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Escaping the Mechanism: Soldier Fraternization Throughout the American Civil War.
Show more"Escaping the Mechanism: Soldier Fraternization throughout the American Civil War," contributes to the rich scholarship on Civil War soldiers because one cannot fully understand the nature of the war experience, without also knowing how soldiers controlled some conditions of their existence. Although it was strictly forbidden, Union and Confederate soldiers fraternized with each other often as an escape from the monotony and routine of encampment, drills, and marching. When citizen soldiers experienced war, and its limits, they perpetuated this behavior by testing restrictions. As an outlet of resistance and an expression of choice, a "culture of fraternalism" formulated as soldiers attempted to grasp control after the psychological and physical damage of war shattered their metaphysical world. Because mental and physical challenges chipped away at soldier morale, men found ways to push back against the system. Soldiers needed an escape. Thus, enemies organized ceasefires, truces, and a trading network in order to remain in control of their world and escape the "mechanism" of military life. Fraternization deserves its own attention both in terms of its frequency in soldiers' manuscripts and implication as a coping mechanism, but also because its significance is dismissed or minimized by leading Civil War scholars. Several Civil War historians acknowledge that fraternization happened but either categorize soldiers who did as uncommitted or bypass the reason why it occurred so often. Based on my extensive reading of soldiers' letters and diaries from eleven archives in seven states, I argue that soldiers fraternized in order to fight the war on their own terms through subtle forms of dissent. In viewing fraternization as a method by which soldiers reaffirmed their own control and escaped the military mechanism, the implications of fraternization are worthy of further investigation and can no longer be sidestepped. Just because soldiers remained ideologically committed, does not suggest they were without physical and mental privation. Soldiers found alternative ways to assert their own autonomy in order to cope with the harsh realities of army life. To understand how soldiers shaped their circumstances through fraternization, the points where it happened most frequently and the challenges particular to that campaign will be analyzed in detail. Chapter 1 depicts how soldiers developed a culture of fraternalism. An accurate study of Civil War soldiers cannot begin in 1861. Men came to war with traditions, experiences, and values from a world before they were soldiers. In particular, soldiers embodied two important cultural notions of antebellum society. When men faced limits to their potential or independence they dealt with them through outlets of fraternity and resistance. Because soldiers' ability to fraternize was dependent upon their tactical position, on picket duty in proximity to one another or in trenches during a siege, the culture of fraternalism waxed and waned throughout the war. The points where extensive fraternization occurred merit its own attention. Chapter 2 focuses on the first, and arguably most documented, instance of widespread fraternization which took place during the Fredericksburg Campaign. Men who fought in armies throughout the Western Theatre of the Civil War also created and upheld a culture of fraternalism. Chapter 3 analyzes the major occasions of fraternization which occurred along the vast territory between the Mississippi River and the eastern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains particularly during the Siege at Vicksburg, Tennessee Campaign, and Atlanta Campaign. This chapter illustrates that although men in these armies came from different states and encountered different obstacles, their development of fraternization occurred simultaneously to their comrades in Virginia as a means to shape their environment. Chapter 4 shifts focus back to eastern Virginia in the summer of 1864. When the Overland Campaign resulted in a siege at Petersburg, Virginia, the armies of Northern Virginia and the Potomac experienced a new set of conditions. While gridlocked at Petersburg for eleven months, men on both sides dealt with side effects of siege warfare. The culture of fraternalism continued through the trade of commodities and newspapers but most importantly during this siege was a continual and intricate arrangement of ceasefires to placate the constant sense of anxiety and necessity to "be on guard." Chapter 5 follows soldiers into their lives as veterans in attempt to understand how they shaped the remembrance of their service. Just as men constructed ways to fight the war on their own terms, veterans used their "power of the pen" to document their experience. Rather than dismissing postwar soldier accounts of fraternization as a consequence of reunionist propaganda, perhaps soldiers wrote about their interaction with the enemy because they deemed it worthy of remembrance. In synthesizing the broader historiography on masculinity, identity, and military experience with fraternization, this study demonstrates not simply why soldiers fought but rather how they utilized tactics, terrain, and commodities to make their service more manageable. What these chapters contend is that regardless of campaign or theatre, ideologically committed soldiers were able to remain dedicated because of opportunities, like fraternization, to assert their own control over the war.
First Measurement Of Xi(-) Polarization In Photoproduction.
Show moreBono, J., Guo, L., Raue, B. A., Adhikari, S., Kunkel, M. C., Adhikari, K. P., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Ball, J., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, Brandon A., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Gevorgyan, N., Ghandilyan, Y., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Hafidi, K., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Mineeva, T., Montgomery, R. A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y., Skorodumina, Iu, Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zana, L., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W.
Show moreDespite decades of studies of the photoproduction of hyperons, both their production mechanisms and their spectra of excited states are still largely unknown. While the parity-violating weak decay of hyperons offers a means of measuring their polarization, which could help discern their production mechanisms and identify their excitation spectra, no such study has been possible for doubly strange baryons in photoproduction, due to low production cross sections. However, by making use of the reaction gamma p -> K+K+Xi(-), we have measured, for the first time, the induced polarization, P, and the transferred polarization from circularly polarized real photons, characterized by C-x and C-z, to recoiling Xi(-) s. The data were obtained using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab for photon energies from just over threshold (2.4 GeV) to 5.45 GeV. These first-time measurements are compared, and are shown to broadly agree, with model predictions in which cascade photoproduction proceeds through the decay of intermediate hyperon resonances that are produced via relativistic meson exchange, offering a new step forward in the understanding of the production and polarization of doubly-strange baryons. (c) 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funded by SCOAP(3).
Exclusive Photoproduction Of Pi Degrees Up To Large Values Of Mandelstam Variables S, T, And U With Clas.
Show moreKunkel, M. C., Amaryan, M. J., Strakovsky, I. I., Ritman, J., Goldstein, G. R., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bultmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Degtyarenko, P., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Ghosh, S., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guo, L., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hyde, C. E., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Joo, K., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Laget, J. M., Lanza, L., Lenisai, P., Lersch, D., Livingston, K., Macgregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., Njencheu, G. Mbianda, Mckinnon, B., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyani, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidovi, A., Paolone, M., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Payette, D., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Procureur, S., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Roy, A., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schadmand, S., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu, Stepanyan, S., Sokhan, D., Sober, D., Sparveris, N., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Weinstein, L., Wei, X., Weygand, D. P., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W.
Show moreExclusive photoproduction cross sections have been measured for the process gamma p -> p pi degrees[e(+) e(-)(gamma)] with the Dalitz decay final state using tagged photon energies in the range of E-gamma = 1.275-5.425 GeV. The complete angular distribution of the final state pi degrees, for the entire photon energy range up to large values of t and u, has been measured for the first time. The data obtained show that the cross section d sigma / dt, at mid to large angles, decreases with energy as s(-6.89 +/- 0.26). This is in agreement with the perturbative QCD quark counting rule prediction of s(-7). Paradoxically, the size of angular distribution of measured cross sections is greatly underestimated by the QCD-based generalized parton distribution mechanism at highest available invariant energy s = 11 GeV2. At the same time, the Regge-exchange-based models for pi degrees photoproduction are more consistent with experimental data.
Measurement Of The Beam Asymmetry Sigma And The Target Asymmetry T In The Photoproduction Of Omega Mesons Off The Proton Using Clas At Jefferson Laboratory.
Show moreRoy, P., Akbar, Z., Park, S., Crede, V., Anisovich, A. V., Denisenko, I., Klempt, E., Nikonov, V. A., Sarantsev, A. V., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Ball, J., Balossino, I., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brock, J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Carlin, C., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, B. A., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Gevorgyan, N., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keith, C. D., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., Mayer, M., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meekins, D. G., Meyer, C. A., Meziani, Z. E., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, E., Phelps, W., Pierce, J. J., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Procureur, S., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu, Smith, G. D., Sober, D. I., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Torayev, B., Ungaro, M., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W.
Show moreThe photoproduction of omega mesons off the proton has been studied in the reaction gamma p -> p omega using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) and the frozen-spin target in Hall B at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. For the first time, the target asymmetry T has been measured in photoproduction from the decay omega -> pi(+)pi(-)pi(0), using a transversely polarized target with energies ranging from just above the reaction threshold up to 2.8 GeV. Significant nonzero values are observed for these asymmetries, reaching about 30-40% in the third-resonance region. New measurements for the photon-beam asymmetry Sigma are also presented, which agree well with previous CLAS results and extend the world database up to 2.1 GeV. These data and additional. photoproduction observables from CLAS were included in a partial-wave analysis within the Bonn-Gatchina framework. Significant contributions from s-channel resonance production were found in addition to t-channel exchange processes.
Semi-inclusive Pi(0) Target And Beam-target Asymmetries From 6 Gev Electron Scattering With Clas.
Show moreJawalkar, S., Koirala, S., Avakian, H., Bosted, P., Griffioen, K. A., Keith, C., Kuhn, S. E., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Adikaram, D., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brock, J., Brooks, W. K., Bultmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Cao, Frank Thanh, Carlin, C., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Ddoge, G., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T. A., Fradi, A., Garcon, M., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Guidal, M., Guler, N., Guo, L., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hollis, G., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jiang, H., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., Mayer, M., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Net, L. A., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, E., Phelps, W., Pierce, J., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Seder, E., Sharabian, Y. G., Simonyan, A., Skorodumina, Iu, Smith, G. D., Sober, D. I., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stankovic, I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W.
Show moreWe present precision measurements of the target and beam-target spin asymmetries from neutral pion electroproduction in deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab. We scattered 6-GeV, longitudinally polarized electrons off longitudinally polarized protons in a cryogenic (14)NH(3)target, and extracted double and single target spin asymmetries for ep -> e'pi(0)Xin multidimensional bins in four-momentum transfer (1.0 < Q(2) < 3.2GeV(2)), Bjorken-x(0.12 < x < 0.48), hadron energy fraction (0.4 < z < 0.7), transverse pion momentum (0 < P-T < 1.0GeV), and azimuthal angel phi(h) between the lepton scattering and hadron production planes. We extracted asymmetries as a function of both xand P-T, which provide access to transverse-momentum distributions of longitudinally polarized quarks. The double spin asymmetries depend weakly on P-T. The sin2 phi(h) moments are zero within uncertainties, which is consistent with the expected suppression of the Collins fragmentation function. The observed sin phi(h) moments suggest that quark gluon correlations are significant at large x. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Target And Beam-target Spin Asymmetries In Exclusive Pion Electroproduction For Q(2) > 1 Gev2. Ii. Ep -> E Pi(0) P.
Show moreBosted, P. E., Kim, A., Adhikari, K. P., Adikaram, D., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Avakian, H., Badui, R. A., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bultmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Cao, T., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fanchini, E., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T. A., Fradi, A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guler, N., Hakobyan, H., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hollis, G., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khandaker, M., Kim, W., Klei, A., Klein, F. J., Koirala, S., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., Mayer, M., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V. I., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Murdoch, G., Nadel-Turonski, P., Ni, A., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Roy, P., Sabatie, F., Saini, M. S., Schumacher, R. A., Seder, E., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu, Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stankovic, I., Stepanyan, S., Stoler, P., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tian, Ye, Torayev, B., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., Zonta, I.
Show moreBeam-target double-spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries were measured for the exclusive pi(0) electroproduction reaction. gamma(*) p -> p pi(0), expanding an analysis of the. gamma(*) p -> n pi(+) reaction from the same experiment. The results were obtained from scattering of 6-GeV longitudinally polarized electrons off longitudinally polarized protons using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer at Jefferson Laboratory. The kinematic ranges covered are 1.1 < W < 3 GeV and 1 < Q(2) < 6 GeV2. Results were obtained for about 5700 bins in W, Q(2), cos(theta(*)), and phi(*). The beam-target asymmetries were found to generally be greater than zero, with relatively modest phi(*) dependence. The target asymmetries exhibit very strong phi(*) dependence, with a change in sign occurring between results at low W and high W, in contrast to pi(+) electroproduction. Reasonable agreement is found with phenomenological fits to previous data for W < 1.6 GeV, but significant differences are seen at higherW. When combined with cross-sectional measurements, as well as pi(+) observables, the present results will provide powerful constraints on nucleon resonance amplitudes at moderate and large values of Q(2), for resonances with masses as high as 2.4 GeV.
Measurements Of The Gamma(upsilon)p -> P 'pi(+)pi(- )cross Section With The Clas Detector For 0.4 Gev2 < Q(2) < 1.0 Gev2 And 1.3 Gev < W < 1.825 Gev.
Show moreFedotov, G., Skorodumina, Iu A., Burkert, V. D., Gothe, R. W., Hicks, K., Mokeev, V., Adhikari, S., Armstrong, Whitney R., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, Brandon A., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Dear, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Fersch, R., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Golovatch, E., Griffioen, K. A., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S., Joosten, S., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Mineeva, T., Montgomery, R. A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Procureur, S., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Smith, G. D., Sober, D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W.
Show moreNew results on the single-differential and fully integrated cross sections for the process gamma(upsilon)p -> p'pi(+)pi(-) are presented. The experimental data were collected with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory. Measurements were carried out in the kinematic region of the reaction invariant mass W from 1.3 to 1.825 GeV and the photon virtuality Q(2) from 0.4 to 1.0 GeV2. The cross sections were obtained in narrow Q(2) bins (0.05 GeV2) with the smallest statistical uncertainties achieved in double-pion electroproduction experiments to date. The results were found to be in agreement with previously available data where they overlap. A preliminary interpretation of the extracted cross sections, which was based on a phenomenological meson-baryon reaction model, revealed substantial relative contributions from nucleon resonances. The data offer promising prospects to improve knowledge on the Q(2) evolution of the electrocouplings of most resonances with masses up to similar to 1.8 GeV.
Exclusive Eta Electroproduction At W > 2 Gev With Clas And Transversity Generalized Parton Distributions.
Show moreBedlinskiy, I., Kubarovsky, V., Stoler, P., Adhikari, K. P., Akbar, Z., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Avakian, H., Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Burkert, V. D., Cao, T., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fanchini, E., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T. A., Garcon, M., Gevorgyan, N., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Hughes, S. M., Hyde, C. E., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kuhn, S. E., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Meziani, Z. E., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, A., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Net, L. A., Ni, A., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Roy, P., Sabatie, F., Saini, M. S., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu, Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tian, Ye, Torayev, B., Turisini, M., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wood, M. H., Yurov, M., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zonta, I.
Show moreThe cross section of the exclusive eta electroproduction reaction ep -> e'p'eta was measured at Jefferson Laboratorywith a 5.75 GeV electron beam and the CLAS detector. Differential cross sections d(4) sigma/dtdQ(2) dx(B)d phi(eta) and structure functions sigma(U) = sigma(T) + epsilon sigma(L), sigma(TT), and sigma(LT), as functions of t, were obtained over a wide range of Q(2) and x(B). The eta structure functions are compared with those previously measured for pi(0) at the same kinematics. At low t, both pi(0) and eta are described reasonably well by generalized parton distributions (GPDs) in which chiral-odd transversity GPDs are dominant. The pi(0) and eta data, when taken together, can facilitate the flavor decomposition of the transversity GPDs.
Show moreSenderovich, I., Morrison, B. T., Dugger, M., Ritchie, B. G., Pasyuk, E., Tucker, R., Brock, J., Carlin, C., Keith, C. D., Meekins, D. G., Seely, M. L., Roenchen, D., Doering, M., Collins, P., Adhikari, K. P., Adikaram, D., Akbar, Z., Anderson, M. D., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Badui, R. A., Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Fradi, A., Garillon, B., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Goetz, J. T., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Ho, D., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Jenkins, D., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kunkel, M. C., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mattione, P., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Net, L. A., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Park, K., Park, S., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Puckett, A. J. R., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Roy, P., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schott, D., Schumacher, R. A., Seder, E., Simonyan, A., Skorodumina, Iu, Smith, G. D., Sober, D. I., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Stoler, P., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Sytnik, V., Tian, Ye, Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zana, L., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., Zonta, I.
Show moreResults are presented for the first measurement of the double-polarization helicity asymmetry E for the eta photoproduction reaction gamma p -> eta p. Data were obtained using the FROzen Spin Target (FROST) with the CLAS spectrometer in Hall B at Jefferson Lab, covering a range of center-of-mass energy W from threshold to 2.15 GeV and a large range in center-of-mass polar angle. As an initial application of these data, the results have been incorporated into the Julich-Bonn model to examine the case for the existence of a narrow N* resonance between 1.66 and 1.70 GeV. The addition of these data to the world database results in marked changes in the predictions for the Eobservable from that model. Further comparison with several theoretical approaches indicates these data will significantly enhance our understanding of nucleon resonances. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V.
Target And Beam-target Spin Asymmetries In Exclusive Pion Electroproduction For Q(2) > 1 Gev2. I. Ep -> E Pi(+)n.
Show moreBosted, P. E., Amaryan, M. J., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Avakian, H., Badui, R. A., Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Bultmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., De Vita, R., Deur, A., De Sanctis, E., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fanchini, E., Fedotov, G., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T., Fradi, A., Gevorgyan, N., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Khachatryan, G., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Koirala, S., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Net, L. A., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V. I., Montgomery, R. A., Munevar, E., Camacho, C. Munoz, Murdoch, G., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Schumacher, R. A., Seder, E., Skorodumina, Iu, Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stankovic, I., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tian, Ye, Torayev, B., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., Zonta, I.
Show moreBeam-target double-spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries were measured for the exclusive pi(+) electroproduction reaction. gamma(*) p -> n pi(+). The results were obtained from scattering of 6-GeV longitudinally polarized electrons off longitudinally polarized protons using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer at Jefferson Laboratory. The kinematic range covered is 1.1 < W < 3 GeV and 1 < Q(2) < 6 GeV2. Results were obtained for about 6000 bins in W, Q(2), cos(theta(*)), and phi(*). Except at forward angles, very large target-spin asymmetries are observed over the entire W region. Reasonable agreement is found with phenomenological fits to previous data for W < 1.6 GeV, but very large differences are seen at higher values of W. A generalized parton distributions (GPD)-based model is in poor agreement with the data. When combined with cross-sectional measurements, the present results provide powerful constraints on nucleon resonance amplitudes at moderate and large values of Q(2), for resonances with masses as high as 2.4 GeV.
Hard Exclusive Pion Electroproduction At Backward Angles With Clas.
Show morePark, K., Guidal, M., Gothe, R. W., Pire, B., Semenov-Tian-Shansky, K., Laget, J.-M., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Akbar, Z., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F. T., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, R., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Garcon, M., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Golovatch, E., Griffioen, K. A., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hyde, C. E., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Johnston, S., Joo, K., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, R., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rossi, P., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y., Skorodumina, Iu, Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungar, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wei, X., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J.
Show moreWe report on the first measurement of cross sections for exclusive deeply virtual pion electroproduction off the proton, ep -> e'n pi(+), above the resonance region at backward pion center-of-mass angles. The phi(pi)*-dependent cross sections were measured, from which we extracted three combinations of structure functions of the proton. Our results are compatible with calculations based on nucleon-to-pion transition distribution amplitudes (TDAs). These non-perturbative objects are defined as matrix elements of three-quark-light-cone-operators and characterize partonic correlations with a particular emphasis on baryon charge distribution inside a nucleon. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Center Of Mass Motion Of Short-range Correlated Nucleon Pairs Studied Via The A(e,e ' Pp) Reaction.
Show moreCohen, E. O., Hen, O., Piasetzky, E., Weinstein, L. B., Duer, M., Schmidt, A., Korover, I., Hakobyan, H., Adhikari, S., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Beck, A., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chatagnon, Pierre, Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, Brandon A., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., Torres, R. Cruz, D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Duer, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, Mathieu, El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Ghandilyan, Y., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Hafidi, K., Harrison, N., Hauenstein, F., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Korover, I., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., McKinnon, B., Beck, S. Mey-Tal, Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Mustapha, B., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatie, F., Schmookler, B. A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zheng, X., Zhao, Z. W.
Show moreShort-range correlated (SRC) nucleon pairs are a vital part of the nucleus, accounting for almost all nucleons with momentum greater than the Fermi momentum (k(F)). A fundamental characteristic of SRC pairs is having large relative momenta as compared to k(F), and smaller center of mass (c.m.) which indicates a small separation distance between the nucleons in the pair. Determining the c.m. momentum distribution of SRC pairs is essential for understanding their formation process. We report here on the extraction of the c.m. motion of proton-proton (pp) SRC pairs in carbon and, for the first time in heavier and ansymetric nuclei: aluminum, iron, and lead, from measurements of the A(e,e'pp) reaction. We find that the pair c.m. motion for these nuclei can be described by a three-dimensional Gaussian with a narrow width ranging from 140 to 170 MeV/c, approximately consistent with the sum of two mean-field nucleon momenta. Comparison with calculations appears to show that the SRC pairs are formed from mean-field nucleons in specific quantum states.
Show moreThe relationship between major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) remains controversial. Previous research has reported differences and similarities in risk factors for MDD and BD, such as predisposing personality traits. For example, high neuroticism is related to both disorders, whereas openness to experience is specific for BD. This study examined the genetic association between personality and MDD and BD by applying polygenic scores for neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness to both disorders. Polygenic scores reflect the weighted sum of multiple single-nucleotide polymorphism alleles associated with the trait for an individual and were based on a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality traits including 13,835 subjects. Polygenic scores were tested for MDD in the combined Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN-MDD) and MDD2000+ samples (N=8921) and for BD in the combined Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder and Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium samples (N=6329) using logistic regression analyses. At the phenotypic level, personality dimensions were associated with MDD and BD. Polygenic neuroticism scores were significantly positively associated with MDD, whereas polygenic extraversion scores were significantly positively associated with BD. The explained variance of MDD and BD, ∼0.1%, was highly comparable to the variance explained by the polygenic personality scores in the corresponding personality traits themselves (between 0.1 and 0.4%). This indicates that the proportions of variance explained in mood disorders are at the upper limit of what could have been expected. This study suggests shared genetic risk factors for neuroticism and MDD on the one hand and for extraversion and BD on the other.
Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium..
Show moreExtraversion is a relatively stable and heritable personality trait associated with numerous psychosocial, lifestyle and health outcomes. Despite its substantial heritability, no genetic variants have been detected in previous genome-wide association (GWA) studies, which may be due to relatively small sample sizes of those studies. Here, we report on a large meta-analysis of GWA studies for extraversion in 63,030 subjects in 29 cohorts. Extraversion item data from multiple personality inventories were harmonized across inventories and cohorts. No genome-wide significant associations were found at the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) level but there was one significant hit at the gene level for a long non-coding RNA site (LOC101928162). Genome-wide complex trait analysis in two large cohorts showed that the additive variance explained by common SNPs was not significantly different from zero, but polygenic risk scores, weighted using linkage information, significantly predicted extraversion scores in an independent cohort. These results show that extraversion is a highly polygenic personality trait, with an architecture possibly different from other complex human traits, including other personality traits. Future studies are required to further determine which genetic variants, by what modes of gene action, constitute the heritable nature of extraversion.
Increased Genetic Vulnerability to Smoking at CHRNA5 in Early-Onset Smokers.
Show moreCONTEXT: Recent studies have shown an association between cigarettes per day (CPD) and a nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism in CHRNA5, rs16969968. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the association between rs16969968 and smoking is modified by age at onset of regular smoking. DATA SOURCES: Primary data. STUDY SELECTION: Available genetic studies containing measures of CPD and the genotype of rs16969968 or its proxy. DATA EXTRACTION: Uniform statistical analysis scripts were run locally. Starting with 94,050 ever-smokers from 43 studies, we extracted the heavy smokers (CPD >20) and light smokers (CPD ≤10) with age-at-onset information, reducing the sample size to 33,348. Each study was stratified into early-onset smokers (age at onset ≤16 years) and late-onset smokers (age at onset >16 years), and a logistic regression of heavy vs light smoking with the rs16969968 genotype was computed for each stratum. Meta-analysis was performed within each age-at-onset stratum. DATA SYNTHESIS: Individuals with 1 risk allele at rs16969968 who were early-onset smokers were significantly more likely to be heavy smokers in adulthood (odds ratio [OR] = 1.45; 95% CI, 1.36-1.55; n = 13,843) than were carriers of the risk allele who were late-onset smokers (OR = 1.27; 95% CI, 1.21-1.33, n = 19,505) (P = .01). CONCLUSION: These results highlight an increased genetic vulnerability to smoking in early-onset smokers.
Show moreA genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment was conducted in a discovery sample of 101,069 individuals and a replication sample of 25,490. Three independent single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are genome-wide significant (rs9320913, rs11584700, rs4851266), and all three replicate. Estimated effects sizes are small (coefficient of determination R(2) ≈ 0.02%), approximately 1 month of schooling per allele. A linear polygenic score from all measured SNPs accounts for ≈2% of the variance in both educational attainment and cognitive function. Genes in the region of the loci have previously been associated with health, cognitive, and central nervous system phenotypes, and bioinformatics analyses suggest the involvement of the anterior caudate nucleus. These findings provide promising candidate SNPs for follow-up work, and our effect size estimates can anchor power analyses in social-science genetics.
Show moreEducational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.

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