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ASCR/HEP Exascale Requirements Review Report
This draft report summarizes and details the findings, results, and
recommendations derived from the ASCR/HEP Exascale Requirements Review meeting
held in June, 2015. The main conclusions are as follows. 1) Larger, more
capable computing and data facilities are needed to support HEP science goals
in all three frontiers: Energy, Intensity, and Cosmic. The expected scale of
the demand at the 2025 timescale is at least two orders of magnitude -- and in
some cases greater -- than that available currently. 2) The growth rate of data
produced by simulations is overwhelming the current ability, of both facilities
and researchers, to store and analyze it. Additional resources and new
techniques for data analysis are urgently needed. 3) Data rates and volumes
from HEP experimental facilities are also straining the ability to store and
analyze large and complex data volumes. Appropriately configured
leadership-class facilities can play a transformational role in enabling
scientific discovery from these datasets. 4) A close integration of HPC
simulation and data analysis will aid greatly in interpreting results from HEP
experiments. Such an integration will minimize data movement and facilitate
interdependent workflows. 5) Long-range planning between HEP and ASCR will be
required to meet HEP's research needs. To best use ASCR HPC resources the
experimental HEP program needs a) an established long-term plan for access to
ASCR computational and data resources, b) an ability to map workflows onto HPC
resources, c) the ability for ASCR facilities to accommodate workflows run by
collaborations that can have thousands of individual members, d) to transition
codes to the next-generation HPC platforms that will be available at ASCR
facilities, e) to build up and train a workforce capable of developing and
using simulations and analysis to support HEP scientific research on
next-generation systems.Comment: 77 pages, 13 Figures; draft report, subject to further revisio
B Physics at the Tevatron: Run II and Beyond
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the prospects for B physics
at the Tevatron. The work was carried out during a series of workshops starting
in September 1999. There were four working groups: 1) CP Violation, 2) Rare and
Semileptonic Decays, 3) Mixing and Lifetimes, 4) Production, Fragmentation and
Spectroscopy. The report also includes introductory chapters on theoretical and
experimental tools emphasizing aspects of B physics specific to hadron
colliders, as well as overviews of the CDF, D0, and BTeV detectors, and a
Summary.Comment: 583 pages. Further information on the workshops, including
transparencies, can be found at the workshop's homepage:
http://www-theory.lbl.gov/Brun2/. The report is also available in 2-up
http://www-theory.lbl.gov/Brun2/report/report2.ps.gz or chapter-by-chapter
http://www-theory.lbl.gov/Brun2/report
Search for the Decays B^0 -> D^{(*)+} D^{(*)-}
Using the CLEO-II data set we have searched for the Cabibbo-suppressed decays
B^0 -> D^{(*)+} D^{(*)-}. For the decay B^0 -> D^{*+} D^{*-}, we observe one
candidate signal event, with an expected background of 0.022 +/- 0.011 events.
This yield corresponds to a branching fraction of Br(B^0 -> D^{*+} D^{*-}) =
(5.3^{+7.1}_{-3.7}(stat) +/- 1.0(syst)) x 10^{-4} and an upper limit of Br(B^0
-> D^{*+} D^{*-}) D^{*\pm} D^\mp and
B^0 -> D^+ D^-, no significant excess of signal above the expected background
level is seen, and we calculate the 90% CL upper limits on the branching
fractions to be Br(B^0 -> D^{*\pm} D^\mp) D^+
D^-) < 1.2 x 10^{-3}.Comment: 12 page postscript file also available through
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLNS, submitted to Physical Review Letter
Production in Two-Photon Interactions at CLEO
Using the CLEO detector at the Cornell storage ring, CESR, we study
the two-photon production of , making the first
observation of . We present the
cross-section for as a function of
the center of mass energy and compare it to that predicted by
the quark-diquark model.Comment: 10 pages, postscript file also available through
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLN
Study of the Decays B0 --> D(*)+D(*)-
The decays B0 --> D*+D*-, B0 --> D*+D- and B0 --> D+D- are studied in 9.7
million Y(4S) --> BBbar decays accumulated with the CLEO detector. We determine
Br(B0 --> D*+D*-) = (9.9+4.2-3.3+-1.2)e-4 and limit Br(B0 --> D*+D-) < 6.3e-4
and Br(B0 --> D+D-) < 9.4e-4 at 90% confidence level (CL). We also perform the
first angular analysis of the B0 --> D*+D*- decay and determine that the
CP-even fraction of the final state is greater than 0.11 at 90% CL. Future
measurements of the time dependence of these decays may be useful for the
investigation of CP violation in neutral B meson decays.Comment: 21 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Improved Measurement of the Pseudoscalar Decay Constant
We present a new determination of the Ds decay constant, f_{Ds} using 5
million continuum charm events obtained with the CLEO II detector. Our value is
derived from our new measured ratio of widths for Ds -> mu nu/Ds -> phi pi of
0.173+/- 0.021 +/- 0.031. Taking the branching ratio for Ds -> phi pi as (3.6
+/- 0.9)% from the PDG, we extract f_{Ds} = (280 +/- 17 +/- 25 +/- 34){MeV}. We
compare this result with various model calculations.Comment: 23 page postscript file, postscript file also available through
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLN
Measurements of B --> D_s^{(*)+} D^{*(*)} Branching Fractions
This article describes improved measurements by CLEO of the and branching fractions, and first evidence
for the decay , where
represents the sum of the , , and
L=1 charm meson states. Also reported is the first
measurement of the polarization in the decay . A partial reconstruction technique, employing only the fully
reconstructed and slow pion from the decay, enhances sensitivity. The observed branching fractions are
, , and , where the first error is statistical,
the second systematic, and the third is due to the uncertainty in the branching fraction. The measured longitudinal
polarization, , is consistent with
the factorization prediction of 54%.Comment: 26 pages (LaTeX), 15 figures. To be submitted to PR
Precise Measurement of B^{0}\to \bar{B^{0} Mixing Parameters at the S)$
We describe a measurement of B^0-B^0bar mixing parameters exploiting a method
of partial reconstruction of the decay chains B0 -> D^{*-}\pi^+ and B0 ->
D^{*-}\rho^+. Using 9.6 x 10^6 BBbar pairs collected at the Cornell Electron
Storage Ring, we find \chi_d = 0.198 +- 0.013 +- 0.014, |y_d|<0.41 at 95%
confidence level, and |Re(\epsilon_B)|<0.034 at 95% confidence level.Comment: 11 pages postscript, also available through
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLN
Observation of the Decay
Using e+e- annihilation data collected by the CLEO~II detector at CESR, we
have observed the decay Ds+ to omega pi+. This final state may be produced
through the annihilation decay of the Ds+, or through final state interactions.
We find a branching ratio of [Gamma(Ds+ to omega pi+)/Gamma(Ds+ to eta
pi+)]=0.16+-0.04+-0.03, where the first error is statistical and the second is
systematic.Comment: 9 pages, postscript file also available through
http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/CLN
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