[Clascomment] OPT-IN: Differential cross sections and polarization observables from the CLAS Kâ photoproduction and search for new Nâ states

[Viktor Mokeev]

I share Eugene opinion.

 Best Regards,
                    Victor

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From: "pasyuk" <pasyuk at jlab.org>
To: "Igor Strakovsky" <igor at gwu.edu>, "clascomment" <clascomment at jlab.org>
Cc: "Kenneth Hicks" <hicks at ohio.edu>, tangwei at jlab.org, "Viktor Mokeev" <mokeev at jlab.org>
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Subject: Re: [Clascomment]	OPT-IN: Differential cross sections and polarization observables from the CLAS Kâ photoproduction and search for new Nâ states

Igor, 

I am afraid it is not up to you or collaboration to decide who is the first author. This choice is up to the lead author group and they know better who contributed what. 

-Eugene 

> From: "Igor Strakovsky" <igor at gwu.edu>
> To: "Kenneth Hicks" <hicks at ohio.edu>
> Cc: tangwei at jlab.org, "Victor Mokeev" <mokeev at jlab.org>, "clascomment"
> <clascomment at jlab.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 7:10:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Clascomment] OPT-IN: Differential cross sections and polarization
> observables from the CLAS Kâ photoproduction and search for new Nâ states

> Dear Ken,
> Personally, I do not think that was a right decision. You have to understand
> that is a precedent. There are
> no CLAS Collaboration experimental (not analysis) papers with the first author
> who was out of the analysis
> of the real experimental data. If majority of the CLAS Collaboration will accept
> your position then that is all
> what I can say now

> Thanks for your prompt reaction,
> Igor

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> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Hicks, Kenneth < hicks at ohio.edu > wrote:

>> Dear Igor,

>> Thank you for your comment, but my student, Wei Tang, already was first author
>> on the cross section paper (see Ref. [4] of the paper under review). Alexey did
>> most of the work for this follow up paper. I think he clearly deserves to be
>> first author. These decisions are best reached by the group of lead authors and
>> I am very comfortable with the order of authors given.

>> Best regards,
>> Ken

>> ________________________________________
>> From: Igor Strakovsky < igor at gwu.edu >
>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 6:02:18 PM
>> To: clasmbr at jlab.org ; clascomment at jlab.org ; Hicks, Kenneth; mokeev at jlab.org ;
>> jprice at csudh.edu ; tangwei at jlab.org
>> Subject: OPT-IN: Differential cross sections and polarization observables from
>> the CLAS Kâ photoproduction and search for new Nâ states

>> Dear Ken, Alexey, Eberhard, Viktor, and Andrey,

>> Thank you very much for a good piece of physics. It is difficult to write
>> comments after Dan Carman.

>> My main concern is not about physics. I do not think that Alexey can be the
>> first author of the CLAS experimental paper. He did nothing for analysis, did
>> not take shifts and so
>> on. Sorry, Alexey, nothing personal. My suggestion is that Ken (corresponding
>> author)
>> or his student must be the first.

>> Then back to physics...

>> 1) pg 1, left, 1st phrase: "The threshold...": I do not think that this phrase
>> does make any sense - please rephrase it

>> 2) pg 1, left 3rd phrase: This statement is wrong. Then I disagreed with the
>> Volker's position which is a misinterpretation of our GW SAID results (latest
>> PWA of piN elastic scattering data). Our position is solid - there is no
>> evidence to support P11(1710).
>> You have to rephrase or skip it.

>> That is all by now,
>> Igor

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