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arXiv:0704.1863v2 [hep-ex] 10 Jul 2007
(revised author list)
2 April 2007
Double spin asymmetry in exclusive ρ0
muoproduction at COMPASS
The longitudinal double spin asymmetry Aρ
mesons, µ + N → µ + N + ρ, is studied using the COMPASS 2002 and 2003
data. The measured reaction is incoherent exclusive ρ0production on polarised
deuterons. The Q2and x dependence of Aρ
range 3 · 10−3< Q2< 7 (GeV/c)2and 5 · 10−5< x < 0.05. The presented results
are the first measurements of Aρ
(x < 3 · 10−3). The asymmetry is in general compatible with zero in the whole
kinematical range.
1for exclusive leptoproduction of ρ0
1is presented in a wide kinematical
1at small Q2(Q2< 0.1 (GeV/c)2) and small x
(to be submitted to Eur. Phys. J. C)
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The COMPASS Collaboration
M. Alekseev29), V.Yu. Alexakhin8), Yu. Alexandrov18), G.D. Alexeev8), A. Amoroso29),
A. Arbuzov8), B. Bade? lek30), F. Balestra29), J. Ball25), G. Baum1), J. Barth4),
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R. De Masi20), N. Dedek19), O.Yu. Denisov29,c), L. Dhara7), V. Diaz27),
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J. Hannappel4), D. von Harrach16), T. Hasegawa17), J. Heckmann2), S. Hedicke10),
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1)Universit¨ at Bielefeld, Fakult¨ at f¨ ur Physik, 33501 Bielefeld, Germanye)
2)Universit¨ at Bochum, Institut f¨ ur Experimentalphysik, 44780 Bochum, Germanye)
3)Universit¨ at Bonn, Helmholtz-Institut f¨ ur Strahlen- und Kernphysik, 53115 Bonn, Germanye)
4)Universit¨ at Bonn, Physikalisches Institut, 53115 Bonn, Germanye)
5)Institute of Scientific Instruments, AS CR, 61264 Brno, Czech Republicf)
6)Burdwan University, Burdwan 713104, Indiah)
7)Matrivani Institute of Experimental Research & Education, Calcutta-700 030, Indiai)
8)Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia
9)Universit¨ at Erlangen–N¨ urnberg, Physikalisches Institut, 91054 Erlangen, Germanye)
10)Universit¨ at Freiburg, Physikalisches Institut, 79104 Freiburg, Germanye)
11)CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
12)Universit¨ at Heidelberg, Physikalisches Institut, 69120 Heidelberg, Germanye)
13)Helsinki University of Technology, Low Temperature Laboratory, 02015 HUT, Finland and University
of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
14)Technical University in Liberec, 46117 Liberec, Czech Republicf)
15)LIP, 1000-149 Lisbon, Portugalg)
16)Universit¨ at Mainz, Institut f¨ ur Kernphysik, 55099 Mainz, Germanye)
17)University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japanj)
18)Lebedev Physical Institute, 119991 Moscow, Russia
19)Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit¨ at M¨ unchen, Department f¨ ur Physik, 80799 Munich, Germanye)
20)Technische Universit¨ at M¨ unchen, Physik Department, 85748 Garching, Germanye)
21)Nagoya University, 464 Nagoya, Japanj)
22)Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, 18000 Prague, Czech Republicf)
23)Czech Technical University in Prague, 16636 Prague, Czech Republicf)
24)State Research Center of the Russian Federation, Institute for High Energy Physics, 142281 Protvino,
25)CEA DAPNIA/SPhN Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
26)Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israelk)
27)ICTP–INFN MLab Laboratory, 34014 Trieste, Italy
28)INFN Trieste and University of Trieste, Department of Physics, 34127 Trieste, Italy
29)INFN Turin and University of Turin, Physics Department, 10125 Turin, Italy
30)So? ltan Institute for Nuclear Studies and Warsaw University, 00-681 Warsaw, Polandl)
31)Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics, 00-665 Warsaw, Polandm)
32)Yamagata University, Yamagata, 992-8510 Japanj)
a)Also at IST, Universidade T´ ecnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
b)Also at University of East Piedmont, 15100 Alessandria, Italy
c)On leave of absence from JINR Dubna
d)Also at Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, 487-8501 Japan
e)Supported by the German Bundesministerium f¨ ur Bildung und Forschung
f)Suppported by Czech Republic MEYS grants ME492 and LA242
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POCTI/FNU/49501/2002 and POCTI/FNU/50192/2003
h)Supported by DST-FIST II grants, Govt. of India
i)Supported by the Shailabala Biswas Education Trust
j)Supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan; Daikou
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k)Supported by the Israel Science Foundation, founded by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Human-
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In this paper we present results on the longitudinal double spin asymmetry Aρ
exclusive incoherent ρ0production in the scattering of high energy muons on nucleons.
The experiment was carried out at CERN by the COMPASS collaboration using the
160 GeV muon beam and the large6LiD polarised target.
The studied reaction is
µ + N → µ′+ ρ0+ N′, (1)
where N is a quasi-free nucleon from the polarised deuterons. The reaction (1) can be
described in terms of the virtual photoproduction process
γ∗+ N → ρ0+ N′.(2)
The reaction (2) can be regarded as a fluctuation of the virtual photon into a quark-
antiquark pair (in partonic language), or an off-shell vector meson (in Vector Meson
Dominance model), which then scatters off the target nucleon resulting in the production
of an on-shell vector meson. At high energies this is predominantly a diffractive process and
plays an important role in the investigation of Pomeron exchange and its interpretation
in terms of multiple gluon exchange.
Most of the presently available information on the spin structure of reaction (2)
stems from the ρ0spin density matrix elements, which are obtained from the analysis
of angular distributions of ρ0production and decay [1]. Experimental results on ρ0spin
density matrix elements come from various experiments [2–6] including the preliminary
results from COMPASS [7].
The emerging picture of the spin structure of the considered process is the following.
At low photon virtuality Q2the cross section by transverse virtual photons σTdominates,
while the relative contribution of the cross section by longitudinal photons σL rapidly
increases with Q2. At Q2of about 2 (GeV/c)2both components become comparable and
at a larger Q2the contribution of σLbecomes dominant and continues to grow, although
at lower rate than at low Q2. Approximately, the so called s-channel helicity conservation
(SCHC) is valid, i.e. the helicity of the vector meson is the same as the helicity of the
parent virtual photon. The data indicate that the process can be described approximately
by the exchange in the t-channel of an object with natural parity P. Small deviations from
SCHC are observed, also at the highest energies, whose origin is still to be understood. An
interesting suggestion was made in Ref. [8] that at high energies the magnitudes of various
helicity amplitudes for the reaction (2) may shed a light on the spin-orbital momentum
structure of the vector meson.
A complementary information can be obtained from measurements of the double
spin cross section asymmetry, when the information on both the beam and target polari-
sation is used. The asymmetry is defined as
1=σ1/2− σ3/2
σ1/2+ σ3/2, (3)
where σ1/2(3/2)stands for the cross sections of the reaction (2) and the subscripts denote
the total virtual photon–nucleon angular momentum component along the virtual photon
direction. In the following we will also use the asymmetry ALLwhich is defined for reaction
(1) as the asymmetry of muon–nucleon cross sections for antiparallel and parallel beam
and target longitudinal spin orientations.
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In the Regge approach [9] the longitudinal double spin asymmetry Aρ
to the interference of amplitudes for exchange in the t-channel of Reggeons with natural
parity (Pomeron, ρ, ω, f, A2) with amplitudes for Reggeons with unnatural parity (π,A1).
No significant asymmetry is expected when only a non-perturbative Pomeron is exchanged
because it has small spin-dependent couplings as found from hadron-nucleon data for cross
sections and polarisations.
Similarly, in the approach of Fraas [10], assuming approximate validity of SCHC, the
spin asymmetry Aρ
for transverse photons corresponding to the natural and unnatural parity exchanges in
the t channel. While a measurable asymmetry can arise even from a small contribution of
the unnatural parity exchange, the latter may remain unmeasurable in the cross sections.
A significant unnatural-parity contribution may indicate an exchange of certain Reggeons
like π, A1or in partonic terms an exchange of q¯ q pairs.
In the same reference a theoretical prediction for Aρ
on the description of forward exclusive ρ0leptoproduction and inclusive inelastic lepton-
nucleon scattering by the off-diagonal Generalised Vector Meson Dominance (GVMD)
model, applied to the case of polarised lepton–nucleon scattering. At the values of Bjorken
variable x < 0.2, with additional assumptions [11], Aρ
for inclusive inelastic lepton scattering at the same x as
1can arise due
1arises from the interference between parts of the helicity amplitudes
1was presented, which is based
1can be related to the A1asymmetry
This prediction is consistent with the HERMES results for both the proton and deuteron
targets, although with rather large errors.
In perturbative QCD, there exists a general proof of factorisation [12] for exclu-
sive vector meson production by longitudinal photons. It allows a decomposition of the
full amplitude for reaction (2) into three components: a hard scattering amplitude for
the exchange of quarks or gluons, a distribution amplitude for the meson and the non-
perturbative description of the target nucleon in terms of the generalised parton distri-
butions (GPDs), which are related to the internal structure of the nucleon. No similar
proof of factorisation exists for transverse virtual photons, and as a consequence the in-
terpretation of Aρ
including higher twist effects proposed by Martin et al. [13] describes the behaviour of
both σLas well as of σT reasonably well. An extension of this model by Ryskin [14] for
the spin dependent cross sections allows to relate Aρ
gluons and quarks in the nucleon. The applicability of this model is limited to the range
Q2≥ 4 (GeV/c)2. More recently another pQCD-inspired model involving GPDs has been
proposed by Goloskokov and Kroll [15,16]. The non-leading twist asymmetry ALLresults
from the interference between the dominant GPD Hgand the helicity-dependent GPD˜Hg.
The asymmetry is estimated to be of the order k2
momentum of the quark and the antiquark.
Up to now little experimental information has been available on the double spin
asymmetries for exclusive leptoproduction of vector mesons. The first observation of a non-
zero asymmetry Aρ
the HERMES experiment [11]. In the deep inelastic region (0.8 < Q2< 3 (GeV/c)2)
the measured asymmetry is equal to 0.23 ± 0.14 (stat) ± 0.02 (syst) [17], with little
dependence on the kinematical variables. In contrast, for the 'quasi-real photoproduction'
data, with ?Q2? = 0.13 (GeV/c)2, the asymmetry for the proton target is consistent with
1in perturbative QCD is not possible at leading twist. However, a model
1to the spin dependent GPDs of
T˜Hg/(Q2Hg), where kTis the transverse
1in polarised electron–proton deep-inelastic scattering was reported by
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zero. On the other hand the measured asymmetry Aρ
and the asymmetry Aφ
or deuterons are consistent with zero both in the deep inelastic and in the quasi-real
photoproduction regions [17].
The HERMES result indicating a non-zero Aρ
unpublished result of similar measurements by the SMC experiment [18] at comparable
values of Q2but at about three times higher values of the photon-nucleon centre of mass
energy W, i.e. at smaller x. The SMC measurements of ALL in several bins of Q2are
consistent with zero for both proton and deuteron targets.
1for the polarised deuteron target
1for exclusive production of φ meson either on polarised protons
1for the proton target differs from the
2The experimental set-up
The experiment [19] was performed with the high intensity positive muon beam from
the CERN M2 beam line. The µ+beam intensity is 2·108per spill of 4.8 s with a cycle time
of 16.8 s. The average beam energy is 160 GeV and the momentum spread is σp/p = 0.05.
The momentum of each beam muon is measured upstream of the experimental area in a
beam momentum station consisting of several planes of scintillator strips or scintillating
fibres with a dipole magnet in between. The precision of the momentum determination
is typically ∆p/p ≤ 0.003. The µ+beam is naturally polarised by the weak decays of
the parent hadrons. The polarisation of the muon varies with its energy and the average
polarisation is −0.76.
The beam traverses the two cells of the polarised target, each 60 cm long, 3 cm in
diameter and separated by 10 cm, which are placed one after the other. The target cells are
filled with6LiD which is used as polarised deuteron target material and is longitudinally
polarised by dynamic nuclear polarisation (DNP). The two cells are polarised in opposite
directions so that data from both spin directions are recorded at the same time. The
typical values of polarisation are about 0.50. A mixture of liquid3He and4He, used to
refrigerate the target, and a small amount of heavier nuclei are also present in the target.
The spin directions in the two target cells are reversed every 8 hours by rotating the
direction of the magnetic field in the target. In this way fluxes and acceptances cancel
in the calculation of spin asymmetries, provided that the ratio of acceptances of the two
cells remains unchanged after the reversal.
The COMPASS spectrometer is designed to reconstruct the scattered muons and
the produced hadrons in wide momentum and angular ranges. It is divided in two stages
with two dipole magnets, SM1 and SM2. The first magnet, SM1, accepts charged particles
of momenta larger than 0.4 GeV/c, and the second one, SM2, those larger than 4 GeV/c.
The angular acceptance of the spectrometer is limited by the aperture of the polarised
target magnet. For the upstream end of the target it is ±70 mrad.
To match the expected particle flux at various locations in the spectrometer, COM-
PASS uses various tracking detectors. Small-angle tracking is provided by stations of
scintillating fibres, silicon detectors, micromesh gaseous chambers and gas electron mul-
tiplier chambers. Large-angle tracking devices are multiwire proportional chambers, drift
chambers and straw detectors. Muons are identified in large-area mini drift tubes and
drift tubes placed downstream of hadron absorbers. Hadrons are detected by two large
iron-scintillator sampling calorimeters installed in front of the absorbers and shielded to
avoid electromagnetic contamination. The identification of charged particles is possible
with a RICH detector, although in this paper we have not utilised the information from
the RICH.
The data recording system is activated by various triggers indicating the presence of
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a scattered muon and/or an energy deposited by hadrons in the calorimeters. In addition
to the inclusive trigger, in which the scattered muon is identified by coincidence signals
in the trigger hodoscopes, several semi-inclusive triggers were used. They select events
fulfilling the requirement to detect the scattered muon together with the energy deposited
in the hadron calorimeters exceeding a given threshold. In 2003 the acceptance was further
extended towards high Q2values by the addition of a standalone calorimetric trigger in
which no condition is set for the scattered muon. The COMPASS trigger system allows us
to cover a wide range of Q2, from quasi-real photoproduction to deep inelastic interactions.
A more detailed description of the COMPASS apparatus can be found in Ref. [19]
3 Event sample
For the present analysis the whole data sample taken in 2002 and 2003 with the
longitudinally polarised target is used. For an event to be accepted for further analysis it
is required to originate in the target, have a reconstructed beam track, a scattered muon
track, and only two additional tracks of oppositely charged hadrons associated to the
primary vertex. The fluxes of beam muons passing through each target cell are equalised
using appropriate cuts on the position and angle of the beam tracks.
The charged pion mass hypothesis is assigned to each hadron track and the invariant
mass of two pions, mππ, calculated. A cut on the invariant mass of two pions, 0.5 < mππ<
1 GeV/c2, is applied to select the ρ0. As slow recoil target particles are not detected, in
order to select exclusive events we use the cut on the missing energy, −2.5 < Emiss<
2.5 GeV, and on the transverse momentum of ρ0with respect to the direction of virtual
photon, p2
of the unobserved recoiling system and Mpis the proton mass. Coherent interactions on
the target nuclei are removed by a cut p2
acceptance and misidentification of events, additional cuts ν > 30 GeV and Eµ′ > 20 GeV
are applied.
The distributions of mππ, Emissand p2
applying all cuts except those corresponding to the displayed variable. On the left top
panel of Fig. 1 a clear peak of the ρ0resonance, centred at 770 MeV/c2, is visible on the
top of the small contribution of background of the non-resonant π+π−pairs. Also the
skewing of the resonance peak towards smaller values of mππ, due to an interference with
the non-resonant background, is noticeable. A small bump below 0.4 GeV/c2is due to
assignment of the charged pion mass to the kaons from decays of φ mesons. The mass cuts
eliminate the non-resonant background outside of the ρ0peak, as well as the contribution
of φ mesons.
On the right top panel of the figure the peak at Emiss≈ 0 is the signal of exclusive
ρ0production. The width of the peak, σ ≈ 1.1 GeV, is due to the spectrometer resolution.
Non-exclusive events, where in addition to the recoil nucleon other undetected hadrons
are produced, appear at Emiss> 0. Due to the finite resolution, however, they are not
resolved from the exclusive peak. This background consists of two components: the double-
diffractive events where additionally to ρ0an excited nucleon state is produced in the
nucleon vertex of reaction (2), and events with semi-inclusive ρ0production, in which
other hadrons are produced but escape detection.
The p2
from coherent production on target nuclei at small p2
to this distribution was performed, which indicates also a contribution of non-exclusive
background increasing with p2
t< 0.5 (GeV/c)2. Here Emiss= (M2
p)/2Mp, where MXis the missing mass
t> 0.15 (GeV/c)2. To avoid large corrections for
tare shown in Fig. 1. Each plot is obtained
tdistribution shown on the bottom panel of the figure indicates a contribution
tvalues. A three-exponential fit
t. Therefore to select the sample of exclusive incoherent ρ0
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0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.911.1 1.2
Number of events
-4 -202468 10 12 14
Number of events
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.91
Number of events
Figure 1: Distributions of mππ(top left), Emiss(top right) and p2
sive sample. The arrows show cuts imposed on each variable to define the final sample.
t(bottom) for the exclu-
production, the aforementioned p2
After all selections the final sample consists of about 2.44 million events. The dis-
tributions of Q2, x and W are shown in Fig. 2. The data cover a wide range in Q2and
x which extends towards the small values by almost two orders of magnitude compared
to the similar studies reported in Ref. [17]. The sharp edge of the W distribution at the
low W values is a consequence of the cut applied on ν. For this sample ?W? is equal to
10.2 GeV and ?p2
tcuts, indicated by arrows, were applied.
t? = 0.27(GeV/c)2.
4 Extraction of asymmetry Aρ
The cross section asymmetry ALL= (σ↑↓− σ↑↑)/(σ↑↓+ σ↑↑) for reaction (1) , for
antiparallel (↑↓) and parallel (↑↑) spins of the incoming muon and the target nucleon, is
related to the virtual-photon nucleon asymmetry Aρ
ALL= D(Aρ
1+ ηAρ
where the factors D and η depend on the event kinematics and Aρ
interference cross section for exclusive production by longitudinal and transverse virtual
photons. As the presented results extend into the range of very small Q2, the exact
formulae for the depolarisation factor D and kinematical factor η [20] are used without
neglecting terms proportional to the lepton mass squared m2. The depolarisation factor
is given by
2is related to the
D(y,Q2) =
y[(1 + γ2y/2)(2 − y) − 2y2m2/Q2]
y2(1 − 2m2/Q2)(1 + γ2) + 2(1 + R)(1 − y − γ2y2/4), (6)
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101 10
Number of events
101 10
Number of events
Number of events
W [GeV]
05 10 15 2025
Number of events
Figure 2: Distributions of the kinematical variables for the final sample: Q2with linear
and logarithmic vertical axis scale (top left and right panels respectively), x (bottom left),
and the energy W (bottom right).
where R = σL/σT, σL(T)is the cross section for reaction (2) initiated by longitudinally
(transversely) polarised virtual photons, the fraction of the muon energy lost y = ν/Eµ
and γ2= Q2/ν2. The kinematical factor η(y,Q2) is the same as for the inclusive asym-
The asymmetry Aρ
the inclusive case. For Q2≤ 0.1 (GeV/c)2the ratio R for the reaction (2) is small, cf.
Fig. 3, and the positivity limit constrains Aρ
ratio R for the process (2) increases with Q2, because of small values of η the product
η√R is small in the whole Q2range of our sample. Therefore the second term in Eq. 5
can be neglected, so that
and the effect of this approximation is included in the systematic uncertainty of Aρ
The number of events Nicollected from a given target cell in a given time interval
is related to the spin-independent cross section ¯ σ for reaction (2) and to the asymmetry
Ni= aiφini¯ σ(1 + PBPTfDAρ
2obeys the positivity limit Aρ
√R, analogous to the one for
2to small values. Although for larger Q2the
where PBand PTare the beam and target polarisations, φiis the incoming muon flux, ai
the acceptance for the target cell, nicorresponding number of target nucleons, and f the
target dilution factor. The asymmetry is extracted from the data sets taken before and
after a reversal of the target spin directions. The four relations of Eq. 8, corresponding
to the two cells (u and d) and the two spin orientations (1 and 2) lead to a second-
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Figure 3: The ratio R = σL/σT as a function of Q2measured in the E665 experiment.
The curve is a fit to the data described in the text.
order equation in Aρ
acceptances, if the ratio of acceptances for the two cells is the same before and after
the reversal [21]. In order to minimise the statistical error all quantities used in the
asymmetry calculation are evaluated event by event with the weight factor w = PBfD.
The polarisation of the beam muon, PB, is obtained from a simulation of the beam line
and parameterised as a function of the beam momentum. The target polarisation is not
included in the event weight w because it may vary in time and generate false asymmetries.
An average PT is used for each target cell and each spin orientation.
The ratio R, which enters the formula for D and strongly depends on Q2for reaction
(2), was calculated on an event-by-event basis using the parameterisation
1for the ratio (Nu,1Nd,2/Nd,1Nu,2). Here fluxes cancel out as well as
R(Q2) = a0(Q2)a1, (9)
with a0= 0.66 ± 0.05, and a1= 0.61 ± 0.09. The parameterisation was obtained by the
Fermilab E665 experiment from a fit to their R measurements for exclusive ρ0muopro-
duction on protons [3]. These are shown in Fig. 3 together with the fitted Q2-dependence.
The preliminary COMPASS results on R for the incoherent exclusive ρ0production on
the nucleon [7], which cover a broader kinematic region in Q2, agree reasonably well with
this parameterisation. The uncertainty of a0and a1is included in the systematic error of
The dilution factor f gives the fraction of events of reaction (2) originating from
nucleons in polarised deuterons inside the target material. It is calculated event-by-event
using the formula
f = C1· f0= C1·
nD+ ΣAnA(˜ σA/˜ σD). (10)
Here nDand nAdenote numbers of nucleons in deuteron and nucleus of atomic mass A
in the target, and ˜ σDand ˜ σAare the cross sections per nucleon for reaction (2) occurring
on the deuteron and on the nucleus of atomic mass A, respectively. The sum runs over all
nuclei present in the COMPASS target. The factor C1takes into account that there are
two polarised deuterons in the6LiD molecule, as the6Li nucleus is in a first approximation
composed of a deuteron and an α particle.
The measurements of the ˜ σA/˜ σDfor incoherent exclusive ρ0production come from
the NMC [2], E665 [22] and early experiments on ρ0photoproduction [23]. They were
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Figure 4: (Left) Parameter α of Eq. 11 as a function of Q2(from Ref. [24]). The exper-
imental points and the fitted curve are shown. See text for details. (Right) The dilution
factor f as a function of Q2.
fitted in Ref. [24] with the formula:
˜ σA= σp· Aα(Q2)−1,with α(Q2) − 1 = −1
where σpis the cross section for reaction (2) on the free proton. The value of the fitted
parameter Q2
the fitted curve α(Q2) are shown on the left panel of Fig. 4 taken from Ref. [24]. On the
right panel of the figure the average value of f is plotted for the various Q2bins used in
the present analysis. The values of f are equal to about 0.36 in most of the Q2range,
rising to about 0.38 at the highest Q2.
The radiative corrections (RC) have been neglected in the present analysis, in par-
ticular in the calculation of f, because they are expected to be small for reaction (1).
They were evaluated [25] to be of the order of 6% for the NMC exclusive ρ0production
analysis. The small values of RC are mainly due to the requirement of event exclusivity
via cuts on Emissand p2
The internal (infrared and virtual) RC were estimated in Ref. [25] to be of the order of
0is equal to 9 ± 3 (GeV/c)2. The measured values of the parameter α and
t, which largely suppress the dominant external photon radiation.
5 Systematic errors
The main systematic uncertainty of Aρ
asymmetries. In order to improve the accuracy of this estimate, in addition to the standard
sample of incoherent events, a second sample was selected by changing the p2
1comes from an estimate of possible false
tcuts to
0 < p2
t< 0.5 (GeV/c)2, (12)
and keeping all the remaining selections and cuts the same as for the 'incoherent sample'.
In the following it will be referred to as the 'extended p2
sample. However, in addition to incoherent events such a sample contains a large fraction of
events originating from coherent ρ0production. Therefore, for the estimate of the dilution
factor f a different nuclear dependence of the exclusive cross section was used, applicable
for the sum of coherent and incoherent cross sections [2]. The physics asymmetries Aρ
both samples are consistent within statistical errors.
tsample'. Such an extension of the
trange allows one to obtain a sample which is about five times larger than the incoherent
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Possible, false experimental asymmetries were searched for by modifying the se-
lection of data sets used for the asymmetry calculation. The grouping of the data into
configurations with opposite target-polarisation was varied from large samples, covering
at most two weeks of data taking, into about 100 small samples, taken in time intervals of
the order of 16 hours. A statistical test was performed on the distributions of asymmetries
obtained from these small samples. In each of the Q2and x bins the dispersion of the
values of Aρ
which would lead to a broadening of these distributions were thus not observed. Allowing
the dispersion of Aρ
upper bound for the systematic error arising from time-dependent effects
1around their mean agrees with the statistical error. Time-dependent effects
1to vary within its two standard deviations we obtain for each bin an
σfalseA,tdep< 0.56 σstat.(13)
Here σstatis the statistical error on Aρ
estimates of possible false asymmetries due to the time-dependent effects is the dominant
contribution to the total systematic error in most of the kinematical region.
Asymmetries for configurations where spin effects cancel out were calculated to
check the cancellation of effects due to fluxes and acceptances. They were found compatible
with zero within the statistical errors. Asymmetries obtained with different settings of the
microwave (MW) frequency, used for DNP, were compared in order to test possible effects
related to the orientation of the target magnetic field. The results for the extended p2
sample tend to show that there is a small difference between asymmetries for the two
MW configurations. However, because the numbers of events of the data samples taken
with each MW setting are approximately balanced, the effect of this difference on Aρ
negligible for the total sample.
The systematic error on Aρ
uncertainties on PBand PT. The uncertainty of the parameterisation of R(Q2) affects the
depolarisation factor D. The uncertainty of the dilution factor f is mostly due to uncer-
tainty of the parameter α(Q2) which takes into account nuclear effects in the incoherent
ρ0production. The neglect of the Aρ
Another source of systematic errors is due to the contribution of the non-exclusive
background to our sample. This background originates from two sources. First one is
due to the production of ρ0accompanied by the dissociation of the target nucleon, the
second one is the production of ρ0in inclusive scattering. In order to evaluate the amount
of background in the sample of exclusive events it is necessary to determine the Emiss
dependence for the non-exclusive background in the region under the exclusive peak (cf.
Fig. 1 ). For this purpose complete Monte Carlo simulations of the experiment were used,
with events generated by either the PYTHIA 6.2 or LEPTO 6.5.1 generators. Events
generated with LEPTO come only from deep inelastic scattering and cover the range of
Q2> 0.5 (GeV/c)2. Those generated with PYTHIA cover the whole kinematical range
of the experiment and include exclusive production of vector mesons and processes with
diffractive excitation of the target nucleon or the vector meson, in addition to inelastic
The generated MC events were reconstructed and selected for the analysis using the
same procedure as for the data. In each bin of Q2the Emissdistribution for the MC was
normalised to the corresponding one for the data in the range of large Emiss> 7.5 GeV.
Then the normalised MC distribution was used to estimate the number of background
events under the exclusive peak in the data. The fraction of background events in the
sample of incoherent exclusive ρ0production was estimated to be about 0.12±0.06 in most
1for the extended p2
tsample. The uncertainty on the
1also contains an overall scale uncertainty of 6.5% due to
2term mainly affects the highest bins of Q2and x.
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of the kinematical range, except in the largest Q2region, where it is about 0.24±0.12. The
large uncertainties of these fractions reflect the differences between estimates from LEPTO
and PYTHIA in the region where they overlap. In the case of PYTHIA the uncertainties
on the cross sections for diffractive photo- and electroproduction of vector mesons also
contribute. For events generated with PYTHIA the Emissdistributions for various physics
processes could be studied separately. It was found that events of ρ0production with an
excitation of the target nucleon into N∗resonances of small mass, M < 2 GeV/c2, cannot
be resolved from the exclusive peak and therefore were not included in the estimates of
number of background events.
An estimate of the asymmetry Aρ
exclusive sample, which was selected with the standard cuts used in this analysis, except
the cut on Emisswhich was modified to Emiss> 2.5 GeV. In different high-Emissbins Aρ
for this sample was found compatible with zero.
Because no indication of a non-zero Aρ
to a large uncertainty of the estimated amount of background in the exclusive sample,
no background corrections were made. Instead, the effect of background was treated as a
source of systematic error. Its contribution to the total systematic error was not significant
in most of the kinematical range, except for the highest Q2and x.
The total systematic error on Aρ
from all discussed sources. Its values for each Q2and x bin are given in Tables 1 and 2.
The total systematic error amounts to about 40% of the statistical error for most of the
kinematical range. Both errors become comparable in the highest bin of Q2.
1for the background was obtained using a non-
1for the background was found, and also due
1was obtained as a quadratic sum of the errors
6 Results
The COMPASS results on Aρ
listed in Tables 1 and 2. The statistical errors are represented by vertical bars and the
total systematic errors by shaded bands.
1are shown as a function of Q2and x in Fig. 5 and
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Figure 5: Aρ
correspond to statistical errors, while bands at the bottom represent the systematical
1as a function of Q2(left) and x (right) from the present analysis. Error bars
The wide range in Q2covers four orders of magnitude from 3 · 10−3to 7 (GeV/c)2.
The domain in x which is strongly correlated with Q2, varies from 5 · 10−5to about
0.05 (see Tables for more details). For the whole kinematical range the Aρ
measured by COMPASS is consistent with zero. As discussed in the introduction, this
indicates that the role of unnatural parity exchanges, like π- or A1-Reggeon exchange, is
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Table 1: Asymmetry Aρ
total systematic errors (second) are listed.
1as a function of Q2. Both the statistical errors (first) and the
Q2range?Q2? [(GeV/c)2]
?x??ν? [GeV]
0.0004 − 0.005
0.005 − 0.010
0.010 − 0.025
0.025 − 0.050
0.05 − 0.10
0.10 − 0.25
0.25 − 0.50
0.5 − 1
1 − 4
4 − 50
4.0 · 10−5
8.4 · 10−5
1.8 · 10−4
3.7 · 10−4
7.1 · 10−4
−0.030 ± 0.045 ± 0.014
0.048 ± 0.038 ± 0.013
0.063 ± 0.026 ± 0.014
−0.035 ± 0.027 ± 0.009
−0.010 ± 0.028 ± 0.008
−0.019 ± 0.029 ± 0.009
0.016 ± 0.045 ± 0.014
0.141 ± 0.069 ± 0.030
0.000 ± 0.098 ± 0.035
−0.85 ± 0.50 ± 0.39
0.072 62.0
0.16 62.3
small in that kinematical domain, which is to be expected if diffraction is the dominant
process for reaction (2).
In Fig. 6 the COMPASS results are compared to the HERMES results on Aρ
tained on a deuteron target [17]. Note that the lowest Q2and x HERMES points, re-
ferred to as 'quasi-photoproduction', come from measurements where the kinematics of
the small-angle scattered electron was not measured but estimated from a MC simulation.
This is in contrast to COMPASS, where scattered muon kinematics is measured even at
the smallest Q2.
HERMES quasi-photoprod. (d)
HERMES electroprod. (d)
HERMES quasi-photoprod. (d)
HERMES electroprod. (d)
Figure 6: Aρ
compared to HERMES results on the deuteron target (triangles). For the COMPASS
results inner bars represent statistical errors, while the outer bars correspond to the total
error. For the HERMES results vertical bars represent the quadratic sum of statistical
and systematic errors. The curve represents the prediction explained in the text.
1as a function of Q2(left) and x (right) from the present analysis (circles)
The results from both experiments are consistent within errors. The kinematical
range covered by the present analysis extends further towards small values of x and Q2
by almost two orders of magnitude. In each of the two experiments Aρ
different average W, which is equal to about 10 GeV for COMPASS and 5 GeV for
1is measured at
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Table 2: Asymmetry Aρ
systematic errors (second) are listed.
1as a function of x. Both the statistical errors (first) and the total
x range?x??Q2? [(GeV/c)2]
?ν? [GeV]
8 · 10−6− 1 · 10−4
1 · 10−4− 2.5 · 10−4
2.5 · 10−4− 5 · 10−4
5 · 10−4− 0.001
0.001 − 0.002
0.002 − 0.004
0.004 − 0.01
0.01 − 0.025
0.025 − 0.8
5.8 · 10−5
1.7 · 10−4
3.6 · 10−4
7.1 · 10−4
0.035 ± 0.026 ± 0.011
0.036 ± 0.024 ± 0.010
−0.039 ± 0.027 ± 0.012
−0.010 ± 0.030 ± 0.010
−0.005 ± 0.036 ± 0.013
0.032 ± 0.050 ± 0.019
0.019 ± 0.069 ± 0.026
−0.03 ± 0.14 ± 0.06
−0.27 ± 0.38 ± 0.19
0.041 61.3
0.16 58.6
0.00620.59 50.7
0.0151.3 47.5
HERMES. Thus, no significant W dependence is observed for Aρ
The x dependence of the measured Aρ
given by Eq. 4, which relates Aρ
nucleon scattering. To produce the curve the inclusive asymmetry A1was parameterised
as A1(x) = (xα− γα) · (1 − e−βx) , where α = 1.158 ± 0.024, β = 125.1 ± 115.7 and
γ = 0.0180 ± 0.0038. The values of the parameters have been obtained from a fit of
A1(x) to the world data from polarised deuteron targets [26–31] including COMPASS
measurements at very low Q2and x [32]. Within the present accuracy the results on Aρ
are consistent with this prediction.
In the highest Q2bin, ?Q2? = 6.8 (GeV/c)2, in the kinematical domain of applica-
bility of pQCD-inspired models which relate the asymmetry to the spin-dependent GPDs
for gluons and quarks (cf. Introduction), one can observe a hint of a possible nonzero
asymmetry, although with a large error. It should be noted that in Ref. [18] a nega-
tive value of ALL different from zero by about 2 standard deviations was reported at
?Q2? = 7.7 (GeV/c)2. At COMPASS, including the data taken with the longitudinally
polarised deuteron target in 2004 and 2006 will result in an increase of statistics by a
factor of about three compared to the present paper, and thus may help to clarify the
For the whole Q2range future COMPASS data, to be taken with the polarised
proton target, would be very valuable for checking if the role of the flavour-blind exchanges
is indeed dominant, as expected for the Pomeron-mediated process.
1on an isoscalar nucleon
1is compared in Fig. 6 to the prediction
1to the asymmetry A1for the inclusive inelastic lepton-
7 Summary
The longitudinal double spin asymmetry Aρ
meson, µ + N → µ + N + ρ, has been measured by scattering longitudinally polarised
muons off longitudinally polarised deuterons from the6LiD target and selecting incoherent
exclusive ρ0production. The presented results for the COMPASS 2002 and 2003 data cover
a range of energy W from about 7 to 15 GeV.
The Q2and x dependence of Aρ
Q2≤ 7 (GeV/c)2and 5·10−5≤ x ≤ 0.05. These results extend the range in Q2and x by
1for the diffractive muoproduction of ρ0
1is presented in a wide kinematical range 3·10−3≤


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I have a chest freezer that SWMBO has deemed unfit to be part of the household. It is functional and being used as a fermenter (with temp control), but survived a fire, so it ain't purty
It has been granted a 4 week reprieve while I finish the work in the garage/workshop, but has to move.
I have a dry crawl space with plastic, that will fit the height of the freezer, but couldn't open the top to get things in and out.
I was thinking a couple of things:
1. Dismantle, using care, and make a Son of Fermentation chamber.
2. Create a drop down door on the front of it.
3. Camouflage it as a table saw
Anyone ever ripped one of these apart?
Did it melt? Or, is it just simply smoke charred and a bit flame broiled?
If the latter PAINT IT! Heavy on the killz (I am thinking Oil based) and give it a Full Monty Chalkboard treatment.
I used the excuse of "But it makes such a great work table..." for a little bit. SWMBO was not amused.
I'd modify the top of the keezer, since there is nothing that can be hurt by your cutting. Perhaps modify the door in some fashion.
Yeah Gila, I tried that one - see below. Hell, I even thought about using some brick laminate to make it blend into the house
It will be hard to modify since the heating and cooling lines run through all the walls of the freezer. Your best bet may be to take out the compressor carefully and turn the rest of the unit on it's side. Keep the compressor upright though and make sure that it is below the rest of the unit. I'm not positive this will work.
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Put it on casters, and then you can slide it in and out of your crawlspace as needed.
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Put it on craigslist FT for a mini fridge that your can open in the front and still hold 2 kegs.

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Natural Tick Control Is it Possible?
Ticks have become more than just a nuisance due to the increasing prevalence of Lyme disease. Until recently Tick control was only possible with general wide spectrum insecticides such as the Pyrethroid Bifenthrin.
But there is hope. Two Fungi, Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae F52, and a product made from Alaska yellow cedar, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis called Nootkatone have been shown to be as effective as any pesticide now used to control Ticks.
The articles that follow have much more information. These mention that Nootkatone, Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae F52 are commercially available. I have not found Nootkatone labeled for Tick control, and its effectiveness seems to be waiting for a formulation that uses lignin (LE-Nootkatone, see article), that I cannot find. The only products that I can find that have Beauveria bassiana are not labeled for tick control and do not have the strains used in the field tests. I can find no products with Metarhizium anisopliae F52.
Still hope for a better way to control Ticks seems close.
If anyone knows of any of these products that are available with a Tick control label please let me know.
If I make it down to field day at the Ct. Agricultural Experiment Station this year, as I hope to do, I will grill Kirby Stafford for more information.
Better reading than I can provide:
Nootkatone LE
Fungal Tick control
Much more about Ticks
The best means of control of ticks is to not provide an environment they like to live in. Keep the law cut short and do not over water. Keep low shrubs properly pruned, so they dry out quickly in the morning and after rains.
there is some indication that some ticks are developing immunities to the most common pesticdes used to control them and those are such broad spectrum poisons that they will also kill off many other, more beneficial, insects.
Here is a link that might be useful: tick control
Yes kimmsr short grass and not providing optimum tick conditions are good for keeping tick populations low. Ticks however do not need that much moisture and can do very well in dry conditions, they may not actively breed and feed in long droughts, but they survive them easily. The only weather that really reduces the number of Ticks is long heavy periods of rain like we had in the NE last spring. Even Mosquitoes were reduced by the amount of rain we had last year, at least for most of the summer.
All well and good for small town landscapes to alter conditions, but many of my customers live in wooded areas and like a wild look. With woods and natural looking borders that are Tick breeding grounds. I am also against using broad spectrum pesticides to kill ticks, as I know sooner or later they will become immune as Mosquitoes did to DDT, and kill a lot of good predators as well. But when someone who's kids or they have been bitten and contracted Lyme disease they are not going to be concerned with the science of IPM for ticks, they are going to want them dead now. And until we develop effective natural controls, (and unfortunately probably long after) people in my area are going to chuck Bifenthrin everywhere there might be ticks.
Of course the best method of killing Ticks is a nice prescribed burn, but I am not suggesting this, don't want to be responsible for any forest fires or house losses.
There is so much to learn about these pests, and so many misconceptions about them the mind boggles. The seminar that I went to this February was eye opening. One of the long term believes that fencing out deer keep populations down was completely debunked as research showed it did the exact opposite.
Thanks for the links. I'll have to be on the lookout for the products. Makes one wonder what tonics are disappearing from the rainforests daily.
As a side note, nootkatensis has been moved from Chamaecyparis to Cupressus (Syn. Xanthocyparis) as of last summer.
Guineas eat ticks. They are great in the garden, and they wiped out a flea beetle infestation in my zinnia patch in a single day. Of course, they are noisy, and not feasible for many people, particularly those in an urban environment. But worth considering in a rural environment. And they are "natural", if you can consider their wacky antics as natural.
Thanks for the info Tsugajunkie. I just got to the point where I could spell Chamaecyparis without looking it up, dang those taxonomists.
Anyway Guinea Hen do eat Ticks but not nearly enough of them.
The original claim for this came from a poorly done study.
Newer research does not have them making any significant dent in the populations. Still the all weapon approach is often the best for most pests, so by all means use this foul. Just remember that they are noisy. And if they don't eat enough Ticks to warrant the din you can always eat them.
I suggest a nice Lemon Caper sauce.
About the same time these messages were posted a year ago, I discovered a deer tick embedded in my head. I don't know how it survived several shampoos, but ticks are hardy in the extreme. According to our local Vector Control people who examined the tick, it had been attached and feeding for at least four days. Ugh.
This was my fourth or fifth confirmed deer tick bite in two years. In that time I learned that the national medical community knows very little about tick-borne illness and how to treat it, and my local medical community knows even less. I'm certain my immune system is still battling something left by a tick. Some days it does better than others.
I dread the coming tick season. With snow and ice on the ground and below-freezing temperatures, it doesn't look as though I'll be bitten in March this year. But they'll be back. I'll be watching this thread and others for good ideas.
If Guinea Fowl are too noisy for you and your neighbors, there are many breeds of chickens that are good to excellent foragers who'll do a pretty good job at eating ticks and other insects. Barred Rocks, Black Australops are two that are also hardy and good egg layers.
2014 - Met 52 EC (Metarhizium anisopliae) is now available on the market for use in tick control. For the time being it can only be applied by a licensed applicator. Novozymes is the manufacturer, and it has been used for decades in the greenhouse industry, so it is not expensive. It has to be sprayed twice, a couple of weeks apart. They were going to market it under the name Tick-Ex, but they changed the name to Met 52.


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Movies - especially when they play in the dark.
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Husband overdosed on medication
My husband passed away a little over a year ago due to accidental overdose on prescription drugs and it still hurts as if it was yesterday. I will never forget the image of finding him dead in our bed. My husband and I were married for 27 years and besides being married we were good friends and did everything together. Now that he is gone, I find myself crying, lonely, and doing everything on my own without him. Our son and his wife moved in with me to help me through this. Nothing helps as it hurts so much. The ironoc thing is, no matter where you are or who you are with, the pain is still so intense. I love and care so deep and think because of this it may take me a long time to try to live a normal life. How does a person get through this without going insane?
Do you have any support groups in your area? Does they YMCA or any church have groups? Did you get some grief counseling? Do you work? do volunteer work?
Is there any senior centers you choose to volunteer at?
Do you have any hobbies. Have you started putting pictures in a book, start a journal and write something each day--even your unhappy thoughts. One day at a time.
Thanks for your reply. I have gone to support groups and I leave there more depressed than when I arrived. I work from 4:00 AM to 6:00 PM every day and I also go to school full time so you can imagine how busy I am. I do not have a lot of time to myself. I applied for school thinking that it would get my mind off of grieving, boy was I wrong.
It's a big wound;
Give yourself time & space & permission to howl at the moon, & stay far away from *anything* that makes you feel worse instead of better.
That work & school thing...
If it were working, it would be okay, at least until you exhausted yourself, but since it isn't working, do something else.
& do something that will get you outside & get the blood circulating; oxygenating the blood helps the neurons fire more efficiently, & that beats the stuffing out of depression.
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Buffalo Exchange
1521 Central Ave.
Charlotte, NC 28205
(704) 372-2300
Location: Plaza-Midwood neighborhood, west of The Plaza
Store Hours:
MondaySaturday 11am7pm
Sundays 12pm6pm
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We're now buying spring fashion! We need your tees, tanks, shirts, shorts, denim, skirts, dresses, shoes, and accessories (hats, bags, belts). Don't forget we also buy fantastic vintage and unique items. Clean out your closet and bring it in for cash or trade on the spot at your local Buffalo Exchange. Also checkout our wanted bulletins.
[Posted Feb 19, 2015]
Baby squirrels sleeping in donated Coats for Cubs furs.
All Locations
Jan 2, 2015 to Apr 22, 2015
Provide comfort and bedding for orphaned and injured wildlife now through Earth Day, April 22, 2015. Donate your real fur apparel including coats and accessories, to our Coats for Cubs program at any Buffalo Exchange location. These donations are sent to rehabilitation organizations across the United States, and provide a natural and nurturing environment for the recovering animals. Since 2006, Buffalo Exchange has collected nearly 10,000 used furs through the Coats for Cubs program.
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Apr 18, 2015 to 12:00 am
On Saturday, April 18, we will host our annual Earth Day $1 Sale. A large selection of clothing, jewelry, and accessories will be offered for one dollar. All proceeds from the purchase of $1 items will be donated to The Fund for Animals, an affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States.
The Fund for Animals operates the nation's largest and most diverse network of animal care centers. It provides hands-on care and safe haven for more than 3,000 animals representing 150 species each year, including those rescued from cruelty and neglect, victims of the exotic pet trade, injured and orphaned wildlife, refugees from research labs and more, and works to prevent cruelty through advocacy and education. Annual Earth Day benefits at Buffalo Exchange locations have raised over $464,000 for environmental causes since 1997.
For more information, visit www.FundForAnimals.org/BuffaloExchange.
The Earth Day $1 Sale is cash or checks only for $1 Sale items. Buffalo Outlet locations (San Antonio & Nogales) are not participating in the $1 Sale.
Buffalo Exchange, Charlotte
Mar 5, 2015 to Apr 5, 2015
We're looking for local artist to submit work to be displayed at the Buffalo Exchange Charlotte location! If you're interested in submitting, stop by our store with a sample of your artwork, and ask for Kara Perry or Hana Fitzpatrick. If you're selected, your artwork will be displayed in the store for a month.
Buffalo Exchange, Charlotte
Apr 18, 2015 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Join us during our annual Earth Day $1 Sale on Saturday, April 18! We'll have clothing and accessories for just ONE DOLLAR! 100% of the proceeds will be donated to The Fund for Animals, an affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States.
You can enter to win this amazing tiger backpack that will be filled with Buffalo goodies, candies, and a Buffalo Exchange gift card!
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All of our Buffalo Exchange locations will be closed this Sunday, April 5, and will reopen for normal business hours on Monday, April 6. Stop in for fantastic men's and women's clothing and accessories!
[Posted Mar 30, 2015]
open positions
Charlotte - PT
Love fashion? Why not apply today! Your local Buffalo Exchange is always accepting applications for entry-level Buyer positions. Looking for cheerful, dependable, and energetic quick learners with knowledge of fabrics, styles, current retail trends and eras. Challenging, fun, fast-paced retail environment. As an employee, you'll receive on-the-job training in recycling fashion. No prior experience necessary. Part-time employees must be able to work 3 days a week, including at least one weekend day. This is not your regular retail job!
Join Buffalo Exchange, a values-based, growing organization practicing open-book management and business literacy training. A love of fashion and clothing is essential. Compensation is competitive and based on experience and credentials. Benefits include: health, dental, and vision insurance for employees working 20 hours or more per week; paid time off for part-time and full-time employees; profit-based bonuses; merchandise discount; a 401(k) retirement plan; career advancement; and extensive training.
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- Best Place to Buy Vintage, Readers Picks, Creative Loafing Charlotte, Best of Charlotte 2014
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- Included in "eight great places to add to your must-visit list" for consignment, Shopping for Less, Charlotte Magazine, Jan 2012
- Best New Store (Opened in Last 12 Months), Reader & Staff Picks, Creative Loafing, Best of Charlotte 2011
- "This boutique is a great place to go. You can find items from various designers from high ticket to low[,] but all being sold at a wonderfully affordable price." - T. Strong, Creative Loafing, Charlotte, May 11, 2011
- Shoppers and lovers of new and recycled fashion, get excited. -Creative Loafing, Charlotte, Mar 29, 2011


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State Plaza Hotel
Situated on the campus of George Washington University, this Washington, D.C. apart-hotel is 3 blocks from the Foggy Bottom Metro Station Blue Line and 7 blocks from the White House. The State Department is across the street.
Hotel Features.
This all-suite hotel provides the Garden Café, an American-style bistro with indoor and outdoor seating. Amenities include valet parking (surcharge), conference rooms, complimentary wireless Internet access, and a fitness center with cardio and strength-training equipment. A business center is also available (surcharge).
Apartment-style suites at State Plaza Hotel include fully equipped kitchens, executive-style desks, and complimentary newspapers. Wired high-speed Internet access is also complimentary.
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 230 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 8 floors
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 21
Travelling with others
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free wired Internet access in rooms
- Valet parking *
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- Cooked-to-order breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Coffee shop/café
- Fitness facilities
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Business center
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Luggage storage
- Elevator/lift
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- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Turndown service
- Shower/tub combination
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Cable/satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Kitchen
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
Special features
DiningThe Garden Cafe - Overlooking the garden, this café specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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Valet parking costs USD 34 per day with in/out privileges
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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Yesterday was the first day of autumn; this demands a poem. I call this, "Naked Prince Fielder Has The Definition Of Melted Tootsie Rolls." The passing of summer; it's a total bummer. Word, word, word; man, I've gotten dumber. Michael Brantley was da bomb; Napoli's mom has got it going on. Jose Abreu would've been a sweet draft pick; Frank Thomas sued him for copyright infringement. Kershaw's FIP is 1.87 on all hitters; Sonny Gray's got selective dyslexia, using my teams for his personal shitter. Everything will be okay in this final week; Avisail Garcia is on a streak! Garcia went deep twice yesterday for his 6th and 7th homers. If he's out there, of course you grab him. I'd prefer to talk about Avisail Garcia for 2015 fantasy baseball. He was a preseason sleeper this year, and he will be again in fifteen-after-twenty because he missed five months this year with an injury. Yes, he looks like Miggy, but he doesn't act like Miggy. He's a 20/20 type guy without killing you on average. In this injury-plagued year, his stats don't look exactly as he has in the past, but that's probably due to shutting it down in April and starting it up in August. I wouldn't be surprised if in a few years we look back at this year and see how it didn't portend anything. Unless he really did learn how to take a walk, as he's shown this year. Though, I kinda doubt it. I expect he's a line drive machine, 17-20 homer and 15-steal guy with a solid-enough average. Think what you were expecting from Brantley, rather than what you ended up with. Now smoke a spliff! Oh, wait, I stopped rhyming about ten lines ago. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Vance Worley
Does anyone else feel like the baseball season ended two weeks ago? Then again I'm in Boston, baseball season ended around the 4th of July this year. So maybe I'm not the best judge of these things. I am a pretty awesome wet t-shirt contest judge, though, just in case you know anyone looking. It doesn't have to be a large contest either. I'm more than happy to work with single participant contests. I also own a hose and have a sprinkler head with several settings. It might even be 6 or 7 settings! Just an FYI, and now you know, and as G.I. Joe said in their PSA's back in my childhood, knowing is half the battle. Those little men were indeed American heroes. It's good to have heroes and everyday on DraftKings I pick a new one amongst the fray of pitching options. Sometimes my heroes let me down, much like 90% of the Minnesota Vikings fans under the age of 70. Other times they step up and fight for whats right, and by whats right I mean making me money. (Enter Collin McHugh on a bad ass Harley kicking up dust) Damn, Collin McHugh ($9,700) is baseball's Anti-Hero, just riding Harley's and going over jumps while he smokes Lucky Strike non-filters. BTW kids, if you're ever wondering what the most bad ass Cigarettes are, it's forever Lucky Strike non-filters. Your Grandfather smoked them in his foxhole at the Battle of the Bulge and so should you! In all seriousness, though, McHugh has been awesome this season and it's not smoke and mirrors either. He's supported his 2.66 ERA with a 3.07 FIP and a xFIP 3.13. Pair those numbers up with a 9.14 K/9 and an ERA of 1.50 in August and September and you got a Turnip! Yeah that's not what I meant to say. I think my calculator is a bigot and obviously doesn't like Irish people. What I really meant to say is that he's an Ace….maybe even a Masta Ace? With a matchup against the Seattle Mariners at home I think he's a great buy in all DraftKings formats. So pour yourself a shot of Jameson and give this Mick some run.
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First off, congratulations fellow nerd, if you're reading this it means one of two things. 1. You're just as painfully boring as I am and you read everything Razzball posts. Or 2., You've made it to the second or third round of your head-to-head league playoffs. Pretty impressive if you ask me! Now go tell everyone about it and be sure to let them know how you couldn't have done it with out the good folks at Razzball! Best fantasy sports coverage in the industry, and all that happy horse shizz as my Vavo would say. What's a Vavo you ask? It's a Portuguese grandfather. See, you learn something new everyday. Well, I don't because I know everything there is to know. It's okay marvel at my excellence.
As for this week in double dipping, we have a couple of rude party guests in the Red Sux, Diamondbacks, Cubs, White Sox, Astros, and Padres, who have decided to move to 6-man rotations. Who would have guessed that the rudest guests at this two start party would come from Massachusetts, California, Texas, Arizona, and Chicago? Regardless of those skipping the cake and ice cream that is this week's TwoStartapalooza we still have a whole bunch of good options to discuss. I've decided to add another element to these posts going forward. I'm now going to add in each pitchers home or road ERA, as well as the opponents wOBA against that pitcher's handiness, and their home/road wOBA. I feel this provides you the reader with better statistical data, as well as better transparency into the reasoning behind each ranking. This week I'm just going with each opponents home/road wOBA because I'm on vacation, and if I spend any more time writing, my wife will kill me. So starting next week I'll have all these numbers for you. The greater point is this data paired with Rudy's new handy dandy two start matrix makes these posts that much more helpful. Knowledge is power boys, and raw Imma give it to ya with no trivia raw like cocaine straight from Bolivia. Ohhh U-God you had one good line in 25 years….Please, blog, may I have some more?
When you get a little cumin, coriander, curry, power and speed in the same dish, you got a Marte party! Whatever happened to that Next Food Network Star? She disappear with every other one, except Guy Fieri? As Anthony Bourdain aptly said, Fieri is the Poochie of the Food Network. Due to Fieri's success, they keep trying to sandwich (pardon the word) new personalities onto their network. This past season they awarded a Hee Haw Fieri. Instead of the frosted hair, he had a cowboy hat. We call this show, Diners, Drive-Ins and Farting By The Fire! Any the hoo! Going into yesterday's game, Starling Marte was tied with George Springer and behind Michael Morse on our Player Rater. To that, The Count would say blah blah blah. Crazy enough, Drew Stubbs was above all of them, and in the top 40 outfielders. By the power of Coors, I pronounce you fantasy worthy. Of course, Marte went 3-for- 4 with his 7th and 8th homers yesterday, so he'll probably shoot above those aforementioned outfielders. Marte's a little behind his pace from last year, but I'm going to like him next year for one simple reason: a guy that can hit 12 homers and steal 40 bases is very valuable as long as he doesn't hit .220. That's like a manhole in Fantasy Town! Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Well that's a new one. No player. Nope. Not giving you a pitcher. Ok, I kinda am. Sale is da bomb dot gov. But you don't need me to tell you that. Unless, of course, you haven't paid attention to this sport we call baseball for the last three years, then maybe you need my insight on the guy that coulda been AL Cy Young if it weren't for a DL stint. And heck, I'm not even giving you a specific hitter. I'm talking fat stacks…or phat stacks if I were Chris Tucker and it was 1997. Remember when he was funny? Yeah, I don't either…anywho, this was a theory discussed with a good friend who's into the DFS game and who had a great take on the psychology of a baseball game. So when you're the pitcher opposing a certified ace and aren't really 'on your game', you're gonna get like your GF's panties get during that certain time of the month: spotty. And when you get spotty, you get dicey. And when you get you know what, I just can't do the Direct TV commercial. It's been done to death. The key thing here is recognizing that the other team and their opposing pitcher can get a bit intimidated going up against an arm like Sale. These types of feelings are hard to get around. An error here, a booted double play there…the big thing is, Baltimore and Bud Norris are in a bad spot for today and I plan on taking advantage. And speaking of Bud…gross. That's both about the beer and the pitcher splits. Norris isn't great at all at this point but away from Baltimore, he has a 4.55 ERA and a near doubled HR/9 rate at 1.28 away from the 'friendly confines' of Camden Yards. In particular, lefties have given him the most trouble with 6 HRs in 33.1 IP and a .354 wOBA. So if you're against a huge stack, keep in mind Adam Dunn, Alejandro De Aza, and Conor Gillaspie when you're building your rosters for the day.
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What a week to be a Nationals pitcher, you're six games up in the division and you have the D-backs and the Giants rolling into town. So much of my focus this year has been on Daily Fantasy that I tend to see things through DraftKings colored glasses. If you're unfamiliar with the format and scoring, pitchers have much higher floors than hitters and the scoring is laser focused on K's and innings. Low strikeout/ good ratio guys need not apply. Both Jordan Zimmermann and Stephen Strasburg have been good but I always seem to be a little underwhelmed by what I get from them. I'm hoping for a big week from both of them. The Diamondbacks and Giants are both in the bottom 1/3 of the league in wOBA over the past fortnight and both have a k% over 20%. Don't be surprised if owners of the Nats frontline starters run the table in ratios this week.
Other than the aforementioned Nationals aces, Max Scherzer's week sets up to potentially be a monster one. The Tigers and the Scherz-nit travel to both Tampa and Minnesota, as he faces crappy offenses in pitchers parks. Reverse HodgePadre Ian Kennedy gets two road starts this week. I wonder if he's the first Friars pitcher to be better away from Petco? It's so confusing I devoted a chapter to it in my forthcoming book "Things That Don't Make Sense". Should be a best seller, Gary Busey did the foreword. Most of the content covers the last 5 years and a two week period in 1639. Diamondbacks Ace(?) Chase Anderson looks to continue his hot streak against Washington and San Diego. I don't see any reason why he couldn't come away with another two quality starts. Overall this week's two start pitchers remind me of the stock at a Marshall's, a couple of finds, a whole bunch of mediocre crap, and a few things so ugly they can't be unseen.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Wait, what, it's f'n August already? I had no idea, because every day is Opening Day in the world of DFS. Sure, it can be a Baby Bitch, but I always come back for more; even if last night's roster sported a LD% of 42.6 with a .189 BABIP (ouch). Nerd alert! I made those numbers up, but you know what I mean. Speaking of numbers, check out the Stream-o-Nator, Hitter-Tron, DFSBot, and of course, the Ombatsman. Rudy created them to help you win DraftKings contests like the Razzball 20-Teamer brought to you on the reg by THE Ralph Lifshitz. Dude is the host with the most. Today is the dawn of a brand new season, so bring it!
P.S. Always fade Stephen Strasburg on the road. Always.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Last night, Melky Cabrera hit two homers. Watch out, Melky's lactating home runs! Sorry, I cribbed that from Rotowire's notes. Kidding. Of course. Imagine you clicked on a player's name on another site and the first thing it said was Melky's lactating home runs. Only it would probably be more like this, "Melky has found his groove this year, especially vs. right-handers, who he's hitting .330 against. In the power department, he's lactating equally against righties and lefties." Snooze! Wake me when you're not regurgitating numbers. Tell me how you're glad mom slept with the Melk Man. Or tell me how Melky and Coco Crisp had a threesome that they would refer to later only as a ménage à breakfast. Give me the Juicy Juice with an extra straw! Or give me the obvious, Melky has been a number one outfielder, ranking in the top 15 outfielders on our Player Rater. He's being sustained by runs, RBIs and average that I won't put much faith in next year, which will almost definitely make him overrated, but we'll ferry cross that Melky when we come to it. (Note: We did not give Melky the lede in exchange for free web development.) Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Psych! Before we get into the roundup, I just wanted to point you to our fantasy football leagues. They are signing up now. Go there, and sign up for them. You can win expensive, custom-made prizes! No, not a mohair toupee! Who are you, Bud Selig? Anyway II, the roundup:Please, blog, may I have some more?
There are three guarantees on a Razzball website. Seinfeld references, Simpsons references, and Grey mustache references. I'll give you three guesses as to which one of the three this title is referencing and the first two don't count. If you're a young pup, google will guide the way for you. Seriously, just try googling 'stupid', type the space, and then type the 's' and see the rest fill in for you. It's that recognizable of a quote, y'all. Hell, there's even a looped YTMND song from the early 200o's about it. BTW, if you'd like for your brain to not melt, kindly don't click on that link. Of course, you're not here for nostalgic jaunts back to a time when the Simpsons were actually funny, you're here to talk some DraftKings with me and I couldn't help but notice Yohan Flande sitting out there at $4,600 as the lowest pitcher on the DK totem pole. So here's where I'm gonna tell you to start him, right, cuz the Cubs, like, suck and stuff? Heck no! I'm all about danger but there's not a statistically good argument I could make for starting Flande. In fact, I'm calling this post 'Stupid, Sexy Flande!' because now I can't get a Cubs stack out of my head. For as bad of a team the Cubbies have been this year, they have actually hit quite well against southpaws for the year as they have the 3rd highest team wOBA and the 4th highest team ISO in the major leagues vs LHP. I really hate the idea of believing in the North Side, but my lineups will be bleeding Cubbie blue today. Hopefully, my account won't hemorrhage into the red and I'll be gushing green when it's all done. With that, let's take a look at some more picks for this Monday's slate on DraftKings for 2014 Fantasy Baseball…after I've told you about something cool that's been burbling for a while but is now coming to a frothy head. Our Razzball Radio host Nick Capozzi is revving the engines up to head out on the 32in32in32 tour. Yes, August is almost here and you haven't bought your ticket. I don't wanna hear your excuses, if you wanna come out and see various peeps from across the Razzball Universe, this is your chance. Who knows, maybe Nick will even let you touch his bus. But don't get all bold and ask him, just let nature and a few beers take their course. And now moving along…
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You: Pete Nice, did you say we should start Marcus Stroman this week at Boston and at Houston?
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You: I WANT THE TRUTH!
Me: YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
[Jay's Note: My mother always wanted me to be a lawyer…] Guys, we live in a fantasy baseball world that has risky matchups, and those risky matchups have to be taken on by writers who have to suggest two-starting inexperienced young pitchers with 95 mph-plus fastballs. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Guru? You, Sky? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly imagine. You worry about Stroman, and you curse the Blue Jays. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Stroman's road performance, while thus far in 2014 has been kind of crappy – 17 hits in 16 IP with a 4.41 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP – will improve with time. And Stroman's existence, while excitingly intriguing but also slightly scary, can help your fantasy team. You don't want this advice because deep down in places you don't talk about at baseball games and fantasy drafts, you want Stroman on that hill. You need Stroman on that hill. We use words like FIP and K/BB ratios. We use these words as the backbone of a fantasy team trying to win something: Stroman's 3.11 FIP places him in the Top 20 of all MLB pitchers and his K/BB per 9 ratio of close to 6.00 makes him an ownable pitcher, not a streamer, according to Dr. Grey Albright PhD. You use these things as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to readers who rise and sleep under the blanket of the very information that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up Stroman, and set your lineup. Either way, I don't give a damn who you grab off the wire for two starts this week.
You: Did you order the two-starts for Marcus Stroman?
Me: I did the job…
You: DID YOU ORDER THE TWO-STARTS FOR MARCUS STROMAN?
Me: YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I DID! AND HERE'S SOME MORE TWO-START PITCHERS FOR NEXT WEEK!Please, blog, may I have some more?