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B. Aubert,¹ Y. Karyotakis,¹ J. P. Lees,¹ V. Poireau,¹ E. Prencipe,¹ X. Prudent,¹ V. Tisserand,¹ J. Garra Tico,² E. Grauges,² M. Martinelli,^3a,3b A. Palano,^3a,3b M. Pappagallo,^3a,3b G. Eigen,⁴ B. Stugu,⁴ L. Sun,⁴ M. Battaglia,⁵ D. N. Brown,⁵ L. T. Kerth,⁵ Yu. G. Kolomensky,⁵ G. Lynch,⁵ I. L. Osipenkov,⁵ K. Tackmann,⁵ T. Tanabe,⁵ C. M. Hawkes,⁶ N. Soni,⁶ A. T. Watson,⁶ H. Koch,⁷ T. Schroeder,⁷ D. J. Asgeirsson,⁸ B. G. Fulsom,⁸ C. Hearty,⁸ T. S. Mattison,⁸ J. A. McKenna,⁸ M. Barrett,⁹ A. Khan,⁹ A. Randle-Conde,⁹ V. E. Blinov,¹⁰ A. D. Bukin,¹⁰ A. R. Buzykaev,¹⁰ V. P. Druzhinin,¹⁰ V. B. Golubev,¹⁰ A. P. Onuchin,¹⁰ S. I. Serednyakov,¹⁰ Yu. I. Skovpen,¹⁰ E. P. Solodov,¹⁰ K. Yu. Todyshev,¹⁰ M. Bondioli,¹¹ S. Curry,¹¹ I. Eschrich,¹¹ D. Kirkby,¹¹ A. J. Lankford,¹¹ P. Lund,¹¹ M. Mandelkern,¹¹ E. C. Martin,¹¹ D. P. Stoker,¹¹ H. Atmacan,¹² J. W. Gary,¹² F. Liu,¹² O. Long,¹² G. M. Vitug,¹² Z. Yasin,¹² L. Zhang,¹² V. Sharma,¹³ C. Campagnari,¹⁴ T. M. Hong,¹⁴ D. Kovalskyi,¹⁴ M. A. Mazur,¹⁴ J. D. Richman,¹⁴ T. W. Beck,¹⁵ A. M. Eisner,¹⁵ C. A. Heusch,¹⁵ J. Kroseberg,¹⁵ W. S. Lockman,¹⁵ A. J. Martinez,¹⁵ T. Schalk,¹⁵ B. A. Schumm,¹⁵ A. Seiden,¹⁵ L. Wang,¹⁵ L. O. Winstrom,¹⁵ C. H. Cheng,¹⁶ D. A. Doll,¹⁶ B. Echenard,¹⁶ F. Fang,¹⁶ D. G. Hitlin,¹⁶ I. Narsky,¹⁶ T. Piatenko,¹⁶ F. C. Porter,¹⁶ R. Andreassen,¹⁷ G. Mancinelli,¹⁷ B. T. Meadows,¹⁷ K. Mishra,¹⁷ M. D. Sokoloff,¹⁷ P. C. Bloom,¹⁸ W. T. Ford,¹⁸ A. Gaz,¹⁸ J. F. Hirschauer,¹⁸ M. Nagel,¹⁸ U. Nauenberg,¹⁸ J. G. Smith,¹⁸ S. R. Wagner,¹⁸ R. Ayad,¹⁹ W. H. Toki,¹⁹ R. J. Wilson,¹⁹ E. Feltresi,²⁰ A. Hauke,²⁰ H. Jasper,²⁰ T. M. Karbach,²⁰ J. Merkel,²⁰ A. Petzold,²⁰ B. Spaan,²⁰ K. Wacker,²⁰ M. J. Kobel,²¹ R. Nogowski,²¹ K. R. Schubert,²¹ R. Schwierz,²¹ A. Volk,²¹ D. Bernard,²² E. Latour,²² M. Verderi,²² P. J. Clark,²³ S. Playfer,²³ J. E. Watson,²³ M. Andreotti,^24a,24b D. Bettoni,^24a C. Bozzi,^24a R. Calabrese,^24a,24b A. Cecchi,^24a,24b G. Cibinetto,^24a,24b E. Fioravanti,^24a,24b P. Franchini,^24a,24b E. Luppi,^24a,24b M. Munerato,^24a,24b M. Negrini,^24a,24b A. Petrella,^24a,24b L. Piemontese,^24a V. Santoro,^24a,24b R. Baldini-Ferroli,²⁵ A. Calcaterra,²⁵ R. de Sangro,²⁵ G. Finocchiaro,²⁵ S. Pacetti,²⁵ P. Patteri,²⁵ I. M. Peruzzi,²⁵ M. Piccolo,²⁵ M. Rama,²⁵ A. Zallo,²⁵ R. Contri,^26a,26b E. Guido,^26a M. Lo Vetere,^26a,26b M. R. Monge,^26a,26b S. Passaggio,^26a,26b C. Patrignani,^26a,26b E. Robutti,^26a S. Tosi,^26a,26b K. S. Chaisanguanthum,²⁷ M. Morii,²⁷ A. Adametz,²⁸ J. Marks,²⁸ S. Schenk,²⁸ U. Uwer,²⁸ F. U. Bernlochner,²⁹ V. Klose,²⁹ H. M. Lacker,²⁹ D. J. Bard,³⁰ P. D. Dauncey,³⁰ M. Tibbetts,³⁰ P. K. Behera,³¹ M. J. Charles,³¹ U. Mallik,³¹ J. Cochran,³² H. B. Crawley,³² L. Dong,³² V. Eyges,³² W. T. Meyer,³² S. Prell,³² E. I. Rosenberg,³² A. E. Rubin,³² Y. Y. Gao,³³ A. V. Gritsan,³³ Z. J. Guo,³³ N. Arnaud,³⁴ J. Béquilleux,³⁴ A. D'Orazio,³⁴ M. Davier,³⁴ D. Derkach,³⁴ J. Firmino da Costa,³⁴ G. Grosdidier,³⁴ F. Le Diberder,³⁴ V. Lepeltier,³⁴ A. M. Lutz,³⁴ B. Malaescu,³⁴ S. Pruvot,³⁴ P. Roudeau,³⁴ M. H. Schune,³⁴ J. Serrano,³⁴ V. Sordini,³⁴ A. Stocchi,³⁴ G. Wormser,³⁴ D. J. Lange,³⁵ D. M. Wright,³⁵ I. Bingham,³⁶ J. P. Burke,³⁶ C. A. Chavez,³⁶ J. R. Fry,³⁶ E. Gabathuler,³⁶ R. Gamet,³⁶ D. E. Hutchcroft,³⁶ D. J. Payne,³⁶ C. Touramanis,³⁶ A. J. Bevan,³⁷ C. K. Clarke,³⁷ F. Di Lodovico,³⁷ R. Sacco,³⁷ M. Sigamani,³⁷ G. Cowan,³⁸ S. Paramesvaran,³⁸ A. C. Wren,³⁸ D. N. Brown,³⁹ C. L. Davis,³⁹ A. G. Denig,⁴⁰ M. Fritsch,⁴⁰ W. Gradl,⁴⁰ A. Hafner,⁴⁰ K. E. Alwyn,⁴¹ D. Bailey,⁴¹ R. J. Barlow,⁴¹ G. Jackson,⁴¹ G. D. Lafferty,⁴¹ T. J. West,⁴¹ J. I. Yi,⁴¹ J. Anderson,⁴² C. Chen,⁴² A. Jawahery,⁴² D. A. Roberts,⁴² G. Simi,⁴² J. M. Tuggle,⁴² C. Dallapiccola,⁴³ E. Salvati,⁴³ S. Saremi,⁴³ R. Cowan,⁴⁴ D. Dujmic,⁴⁴ P. H. Fisher,⁴⁴ S. W. Henderson,⁴⁴ G. Sciolla,⁴⁴ M. Spitznagel,⁴⁴ R. K. Yamamoto,⁴⁴ M. Zhao,⁴⁴ P. M. Patel,⁴⁵ S. H. Robertson,⁴⁵ M. Schram,⁴⁵ A. Lazzaro,^46a,46b V. Lombardo,^46a F. Palombo,^46a,46b S. Stracka,^46a,46b J. M. Bauer,⁴⁷ L. Cremaldi,⁴⁷ R. Godang,⁴⁷ R. Kroeger,⁴⁷ P. Sonnek,⁴⁷ D. J. Summers,⁴⁷ H. W. Zhao,⁴⁷ M. Simard,⁴⁸ P. Taras,⁴⁸ H. Nicholson,⁴⁹ G. De Nardo,^50a,50b L. Lista,^50a D. Monorchio,^50a,50b G. Onorato,^50a,50b C. Sciacca,^50a,50b G. Raven,⁵¹ H. L. Snoek,⁵¹ C. P. Jessop,⁵² K. J. Knoepfel,⁵² J. M. LoSecco,⁵² W. F. Wang,⁵² L. A. Corwin,⁵³ K. Honscheid,⁵³ H. Kagan,⁵³ R. Kass,⁵³ J. P. Morris,⁵³ A. M. Rahimi,⁵³ J. J. Regensburger,⁵³ S. J. Sekula,⁵³ Q. K. Wong,⁵³ N. L. Blount,⁵⁴ J. Brau,⁵⁴ R. Frey,⁵⁴ O. Igonkina,⁵⁴ J. A. Kolb,⁵⁴ M. Lu,⁵⁴ R. Rahmat,⁵⁴ N. B. Sinev,⁵⁴ D. Strom,⁵⁴ J. Strube,⁵⁴ E. Torrence,⁵⁴ G. Castelli,^55a,55b N. Gagliardi,^55a,55b M. Margoni,^55a,55b M. Morandin,^55a M. Posocco,^55a M. Rotondo,^55a F. Simonetto,^55a,55b R. Stroili,^55a,55b C. Voci,^55a,55b P. del Amo Sanchez,⁵⁶ E. Ben-Haim,⁵⁶ G. R. Bonneaud,⁵⁶ H. Briand,⁵⁶ J. Chauveau,⁵⁶ O. Hamon,⁵⁶ Ph. Leruste,⁵⁶ G. Marchiori,⁵⁶ J. Ocariz,⁵⁶ A. Perez,⁵⁶ J. Prendki,⁵⁶ S. Sitt,⁵⁶ L. Gladney,⁵⁷ M. Biasini,^58a,58b E. Manoni,^58a,58b C. Angelini,^59a,59b G. Batignani,^59a,59b S. Bettarini,^59a,59b G. Calderini,^59a,59b M. Carpinelli,^59a,59b A. Cervelli,^59a,59b F. Forti,^59a,59b M. A. Giorgi,^59a,59b A. Lusiani,^59a,59c M. Morganti,^59a,59b N. Neri,^59a,59b E. Paoloni,^59a,59b G. Rizzo,^59a,59b J. J. Walsh,^59a,59b D. Lopes Pegna,⁶⁰ C. Lu,⁶⁰ J. Olsen,⁶⁰ A. J. S. Smith,⁶⁰ A. V. Telnov,⁶⁰ F. Anulli,^61a E. Baracchini,^61a,61b G. Cavoto,^61a R. Faccini,^61a,61b F. Ferrarotto,^61a F. Ferroni,^61a,61b M. Gaspero,^61a,61b P. D. Jackson,^61a L. Li Gioi,^61a M. A. Mazzoni,^61a S. Morganti,^61a G. Piredda,^61a F. Renga,^61a,61b C. Voena,^61a M. Ebert,⁶² T. Hartmann,⁶² H. Schröder,⁶² R. Waldi,⁶² T. Adye,⁶³ B. Franek,⁶³ E. O. Olaiya,⁶³ F. F. Wilson,⁶³ S. Emery,⁶⁴ L. Esteve,⁶⁴ G. Hamel de Monchenault,⁶⁴ W. Kozanecki,⁶⁴ G. Vasseur,⁶⁴ Ch. Yèche,⁶⁴ M. Zito,⁶⁴ M. T. Allen,⁶⁵ D. Aston,⁶⁵ R. Bartoldus,⁶⁵ J. F. Benitez,⁶⁵ R. Cenci,⁶⁵ J. P. Coleman,⁶⁵ M. R. Convery,⁶⁵ J. C. Dingfelder,⁶⁵ J. Dorfan,⁶⁵ G. P. Dubois-Felsmann,⁶⁵ W. Dunwoodie,⁶⁵ R. C. Field,⁶⁵ M. Franco Sevilla,⁶⁵ A. M. Gabareen,⁶⁵ M. T. Graham,⁶⁵ P. Grenier,⁶⁵ C. Hast,⁶⁵ W. R. Innes,⁶⁵ J. Kaminski,⁶⁵ M. H. Kelsey,⁶⁵ H. Kim,⁶⁵ P. Kim,⁶⁵ M. L. Kocian,⁶⁵ D. W. G. S. Leith,⁶⁵ S. Li,⁶⁵ B. Lindquist,⁶⁵ S. Luitz,⁶⁵ V. Luth,⁶⁵ H. L. Lynch,⁶⁵ D. B. MacFarlane,⁶⁵ H. Marsiske,⁶⁵ R. Messner,⁶⁵ D. R. Muller,⁶⁵ H. Neal,⁶⁵ S. Nelson,⁶⁵ C. P. O'Grady,⁶⁵ I. Ofte,⁶⁵ M. Perl,⁶⁵ B. N. Ratcliff,⁶⁵ A. Roodman,⁶⁵ A. A. Salnikov,⁶⁵ R. H. Schindler,⁶⁵ J. Schwiening,⁶⁵ A. Snyder,⁶⁵ D. Su,⁶⁵ M. K. Sullivan,⁶⁵ K. Suzuki,⁶⁵ S. K. Swain,⁶⁵ J. M. Thompson,⁶⁵ J. Va'vra,⁶⁵ A. P. Wagner,⁶⁵ M. Weaver,⁶⁵ C. A. West,⁶⁵ W. J. Wisniewski,⁶⁵ M. Wittgen,⁶⁵ D. H. Wright,⁶⁵ H. W. Wulsin,⁶⁵ A. K. Yarritu,⁶⁵ C. C. Young,⁶⁵ V. Ziegler,⁶⁵ X. R. Chen,⁶⁶ H. Liu,⁶⁶ W. Park,⁶⁶ M. V. Purohit,⁶⁶ R. M. White,⁶⁶ J. R. Wilson,⁶⁶ P. R. Burchat,⁶⁷ A. J. Edwards,⁶⁷ T. S. Miyashita,⁶⁷ S. Ahmed,⁶⁸ M. S. Alam,⁶⁸ J. A. Ernst,⁶⁸ B. Pan,⁶⁸ M. A. Saeed,⁶⁸ S. B. Zain,⁶⁸ A. Soffer,⁶⁹ S. M. Spanier,⁷⁰ B. J. Wogsland,⁷⁰ R. Eckmann,⁷¹ J. L. Ritchie,⁷¹ A. M. Ruland,⁷¹ C. J. Schilling,⁷¹ R. F. Schwitters,⁷¹ B. C. Wray,⁷¹ B. W. Drummond,⁷² J. M. Izen,⁷² X. C. Lou,⁷² F. Bianchi,^73a,73b D. Gamba,^73a,73b M. Pelliccioni,^73a,73b M. Bomben,^74a,74b L. Bosisio,^74a,74b C. Cartaro,^74a,74b G. Della Ricca,^74a,74b L. Lanceri,^74a,74b L. Vitale,^74a,74b V. Azzolini,⁷⁵ N. Lopez-March,⁷⁵ F. Martinez-Vidal,⁷⁵ D. A. Milanes,⁷⁵ A. Oyanguren,⁷⁵ J. Albert,⁷⁶ Sw. Banerjee,⁷⁶ B. Bhuyan,⁷⁶ H. H. F. Choi,⁷⁶ K. Hamano,⁷⁶ G. J. King,⁷⁶ R. Kowalewski,⁷⁶ M. J. Lewczuk,⁷⁶ I. M. Nugent,⁷⁶ J. M. Roney,⁷⁶ R. J. Sobie,⁷⁶ T. J. Gershon,⁷⁷ P. F. Harrison,⁷⁷ J. Ilic,⁷⁷ T. E. Latham,⁷⁷ G. B. Mohanty,⁷⁷ E. M. T. Puccio,⁷⁷ H. R. Band,⁷⁸ X. Chen,⁷⁸ S. Dasu,⁷⁸ K. T. Flood,⁷⁸ Y. Pan,⁷⁸ R. Prepost,⁷⁸ C. O. Vuosalo,⁷⁸ and S. L. Wu⁷⁸

(BABAR Collaboration)

¹Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
²Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
^3aINFN Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
^3bDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
⁴University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
⁵Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
⁶University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
⁷Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Experimentalphysik 1, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
⁸University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
⁹Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
¹⁰Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
¹¹University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
¹²University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
¹³University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
¹⁴University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
¹⁵University of California at Santa Cruz, Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
¹⁶California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
¹⁷University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
¹⁸University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
¹⁹Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
²⁰Technische Universität Dortmund, Fakultät Physik, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
²¹Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
²²Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
²³University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
^24aINFN Sezione di Ferrara, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
^24bDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy
²⁵INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
^26aINFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
^26bDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
²⁷Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
²⁸Universität Heidelberg, Physikalisches Institut, Philosophenweg 12, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
²⁹Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, Newtonstr. 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
³⁰Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
³¹University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
³²Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
³³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
³⁴Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, B. P. 34, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
³⁵Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
³⁶University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
³⁷Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
³⁸University of London, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
³⁹University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
⁴⁰Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
⁴¹University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
⁴²University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
⁴³University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
⁴⁴Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
⁴⁵McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2T8
^46aINFN Sezione di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
^46bDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
⁴⁷University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
⁴⁸Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
⁴⁹Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075, USA
^50aINFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
^50bDipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
⁵¹NIKHEF, National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
⁵²University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
⁵³Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
⁵⁴University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
^55aINFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
^55bDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
⁵⁶Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Denis Diderot-Paris7, F-75252 Paris, France
⁵⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
^58aINFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
^58bDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
^59aINFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
^59bDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
^59cScuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
⁶⁰Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
^61aINFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
^61bDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Roma, Italy
⁶²Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
⁶³Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
⁶⁴CEA, Irfu, SPP, Centre de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
⁶⁵SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, California 94309 USA
⁶⁶University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
⁶⁷Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA
⁶⁸State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
⁶⁹Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
⁷⁰University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
⁷¹University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
⁷²University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, USA
^73aINFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
^73bDipartimento di Fisica Sperimentale, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino, Italy
^74aINFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
^74bDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
⁷⁵IFIC, Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
⁷⁶University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3P6
⁷⁷Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
⁷⁸University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA

We report an analysis of ^- decaying into ^- with ^+-0 using a data sample containing nearly 320×10⁶ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B-Factory. We find no evidence for second-class currents, and we set an upper limit of 0.69% at 90% confidence level for the fraction of second-class currents in this decay mode.

©2009 The American Physical Society

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