[Halla_parity] PVDIS main paper v0.8

[Xiaochao Zheng]

Dear All:

It has been over a year since we presented preliminary results from the 6 GeV PVDIS experiment at the JLab seminar (which happened on April 13th, 2012). Since then, we have been working on finalizing the analysis, publishing the resonance data, and recently also on the extraction of C2 and mass limits from asymmetries. 

Attached please find a draft paper on the main (DIS) physics results. As you will see from the date/version line, we would like to try submitting it to Nature first.  Some of you may already knew that manuscripts submitted to Nature have a high rejection rate, but the good part is that it won't take too long (1-2 weeks) for us to know whether it pass the editor's screening.

I'd like to see most of the comments and suggestions within one week from now, although I will continue reading them until we submit the paper. When sending me comments and suggestions, please use "Reply-to-All" if you can. 

Some details/remaining issues about the manuscript:
- The style of Fig.1 needs to be improved. We are working on a better style, although the scale and the data will remain the same;
- Given some time, Jens might perform another mass limit calculation which will be related to the specific combination of C1 and C2 accessed through this experiment. The limit will be higher than Eq.(8). On the other hand, the difference is similar to a rotation in Fig.2: Eq.(8) corresponds to the vertical span of the red contour, while the C1/2-combined limit will correspond to a rotated axis, thus the higher value.  At present I think the C2-only limits are crispier in physics, so have not included the C1/2 combined limit.


Now some technical/formatting details (see http://www.nature.com/nature/authors/index.html)

Nature does not provide latex template, but instructed that any "standard" template will do. Therefore I used the PRL template. Some more technical details:

- The structure of the attached manuscript followed Nature author instructions, in particular the introduction paragraph (which followed the instruction for the "Summary paragraph");
- This is supposed to be a Letter (not an Article);
- Nature allows a short "Method Summary" section to go with the main paper. It can't exceed 300 words. The Method Summary will appear in-print with the main paper, but will NOT be linked online;
- Nature allows the use of "Supplemental Material", which includes typically figures and tables. The two tables we plan to submit as the S.M. can be found on the last two pages of the "methods.pdf" file attached. The S.M. will be linked online but NOT in print.
- If necessary, detailed information on the experiment can be provided in a separate "Methods" section, which allows up to 3000 words. This section will only be linked online and not in-print;
- Because of the different destination for the "Method Summary" and the "Methods" sections, the two are supposed to both give essential information about the experiment. So you will find some duplicated information between the two.

The two attached PDF files correspond to:
- the main Letter draft;
- the Methods section with the last two pages being the Supplemental Material.

Best regards,

Xiaochao
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