thanks Ray - Peter and I had a chat but did not discuss the paper.
--
Best regards,
Frank
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, Ray F. Cowan wrote:
> Hi Frank, Peter,
>
> I'm still in my D mixing article read-through with Bill and Carlos,
> and will be for a while. I will have to miss the LQS meeting this
> eeek. I left the chair code on Peter's voice mail (253-8561) number
> earlier this week, so Peter should be able to initiate the
> usual ReadyTalk conference call using passcode 3144955.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Thank you,
> --Ray
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, Frank Taylor wrote:
>
> > Please send a quick email when you are connected. I'm at CERN and consume
> > my skype account waiting.
> >
> > Understand that we will start late today.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Frank
> >
> > Frank E. Taylor
> >
> > CERN MIT
> > ATLAS Collaboration Bldg. 26 - Rm 569
> > 188-3-015 77 Mass. Ave.
> > Route de Meyrin 385, CH-1211 Geneva 23 Cambridge, MA 02139
> > Switzerland USA
> > Office: +41-22-767-6373 Office: 617-253-7249
> > FAX: +41-22-767-8350 FAX: 617-258-6923
> >
> > CELL: 781-484-8776 (USA & Europe) CERN CELL +41 76 487 3563
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> > web: http://www2.lns.mit.edu/~fet/atlas_mit.html
> >
> > On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, Ray F. Cowan wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Frank, Peter,
> > >
> > > I have an 11:00 AM Eastern meeting to do a final read-through with Bill
> > > and Carlos of the D mixing review article this Thursday. I'm not sure
> > > if we'll be finished in an hour, so I wonder if I could ask one of you
> > > to chair this week's LQS meeting?
> > >
> > > If so, I need to give you the "chair code" for the dial-in number. If no
> > > one enters the chair code, everyone just gets left on hold. But I don't
> > > want to sent it in email, as I've already had two other chair codes
> > > compromised this way. Could I leave it on your voice mail? If so, please
> > > send me the best phone number to use. Thanks!
> > >
> > > This week we'll discuss the new "exotic hadrons" result from Belle that
> > > Frank suggested (see below). The paper ref is http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.2251,
> > > and rumors in BaBar have it that the interactions newswire post appeared
> > > once the preprint was accepted by PRL.
> > >
> > > Dial-in is ReadyTalk 866-740-1260, code 3144955 at 2 PM Eastern as usual.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > --Ray
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:00:15 -0600 (CST)
> > > From: Interactions News Wire <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: [Interactions News Wire] #02-12 - KEK: Belle Discovers New Heavy
> > > 'Exotic Hadrons'
> > >
> > > Interactions NewsWire #02-12
> > > 10 January 2012 http://www.interactions.org
> > > *******************************************
> > > Source: KEK
> > > Content: Press Release
> > > Date Issued: 10 January 2012
> > > *******************************************
> > >
> > > Belle Discovers New Heavy 'Exotic Hadrons'
> > >
> > > Two unexpected new hadrons containing bottom quarks have been discovered
> > > by the Belle Experiment using the High Energy Accelerator Research
> > > Organization (KEK)'s B Factory (KEKB), a highly-luminous,
> > > electron?positron collider. These new particles have electric charge and
> > > are thought to be "exotic" hadrons -- non-standard hadrons, containing at
> > > least four quarks. Previously, a series of new and unexpected exotic
> > > hadrons containing charm and anti-charm quarks have been observed. This
> > > latest discovery from Belle demonstrates the existence of exotic hadrons
> > > containing at least four quarks in a particle system including bottom
> > > quarks .
> > >
> > > The Belle Experiment has discovered two new unexpected particles at the
> > > KEK B Factory (KEKB). These new particles, termed Z(sub)b, contain both
> > > one 'bottom' quark (the second-heaviest quark among the known six types of
> > > quarks) and one 'anti-bottom' quark (the anti-particle of the bottom
> > > quark). Moreover, they have electric charge and thus are thought to be
> > > hadrons in which at least two additional quarks other than the bottom
> > > quark and anti-bottom quark (at least four quarks in total) are bound
> > > together.
> > >
> > > A large amount of data containing particles produced in electron?position
> > > collisions using the KEKB accelerator, which has achieved the world's
> > > highest luminosity, has been obtained. While focusing on 'bottomonia,'
> > > heavy mesons composed of one bottom quark and one anti-bottom quark, we
> > > conducted a detailed analysis of events involving two types of bottomonia,
> > > the Upsilon and the h(sub)b. This analysis revealed two new unanticipated
> > > charged particles that decay into a bottomonium (Upsilon or h(sub)b) and a
> > > charged pi meson (pi ??), which were then called "Z(sub)b(10610)" and
> > > "Z(sub)b(10650)" according to their mass values, 10610 and 10650 MeV/c^2,
> > > respectively. They are approximately eleven times heavier than a proton.
> > > In principle, a bottomonium particle?s charge is zero; therefore, these
> > > charged Z(sub)b particles should have at least two more quarks, e.g. one
> > > 'up' quark and one 'anti-down' quark.
> > >
> > > Several hundred mesons have been identified to date. All of them are
> > > thought to be bound states of one quark and one anti-quark, with the
> > > binding provided via the strong interaction of elementary particles. Using
> > > the KEKB accelerator, however, the Belle experiment has discovered more
> > > than ten 'exotic hadrons,' including the X(3872), Y(3940), and Z(4430),
> > > which were not anticipated by existing theories. These new particles,
> > > which are about 4?4.5 times heavier than a proton, may be exotic hadrons
> > > consisting of one 'charm' quark and one 'anti-charm' quark plus two more
> > > different types of lighter quarks. These unexpected discoveries have
> > > attracted the attention of researchers around the world. The latest
> > > discovery has revealed the existence of exotic hadrons containing bottom
> > > quarks, which are heavier than charm quarks.
> > >
> > > The Belle B Factory experiment, which began in 1999 with the aim of
> > > elucidating the origin of particle?anti-particle symmetry breaking (CP
> > > violation), has contributed to the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 awarded
> > > to Drs. Kobayashi and Maskawa. Moreover, data obtained from
> > > electron?positron collisions with the world's highest luminosity achieved
> > > at the KEKB accelerator have resulted in a series of unexpected
> > > discoveries of exotic hadrons, opening a new research frontier in particle
> > > physics. Data taking at the Belle Experiment has already been completed,
> > > but a vast amount of data is still awaiting detailed analysis. Moreover,
> > > an upgraded version of the KEKB/Belle Experiment, called SuperKEKB/Belle
> > > II is currently being prepared. Belle II aims to collect 50 times more
> > > data than the earlier experiment. Researchers are eagerly awaiting the
> > > opportunity to explore the full spectrum of exotic hadrons containing
> > > various types of quarks, including strange quarks, as well as charm and
> > > bottom quarks, which are expected to be discovered in the future at the
> > > SuperKEKB/Belle II Experiment. It is worth noting that quarks are bound by
> > > the strong interaction and confined to composite particles, such as
> > > mesons, and thus cannot exist individually as free particles. The detailed
> > > exploration of exotic hadrons will advance the understanding of how and
> > > what types of hadrons are possible based on the mechanisms defined by
> > > quantum chromodynamics, which describes the strong interaction.
> > >
> > > A paper reporting this achievement has been accepted for publication by
> > > Physical Review Letters on December 30, 2011, and will be published
> > > shortly.
> > >
> > > Full release, with images and glossary, is available at:
> > > http://www.kek.jp/intra-e/press/2012/011014/
> > >
> > > Contact Information
> > >
> > > About the details of the present study
> > > Professor Yoshihide Sakai
> > > Co-spokesperson, the Belle Collaboration
> > > The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
> > > TEL: 81-29-864-5335
> > > FAX: 81-29-864-5340
> > > E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > Professor Toru Iijima
> > > Co-spokesperson, the Belle Collaboration
> > > The Center for Experimental Studies, the Kobayashi?Maskawa Institute for
> > > the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University
> > > TEL: 81-52-789-2893
> > > FAX: 81-52-782-5752
> > > E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > Professor Thomas Browder
> > > Co-spokesperson, the Belle Collaboration
> > > University of Hawaii
> > > TEL: 1-808-956-2936
> > > FAX: 1-808-956-2930
> > > E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > Public relations
> > > Yohei Morita
> > > Public Relations Officer
> > > The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
> > > TEL: 81-29-879-6047
> > > FAX: 81-29-879-6049
> > > E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > >
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