11-08)

Background: Odd-odd nuclei, around doubly closed shells, have been extensively used to study proton-neutron interactions. However, the evolution of these interactions as a function of the binding energy, ...
Student evaluations of teaching: teaching quantitative courses can be hazardous to one's career

Uttl, Bob; Smibert, Dylan (PeerJ, 2017-05-09)

Anonymous student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are used by colleges and universities to measure teaching effectiveness and to make decisions about faculty hiring, firing, re-appointment, promotion, tenure, and merit pay. ...
Marital Satisfaction, Sex, Age, Marriage Duration, Religion, Number of Children, Economic Status, Education, and Collectivistic Values: Data from 33 Countries

Sorokowski, Piotr; Randall, Ashley K.; Groyecka, Agata; Frackowiak, Tomasz; Cantarero, Katarzyna; Hilpert, Peter; Ahmadi, Khodabakhsh; Alghraibeh, Ahmad M.; Aryeetey, Richmond; Bertoni, Anna; Bettache, Karim; Błazejewska, Marta; Bodenmann, Guy; Fisher, Maryanne (Frontiers Media, 2017-07-21)

Forms of committed relationships, including formal marriage arrangements between men and women, exist in almost every culture (Bell, 1997). Yet, similarly to many other psychological constructs (Henrich et al., 2010), ...
The role of edge contrast and forest structure in edge influence: vegetation and microclimate at edges in the Brazilian cerrado

Dodonov, Pavel; Harper, Karen A., 1969-; Silva Matos, Dalva M. (Springer Nature, 2013-09-13)

The effect of the adjacent non-forested environment on the forest near the edge, edge influence (EI), is an important impact in fragmented landscapes and is believed to vary with factors such as forest structure and edge ...
Moose browsing, understorey structure and plant species composition across spruce budworm‐induced forest edges

Franklin, Caroline M. A.; Harper, Karen A., 1969- (Wiley, 2016-01-27)

Question: To what extent do forest edges created by an insect outbreak influence patterns of moose browsing severity, understorey structure and species composition?
Location: Balsam fir‐dominated boreal forest in ...
Money Laundering in British Columbia: A Review of the Literature

Schneider, Stephen, 1963- (The Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia, 2020-05-11)

This document provides a review of literature that is concerned with describing and analyzing the nature and characteristics of money laundering (ML) with emphasis on Canada and British Columbia. This includes literature ...
Vegetation composition, structure and soil properties across coastal forest–barren ecotones

Burley, Scott T.; Harper, Karen A., 1969-; Lundholm, Jeremy T. (Jeremy Todd), 1970- (Springer, 2010-05-25)

Coastal barrens support rare plant species but may be threatened by forest encroachment. We determined whether trees spread into coastal barren habitat from forest patches and assessed plant species composition and soil ...
Tree spatial pattern within the forest–tundra ecotone: a comparison of sites across Canada

Harper, Karen A., 1969-; Danby, Ryan K.; De Fields, Danielle L.; Lewis, Keith P.; Trant, Andrew J.; Starzomski, Brian M.; Savidge, Rodney; Hermanutz, Luise (Canadian Science Publishing, 2011-02-11)

Although many studies have focused on factors influencing treeline advance with climate change, less consideration has been given to potential changes in tree spatial pattern across the forest–tundra ecotone. We investigated ...
The role of the circumarctic forest–tundra ecotone for Arctic biodiversity

Hofgaard, Annika; Harper, Karen A., 1969-; Golubeva, Elena (Taylor & Francis, 2012-10-10)

The arctic forest–tundra ecotone (FTE), which links species communities of the boreal forest with those of the arctic tundra, is expected to respond swiftly to climate change with a profound reduction of tundra as the ...
Structural diversity as a habitat indicator for endangered lakeshore flora using an assemblage of common plant species in Atlantic Canada

Daze Querry, Natasha; Harper, Karen A., 1969- (Springer Nature, 2017-10-17)

Vegetation structure, defined by the height, cover, and types of plants, is an important component of habitat suitability for plant species or communities. The identification of potential habitat is a crucial knowledge gap ...
Negligible structural development and edge influence on the understorey at 16–17‐yr‐old clear‐cut edges in black spruce forest

Harper, Karen A., 1969-; Drapeau, Pierre; Lesieur, Daniel; Bergeron, Yves (International Association for Vegetation Science, 2016-02-07)

Questions: What is the distance of edge influence on the structure and understorey composition at 16–17-yr-old cut edges in black spruce boreal forest? How do these edges compare with more recent 2–5-yr-old cut edges in ...
Post-Fire Development of Canopy Structure and Composition in Black Spruce Forests of Abitibi, Québec: A Landscape Scale Study

Harper, Karen A., 1969-; Bergeron, Yves; Gauthier, Sylvie; Drapeau, Pierre (Finnish Society of Forest Science, 2002-12-31)

Fire reconstruction and forest inventory maps provided an opportunity to study changes in stand-level characteristics following fire using a data set comprised of all forest stands of fire origin in an area of over 10 000 ...