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    Demonstrating Additional Law of Relativistic Velocities based on Squeezed Light

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    Special relativity is foundation of many branches of modern physics, of which theoretical results are far beyond our daily experience and hard to realized in kinematic experiments. However, its outcomes could be demonstrated by making use of convenient substitute, i.e. squeezed light in present paper. Squeezed light is very important in the field of quantum optics and the corresponding transformation can be regarded as the coherent state of SU(1; 1). In this paper, the connection between the squeezed operator and Lorentz boost is built under certain conditions. Furthermore, the additional law of relativistic velocities and the angle of Wigner rotation are deduced as well

    Analysis of Artifactual Components Rejection Threshold towards Enhanced Characterization of Neural Activity in Post-Stroke Survivor

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    Research advancement has spurred the usage of electroencephalography (EEG)-based neural oscillatory rhythms as a biomarker to complement clinical rehabilitation strategies for motor skill recovery in stroke patients. However, the inevitable contamination of EEG signals with artifacts from various sources limits its utilization and effectiveness. Thus, the integration of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and Independent Component Label (ICLabel) has been widely employed to separate neural activity from artifacts. A crucial step in the ICLabel preprocessing pipeline is the artifactual ICs rejection threshold (TH) parameter, which determines the overall signal's quality. For instance, selecting a high TH will cause many ICs to be rejected, thereby leading to signal over cleaning, and choosing a low TH may result in under-cleaning of the signal. Toward determining the optimal TH parameter, this study investigates the effect of six different TH groups (NO-TH and TH1-TH6) on EEG signals recorded from post-stroke patients who performed four distinct motor imagery tasks including wrist and grasping movements. Utilizing the EEG-beta band signal at the brain's sensorimotor cortex, the performance of the TH groups was evaluated using three notable EEG quantifiers. Overall, the obtained result shows that the considered THs will significantly alter neural oscillatory patterns. Comparing the performance of the TH-groups, TH-3 with a confidence level of 60% showed consistently stronger signal desynchronization and lateralization. The correlation result shows that most of the electrode pairs with high correlation values are replicable across all the MI tasks. It also revealed that brain activity correlates linearly with distance, and a strong correlation between electrode pairs is independent of the different brain cortices

    Method of determining cosmological parameter ranges with samples of candles with an intrinsic distribution

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    In this paper, the effect of the intrinsic distribution of cosmological candles is investigated. We find that, in the case of a narrow distribution, the deviation of the observed modulus of sources from the expected central value could be estimated within a ceratin range. We thus introduce a lower and upper limits of χ2\chi ^{2}, χmin2\chi_{\min}^{2} and χmax2 \chi_{\max}^{2}, to estimate cosmological parameters by applying the conventional minimizing χ2\chi ^{2} method. We apply this method to a gamma-ray burst (GRB) sample as well as to a combined sample including this GRB sample and an SN Ia sample. Our analysis shows that: a) in the case of assuming an intrinsic distribution of candles of the GRB sample, the effect of the distribution is obvious and should not be neglected; b) taking into account this effect would lead to a poorer constraint of the cosmological parameter ranges. The analysis suggests that in the attempt of constraining the cosmological model with current GRB samples, the results tend to be worse than what previously thought if the mentioned intrinsic distribution does exist.Comment: 6 pages,4 figures,1 tables.Data updated. Main conclusion unchange

    Observation of χc1\chi_{c1} decays into vector meson pairs ϕϕ\phi\phi, ωω\omega\omega, and ωϕ\omega\phi

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    Decays of χc1\chi_{c1} to vector meson pairs ϕϕ\phi\phi, ωω\omega\omega and ωϕ\omega\phi are observed for the first time using (106±4)×106(106\pm4)\times 10^6 \psip events accumulated at the BESIII detector at the BEPCII e+ee^+e^- collider. The branching fractions are measured to be (4.4±0.3±0.5)×104(4.4\pm 0.3\pm 0.5)\times 10^{-4}, (6.0±0.3±0.7)×104(6.0\pm 0.3\pm 0.7)\times 10^{-4}, and (2.2±0.6±0.2)×105(2.2\pm 0.6\pm 0.2)\times 10^{-5}, for χc1ϕϕ\chi_{c1}\to \phi\phi, ωω\omega\omega, and ωϕ\omega\phi, respectively. The observation of χc1\chi_{c1} decays into a pair of vector mesons ϕϕ\phi\phi, ωω\omega\omega and ωϕ\omega\phi indicates that the hadron helicity selection rule is significantly violated in χcJ\chi_{cJ} decays. In addition, the measurement of χcJωϕ\chi_{cJ}\to \omega\phi gives the rate of doubly OZI-suppressed decay. Branching fractions for χc0\chi_{c0} and χc2\chi_{c2} decays into other vector meson pairs are also measured with improved precision.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure

    Rapidity, azimuthal, and multiplicity dependence of mean transverse momentum and transverse momentum correlations in π+p\pi^{+}p and K+pK^{+}p collisions in s\sqrt{s}=22 GeV

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    Rapidity, azimuthal and multiplicity dependence of mean transverse momentum and transverse momentum correlations of charged particles is studied in pi/sup positive and K/sup positive collisions at 250 GeV/c incident beam momentum. For the first time, it is found that the rapidity dependence of the two-particle transverse momentum correlation is different from that of the mean transverse momentum, but both have similar multiplicity dependence. In particular, the transverse momentum correlations are boost invariant. This is similar to the recently found boost invariance of the charge balance function. A strong azimuthal dependence of the transverse momentum correlations originates from the constraint of energy-momentum conservation. The results are compared with those from the PYTHIA Monte Carlo generator. The similarities to and differences with the results from current heavy ion experiments are discussed

    First Observation of the Decays chi_{cJ} -> pi^0 pi^0 pi^0 pi^0

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    We present a study of the P-wave spin -triplet charmonium chi_{cJ} decays (J=0,1,2) into pi^0 pi^0 pi^0 pi^0. The analysis is based on 106 million \psiprime decays recorded with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII electron positron collider. The decay into the pi^0 pi^0 pi^0 pi^0 hadronic final state is observed for the first time. We measure the branching fractions B(chi_{c0} -> pi^0 pi^0 pi^0 pi^0)=(3.34 +- 0.06 +- 0.44)*10^{-3}, B(chi_{c1} -> pi^0 pi^0 pi^0 pi^0)=(0.57 +- 0.03 +- 0.08)*10^{-3}, and B(chi_{c2} -> pi^0 pi^0 pi^0 pi^0)=(1.21 +- 0.05 +- 0.16)*10^{-3}, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematical, respectively.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure

    Study of χcJ\chi_{cJ} radiative decays into a vector meson

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    The decays χcJγV\chi_{cJ}\to\gamma V (V=ϕ,ρ0,ωV=\phi, \rho^0, \omega) are studied with a sample of radiative \psip\to\gamma\chi_{cJ} events in a sample of (1.06\pm0.04)\times 10^{8} \psip events collected with the BESIII detector. The branching fractions are determined to be: B(χc1γϕ)=(25.8±5.2±2.3)×106{\cal B}(\chi_{c1}\to \gamma\phi)=(25.8\pm 5.2\pm 2.3)\times 10^{-6}, B(χc1γρ0)=(228±13±22)×106{\cal B}(\chi_{c1}\to \gamma\rho^0)=(228\pm 13\pm 22)\times 10^{-6}, and B(χc1γω)=(69.7±7.2±6.6)×106{\cal B}(\chi_{c1}\to \gamma\omega)=(69.7\pm 7.2\pm 6.6)\times 10^{-6}. The decay χc1γϕ\chi_{c1}\to \gamma\phi is observed for the first time. Upper limits at the 90% confidence level on the branching fractions for χc0\chi_{c0} and \chict decays into these final states are determined. In addition, the fractions of the transverse polarization component of the vector meson in χc1γV\chi_{c1}\to \gamma V decays are measured to be 0.290.120.09+0.13+0.100.29_{-0.12-0.09}^{+0.13+0.10} for χc1γϕ\chi_{c1}\to \gamma\phi, 0.158±0.0340.014+0.0150.158\pm 0.034^{+0.015}_{-0.014} for χc1γρ0\chi_{c1}\to \gamma\rho^0, and 0.2470.0870.026+0.090+0.0440.247_{-0.087-0.026}^{+0.090+0.044} for χc1γω\chi_{c1}\to \gamma\omega, respectively. The first errors are statistical and the second ones are systematic.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure

    Higher-order multipole amplitude measurement in ψ(2S)γχc2\psi(2S)\to\gamma\chi_{c2}

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    Using 106×106106\times10^6 ψ(2S)\psi(2S) events collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII storage ring, the higher-order multipole amplitudes in the radiative transition ψ(2S)γχc2γππ/γKK\psi(2S)\to\gamma\chi_{c2}\to\gamma\pi\pi/\gamma KK are measured. A fit to the χc2\chi_{c2} production and decay angular distributions yields M2=0.046±0.010±0.013M2=0.046\pm0.010\pm0.013 and E3=0.015±0.008±0.018E3=0.015\pm0.008\pm0.018, where the first errors are statistical and the second systematic. Here M2M2 denotes the normalized magnetic quadrupole amplitude and E3E3 the normalized electric octupole amplitude. This measurement shows evidence for the existence of the M2M2 signal with 4.4σ4.4\sigma statistical significance and is consistent with the charm quark having no anomalous magnetic moment.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
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