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most citedMeasurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.46 ppm

1.3k citations

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physics.ins-det2016★ 34 cited

Design and performance of SiPM-based readout of PbF2 crystals for high-rate, precision timing applications

J. Kaspar, A. T. Fienberg, D. W. Hertzog +19

We have developed a custom amplifier board coupled to a large-format 16-channel Hamamatsu silicon photomultiplier device for use as the light sensor for the electromagnetic calorim…

nucl-ex2016★ 9 cited

Target and beam-target spin asymmetries in exclusive pion electroproduction for $Q^{2} > 1$ GeV $^{2}$ . II. $e p \to e π^{0} p$

P. E. Bosted, A. Kim, K. P. Adhikari +152

Beam-target double-spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries were measured for the exclusive $π^{0}$ electroproduction reaction $γ^{*} p \to p π^{0}$ , expanding an analysis of…

nucl-ex2016★ 6 cited

Beam-target double spin asymmetry in quasi-elastic electron scattering off the deuteron with CLAS

Michael Mayer, Sebastian E. Kuhn, the CLAS Collaboration

Quasi-elastic electron scattering on the deuteron is a benchmark reaction to test our understanding of deuteron structure and the properties and interactions of the two nucleons bo…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 33 cited

The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: First results from SCUBA-2 observations of the Cepheus Flare Region

Kate Pattle, Derek Ward-Thompson, Jason M. Kirk +57

We present observations of the Cepheus Flare obtained as part of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) Gould Belt Legacy Survey (GBLS) with the SCUBA-2 instrument. We produce a…

hep-th2016★ 33 cited

From 6D SCFTs to Dynamic GLSMs

Fabio Apruzzi, Falk Hassler, Jonathan J. Heckman +1

Compactifications of 6D superconformal field theories (SCFTs) on four-manifolds generate a large class of novel 2d quantum field theories. We consider in detail the case of the ran…

hep-th2016★ 8 cited

Landau-Ginzburg skeletons

Ian C. Davenport, Ilarion V. Melnikov

We study the class of indecomposable two-dimensional Landau-Ginzburg theories with (2,2) supersymmetry and central charge c < 6 with the aim of classifying all such theories up to…

nucl-ex2016★ 10 cited

Measurement of Target and Double-spin Asymmetries for the $e p \to e π^{+} (n)$ Reaction in the Nucleon Resonance Region at Low $Q^{2}$

X. Zheng, K. P. Adhikari, P. Bosted +147

We report measurements of target- and double-spin asymmetries for the exclusive channel $e p \to e π^{+} (n)$ in the nucleon resonance region at Jefferson Lab using the CEBAF…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 56 cited

The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: A First Look at Southern Orion A with SCUBA-2

Steve Mairs, D. Johnstone, H. Kirk +52

We present the JCMT Gould Belt Survey's first look results of the southern extent of the Orion A Molecular Cloud ( $δ \leq - 5 : 31 : 27.5$ ). Employing a two-step struct…

nucl-ex2016★ 27 cited

Measurements of the Separated Longitudinal Structure Function F_L from Hydrogen and Deuterium Targets at Low Q^2

V. Tvaskis, A. Tvaskis, I. Niculescu +100

Structure functions, as measured in lepton-nucleon scattering, have proven to be very useful in studying the quark dynamics within the nucleon. However, it is experimentally diffic…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 20 cited

Soft X-Ray Excess from Shocked Accreting Plasma in Active Galactic Nuclei

Keigo Fukumura, Douglas Hendry, Peter Clark +2

We propose a novel theoretical model to describe a physical identity of the soft X-ray excess, ubiquitously detected in many Seyfert galaxies, by considering a steady-state, axisym…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 7 cited

Obscured AGNs in Bulgeless Hosts discovered by WISE: The Case Study of SDSS J1224+5555

S. Satyapal, N. J. Secrest, B. Rothberg +6

There is mounting evidence that supermassive black holes form and grow in bulgeless galaxies. However, a robust determination of the fraction of AGNs in bulgeless galaxies, an impo…

nucl-ex2016★ 31 cited

Spectroscopy of the neutron-rich hypernucleus $_{Λ}^{7}$ He from electron scattering

T. Gogami, C. Chen, D. Kawama +83

The missing mass spectroscopy of the $_{Λ}^{7}$ He hypernucleus was performed, using the $^{7}$ Li $(e, e^{'} K^{+})_{Λ}^{7}$ He reaction at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Fa…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 49 cited

The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: Evidence for Dust Grain Evolution in Perseus Star-forming Clumps

Michael Chun-Yuan Chen, J. Di Francesco, D. Johnstone +56

The dust emissivity spectral index, $β$ , is a critical parameter for deriving the mass and temperature of star-forming structures, and consequently their gravitational stability. T…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 22 cited

The JCMT Gould Belt Survey: Evidence for radiative heating and contamination in the W40 complex

D. Rumble, J. Hatchell, K. Pattle +55

We present SCUBA-2 450μm and 850μm observations of the W40 complex in the Serpens-Aquila region as part of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) Gould Belt Survey (GBS) of nearb…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 4 cited

The Power of Principled Bayesian Methods in the Study of Stellar Evolution

Ted von Hippel, David A. van Dyk, David C. Stenning +5

It takes years of effort employing the best telescopes and instruments to obtain high-quality stellar photometry, astrometry, and spectroscopy. Stellar evolution models contain the…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 79 cited

An Empirical Determination of the Intergalactic Background Light from UV to FIR Wavelengths Using FIR Deep Galaxy Surveys and the Gamma-ray Opacity of the Universe

Floyd W. Stecker, Sean T. Scully, Matthew A. Malkan

We have previously calculated the intergalactic background light (IBL) as a function of redshift in the far ultraviolet to near infrared range, based purely on data from deep galax…

nucl-ex2016★ 33 cited

Photoproduction of the $f_{1} (1285)$ Meson

R. Dickson, R. A. Schumacher

The $f_{1} (1285)$ meson with mass $1281.0 \pm 0.8$ MeV/ $c^{2}$ and width $18.4 \pm 1.4$ MeV (FWHM) was measured for the first time in photoproduction from a proton target using CLAS at…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 14 cited

Voltage-dependent spin flip in magnetically-substituted graphene nanoribbons: Toward the realization of graphene-based spintronic devices

Gregory Houchins, Charles B. Crook, Jian-Xin Zhu +2

We examine the possibility of using graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with directly substituted chromium atoms as spintronic device. Using density functional theory, we simulate a voltag…

nucl-ex2016★ 6 cited

Target and Beam-Target Spin Asymmetries in Exclusive $π^{+}$ and $π^{-}$ Electroproduction with 1.6 to 5.7 GeV Electrons

P. E. Bosted, A. S. Biselli, S. Careccia +159

Beam-target double spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries in exclusive $π^{+}$ and $π^{-}$ electroproduction were obtained from scattering of 1.6 to 5.7 GeV longitudinally…

hep-th2016★ 3 cited

Relevant deformations and c-extremization

Ilarion V. Melnikov

We consider RG flows obtained by a relevant deformation from unitary and compact two-dimensional (0,2) SCFTs. We point out that an N=2 super-Kac-Moody algebra present in the UV is…

nucl-ex2016★ 60 cited

Photoproduction of $Λ$ and $Σ^{0}$ hyperons using linearly polarized photons

CLAS Collaboration, C. A. Paterson, D. G. Ireland +2

Background: Measurements of polarization observables for the reactions $γ p \to K^{+} Λ$ and $γ p \to K^{+} Σ^{0}$ have been performed. This is part of a programm…

nucl-ex2016★ 63 cited

Measurement of two-photon exchange effect by comparing elastic $e^{\pm} p$ cross sections

D. Rimal, D. Adikaram, B. A. Raue +142

[Background] The electromagnetic form factors of the proton measured by unpolarized and polarized electron scattering experiments show a significant disagreement that grows with th…

hep-th2016★ 41 cited

UV Completions for Non-Critical Strings