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This is a repository copy of Electronic Structure and Charge Transfer in the TiO2 Rutile (110)/Graphene Composite Using Hybrid DFT Calculations. White Rose Research Online URL for this paper: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/111843/ Version: Accepted Version Article: Gillespie, P. and Martsinovich, N. (2017) Electronic Structure and Charge Transfer in the TiO2 Rutile (110)/Graphene Composite Using Hybrid DFT Calculations. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. ISSN 1932-7447 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12506 This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Physical Chemistry C, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12506. [email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ Reuse Items deposited in White Rose Research Online are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved unless indicated otherwise. They may be downloaded and/or printed for private study, or other acts as permitted by national copyright laws. The publisher or other rights holders may allow further reproduction and re-use of the full text version. This is indicated by the licence information on the White Rose Research Online record for the item. Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing [email protected] including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request.
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Page 1: Electronic Structure and Charge Transfer in the TiO 2 Rutile …eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/111843/1/manuscript.pdf · leading to photoinduced charge transfer from graphene to TiO 2,

This is a repository copy of Electronic Structure and Charge Transfer in the TiO2 Rutile (110)/Graphene Composite Using Hybrid DFT Calculations.

White Rose Research Online URL for this paper:http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/111843/

Version: Accepted Version

Article:

Gillespie, P. and Martsinovich, N. (2017) Electronic Structure and Charge Transfer in the TiO2 Rutile (110)/Graphene Composite Using Hybrid DFT Calculations. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. ISSN 1932-7447

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12506

This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Physical Chemistry C, copyright © American Chemical Society afterpeer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and publishedwork see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12506.

[email protected]://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/

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❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ ❈❤❛r❣❡ ❚r❛♥s❢❡r ✐♥

t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷❘✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡

❯s✐♥❣ ❍②❜r✐❞ ❉❋❚ ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s

P❡t❡r ●✐❧❧❡s♣✐❡∗ ❛♥❞ ◆❛t❛❧✐❛ ▼❛rts✐♥♦✈✐❝❤∗

❉❡♣❛rt♠❡♥t ♦❢ ❈❤❡♠✐str②✱ ❯♥✐✈❡rs✐t② ♦❢ ❙❤❡✣❡❧❞✱ ❇r♦♦❦ ❍✐❧❧✱ ❙❤❡✣❡❧❞✱ ❯❑✱ ❙✸ ✼❍❋

❊✲♠❛✐❧✿ ♣♥♦❣✐❧❧❡s♣✐❡✶❅s❤❡✣❡❧❞✳❛❝✳✉❦❀ ♥✳♠❛rts✐♥♦✈✐❝❤❅s❤❡✣❡❧❞✳❛❝✳✉❦

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❆❜str❛❝t

❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ✇✐t❤ ♥❛♥♦❝❛r❜♦♥ ♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s✱ s✉❝❤ ❛s ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

♦①✐❞❡ ❛♥❞ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ♥❛♥♦t✉❜❡s✱ ❤❛✈❡ ♣r♦✈❡♥ t♦ ❜❡ ❡✣❝✐❡♥t ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②st ♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s✳ ❍♦✇✲

❡✈❡r✱ ❞❡t❛✐❧❡❞ ✉♥❞❡rst❛♥❞✐♥❣ ♦❢ t❤❡✐r ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ str✉❝t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ♠❡❝❤❛♥✐s♠s ♦❢ t❤❡

❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ♣r♦❝❡ss❡s ✐s st✐❧❧ ❧❛❝❦✐♥❣✳ ❍❡r❡✱ ✇❡ ✉s❡ ❤②❜r✐❞ ❞❡♥s✐t② ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ t❤❡♦r②

❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s t♦ ❛♥❛❧②s❡ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐❞❡❛❧ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥✲

t❡r❢❛❝❡✱ ✐♥ ♦r❞❡r t♦ ✉♥❞❡rst❛♥❞ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧❧② ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞ tr❡♥❞s ✐♥ ♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❝❤❛r❣❡

tr❛♥s❢❡r✳ ❲❡ s❤♦✇ t❤❛t t❤❡ ♣♦t❡♥t✐❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② s✉r❢❛❝❡ ♦❢ ♣r✐st✐♥❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ♣❤②s✐s♦r❜❡❞

❛❜♦✈❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ✐s r❡❧❛t✐✈❡❧② ✢❛t✱ ❡♥❛❜❧✐♥❣ ♠❛♥② ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛❜♦✈❡

t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s✉r❢❛❝❡✳ ❲❡ ✈❡r✐❢② t❤❛t t❡♥s✐❧❡ ❛♥❞ ❝♦♠♣r❡ss✐✈❡ str❛✐♥ ❤❛s ♥❡❣❧✐❣✐❜❧❡

❡✛❡❝t ♦♥ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛t ❧♦✇ ❧❡✈❡❧s ♦❢ str❛✐♥✳ ❇② ❛♥❛❧②s✐♥❣

t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ t❤✐s ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ♠❛t❡r✐❛❧ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✈❛❧❡♥❝❡ ❛♥❞

❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ ❡❞❣❡s✱ ✇❡ s❤♦✇ t❤❛t ❜♦t❤ t❤❡ ❤✐❣❤❡st ♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ st❛t❡s ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❧♦✇❡st

✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ st❛t❡s ♦❢ t❤✐s ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ❛r❡ ❞♦♠✐♥❛t❡❞ ❜② ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ ❛♥❞ t❤❛t t❤❡r❡ ✐s ❛❧s♦

❛ s✐❣♥✐✜❝❛♥t ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❚✐ ♦r❜✐t❛❧s t♦ t❤❡ t✇♦ ❧♦✇❡st ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s✳ ❲❡ s✉❣✲

❣❡st t❤❛t ❛ tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥ ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❞♦♠✐♥❛t❡❞ ♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s t♦ ♠✐①❡❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞

❚✐❖✷✲❜❛s❡❞ ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s ✐s r❡s♣♦♥s✐❜❧❡ ❢♦r t❤❡ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧❧② ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞ ♣❤♦t♦✐♥✲

❞✉❝❡❞ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷ ✉♥❞❡r ✈✐s✐❜❧❡ ❧✐❣❤t ✐rr❛❞✐❛t✐♦♥❀ ❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱

t❤❡ ♠♦st st❛❜❧❡ st❛t❡ ❢♦r ❛♥ ❡①❝❡ss ✭❡✳❣✳ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❡❞✮ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ ✐s ❧♦❝❛❧✐s❡❞ ♦♥ t❤❡

❝❛r❜♦♥ ♦r❜✐t❛❧s✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ ♠❛❦❡ ✉♣ t❤❡ ❧♦✇❡st✲❡♥❡r❣② ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞✳ ❚❤✐s s❡♣❛r❛t✐♦♥

♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦❣❡♥❡r❛t❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ❛♥❞ ❤♦❧❡s ♠❛❦❡s ❚✐❖✷✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥ ❡✣❝✐❡♥t ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②st

♠❛t❡r✐❛❧✳

■♥tr♦❞✉❝t✐♦♥

❍❡t❡r♦❣❡♥❡♦✉s ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②s✐s ✐s ❛ s✉❜❥❡❝t ❛r❡❛ ✇❤✐❝❤ ❤❛s s❡❡♥ ❝♦♥t✐♥✉♦✉s ♣r♦❣r❡ss ♦✈❡r t❤❡

②❡❛rs✶✕✻ s✐♥❝❡ t❤❡ ✜rst ♣r♦♦❢✲♦❢✲❝♦♥❝❡♣t ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t ❜② ❋✉❥✐s❤✐♠❛ ❛♥❞ ❍♦♥❞❛✳✼ ❚❤❡ ♣♦t❡♥t✐❛❧

❢♦r s✉❝❤ ♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s t♦ ❜❡ ✉s❡❞ ❢♦r s♦❧❛r ❡♥❡r❣② ❝♦♥✈❡rs✐♦♥✱ t❤r♦✉❣❤ ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ✇❛t❡r s♣❧✐t✲

t✐♥❣ ♦r ❈❖✷ r❡❞✉❝t✐♦♥✱ ✐s ♦❢ tr❡♠❡♥❞♦✉s ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥❝❡ ❢♦r s✉♣♣❧❡♠❡♥t✐♥❣ ✭❛♥❞ s✉❜s❡q✉❡♥t❧②

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r❡❞✉❝✐♥❣✮ t❤❡ ✉s❡ ♦❢ ❧✐♠✐t❡❞ ❝❤❡♠✐❝❛❧ ❢✉❡❧ s♦✉r❝❡s s✉❝❤ ❛s ♦✐❧ ❛♥❞ ♥❛t✉r❛❧ ❣❛s✳ ❋✉rt❤❡r♠♦r❡✱

t❤❡ ❛❜✐❧✐t② ❢♦r t❤❡s❡ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s t♦ ❝❧❡❛♥ ❛✐r ❛♥❞ ✇❛t❡r ❜♦r♥❡ ♣♦❧❧✉t❛♥ts ❢r♦♠ ✐♥❞✉s✲

tr✐❛❧ s♦✉r❝❡s s❤♦✉❧❞ ♥♦t ❜❡ ♦✈❡r❧♦♦❦❡❞ ❛s t❤❡s❡ ♣r❡s❡♥t ❛ ❢✉rt❤❡r ❡♥✈✐r♦♥♠❡♥t❛❧ ❝♦♥❝❡r♥✳✷✱✽✕✶✷

❚✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❞✐♦①✐❞❡ ✭❚✐❖✷✮ ❤❛s ❜❡❡♥ ❛ ♣♦♣✉❧❛r ♠❛t❡r✐❛❧ ❢♦r ❤❡t❡r♦❣❡♥❡♦✉s ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts

✐♥ ♠❛♥② ❢♦r♠s ❞✉❡ t♦ ✐ts ❧♦✇ ❝♦st✱ ❢❛✈♦✉r❛❜❧❡ ❜❛♥❞ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s ❢♦r ✇❛t❡r s♣❧✐tt✐♥❣✱ ❝❤❡♠✐❝❛❧

st❛❜✐❧✐t②✱ ❛♥❞ ✈❡rs❛t✐❧✐t② t♦✇❛r❞s ❞✐✛❡r❡♥t ❢♦r♠s ♦❢ ♠♦❞✐✜❝❛t✐♦♥✳✶✱✶✸✕✶✻ ■t ✐s ❛❜✉♥❞❛♥t❧② ❝❧❡❛r✱

❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱ t❤❛t s✐♥❣❧❡✲❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥t ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts ❛r❡ ✐♥s✉✣❝✐❡♥t ❢♦r s♦❧❛r ❡♥❡r❣② ❛♣♣❧✐❝❛t✐♦♥s✱

❛s ♠❡t❛❧ ♦①✐❞❡s ❣❡♥❡r❛❧❧② s✉✛❡r ❢r♦♠ ♣♦♦r ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ♣❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ✉♥❞❡r s♦❧❛r ✐rr❛❞✐✲

❛t✐♦♥ ✖ ❡♠❛♥❛t✐♥❣ ❢r♦♠ ❛ ✇✐❞❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ✭✸✳✵✕✸✳✷ ❡❱ ❢♦r ❚✐❖✷✮ ❛♥❞ ❤✐❣❤ ❝❤❛r❣❡ ❝❛rr✐❡r

r❡❝♦♠❜✐♥❛t✐♦♥ r❛t❡s✳✶✕✻✱✶✹✱✶✺

❈♦♠❜✐♥❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ✇✐t❤ ❛♥♦t❤❡r s❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♥❣ ♠❛t❡r✐❛❧ ✐♥ ❛ ❤❡t❡r♦❥✉♥❝t✐♦♥ ❛rr❛♥❣❡✲

♠❡♥t ❤❛s ❜❡❡♥ ❛ ❧♦♥❣✲st✉❞✐❡❞ ❝♦♥❝❡♣t ✐♥ ❜♦t❤ ♣❤♦t♦✈♦❧t❛✐❝s ❛♥❞ ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②s✐s✱✸✱✶✺✱✶✼✱✶✽ ❛♥❞

❤❛s ❜❡❡♥ q✉✐t❡ s✉❝❝❡ss❢✉❧ ❛s ❛ ♠❡❛♥s ♦❢ t❛❝❦❧✐♥❣ ❜♦t❤ t❤❡ ❝❤❛r❣❡ r❡❝♦♠❜✐♥❛t✐♦♥ ♣r♦❜❧❡♠

✭t❤r♦✉❣❤ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ ❝❤❛r❣❡ ❝❛rr✐❡r s❡♣❛r❛t✐♦♥✮ ❛♥❞✱ ❜② ✉s✐♥❣ ❛ ♥❛rr♦✇✲❣❛♣ s❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦r✱

❡♥❛❜❧❡❞ ❡①t❡♥❞✐♥❣ ♣❤♦t♦♥ ❛❜s♦r♣t✐♦♥ ✐♥t♦ t❤❡ ✈✐s✐❜❧❡ r❡❣✐♦♥✳ ❆ ♣♦♣✉❧❛r ❛♣♣r♦❛❝❤ ❢r♦♠ ♣r❡✲

✈✐♦✉s ❞❡❝❛❞❡s ❤❛s ❜❡❡♥ t♦ ❝♦♠❜✐♥❡ ❚✐❖✷ ✇✐t❤ ❝❛❞♠✐✉♠ s✉❧♣❤✐❞❡ ✭❈❞❙✮ q✉❛♥t✉♠ ❞♦ts✳✶✱✶✺

❆♥❝❤♦r✐♥❣ ❈❞❙ t♦ t❤❡ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ❤❛s ❜❡❡♥ s❤♦✇♥ t♦ ✐♥❝r❡❛s❡ ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❛❝t✐✈✐t②

♥♦t❛❜❧② ❛♥❞ ❧♦♥❣❡✈✐t② t♦ s♦♠❡ ❡①t❡♥t✱ ❤♦✇❡✈❡r ✐ss✉❡s ✇✐t❤ ♣❤♦t♦❝♦rr♦s✐♦♥ ✐♥ ♣❛rt✐❝✉❧❛r ♣♦s❡

❛ ♣r♦❜❧❡♠ ❢♦r ♣♦t❡♥t✐❛❧ ✐♥❞✉str✐❛❧ ❛♣♣❧✐❝❛t✐♦♥s✳✻✱✶✹✱✶✾

▼♦r❡ r❡❝❡♥t❧②✱ st✉❞✐❡s ❤❛✈❡ ❜❡❡♥ ❢♦❝✉ss❡❞ ♦♥ ❝❛r❜♦♥✲♥❛♥♦str✉❝t✉r❡✴❚✐❖✷ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ♠❛✲

t❡r✐❛❧s✱✶✻✱✶✼✱✷✵✱✷✶ st❛rt✐♥❣ ✇✐t❤ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ♥❛♥♦t✉❜❡s ✭◆❚s✮✷✷✕✷✼ ❢♦❧❧♦✇✐♥❣ t❤❡✐r ✐s♦❧❛t✐♦♥ ✐♥ t❤❡

❡❛r❧② ✶✾✾✵s✳✷✽ ❋♦❧❧♦✇✐♥❣ ❛ ♥♦✈❡❧ s②♥t❤❡s✐s t❡❝❤♥✐q✉❡ ❜② ❲✐❧❧✐❛♠s ❡t ❛❧ ✱✷✾ t❤❡r❡ ❤❛s ❜❡❡♥

❛ s✉r❣❡ ✐♥ ✐♥t❡r❡st ✐♥ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ✇✐t❤ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳✶✸✱✸✵✱✸✶ ❖r✐❣✐♥❛❧❧② ✐t ✇❛s ♣r♦♣♦s❡❞

t❤❛t t❤❡ ❧❛r❣❡ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❛r❡❛s ❛♥❞ ❡❧❡❝tr✐❝❛❧ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐✈✐t✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡s❡ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ♥❛♥♦str✉❝t✉r❡s

s❤♦✉❧❞ ❤❡❧♣ ❡✣❝✐❡♥t❧② s❡♣❛r❛t❡ ❣❡♥❡r❛t❡❞ ❝❤❛r❣❡ ❝❛rr✐❡rs✱ t❤✉s ❡♥❤❛♥❝✐♥❣ ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❡✣✲

❝✐❡♥❝②✳✶✻✱✷✵ ◆✉♠❡r♦✉s ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧ st✉❞✐❡s✷✷✱✷✹✱✸✵✱✸✷✕✸✼ ❤❛✈❡ ❞❡♠♦♥str❛t❡❞ t❤❛t t❤❡ ❛❞❞✐t✐♦♥

♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ♥❛♥♦t✉❜❡s t♦ ❚✐❖✷ ❛❧s♦ ❡①t❡♥❞s t❤❡ ♣❤♦t♦♥ ❛❜s♦r♣t✐♦♥ s♣❡❝tr✉♠ ♦❢

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t❤❡ ♠❛t❡r✐❛❧ ✐♥t♦ t❤❡ ✈✐s✐❜❧❡ r❡❣✐♦♥✳

❙✉❝❤ st✉❞✐❡s ♣r♦✈✐❞❡ ❡✈✐❞❡♥❝❡ ❢♦r str♦♥❣ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ t❤❡ t✇♦ s②st❡♠s✱

❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱ ❞❡s♣✐t❡ ❛tt❡♠♣ts t♦ st✉❞② t❤❡ ♠❡❝❤❛♥✐s♠✸✶✱✸✽✱✸✾ t❤❡ ♥❛t✉r❡ ♦❢ t❤✐s ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s✲

❢❡r ❛❝r♦ss t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ✐s st✐❧❧ ♥♦t ❢✉❧❧② ✉♥❞❡rst♦♦❞✳ ■♥ ♣❛rt✐❝✉❧❛r✱ t❤❡ ❡❛r❧② ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥ts

❞❡♠♦♥str❛t❡❞ t❤❛t ♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ❛r❡ tr❛♥s❢❡rr❡❞ ❢r♦♠ ❚✐❖✷ t♦ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱✷✾ s♦ t❤❛t

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐s ❡①♣❡❝t❡❞ t♦ ❜❡❤❛✈❡ ❛s ❛♥ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ s❤✉tt❧❡✳✹✵ ❙❤♦rt❧② t❤❡r❡❛❢t❡r✱ ♣❤♦t♦❝✉rr❡♥t

♠❡❛s✉r❡♠❡♥ts t♦❣❡t❤❡r ✇✐t❤ t❤❡♦r❡t✐❝❛❧ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s s❤♦✇❡❞ t❤❛t ❡♥❤❛♥❝❡❞ ❧✐❣❤t ❛❜s♦r♣t✐♦♥

♦r✐❣✐♥❛t❡s ❢r♦♠ ❝❤❛r❣❡✲tr❛♥s❢❡r ❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥ ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷✱ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥ ♦♣♣♦s✐t❡

t♦ ✇❤❛t ♣r❡✈✐♦✉s❧② ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞✳✹✶ ▼♦r❡♦✈❡r✱ s❡✈❡r❛❧ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧ st✉❞✐❡s s❤♦✇❡❞ t❤❛t ❝❤❛r❣❡

tr❛♥s❢❡r ✐♥ ❜♦t❤ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥s ✐s ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ✭s❡❡ t❤❡ ♦✈❡r✈✐❡✇ ✐♥ ❚❛❜❧❡ ✶✮✱ ✐♥ ♣❛rt✐❝✉❧❛r✱ ❞❡♣❡♥❞❡♥❝❡

♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥ ♦♥ t❤❡ ❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥ ✇❛✈❡❧❡♥❣t❤ ✇❛s ❞❡♠♦♥str❛t❡❞✿ ❢r♦♠ ❚✐❖✷ t♦

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✇❤❡♥ ❡①❝✐t❡❞ ❜② ❯❱ ❧✐❣❤t✱ ❛♥❞ ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷ ✇❤❡♥ ❡①❝✐t❡❞ ❜② ✈✐s✐❜❧❡

❧✐❣❤t✳✸✽✱✸✾

❈♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷✲♥❛♥♦❝❛r❜♦♥ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s ❤❛✈❡ ♠❛❞❡ s✐❣♥✐✜❝❛♥t st❡♣s ✐♥ ✉♥✲

❞❡rst❛♥❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ♥❛t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r✳ ◆♦t❛❜❧②✱ ✐t ❤❛s ❜❡❡♥ ❞❡♠♦♥str❛t❡❞ t❤❛t t❤❡r❡

✐s str♦♥❣ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ♦✈❡r❧❛♣ ❛♥❞ ❧❛r❣❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❡♥❡r❣② ❛❝r♦ss t❤❡ ♣❤②s✐s♦r❜❡❞

❚✐❖✷ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳✹✶ ●r♦✉♥❞✲st❛t❡ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷

❤❛s ❜❡❡♥ ❞❡♠♦♥str❛t❡❞✱ ❛s ✇❡❧❧ ❛s ♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷✳✹✶

❚✐♠❡✲❞❡♣❡♥❞❡♥t ❞❡♥s✐t② ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ t❤❡♦r② ✭❚❉✲❉❋❚✮ ❛♥❞ ♥♦♥✲❛❞✐❛❜❛t✐❝ ♠♦❧❡❝✉❧❛r ❞②♥❛♠✐❝s

✭◆❆▼❉✮ st✉❞✐❡s ❜② ▲♦♥❣ ❛♥❞ Pr❡③❤❞♦✱✹✸ ✐♥ ❛❞❞✐t✐♦♥ t♦ tr❛♥s✐❡♥t ❯❱✴❱✐s ❛❜s♦r♣t✐♦♥ s♣❡❝✲

tr♦s❝♦♣② ♠❡❛s✉r❡♠❡♥ts ❜② ▼❛♥❣❛ ❡t ❛❧ ✱✹✷ ❤❛✈❡ s❤♦✇♥ t❤❛t tr❛♥s❢❡r ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥

❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷ ✐s ❡✣❝✐❡♥t ❛♥❞ ✐s ❢❛st❡r t❤❛♥ t❤❡ ❛✈❡r❛❣❡ ❡①❝✐t❡❞ st❛t❡ ❧✐❢❡t✐♠❡ ❢♦r

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✖ ✇✐t❤ ♠❡❛s✉r❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ tr❛♥s❢❡r t✐♠❡s❝❛❧❡s ♦❢ ✷✵✵✕✷✺✵ ❢❡♠t♦s❡❝♦♥❞s✳✹✷ ❚❤❡s❡

st✉❞✐❡s ❤❛✈❡ s❤♦✇♥ t❤❛t ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝❛♥ ❛❝t ✐♥ t❤✐s ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠ ❛s ❛ ✈✐s✐❜❧❡✴♥❡❛r ✐♥❢r❛r❡❞

♣❤♦t♦♥ ❛❜s♦r❜❡r ✭♣❤♦t♦s❡♥s✐t✐s❡r✮ ❛♥❞ ❛s ❛ ♠❡❛♥s ♦❢ ♣r♦✈✐❞✐♥❣ ❝❤❛r❣❡ ❝❛rr✐❡r s❡♣❛r❛t✐♦♥✱

✇❤✐❧❡ t❤❡ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❞❡♣❡♥❞s ♦♥ t❤❡ r❡❧❛t✐✈❡ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❜❛♥❞s

♦♥ ❡❛❝❤ s✐❞❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳

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❚❛❜❧❡ ✶✿ ❖✈❡r✈✐❡✇ ♦❢ s❡✈❡r❛❧ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧ ❛♥❞ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ✐♥✈❡st✐❣❛t✐♦♥s ♦❢

♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ✐♥ ❚✐❖✷✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ s②st❡♠s

❘❡s❡❛r❝❤ ❆rt✐❝❧❡ ❙②st❡♠ ❙t✉❞✐❡❞ ▼❡t❤♦❞♦❧♦❣②❖❜s❡r✈❡❞ ❉✐r❡❝t✐♦♥

♦❢ ❈❤❛r❣❡ ❚r❛♥s❢❡r

❊①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧

▼❛♥❣❛ ❡t ❛❧✳ ✷✵✵✾✹✷ ❚✐❖✷✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❖①✐❞❡

❋❡♠t♦s❡❝♦♥❞ tr❛♥s✐❡♥t❯❱ ❛❜s♦r♣t✐♦♥s♣❡❝tr♦s❝♦♣②

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷

▲✐❛♥❣ ❡t ❛❧✳ ✷✵✶✷✸✾ ❚✐❖✷✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡

❯❱✲❱✐s✐❜❧❡♣❤♦t♦❧✉♠✐♥❡s❝❡♥❝❡

q✉❡♥❝❤✐♥❣❇♦t❤ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥s ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡

P❛str❛♥❛✲▼❛rtí♥❡③ ❡t

❛❧✳ ✷✵✶✷✸✽

❚✐❖✷✴❘❡❞✉❝❡❞

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❖①✐❞❡❯❱✲❱✐s✐❜❧❡

♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②s✐s ❦✐♥❡t✐❝s

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷

✭❱✐s✐❜❧❡ ▲✐❣❤t✮❀ ❚✐❖✷t♦

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✭❯❱ ▲✐❣❤t✮

❳✉ ❛♥❞ ❨❛♥❣ ✷✵✶✸✸✶ ❩♥❖✴❘❡❞✉❝❡❞●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❖①✐❞❡

❱✐s✐❜❧❡✲r❡❣✐♦♥♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②s✐s ❦✐♥❡t✐❝s

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❩♥❖

❚❤❡♦r❡t✐❝❛❧

❉✉ ❡t ❛❧✳ ✷✵✶✶✹✶ ❘✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡

▲❉❆ ✰ ❯✱❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✴❤♦❧❡ ❞❡♥s✐t②♣❧♦ts✱ s✐♠✉❧❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢♦♣t✐❝❛❧ ❛❜s♦r♣t✐♦♥

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❘✉t✐❧❡

▲♦♥❣ ❡t ❛❧✳ ✷✵✶✷✹✸ ❘✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡

P❇❊ ✰ ❯✱t✐♠❡✲❞❡♣❡♥❞❡♥t ❉❋❚✱

♥♦♥✲❛❞✐❛❜❛t✐❝♠♦❧❡❝✉❧❛r ❞②♥❛♠✐❝s

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❘✉t✐❧❡

▲✐ ❡t ❛❧✳ ✷✵✶✸✹✹ ❆♥❛t❛s❡✭✶✵✶✮✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡

P❇❊ ✰ ❯✱ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥❞❡♥s✐t② ❞✐✛❡r❡♥❝❡✱❞❡♥s✐t② ♦❢ st❛t❡s

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❆♥❛t❛s❡

▼❛s✉❞❛ ❡t ❛❧✳ ✷✵✶✹✹✺ ❆♥❛t❛s❡✭✵✵✶✮✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡

P❇❊ ✰ ❯✱ ❇❛❞❡r❝❤❛r❣❡ ❛♥❛❧②s✐s✱

❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ ❞❡♥s✐t② ♣❧♦ts●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❆♥❛t❛s❡

❚❤❡s❡ ❦❡② st✉❞✐❡s ✇❡r❡ ❢♦❧❧♦✇❡❞ ❜② ❛ ♥✉♠❜❡r ♦❢ ❢✉rt❤❡r st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s ♦❢

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✇✐t❤ r✉t✐❧❡✹✻ ❛♥❞ ❛♥❛t❛s❡✹✹✱✹✺✱✹✼✕✺✵ ♣♦❧②♠♦r♣❤s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ♦t❤❡r ♦①✐❞❡s✱ s✉❝❤

❛s ❈❡❖✷✺✶ ❛♥❞ ❙r❚✐❖✸✱

✺✷ ❛s ✇❡❧❧ ❛s s❡✈❡r❛❧ st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ s♠❛❧❧ ❚✐❖✷ ❝❧✉st❡rs ♦♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✺✸✕✺✽

❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❧✐❦❡ ✢❛❦❡s ♦♥ ❚✐❖✷ s✉r❢❛❝❡s✱✺✾✱✻✵ ❛♥❞ ❧❛r❣❡r ❚✐❖✷✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✴❞②❡ ❤❡t❡r♦str✉❝✲

t✉r❡s✳✻✶ ◆♦t❛❜❧②✱ s❡✈❡r❛❧ ♦❢ t❤❡s❡ ✇♦r❦s ❝♦♥✜r♠ t❤❡ r♦❧❡ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛s ♣❤♦t♦s❡♥s✐t✐s❡r✱

❧❡❛❞✐♥❣ t♦ ♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷✱✹✹✱✺✵ s✐♠✐❧❛r t♦ t❤❡ ✜rst ❝♦♠✲

♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ st✉❞✐❡s✹✶✱✹✸ ❛♥❞ ✐♥ ❛❣r❡❡♠❡♥t ✇✐t❤ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥ts✳✸✶✱✸✽✱✻✷ ❍♦✇❡✈❡r✱ ♥♦ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧

st✉❞✐❡s ❤❛✈❡ ✐♥✈❡st✐❣❛t❡❞ t❤❡ ❛❧t❡r♥❛t✐✈❡ ♣r♦❝❡ss✱ ♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❢r♦♠ ❚✐❖✷

t♦ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ❚❤✐s ✇♦r❦ ❛✐♠s t♦ ✐♥✈❡st✐❣❛t❡ t❤❡ ♦r✐❣✐♥s ♦❢ t❤❡ t✇♦ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧❧② ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞

❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r✳

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❙t✉❞②✐♥❣ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ✐ts❡❧❢ ✐s✱ ❢r♦♠ ❛ ♣✉r❡❧② ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ♣❡rs♣❡❝t✐✈❡✱ ✈❡r② ❝❤❛❧❧❡♥❣✲

✐♥❣✳ ❋✐rst✱ t❤❡ ❝r②st❛❧ str✉❝t✉r❡s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❞✐✛❡r ✐♥ s✐③❡ ❛♥❞ s❤❛♣❡✳ ❚♦ ❣❡♥❡r❛t❡

t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧ ✭❯❈✮✱ ❡❛❝❤ ❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥t s②st❡♠ ♥❡❡❞s t♦ ❜❡ ❡①t❡♥❞❡❞ s✉❝❤ t❤❛t t❤❡

r❡s✉❧t✐♥❣ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s✉♣❡r❝❡❧❧s ❛r❡ ❝♦♠♠❡♥s✉r❛t❡✳ ❚❤❡ r❡s✉❧t✐♥❣ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧s ❛r❡

t②♣✐❝❛❧❧② ✈❡r② ❧❛r❣❡ ✭✐♥ t❤❡ r❛♥❣❡ ♦❢ ✶✵✵✲✸✵✵ ❛t♦♠s✮ ❛♥❞ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧❧② ❞❡♠❛♥❞✐♥❣ t♦ s✐♠✲

✉❧❛t❡ ❛♥❞ r❡q✉✐r❡ ❡✣❝✐❡♥t❧②✲s❝❛❧✐♥❣ ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ s♦❢t✇❛r❡✳ ❙❡❝♦♥❞✱ ❦♥♦✇♥ s❤♦rt❝♦♠✐♥❣s ✇✐t❤ ♣✉r❡

❉❋❚ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧s ❛r❡ t❤❡ ✉♥❞❡r❡st✐♠❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ s❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦r ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s✻✸ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ t❡♥❞❡♥❝② t♦

✐♥❛❝❝✉r❛t❡❧② ❞❡❧♦❝❛❧✐s❡ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ ❞❡♥s✐t②✳✻✹ ❚♦ ❜❡tt❡r r❡♣r❡s❡♥t t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢

❚✐❖✷✱ ❤②❜r✐❞ ❉❋❚✴❍❛rtr❡❡✲❋♦❝❦✭❍❋✮ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧s ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ✉s❡❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ s✐♠✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✱ ❜✉t ✇✐t❤

❧❛r❣❡ s②st❡♠s s✉❝❤ ❛s t❤♦s❡ r❡♣r❡s❡♥t❡❞ ❤❡r❡ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ❝♦st ✭t②♣✐❝❛❧❧② ❞❡♣❡♥❞✐♥❣ ♦♥

t❤❡ ♥✉♠❜❡r ♦❢ ❜❛s✐s ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥s n ❛s n4✮ ✐s ❤✐❣❤✳ ❋✐♥❛❧❧②✱ t❤❡ s②st❡♠ ❛❧s♦ ❝♦♥t❛✐♥s s❡♠✐✲♠❡t❛❧❧✐❝

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ ❝❛♥ ♠❛❦❡ ❤②❜r✐❞ ❉❋❚ s✐♠✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ♠♦r❡ s✉s❝❡♣t✐❜❧❡ t♦ ♣r♦❜❧❡♠s ✇✐t❤ ♥✉✲

♠❡r✐❝❛❧ st❛❜✐❧✐t② ❛♥❞ r❡q✉✐r❡s ❝❛r❡❢✉❧ s❡❧❡❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❝♦♥✈❡r❣❡♥❝❡ ♣❛r❛♠❡t❡rs ✐♥ t❤❡ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s

✭s❡❡ t❤❡ ❈♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ▼❡t❤♦❞♦❧♦❣② s❡❝t✐♦♥✮✳

❚❤❡ ❝♦♠♣❧❡①✐t② ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❤✐❣❤ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ❡①♣❡♥s❡ ♦❢ st✉❞②✐♥❣ t❤✐s ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ♣r❛❝t✐❝❛❧❧②

❧✐♠✐t t❤❡ ❝❤♦✐❝❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♠❡t❤♦❞s ❛✈❛✐❧❛❜❧❡ ❢♦r ✉s❡✳ ■♥ ♣❛rt✐❝✉❧❛r✱ ❢♦r t❤✐s s②st❡♠ ✐t ❤❛s ❜❡❡♥

❝♦♠♠♦♥ ❢♦r st✉❞✐❡s t♦ ❡♠♣❧♦② ♣✉r❡ ❉❋❚ ✇✐t❤ ❛ ❍✉❜❜❛r❞ ❵❯✬ ❝♦rr❡❝t✐♦♥✱✻✺ ✇❤✐❝❤ ❝❛♥ ❝♦rr❡❝t❧②

r❡♣r♦❞✉❝❡ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s ❛♥❞ ❜❛♥❞ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷✱ ❜✉t ✇❤❡r❡ t❤❡ ❝❤♦✐❝❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣❛r❛♠❡t❡r

❯ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ q✉✐t❡ ❛♠❜✐❣✉♦✉s ✭✈❛❧✉❡s r❛♥❣✐♥❣ ❢r♦♠ ✹✳✵ t♦ ✺✳✺ ❡❱✹✶✱✹✸✱✹✺✱✹✻✱✺✻✱✻✵ ❛♥❞ ❡✈❡♥ ❛s ❤✐❣❤ ❛s

✾✳✵ ❡❱✹✹✱✹✽ ❤❛✈❡ ❜❡❡♥ ✉s❡❞ ✐♥ st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s✮✳ ❍②❜r✐❞ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧s ✇♦✉❧❞

❜❡ ❛ ♠♦r❡ r❡❧✐❛❜❧❡ ❝❤♦✐❝❡✱✻✻✕✻✽ ✇❤✐❝❤ ❛❧❧♦✇ ❝♦♥s✐st❡♥t ❝♦♠♣❛r✐s♦♥ ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷✲❜❛s❡❞ s②st❡♠s✳

❍♦✇❡✈❡r✱ t♦ t❤❡ ❜❡st ♦❢ ♦✉r ❦♥♦✇❧❡❞❣❡✱ ♦♥❧② ♦♥❡ ❣r♦✉♣ r❡❝❡♥t❧② ✉s❡❞ ❤②❜r✐❞ ❉❋❚ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧s

t♦ st✉❞② ❛ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❛t❛s❡ ✭✶✵✶✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳✺✵✱✻✾ ❊✈❡♥ ❤✐❣❤❡r ❛❝❝✉r❛❝② ✐♥ ❞❡s❝r✐❜✐♥❣

t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ str✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ t❤✐s s②st❡♠ ❝♦✉❧❞✱ ✐♥ ♣r✐♥❝✐♣❧❡✱ ❜❡ ❛❝❤✐❡✈❡❞ ✉s✐♥❣ ♠❛♥②✲❜♦❞②

♣❡rt✉r❜❛t✐♦♥ t❤❡♦r② ✭s✉❝❤ ❛s t❤❡ ●❲ ❛♣♣r♦①✐♠❛t✐♦♥ ✉s❡❞ ❡✳❣✳ ❢♦r ❜✉❧❦ ❚✐❖✷ ✐♥ ❘❡❢✳✻✸✮✱ ❜✉t

s✉❝❤ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ✇♦✉❧❞ ❜❡ ♣r♦❤✐❜✐t✐✈❡❧② ❡①♣❡♥s✐✈❡✳

❚❤❡ ❛✐♠ ♦❢ t❤✐s st✉❞② ✐s t♦ ✐♥✈❡st✐❣❛t❡ t❤❡ ♥❛t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❛ ♠♦❞❡❧ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r✲

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❢❛❝❡ ✉s✐♥❣ ❤✐❣❤✲❛❝❝✉r❛❝② ❤②❜r✐❞ ❉❋❚ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✱ ✐♥ ♣❛rt✐❝✉❧❛r ❢♦❝✉ss✐♥❣ ♦♥ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝

str✉❝t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ♥❛t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ tr❛♥s❢❡r ✐♥ t❤✐s s②st❡♠✳ ❚♦ ❞♦ t❤✐s✱ ✇❡ ❝❤♦♦s❡ ❛ r❛♥❣❡✲

s❡♣❛r❛t❡❞ s❝r❡❡♥❡❞✲❡①❝❤❛♥❣❡ ❍❙❊✵✻ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧✱✼✵✱✼✶ ✇❤✐❝❤ ❣✐✈❡s ❛❝❝✉r❛t❡ ✈❛❧✉❡s ♦❢ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s

❛♥❞ ❞❡❢❡❝t st❛t❡s ✐♥ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ♦t❤❡r tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥ ♠❡t❛❧ ♦①✐❞❡s✳✻✻✱✼✷ ❚♦ ♠✐t✐❣❛t❡ t❤❡ ❞✐✣❝✉❧t②

♦❢ ♦♣t✐♠✐s❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❧❛r❣❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ❝❡❧❧s✱ ✇❡ ✉s❡ ❛ t✇♦✲st❡♣ ♣r♦❝❡❞✉r❡ ❛♥❞ ♣❡r❢♦r♠ ♦♣t✐✲

♠✐s❛t✐♦♥ ✉s✐♥❣ ✈❡r② ❡✣❝✐❡♥t ❈P✷❑ s♦❢t✇❛r❡✼✸ ❛t t❤❡ Γ ❦✲♣♦✐♥t✱ ❢♦❧❧♦✇❡❞ ❜② ❤✐❣❤✲❛❝❝✉r❛❝②

❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ str✉❝t✉r❡ ❛t ❛ ❞❡♥s❡ ❦✲♣♦✐♥t ❣r✐❞ ✉s✐♥❣ ❈❘❨❙❚❆▲✶✹ s♦❢t✇❛r❡✳✼✹

❚❤❡ ♠❛♥✉s❝r✐♣t ✐s ♦r❣❛♥✐s❡❞ ❛s ❢♦❧❧♦✇s✳ ❆❢t❡r ♦✉t❧✐♥✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ♠❡t❤♦❞s ✉s❡❞✱

✇❡ ❞✐s❝✉ss t❤❡ ❝♦♥str✉❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝❡❧❧✳ ❚❤❡♥✱ ✇❡ ❡①♣❧♦r❡

t❤❡ ❡✛❡❝t ♦❢ str❛✐♥ ✭❛r✐s✐♥❣ ❢r♦♠ ❧❛tt✐❝❡ ♠✐s♠❛t❝❤✮ ♦♥ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳

❆❢t❡r t❤❛t✱ ✇❡ ❡①♣❧♦r❡ t❤❡ str✉❝t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✱

❢♦❧❧♦✇❡❞ ❜② t❤❡ ❛♥❛❧②s✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ str✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ t❤✐s ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳ ❋✐♥❛❧❧②✱ t❤❡s❡ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s

❛r❡ s✉♠♠❛r✐s❡❞ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❝❛♣❛❜✐❧✐t✐❡s ❛r❡ ❞✐s❝✉ss❡❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❝♦♥t❡①t ♦❢ t❤✐s ✇♦r❦

❛♥❞ t❤❡ ✇✐❞❡r ❧✐t❡r❛t✉r❡✳

❈♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ▼❡t❤♦❞♦❧♦❣②

❈♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ▼❡t❤♦❞s

❆❧❧ ❣❡♦♠❡tr② ♦♣t✐♠✐s❛t✐♦♥s ❛♥❞ ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❡♥❡r❣② ❛♥❛❧②s❡s ✇❡r❡ ❝❛rr✐❡❞ ♦✉t ✉s✐♥❣ t❤❡ ◗❯■❈❑✲

❙❚❊P ♣r♦❣r❛♠✱✼✸ ✇✐t❤✐♥ t❤❡ ❈P✷❑ s♦❢✇❛r❡ ♣❛❝❦❛❣❡✳ ❆❧❧ ♣✉r❡ ❉❋❚ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ✉s❡❞ t❤❡

P❇❊✼✺ ❡①❝❤❛♥❣❡✲❝♦rr❡❧❛t✐♦♥ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧✱ ✇✐t❤ ❡♠♣✐r✐❝❛❧ ●r✐♠♠❡ ❉✷✼✻ ❞✐s♣❡rs✐♦♥ ❝♦rr❡❝t✐♦♥

✐♥❝❧✉❞❡❞✳ ❚❤❡ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ✉t✐❧✐s❡❞ ●♦❡❞❡❝❦❡r✲❚❡t❡r✲❍✉tt❡r ♣s❡✉❞♦♣♦t❡♥t✐❛❧s✼✼ ❛♥❞ ❞♦✉❜❧❡✲

③❡t❛ ❜❛s✐s s❡ts ✇✐t❤ ❞✐✛✉s❡ ❛♥❞ ♣♦❧❛r✐s❛t✐♦♥ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥s✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ ❤❛✈❡ ❜❡❡♥ ♦♣t✐♠✐s❡❞ ❢♦r ✉s❡

✐♥ ❈P✷❑✳✼✽ ❚❤❡ ✈❛❝✉✉♠ s♣❛❝❡ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❜♦tt♦♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣❡r✐♦❞✐❝ ✐♠❛❣❡ ♦❢

t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷ s❧❛❜ ✇❛s ✶✾✳✺ ➴✳ ❆❧❧ ❛t♦♠ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s ✇❡r❡ ❢✉❧❧② r❡❧❛①❡❞✱ s✐♠✐❧❛r t♦ t❤❡ ♣r❡✈✐♦✉s

st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷✼✾✕✽✷ ❛♥❞ ❚✐❖✷✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s✳

✹✺✕✹✼ ❆♥ ❛❧t❡r♥❛t✐✈❡ ✇♦✉❧❞ ❜❡ t♦ ✜① t❤❡

❧♦✇❡st ❧❛②❡r ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ s❛t✉r❛t❡ t❤❡ ❞❛♥❣❧✐♥❣ ❜♦♥❞s ✇✐t❤ ♣s❡✉❞♦✲❤②❞r♦❣❡♥ ❛t♦♠s✱ ❛s ❞♦♥❡

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❡✳❣✳ ✐♥ ❘❡❢✳✱✽✸ t♦ ❛✈♦✐❞ ❝❤❛♥❣❡s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ str✉❝t✉r❡ ❞✉❡ t♦ ✜①❡❞ ✉♥❞❡r❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞

❛t♦♠s✳ ❇❛s✐s s❡t s✉♣❡r♣♦s✐t✐♦♥ ❡rr♦r ✭❇❙❙❊✮ ✐♥ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ✇❛s ❝♦r✲

r❡❝t❡❞ ✉s✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❝♦✉♥t❡r♣♦✐s❡ ♠❡t❤♦❞✳✽✹ ❋♦r ❛❧❧ ❤②❜r✐❞ ❉❋❚ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s t❤❡ ❍❙❊✵✻✼✵✱✼✶

r❛♥❣❡✲s❡♣❛r❛t❡❞ ❡①❝❤❛♥❣❡✲❝♦rr❡❧❛t✐♦♥ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ✇❛s ✉s❡❞✱ ✐♥ ❛❞❞✐t✐♦♥ t♦ t❤❡ ❆✉①✐❧✐❛r② ❉❡♥✲

s✐t② ▼❛tr✐① ▼❡t❤♦❞ ✭❆❉▼▼✮✱✽✺ ❢❡❛t✉r❡❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❈P✷❑ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ ♣❛❝❦❛❣❡✳ ■♥ s✉❝❤ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s

❍❛rtr❡❡✲❋♦❝❦ ❡①❝❤❛♥❣❡ ✐s ❝♦♠♣✉t❡❞ ✇✐t❤ ❛ ♠✉❝❤ s♠❛❧❧❡r ❛✉①✐❧✐❛r② ❜❛s✐s s❡t✱ ✇❤✐❧❡ t❤❡ ♣r✐✲

♠❛r② ❜❛s✐s s❡t ✭❝❛rr✐❡❞ ♦✈❡r ❢r♦♠ P❇❊✲❧❡✈❡❧ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ✐♥ t❤✐s ✐♥st❛♥❝❡✮ ✐s ✉s❡❞ ✐♥ t❤❡

♥♦♥✲❍❋ ❡①❝❤❛♥❣❡ ♣❛rt ♦❢ t❤❡ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧✳ ❚❤❡ ❛✉①✐❧✐❛r② ❜❛s✐s s❡t ❝♣❋■❚✸ ✭❝♦♥tr❛❝t❡❞✱ ✸ ❣❛✉s✲

s✐❛♥ ❡①♣♦♥❡♥ts ♣❡r ✈❛❧❡♥❝❡ ♦r❜✐t❛❧✱ ✐♥❝❧✉❞❡s ♣♦❧❛r✐s❛t✐♦♥ ❞✲❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥s✮ ✇❛s ✉s❡❞ ❢♦r ❝❛r❜♦♥

❛♥❞ ♦①②❣❡♥✱ ✇❤✐❧❡ ❋■❚✶✶ ✭✹ s✱ ✸ ♣✱ ❛♥❞ ✸ ❞ s❤❡❧❧s ❛♥❞ ✶ ❢ s❤❡❧❧ ✐♥ t♦t❛❧✮ ✇❛s ✉s❡❞ ❢♦r t✐t❛✲

♥✐✉♠✳ ❆♥ ❡①❛♠♣❧❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐♥♣✉t ✜❧❡ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ s❡tt✐♥❣s ✉s❡❞ ✐♥ t❤✐s st✉❞② ✐s ♣r♦✈✐❞❡❞ ✐♥ t❤❡

❙✉♣♣♦rt✐♥❣ ■♥❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ✭❙■✮✳

❚❤❡ ♦♣t✐♠✐s❡❞ ❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡s ♦❜t❛✐♥❡❞ ✐♥ ❈P✷❑ ❍❙❊✵✻ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ✇❡r❡ t❤❡♥ ✉s❡❞ ❛s

✐♥♣✉t ❢♦r ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ✇✐t❤ ❛ ✜♥❡ ❦✲♣♦✐♥t ❣r✐❞ ✉s✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❈❘❨❙❚❆▲✶✹ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ ♣❛❝❦❛❣❡✳✼✹

❆❧❧ ❞❡♥s✐t② ♦❢ st❛t❡s✱ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡✱ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ str❛✐♥ t❡st ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ✇❡r❡ ❝❛rr✐❡❞ ♦✉t

✉s✐♥❣ ❈❘❨❙❚❆▲✶✹✳ ❋♦r ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ❛

▼♦♥❦❤♦rst✲P❛❝❦ ❦✲♣♦✐♥t ♠❡s❤ ♦❢ 12×12×1 ✇❛s ✉s❡❞✳ ❋♦r t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ str❛✐♥ t❡sts ❛ ❞❡♥s❡r

❦✲♣♦✐♥t ♠❡s❤ ♦❢ 16×16×1 ✇❛s ✉s❡❞✳ ❇❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✇❡r❡ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ✇✐t❤ ✶✽✵✵

♣♦✐♥ts ❛❧♦♥❣ t❤❡ ♣❛t❤✱ ❛♥❞ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ✇✐t❤ ✸✵✵ ♣♦✐♥ts

❛❧♦♥❣ t❤❡ ♣❛t❤✳ ❚❤❡ ❉❋❚ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ✉s❡❞ ❢♦r ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ str❛✐♥ t❡sts ✇❛s P❇❊ ✭✐♥ ❧✐♥❡ ✇✐t❤

t❤❡ r❡❝❡♥t ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✽✻✕✽✾✮✱ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❤②❜r✐❞ ❉❋❚ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ✉s❡❞ ❢♦r

❚✐❖✷✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ✇❛s ❍❙❊✵✻✳ ❊♠♣✐r✐❝❛❧ ●r✐♠♠❡ ❉✷ ❞✐s♣❡rs✐♦♥ ❝♦rr❡❝t✐♦♥s ✇❡r❡

❛❞❞❡❞ ✐♥ ❛❧❧ ❈❘❨❙❚❆▲✶✹ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✳ ❆❧❧ t❤❡s❡ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ✉s❡❞ ❛❧❧✲❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ tr✐♣❧❡✲③❡t❛

❜❛s✐s s❡ts ✇✐t❤ ♣♦❧❛r✐s❛t✐♦♥ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥s ❢r♦♠ t❤❡ ✇♦r❦ ♦❢ ▼✳ P❡✐♥t✐♥❣❡r ❡t ❛❧✳✾✵ ❚❤❡ ❤❡✐❣❤t ♦❢

t❤❡ ❝❡❧❧ ✇❛s ❢♦r♠❛❧❧② s❡t t♦ ✺✵✵ ➴ ✭♥♦ ♣❡r✐♦❞✐❝✐t② ✐♥ t❤❡ ③ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥ ✐♥ t❤❡ ✷❉ s❧❛❜ ♠♦❞❡❧ ✐♥

❈❘❨❙❚❆▲✮✳ ■♥ ♦r❞❡r t♦ ♦❜t❛✐♥ ❜❛♥❞ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s r❡❧❛t✐✈❡ t♦ t❤❡ ✈❛❝✉✉♠ ❧❡✈❡❧✱ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦st❛t✐❝

♣♦t❡♥t✐❛❧ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✈❛❝✉✉♠ r❡❣✐♦♥ ❛❜♦✈❡ t❤❡ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧ ✇❛s ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ❛♥❞ ✇❛s t❤❡♥ s✉❜tr❛❝t❡❞

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❢r♦♠ ❡❛❝❤ ❜❛♥❞ ❡♥❡r❣②✳

❯♥✐t ❈❡❧❧ ❈♦♥str✉❝t✐♦♥

❚♦ ❝♦♥str✉❝t t❤❡ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧ ♦❢ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✱ t❤❡ ❧♦✇❡st ❝♦♠♠♦♥ ♠✉❧✲

t✐♣❧❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝❡❧❧ ♣❛r❛♠❡t❡rs ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ❝♦♠♣❛r❡❞ t♦ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ♥❡❡❞ t♦ ❜❡ ❢♦✉♥❞✳ ❚❤❡

r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧ ❤❛s ❛ r❡❝t❛♥❣✉❧❛r s❤❛♣❡ ✭s❡❡ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✶✮✱ ✇✐t❤ ❝❡❧❧ ♣❛r❛♠❡t❡rs A = 6.529

➴ ❛♥❞ B = 2.995 ➴ ✭♦❜t❛✐♥❡❞ ❢r♦♠ ♦✉r ❈P✷❑ P❇❊ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❜✉❧❦ r✉t✐❧❡✱ s❡❡ ❙■ ❙❡❝✐♦♥

❙✶ ❢♦r ❞❡t❛✐❧s✮✳ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✇❛s r❡♣r❡s❡♥t❡❞ ✇✐t❤ ❛♥ ♦rt❤♦r❤♦♠❜✐❝ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧ ❢♦r ❡❛s❡ ♦❢ ✜tt✐♥❣

✇✐t❤ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ✭s❡❡ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✶✮✱ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ❧❛tt✐❝❡ ♣❛r❛♠❡t❡rs ❞❡✜♥❡❞ ❢r♦♠ t❤❡ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧

✈❛❧✉❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝❛r❜♦♥✲❝❛r❜♦♥ ❜♦♥❞ ❧❡♥❣t❤ ✭✶✳✹✷ ➴✮✳

Graphene Cell (Orthorhombic)

A = 4.254 Å

B = 2.46 Å

Rutile (110) Surface

A = 6.529 Å

B = 2.995 Å

Rutile (110)/Graphene System Construction

3x6 Replicated

Unit Cell

2x5 Replicated

Unit Cell

Composite Unit Cell

Resulting applied strain to graphene:

ΔA = 2.27%

ΔB = 1.44%

A = 13.058 Å

B = 14.975 ÅArmchair Line

Zig-Zag Line

❋✐❣✉r❡ ✶✿ ❈♦♥str✉❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧ ✉s❡❞ ✐♥ t❤✐s r❡s❡❛r❝❤

■t ✇❛s ❢♦✉♥❞ t❤❛t t❤❡ ❜❡st ❝♦♠♣r♦♠✐s❡ ♦❢ s②st❡♠ s✐③❡ ✇✐t❤ ❝♦♠♠❡♥s✉r❛❜✐❧✐t② ✇❛s t♦ ✜t ❛

3× 6 ✭❛r♠❝❤❛✐r × ③✐❣③❛❣✮ s✉♣❡r❝❡❧❧ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✇✐t❤ ❛ 2× 5 s✉♣❡r❝❡❧❧ ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✱ ✇❤❡r❡

t❤❡ ❛r♠❝❤❛✐r ❧✐♥❡ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ r✉♥s ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ t♦ t❤❡ ❆ ❧❛tt✐❝❡ ✈❡❝t♦r ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ✭❋✐❣✉r❡ ✶✮✳

❚❤✐s ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ❯❈ r❡s✉❧ts ✐♥ ❛♥ ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ str❛✐♥ t♦ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ♦❢ ✰✷✳✷✼✪ ❛♥❞ ✰✶✳✹✹✪ ✐♥ t❤❡

❛r♠❝❤❛✐r ❛♥❞ ③✐❣③❛❣ ❧✐♥❡s✱ r❡s♣❡❝t✐✈❡❧②✳ ❚❤✐s ✐s t❤❡ s❛♠❡ s✐③❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧ ❛s

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✇❛s ✉s❡❞ ❛ ♣r❡✈✐♦✉s ❉❋❚✰❯ st✉❞② ♦❢ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳✹✶ ❚❤✐s s♠❛❧❧❡st

❝♦♠♠❡♥s✉r❛t❡ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧✱ ✐❢ ✉s❡❞ ✇✐t❤ ❛ t❤✐♥ ✻ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜ ✭t✇♦ ✉♥✐t✲❝❡❧❧

❧❛②❡rs✮✱ ❤❛s ❛ t♦t❛❧ ♦❢ ✶✾✷ ❛t♦♠s ✭✹✵ ❚✐❖✷ ✉♥✐ts ❛♥❞ ✼✷ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠s✮❀ t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r

✭t❤r❡❡ ✉♥✐t✲❝❡❧❧ ❧❛②❡rs✮ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜ r❡s✉❧ts ✐♥ ❛ ✷✺✷✲❛t♦♠ ❝❡❧❧❀ ❜♦t❤ ✇❡r❡ ✉s❡❞ ✐♥ t❤✐s

✇♦r❦✳

❆♥ ❛❧t❡r♥❛t✐✈❡ ❯❈ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ✇❛s ❛❧s♦ ❝♦♥s✐❞❡r❡❞✱ ✇❤❡r❡ t❤❡ ③✐❣③❛❣ ❧✐♥❡ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

r✉♥s ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ t♦ t❤❡ ❆ ❝❡❧❧ ✈❡❝t♦r ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✳ ❍❡r❡ t❤❡ s♠❛❧❧❡st ✐❞❡♥t✐✜❡❞ ❝♦♠♠❡♥s✉r❛t❡

✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧ ✭✏❝♦♠♠❡♥s✉r❛t❡✑ ❞❡✜♥❡❞ ❤❡r❡ ❛s ❤❛✈✐♥❣ ♠✐s♠❛t❝❤ ✉♥❞❡r ✺✪✮ ❝♦♠♣r✐s❡❞ ♦❢ ❛♥ 8× 5

s✉♣❡r❝❡❧❧ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✇✐t❤ ❛ 3 × 7 s✉♣❡r❝❡❧❧ ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✱ t❤✐s r❡s✉❧t❡❞ ✐♥ ❛♥ ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞

❝♦♠♣r❡ss✐✈❡ str❛✐♥ ♦❢ ✲✶✳✹✸✪ ❛♥❞ ✲✵✳✹✼✪ t♦ t❤❡ ❛r♠❝❤❛✐r ❛♥❞ ③✐❣③❛❣ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥s✱

r❡s♣❡❝t✐✈❡❧②✳ ❚❤✐s ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ❯❈✱ ❝♦♥t❛✐♥✐♥❣ ❛ t♦t❛❧ ♦❢ ✹✶✷ ❛t♦♠s ✇✐t❤ ❛ ✻ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r s❧❛❜

♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✱ ✇❛s ❝♦♥str✉❝t❡❞ t♦ ✐♥✈❡st✐❣❛t❡ t❤❡ ❡✛❡❝t ♦❢ ♦r✐❡♥t❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ r❡❧❛t✐✈❡

t♦ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ♦♥ t❤❡ ♣❤②s✐❝❛❧ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳ ❚❤❡ str✉❝t✉r❡ ✭✐♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ ❈✲

❖ ❞✐st❛♥❝❡s✮ ❛♥❞ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ✭❞❡s❝r✐❜❡❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ ♥❡①t s❡❝t✐♦♥✮ ✇❡r❡ ✈❡r②

s✐♠✐❧❛r t♦ t❤❡ s♠❛❧❧❡r ❝❡❧❧ ❞❡s❝r✐❜❡❞ ❛❜♦✈❡ ❛♥❞ ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✶✱ t❤❡r❡❢♦r❡ t❤✐s ❧❛r❣❡r ❝❡❧❧ ✇❛s ♥♦t

✐♥✈❡st✐❣❛t❡❞ ❢✉rt❤❡r✳

▲❛r❣❡r ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧s ✇✐t❤ s♠❛❧❧❡r ❧❛tt✐❝❡ ♠✐s♠❛t❝❤ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ❝♦♥str✉❝t❡❞ ✭s❡❡ ❙■

❙❡❝t✐♦♥ ❙✶✿ ❚❛❜❧❡s ❙✶✲❙✻ ❛♥❞ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ❙✶ ❢♦r ❞❡t❛✐❧s✮✱ ❜✉t t❤❡✐r ❝❡❧❧ s✐③❡s ❜❡❝♦♠❡ t♦♦ ❧❛r❣❡ ❢♦r

♣r❛❝t✐❝❛❧ ✉s❡✱ ❛♥❞ ✐♠♣r♦✈❡♠❡♥ts ✐♥ q✉❛❧✐t② ❛r❡ ❡①♣❡❝t❡❞ t♦ ❜❡ ♠✐♥✐♠❛❧✳

❘❡s✉❧ts ❛♥❞ ❉✐s❝✉ss✐♦♥

❊✛❡❝ts ♦❢ ▲❛tt✐❝❡ ❙tr❛✐♥ ♦♥ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡

❚❤❡ ❢❛❝t t❤❛t t❤❡ t✇♦ ❝r②st❛❧ s②st❡♠s ❛r❡ ♥♦♥✲❝♦♠♠❡♥s✉r❛t❡ ❧❡❛❞s t♦ ❧❛tt✐❝❡ ♠✐s♠❛t❝❤ ❛♥❞

❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ ❝♦♠♣r❡ss✐✈❡ ♦r t❡♥s✐❧❡ str❛✐♥ ❛t t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳ ❚❤✐s ✐ss✉❡ ✐s ❡♥❝♦✉♥t❡r❡❞ ❡✳❣✳ ✐♥

❡♣✐t❛①✐❛❧ ✜❧♠s ❛♥❞ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s✱✾✶✱✾✷ ✇❤✐❝❤ ♦❢t❡♥ ❤❛✈❡ str♦♥❣ ❝❤❡♠✐❝❛❧ ❜♦♥❞✐♥❣ ❛t t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s✱

❛♥❞ ❛❧s♦ ✐♥ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ ❛♥② ♣❡r✐♦❞✐❝ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠ ❜❡❝❛✉s❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♥❡❡❞ t♦

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❝♦♥str✉❝t ✜♥✐t❡✲s✐③❡ ❝❡❧❧s✳✾✸ ❉✉❡ t♦ t❤❡ ❣r❡❛t❡r ❣❡♦♠❡tr✐❝ ✢❡①✐❜✐❧✐t② ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ r❡❧❛t✐✈❡ t♦

r✉t✐❧❡✱ t❤❡ ✜♥❛❧ ❧❛tt✐❝❡ ♣❛r❛♠❡t❡rs ❛r❡ ❝❤♦s❡♥ t♦ ✜t t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥t✱ ❢♦r❝✐♥❣

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❜❡ ❞❡❢♦r♠❡❞✳ ❚❤✐s ♠❛② ❝❤❛♥❣❡ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥ s✉❝❤

✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s✱ ❝♦♠♣❛r❡❞ t♦ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ❚❤✉s ❢❛r✱ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷✲

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s ❤❛✈❡ ♥♦t ❡①♣❧♦r❡❞ t❤❡ str✉❝t✉r❛❧ ❛♥❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❡✛❡❝ts t❤❛t t❤✐s ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞

str❛✐♥ ♠❛② ❤❛✈❡ ♦♥ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥t ♦❢ t❤❡ s②st❡♠✳

❚❤❡ ❡✛❡❝t ♦❢ str❛✐♥ ✇❛s✱ ❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱ ❡①♣❧♦r❡❞ ✐♥ ❢✉♥❞❛♠❡♥t❛❧ st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ ♣r✐st✐♥❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳

❲❤✐❧❡ s♦♠❡ st✉❞✐❡s ✐♥❞✐❝❛t❡❞ t❤❛t ❛♥ ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ t❡♥s✐❧❡ ❞❡❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ✶✪ t♦ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

❧❛tt✐❝❡ ✇❛s s✉✣❝✐❡♥t t♦ ✐♥tr♦❞✉❝❡ ❛ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣✱✽✻✱✾✹ ❢✉rt❤❡r ✐♥✈❡st✐❣❛t✐♦♥s✽✼✕✽✾✱✾✺✕✾✼ ✐♥st❡❛❞

s❤♦✇❡❞ t❤❛t t❤❡ ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ♦♣❡♥✐♥❣ ✐♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✇❛s ❞✉❡ t♦ t❤❡ ♠✐❣r❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡

❉✐r❛❝ ♣♦✐♥t ✭✇❤❡r❡ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ♠♦✈❡s ❢r♦♠ ✐♥s✉❧❛t✐♥❣ t♦ ♠❡t❛❧❧✐❝✮ ❢r♦♠

✐ts ♦r✐❣✐♥❛❧ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥ ❛t t❤❡ ❤✐❣❤ s②♠♠❡tr② ❦✲♣♦✐♥t ❵❑✬✱ ❛s ❛ ❞✐r❡❝t ❝♦♥s❡q✉❡♥❝❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝❤❛♥❣❡

✐♥ ❧❛tt✐❝❡ s②♠♠❡tr②✳ ■t ✇❛s ❢♦✉♥❞ t❤❛t t❤❡ ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ ❞❡❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ r❡q✉✐r❡❞ t♦ ✐♥tr♦❞✉❝❡ ❛ ❜❛♥❞

❣❛♣ ✐♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐s ❛t ❧❡❛st ✷✻✳✺✪ ❢♦r ✉♥✐❛①✐❛❧ t❡♥s✐❧❡ str❛✐♥ ✭♦♥❧② ✐♥ t❤❡ ③✐❣③❛❣ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥✮❀✾✺✱✾✻

t❤❡ ❣❛♣ ❝❛♥ ❛❧s♦ ❜❡ ♦♣❡♥❡❞ ❜② ❛♥✐s♦tr♦♣✐❝ ❜✐❛①✐❛❧ str❛✐♥ ❝♦♠❜✐♥✐♥❣ t❡♥s✐♦♥ ✭✶✶✪ ✐♥ t❤❡ ③✐❣③❛❣

❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥✮ ❛♥❞ ❝♦♠♣r❡ss✐♦♥ ✭✲✷✵✪ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❛r♠❝❤❛✐r ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥✮✳✽✾ ◆♦t❛❜❧②✱ t❤❡s❡ ❧❡✈❡❧s ♦❢ str❛✐♥

❛r❡ q✉✐t❡ ❝❧♦s❡ t♦ t❤❡ ♣r❡❞✐❝t❡❞✾✽✱✾✾ ❛♥❞ ♠❡❛s✉r❡❞✶✵✵ ❢❛✐❧✉r❡ str❛✐♥ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ 20 − 25✪✳

❲❤✐❧❡ t❤❡s❡ ❧❡✈❡❧s ♦❢ str❛✐♥ ❛r❡ ♠✉❝❤ ❤✐❣❤❡r t❤❛♥ t❤♦s❡ ❡♥❝♦✉♥t❡r❡❞ ✐♥ ♦✉r ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ❝❡❧❧✱

✇❡ ✇✐❧❧ s❡t ♦✉t t♦ ❡①♣❧♦r❡ t❤❡ ❡✛❡❝t ♦❢ ❧♦✇ ❧❡✈❡❧s ♦❢ str❛✐♥ ♦♥ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳

■♥ t❤✐s ✇♦r❦ ❧❛tt✐❝❡ ❞❡❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ✇❛s ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ t♦ t❤❡ ♦rt❤♦r❤♦♠❜✐❝ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝❡❧❧ ✐♥ t❤❡

③✐❣③❛❣ ❛♥❞ ❛r♠❝❤❛✐r ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥s✱ ✉♣ t♦±6✪ str❛✐♥ ✐♥ st❡♣s ♦❢ ✶✪ r❡❧❛t✐✈❡ t♦ t❤❡ ❢✉❧❧② ♦♣t✐♠✐s❡❞

❝❡❧❧✳ ■♥ ❛❞❞✐t✐♦♥✱ ♠✉❝❤ ❧❛r❣❡r str❛✐♥ ✈❛❧✉❡s ♦❢ ✉♣ t♦ ±30% ✭✐✳❡✳ ✉♣ t♦ t❤❡ ♣r❡❞✐❝t❡❞ str❛✐♥s

❢♦r ❣❛♣ ♦♣❡♥✐♥❣✾✺✱✾✻ ❛♥❞ ❢♦r ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✬s ♠❡❝❤❛♥✐❝❛❧ ❢❛✐❧✉r❡✾✽✕✶✵✵✮ ✐♥ st❡♣s ♦❢ 5% ✇❡r❡ ❛❧s♦

t❡st❡❞ t♦ ❞❡t❡r♠✐♥❡ t❤❡ str❛✐♥ r❡q✉✐r❡❞ t♦ ♦♣❡♥ ❛ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ✐♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ❚❤❡ ❢✉♥❞❛♠❡♥t❛❧

❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s ✭❋✐❣✉r❡ ✷ ❛♥❞ ❚❛❜❧❡ ❙✼✮ ✇❡r❡ ♦❜t❛✐♥❡❞ ❜❛s❡❞ ♦♥ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡s ♣r♦❞✉❝❡❞

❢♦r ❡❛❝❤ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✉♥str❛✐♥❡❞ ❛♥❞ str❛✐♥❡❞ ❝❡❧❧s ✭s❡❡ ❡①❛♠♣❧❡s ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✸ ❛♥❞ ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ❙✷ ✐♥

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❋✐❣✉r❡ ✷✿ ❊✛❡❝t ♦❢ str❛✐♥ ♦♥ t❤❡ ♣❤②s✐❝❛❧ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ❚♦♣ r♦✇✿ ❝❤❛♥❣❡ ✐♥ t❤❡❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣❀ ♠✐❞❞❧❡ r♦✇✿ t♦t❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② r❡❧❛t✐✈❡ t♦ t❤❡ ❢✉❧❧② ♦♣t✐♠✐s❡❞ ♦rt❤♦r❤♦♠❜✐❝❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ ❜♦tt♦♠ r♦✇✿ s❤✐❢t ♦❢ t❤❡ ❋❡r♠✐ ❧❡✈❡❧ ❝♦♠♣❛r❡❞ t♦ t❤❡ ✉♥str❛✐♥❡❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ▲❡❢t❝♦❧✉♠♥✿ str❛✐♥ ✐s ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ ❛❧♦♥❣ t❤❡ ❛r♠❝❤❛✐r ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥✿ r✐❣❤t ❝♦❧✉♠♥✿ str❛✐♥ ✐s ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ ❛❧♦♥❣t❤❡ ③✐❣③❛❣ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥✳

t❤❡ ❙■✮✳

❚❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ✈❛❧✉❡s s❤♦✇ t❤❛t t❤❡ str✉❝t✉r❡ r❡♠❛✐♥s ❛ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦r t❤r♦✉❣❤ ♠♦st ♦❢ t❤❡

❧♦✇ ✈❛❧✉❡s ♦❢ str❛✐♥ t❡st❡❞✳ ❚❤❡r❡ ✐s ♥♦ s✐❣♥✐✜❝❛♥t ❝❤❛♥❣❡ ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡

❢♦r ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✉♥❞❡r ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ t❡♥s✐❧❡ ♦r ❝♦♠♣r❡ss✐✈❡ ✉♥✐❛①✐❛❧ str❛✐♥✳ ❚❤❡ ❉✐r❛❝ ♣♦✐♥t r❡♠❛✐♥s

♦❜s❡r✈❛❜❧❡ ✉♣ t♦ ±6% ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ str❛✐♥ ✭t❤❡ ❛♠♦✉♥t ♦❢ str❛✐♥ t❤❛t ✇❡ ❤❛✈❡ ❛ss✉♠❡❞ ❛❝❝❡♣t❛❜❧❡

❢♦r ❝♦♠♠❡♥s✉r❛t❡ ❝❡❧❧s✮ ❛♥❞ ❛s ❢❛r ❛s −20% − +25% str❛✐♥✳ ❈♦♥s❡q✉❡♥t❧②✱ t❤❡ ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞

❢✉♥❞❛♠❡♥t❛❧ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s s❤♦✇ ✈❡r② ❧✐tt❧❡ ✈❛r✐❛t✐♦♥ ❢r♦♠ ③❡r♦ ✭❝❧♦s❡ t♦ ♦r ❜❡❧♦✇ t❤❡ ❛❝❝✉r❛❝②

❧✐♠✐t ♦❢ ✵✳✵✶ ❡❱ ❝❛✉s❡❞ ❜② t❤❡ ✜♥✐t❡ ❦✲♣♦✐♥t s❛♠♣❧✐♥❣✱ s❡❡ ❙■ ❙❡❝t✐♦♥ ❙✷ ❢♦r ❞❡t❛✐❧s✮✱ ♥♦r

❛♥② ❞✐s❝❡r♥✐❜❧❡ ♣❛tt❡r♥✱ ❢♦r ❛❧❧ ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ str❛✐♥s ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ −20% ❛♥❞ +25% ✐♥ ❜♦t❤ ✉♥✐❛①✐❛❧

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❋✐❣✉r❡ ✸✿ ❇❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡s ♦❢ ♦rt❤♦r❤♦♠❜✐❝ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝❡❧❧s✿ ♦♣t✐♠✐s❡❞ ✭❛✮✱ ✻✪ ③✐❣③❛❣ t❡♥s✐❧❡str❛✐♥ ✭❜✮✱ ❛♥❞ ✻✪ ❛r♠❝❤❛✐r t❡♥s✐❧❡ str❛✐♥ ✭❝✮✳ ❖❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s ❛r❡ r❡♣r❡s❡♥t❡❞ ✐♥ ❜❧✉❡✱✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s ❛r❡ ✐♥ r❡❞✱ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❞❛s❤❡❞ ❧✐♥❡ r❡♣r❡s❡♥ts t❤❡ ❋❡r♠✐ ❧❡✈❡❧✳ ❙❧✐❣❤t ❝❤❛♥❣❡s✐♥ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ s❤❛♣❡s ❛♥❞ ❛ ♠✐❣r❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❉✐r❛❝ ♣♦✐♥t ❛❧♦♥❣ t❤❡ Γ✲❳ ❧✐♥❡ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ s❡❡♥✳

❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥s✳ ❖♥❧② ❛t t❤❡ ❤✐❣❤❡st t❡st❡❞ ❧❡✈❡❧ ♦❢ str❛✐♥✱ 30% str❡t❝❤✐♥❣ ✐♥ t❤❡ ③✐❣③❛❣ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥✱

t❤❡ ❉✐r❛❝ ♣♦✐♥t ❞✐s❛♣♣❡❛rs ❛♥❞ ❛ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ ❛❣r❡❡s ✇✐t❤ ❧✐t❡r❛t✉r❡

♦❜s❡r✈❛t✐♦♥s✳✽✾✱✾✺✱✾✻

❆s ❛♥ ❛❞❞✐t✐♦♥❛❧ t❡st ♦❢ ❛❝❝✉r❛❝② ♦❢ ♦✉r ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ str✉❝t✉r❡✱ t❤❡ ❋❡r♠✐ ✈❡❧♦❝✐t②

vF ✇❛s ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ❢♦r t❤❡ ✉♥str❛✐♥❡❞ ❛♥❞ +6% str❡t❝❤❡❞ ✭❛r♠❝❤❛✐r ❛♥❞ ③✐❣③❛❣ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥✮

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✿ t❤❡ vF ✈❛❧✉❡s ✇❡r❡ 1.54 × 106 ♠ s−1✱ 1.57 × 106 ♠ s−1 ❛♥❞ 1.30 × 106 ♠ s−1✱

r❡s♣❡❝t✐✈❡❧②✳ ❚❤❡s❡ ✈❛❧✉❡s ❛r❡ ✐♥ ❣♦♦❞ ❛❣r❡❡♠❡♥t ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧❧② ♠❡❛s✉r❡❞ r❛♥❣❡

(1.15− 2.49)× 106 ♠ s−1 ✭✇❤❡r❡ t❤❡ ✈❛r✐❛t✐♦♥ ❞❡♣❡♥❞s ♦♥ t❤❡ s✉❜str❛t❡ ✇❤❡r❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✇❛s

❞❡♣♦s✐t❡❞✮✶✵✶ ❛♥❞ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡♦r❡t✐❝❛❧ ✈❛❧✉❡s✿ (0.85− 0.9)× 106 ♠ s−1 ✭▲❉❆ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✮✶✵✶✱✶✵✷

❛♥❞ (1.0−1.25)×106 ♠ s−1 ✭●❲ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✮❀✶✵✷ t❤❡ tr❡♥❞ ✐♥ ♦✉r ✈❛❧✉❡s ♦❢ vF ✐s ❛❧s♦ ✐♥ ❣♦♦❞

❛❣r❡❡♠❡♥t ✇✐t❤ r❡❝❡♥t ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✶✵✸ ✇❤✐❝❤ r❡♣♦rt❡❞ ❛ s❧✐❣❤t ✐♥❝r❡❛s❡ ❛♥❞ ❛ ❞❡❝r❡❛s❡ ✉♣♦♥

str❡t❝❤✐♥❣ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❛r♠❝❤❛✐r ❛♥❞ ③✐❣③❛❣ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥✱ r❡s♣❡❝t✐✈❡❧②✳ ❚❤❡s❡ r❡s✉❧ts ❣✐✈❡ ❛❞❞✐t✐♦♥❛❧

❝♦♥✜r♠❛t✐♦♥ t❤❛t ♦✉r ♠♦❞❡❧❧✐♥❣ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ✐s r❡❧✐❛❜❧❡✳

❲❤✐❧❡ t❤❡r❡ ✐s ♥♦ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ♦♣❡♥✐♥❣ ✐♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞ ❛t ❧♦✇ ❧❡✈❡❧s ♦❢ str❛✐♥✱ t❤❡r❡ ✐s

❤♦✇❡✈❡r ❛♥ ✐♥❝r❡❛s❡ ✐♥ t❤❡ t♦t❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣②✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ ❢♦❧❧♦✇s ❛ r♦✉❣❤❧② ♣❛r❛❜♦❧✐❝ tr❡♥❞ ✭❋✐❣✉r❡ ✷✮✿

✈❡r② s♠❛❧❧ ❝❤❛♥❣❡s ✭❜❡❧♦✇ ✵✳✶ ❡❱✮ ❢♦r t❤❡ ✜rst ±2% ♦❢ ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ str❛✐♥ ❛♥❞ ✐s r❡❧❛t✐✈❡❧② ♠✐♥♦r

❝❤❛♥❣❡s ✭❜❡❧♦✇ ✵✳✺ ❡❱✮ ❢♦r t❤❡ ✜rst ±6%✱ ❢♦❧❧♦✇❡❞ ❜② ❛ r❛♣✐❞ ✐♥❝r❡❛s❡✳ ❚❤❡s❡ ❝❤❛♥❣❡s ✐♥ t❤❡

t♦t❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② r❡s✉❧t ✐♥ ❛ s❤✐❢t ♦❢ t❤❡ ❡♥❡r❣② ❧❡✈❡❧s ❛♥❞ t❤✉s ✇✐❧❧ r❡s✉❧t ✐♥ ❛ ❝❤❛♥❣❡ ✐♥ t❤❡ ✇♦r❦

❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✿ t❤❡ ❝❤❛♥❣❡ ✐♥ t❤❡ ✇♦r❦ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥ ✐s s♠❛❧❧ ✭✇✐t❤✐♥ ±0.2

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❡❱✮ ❢♦r t❤❡ ✜rst ±6% ♦❢ ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ str❛✐♥✱ ❜✉t ❜❡❝♦♠❡s ❧❛r❣❡r ❢♦r ❤②♣♦t❤❡t✐❝❛❧ ❧❛r❣❡ ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞

str❛✐♥ ✭❋✐❣✉r❡ ✷ ❛♥❞ ❚❛❜❧❡ ❙✼✮✳ ❆♥② s❤✐❢t ✐♥ ❜❛♥❞ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ✇✐❧❧ t❤❡r❡❢♦r❡ ❤❛✈❡ ❛ ❞✐r❡❝t ✐♠♣❛❝t

♦♥ ✇❤❡r❡ t❤❡ ✈❛❧❡♥❝❡ ❜❛♥❞ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❧✐❡s ✐♥ r❡❧❛t✐♦♥ t♦ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✱ ❛♥❞ ❛t ❧❛r❣❡ str❛✐♥s ✐t

♠❛② ❛✛❡❝t t❤❡ ♣r❡❞✐❝t❡❞ tr❛♥s❢❡r ♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡ ❛❝r♦ss t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳

■♥ ❝♦♥❝❧✉s✐♦♥✱ ✇❡ ❤❛✈❡ ❞❡♠♦♥str❛t❡❞ t❤❛t t❤❡ s♠❛❧❧ ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ str❛✐♥ ♦♥ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠✲

♣♦♥❡♥t ✐♥ ♦✉r ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠ ✇✐❧❧ ♥♦t ❞✐sr✉♣t t❤❡ s❡♠✐♠❡t❛❧❧✐❝ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥

t❤❡ s②st❡♠✱ ♥♦r ✇✐❧❧ ✐t ❤❛✈❡ ❛ s✐❣♥✐✜❝❛♥t ❡✛❡❝t ♦♥ ✐ts ❜❛♥❞ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s✳

❇✐♥❞✐♥❣ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡

❚♦ ✐♥✈❡st✐❣❛t❡ t❤❡ ♣❤②s✐❝❛❧ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠✱ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❧❛②❡r

s♣❛❝✐♥❣✱ ❛♥❞ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ❛♥❞ ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ✇❡r❡ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ✉s✐♥❣ ❈P✷❑

✇✐t❤ t❤❡ P❇❊ ✰ ❉ ♠❡t❤♦❞✳ ❋♦r t❤✐s ✇♦r❦ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❧❛②❡r s♣❛❝✐♥❣ ✐s ❞❡t❡r♠✐♥❡❞ ❛s t❤❡ ✈❡rt✐❝❛❧

✭③✲❛①✐s✮ ❞✐st❛♥❝❡✱ ✐♥ ➴♥❣strö♠s✱ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ t❤❡ ✉♣♣❡r♠♦st ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r ♦❢ t✇♦✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞

♦①②❣❡♥ ❛t♦♠s ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❧❛②❡r✳ ❚❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣② ✐s

❞❡✜♥❡❞ ❛s✿

Eint = Etot − Eru−opt − Egr−opt + EBSSE ✭✶✮

✇❤❡r❡ Eint ✐s t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣②✱ Etot ✐s t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣✉t❡❞ t♦t❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② ♦❢ t❤❡ s②st❡♠✱ Eru−opt

✐s t❤❡ t♦t❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② ♦❢ t❤❡ ♦♣t✐♠✐s❡❞ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜✱ Egr−opt ✐s t❤❡ t♦t❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② ♦❢ t❤❡

♦♣t✐♠✐s❡❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ s❤❡❡t✱ ❛♥❞ EBSSE ✐s t❤❡ ❜❛s✐s s❡t s✉♣❡r♣♦s✐t✐♦♥ ❡rr♦r ❝♦rr❡❝t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡

✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣② ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ❞❡❝♦♠♣♦s❡❞ ✐♥t♦ t❤❡ ❞❡❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣② Edef ✭t❤❡ ❡♥❡r❣② ❝❤❛♥❣❡

✇❤❡♥ ❞❡❢♦r♠✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥ts ✉♣♦♥ ❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ str✉❝✲

t✉r❡✮ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❡♥❡r❣② Ebind ✭t❤❡ ❡♥❡r❣② ❣❛✐♥ ❞✉❡ t♦ t❤❡ ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ♦❢ t❤❡s❡ ❞❡❢♦r♠❡❞

❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥ts✱ ♦r✱ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣② ❡①❝❧✉❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❝❤❛♥❣❡ ❞✉❡ t♦ ❞❡❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥✮ ❞❡✜♥❡❞ ❛s✿

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Edef = (Eru−def − Eru−opt) + (Egr−def − Egr−opt) ✭✸✮

✇❤❡r❡ Eru−def ❛♥❞ Egr−def ❛r❡✱ r❡s♣❡❝t✐✈❡❧②✱ t❤❡ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥ts ✐♥ t❤❡ ❣❡♦♠❡tr② ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠✳ ■♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❛♥❞ ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ❛♥❞

✐♥t❡r❧❛②❡r s♣❛❝✐♥❣ ❢♦r ♦✉r s②st❡♠ ❛♥❞ ❛ ❢❡✇ r❡❢❡r❡♥❝❡ s②st❡♠s ❛r❡ ♣r♦✈✐❞❡❞ ✐♥ ❚❛❜❧❡ ❙✽✳

❚❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ✐♥ t❤✐s ✇♦r❦ ✭−0.019 t♦ −0.023 ❡❱ ♣❡r ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠ ❛♥❞

−1.35 t♦ −1.67 ❡❱ ♣❡r ❝❡❧❧✮ ❛r❡ ✈❡r② s✐♠✐❧❛r t♦ t❤❡ ❧✐t❡r❛t✉r❡ ✈❛❧✉❡s ❢♦r t❤❡ s❛♠❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✲

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ♦❜t❛✐♥❡❞ ✉s✐♥❣ ❛ ❞✐✛❡r❡♥t ♠❡t❤♦❞ ✭▲❉❆✰❯✮✳✹✶ ❚❤❡s❡ ✇❡❛❦ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥

❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ✐♥❞✐❝❛t❡ ♣❤②s✐s♦r♣t✐♦♥✳ ❉✐s♣❡rs✐♦♥ ✐s t❤❡ ♣r✐♥❝✐♣❛❧ ♠❡❝❤❛♥✐s♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥✱

❡✳❣✳ ✐♥ t❤❡ s②st❡♠ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ✾✲❧❛②❡r ❚✐❖✷ s❧❛❜✱ ❞✐s♣❡rs✐♦♥ ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t❡s −3.13 ❡❱ t♦ t❤❡ ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣

❡♥❡r❣② ♦❢ −3.24 ❡❱✳ ❚❤❡ ❛❧t❡r♥❛t✐✈❡ ♦r✐❡♥t❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛❜♦✈❡ r✉t✐❧❡✱ ✇❤❡r❡ t❤❡ ③✐❣③❛❣

❧✐♥❡ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐s ♣❛r❛❧❧❡❧ t♦ t❤❡ ❆ ❝❡❧❧ ✈❡❝t♦r ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✱ r❡s✉❧ts ✐♥ ✈❡r② s✐♠✐❧❛r ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s

♣❡r ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠✱ ❝♦♥✜r♠✐♥❣ t❤❛t ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ❛r❡ ✈❡r② ✇❡❛❦❧② ❞❡♣❡♥❞❡♥t ♦♥ t❤❡

✐♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ ♦r✐❡♥t❛t✐♦♥✱ ❛s ❡①♣❡❝t❡❞ ❢♦r ♣❤②s✐s♦r♣t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡r❡❢♦r❡ t❤❡ s❡❧❡❝t❡❞ ♦r✐❡♥t❛t✐♦♥

♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛❜♦✈❡ ❚✐❖✷ ✐s r❡♣r❡s❡♥t❛t✐✈❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ♠❛♥② ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ r❛♥❞♦♠

♦r✐❡♥t❛t✐♦♥s ✇❤✐❝❤ ♠❛② ♦❝❝✉r ✐♥ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧ ❚✐❖✷✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s✳

❈♦♠♣❛r✐♥❣ ♦✉r ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ✭s❝❛❧❡❞ ♣❡r ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠✮ t♦ t❤❡ ❧✐t❡r❛t✉r❡

✈❛❧✉❡s ❢♦r t❤❡ ❛♥❛t❛s❡ ✭✶✵✶✮✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ✭−0.032 t♦ −0.050 ❡❱ ♣❡r ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠✮✱✹✹✱✺✵

t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✲❜❛s❡❞ s②st❡♠ ✐s ❧❡ss str♦♥❣❧② ❜♦✉♥❞✱ ♣r♦❜❛❜❧② ❜❡❝❛✉s❡ ❢❡✇❡r ❛t♦♠s ✐♥ t❤❡

r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❛r❡ ❝❧♦s❡ ❡♥♦✉❣❤ t♦ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✭♦♥❧② ✷✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ♦①②❣❡♥s✮✳ ❈♦♠✲

♣❛r✐♥❣ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ t♦ ❣r❛♣❤✐t❡✱ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✬s ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s

♣❡r ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠ ❛r❡ ❤❛❧❢ ❛s s♠❛❧❧ ❛s ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ❛♥❞ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧ ✈❛❧✉❡s ❢♦r t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r✲

❧❛②❡r ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ✐♥ ❣r❛♣❤✐t❡ ❛♥❞ ♠✉❧t✐❧❛②❡r ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✶✵✹✱✶✵✺ ✖ t❤✐s ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ❡①♣❡❝t❡❞✱ s✐♥❝❡ t❤❡

❚✐❖✷✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ❞♦❡s ♥♦t ♦✛❡r π✲st❛❝❦✐♥❣ s✉❝❤ ❛s ❢♦✉♥❞ ✐♥ ❣r❛♣❤✐t❡✳

❚❤❡ ❞❡❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ❛r❡ ✶✳✵✸ ❛♥❞ ✶✳✺✻ ❡❱ ❢♦r t❤❡ ✻✲ ❛♥❞ ✾✲❛t♦♠✐❝✲❧❛②❡r ❚✐❖✷ s❧❛❜s✱

r❡s♣❡❝t✐✈❡❧②✳ ❆ ❧❛r❣❡ ♣❛rt ♦❢ t❤✐s ✐s t❤❡ ❞❡❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ r❡s✉❧t✐♥❣ ♠❛✐♥❧② ❢r♦♠ t❤❡

❧❛tt✐❝❡ ♠✐s♠❛t❝❤ ✭s❡❡ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ♠❡t❤♦❞s s❡❝t✐♦♥✮✳ ❚❤✐s ❣✐✈❡s ❛♥ ❡♥❡r❣② ❝❤❛♥❣❡ ❞✉❡

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t♦ ❞❡❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ✵✳✻✽ ❛♥❞ ✵✳✽✸ ❡❱✴❝❡❧❧ ❢♦r t❤❡ ✸ ❛♥❞ ✷✲❧❛②❡r ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠s r❡s♣❡❝t✐✈❡❧②✳

❚❤❡ ❞❡❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ❝♦sts ✵✳✷✷ ❛♥❞ ✵✳✽✾ ❡❱ ✐♥ t❤❡ ✻✲ ❛♥❞ ✾✲❛t♦♠✐❝✲❧❛②❡r ❚✐❖✷

s❧❛❜s✱ r❡s♣❡❝t✐✈❡❧②✳

❚❤❡ ❞✐✛❡r❡♥❝❡ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ t❤❡ ✻✲❧❛②❡r ❛♥❞ ✾✲❧❛②❡r ❚✐❖✷ s②st❡♠s ✐s r❡❧❛t❡❞ t♦ t❤❡ ✇❡❧❧✲❦♥♦✇♥

♦s❝✐❧❧❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ♣❤②s✐❝❛❧ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ✐♥ ♦❞❞✲ ❛♥❞ ❡✈❡♥✲❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜s✿ ❢♦r ❡①❛♠♣❧❡✱ ♦❞❞✲

❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜s ❛r❡ ❢♦✉♥❞ t♦ ❤❛✈❡ ❤✐❣❤❡r s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s t❤❛♥ ❡✈❡♥✲❧❛②❡r s❧❛❜s✳✼✾✕✽✷

❚❤❡ r❡s✉❧ts ♦❢ t❤✐s ✇♦r❦ ❛r❡ ✐♥ ❛❣r❡❡♠❡♥t ✇✐t❤ t❤✐s ♣❛tt❡r♥✿ s✐♥❝❡ t❤❡ ✾✲❧❛②❡r s❧❛❜ ❤❛s ❛

❧❛r❣❡r s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❡♥❡r❣②✱ ✐t ❞✐s♣❧❛②s ❛ ❧❛r❣❡r ❡♥❡r❣② ❣❛✐♥ ❞✉❡ t♦ t❤❡ ❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡

✇✐t❤ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ ❡s♣❡❝✐❛❧❧② ♦❜✈✐♦✉s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ✇❤✐❝❤ ❞♦ ♥♦t ✐♥❝❧✉❞❡ ❞❡❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥✳

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❋✐❣✉r❡ ✹✿ ❖♥❡✲❞✐♠❡♥s✐♦♥❛❧ ♣♦t❡♥t✐❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② s✉r❢❛❝❡ ✭P❊❙✮ ♣❧♦t ♦❢ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✳ ■♥s❡ts s❤♦✇ t❤❡ ❛❧✐❣♥♠❡♥t ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠s ✭t❡❛❧✮ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ s✉r❢❛❝❡✷✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ ♦①②❣❡♥ ❛t♦♠s ✭❜❧✉❡✮ ❛t s❡✈❡r❛❧ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s ✭♠❛①✐♠❛ ❛♥❞ ♠✐♥✐♠❛✮ ♦❢ t❤❡ P❊❙✳

❚♦ st✉❞② t❤❡ ❡✛❡❝t ♦❢ t❤❡ ❛❧✐❣♥♠❡♥t ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛❜♦✈❡ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s✉r❢❛❝❡✱ t❤❡

♣♦t❡♥t✐❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② s✉r❢❛❝❡ ✭P❊❙✮ ✇❛s s❛♠♣❧❡❞ ❜② ♠♦✈✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ s❤❡❡t ✐♥ ❜♦t❤ t❤❡ ❆

❛♥❞ ❇ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧ ✭❞❡✜♥❡❞ ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✶✮✱ ✐♥✐t✐❛❧❧② ✐♥ st❡♣s ♦❢ ✵✳✻ ➴

✐♥ ❜♦t❤ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥s ❛♥❞ t❤❡♥ ❛❞❞✐t✐♦♥❛❧❧② ✐♥ st❡♣s ♦❢ ✵✳✷ ➴ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❆ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥✳ ❚❤❡ ❛♥❛❧②s✐s

s❤♦✇❡❞ ✈❡r② ❧✐tt❧❡ ✈❛r✐❛t✐♦♥ ✐♥ ❡♥❡r❣② ✭✵✳✵✸ ❡❱✮ ✉♣♦♥ ❞✐s♣❧❛❝❡♠❡♥t ❛❧♦♥❣ t❤❡ ❇ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥

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✭❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ♠♦✈✐♥❣ ❛❧♦♥❣ t❤❡ r♦✇ ♦❢ ✷✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ ♦①②❣❡♥s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷✮✱ ✇❤✐❧❡ t❤❡ ❞✐s♣❧❛❝❡♠❡♥t

❛❧♦♥❣ t❤❡ ❆ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥ s❤♦✇❡❞ ♥♦t✐❝❡❛❜❧❡ ❝❤❛♥❣❡s ✐♥ ❡♥❡r❣②✳ ■t ❝❛♥ ❜❡ s❡❡♥ ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✹ t❤❛t t❤❡

t♦t❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② ✐♥❝r❡❛s❡s ❛s t❤❡ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❧❛②❡r ❛♣♣r♦❛❝❤ t❤❡ ✷✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞

♦①②❣❡♥ ❛t♦♠s ✐♥ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❧❛②❡r✱ ❛♥❞ ✐s t❤❡ ♠♦st ❢❛✈♦✉r❛❜❧❡ ✇❤❡♥ ❈✕❈ ❜♦♥❞s

✐♥ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❧❛②❡r r❡st ♦✈❡r t❤❡ t♦♣ ♦❢ t❤❡s❡ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ♦①②❣❡♥ ❛t♦♠s ✭s❡❡ ✐♥s❡ts ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✹✮✳

❚❤❡ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ✈❛r② ❜② ✉♣ t♦ ♦♥❧② ✵✳✷✾ ❡❱✴❝❡❧❧✳ ❚❤✐s ✈❡r② s♠❛❧❧ ✈❛r✐❛t✐♦♥ s✉❣❣❡sts t❤❛t t❤❡r❡ ✐s

♥♦ str♦♥❣❧② ♣r❡❢❡rr❡❞ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛❜♦✈❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✳ ❉✐✛✉s✐♦♥ ❛❧♦♥❣ t❤❡ ❇ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥

✐s ❡ss❡♥t✐❛❧❧② ❜❛rr✐❡r❧❡ss ✭✵✳✵✸ ❡❱✮ ❛t r♦♦♠ t❡♠♣❡r❛t✉r❡✳ ■♥ t❤❡ ❆ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥✱ ✐t ✐s ❛❧s♦ ❡❛s②

t♦ ♦✈❡r❝♦♠❡ t❤❡ s♠❛❧❧ ❜❛rr✐❡r ♦❢ ✵✳✵✾ ❡❱❀ t❤❡ ❤✐❣❤❡st ❜❛rr✐❡r ♦❢ ✵✳✷✾ ❡❱ r❡s✉❧ts ✐♥ t❤❡ r❛t❡

♦❢ ❛♣♣r♦①✐♠❛t❡❧② ♦♥❡ ♠♦✈❡♠❡♥t ❡✈❡r② ✶✵ ♥s ✭❡st✐♠❛t❡❞ ✉s✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❆rr❤❡♥✐✉s ❡q✉❛t✐♦♥ ✇✐t❤

t❤❡ ♣r❡❢❛❝t♦r ♦❢ ✶✵13 s−1✮✳ ❚❤❡r❡❢♦r❡✱ ❛ ✈❛r✐❡t② ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✴❚✐❖✷ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s ❛♥❞ ♦r✐❡♥t❛t✐♦♥s

❛r❡ ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ ❡①✐st ✐♥ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧ s②st❡♠s✳ ◆♦t❡✱ ❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱ t❤❛t t❤✐s ❝♦♥❝❧✉s✐♦♥ ✐s tr✉❡ ♦♥❧②

❢♦r ❞❡❢❡❝t✲❢r❡❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡❀ ♦♥❝❡ ♦①②❣❡♥ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❣r♦✉♣s ❛r❡ ✐♥tr♦❞✉❝❡❞ t♦ ❝r❡❛t❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

♦①✐❞❡✱ ❞✐✛✉s✐♦♥ ✐s ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ ❜❡ ✐♠♣❡❞❡❞✳

■♥ ❝♦♥❝❧✉s✐♦♥✱ ✇❡ ❤❛✈❡ ❞❡♠♦♥str❛t❡❞ t❤❛t t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

❢♦r♠s t❤r♦✉❣❤ ❛ ♣❤②s✐s♦r♣t✐♦♥ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥✱ s❧✐❣❤t❧② ✇❡❛❦❡r t❤❛♥ t❤❡ str❡♥❣t❤ ♦❢ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥

✐♥ ♠✉❧t✐❧❛②❡r ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ❚❤❡ ♣♦t❡♥t✐❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❢♦r t❤✐s s②st❡♠ ✐s ❧❛r❣❡❧② ✢❛t ✐♥ s❤❛♣❡✱

❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱ t❤❡r❡ ❡①✐sts ❛ ✇❡❛❦ ♣r❡❢❡r❡♥❝❡ ❢♦r ❛❧✐❣♥✐♥❣ t❤❡ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ✷✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ ♦①②❣❡♥ ❛t♦♠s

✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ♠✐❞✲♣♦✐♥t ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝❛r❜♦♥✕❝❛r❜♦♥ ❜♦♥❞s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❧❛②❡r ❛❜♦✈❡✳

❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❘✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡

❚♦ ❛♥❛❧②s❡ t❤❡ ♣♦s✐❜✐❧✐t② ♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ✐♥ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✱ ✇❡ ✐♥✈❡s✲

t✐❣❛t❡❞ t❤❡ ❛❧✐❣♥♠❡♥t ♦❢ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❡♥❡r❣② ❧❡✈❡❧s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡

s②st❡♠✳ Pr♦❥❡❝t❡❞ ❞❡♥s✐t② ♦❢ st❛t❡s ✭P❉♦❙✮ s♣❡❝tr❛ ❢♦r t❤❡ ✻✲ ❛♥❞ ✾✲❛t♦♠✐❝✲❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡

✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ❛♥❞ t❤❡✐r ❝♦rr❡s♣♦♥❞✐♥❣ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜s ❤❛✈❡ ❜❡❡♥ ❝❛❧✲

❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ✉s✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❍❙❊✵✻ ❤②❜r✐❞ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ✐♥ ❈❘❨❙❚❆▲✶✹ ✭s❡❡ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✺ ❛♥❞ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ❙✸ ✐♥

t❤❡ ❙■❀ ❛❧❧ ❉♦❙ ♣❧♦ts ✐♥❝♦r♣♦r❛t❡ ✈❛❝✉✉♠ ❧❡✈❡❧ ❝♦rr❡❝t✐♦♥✱ ❛s st❛t❡❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❈♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧

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▼❡t❤♦❞s s❡❝t✐♦♥✮✳

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❋✐❣✉r❡ ✺✿ P❉♦❙ s♣❡❝tr❛ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜ ✭❜♦tt♦♠✮ ❛♥❞ ✐ts ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ✇✐t❤❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✭t♦♣✮✳ ❚❤❡ ♣r♦❥❡❝t✐♦♥s s❤♦✇♥ ❛r❡✿ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ✭r❡❞✮✱ s✉r❢❛❝❡ s✐t❡ ✺✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠✭❞❛r❦ ❜❧✉❡✮✱ s✉r❢❛❝❡ s✐t❡ ✻✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ✭❝②❛♥✮✱ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s✿ ❜❡❧♦✇s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❚✐5c ✭❣r❡❡♥✮❀ ❜❡❧♦✇ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❚✐6C ✭♣✉r♣❧❡✮✱ ✷✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ ♦①②❣❡♥ ✭♦r❛♥❣❡✮✳ ❚❤❡ t♦t❛❧❉♦❙ ✐s s❤♦✇♥ ✐♥ ❜❧❛❝❦✳ ❚❤❡ ❞❛s❤❡❞ ❧✐♥❡s r❡♣r❡s❡♥t t❤❡ ✈❛❧❡♥❝❡ ❛♥❞ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞s ♦❢ t❤❡✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❋❡r♠✐✲❧❡✈❡❧ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✳

❚❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s ♦❢ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ ❚✐❖✷ s❧❛❜s ❛r❡ ❢♦✉♥❞ t♦ ❜❡ ✸✳✾ ❡❱ ✐♥ t❤❡ ✻✲❧❛②❡r s②st❡♠ ❛♥❞ ✷✳✽

❡❱ ✐♥ t❤❡ ✾✲❧❛②❡r s②st❡♠ ✭❜❛♥❞ ❡❞❣❡s ❛r❡ s❤♦✇♥ ✇✐t❤ ❞❛s❤❡❞ ❧✐♥❡s ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✺ ❛♥❞ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ❙✸✮✳

❚❤✐s ✈❛r✐❛t✐♦♥ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ✈❛❧✉❡s r❡✢❡❝ts t❤❡ ♦❞❞✲❡✈❡♥ s❧❛❜s✬ ♦s❝✐❧❧❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s✱

❝❤❛r❛❝t❡r✐st✐❝ ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✿ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s ❛r❡ ♥♦t❛❜❧② ❧❛r❣❡r t❤❛♥ t❤❡ ❜✉❧❦ ✈❛❧✉❡ ❢♦r ❡✈❡♥✲

❧❛②❡r s❧❛❜s ❛♥❞ s♠❛❧❧❡r ❢♦r ♦❞❞✲❧❛②❡r s❧❛❜s✳✼✾✕✽✷ ❖✈❡r❛❧❧✱ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s ❢♦✉♥❞ ✐♥ t❤✐s ✇♦r❦

❛r❡ ✐♥ ❣♦♦❞ ❛❣r❡❡♠❡♥t ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ✈❛❧✉❡ ♦❢ ✸✳✸✾ ❡❱ ❢♦✉♥❞ ❢♦r ❜✉❧❦ r✉t✐❧❡ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ s❛♠❡ ❍❙❊✵✻

❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ✐♥ ❘❡❢✳✻✸ ❛♥❞ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧ ✈❛❧✉❡s ♦❢ ✸✳✵ ❡❱ ❢♦r t❤❡ ♦♣t✐❝❛❧ ❣❛♣✶✵✻ ❛♥❞

3.3± 0.5 ❡❱ ❢✉♥❞❛♠❡♥t❛❧ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣✶✵✼ ❢♦r r✉t✐❧❡✳

❚❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤s ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✺ ❛♥❞ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ❙✸ s❤♦✇ t❤❛t ❜♦t❤ ✐♥ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡

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s②st❡♠ t❤❡ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ ✭❈❇✮ ✐s ♣r✐♠❛r✐❧② ♠❛❞❡ ✉♣ ♦❢ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ st❛t❡s✱ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ✈❛❧❡♥❝❡

❜❛♥❞ ✭❱❇✮ ♦❢ ♦①②❣❡♥ st❛t❡s✱ ❛s ✐s ❦♥♦✇♥ ❢r♦♠ t❤❡ ❧✐t❡r❛t✉r❡ ♦♥ ❚✐❖✷ ❜✉❧❦ ❛♥❞ s✉r❢❛❝❡s✳✽✵✱✽✶ ■♥

t❤❡ ✻ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s②st❡♠s t❤❡ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ ❝♦♥t❛✐♥s ❜♦t❤ t❤❡ ✺✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞

❚✐ ✭❚✐5c✮ ❛♥❞ ✻✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ ❚✐ ✭❚✐6c✮ s✉r❢❛❝❡ st❛t❡s ✐♥ r♦✉❣❤❧② ❡q✉❛❧ ✐♥t❡♥s✐t✐❡s ✭❋✐❣✉r❡ ❙✸✮✳

■♥ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠ ❝♦♥t❛✐♥✐♥❣ t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜✱ t❤❡ st❛t❡s ❧♦❝❛❧✐s❡❞ ♦♥

✺✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❛t♦♠s ❛♥❞ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❛t♦♠s ✐♠♠❡❞✐❛t❡❧② ❜❡❧♦✇ ❞♦♠✐♥❛t❡

✐♥ t❤❡ ❧♦✇✲❡♥❡r❣② ♣❛rt ♦❢ t❤❡ ❈❇✳ ❚❤❡ ♠♦st ♣r♦♠✐♥❡♥t ❞✐✛❡r❡♥❝❡ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ t❤❡ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ r✉t✐❧❡

✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ✐s t❤❡ s❤✐❢t ♦❢ t❤❡ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ✺✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❛t♦♠s✬ st❛t❡s

✭❞❛r❦ ❜❧✉❡ ❧✐♥❡ ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✺✮ t♦✇❛r❞s t❤❡ ❧♦✇✲❡♥❡r❣② ♣❛rt ♦❢ t❤❡ ❈❇ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✱ ✇❤✐❝❤

❝♦♥✜r♠s ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳

-8.5 -8 -7.5 -7 -6.5 -6 -5.5 -5 -4.5 -4

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EfVBM-TiO2 CBM-TiO2

❋✐❣✉r❡ ✻✿ P❉♦❙ s♣❡❝tr❛ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✻ ✭t♦♣✮ ❛♥❞ ✾ ✭❜♦tt♦♠✮ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s✳ ❚❤❡ ♣r♦❥❡❝t✐♦♥s s❤♦✇♥ ❛r❡✿ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ✭r❡❞✮✱ ✺✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ✭❞❛r❦ ❜❧✉❡✮✱✻✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ✭❝②❛♥✮✱ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ✭❣r❡❡♥✿ ❜❡❧♦✇ ✺✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ s✉r❢❛❝❡ s✐t❡✱♣✉r♣❧❡✿ ❜❡❧♦✇ ✻✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ s✉r❢❛❝❡ s✐t❡✮✱ ❛♥❞ ✷✲❝♦♦r❞✐♥❛t❡❞ ♦①②❣❡♥ ✭♦r❛♥❣❡✮✳ ❚❤❡ ❞❛s❤❡❞❧✐♥❡ r❡♣r❡s❡♥ts t❤❡ ❋❡r♠✐ ❧❡✈❡❧✱ t❤❡ s♦❧✐❞ ❜❧❛❝❦ ❧✐♥❡s r❡♣r❡s❡♥t t❤❡ ✈❛❧❡♥❝❡ ❛♥❞ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥❜❛♥❞ ❡❞❣❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜✳

❚❤❡ ❤✐❣❤✲r❡s♦❧✉t✐♦♥ P❉♦❙ ♣❧♦ts ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✻ s❤♦✇ t❤❛t ❜♦t❤ t❤❡ ✉♣♣❡r ♣❛rt ♦❢ t❤❡ ✈❛❧❡♥❝❡

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❜❛♥❞ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❧♦✇❡st ♣❛rt ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠ ✭❜♦t❤ ❧♦❝❛t❡❞ ✐♥

t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ r❡❣✐♦♥✮ ❛r❡ ♠❛❞❡ ✉♣ ♠♦st❧② ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ st❛t❡s✳ ◆♦t❛❜❧②✱ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲

❞♦♠✐♥❛t❡❞ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ ❡❞❣❡ ✐s ∼ 0.8 ❡❱ ❛♥❞ ∼ 1.3 ❡❱✱ ✐♥ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ✾✲

❛♥❞ ✻✲❛t♦♠✐❝✲❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜s r❡s♣❡❝t✐✈❡❧②✱ ❜❡❧♦✇ t❤❡ ❚✐✲❞♦♠✐♥❛t❡❞ ❤✐❣❤✲✐♥t❡♥s✐t②

st❛t❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ ✭✇❤✐❝❤ st❛rt ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ −5.0 ❛♥❞ −4.5 ❡❱✮✳ ❲❡ ♦❜s❡r✈❡ t❤❛t

t❤❡ ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ st❛t❡s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❧✐❡ ✇❡❧❧ ❜❡❧♦✇ t❤❡ ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ st❛t❡s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ✇❤✐❝❤ ✐s ✐♥

❛❣r❡❡♠❡♥t ✇✐t❤ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧ ✇♦r❦ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥ ❛♥❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ ❛✣♥✐t② ✈❛❧✉❡s✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ s❤♦✇ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

t♦ ❤❛✈❡ ❛ ❧❛r❣❡r ✇♦r❦ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥ ✭♠❡❛s✉r❡❞ ❛s 4.5 ❡❱✶✵✽ ♦r ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ 4.89 ❛♥❞ 5.16 ❡❱✱✶✵✾✮

❝♦♠♣❛r❡❞ t♦ ❚✐❖✷ ✭✇♦r❦ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧❧② ♠❡❛s✉r❡❞ ❛s ✹✳✷ ❡❱❀✶✶✵

❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ ❛✣♥✐t② ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧❧② ♠❡❛s✉r❡❞ ❛s 4.3− 4.4 ❡❱✶✶✶✱✶✶✷ ❛♥❞ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ❛s ✹✳✼ ❡❱✶✶✷✮✳

◆♦t❡ t❤❛t t❤✐s ❛❧✐❣♥♠❡♥t ♦❢ ❚✐ ❛♥❞ ❝❛r❜♦♥ st❛t❡s ✐s ❞✐✛❡r❡♥t ❢r♦♠ s❡✈❡r❛❧ r❡❝❡♥t❧② ♣✉❜✲

❧✐s❤❡❞ st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s✱ ✇❤❡r❡ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ ❡❞❣❡ ❛s

✉s✉❛❧❧② ❢♦✉♥❞ t♦ ❧✐❡ ♥❡❛r✱ ❥✉st ❜❡❧♦✇✱ ♦r ❥✉st ❛❜♦✈❡ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷ ❜❛♥❞ ❡❞❣❡✳✹✶✱✹✹✱✹✼✱✹✾✱✺✵ ❚❤❡r❡ ✐s✱

❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱ ♥♦ ❛❣r❡❡♠❡♥t ♦♥ t❤❡ ❛❧✐❣♥♠❡♥t ♦❢ ❈✲ ❛♥❞ ❚✐✲❜❛s❡❞ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ st❛t❡s ✐♥ t❤❡

♣✉❜❧✐s❤❡❞ st✉❞✐❡s✱ ❛♥❞ t❤❡r❡ ❛r❡ ❡①❛♠♣❧❡s ♦❢ ❈ st❛t❡s ❜❡✐♥❣ ❧♦✇❡r ✐♥ ❡♥❡r❣② t❤❛♥ ❚✐ st❛t❡s✱

s✐♠✐❧❛r t♦ t❤❡ r❡s✉❧ts ♦❢ t❤✐s ✇♦r❦✱ ♥♦t❛❜❧② ✐♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s ✇✐t❤ ❛♥❛t❛s❡ ✭✵✵✶✮✹✺✱✹✽

❛♥❞ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✳✹✻ ❚❤✐s ❞✐✛❡r❡♥❝❡ ✐s ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ ❜❡ ❝❛✉s❡❞ ❜② ❞✐✛❡r❡♥❝❡s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ♣r♦♣✲

❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❛♥❛t❛s❡ ❛♥❞ r✉t✐❧❡ ♣♦❧②♠♦r♣❤s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ✭✐♥❞❡❡❞✱ t❤❡ ❈❇ ♦❢ ❛♥❛t❛s❡ ✐s ❜❡❧✐❡✈❡❞ t♦

❜❡ 0.2 − 0.4 ❡❱ ❜❡❧♦✇ t❤❛t ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡✶✶✸✱✶✶✹✮✳ ■t ✐s ❛❧s♦ ❧✐❦❡❧② t❤❛t t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷ ❜❛♥❞ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s

✐♥ t❤❡ ❉❋❚✰❯ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✹✶✱✹✹✕✹✻✱✹✽ ❛r❡ ❛✛❡❝t❡❞ ❜② t❤❡ ❝❤♦✐❝❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❵❯✬ ♣❛r❛♠❡t❡r ✇❤✐❝❤

✐s ❛♣♣❧✐❡❞ t♦ ❞❡s❝r✐❜❡ t❤❡ ♦♥✲s✐t❡ ❈♦✉❧♦♠❜ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❚✐ ✸❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s✳ ❲❡ ❜❡❧✐❡✈❡ t❤❛t

❤②❜r✐❞ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧s ♦✛❡r ❛ ❧❡ss ❛♠❜✐❣✉♦✉s ❞❡s❝r✐♣t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s ❛♥❞ ❜❛♥❞ ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s✳ ■♥

♣❛rt✐❝✉❧❛r✱ t❤❡ ❍❙❊✵✻ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ✉s❡❞ ✐♥ t❤✐s ✇♦r❦ ❛❝❝✉r❛t❡❧② ♣r❡❞✐❝ts t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s✱ ❜❛♥❞

♣♦s✐t✐♦♥s ❛♥❞ ❞❡❢❡❝t st❛t❡s ✐♥ ❚✐❖✷✳✻✸✱✶✶✸✱✶✶✺ ❚❤✐s ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❤❛s ❛❧s♦ ❜❡❡♥ s✉❝❝❡ss❢✉❧❧② ✉s❡❞

t♦ ❞❡s❝r✐❜❡ ♦♣t✐❝❛❧ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ♥❛♥♦t✉❜❡s✱✶✶✻ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s ♦❢ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ♥❛♥♦r✐❜❜♦♥s✶✶✼

❛♥❞ ✇♦r❦❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ♥❛♥♦r✐❜❜♦♥s ❛♥❞ ♥❛♥♦t✉❜❡s✳✶✶✽✱✶✶✾ ❲✐t❤ t❤✐s ❣♦♦❞

❞❡s❝r✐♣t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐♥❞✐✈✐❞✉❛❧ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ♥❛♥♦❝❛r❜♦♥ ❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥ts✱ ✐t ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ❡①♣❡❝t❡❞ t❤❛t t❤✐s

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❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧✬s ❞❡s❝r✐♣t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ✐s ❛❧s♦ r❡❧✐❛❜❧❡✳

❚❤✐s ♣♦s✐t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❞♦♠✐♥❛t❡❞ st❛t❡s ❢❛r ❜❡❧♦✇ ❚✐❖✷ st❛t❡s r❛t❤❡r t❤❛♥ ❥✉st ❜❡❧♦✇

❚✐❖✷ st❛t❡s ❤❛s ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥t ✐♠♣❧✐❝❛t✐♦♥s ❢♦r ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ✐♥ t❤✐s ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠✿ ✐t ✐s

str♦♥❣❧② ❢❛✈♦✉r❛❜❧❡ ❢♦r ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s t♦ ❞❡❝❛② t♦ t❤❡ ❜♦tt♦♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥

❜❛♥❞✱ ✐✳❡✳ t♦ t❤❡s❡ ❧♦✇✲❧②✐♥❣ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❞♦♠✐♥❛t❡❞ st❛t❡s✳

❚❤❡ ❤✐❣❤✲r❡s♦❧✉t✐♦♥ P❉♦❙ ♣❧♦ts ✭❋✐❣✉r❡ ✻✮ s❤♦✇ ❛ ❝❧❡❛r q✉❛❧✐t❛t✐✈❡ ❞✐✛❡r❡♥❝❡ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ t❤❡

❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠s ✐♥✈♦❧✈✐♥❣ ✾✲❛t♦♠✐❝✲❧❛②❡r ❛♥❞ ✻✲❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r ❚✐❖✷ s❧❛❜s✳ ■♥ t❤❡ ✻✲❧❛②❡r✲

❜❛s❡❞ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✱ ♦♥❧② ❝❛r❜♦♥✲❜❛s❡❞ st❛t❡s ❛♣♣❡❛r ✐♥ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷✱ s✉❣❣❡st✐♥❣ ✈❡r②

❧✐tt❧❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ ❚✐❖✷✳ ❇② ❝♦♥tr❛st✱ ✐♥ t❤❡ ✾✲❧❛②❡r✲❜❛s❡❞

❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✱ ❚✐✲❜❛s❡❞ st❛t❡s ❛♣♣❡❛r t♦❣❡t❤❡r ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ❝❛r❜♦♥✲❜❛s❡❞ st❛t❡s ♥❡❛r t❤❡ ❜♦tt♦♠

♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞✱ ✐♥ ✇❤❛t ✇♦✉❧❞ ❜❡ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣✳ ❚❤✐s ♣♦✐♥ts t♦ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝

✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛♥❞ ❚✐❖✷ ❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥ts✱ ❛s t❤❡s❡ st❛t❡s ❛r❡ ♥♦t ♣r❡s❡♥t ✐♥ t❤❡

r✉t✐❧❡ ❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥t ❛❧♦♥❡ ✭s❡❡ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✺✮✳ ❚❤✐s ♠✐①t✉r❡ ♦❢ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❛♥❞ ❝❛r❜♦♥ st❛t❡s ✐♥ t❤❡

❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ ✐s ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ ❛✛❡❝t t❤❡ ♥❛t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ✐♥ t❤✐s s②st❡♠✳ ❚♦ ✐♥✈❡st✐❣❛t❡

t❤❡ ♦r✐❣✐♥ ♦❢ t❤❡s❡ ❚✐ st❛t❡s✱ ✇❡ ♣❧♦t t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ t❤❡♥ ❡①♣❧♦r❡ t❤❡ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ♦r❜✐t❛❧s

✇❤✐❝❤ ♠❛❦❡ ✉♣ t❤❡s❡ ❜❛♥❞s✳

❚❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ✐s ❝♦♠♣❛r❡❞ t♦ t❤❡ ❝♦rr❡s♣♦♥❞✐♥❣ ❉♦❙

s♣❡❝tr✉♠ ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✼✳ ❚❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ❝❧❡❛r❧② s❤♦✇s t❤❛t t❤❡ ❉✐r❛❝ ♣♦✐♥t ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

✐s ♣r❡s❡r✈❡❞ ❛♥❞ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ s❡❡♥ ❝❧♦s❡ t♦ t❤❡ Γ ♣♦✐♥t✱ ❛❧♦♥❣ t❤❡ Γ−❨ ❧✐♥❡✳ ❚❤❡ ❋❡r♠✐ ❧❡✈❡❧ ❧✐❡s

s❧✐❣❤t❧② ❜❡❧♦✇ t❤❡ ❉✐r❛❝ ♣♦✐♥t✱ ✐♥❞✐❝❛t✐♥❣ ❤♦❧❡ ❞♦♣✐♥❣ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡❀ t❤✐s ✐s ❝♦♥✜r♠❡❞ ❜② t❤❡

❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ ❞❡♥s✐t② ❞✐✛❡r❡♥❝❡ ♣❧♦t ✭❋✐❣✉r❡ ❙✹ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❙■✮✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ s❤♦✇s s♦♠❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❢r♦♠

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷✳ ❚❤❡ ❛♠♦✉♥t ♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡rr❡❞ ❤❛s ❜❡❡♥ ❡✈❛❧✉❛t❡❞ ❛s ✵✳✻✽ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ♣❡r

❝❡❧❧ ✭♦r ✵✳✵✶ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ♣❡r ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠✮✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ ✐s ❝♦♠♣❛r❛❜❧❡ t♦ ✵✳✵✷ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ♣❡r ❝❛r❜♦♥

❢♦✉♥❞ ❢♦r t❤❡ s✐♠✐❧❛r s②st❡♠ ✐♥ ❘❡❢✳✹✶ ❚❤❡ ❞♦✇♥s❤✐❢t ♦❢ t❤❡ ❋❡r♠✐ ❧❡✈❡❧ ✭✵✳✹✷ ❡❱✮ ✐s s❧✐❣❤t❧②

s♠❛❧❧❡r t❤❛♥ ✐♥ t❤❡ ♣r❡✈✐♦✉s❧② r❡♣♦rt❡❞ st✉❞② ♦❢ t❤✐s ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ✉s✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❉❋❚ ✰ ❯ ♠❡t❤♦❞

✭0.65 ❡❱✹✶✮✳ ❈♦♠♣❛r✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠ ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✼ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡

❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ r✉t✐❧❡ s❧❛❜ ❛♥❞ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ s❤❡❡t ✭❋✐❣✉r❡ ❙✺✮✱ ✇❡ ❝❛♥ s❡❡

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❋✐❣✉r❡ ✼✿ ❇❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠✱s❤♦✇✐♥❣ ✶✵ ♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s ✭s❤♦✇♥ ✐♥ ❜❧✉❡✮ ❛♥❞ ✶✵ ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s ✭✐♥ r❡❞✮✳ ❚❤❡ P❉♦❙s♣❡❝tr✉♠ ♦❢ t❤✐s ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ✐s s❤♦✇♥ t♦ t❤❡ ❧❡❢t✱ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ t♦t❛❧ ❉♦❙ ✐♥❝❧✉❞❡❞ ✐♥ ❜❧❛❝❦✱ ❛♥❞❣✉✐❞❡✲❧✐♥❡s r❡❧❛t✐♥❣ ♣❛rts ♦❢ t❤❡ ❉♦❙ s♣❡❝tr✉♠ t♦ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡✳ ❆❞❞✐t✐♦♥❛❧ ❛♥♥♦t❛t✐♦♥ss❤♦✇ t❤❡ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ♦❢ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥s ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ✈❛r✐♦✉s r❡❣✐♦♥s ♦❢t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ✭❛ss✐❣♥❡❞ ❛❝❝♦r❞✐♥❣ t♦ t❤❡ ❛♥❛❧②s✐s s❤♦✇♥ ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✽✮

t❤❛t t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ str✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ r❡♠❛✐♥ ❡ss❡♥t✐❛❧❧② ✐♥t❛❝t ✐♥ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡

s②st❡♠✳ ❆❧t❤♦✉❣❤ t❤❡ ❉✐r❛❝ ♣♦✐♥t ❤❛s ♥♦t ❜❡❡♥ ❝❛♣t✉r❡❞ ✐♥ ♦✉r ❉♦❙ ♣❧♦ts ✭❋✐❣✉r❡ ✻ ❛♥❞

❙✸✮✱ ✐t ✐s ❝❧❡❛r❧② ♣r❡s❡♥t ✐♥ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡✳ ❚❤❡ ❛♣♣❛r❡♥t ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❉♦❙✱ s✐♠✐❧❛r

t♦ t❤❡ s♠❛❧❧✹✹✱✹✻✱✹✼ ♦r ✈❡r② s♠❛❧❧✺✵ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣s ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞ ✐♥ s♦♠❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣r❡✈✐♦✉s st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢

❚✐❖✷✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s✱ ❤❛s ❧✐❦❡❧② ❜❡❡♥ ❝❛✉s❡❞ ❜② t❤❡ ✉s❡ ♦❢ ✐♥s✉✣❝✐❡♥t❧② ❞❡♥s❡ ❦✲♣♦✐♥t

❣r✐❞s✱ s✐♠✐❧❛r t♦ t❤❡ ❡❛r❧② st✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ str❛✐♥❡❞ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛❧♦♥❡✳✽✻✱✾✹ ❚❤❡ ❛❜s❡♥❝❡ ♦❢ ❛

❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ♠❡❛♥s t❤❛t ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ❡❛s✐❧② ♣r♦♠♦t❡❞ t♦ t❤❡ ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ st❛t❡s✳

❋r♦♠ t❤❡s❡ s♣❡❝tr❛ ✐t ❝❛♥ ❛❧s♦ ❜❡ s❡❡♥ t❤❛t t❤❡ t❤❡r♠♦❞②♥❛♠✐❝❛❧❧② ❢❛✈♦✉r❡❞ ❧♦❝❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢

♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ✇✐❧❧ ❜❡ ♦♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳

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❚❤❡ q✉❡st✐♦♥ st✐❧❧ r❡♠❛✐♥s ❛❜♦✉t t❤❡ ♦r✐❣✐♥ ♦❢ ❚✐✲❜❛s❡❞ st❛t❡s ✐♥ t❤❡ r❡❣✐♦♥ ❝♦rr❡s♣♦♥❞✐♥❣

t♦ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ♦❢ ♣✉r❡ ❚✐❖✷✳ ❚❤❡s❡ st❛t❡s ❞♦ ♥♦t ❝♦rr❡s♣♦♥❞ t♦ ❛♥② s♣❡❝✐❛❧ ♣♦✐♥ts ✐♥ t❤❡

❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ ✭s❡❡ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✼✮✳ ❚❤❡ ❉♦❙ ♣❧♦ts ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✻ s❤♦✇ t❤❛t t❤❡s❡ st❛t❡s ❛r❡ ❧♦❝❛❧✐s❡❞

♦♥ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ ✭❜✉❧❦✲❧✐❦❡✮ ❚✐ ❛t♦♠s ♦❢ t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ s❧❛❜✳ ❚❤❡ ✻ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r s❧❛❜✱

✇❤✐❝❤ ❤❛s ♥♦ ❜✉❧❦✲❧✐❦❡ ❚✐ ❛t♦♠s✱ ❤❛s ♥♦ s✉❝❤ ❣❛♣ st❛t❡s✳ ❚❤✐s s❤♦✇s t❤❛t s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❚✐

❛t♦♠s ❛r❡ ❡ss❡♥t✐❛❧ ❢♦r str♦♥❣ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ t❤❛t t❤❡

✻ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r s❧❛❜✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ ❤❛s ♥♦ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❛t♦♠s✱ ✐s t♦♦ s♠❛❧❧ t♦ ♠♦❞❡❧ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳ ❚❤❡ ♥❛rr♦✇❡r ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♦❞❞✲❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ s❧❛❜ ❛❧s♦ ❜r✐♥❣s t❤❡ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞

❡❞❣❡ ❝❧♦s❡r t♦ t❤❡ ❤✐❣❤❡st ♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞ ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ ❢❛❝✐❧✐t❛t✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥

❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ ❚✐❖✷ ✭✐♥ ❛❣r❡❡♠❡♥t ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ❧❛r❣❡r ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❡♥❡r❣② ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✇✐t❤

t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ s❧❛❜✮✳ ❚❤❡ ❧♦❝❛❧✐s❛t✐♦♥ ♦♥ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❚✐ ❛t♦♠s ✐s ✐♥ q✉❛❧✐t❛t✐✈❡

❛❣r❡❡♠❡♥t ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ▲❉❆✰❯ st✉❞② ♦❢ ❉✉ ❡t ❛❧✳✱✹✶ ✇❤✐❝❤ s❤♦✇❡❞ t❤❛t t❤❡ ✜rst t✇♦ ❈❇ st❛t❡s

❛r❡ ♣r❡❞♦♠✐♥❛♥t❧② ❜❛s❡❞ ♦♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❚✐ ❛t♦♠s ❜❡❧♦✇ s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❚✐5c✳ ❚❤✐s

✐♠♣♦rt❛♥t r♦❧❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❚✐ ❛t♦♠s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ✐s

❧✐❦❡❧② r❡❧❛t❡❞ t♦ t❤❡ t❡♥❞❡♥❝② ♦❢ ❡①❝❡ss ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ✐♥ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜s t♦ ❧♦❝❛❧✐s❡ ❛t s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡

❚✐ s✐t❡s✳✶✷✵✱✶✷✶ ❙✐♥❝❡ t❤❡r❡ ✐s s♦♠❡ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❚✐❖✷ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❣r♦✉♥❞

st❛t❡ ✭❛s s❤♦✇♥ ❛❜♦✈❡✮✱ t❤❡s❡ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❚✐ ❛t♦♠s ❛r❡ t❤❡ ♠♦st ❧✐❦❡❧② s✐t❡s t♦ ❛❝❝♦♠♠♦❞❛t❡

t❤✐s ❡①❝❡ss ❝❤❛r❣❡✱ ❛♥❞ t❤✉s t❤❡ ♣r❡s❡♥❝❡ ♦❢ ❡✈❡♥ ♦♥❡ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❧❛②❡r ❡♥❤❛♥❝❡s t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡

✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥t❡r❧❛②❡r ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣✳

❋r♦♠ t❤❡s❡ r❡s✉❧ts ♦♥❡ ❝❛♥ s❡❡ t❤❛t✱ ✐♥ ♦r❞❡r t♦ ❝♦rr❡❝t❧② ♠♦❞❡❧ t❤❡ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ t❤✐s

❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠✱ ❛t ❧❡❛st ♦♥❡ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡ ❧❛②❡r ♦❢ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ♠✉st ❜❡ ♣r❡s❡♥t✳ ❚❤✉s t❤❡

✾✲❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜ ✐s t❤❡ s♠❛❧❧❡st s❧❛❜ s✉✣❝✐❡♥t t♦ ❞❡s❝r✐❜❡ t❤✐s s②st❡♠✱ ❛♥❞ ✇❡ ❡①♣❡❝t

t❤❛t t❤✐❝❦❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ s❧❛❜s ✇✐❧❧ ❜❡❤❛✈❡ q✉❛❧✐t❛t✐✈❡❧② s✐♠✐❧❛r✳

❚♦ ✉♥❞❡rst❛♥❞ t❤❡ ♦r✐❣✐♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❚✐✲❜❛s❡❞ ❣❛♣ st❛t❡s✱ ❡✐❣❡♥✈❛❧✉❡s ✭❛t♦♠✐❝ ♦r❜✐t❛❧ ✭❆❖✮

❝♦❡✣❝✐❡♥ts✮ ♦❢ s❡✈❡r❛❧ ❤✐❣❤❡st ♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❛♥❞ ❧♦✇❡st ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s ✇❡r❡ ❛♥❛❧②s❡❞✳ ❙q✉❛r❡s

✭❝♦♠♣❧❡① ❝♦♥❥✉❣❛t❡s✮ ♦❢ ❆❖ ❝♦❡✣❝✐❡♥ts ci,j,kc∗i,j,k ✭✇❤❡r❡ i ✐s t❤❡ ❛t♦♠ ♥✉♠❜❡r✱ j ✐s t❤❡ ♦r❜✐t❛❧

✭❡✐❣❡♥st❛t❡✮✱ k ✐s t❤❡ ❦✲♣♦✐♥t✮ ✇❡r❡ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ❛♥❞ s✉♠♠❡❞ ♦✈❡r ❛❧❧ ❚✐✱ ❛❧❧ ❖ ❛♥❞ ❛❧❧ ❈ ❛t♦♠s✱

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t♦ ❣✐✈❡ t❤❡ ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❚✐✱ ❖ ❛♥❞ ❈ t♦ ❡❛❝❤ ❡✐❣❡♥st❛t❡ ❛t ❡❛❝❤ ❦✲♣♦✐♥t✿∑

cc∗T i,j,k✱∑

cc∗O,j,k ❛♥❞∑

cc∗C,j,k✳ ❚❤❡ ❛♥❛❧②s✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❆❖ ❝♦❡✣❝✐❡♥ts ❛t t❤❡ ❦✲♣♦✐♥ts ❛❧♦♥❣ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞

str✉❝t✉r❡ ♣❛t❤ ✭❋✐❣✉r❡ ✽✮ ❝♦♥✜r♠s t❤❛t t❤❡ ❤✐❣❤❡st ♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞ ✭❧❛❜❡❧❧❡❞ ✏❱❇▼✑✮ ❛s ❛

✇❤♦❧❡ ❝♦♥s✐sts ♠❛✐♥❧② ♦❢ ❝❛r❜♦♥ st❛t❡s✳ ❙✐♠✐❧❛r❧②✱ t❤❡ ✸ ❤✐❣❤❡st ❡♥❡r❣② ❱❇s ❝♦♥s✐st ❡♥t✐r❡❧②

♦❢ ❝❛r❜♦♥ st❛t❡s✱ ❛♥❞ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❛♥❞ ♦①②❣❡♥ st❛t❡s ❜❡❣✐♥ t♦ ❡♠❡r❣❡ ❛t t❤❡ ❱❇▼✲✹ ❛♥❞ ❧♦✇❡r

✭❡♥❡r❣② ✲✽✳✸ ❡❱ ❛♥❞ ❜❡❧♦✇ ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✼✮✳ ❚❤❡ ❧♦✇❡st ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞ ✭❧❛❜❡❧❧❡❞ ✏❈❇▼✑✮

❛r♦✉♥❞ t❤❡ Γ✲♣♦✐♥t✱ ❛♥❞ ❛❧♦♥❣ ♠♦st ♦❢ t❤❡ Γ✲❳ ❛♥❞ Γ✲❨ ❧✐♥❡s✱ ❝♦♥s✐sts ♠❛✐♥❧② ♦❢ ❝❛r❜♦♥

st❛t❡s✱ ✇❤✐❧❡ ❛t ❛♥❞ ❛r♦✉♥❞ ❦✲♣♦✐♥ts ❳✱ ❨✱ ❛♥❞ ❙ ✐t ✐s ♣r❡❞♦♠✐♥❛♥t❧② t✐t❛♥✐✉♠✳ ❚❤❡s❡

r✉t✐❧❡ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❜❛♥❞s ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ✐❞❡♥t✐✜❡❞ ❡❛s✐❧② ❜② t❤❡✐r ❝❤❛r❛❝t❡r✐st✐❝❛❧❧② ✢❛t ♣r♦✜❧❡s ✕ t❤❡②

❛r❡ ❡ss❡♥t✐❛❧❧② t❤❡ s❛♠❡ ❛s ❧♦✇❡st✲❡♥❡r❣② ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s ♦❢ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭❛❧s♦ s❡❡♥ ❛s

✐♥t❡♥s❡ ♣❡❛❦s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❉♦❙✱ st❛rt✐♥❣ ❛t ∼ −5.0 ❡❱✱ s❡❡ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✺ ❛♥❞ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✻✮✳

❚❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❧✐♥❡s ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✼ ❛♥❞ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✽ ❧♦♦❦ s♠♦♦t❤ ❛♥❞ ❞♦ ♥♦t r❡✢❡❝t t❤❡ s❤❛r♣ ❚✐

♣❡❛❦s s❡❡♥ ♥❡❛r t❤❡ ❜♦tt♦♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❈❇ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❉♦❙✳ ❍♦✇❡✈❡r✱ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ✐s ♣❧♦tt❡❞

❛❧♦♥❣ s♣❡❝✐❛❧ ❤✐❣❤✲s②♠♠❡tr② ❧✐♥❡s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❇r✐❧❧♦✉✐♥ ③♦♥❡ ✭❇❩✮✱ ✇❤✐❧❡ t❤❡ ❉♦❙ ✐s ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞

❜② ✐♥t❡❣r❛t✐♥❣ ♦✈❡r t❤❡ ✇❤♦❧❡ ❇❩✳ ❚♦ ❡①♣❧❛✐♥ t❤❡ ❉♦❙ s❤❛♣❡✱ ✇❡ ❛♥❛❧②s❡❞ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ♦r❜✐t❛❧

❝♦❡✣❝✐❡♥ts ♦❢ t❤❡ ❤✐❣❤❡st ♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❛♥❞ t✇♦ ❧♦✇❡st ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ st❛t❡s ❛❝r♦ss t❤❡ ❢✉❧❧ ❇❩✳ ❚❤❡

❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥s ❜② ❛t♦♠ t②♣❡ ✭∑

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cc∗C,j,k✮ ✇❡r❡ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ❢♦r ❱❇▼✱

❈❇▼ ❛♥❞ ❈❇▼✰✶ ♦♥ t❤❡ 12× 12× 1 ❣r✐❞ ♦❢ ❦✲♣♦✐♥ts ❝♦✈❡r✐♥❣ t❤❡ ✇❤♦❧❡ ❇❩ ✭t❤❡ s❛♠❡ ❣r✐❞

❛s ✉s❡❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❉❖❙ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✮✳

❋✐❣✉r❡ ✾ s❤♦✇s t❤❡s❡ ❆❖ ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥s ❢♦r t❤❡ ❈❇▼ ❛♥❞ ❈❇▼✰✶✱ ♣❧♦tt❡❞ ♦♥ ❛ ✷❉ ❣r✐❞

❝♦✈❡r✐♥❣ t❤❡ ✐rr❡❞✉❝✐❜❧❡ ♣❛rt ♦❢ t❤❡ ❇❩ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✳ ❚❤❡ s✐③❡s ♦❢ ❝✐r❝❧❡s ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✾

❝♦rr❡s♣♦♥❞ t♦ t❤❡ ♠❛❣♥✐t✉❞❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ s♣❡❝✐❡s✬ ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥ t♦ ❡❛❝❤ ♦❢ t❤❡s❡ ❜❛♥❞s ❛t ❡❛❝❤

❦✲♣♦✐♥t✳ ❚❤❡ ❱❇▼ ✭r❡s✉❧ts ♥♦t s❤♦✇♥✮ ✐s ♣r❡❞♦♠✐♥❛♥t❧② ✭97 − 99%✮ ❝♦♠♣♦s❡❞ ♦❢ ❈ st❛t❡s

❛t ❛❧❧ ❝♦♥s✐❞❡r❡❞ ❦✲♣♦✐♥ts✱ ✐♥ ❛❣r❡❡♠❡♥t ✇✐t❤ ♦✉r ❉♦❙ ❛♥❞ ❜❛♥❞ ❧✐♥❡ ❛♥❛❧②s✐s✳ ❚❤❡ ❈❇▼

✐s s❡♣❛r❛t❡❞ ✐♥t♦ t✇♦ r❡❣✐♦♥s✳ ❆❝r♦ss ♠♦st ♦❢ t❤❡ ❇❩ ✭❢r♦♠ −6.0 t♦ −5.0 ❡❱✮✱ t❤✐s ❜❛♥❞

✐s ❡♥t✐r❡❧② ❧♦❝❛❧✐s❡❞ ♦♥ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠s ✇✐t❤ ♥❡❣❧✐❣✐❜❧❡ ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥s ❢r♦♠ ❚✐ ❛♥❞ ❖ ❛t♦♠s❀

❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱ t❤❡ r❡❣✐♦♥s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❇❩ ✐♠♠❡❞✐❛t❡❧② ♥❡①t t♦ t❤❡ ❳✲❙ ❛♥❞ ❨✲❙ ❧✐♥❡s ✭❛t > −5.0 ❡❱✮ ❛r❡

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❋✐❣✉r❡ ✽✿ ❊♥❡r❣✐❡s ♦❢ s❡❧❡❝t❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s ✭❱❇▼✲✶✱ ❱❇▼✱ ❈❇▼✱ ❈❇▼✰✶✮✱ ♣❧♦tt❡❞ t♦❣❡t❤❡r ✇✐t❤t❤❡ s✉♠s ♦❢ sq✉❛r❡❞ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ♦r❜✐t❛❧ ❝♦❡✣❝✐❡♥ts ❢♦r ❛❧❧ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠✱ ♦①②❣❡♥✱ ❛♥❞ ❝❛r❜♦♥ s♣❡❝✐❡s✐♥ t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠✳ ❚❤❡s❡ ❞❛t❛ ♣♦✐♥ts ❝♦✈❡r ❛❧❧ ❦✲♣♦✐♥ts ✐♥ t❤❡ ♣❛t❤❝❤♦s❡♥ ❢♦r t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡ ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✼

❛❧♠♦st ❡♥t✐r❡❧② ❧♦❝❛❧✐s❡❞ ♦♥ ❚✐ ❛t♦♠s ✇✐t❤ ✈❡r② s♠❛❧❧ ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❖ ❛t♦♠s✳ ❚❤❡ s❡❝♦♥❞

✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞ ✭❧❛❜❡❧❧❡❞ ✏❈❇▼✰✶✑✮ ❤❛s t❤❡ ♠♦st ✐♥t❡r❡st✐♥❣ ♣❛tt❡r♥ ♦❢ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ♦r❜✐t❛❧s✬

❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥s ❛❝r♦ss t❤❡ ❇❩✿ t❤❡ r❡❣✐♦♥s ♥❡①t t♦ t❤❡ ❳✲❙ ❛♥❞ ❨✲❙ ❧✐♥❡s ❛r❡ ❛❣❛✐♥ ❛❧♠♦st

❡♥t✐r❡❧② ❧♦❝❛❧✐s❡❞ ♦♥ ❚✐ ❛t♦♠s✱ t❤❡ r❡❣✐♦♥ ❛r♦✉♥❞ t❤❡ Γ ♣♦✐♥t ✐s ❡♥t✐r❡❧② ❧♦❝❛❧✐s❡❞ ♦♥ ❈ ❛t♦♠s✱

✇❤✐❧❡ ✐♥ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r♠❡❞✐❛t❡ ❇❩ r❡❣✐♦♥✱ ❛s t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ✐♥❝r❡❛s❡✱ t❤❡ ♠❛✐♥ ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t♦rs

❝❤❛♥❣❡ ❢r♦♠ ❈ t♦ ❚✐✳ ❚❤✉s✱ ❚✐ ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥s ❛♣♣❡❛r ❛t ❧♦✇❡r ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s t❤❛♥ ✐♥ ♣✉r❡ ❚✐❖✷✳

❚❤❡r❡❢♦r❡✱ t❤✐s s❡❝♦♥❞ ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞ ✐s ♥♦t ❡♥t✐r❡❧② ❣r❛♣❤✐t✐❝ ❛♥❞ ❞❡♠♦♥str❛t❡s ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝

✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ t❤❡ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛♥❞ ❚✐❖✷ ❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥ts ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✳ ■♥t❡r❡st✐♥❣❧②✱ t❤❡r❡

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❋✐❣✉r❡ ✾✿ ❙✉♠s ♦❢ sq✉❛r❡❞ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ♦r❜✐t❛❧ ❝♦❡✣❝✐❡♥ts ✭s❤♦✇♥ ❛s ❝✐r❝❧❡s✮ ❢♦r ❛❧❧ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠✱♦①②❣❡♥✱ ❛♥❞ ❝❛r❜♦♥ s♣❡❝✐❡s ✐♥ t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠✱ ♣❧♦tt❡❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ ✐rr❡❞✉❝✐❜❧❡♣❛rt ♦❢ t❤❡ ❇r✐❧❧♦✉✐♥ ③♦♥❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠✳ ❚❤❡ ❛r❡❛s ♦❢ t❤❡❝✐r❝❧❡s ❝♦rr❡❧❛t❡ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ♠❛❣♥✐t✉❞❡ ♦❢ ❡❛❝❤ ❛t♦♠✐❝ s♣❡❝✐❡s✬ ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥ t♦ t❤❡ ❡✐❣❡♥st❛t❡✭❈❇▼ ♦r ❈❇▼✰✶✮ ❛t ❡❛❝❤ ❦✲♣♦✐♥t ✭❜❧✉❡ ❝✐r❝❧❡s ❢♦r ❚✐✱ ②❡❧❧♦✇ ❢♦r ❖✱ r❡❞ ❢♦r ❈✮✳ ❚❤❡ ✈❛r✐❛t✐♦♥♦❢ t❤❡s❡ ❜❛♥❞s✬ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ❛❝r♦ss t❤❡ ❇❩ ✐s s❤♦✇♥ ✇✐t❤ t❤✐♥ ❝♦♥t♦✉r ❧✐♥❡s✳

❛r❡ ♥♦ ✏♠✐①❡❞✑ st❛t❡s ❡q✉❛❧❧② ♠❛❞❡ ✉♣ ♦❢ ❈ ❛♥❞ ❚✐ ❛t ❛♥② ♦❢ t❤❡ ♣♦✐♥ts ✐♥ t❤❡ ❇❩ ✐♥ t❤✐s

r❡❣✐♦♥❀ t❤❡r❡ ✐s ❝❧❡❛r s❡♣❛r❛t✐♦♥ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ❈✲❞♦♠✐♥❛t❡❞ ❛♥❞ ❚✐✲❞♦♠✐♥❛t❡❞ st❛t❡s✳

❆♣♣❧②✐♥❣ t❤✐s ❛♥❛❧②s✐s ♦❢ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ♦r❜✐t❛❧s t♦ t❤❡ ❉♦❙ ♣❧♦t ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✻ ❛♥❞ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✼✱ ✐t

❜❡❝♦♠❡s ❝❧❡❛r t❤❛t t❤❡ ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❧♦✇✲❡♥❡r❣② r❡❣✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❈❇ ✭−6.0 t♦

−5.0 ❡❱✮ ❝♦♠❡ ❢r♦♠ ❜♦t❤ t❤❡ ✜rst ❛♥❞ t❤❡ s❡❝♦♥❞ ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s✱ ✇❤✐❧❡ t❤❡ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠

❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t✐♦♥s ❝♦♠❡ ♦♥❧② ❢r♦♠ t❤❡ s❡❝♦♥❞ ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞✱ ❛t ❝❡rt❛✐♥ ♣♦✐♥ts ✐♥ t❤❡ ❇❩✳ ❚❤❡

♦❜s❡r✈❛t✐♦♥ t❤❛t ❚✐ st❛t❡s ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t❡ ❛t s♦♠❡ r❛t❤❡r t❤❛♥ ❛❧❧ ♣♦✐♥ts ✐♥ t❤❡ ❇❩ ❡①♣❧❛✐♥s ✇❤②

t❤❡ ❚✐ st❛t❡s ❛♣♣❡❛r ❛s s♣✐❦❡s r❛t❤❡r t❤❛♥ ❛s ❛ s♠♦♦t❤ ❜❛♥❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❉♦❙✳ ❚❤✐s ❛♣♣❡❛r❛♥❝❡ ♦❢

❚✐ st❛t❡s ❛❧♦♥❣s✐❞❡ ❈ st❛t❡s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❧✐❦❡ ❧♦✇❡r ♣❛rt ♦❢ t❤❡ ❈❇ ✐s ❛♥ ✐♥❞✐❝❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❡❧❡❝✲

tr♦♥✐❝ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ✲ ♥♦t❛❜❧②✱ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ✇✐t❤ s✉❜s✉r❢❛❝❡

✭❜✉❧❦✲❧✐❦❡✮ ❚✐ ❛t♦♠s✳

❋r♦♠ t❤✐s ❛♥❛❧②s✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ str✉❝t✉r❡✱ ❛♥❞ ❢r♦♠ t❤❡ ❡✈✐❞❡♥❝❡ ✐♥ ♣✉❜❧✐s❤❡❞ r❡✲

s❡❛r❝❤✱✸✽✱✸✾✱✹✶ ✐t ✐s ♥♦✇ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ t♦ ✐♥❢❡r ♠♦r❡ ❞❡t❛✐❧s ❛❜♦✉t t❤❡ ♠❡❝❤❛♥✐s♠ ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦s❡♥s✐t✐s❛✲

t✐♦♥ ❡♥❤❛♥❝❡♠❡♥t ✉♣♦♥ ✐rr❛❞✐❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤✐s ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠✳ ❚❤❡ ❝♦♠❜✐♥❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ♦✉r ❉♦❙✱

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❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡✱ ❛♥❞ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ♦r❜✐t❛❧ ❝♦❡✣❝✐❡♥t ❛♥❛❧②s✐s ❡♥❛❜❧❡ ✉s t♦ ♠❛❦❡ ♣r❡❞✐❝t✐♦♥s ❛❜♦✉t

t❤❡ ❧✐❦❡❧② ♥❛t✉r❡ ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥ tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ s②st❡♠✳ ❲❡ ♥♦t❡ t❤❛t

❛ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥ ❞✐♣♦❧❡ ♠♦♠❡♥ts ❛♥❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥s ✇♦✉❧❞ ❜❡ ♥❡❝❡ss❛r② ❢♦r

❛ ❢✉❧❧ ❞❡s❝r✐♣t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥ ♣r♦❝❡ss❡s✳ ❚❤✐s ✐s ❜❡②♦♥❞ t❤❡ s❝♦♣❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝✉rr❡♥t ✇♦r❦✱

❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱ ❛ q✉❛❧✐t❛t✐✈❡ ♣✐❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥ ❝❛♥ ❜❡ ♦❜t❛✐♥❡❞ ❢r♦♠ ♦✉r ❉♦❙ ❛♥❞ ❛t♦♠✐❝

♦r❜✐t❛❧ ❞❛t❛✳ ❖✉r ❞❛t❛ s✉❣❣❡st t❤❛t t❤❡ ♠❡❝❤❛♥✐s♠ ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥ ✇✐❧❧ ❞✐✛❡r ❞❡♣❡♥❞✐♥❣

♦♥ t❤❡ ❡♥❡r❣② ♦❢ ❛ ❣✐✈❡♥ ✐♥❝✐❞❡♥t ♣❤♦t♦♥✳ ❋♦r ❛ ✈✐s✐❜❧❡✲r❡❣✐♦♥ ♣❤♦t♦♥ ✭✷✳✺✕✶✳✺ ❡❱✱ s♦♠❡

♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥s s❤♦✇♥ s❝❤❡♠❛t✐❝❛❧❧② ❜② r❡❞ ❛♥❞ ❣r❡❡♥ ❛rr♦✇s ✐♥ ❋✐❣✉r❡ ✼✮✱ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝

tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥s ♠✉st ♦r✐❣✐♥❛t❡ ❢r♦♠ ❛ ❝❛r❜♦♥ st❛t❡ ✇✐t❤✐♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ❚❤❡ ❡①❝✐t❡❞ st❛t❡ r❡❛❝❤❡❞

❜② t❤❡ tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥ ♠❛② t❤❡♥ ❜❡ ❡✐t❤❡r ❝❛r❜♦♥✲ ♦r t✐t❛♥✐✉♠✲❜❛s❡❞ ❞❡♣❡♥❞✐♥❣ ✉♣♦♥ t❤❡ ♣❤♦t♦♥

❡♥❡r❣②✳ ❱❡r② ❧♦✇✲❡♥❡r❣② ♣❤♦t♦♥s ❝❛♥ ❡①❝✐t❡ ♦♥❧② ❝❛r❜♦♥ π t♦ π✯ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥s ✭✐✳❡✳

♥♦ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r✮✳ ❱✐s✐❜❧❡✲❧✐❣❤t ♣❤♦t♦♥s ❝❛♥ s♣❛♥ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ❢✉rt❤❡r ❛✇❛② ❢r♦♠ t❤❡ Γ

♣♦✐♥t ❛♥❞ ♥❡❛r❡r t❤❡ ♣♦✐♥ts ❳ ❛♥❞ ❨✱ ✇❤❡r❡ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ st❛t❡s ❜❡❣✐♥ t♦ ❛♣♣❡❛r ✐♥ t❤❡ ✉♥♦❝❝✉✲

♣✐❡❞ st❛t❡s✳ ❚❤❡♥✱ t❤❡s❡ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ st❛t❡s ♠❛② ❛❝❝❡♣t t❤❡ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✱ r❡s✉❧t✐♥❣ ✐♥

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ → ❚✐❖✷ tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥ ✭❛❧t❤♦✉❣❤ t❤❡ ✐♥t❡♥s✐t② ♦❢ t❤✐s tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥ ✐s ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ ❜❡ ❧♦✇❡r

t❤❛♥ t❤❛t ♦❢ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ → ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥✱ ❜❡❝❛✉s❡ t❤❡ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥ ❤❛s

s♠❛❧❧❡r tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥ ♠❛tr✐① ❡❧❡♠❡♥ts ❞✉❡ t♦ s♠❛❧❧ ♦✈❡r❧❛♣ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✇❛✈❡❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥✮✳

❚❤✉s✱ t❤❡ ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧❧② ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞ ❜r♦❛❞❡♥✐♥❣ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❛❜s♦r♣t✐♦♥ r❛♥❣❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷ ❝♦♠✲

♣♦s✐t❡s✷✷✱✷✹✱✸✵✱✸✷✕✸✼ ✐s ❛ttr✐❜✉t❡❞ t♦ t❤❡ ♣r❡s❡♥❝❡ ♦❢ t❤❡s❡ ♠✐①❡❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ st❛t❡s✳

❚r❛♥s❢❡r ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s t♦ ❚✐❖✷ ❝r❡❛t❡s ❛♥ ❡✣❝✐❡♥t ♣❤♦t♦r❡❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❝❛t❛❧②st✳✶✻✱✷✵

◆♦t❡ ❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱ t❤❛t t❤❡ ❧♦✇❡st✲❡♥❡r❣② ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ st❛t❡s ❛r❡ ❛❧❧ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❜❛s❡❞ ✭❜♦t❤ ❛t t❤❡

❜♦tt♦♠ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♥❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❜❛♥❞ ❛♥❞ ❥✉st ❛❜♦✈❡ t❤❡ ❋❡r♠✐ ❧❡✈❡❧✮✱ t❤❡r❡❢♦r❡ t❤❡ t❤❡r♠♦❞②✲

♥❛♠✐❝❛❧❧② ❢❛✈♦✉r❛❜❧❡ ♣r♦❝❡ss ✐s ❢♦r t❤❡ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s t♦ ❡✈❡♥t✉❛❧❧② ❞❡❝❛② t♦ t❤❡s❡

❧♦✇❡st✲❡♥❡r❣② ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❝❛r❜♦♥ st❛t❡s✳ ❚❤✉s✱ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❡❞ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

t♦ ❚✐❖✷ ✐s ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ ❜❡ ♦♥❧② ❛ tr❛♥s✐❡♥t ♣❤❡♥♦♠❡♥♦♥ ✭❝❢✳ ❛ r❡❝❡♥t ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧ st✉❞②✶✷✷

❤✐❣❤❧✐❣❤ts t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣❧❡① ♥❛t✉r❡ ♦❢ r❡❝♦♠❜✐♥❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❤♦t ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ✐♥❥❡❝t❡❞ ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦

❚✐❖✷✮✱ ✉♥❧❡ss ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ❛♥❞ ❤♦❧❡s r❛♣✐❞❧② ❞✐✛✉s❡ ✐♥ ❚✐❖✷ ♦r ❛r❡ ✉s❡❞ ❡❧s❡✇❤❡r❡✱

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❢♦r ❡①❛♠♣❧❡✱ ✐♥ ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ r❡❛❝t✐♦♥s✳ ❙✐♠✐❧❛r❧②✱ ✐❢ ❛♥ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ ✐s s✉♣♣❧✐❡❞ ❢r♦♠ ❡❧s❡✇❤❡r❡

✭❡✳❣✳ ✉s✐♥❣ ♠♦❧❡❝✉❧❛r s❡♥s✐t✐s❡rs✶✷✸✮✱ ✐t ✇✐❧❧ ♠♦st ❧✐❦❡❧② ❡♥❞ ✉♣ ✐♥ t❤❡s❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❜❛s❡❞

❧♦✇❡st✲♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❝❛r❜♦♥ st❛t❡s✳ ❇♦t❤ ♣r♦❝❡ss❡s ♠❛❦❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✲r✐❝❤ ♣❛rt ♦❢ t❤❡

❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✱ s♦ t❤❛t ✐t ♠❛② ❛❝t ❛s ❛♥ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ s❤✉tt❧❡ ✐♥ ❝♦♠♣❧❡① ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②st ❛r❝❤✐t❡❝t✉r❡s✱

❛s ♣r♦♣♦s❡❞ ❜② ❑❛♠❛t✳✹✵ ■t ✐s ❛❧s♦ t❤♦s❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❧♦✇❡st✲❡♥❡r❣② ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❝❛r❜♦♥

st❛t❡s ✇❤✐❝❤ ❛r❡ t❤❡♥ ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ r❡❝♦♠❜✐♥❡ ✇✐t❤ ❤♦❧❡s ✐♥ t❤❡ ✈❛❧❡♥❝❡ ❜❛♥❞✳

P❤♦t♦♥s ✐♥ t❤❡ ✉❧tr❛✈✐♦❧❡t r❛♥❣❡ ✭> 3.0 ❡❱✮ ❛r❡ ❛❜❧❡ t♦ ❡①❝✐t❡ tr❛♥s✐t✐♦♥s t❤❛t ♦r✐❣✐♥❛t❡

❢r♦♠ ❞❡❡♣❡r ❧❡✈❡❧s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❧♦✇❡r ❱❇s✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ ❛r❡ ❧♦❝❛❧✐s❡❞ ♦♥ ❚✐❖✷✳ ❚❤❡ ❛❝❝❡♣t✐♥❣ st❛t❡s ❛r❡

❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ ❜❡ ♠✐①❡❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✴t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ♦r ♣✉r❡❧② t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❜❛s❡❞✱ t❤✉s t❤❡ ♦✈❡r❛❧❧ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥

♦❢ t❤❡ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r ✐♥ t❤✐s ❝❛s❡ ✐s ❢r♦♠ ❚✐❖✷ t♦ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ ❛s ♦❜s❡r✈❡❞ ✐♥ ♠❛♥② ❯❱✲❱✐s

❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥ts✳✸✽✱✹✷

■♥ ❛❧❧ ❝❛s❡s t❤❛t ✇❡ ❤❛✈❡ ❞✐s❝✉ss❡❞✱ t❤❡ ✜♥❛❧ st❛t❡s r❡❛❝❤❡❞ ❜② ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥s ❛r❡ ❧✐❦❡❧②

t♦ ✐♥✈♦❧✈❡ ❜♦t❤ ❝❛r❜♦♥✲ ❛♥❞ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠✲❜❛s❡❞ st❛t❡s✳ ❚❤❡ ❞✐r❡❝t ❝❛r❜♦♥ π t♦ π✯ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝

❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥s ❛r❡ ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ ❜❡ ♠♦r❡ ✐♥t❡♥s❡ t❤❛♥ ❝❤❛r❣❡✲tr❛♥s❢❡r ❝❛r❜♦♥→ ❚✐❖✷ ❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥s✸✾✱✹✶

❡✈❡♥ ✐❢ t❤❡ ❡♥❡r❣② ♦❢ t❤❡ ❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥ ✐s t❤❡ s❛♠❡✳ ❚❤❡s❡ ❝❛r❜♦♥ π t♦ π✯ ❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥s✱ ❤♦✇❡✈❡r✱

❝❛♥ ❜❡ ❢♦❧❧♦✇❡❞ ❜② ❡①❝✐t❡❞✲st❛t❡ ❝❤❛r❣❡ ✐♥❥❡❝t✐♦♥ t♦ s❛♠❡✲❡♥❡r❣② t✐t❛♥✐✉♠✲❜❛s❡❞ st❛t❡s✱ ❛s

♦❜s❡r✈❡❞ ❜② ▼❛♥❣❛ ❡t ❛❧ ✹✷ ❛♥❞ ❞❡s❝r✐❜❡❞ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧❧② ❜② ▲♦♥❣ ❡t ❛❧✳✹✸ ❊①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧

❞❛t❛ s❤♦✇✐♥❣ t❤❡ ✈✐s✐❜❧❡✲r❡❣✐♦♥ ♣❤♦t♦♥ ❛❜s♦r♣t✐♦♥ ❡♥❤❛♥❝❡♠❡♥t ♣r♦✈✐❞❡❞ ❜② ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥

t❤✐s s②st❡♠✸✽✱✸✾ s✉♣♣♦rt t❤✐s ♠♦❞❡❧ ♦❢ ❛ ❝♦♠❜✐♥❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❞✐r❡❝t ✭❡✳❣✳ ❝❛r❜♦♥ π − π✯✮ ❛♥❞

❝❤❛r❣❡✲tr❛♥s❢❡r ❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥s✳

❈♦♥❝❧✉s✐♦♥s

■♥ s✉♠♠❛r②✱ ✇❡ ❤❛✈❡ ♣❡r❢♦r♠❡❞ ❛ q✉❛♥t✉♠ ❝❤❡♠✐❝❛❧ st✉❞② ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ❛✐♠ t♦ ♠♦❞❡❧ t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡

✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②st s②st❡♠✱ ✉s✐♥❣ ✻ ❛♥❞ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮

s❧❛❜s✳ ❚❤❡ ♣♦t❡♥t✐❛❧ ✐♥❛❝❝✉r❛❝② ❛ss♦❝✐❛t❡❞ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ♠✐s♠❛t❝❤ ✐♥ ❧❛tt✐❝❡ ♣❛r❛♠❡t❡rs ❜❡t✇❡❡♥

t❤❡ r✉t✐❧❡ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦♥❡♥ts ✐♥ t❤❡ s②st❡♠ ❤❛s ❜❡❡♥ ❡✈❛❧✉❛t❡❞✳ ❍❡r❡ ✐t ✐s s❤♦✇♥ t❤❛t

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s♠❛❧❧ ❝♦♠♣r❡ss✐✈❡ ❛♥❞ t❡♥s✐❧❡ str❛✐♥ ♦♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❢r♦♠ t❤❡ ♠✐s♠❛t❝❤ r❡s✉❧ts ✐♥ ♦♥❧② s♠❛❧❧

✐♥❝r❡❛s❡ ✐♥ t♦t❛❧ ❡♥❡r❣② ❛♥❞ ♥❡❣❧✐❣✐❜❧❡ ♦♣❡♥✐♥❣ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❜❛♥❞ ❣❛♣ ✭✉♣ t♦ ✵✳✵✶ ❡❱✮ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❝❛s❡

♦❢ ♠✐s♠❛t❝❤❡s ♦❢ ✻✪ ♦r ❢❡✇❡r✱ ❛♥❞ s❤♦✇s t❤❛t t❤❡ ❧❛tt✐❝❡ ♠✐s♠❛t❝❤ ♦❢ ♦✉r ❝❤♦s❡♥ s②st❡♠

✭✶✳✹✲✷✳✸ ✪✮ ✐s s♠❛❧❧ ❡♥♦✉❣❤ t♦ ❤❛✈❡ ♥♦ ❡✛❡❝t ♦♥ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ❚❤❡

✐♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❛♥❞ ❜✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❡♥❡r❣✐❡s ❤❛✈❡ ❜❡❡♥ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ❢♦r ❜♦t❤ ✻ ❛♥❞ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r

❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ s❤♦✇ t❤❛t t❤❡ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ str❡♥❣t❤ ✐s ♥♦t✐❝❡❛❜❧② ❣r❡❛t❡r ❢♦r t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝

❧❛②❡r s②st❡♠ t❤❛♥ t❤❡ ✻✲❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r s②st❡♠✳ ❋♦r t❤❡ ✾ ❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r s②st❡♠ s♣❡❝✐✜❝❛❧❧②✱ t❤❡

❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣② ♣❡r ❝❛r❜♦♥ ❛t♦♠ ✭✲✵✳✵✹✺ ❡❱✴❛t♦♠✮ ✐s ❝♦♠♣❛r❛❜❧❡ t♦ t❤❛t ♦❢

❣r❛♣❤✐t❡✳✶✵✹

❙❡♣❛r❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❝❤❛r❣❡s ✐s ♦♥❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ♠♦st ❜❡♥❡✜❝✐❛❧ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷✲

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦st❡ ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts✿ t❤❛♥❦s t♦ t❤✐s s❡♣❛r❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡s✱ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✲❤♦❧❡ r❡❝♦♠✲

❜✐♥❛t✐♦♥ ✐s ❣r❡❛t❧② r❡❞✉❝❡❞✱ r❡s✉❧t✐♥❣ ✐♥ ❧♦♥❣✲❧✐✈❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ❛♥❞ ❤♦❧❡s✳ ❲❡ ✐♥✈❡rst✐❣❛t❡ t❤❡

♥❛t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡ s❡♣❛r❛t✐♦♥ ✐♥ t❤✐s ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ❜② ❛♥❛❧②s✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❞❡♥s✐t② ♦❢ st❛t❡s✱ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝✲

t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ ♦r❜✐t❛❧ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤✐s ♠❛t❡r✐❛❧✳ ❲❡ s❤♦✇ t❤❛t t❤❡ ❧♦✇❡st ✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ st❛t❡s ♦❢

t❤❡s❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ❛r❡ ❞♦♠✐♥❛t❡❞ ❜② ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ t❤❡r❡❢♦r❡ ❛❢t❡r r❡❧❛①❛t✐♦♥ ✭❜✉t ❜❡❢♦r❡ ❞❡❝❛②✐♥❣

t♦ t❤❡ ✈❛❧❡♥❝❡ ❜❛♥❞✮ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥s ❛r❡ ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ ❡♥❞ ✉♣ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦✲

♥❡♥t✳ ❖✉r ❛♥❛❧②s✐s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ str✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ❡❧✉❝✐❞❛t❡s

❤♦✇ ❞✐✛❡r❡♥t ✇❛✈❡❧❡♥❣t❤s ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦♥s ❛r❡ ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ r❡s✉❧t ✐♥ ❞✐✛❡r❡♥t t②♣❡s ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞

❝❤❛r❣❡ s❡♣❛r❛t✐♦♥✳ ❋♦r ❡①❛♠♣❧❡✱ ✈✐s✐❜❧❡ ❧✐❣❤t ♣❤♦t♦♥s ❛r❡ ❧✐❦❡❧② t♦ ✐♥❞✉❝❡ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ ❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥s

❢r♦♠ ❡♥t✐r❡❧② ❝❛r❜♦♥✲❜❛s❡❞ st❛t❡s ✭t♦♣ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❱❇✮ t♦ ❜♦t❤ ❈✲ ❛♥❞ ❚✐✲❜❛s❡❞ st❛t❡s ✭♦✈❡r❛❧❧

♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ → ❚✐❖✷✮✱ ✇❤✐❧❡ ❯❱ ♣❤♦t♦♥s ♠❛② ♣r♦❞✉❝❡ ❡①❝✐t❛✲

t✐♦♥s ❢r♦♠ ❚✐✲❜❛s❡❞ st❛t❡s ✭❞❡❡♣❡r ✐♥ t❤❡ ❱❇✮ ❛❣❛✐♥ t♦ ❜♦t❤ ❈✲ ❛♥❞ ❚✐✲❜❛s❡❞ st❛t❡s ✭♦✈❡r❛❧❧

♣❤♦t♦✐♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❚✐❖✷→❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✮✳ ❚❤✉s✱ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥s ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ❞✐✛❡r❡♥t

❝❤❛r❣❡✲tr❛♥s❢❡r ❝❤❛r❛❝t❡rs ❛r❡ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡✱ ❞❡♣❡♥❞✐♥❣ ♦♥ t❤❡ ❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥ ✇❛✈❡❧❡♥❣t❤✳ ❍♦✇❡✈❡r✱

❜♦t❤ t②♣❡s ♦❢ ♣❤♦t♦❡①❝✐t❛t✐♦♥s ♣r♦❞✉❝❡ ❝❤❛r❣❡✲tr❛♥s❢❡r st❛t❡s✱ t❤✉s ❝r❡❛t✐♥❣ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✲r✐❝❤

❛♥❞ ❤♦❧❡✲r✐❝❤ ♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s ❢♦r ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ r❡❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ❛♥❞ ♦①✐❞❛t✐♦♥✳

❚❤❡ ✉s❡ ♦❢ ❛ ❤②❜r✐❞ ❉❋❚ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❤❛s ❞❡♠♦♥str❛t❡❞ t❤❛t ❝♦rr❡❝t✐♥❣ t❤❡ ✉♥♣❤②s✐❝❛❧

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s❡❧❢✲✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣② ♣r❡s❡♥t ✐♥ ♣✉r❡ ❉❋❚ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧s ✐s ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥t ❢♦r t❤❡ ❛❝❝✉r❛t❡ s✐♠✲

✉❧❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤✐s ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✬s ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s✳ ❚❤❡ ❛♣♣❧✐❝❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ♠♦❞❡r♥ ❝♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧

t❡❝❤♥✐q✉❡s ❛♥❞ s✉♣❡r❝♦♠♣✉t✐♥❣ r❡s♦✉r❝❡s ✐♥ t❤✐s r❡s❡❛r❝❤ ❤❛s s❤♦✇♥ t❤❛t ❤②❜r✐❞ ❍❋✴❉❋❚

❧❡✈❡❧ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ❛r❡ ♣♦ss✐❜❧❡ ♦♥ ❛ ❧❛r❣❡ s②st❡♠ s✉❝❤ ❛s t❤✐s ✐♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳

❋✐♥❛❧❧②✱ ✐t s❤♦✉❧❞ ❜❡ ♥♦t❡❞ t❤❛t t❤✐s ✇♦r❦ ❢♦❝✉ss❡❞ ❡♥t✐r❡❧② ♦♥ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ❢♦r♠❡❞ ❜②

♣r✐st✐♥❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ❆s ♠❛♥② ❡①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t❛❧ s②st❡♠s ❛r❡ s②♥t❤❡s✐s❡❞ ❢r♦♠ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ♦①✐❞❡✱✷✾

t❤❡ r❡❛❧✐st✐❝ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ♠❛② ❝♦♥t❛✐♥ ❛ ♥✉♠❜❡r ♦❢ ♦①②❣❡♥ ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❣r♦✉♣s✱ s✉❝❤ ❛s ❡♣♦①②✱

❤②❞r♦①②❧ ❛♥❞ ❝❛r❜♦①②❧✱✸✸ ✇❤✐❝❤ ♠❛② ❢♦r♠ ❜r✐❞❣❡s ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ t✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❞✐♦①✐❞❡

❛♥❞ ❤❛✈❡ ❜❡❡♥ s✉❣❣❡st❡❞ ❛s ❛♥ ✐♠♣♦rt❛♥t ❝♦♥tr✐❜✉t♦r t♦ ❡❧❡❝tr♦♥ tr❛♥s❢❡r ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞

❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳✹✼✱✺✵✱✻✵ ❚❤❡r❡❢♦r❡ ♦♥❡ ♦❢ ♦✉r ❢✉t✉r❡ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥s ✇✐❧❧ ❜❡ t♦ ✐♥✈❡st✐❣❛t❡ t❤❡ ❞✐✛❡r❡♥❝❡

❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ♣r✐st✐♥❡ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ♦①✐❞❡ ✐♥ t❡r♠s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❝♦♠♣♦s✐t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❛♥❞

✉♥♦❝❝✉♣✐❡❞ ❜❛♥❞s ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❞✐r❡❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡ tr❛♥s❢❡r✳

❙✉♣♣♦rt✐♥❣ ■♥❢♦r♠❛t✐♦♥ ❆✈❛✐❧❛❜❧❡

❚❤❡ ❢♦❧❧♦✇✐♥❣ ✜❧❡s ❛r❡ ❛✈❛✐❧❛❜❧❡ ❢r❡❡ ♦❢ ❝❤❛r❣❡✳ ❈♦♥str✉❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❝♦♠♠❡♥s✉r❛t❡ ✉♥✐t ❝❡❧❧s❀

str❛✐♥ t❡st✐♥❣ ❞❛t❛❀ ❛❞❞✐t✐♦♥❛❧ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡s ♦❢ str❛✐♥❡❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡❀ ✐♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❡♥❡r❣② ❞❛t❛❀

❞❡♥s✐t② ♦❢ st❛t❡s s♣❡❝tr❛❀ ❝❤❛r❣❡ ❞❡♥s✐t② ❞✐✛❡r❡♥❝❡ ✐♠❛❣❡s❀ ❜❛♥❞ str✉❝t✉r❡s ♦❢ ✐s♦❧❛t❡❞ ❚✐❖✷

❛♥❞ ❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡❀ ❛♥ ❡①❛♠♣❧❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ✐♥♣✉t ✜❧❡ ✉s❡❞ ❢♦r t❤❡ ✾✲❛t♦♠✐❝ ❧❛②❡r r✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮✴❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ s②st❡♠✳

❆❝❦♥♦✇❧❡❞❣❡♠❡♥t

P✳ ●✳ t❤❛♥❦s t❤❡ ❯♥✐✈❡rs✐t② ♦❢ ❙❤❡✣❡❧❞ ❛♥❞ ❊P❙❘❈ ✭❯❑✮ ❢♦r ❤✐s P❤❉ st✉❞❡♥ts❤✐♣ ✭❣r❛♥t

❊P✴❑✺✵✸✶✹✾✴✶✮✳ ❚❤✐s ✇♦r❦ ✉s❡❞ t❤❡ ❍P❈ ❢❛❝✐❧✐t✐❡s ❝❡♥tr❛❧❧② ♣r♦✈✐❞❡❞ ❜② t❤❡ ❙❤❡✣❡❧❞

❯♥✐✈❡rs✐t② ✭■❝❡❜❡r❣ ❝❧✉st❡r✮ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❆❘❈❍❊❘ ❯❑ ◆❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ❙✉♣❡r❝♦♠♣✉t✐♥❣ ❙❡r✈✐❝❡ ✭❤tt♣✿

✴✴✇✇✇✳❛r❝❤❡r✳❛❝✳✉❦✮❀ t❤❡ ❧❛tt❡r ✇❛s ❛❝❝❡ss❡❞ ✈✐❛ ■♥st❛♥t ❆❝❝❡ss ✭♣r♦❥❡❝t ❡✹✼✸✮ ❛♥❞ ✈✐❛ ♦✉r

♠❡♠❜❡rs❤✐♣ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❯❑✬s ❍❊❈ ▼❛t❡r✐❛❧s ❈❤❡♠✐str② ❈♦♥s♦rt✐✉♠✱ ✇❤✐❝❤ ✐s ❢✉♥❞❡❞ ❜② ❊P❙❘❈

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✭❊P✴▲✵✵✵✷✵✷✮✳ ❲❡ t❤❛♥❦ ▼✳ ❲❛t❦✐♥s ✭❯♥✐✈❡rs✐t② ♦❢ ▲✐♥❝♦❧♥✮ ❛♥❞ ■✳ ❇❡t❤✉♥❡ ✭❊❞✐♥❜✉r❣❤

P❛r❛❧❧❡❧ ❈♦♠♣✉t✐♥❣ ❈❡♥tr❡✱ ❊P❈❈✮ ❛♥❞ t❤❡ ❈P✷❑✲❯❑ ♣r♦❥❡❝t ✭❊P❙❘❈ ❊P✴❑✵✸✽✺✽✸✴✶✮ ❢♦r

❛ss✐st❛♥❝❡ ✐♥st❛❧❧✐♥❣ ❛♥ ♦♣t✐♠✐s❡❞ ✈❡rs✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❈P✷❑ s♦❢t✇❛r❡ ♦♥ t❤❡ ■❝❡❜❡r❣ ❝❧✉st❡r✳

◆♦t❡s

❚❤❡ ❛✉t❤♦rs ❞❡❝❧❛r❡ ♥♦ ❝♦♠♣❡t✐♥❣ ✜♥❛♥❝✐❛❧ ✐♥t❡r❡st

❘❡❢❡r❡♥❝❡s

✭✶✮ ❍✐❣❤✜❡❧❞✱ ❏✳ ❆❞✈❛♥❝❡s ❛♥❞ ❘❡❝❡♥t ❚r❡♥❞s ✐♥ ❍❡t❡r♦❣❡♥❡♦✉s P❤♦t♦✭❊❧❡❝tr♦✮✲❈❛t❛❧②s✐s

❢♦r ❙♦❧❛r ❋✉❡❧s ❛♥❞ ❈❤❡♠✐❝❛❧s✳ ▼♦❧❡❝✉❧❡s ✷✵✶✺✱ ✷✵✱ ✻✼✸✾✕✻✼✾✸✳

✭✷✮ ❊t❛❝❤❡r✐✱ ❱✳❀ ❉✐ ❱❛❧❡♥t✐♥✱ ❈✳❀ ❙❝❤♥❡✐❞❡r✱ ❏✳❀ ❇❛❤♥❡♠❛♥♥✱ ❉✳❀ P✐❧❧❛✐✱ ❙✳ ❈✳ ❱✐s✐❜❧❡✲

▲✐❣❤t ❆❝t✐✈❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts✿ ❆❞✈❛♥❝❡s ✐♥ ❚❤❡♦r② ❛♥❞ ❊①♣❡r✐♠❡♥ts✳ ❏✳

P❤♦t♦❝❤❡♠✳ P❤♦t♦❜✐♦❧✳ ❈ ✷✵✶✺✱ ✷✺✱ ✶✕✷✾✳

✭✸✮ ▼❛❡❞❛✱ ❑✳ ❩✲❙❝❤❡♠❡ ❲❛t❡r ❙♣❧✐tt✐♥❣ ❯s✐♥❣ ❚✇♦ ❉✐✛❡r❡♥t ❙❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦r P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛✲

❧②sts✳ ❆❈❙ ❈❛t❛❧✳ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✸✱ ✶✹✽✻✕✶✺✵✸✳

✭✹✮ ❚❡♦❤✱ ❲✳ ❨✳❀ ❙❝♦tt✱ ❏✳ ❆✳❀ ❆♠❛❧✱ ❘✳ Pr♦❣r❡ss ✐♥ ❍❡t❡r♦❣❡♥❡♦✉s P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②s✐s✿ ❋r♦♠

❈❧❛ss✐❝❛❧ ❘❛❞✐❝❛❧ ❈❤❡♠✐str② t♦ ❊♥❣✐♥❡❡r✐♥❣ ◆❛♥♦♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s ❛♥❞ ❙♦❧❛r ❘❡❛❝t♦rs✳ ❏✳

P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ▲❡tt✳ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✸✱ ✻✷✾✕✻✸✾✳

✭✺✮ ❈❤❡♥✱ ❳✳❀ ❙❤❡♥✱ ❙✳❀ ●✉♦✱ ▲✳❀ ▼❛♦✱ ❙✳ ❙✳ ❙❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦r✲❜❛s❡❞ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❍②❞r♦❣❡♥

●❡♥❡r❛t✐♦♥✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❘❡✈✳ ✷✵✶✵✱ ✶✶✵✱ ✻✺✵✸✕✻✺✼✵✳

✭✻✮ ❑✉❞♦✱ ❆✳❀ ▼✐s❡❦✐✱ ❨✳ ❍❡t❡r♦❣❡♥❡♦✉s P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②st ▼❛t❡r✐❛❧s ❢♦r ❲❛t❡r ❙♣❧✐tt✐♥❣✳

❈❤❡♠✳ ❙♦❝✳ ❘❡✈✳ ✷✵✵✾✱ ✸✽✱ ✷✺✸✕✷✼✽✳

✭✼✮ ❋✉❥✐s❤✐♠❛✱ ❆✳❀ ❍♦♥❞❛✱ ❑✳ ❊❧❡❝tr♦❝❤❡♠✐❝❛❧ P❤♦t♦❧②s✐s ♦❢ ❲❛t❡r ❛t ❛ ❙❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦r

❊❧❡❝tr♦❞❡✳ ◆❛t✉r❡ ✶✾✼✷✱ ✷✸✽✱ ✸✼✕✸✽✳

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✭✽✮ ▲✐✉✱ ❩✳❀ ❇❛✐✱ ❍✳❀ ❙✉♥✱ ❉✳ ❋❛❝✐❧❡ ❋❛❜r✐❝❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❍✐❡r❛r❝❤✐❝❛❧ P♦r♦✉s ❚✐❖✷ ❍♦❧❧♦✇ ▼✐✲

❝r♦s♣❤❡r❡s ✇✐t❤ ❍✐❣❤ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❆❝t✐✈✐t② ❢♦r ❲❛t❡r P✉r✐✜❝❛t✐♦♥✳ ❆♣♣❧✳ ❈❛t❛❧✳ ❇

✷✵✶✶✱ ✶✵✹✱ ✷✸✹✕✷✸✽✳

✭✾✮ ❲❛♥❣✱ ❇✳❀ ▲✐✱ ❈✳❀ ❈✉✐✱ ❍✳❀ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ❏✳❀ ❩❤❛✐✱ ❏✳❀ ▲✐✱ ◗✳ ❙❤✐❢t✐♥❣ ▼❡❝❤❛♥✐s♠s ✐♥ t❤❡ ■♥✐t✐❛❧

❙t❛❣❡ ♦❢ ❉②❡ P❤♦t♦❞❡❣r❛❞❛t✐♦♥ ❜② ❍♦❧❧♦✇ ❚✐❖✷ ◆❛♥♦s♣❤❡r❡s✳ ❏✳ ▼❛t✳ ❙❝✐✳ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✹✾✱

✶✸✸✻✕✶✸✹✹✳

✭✶✵✮ ▲❡❡✱ ❙✳ ❙✳❀ ❇❛✐✱ ❍✳❀ ▲✐✉✱ ❩✳❀ ❙✉♥✱ ❉✳ ❉✳ ◆♦✈❡❧✲❙tr✉❝t✉r❡❞ ❊❧❡❝tr♦s♣✉♥ ❚✐❖✷✴❈✉❖

❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ◆❛♥♦✜❜❡rs ❢♦r ❍✐❣❤ ❊✣❝✐❡♥t P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❈♦❣❡♥❡r❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❈❧❡❛♥ ❲❛t❡r

❛♥❞ ❊♥❡r❣② ❢r♦♠ ❉②❡ ❲❛st❡✇❛t❡r✳ ❲❛t❡r r❡s❡❛r❝❤ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✹✼✱ ✹✵✺✾✕✹✵✼✸✳

✭✶✶✮ ❙♦♥❣✱ ❍✳❀ ❈❤❡♥✱ ❚✳❀ ❙✉♥✱ ❨✳✲❧✳❀ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ❳✳✲◗✳❀ ❏✐❛✱ ❳✳✲❤✳ ❈♦♥tr♦❧❧❡❞ ❙②♥t❤❡s✐s ♦❢ P♦r♦✉s

❋❧♦✇❡r✲▲✐❦❡ ❚✐❖✷ ◆❛♥♦str✉❝t✉r❡ ✇✐t❤ ❊♥❤❛♥❝❡❞ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❆❝t✐✈✐t②✳ ❈❡r❛♠✐❝s

■♥t❡r♥❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ✷✵✶✹✱ ✹✵✱ ✶✶✵✶✺✕✶✶✵✷✷✳

✭✶✷✮ ❨❛♥❣✱ ❘✳❀ ❨❛♥❣✱ ▲✳❀ ❚❛♦✱ ❚✳❀ ▼❛✱ ❋✳❀ ❳✉✱ ▼✳❀ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ❩✳ ❈♦♥tr❛st✐✈❡ ❙t✉❞② ♦❢ ❙tr✉❝✲

t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ P❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ✇✐t❤ ❚❤r❡❡✲❉✐♠❡♥s✐♦♥❛❧❧② ❖r❞❡r❡❞ ▼❛❝r♦♣♦r♦✉s

❈✉❖✲❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ❈✉❖✴❚✐❖✷✳ ❆♣♣❧✳ ❙✉r❢✳ ❙❝✐✳ ✷✵✶✹✱ ✷✽✽✱ ✸✻✸✕✸✻✽✳

✭✶✸✮ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ◆✳❀ ❨❛♥❣✱ ▼✳✲◗✳❀ ▲✐✉✱ ❙✳❀ ❙✉♥✱ ❨✳❀ ❳✉✱ ❨✳✲❏✳ ❲❛❧t③✐♥❣ ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ❱❡rs❛t✐❧❡

P❧❛t❢♦r♠ ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ t♦ ❙②♥t❤❡s✐③❡ ❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❘❡✈✳ ✷✵✶✺✱

✶✶✺✱ ✶✵✸✵✼✕✶✵✸✼✼✳

✭✶✹✮ ❑❛♣✐❧❛s❤r❛♠✐✱ ▼✳❀ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ❨✳❀ ▲✐✉✱ ❨✳✲❙✳❀ ❍❛❣❢❡❧❞t✱ ❆✳❀ ●✉♦✱ ❏✳ Pr♦❜✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❖♣t✐✲

❝❛❧ Pr♦♣❡rt② ❛♥❞ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ◆❛♥♦♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s ❢♦r ❘❡♥❡✇❛❜❧❡ ❊♥❡r❣②

❆♣♣❧✐❝❛t✐♦♥s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❘❡✈✳ ✷✵✶✹✱ ✶✶✹✱ ✾✻✻✷✕✾✼✵✼✳

✭✶✺✮ ❉❛❤❧✱ ▼✳❀ ▲✐✉✱ ❨✳❀ ❨✐♥✱ ❨✳ ❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ❚✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❉✐♦①✐❞❡ ◆❛♥♦♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❘❡✈✳

✷✵✶✹✱ ✶✶✹✱ ✾✽✺✸✕✾✽✽✾✳

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✭✶✻✮ ❘❡❞❞②✱ ❑✳ ❘✳❀ ❍❛ss❛♥✱ ▼✳❀ ●♦♠❡s✱ ❱✳ ●✳ ❍②❜r✐❞ ◆❛♥♦str✉❝t✉r❡s ❜❛s❡❞ ♦♥ ❚✐t❛♥✐✉♠

❉✐♦①✐❞❡ ❢♦r ❊♥❤❛♥❝❡❞ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②s✐s✳ ❆♣♣❧✳ ❈❛t❛❧✳ ❆ ✷✵✶✺✱ ✹✽✾✱ ✶✕✶✻✳

✭✶✼✮ ▲✐✱ ❏✳❀ ❲✉✱ ◆✳ ❙❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦r✲❜❛s❡❞ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts ❛♥❞ P❤♦t♦❡❧❡❝tr♦❝❤❡♠✐❝❛❧ ❈❡❧❧s

❢♦r ❙♦❧❛r ❋✉❡❧ ●❡♥❡r❛t✐♦♥✿ ❛ ❘❡✈✐❡✇✳ ❈❛t❛❧✳ ❙❝✐✳ ❚❡❝❤♥♦❧✳ ✷✵✶✺✱ ✺✱ ✶✸✻✵✕✶✸✽✹✳

✭✶✽✮ ❑✉♠❛r✱ ❙✳ ●✳❀ ❉❡✈✐✱ ▲✳ ●✳ ❘❡✈✐❡✇ ♦♥ ▼♦❞✐✜❡❞ ❚✐❖✷ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②s✐s ✉♥❞❡r ❯❱✴❱✐s✐❜❧❡

▲✐❣❤t✿ ❙❡❧❡❝t❡❞ ❘❡s✉❧ts ❛♥❞ ❘❡❧❛t❡❞ ▼❡❝❤❛♥✐s♠s ♦♥ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ ❈❤❛r❣❡ ❈❛rr✐❡r ❚r❛♥s✲

❢❡r ❉②♥❛♠✐❝s✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❆ ✷✵✶✶✱ ✶✶✺✱ ✶✸✷✶✶✕✶✸✷✹✶✳

✭✶✾✮ P✐♥❛✉❞✱ ❇✳ ❆✳❀ ❇❡♥❝❦✱ ❏✳ ❉✳❀ ❙❡✐t③✱ ▲✳ ❈✳❀ ❋♦r♠❛♥✱ ❆✳ ❏✳❀ ❈❤❡♥✱ ❩✳❀ ❉❡✉ts❝❤✱ ❚✳ ●✳❀

❏❛♠❡s✱ ❇✳ ❉✳❀ ❇❛✉♠✱ ❑✳ ◆✳❀ ❇❛✉♠✱ ●✳ ◆✳❀ ❆r❞♦✱ ❙✳ ❡t ❛❧✳ ❚❡❝❤♥✐❝❛❧ ❛♥❞ ❊❝♦♥♦♠✐❝

❋❡❛s✐❜✐❧✐t② ♦❢ ❈❡♥tr❛❧✐③❡❞ ❋❛❝✐❧✐t✐❡s ❢♦r ❙♦❧❛r ❍②❞r♦❣❡♥ Pr♦❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ✈✐❛ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②s✐s

❛♥❞ P❤♦t♦❡❧❡❝tr♦❝❤❡♠✐str②✳ ❊♥❡r✳ ✫ ❊♥✈✳ ❙❝✐ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✻✱ ✶✾✽✸✕✷✵✵✷✳

✭✷✵✮ ❳✐❛♥❣✱ ◗✳❀ ❨✉✱ ❏✳❀ ❏❛r♦♥✐❡❝✱ ▼✳ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❜❛s❡❞ ❙❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦r P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts✳ ❈❤❡♠✳

❙♦❝✳ ❘❡✈✳ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✹✶✱ ✼✽✷✕✼✾✻✳

✭✷✶✮ ▲❡❛r②✱ ❘✳❀ ❲❡st✇♦♦❞✱ ❆✳ ❈❛r❜♦♥❛❝❡♦✉s ◆❛♥♦♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s ❢♦r t❤❡ ❊♥❤❛♥❝❡♠❡♥t ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷

P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②s✐s✳ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ✷✵✶✶✱ ✹✾✱ ✼✹✶✕✼✼✷✳

✭✷✷✮ ❑❤❛♥✱ ●✳❀ ❈❤♦✐✱ ❙✳ ❑✳❀ ❑✐♠✱ ❙✳❀ ▲✐♠✱ ❙✳ ❑✳❀ ❏❛♥❣✱ ❏✳ ❙✳❀ P❛r❦✱ ❍✳ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ◆❛♥♦t✉❜❡s

❛s ❛♥ ❆✉①✐❧✐❛r② ❈❛t❛❧②st ✐♥ ❍❡t❡r♦❥✉♥❝t✐♦♥ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②s✐s ❢♦r ❙♦❧❛r ❍②❞r♦❣❡♥✳ ❆♣♣❧✳

❈❛t❛❧✳ ❇ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✶✹✷✲✶✹✸✱ ✻✹✼✕✻✺✸✳

✭✷✸✮ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ❏✳❀ ❩❤✉✱ ❩✳❀ ❚❛♥❣✱ ❨✳❀ ❋❡♥❣✱ ❳✳ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❡♥❝❛♣s✉❧❛t❡❞ ❤♦❧❧♦✇ ❚✐❖✷

♥❛♥♦s♣❤❡r❡s✿ ❡✣❝✐❡♥t s②♥t❤❡s✐s ❛♥❞ ❡♥❤❛♥❝❡❞ ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❛❝t✐✈✐t②✳ ❏♦✉r♥❛❧ ♦❢ ▼❛✲

t❡r✐❛❧s ❈❤❡♠✐str② ❆ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✶✱ ✸✼✺✷✕✸✼✺✻✳

✭✷✹✮ ❈❛r❣♥❡❧❧♦✱ ▼✳❀ ●r③❡❧❝③❛❦✱ ▼✳❀ ❘♦❞rí❣✉❡③✲●♦♥③á❧❡③✱ ❇✳❀ ❙②r❣✐❛♥♥✐s✱ ❩✳❀ ❇❛❦❤♠✉t✲

s❦②✱ ❑✳❀ ▲❛ P❛r♦❧❛✱ ❱✳❀ ▲✐③✲▼❛r③á♥✱ ▲✳ ▼✳❀ ●♦rt❡✱ ❘✳ ❏✳❀ Pr❛t♦✱ ▼✳❀ ❋♦r♥❛s✐❡r♦✱ P✳

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▼✉❧t✐✇❛❧❧❡❞ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ◆❛♥♦t✉❜❡s ❉r✐✈❡ t❤❡ ❆❝t✐✈✐t② ♦❢ ▼❡t❛❧❅❖①✐❞❡ ❈♦r❡✲❙❤❡❧❧ ❈❛t❛✲

❧②sts ✐♥ ▼♦❞✉❧❛r ◆❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s✳ ❏✳ ❆♠✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❙♦❝✳ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✶✸✹✱ ✶✶✼✻✵✕✻✳

✭✷✺✮ ❲♦❛♥✱ ❑✳❀ P②r❣✐♦t❛❦✐s✱ ●✳❀ ❙✐❣♠✉♥❞✱ ❲✳ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❈❛r❜♦♥✲◆❛♥♦t✉❜❡✲❚✐❖✷ ❈♦♠✲

♣♦s✐t❡s✳ ❆❞✈✳ ▼❛t✳ ✷✵✵✾✱ ✷✶✱ ✷✷✸✸✕✷✷✸✾✳

✭✷✻✮ ❏✐t✐❛♥✉✱ ❆✳❀ ❈❛❝❝✐❛❣✉❡rr❛✱ ❚✳❀ ❇❡♥♦✐t✱ ❘✳❀ ❉❡❧♣❡✉①✱ ❙✳❀ ❇é❣✉✐♥✱ ❋✳❀ ❇♦♥♥❛♠②✱ ❙✳ ❙②♥t❤❡✲

s✐s ❛♥❞ ❈❤❛r❛❝t❡r✐③❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ◆❛♥♦t✉❜❡s✲❚✐❖✷ ◆❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s✳ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ✷✵✵✹✱

✹✷✱ ✶✶✹✼✕✶✶✺✶✳

✭✷✼✮ ❱✐♥❝❡♥t✱ P✳❀ ❇r✐♦✉❞❡✱ ❆✳❀ ❏♦✉r♥❡t✱ ❈✳❀ ❘❛❜❛st❡✱ ❙✳❀ P✉r❝❡❧❧✱ ❙✳❀ ▲❡ ❇r✉sq✱ ❏✳❀ P❧❡♥❡t✱ ❏✳

■♥❝❧✉s✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ◆❛♥♦t✉❜❡s ✐♥ ❛ ❚✐❖✷ ❙♦❧✲●❡❧ ▼❛tr✐①✳ ❏✳ ◆♦♥✲❈r②st✳ ❙♦❧✐❞s ✷✵✵✷✱

✸✶✶✱ ✶✸✵✕✶✸✼✳

✭✷✽✮ ■✐❥✐♠❛✱ ❙✳ ❍❡❧✐❝❛❧ ▼✐❝r♦t✉❜✉❧❡s ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤✐t✐❝ ❈❛r❜♦♥✳ ◆❛t✉r❡ ✶✾✾✶✱ ✸✺✹✱ ✺✻✕✺✽✳

✭✷✾✮ ❲✐❧❧✐❛♠s✱ ●✳❀ ❙❡❣❡r✱ ❇✳❀ ❑❛♠❛t✱ P✳ ❱✳ ❚✐❖✷✲●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ◆❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s✳ ❯❱✲❆ss✐st❡❞

P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❘❡❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❖①✐❞❡✳ ❆❈❙ ◆❛♥♦ ✷✵✵✽✱ ✷✱ ✶✹✽✼✕✶✹✾✶✳

✭✸✵✮ ❙❤❛♦✱ P✳❀ ❚✐❛♥✱ ❏✳❀ ❙❤✐✱ ❲✳❀ ●❛♦✱ ❙✳❀ ❈✉✐✱ ❋✳ ❊❝♦✲❋r✐❡♥❞❧② ❖♥❡✲P♦t ❙②♥t❤❡s✐s ♦❢ ❯❧✲

tr❛❞✐s♣❡rs❡❞ ❚✐❖✷ ◆❛♥♦❝r②st❛❧s✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ◆❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ✇✐t❤ ❍✐❣❤ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝

❆❝t✐✈✐t② ❢♦r ❉②❡ ❉❡❣r❛❞❛t✐♦♥✳ ❏✳ ▼❛t❡r✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❆ ✷✵✶✺✱ ✸✱ ✶✾✾✶✸✕✶✾✾✶✾✳

✭✸✶✮ ❨❛♥❣✱ ▼✳ ◗✳❀ ❳✉✱ ❨✳ ❏✳ ❇❛s✐❝ Pr✐♥❝✐♣❧❡s ❢♦r ❖❜s❡r✈✐♥❣ t❤❡ P❤♦t♦s❡♥s✐t✐③❡r ❘♦❧❡

♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✐♥ t❤❡ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❙❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦r ❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②st ❢r♦♠ ❛ ❈❛s❡

❙t✉❞② ♦♥ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❩♥❖✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❈ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✶✶✼✱ ✷✶✼✷✹✕✷✶✼✸✹✳

✭✸✷✮ ❙❤❛✱ ❏✳❀ ❩❤❛♦✱ ◆✳❀ ▲✐✉✱ ❊✳❀ ❙❤✐✱ ❈✳❀ ❍❡✱ ❈✳❀ ▲✐✱ ❏✳ ■♥ ❙✐t✉ ❙②♥t❤❡s✐s ♦❢ ❯❧tr❛t❤✐♥ ✷✲

❉ ❚✐❖✷ ✇✐t❤ ❍✐❣❤ ❊♥❡r❣② ❋❛❝❡ts ♦♥ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❖①✐❞❡ ❢♦r ❊♥❤❛♥❝✐♥❣ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝

❆❝t✐✈✐t②✳ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ✷✵✶✹✱ ✻✽✱ ✸✺✷✕✸✺✾✳

✭✸✸✮ P❛str❛♥❛✲▼❛rtí♥❡③✱ ▲✳ ▼✳❀ ▼♦r❛❧❡s✲❚♦rr❡s✱ ❙✳❀ ▲✐❦♦❞✐♠♦s✱ ❱✳❀ ❋❛❧❛r❛s✱ P✳❀

❋✐❣✉❡✐r❡❞♦✱ ❏✳ ▲✳❀ ❋❛r✐❛✱ ❏✳ ▲✳❀ ❙✐❧✈❛✱ ❆✳ ▼✳ ❚✳ ❘♦❧❡ ♦❢ ❖①②❣❡♥ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧✐t✐❡s ♦♥

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t❤❡ ❙②♥t❤❡s✐s ♦❢ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝❛❧❧② ❆❝t✐✈❡ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❚✐❖✷ ❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s✳ ❆♣♣❧✳ ❈❛t❛❧✳

❇ ✷✵✶✹✱ ✶✺✽✲✶✺✾✱ ✸✷✾✕✸✹✵✳

✭✸✹✮ ❨❛♥❣✱ ▼✳✲◗✳❀ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ◆✳❀ ❳✉✱ ❨✳✲❏✳ ❙②♥t❤❡s✐s ♦❢ ❋✉❧❧❡r❡♥❡✲✱ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ◆❛♥♦t✉❜❡✲✱ ❛♥❞

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❚✐❖✷ ◆❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts ❢♦r ❙❡❧❡❝t✐✈❡ ❖①✐❞❛t✐♦♥✿ ❆ ❈♦♠♣❛r❛✲

t✐✈❡ ❙t✉❞②✳ ❆❈❙ ❆♣♣❧✳ ▼❛t✳ ✫ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s ✷✵✶✸✱ ✺✱ ✶✶✺✻✕✶✶✻✹✳

✭✸✺✮ P❡r❡r❛✱ ❙✳ ❉✳❀ ▼❛r✐❛♥♦✱ ❘✳ ●✳❀ ❱✉✱ ❑✳❀ ◆♦✉r✱ ◆✳❀ ❙❡✐t③✱ ❖✳❀ ❈❤❛❜❛❧✱ ❨✳❀ ❇❛❧❦✉s✱ ❑✳ ❏✳

❍②❞r♦t❤❡r♠❛❧ ❙②♥t❤❡s✐s ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❚✐❖✷ ◆❛♥♦t✉❜❡ ❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ✇✐t❤ ❊♥❤❛♥❝❡❞ P❤♦✲

t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❆❝t✐✈✐t②✳ ❆❈❙ ❈❛t❛❧✳ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✷✱ ✾✹✾✕✾✺✻✳

✭✸✻✮ ❋❛♥✱ ❲✳❀ ▲❛✐✱ ◗✳❀ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ◗✳❀ ❲❛♥❣✱ ❨✳ ◆❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ❘❡❞✉❝❡❞

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❖①✐❞❡ ❛s ❊✣❝✐❡♥t P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts ❢♦r ❍②❞r♦❣❡♥ ❊✈♦❧✉t✐♦♥✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳

❈ ✷✵✶✶✱ ✶✶✺✱ ✶✵✻✾✹✕✶✵✼✵✶✳

✭✸✼✮ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ❍✳❀ ▲✈✱ ❳✳❀ ▲✐✱ ❨✳❀ ❲❛♥❣✱ ❨✳❀ ▲✐✱ ❏✳ P✷✺✲●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡ ❛s ❛ ❍✐❣❤

P❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②st✳ ❆❈❙ ◆❛♥♦ ✷✵✶✵✱ ✹✱ ✸✽✵✕✸✽✻✳

✭✸✽✮ P❛str❛♥❛✲▼❛rtí♥❡③✱ ▲✳ ▼✳❀ ▼♦r❛❧❡s✲❚♦rr❡s✱ ❙✳❀ ▲✐❦♦❞✐♠♦s✱ ❱✳❀ ❋✐❣✉❡✐r❡❞♦✱ ❏✳ ▲✳❀

❋❛r✐❛✱ ❏✳ ▲✳❀ ❋❛❧❛r❛s✱ P✳❀ ❙✐❧✈❛✱ ❆✳ ▼✳ ❚✳ ❆❞✈❛♥❝❡❞ ◆❛♥♦str✉❝t✉r❡❞ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts

❜❛s❡❞ ♦♥ ❘❡❞✉❝❡❞ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❖①✐❞❡✲❚✐❖✷ ❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ❢♦r ❉❡❣r❛❞❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❉✐♣❤❡♥❤②✲

❞r❛♠✐♥❡ P❤❛r♠❛❝❡✉t✐❝❛❧ ❛♥❞ ▼❡t❤②❧ ❖r❛♥❣❡ ❉②❡✳ ❆♣♣❧✳ ❈❛t❛❧✳ ❇ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✶✷✸✲✶✷✹✱

✷✹✶✕✷✺✻✳

✭✸✾✮ ▲✐❛♥❣✱ ❨✳ ❚✳❀ ❱✐❥❛②❛♥✱ ❇✳ ❑✳❀ ▲②❛♥❞r❡s✱ ❖✳❀ ●r❛②✱ ❑✳ ❆✳❀ ❍❡rs❛♠✱ ▼✳ ❈✳ ❊✛❡❝t ♦❢

❉✐♠❡♥s✐♦♥❛❧✐t② ♦♥ t❤❡ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❇❡❤❛✈✐♦r ♦❢ ❈❛r❜♦♥✲❚✐t❛♥✐❛ ◆❛♥♦s❤❡❡t ❈♦♠✲

♣♦s✐t❡s✿ ❈❤❛r❣❡ ❚r❛♥s❢❡r ❛t ◆❛♥♦♠❛t❡r✐❛❧ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ▲❡tt✳ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✸✱

✶✼✻✵✕✶✼✻✺✳

✭✹✵✮ ❑❛♠❛t✱ P✳ ❱✳ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❇❛s❡❞ ◆❛♥♦❛r❝❤✐t❡❝t✉r❡s✳ ❆♥❝❤♦r✐♥❣ ❙❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦r ❛♥❞

▼❡t❛❧ ◆❛♥♦♣❛rt✐❝❧❡s ♦♥ ❛ ❚✇♦✲❉✐♠❡♥s✐♦♥❛❧ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ❙✉♣♣♦rt✳ ❏✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ P❤②s✳ ▲❡tt✳

✷✵✶✵✱ ✶✱ ✺✷✵✕✺✷✼✳

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✭✹✶✮ ❉✉✱ ❆✳❀ ◆❣✱ ❨✳ ❍✳❀ ❇❡❧❧✱ ◆✳ ❏✳❀ ❩❤✉✱ ❩✳❀ ❆♠❛❧✱ ❘✳❀ ❙♠✐t❤✱ ❙✳ ❈✳ ❍②❜r✐❞

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✴❚✐t❛♥✐❛ ◆❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡✿ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ❈❤❛r❣❡ ❚r❛♥s❢❡r✱ ❍♦❧❡ ❉♦♣✐♥❣✱ ❛♥❞ ❙❡♥✲

s✐t✐③❛t✐♦♥ ❢♦r ❱✐s✐❜❧❡ ▲✐❣❤t ❘❡s♣♦♥s❡✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ▲❡tt✳ ✷✵✶✶✱ ✷✱ ✽✾✹✕✽✾✾✳

✭✹✷✮ ▼❛♥❣❛✱ ❑✳ ❑✳❀ ❩❤♦✉✱ ❨✳❀ ❨❛♥✱ ❨✳❀ ▲♦❤✱ ❑✳ P✳ ▼✉❧t✐❧❛②❡r ❍②❜r✐❞ ❋✐❧♠s ❈♦♥s✐st✐♥❣ ♦❢

❆❧t❡r♥❛t✐♥❣ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ ❚✐t❛♥✐❛ ◆❛♥♦s❤❡❡ts ✇✐t❤ ❯❧tr❛❢❛st ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥ ❚r❛♥s❢❡r ❛♥❞

P❤♦t♦❝♦♥✈❡rs✐♦♥ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s✳ ❆❞✈✳ ❋✉♥❝✳ ▼❛t❡r✳ ✷✵✵✾✱ ✶✾✱ ✸✻✸✽✕✸✻✹✸✳

✭✹✸✮ ▲♦♥❣✱ ❘✳❀ ❊♥❣❧✐s❤✱ ◆✳ ❏✳❀ Pr❡③❤❞♦✱ ❖✳ ❱✳ P❤♦t♦✲■♥❞✉❝❡❞ ❈❤❛r❣❡ ❙❡♣❛r❛t✐♦♥ ❛❝r♦ss

t❤❡ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❚✐❖✷ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ■s ❋❛st❡r t❤❛♥ ❊♥❡r❣② ▲♦ss❡s✿ ❆ ❚✐♠❡✲❉♦♠❛✐♥ ❛❜ ■♥✐t✐♦

❆♥❛❧②s✐s✳ ❏✳ ❆♠✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❙♦❝✳ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✶✸✹✱ ✶✹✷✸✽✕✶✹✷✹✽✳

✭✹✹✮ ▲✐✱ ❳✳❀ ●❛♦✱ ❍✳❀ ▲✐✉✱ ●✳ ❆ ▲❉❆✰❯ ❙t✉❞② ♦❢ t❤❡ ❍②❜r✐❞ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✴❆♥❛t❛s❡ ❚✐❖✷

◆❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s✿ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ❛♥❞ ❱✐s✐❜❧❡ ▲✐❣❤t ❘❡s♣♦♥s❡✳ ❈♦♠♣✳ ❚❤❡♦r✳

❈❤❡♠✳ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✶✵✷✺✱ ✸✵✕✸✹✳

✭✹✺✮ ▼❛s✉❞❛✱ ❨✳❀ ●✐♦r❣✐✱ ●✳❀ ❨❛♠❛s❤✐t❛✱ ❑✳ ❉❋❚ ❙t✉❞② ♦❢ ❆♥❛t❛s❡✲❉❡r✐✈❡❞ ❚✐❖✷

◆❛♥♦s❤❡❡ts✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❍②❜r✐❞ ▼❛t❡r✐❛❧s✳ P❤②s✳ ❙t❛t✳ ❙♦❧✐❞✐ ❇ ✷✵✶✹✱ ✷✺✶✱ ✶✹✼✶✕✶✹✼✾✳

✭✹✻✮ ❩❤♦✉✱ ❈✳❀ ❩❤❛♦✱ ❳✳ ❊✛❡❝ts ♦❢ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ P♦❧❛r✐t② ♦♥ ❈❤❛r❣❡ ❚r❛♥s❢❡r

❇❡t✇❡❡♥ ❈❛r❜♦♥❛❝❡♦✉s ◆❛♥♦♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s ❛♥❞ ❘✉t✐❧❡ ✭✶✶✵✮ ❙✉r❢❛❝❡✳ ❈♦♠♣✳ ▼❛t❡r✳ ❙❝✐✳

✷✵✶✸✱ ✻✾✱ ✶✽✵✕✶✽✺✳

✭✹✼✮ ❨❛♥❣✱ ◆✳❀ ▲✐✉✱ ❨✳❀ ❲❡♥✱ ❍✳❀ ❚❛♥❣✱ ❩✳❀ ❩❤❛♦✱ ❍✳❀ ▲✐✱ ❨✳❀ ❲❛♥❣✱ ❉✳ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝

Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❞✐②♥❡ ❛♥❞ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ▼♦❞✐✜❡❞ ❚✐❖✷✿ ❋r♦♠ ❚❤❡♦r② t♦ ❊①♣❡r✐♠❡♥t✳

❆❈❙ ◆❛♥♦ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✼✱ ✶✺✵✹✕✶✺✶✷✳

✭✹✽✮ ●❛♦✱ ❍✳❀ ▲✐✱ ❳✳❀ ▲✈✱ ❏✳❀ ▲✐✉✱ ●✳ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ ❈❤❛r❣❡ ❚r❛♥s❢❡r ❛♥❞ ❊♥❤❛♥❝❡❞ P❤♦t♦❝❛t✲

❛❧②t✐❝ ▼❡❝❤❛♥✐s♠s ❢♦r t❤❡ ❍②❜r✐❞ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✴❆♥❛t❛s❡ ❚✐❖✷✭✵✵✶✮ ◆❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s✳ ❏✳

P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❈ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✶✶✼✱ ✶✻✵✷✷✕✶✻✵✷✼✳

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✭✹✾✮ ◗✐❛♥✱ ❲✳❀ ●r❡❛♥❡②✱ P✳ ❆✳❀ ❋♦✇❧❡r✱ ❙✳❀ ❈❤✐✉✱ ❙✳✲❑✳❀ ●♦❢♦rt❤✱ ❆✳ ▼✳❀ ❏✐❛♦✱ ❏✳ ▲♦✇✲

❚❡♠♣❡r❛t✉r❡ ◆✐tr♦❣❡♥ ❉♦♣✐♥❣ ✐♥ ❆♠♠♦♥✐❛ ❙♦❧✉t✐♦♥ ❢♦r Pr♦❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ◆✲❉♦♣❡❞ ❚✐❖✷✲

❍②❜r✐❞✐③❡❞ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛s ❛ ❍✐❣❤❧② ❊✣❝✐❡♥t P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②st ❢♦r ❲❛t❡r ❚r❡❛t♠❡♥t✳ ❆❈❙

❙✉st❛✐♥❛❜❧❡ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❊♥❣✳ ✷✵✶✹✱ ✷✱ ✶✽✵✷✕✶✽✶✵✳

✭✺✵✮ ❋❡rr✐❣❤✐✱ ▲✳❀ ❋❛③✐♦✱ ●✳❀ ❉✐ ❱❛❧❡♥t✐♥✱ ❈✳ ❈❤❛r❣❡ ❈❛rr✐❡rs ❙❡♣❛r❛t✐♦♥ ❛t t❤❡

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✴✭✶✵✶✮ ❆♥❛t❛s❡ ❚✐❖✷ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡✳ ❆❞✈✳ ▼❛t✳ ■♥t✳ ✷✵✶✻✱ ✸✱ ✶✺✵✵✻✷✹✳

✭✺✶✮ ❳✉✱ ▲✳❀ ❍✉❛♥❣✱ ❲✳✲◗✳❀ ❲❛♥❣✱ ▲✳✲▲✳❀ ❍✉❛♥❣✱ ●✳✲❋✳ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝✐❛❧ ■♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❙❡♠✐❝♦♥✲

❞✉❝t♦r ✇✐t❤ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ ❘❡❞✉❝❡❞ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❖①✐❞❡✿ ❈❡❖✷ ❛s ❛ ❈❛s❡ ❙t✉❞②✳ ❆❈❙

❆♣♣❧✳ ▼❛t✳ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s ✷✵✶✹✱ ✻✱ ✷✵✸✺✵✕✷✵✸✺✼✳

✭✺✷✮ ❨❛♥❣✱ ❨✳✲❈✳❀ ❳✉✱ ▲✳❀ ❍✉❛♥❣✱ ❲✳✲◗✳❀ ▲✉♦✱ ❈✳✲❨✳❀ ❍✉❛♥❣✱ ●✳✲❋✳❀ P❡♥❣✱ P✳ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝

❙tr✉❝t✉r❡s ❛♥❞ P❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ❘❡s♣♦♥s❡s ♦❢ ❙r❚✐❖✸ ✭✶✵✵✮ ❙✉r❢❛❝❡ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡❞ ✇✐t❤

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✱ ❘❡❞✉❝❡❞ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❖①✐❞❡✱ ❛♥❞ ●r❛♣❤❛♥❡✿ ❙✉r❢❛❝❡ ❚❡r♠✐♥❛t✐♦♥ ❊✛❡❝t✳ ❏✳

P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❈ ✷✵✶✺✱ ✶✶✾✱ ✶✾✵✾✺✕✶✾✶✵✹✳

✭✺✸✮ ●❡♥❣✱ ❲✳❀ ▲✐✉✱ ❍✳❀ ❨❛♦✱ ❳✳ ❊♥❤❛♥❝❡❞ ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②t✐❝ ♣r♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ t✐t❛♥✐❛✲❣r❛♣❤❡♥❡

♥❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s✿ ❛ ❞❡♥s✐t② ❢✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ t❤❡♦r② st✉❞②✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ P❤②s✳ ✷✵✶✸✱

✶✺✱ ✻✵✷✺✕✻✵✸✸✳

✭✺✹✮ ❆②✐ss✐✱ ❙✳❀ ❈❤❛r♣❡♥t✐❡r✱ P✳ ❆✳❀ ❋❛r❤❛♥❣✐✱ ◆✳❀ ❲♦♦❞✱ ❏✳ ❆✳❀ P❛❧♦t❛s✱ ❑✳❀ ❍♦❢❡r✱ ❲✳ ❆✳

■♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❚✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❖①✐❞❡ ◆❛♥♦str✉❝t✉r❡s ✇✐t❤ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧✐③❡❞

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ◆❛♥♦r✐❜❜♦♥s✿ ❆ ❉❋❚ ❙t✉❞②✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❈ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✶✶✼✱ ✷✺✹✷✹✕✷✺✹✸✷✳

✭✺✺✮ ❋❛✈❛r♦✱ ▼✳❀ ❆❣♥♦❧✐✱ ❙✳❀ ❉✐ ❱❛❧❡♥t✐♥✱ ❈✳❀ ▼❛tt❡✈✐✱ ❈✳❀ ❈❛tt❡❧❛♥✱ ▼✳❀ ❆rt✐❣❧✐❛✱ ▲✳❀ ▼❛❣✲

♥❛♥♦✱ ❊✳❀ ❇♦♥❞✐♥♦✱ ❋✳❀ ◆❛♣♣✐♥✐✱ ❙✳❀ ●r❛♥♦③③✐✱ ●✳ ❚✐❖✷✴●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ◆❛♥♦❝♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s

❢r♦♠ t❤❡ ❉✐r❡❝t ❘❡❞✉❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❖①✐❞❡ ❜② ▼❡t❛❧ ❊✈❛♣♦r❛t✐♦♥✳ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ✷✵✶✹✱

✻✽✱ ✸✶✾✕✸✷✾✳

✭✺✻✮ ❇✉❦♦✇s❦✐✱ ❇✳❀ ❉❡s❦✐♥s✱ ◆✳ ❆✳ ❚❤❡ ■♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥s ❇❡t✇❡❡♥ ❚✐❖✷ ❛♥❞ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✇✐t❤

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❙✉r❢❛❝❡ ■♥❤♦♠♦❣❡♥❡✐t② ❉❡t❡r♠✐♥❡❞ ✉s✐♥❣ ❉❡♥s✐t② ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❚❤❡♦r②✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳

❈❤❡♠✳ P❤②s✳ ✷✵✶✺✱ ✶✼✱ ✷✾✼✸✹✕✷✾✼✹✻✳

✭✺✼✮ ❋✐s❝❤❡r✱ ❏✳ ▼✳ ❚✳ ❆✳❀ ❍❛♥❦❡❧✱ ▼✳❀ ❙❡❛r❧❡s✱ ❉✳ ❏✳ ❈♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ❙t✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ■♥t❡r❛❝✲

t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❈❛r❜♦♥ ❉✐♦①✐❞❡ ✇✐t❤ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❙✉♣♣♦rt❡❞ ❚✐t❛♥✐✉♠ ❉✐♦①✐❞❡✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳

❈ ✷✵✶✺✱ ✶✶✾✱ ✷✾✵✹✹✕✷✾✵✺✶✳

✭✺✽✮ ●❛♦✱ ❍✳❀ ▲✉✱ ❇✳❀ ▲✐✱ ❉✳❀ ●✉♦✱ ❋✳❀ ❉❛✐✱ ❉✳❀ ❙✐✱ ❈✳❀ ▲✐✉✱ ●✳❀ ❩❤❛♦✱ ❳✳ P❤♦t♦❛❝t✐✈✐t② ❛♥❞

❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✲❧✐❦❡ ▼❛t❡r✐❛❧s ❛♥❞ ❚✐❖✷ ❈♦♠♣♦s✐t❡s ✉s✐♥❣ ❋✐rst✲

Pr✐♥❝✐♣❧❡s ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✳ ❘❙❈ ❆❞✈✳ ✷✵✶✻✱ ✻✱ ✻✺✸✶✺✕✻✺✸✷✶✳

✭✺✾✮ ❯♠r❛♦✱ ❙✳❀ ❆❜r❛❤❛♠✱ ❙✳❀ ❚❤❡✐❧✱ ❋✳❀ P❛♥❞❡②✱ ❙✳❀ ❈✐♦❜♦t❛✱ ❱✳❀ ❙❤✉❦❧❛✱ P✳ ❑✳❀ ❘✉♣♣✱ ❈✳ ❏✳❀

❈❤❛❦r❛❜♦rt②✱ ❙✳❀ ❆❤✉❥❛✱ ❘✳❀ P♦♣♣✱ ❏✳ ❡t ❛❧✳ ❆ P♦ss✐❜❧❡ ▼❡❝❤❛♥✐s♠ ❢♦r t❤❡ ❊♠❡r❣❡♥❝❡ ♦❢

❛♥ ❆❞❞✐t✐♦♥❛❧ ❇❛♥❞ ●❛♣ ❞✉❡ t♦ ❛ ❚✐✲❖✲❈ ❇♦♥❞ ✐♥ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷✲●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❍②❜r✐❞ ❙②st❡♠

❢♦r ❊♥❤❛♥❝❡❞ P❤♦t♦❞❡❣r❛❞❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ▼❡t❤②❧❡♥❡ ❇❧✉❡ ✉♥❞❡r ❱✐s✐❜❧❡ ▲✐❣❤t✳ ❘❙❈ ❆❞✈✳

✷✵✶✹✱ ✹✱ ✺✾✽✾✵✕✺✾✾✵✶✳

✭✻✵✮ ▲♦♥❣✱ ❘✳ ❯♥❞❡rst❛♥❞✐♥❣ t❤❡ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡s ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ◗✉❛♥t✉♠ ❉♦t P❤✲

②s✐s♦r♣t✐♦♥ ❛♥❞ ❈❤❡♠✐s♦r♣t✐♦♥ ♦♥t♦ t❤❡ ❚✐❖✷ ✭✶✶✵✮ ❙✉r❢❛❝❡✿ ❆ ❋✐rst✲Pr✐♥❝✐♣❧❡s ❈❛❧✲

❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥✳ ❈❤❡♠P❤②s❈❤❡♠ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✶✹✱ ✺✼✾✕✺✽✷✳

✭✻✶✮ ❏✐❛✱ ❈✳❀ ▼❛✱ ❲✳❀ ●✉✱ ❈✳❀ ❈❤❡♥✱ ❍✳❀ ❨✉✱ ❍✳❀ ▲✐✱ ❳✳❀ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ❋✳❀ ●✉✱ ▲✳❀ ❳✐❛✱ ❆✳❀ ❍♦✉✱ ❳✳

❡t ❛❧✳ ❍✐❣❤✲❊✣❝✐❡♥❝② ❙❡❧❡❝t✐✈❡ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥ ❚✉♥♥❡❧❧✐♥❣ ✐♥ ❛ ❍❡t❡r♦str✉❝t✉r❡ P❤♦t♦✈♦❧t❛✐❝

❉✐♦❞❡✳ ◆❛♥♦ ▲❡tt✳ ✷✵✶✻✱ ✶✻✱ ✸✻✵✵✕✸✻✵✻✳

✭✻✷✮ ▲✐✉✱ ❙✳❀ ●✉♦✱ ❊✳❀ ❨✐♥✱ ▲✳ ❚❛✐❧♦r❡❞ ✈✐s✐❜❧❡✲❧✐❣❤t ❞r✐✈❡♥ ❛♥❛t❛s❡ ❚✐❖✷ ♣❤♦t♦❝❛t❛❧②sts

❜❛s❡❞ ♦♥ ❝♦♥tr♦❧❧❛❜❧❡ ♠❡t❛❧ ✐♦♥ ❞♦♣✐♥❣ ❛♥❞ ♦r❞❡r❡❞ ♠❡s♦♣♦r♦✉s str✉❝t✉r❡✳ ❏✳ ▼❛t❡r✳

❈❤❡♠✳ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✷✷✱ ✺✵✸✶✕✺✵✹✶✳

✭✻✸✮ ▲❛♥❞♠❛♥♥✱ ▼✳❀ ❘❛✉❧s✱ ❊✳❀ ❙❝❤♠✐❞t✱ ❲✳ ●✳ ❚❤❡ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ ❖♣t✐❝❛❧

❘❡s♣♦♥s❡ ♦❢ ❘✉t✐❧❡✱ ❆♥❛t❛s❡ ❛♥❞ ❇r♦♦❦✐t❡ ❚✐❖✷✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳✿ ❈♦♥❞❡♥s✳ ▼❛tt❡r ✷✵✶✷✱

✷✹✱ ✶✾✺✺✵✸✳

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✭✻✹✮ ❉✐ ❱❛❧❡♥t✐♥✱ ❈✳❀ P❛❝❝❤✐♦♥✐✱ ●✳❀ ❙❡❧❧♦♥✐✱ ❆✳ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❉❡❢❡❝t ❙t❛t❡s ✐♥

❍②❞r♦①②❧❛t❡❞ ❛♥❞ ❘❡❞✉❝❡❞ ❘✉t✐❧❡ ❚✐❖✷ ❙✉r❢❛❝❡s✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ▲❡tt✳ ✷✵✵✻✱ ✾✼✱ ✶✻✻✽✵✸✳

✭✻✺✮ ❆♥✐s✐♠♦✈✱ ❱✳ ■✳❀ ❩❛❛♥❡♥✱ ❏✳❀ ❆♥❞❡rs❡♥✱ ❖✳ ❑✳ ❇❛♥❞ t❤❡♦r② ❛♥❞ ▼♦tt ✐♥s✉❧❛t♦rs✿ ❍✉❜✲

❜❛r❞ ❯ ✐♥st❡❛❞ ♦❢ ❙t♦♥❡r ■✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ❇ ✶✾✾✶✱ ✹✹✱ ✾✹✸✕✾✺✹✳

✭✻✻✮ ▲✐✱ ❲✳❀ ❲❛❧t❤❡r✱ ❈✳ ❋✳ ❏✳❀ ❑✉❝✱ ❆✳❀ ❍❡✐♥❡✱ ❚✳ ❉❡♥s✐t② ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❚❤❡♦r② ❛♥❞ ❇❡✲

②♦♥❞ ❢♦r ❇❛♥❞✲●❛♣ ❙❝r❡❡♥✐♥❣✿ P❡r❢♦r♠❛♥❝❡ ❢♦r ❚r❛♥s✐t✐♦♥✲▼❡t❛❧ ❖①✐❞❡s ❛♥❞ ❉✐❝❤❛❧❝♦✲

❣❡♥✐❞❡s✳ ❏✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❚❤❡♦r② ❈♦♠♣✉t✳ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✾✱ ✷✾✺✵✕✷✾✺✽✳

✭✻✼✮ ❏❛♥♦tt✐✱ ❆✳❀ ❱❛♥ ❞❡ ❲❛❧❧❡✱ ❈✳ ●✳ ▲❉❆ ✰ ❯ ❛♥❞ ❍②❜r✐❞ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ❢♦r

❉❡❢❡❝ts ✐♥ ❩♥❖✱ ❙♥❖✷✱ ❛♥❞ ❚✐❖✷✳ P❤②s✳ ❙t❛t✉s ❙♦❧✐❞✐ ❇ ✷✵✶✶✱ ✷✹✽✱ ✼✾✾✕✽✵✹✳

✭✻✽✮ ▼❛rs♠❛♥✱ ▼✳❀ P❛✐❡r✱ ❏✳❀ ❙tr♦♣♣❛✱ ❆✳❀ ❑r❡ss❡✱ ●✳ ❍②❜r✐❞ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧s ❆♣♣❧✐❡❞ t♦ ❊①✲

t❡♥❞❡❞ ❙②st❡♠s✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳✿ ❈♦♥❞❡♥s✳ ▼❛tt❡r ✷✵✵✽✱ ✷✵✱ ✵✻✹✷✵✶✳

✭✻✾✮ ❋❡rr✐❣❤✐✱ ▲✳❀ ❉❛tt❡♦✱ ▼✳❀ ❋❛③✐♦✱ ●✳❀ ❉✐ ❱❛❧❡♥t✐♥✱ ❈✳ ❈❛t❛❧②s✐s ✉♥❞❡r ❈♦✈❡r✿ ❊♥❤❛♥❝❡❞

❘❡❛❝t✐✈✐t② ❛t t❤❡ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡ ❜❡t✇❡❡♥ ✭❉♦♣❡❞✮ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❛♥❞ ❆♥❛t❛s❡ ❚✐❖✷✳ ❏✳ ❆♠✳

❈❤❡♠✳ ❙♦❝✳ ✷✵✶✻✱ ✶✸✽✱ ✼✸✻✺✕✼✸✼✻✳

✭✼✵✮ ❍❡②❞✱ ❏✳❀ ❙❝✉s❡r✐❛✱ ●✳ ❊✳❀ ❊r♥③❡r❤♦❢✱ ▼✳ ❍②❜r✐❞ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧s ❇❛s❡❞ ♦♥ ❛ ❙❝r❡❡♥❡❞

❈♦✉❧♦♠❜ P♦t❡♥t✐❛❧✳ ❏✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ P❤②s✳ ✷✵✵✸✱ ✶✶✽✱ ✽✷✵✼✕✽✷✶✺✳

✭✼✶✮ ❍❡②❞✱ ❏✳❀ ❙❝✉s❡r✐❛✱ ●✳ ❊✳❀ ❊r♥③❡r❤♦❢✱ ▼✳ ❊rr❛t✉♠✿ ✧❍②❜r✐❞ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧s ❇❛s❡❞ ♦♥ ❛

❙❝r❡❡♥❡❞ ❈♦✉❧♦♠❜ P♦t❡♥t✐❛❧✧✳ ❏✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ P❤②s✳ ✷✵✵✻✱ ✶✷✹✱ ✷✶✾✾✵✻✳

✭✼✷✮ ❏❛♥♦tt✐✱ ❆✳❀ ❱❛r❧❡②✱ ❏✳ ❇✳❀ ❘✐♥❦❡✱ P✳❀ ❯♠❡③❛✇❛✱ ◆✳❀ ❑r❡ss❡✱ ●✳❀ ❱❛♥ ❞❡ ❲❛❧❧❡✱ ❈✳ ●✳

❍②❜r✐❞ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❙t✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ t❤❡ ❖①②❣❡♥ ❱❛❝❛♥❝② ✐♥ ❚✐❖✷✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ❇ ✷✵✶✵✱ ✽✶✱

✵✽✺✷✶✷✳

✭✼✸✮ ❱❛♥❞❡✈♦♥❞❡❧❡✱ ❏✳❀ ❑r❛❝❦✱ ▼✳❀ ▼♦❤❛♠❡❞✱ ❋✳❀ P❛rr✐♥❡❧❧♦✱ ▼✳❀ ❈❤❛ss❛✐♥❣✱ ❚✳❀ ❍✉tt❡r✱ ❏✳

◗✉✐❝❦st❡♣✿ ❋❛st ❛♥❞ ❆❝❝✉r❛t❡ ❉❡♥s✐t② ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ❯s✐♥❣ ❛ ▼✐①❡❞ ●❛✉s✲

s✐❛♥ ❛♥❞ P❧❛♥❡ ❲❛✈❡s ❆♣♣r♦❛❝❤✳ ❈♦♠♣✉t✳ P❤②s✳ ❈♦♠♠✉♥✳ ✷✵✵✺✱ ✶✻✼✱ ✶✵✸✕✶✷✽✳

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✭✼✹✮ ❉♦✈❡s✐✱ ❘✳❀ ❖r❧❛♥❞♦✱ ❘✳❀ ❊r❜❛✱ ❆✳❀ ❩✐❝♦✈✐❝❤✲❲✐❧s♦♥✱ ❈✳ ▼✳❀ ❈✐✈❛❧❧❡r✐✱ ❇✳❀ ❈❛s❛ss❛✱ ❙✳❀

▼❛s❝❤✐♦✱ ▲✳❀ ❋❡rr❛❜♦♥❡✱ ▼✳❀ ❉❡ ▲❛ P✐❡rr❡✱ ▼✳❀ ❉✬❆r❝♦✱ P✳ ❡t ❛❧✳ ❈❘❨❙❚❆▲✶✹ ✿ ❆

Pr♦❣r❛♠ ❢♦r t❤❡ ❆❜ ■♥✐t✐♦ ■♥✈❡st✐❣❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❈r②st❛❧❧✐♥❡ ❙♦❧✐❞s✳ ■♥t✳ ❏✳ ◗✉❛♥t✉♠ ❈❤❡♠✳

✷✵✶✹✱ ✶✶✹✱ ✶✷✽✼✕✶✸✶✼✳

✭✼✺✮ P❡r❞❡✇✱ ❏✳ P✳❀ ❇✉r❦❡✱ ❑✳❀ ❊r♥③❡r❤♦❢✱ ▼✳ ●❡♥❡r❛❧✐③❡❞ ●r❛❞✐❡♥t ❆♣♣r♦①✐♠❛t✐♦♥ ▼❛❞❡

❙✐♠♣❧❡✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ▲❡tt✳ ✶✾✾✻✱ ✼✼✱ ✸✽✻✺✕✸✽✻✽✳

✭✼✻✮ ●r✐♠♠❡✱ ❙✳ ❙❡♠✐❡♠♣✐r✐❝❛❧ ●●❆✲❚②♣❡ ❉❡♥s✐t② ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❈♦♥str✉❝t❡❞ ✇✐t❤ ❛ ▲♦♥❣✲

❘❛♥❣❡ ❉✐s♣❡rs✐♦♥ ❈♦rr❡❝t✐♦♥✳ ❏✳ ❈♦♠♣✉t✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ✷✵✵✻✱ ✷✼✱ ✶✼✽✼✕✶✼✾✾✳

✭✼✼✮ ●♦❡❞❡❝❦❡r✱ ❙✳❀ ❚❡t❡r✱ ▼✳❀ ❍✉tt❡r✱ ❏✳ ❙❡♣❛r❛❜❧❡ ❉✉❛❧✲s♣❛❝❡ ●❛✉ss✐❛♥ Ps❡✉❞♦♣♦t❡♥t✐❛❧s✳

P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ❇ ✶✾✾✻✱ ✺✹✱ ✶✼✵✸✕✶✼✶✵✳

✭✼✽✮ ❱❛♥❞❡❱♦♥❞❡❧❡✱ ❏✳❀ ❍✉tt❡r✱ ❏✳ ●❛✉ss✐❛♥ ❇❛s✐s ❙❡ts ❢♦r ❆❝❝✉r❛t❡ ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ♦♥ ▼♦❧❡❝✲

✉❧❛r ❙②st❡♠s ✐♥ ●❛s ❛♥❞ ❈♦♥❞❡♥s❡❞ P❤❛s❡s✳ ❏✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ P❤②s✳ ✷✵✵✼✱ ✶✷✼✱ ✶✶✹✶✵✺✳

✭✼✾✮ ❇❛t❡s✱ ❙✳❀ ❑r❡ss❡✱ ●✳❀ ●✐❧❧❛♥✱ ▼✳ ❆ ❙②st❡♠❛t✐❝ ❙t✉❞② ♦❢ t❤❡ ❙✉r❢❛❝❡ ❊♥❡r❣❡t✐❝s ❛♥❞

❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ✭✶✶✵✮ ❜② ❋✐rst✲Pr✐♥❝✐♣❧❡s ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✳ ❙✉r❢✳ ❙❝✐✳ ✶✾✾✼✱ ✸✽✺✱ ✸✽✻✕

✸✾✹✳

✭✽✵✮ ❇r❡❞♦✇✱ ❚✳❀ ●✐♦r❞❛♥♦✱ ▲✳❀ ❈✐♥q✉✐♥✐✱ ❋✳❀ P❛❝❝❤✐♦♥✐✱ ●✳ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❘✉t✐❧❡

❚✐❖✷ ❯❧tr❛t❤✐♥ ❋✐❧♠s✿ ❖❞❞✲❊✈❡♥ ❖s❝✐❧❧❛t✐♦♥s ✇✐t❤ t❤❡ ◆✉♠❜❡r ♦❢ ▲❛②❡rs✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳

❇ ✷✵✵✹✱ ✼✵✱ ✸✺✹✶✾✳

✭✽✶✮ ▲❛❜❛t✱ ❋✳❀ ❇❛r❛♥❡❦✱ P✳❀ ❆❞❛♠♦✱ ❈✳ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❛❧ ❛♥❞ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❙❡❧❡❝t❡❞

❘✉t✐❧❡ ❛♥❞ ❆♥❛t❛s❡ ❚✐❖✷ ❙✉r❢❛❝❡s✿ ❆♥ ❛❜ ■♥✐t✐♦ ■♥✈❡st✐❣❛t✐♦♥✳ ❏✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❚❤❡♦r② ❈♦♠✲

♣✉t✳ ✷✵✵✽✱ ✹✱ ✸✹✶✕✸✺✷✳

✭✽✷✮ ▼❛rts✐♥♦✈✐❝❤✱ ◆✳❀ ❏♦♥❡s✱ ❉✳ ❘✳❀ ❚r♦✐s✐✱ ❆✳ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ❙✉r❢❛❝❡s ❛♥❞

❊✛❡❝t ♦❢ ▼♦❧❡❝✉❧❛r ❆❞s♦r❜❛t❡s ✉s✐♥❣ ❉✐✛❡r❡♥t ❉❋❚ ■♠♣❧❡♠❡♥t❛t✐♦♥s✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳

❈ ✷✵✶✵✱ ✶✶✹✱ ✷✷✻✺✾✕✷✷✻✼✵✳

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✭✽✸✮ ❑♦✇❛❧s❦✐✱ P✳ ▼✳❀ ▼❡②❡r✱ ❇✳❀ ▼❛r①✱ ❉✳ ❈♦♠♣♦s✐t✐♦♥✱ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡✱ ❛♥❞ ❙t❛❜✐❧✐t② ♦❢ t❤❡

❘✉t✐❧❡ ❚✐❖2(110) ❙✉r❢❛❝❡✿ ❖①②❣❡♥ ❉❡♣❧❡t✐♦♥✱ ❍②❞r♦①②❧❛t✐♦♥✱ ❍②❞r♦❣❡♥ ▼✐❣r❛t✐♦♥✱

❛♥❞ ❲❛t❡r ❆❞s♦r♣t✐♦♥✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ❇ ✷✵✵✾✱ ✼✾✱ ✶✶✺✹✶✵✳

✭✽✹✮ ❇♦②s✱ ❙✳❀ ❇❡r♥❛r❞✐✱ ❋✳ ❚❤❡ ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❙♠❛❧❧ ▼♦❧❡❝✉❧❛r ■♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥s ❜② t❤❡ ❉✐✛❡r✲

❡♥❝❡s ♦❢ ❙❡♣❛r❛t❡ ❚♦t❛❧ ❊♥❡r❣✐❡s✳ ❙♦♠❡ Pr♦❝❡❞✉r❡s ✇✐t❤ ❘❡❞✉❝❡❞ ❊rr♦rs✳ ▼♦❧✳ P❤②s✳

✶✾✼✵✱ ✶✾✱ ✺✺✸✕✺✻✻✳

✭✽✺✮ ●✉✐❞♦♥✱ ▼✳❀ ❍✉tt❡r✱ ❏✳❀ ❱❛♥❞❡✈♦♥❞❡❧❡✱ ❏✳ ❆✉①✐❧✐❛r② ❉❡♥s✐t② ▼❛tr✐① ▼❡t❤♦❞s ❢♦r

❍❛rtr❡❡✲❋♦❝❦ ❊①❝❤❛♥❣❡ ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✳ ❏✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❚❤❡♦r② ❈♦♠♣✉t✳ ✷✵✶✵✱ ✻✱ ✷✸✹✽✕✷✸✻✹✳

✭✽✻✮ ●✉✐✱ ●✳❀ ▲✐✱ ❏✳❀ ❩❤♦♥❣✱ ❏✳ ❇❛♥❞ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ❊♥❣✐♥❡❡r✐♥❣ ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❜② ❙tr❛✐♥✿ ❋✐rst✲

Pr✐♥❝✐♣❧❡s ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ❇ ✷✵✵✽✱ ✼✽✱ ✵✼✺✹✸✺✳

✭✽✼✮ ●✉✐✱ ●✳❀ ▲✐✱ ❏✳❀ ❩❤♦♥❣✱ ❏✳ ❘❡♣❧② t♦ ✑❈♦♠♠❡♥t ♦♥ ❵❇❛♥❞ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ❊♥❣✐♥❡❡r✐♥❣ ♦❢

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❜② ❙tr❛✐♥✿ ❋✐rst✲Pr✐♥❝✐♣❧❡s ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✬ ✑✳ P❤②s✐❝❛❧ ❘❡✈✐❡✇ ❇ ✷✵✵✾✱ ✽✵✱

✶✻✼✹✵✷✳

✭✽✽✮ ◆❛✉♠♦✈✱ ■✳ ■✳❀ ❇r❛t❦♦✈s❦②✱ ❆✳ ▼✳ ●❛♣ ❖♣❡♥✐♥❣ ✐♥ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❜② ❙✐♠♣❧❡ P❡r✐♦❞✐❝ ■♥✲

❤♦♠♦❣❡♥❡♦✉s ❙tr❛✐♥✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ❇ ✷✵✶✶✱ ✽✹✱ ✷✹✺✹✹✹✳

✭✽✾✮ ❑❡rs③❜❡r❣✱ ◆✳❀ ❙✉r②❛♥❛r❛②❛♥❛✱ P✳ ❆❜ ■♥✐t✐♦ ❙tr❛✐♥ ❊♥❣✐♥❡❡r✐♥❣ ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✿ ❖♣❡♥✐♥❣

❇❛♥❞❣❛♣s ✉♣ t♦ ✶ ❡❱✳ ❘❙❈ ❆❞✈✳ ✷✵✶✺✱ ✺✱ ✹✸✽✶✵✕✹✸✽✶✹✳

✭✾✵✮ P❡✐♥t✐♥❣❡r✱ ▼✳ ❋✳❀ ❖❧✐✈❡✐r❛✱ ❉✳ ❱✳❀ ❇r❡❞♦✇✱ ❚✳ ❈♦♥s✐st❡♥t ●❛✉ss✐❛♥ ❇❛s✐s ❙❡ts ♦❢ ❚r✐♣❧❡✲

❩❡t❛ ❱❛❧❡♥❝❡ ✇✐t❤ P♦❧❛r✐③❛t✐♦♥ ◗✉❛❧✐t② ❢♦r ❙♦❧✐❞✲❙t❛t❡ ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✳ ❏✳ ❈♦♠♣✉t✳ ❈❤❡♠✳

✷✵✶✸✱ ✸✹✱ ✹✺✶✕✹✺✾✳

✭✾✶✮ ❲♦❧❢✱ ❉✳ ■♥ ▼❛t❡r✐❛❧s ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s✿ ❆t♦♠✐❝✲▲❡✈❡❧ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s✱ ✶st ❡❞✳❀

❲♦❧❢✱ ❉✳✱ ❨✐♣✱ ❙✳✱ ❊❞s✳❀ ❈❤❛♣♠❛♥ ✫ ❍❛❧❧✿ ▲♦♥❞♦♥✱ ✶✾✾✷❀ ❈❤❛♣t❡r ✶✱ ♣♣ ✶✕✺✼✳

✭✾✷✮ ▼♦r❣❛♥✱ ❇✳ ❏✳ ■♥ ❈♦♠♣✉t❛t✐♦♥❛❧ ▼♦❞❡❧✐♥❣ ♦❢ ■♥♦r❣❛♥✐❝ ◆❛♥♦♠❛t❡r✐❛❧s❀ ❇r♦♠❧❡②✱ ❙✳ ❚✳✱

❩✇✐❥♥❡♥❜✉r❣✱ ▼✳ ❆✳✱ ❊❞s✳❀ ❈❘❈ Pr❡ss✿ ❇♦❝❛ ❘❛t♦♥✱ ✷✵✶✻❀ ❈❤❛♣t❡r ✸✱ ♣♣ ✽✸✕✶✶✷✳

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✭✾✸✮ ❱❛♥ ❞❡ ❲❛❧❧❡✱ ❈✳ ●✳❀ ▼❛rt✐♥✱ ❘✳ ▼✳ ❚❤❡♦r❡t✐❝❛❧ ❝❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❤❡t❡r♦❥✉♥❝t✐♦♥ ❞✐s❝♦♥✲

t✐♥✉✐t✐❡s ✐♥ t❤❡ ❙✐✴●❡ s②st❡♠✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ❇ ✶✾✽✻✱ ✸✹✱ ✺✻✷✶✕✺✻✸✹✳

✭✾✹✮ ◆✐✱ ❩✳ ❍✳❀ ❨✉✱ ❚✳❀ ▲✉✱ ❨✳ ❍✳❀ ❲❛♥❣✱ ❨✳ ❨✳❀ ❋❡♥❣✱ ❨✳ P✳❀ ❙❤❡♥✱ ❩✳ ❳✳ ❯♥✐❛①✐❛❧ ❙tr❛✐♥ ♦♥

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✿ ❘❛♠❛♥ ❙♣❡❝tr♦s❝♦♣② ❙t✉❞② ❛♥❞ ❇❛♥❞✲●❛♣ ❖♣❡♥✐♥❣✳ ❆❈❙ ◆❛♥♦ ✷✵✵✽✱ ✷✱

✷✸✵✶✕✷✸✵✺✳

✭✾✺✮ ◆✐✱ ❩✳ ❍✳❀ ❨✉✱ ❚✳❀ ▲✉✱ ❨✳ ❍✳❀ ❲❛♥❣✱ ❨✳ ❨✳❀ ❋❡♥❣✱ ❨✳ P✳❀ ❙❤❡♥✱ ❩✳ ❳✳ ❯♥✐❛①✐❛❧ ❙tr❛✐♥ ♦♥

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✿ ❘❛♠❛♥ ❙♣❡❝tr♦s❝♦♣② ❙t✉❞② ❛♥❞ ❇❛♥❞✲●❛♣ ❖♣❡♥✐♥❣✳ ❆❈❙ ◆❛♥♦ ✷✵✵✾✱ ✸✱

✹✽✸✕✹✽✸✳

✭✾✻✮ P❡r❡✐r❛✱ ❱✳ ▼✳❀ ❈❛str♦ ◆❡t♦✱ ❆✳ ❍✳❀ P❡r❡s✱ ◆✳ ▼✳ ❘✳ ❚✐❣❤t✲❇✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❆♣♣r♦❛❝❤ t♦

❯♥✐❛①✐❛❧ ❙tr❛✐♥ ✐♥ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ❇ ✷✵✵✾✱ ✽✵✱ ✵✹✺✹✵✶✳

✭✾✼✮ ❈♦❝❝♦✱ ●✳❀ ❈❛❞❡❧❛♥♦✱ ❊✳❀ ❈♦❧♦♠❜♦✱ ▲✳ ●❛♣ ❖♣❡♥✐♥❣ ✐♥ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❜② ❙❤❡❛r ❙tr❛✐♥✳

P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ❇ ✷✵✶✵✱ ✽✶✱ ✷✹✶✹✶✷✳

✭✾✽✮ ❈❛❞❡❧❛♥♦✱ ❊✳❀ P❛❧❧❛✱ P✳ ▲✳❀ ●✐♦r❞❛♥♦✱ ❙✳❀ ❈♦❧♦♠❜♦✱ ▲✳ ◆♦♥❧✐♥❡❛r ❊❧❛st✐❝✐t② ♦❢ ▼♦♥♦❧❛②❡r

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ▲❡tt✳ ✷✵✵✾✱ ✶✵✷✱ ✷✸✺✺✵✷✳

✭✾✾✮ ▼❛r✐❛♥❡tt✐✱ ❈✳ ❆✳❀ ❨❡✈✐❝❦✱ ❍✳ ●✳ ❋❛✐❧✉r❡ ▼❡❝❤❛♥✐s♠s ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✉♥❞❡r ❚❡♥s✐♦♥✳

P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ▲❡tt✳ ✷✵✶✵✱ ✶✵✺✱ ✷✹✺✺✵✷✳

✭✶✵✵✮ ▲❡❡✱ ❈✳❀ ❲❡✐✱ ❳✳❀ ❑②s❛r✱ ❏✳ ❲✳❀ ❍♦♥❡✱ ❏✳ ▼❡❛s✉r❡♠❡♥t ♦❢ t❤❡ ❊❧❛st✐❝ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ❛♥❞

■♥tr✐♥s✐❝ ❙tr❡♥❣t❤ ♦❢ ▼♦♥♦❧❛②❡r ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ❙❝✐❡♥❝❡ ✷✵✵✽✱ ✸✷✶✱ ✸✽✺✕✸✽✽✳

✭✶✵✶✮ ❍✇❛♥❣✱ ❈✳❀ ❙✐❡❣❡❧✱ ❉✳ ❆✳❀ ▼♦✱ ❙✳✲❑✳❀ ❘❡❣❛♥✱ ❲✳❀ ■s♠❛❝❤✱ ❆✳❀ ❩❤❛♥❣✱ ❨✳❀ ❩❡tt❧✱ ❆✳❀

▲❛♥③❛r❛✱ ❆✳ ❋❡r♠✐ ❱❡❧♦❝✐t② ❊♥❣✐♥❡❡r✐♥❣ ✐♥ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❜② ❙✉❜str❛t❡ ▼♦❞✐✜❝❛t✐♦♥✳ ❙❝✐✳

❘❡♣✳ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✷✱ ✺✾✵✳

✭✶✵✷✮ P❛r❦✱ ❈✳✲❍✳❀ ●✐✉st✐♥♦✱ ❋✳❀ ❙♣❛t❛r✉✱ ❈✳ ❉✳❀ ❈♦❤❡♥✱ ▼✳ ▲✳❀ ▲♦✉✐❡✱ ❙✳ ●✳ ❆♥❣❧❡✲❘❡s♦❧✈❡❞

P❤♦t♦❡♠✐ss✐♦♥ ❙♣❡❝tr❛ ♦❢ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❢r♦♠ ❋✐rst✲Pr✐♥❝✐♣❧❡s ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t✐♦♥s✳ ◆❛♥♦ ▲❡tt❡rs

✷✵✵✾✱ ✾✱ ✹✷✸✹✕✹✷✸✾✱ P▼■❉✿ ✶✾✽✺✻✾✵✶✳

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✭✶✵✸✮ ❲♦♥❣✱ ❏✳✲❍✳❀ ❲✉✱ ❇✳✲❘✳❀ ▲✐♥✱ ▼✳✲❋✳ ❙tr❛✐♥ ❊✛❡❝t ♦♥ t❤❡ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❙✐♥❣❧❡

▲❛②❡r ❛♥❞ ❇✐❧❛②❡r ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ ❚❤❡ ❏♦✉r♥❛❧ ♦❢ P❤②s✐❝❛❧ ❈❤❡♠✐str② ❈ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✶✶✻✱ ✽✷✼✶✕

✽✷✼✼✳

✭✶✵✹✮ ▲❡❜❡❞❡✈❛✱ ■✳ ❱✳❀ ❑♥✐③❤♥✐❦✱ ❆✳ ❆✳❀ P♦♣♦✈✱ ❆✳ ▼✳❀ ▲♦③♦✈✐❦✱ ❨✳ ❊✳❀ P♦t❛♣❦✐♥✱ ❇✳ ❱✳ ■♥✲

t❡r❧❛②❡r ■♥t❡r❛❝t✐♦♥ ❛♥❞ ❘❡❧❛t✐✈❡ ❱✐❜r❛t✐♦♥s ♦❢ ❇✐❧❛②❡r ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❈❤❡♠✳

P❤②s✳ ✷✵✶✶✱ ✶✸✱ ✺✻✽✼✕✾✺✳

✭✶✵✺✮ ❇❡♥❡❞✐❝t✱ ▲✳ ❳✳❀ ❈❤♦♣r❛✱ ◆✳ ●✳❀ ❈♦❤❡♥✱ ▼✳ ▲✳❀ ❩❡tt❧✱ ❆✳❀ ▲♦✉✐❡✱ ❙✳ ●✳❀ ❈r❡s♣✐✱ ❱✳ ❍✳

▼✐❝r♦s❝♦♣✐❝ ❉❡t❡r♠✐♥❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ■♥t❡r❧❛②❡r ❇✐♥❞✐♥❣ ❊♥❡r❣② ✐♥ ●r❛♣❤✐t❡✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ P❤②s✳

▲❡tt✳ ✶✾✾✽✱ ✷✽✻✱ ✹✾✵✕✹✾✻✳

✭✶✵✻✮ ❆♠t♦✉t✱ ❆✳❀ ▲❡♦♥❡❧❧✐✱ ❘✳ ❖♣t✐❝❛❧ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ❘✉t✐❧❡ ♥❡❛r ■ts ❋✉♥❞❛♠❡♥t❛❧ ❇❛♥❞ ●❛♣✳

P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳ ❇ ✶✾✾✺✱ ✺✶✱ ✻✽✹✷✕✻✽✺✶✳

✭✶✵✼✮ ❚❡③✉❦❛✱ ❨✳❀ ❙❤✐♥✱ ❙✳❀ ■s❤✐✐✱ ❚✳❀ ❊❥✐♠❛✱ ❚✳❀ ❙✉③✉❦✐✱ ❙✳❀ ❙❛t♦✱ ❙✳ P❤♦t♦❡♠✐ss✐♦♥ ❛♥❞

❇r❡♠sstr❛❤❧✉♥❣ ■s♦❝❤r♦♠❛t ❙♣❡❝tr♦s❝♦♣② ❙t✉❞✐❡s ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ✭❘✉t✐❧❡✮ ❛♥❞ ❙r❚✐❖✸✳ ❏✳

P❤②s✳ ❙♦❝✳ ❏♣♥✳ ✶✾✾✹✱ ✻✸✱ ✸✹✼✕✸✺✼✳

✭✶✵✽✮ ▲❡❡✱ ❊✳ ❏✳ ❍✳❀ ❇❛❧❛s✉❜r❛♠❛♥✐❛♥✱ ❑✳❀ ❲❡✐t③✱ ❘✳ ❚✳❀ ❇✉r❣❤❛r❞✱ ▼✳❀ ❑❡r♥✱ ❑✳ ❈♦♥t❛❝t

❛♥❞ ❊❞❣❡ ❊✛❡❝ts ✐♥ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❉❡✈✐❝❡s✳ ◆❛t✉r❡ ◆❛♥♦t❡❝❤♥♦❧♦❣② ✷✵✵✽✱ ✸✱ ✹✽✻✕✹✾✵✳

✭✶✵✾✮ ❙♦♥❣✱ ❙✳ ▼✳❀ P❛r❦✱ ❏✳ ❑✳❀ ❙✉❧✱ ❖✳ ❏✳❀ ❈❤♦✱ ❇✳ ❏✳ ❉❡t❡r♠✐♥❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❲♦r❦ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ✉♥❞❡r ❛ ▼❡t❛❧ ❊❧❡❝tr♦❞❡ ❛♥❞ ✐ts ❘♦❧❡ ✐♥ ❈♦♥t❛❝t ❘❡s✐st❛♥❝❡✳ ◆❛♥♦ ▲❡tt✳

✷✵✶✷✱ ✶✷✱ ✸✽✽✼✕✸✽✾✷✳

✭✶✶✵✮ ■♠❛♥✐s❤✐✱ ❆✳❀ ❚s✉❥✐✱ ❊✳❀ ◆❛❦❛t♦✱ ❨✳ ❉❡♣❡♥❞❡♥❝❡ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❲♦r❦ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❚✐❖✷ ✭❘✉t✐❧❡✮

♦♥ ❈r②st❛❧ ❋❛❝❡s✱ ❙t✉❞✐❡❞ ❜② ❛ ❙❝❛♥♥✐♥❣ ❆✉❣❡r ▼✐❝r♦♣r♦❜❡✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❈ ✷✵✵✼✱

✶✶✶✱ ✷✶✷✽✕✷✶✸✷✳

✭✶✶✶✮ ❇✉t❧❡r✱ ▼✳ ❆✳❀ ●✐♥❧❡②✱ ❉✳ ❙✳ Pr❡❞✐❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ❋❧❛t❜❛♥❞ P♦t❡♥t✐❛❧s ❛t ❙❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦râ⑨➄✲

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❊❧❡❝tr♦❧②t❡ ■♥t❡r❢❛❝❡s ❢r♦♠ ❆t♦♠✐❝ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥❡❣❛t✐✈✐t✐❡s✳ ❏♦✉r♥❛❧ ♦❢ ❚❤❡ ❊❧❡❝tr♦❝❤❡♠✐❝❛❧

❙♦❝✐❡t② ✶✾✼✽✱ ✶✷✺✱ ✷✷✽✕✷✸✷✳

✭✶✶✷✮ ❙t❡✈❛♥♦✈✐❝✱ ❱✳❀ ▲❛♥②✱ ❙✳❀ ●✐♥❧❡②✱ ❉✳ ❙✳❀ ❚✉♠❛s✱ ❲✳❀ ❩✉♥❣❡r✱ ❆✳ ❆ss❡ss✐♥❣ ❈❛♣❛❜✐❧✐t②

♦❢ ❙❡♠✐❝♦♥❞✉❝t♦rs t♦ ❙♣❧✐t ❲❛t❡r ❯s✐♥❣ ■♦♥✐③❛t✐♦♥ P♦t❡♥t✐❛❧s ❛♥❞ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥ ❆✣♥✐t✐❡s

❖♥❧②✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ P❤②s✳ ✷✵✶✹✱ ✶✻✱ ✸✼✵✻✕✸✼✶✹✳

✭✶✶✸✮ ❙❝❛♥❧♦♥✱ ❉✳ ❖✳❀ ❉✉♥♥✐❧❧✱ ❈✳ ❲✳❀ ❇✉❝❦❡r✐❞❣❡✱ ❏✳❀ ❙❤❡✈❧✐♥✱ ❙✳ ❆✳❀ ▲♦❣s❞❛✐❧✱ ❆✳ ❏✳❀ ❲♦♦❞✲

❧❡②✱ ❙✳ ▼✳❀ ❈❛t❧♦✇✱ ❈✳ ❘✳ ❆✳❀ P♦✇❡❧❧✱ ▼✳ ❏✳❀ P❛❧❣r❛✈❡✱ ❘✳ ●✳❀ P❛r❦✐♥✱ ■✳ P✳ ❡t ❛❧✳ ❇❛♥❞

❆❧✐❣♥♠❡♥t ♦❢ ❘✉t✐❧❡ ❛♥❞ ❆♥❛t❛s❡ ❚✐❖✷✳ ◆❛t✳ ▼❛t❡r✳ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✶✷✱ ✼✾✽✕✽✵✶✳

✭✶✶✹✮ ◆♦s❛❦❛✱ ❨✳❀ ◆♦s❛❦❛✱ ❆✳ ❨✳ ❘❡❝♦♥s✐❞❡r❛t✐♦♥ ♦❢ ■♥tr✐♥s✐❝ ❇❛♥❞ ❆❧✐❣♥♠❡♥ts ✇✐t❤✐♥

❆♥❛t❛s❡ ❛♥❞ ❘✉t✐❧❡ ❚✐❖✷✳ ❏✳ P❤②s✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ▲❡tt✳ ✷✵✶✻✱ ✼✱ ✹✸✶✕✹✸✹✳

✭✶✶✺✮ ❉❡á❦✱ P✳❀ ❆r❛❞✐✱ ❇✳❀ ❋r❛✉❡♥❤❡✐♠✱ ❚✳ P♦❧❛r♦♥✐❝ ❊✛❡❝ts ✐♥ ❚✐❖✷ ❈❛❧❝✉❧❛t❡❞ ❜② t❤❡

❍❙❊✵✻ ❍②❜r✐❞ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧✿ ❉♦♣❛♥t P❛ss✐✈❛t✐♦♥ ❜② ❈❛rr✐❡r ❙❡❧❢✲❚r❛♣♣✐♥❣✳ P❤②s✳ ❘❡✈✳

❇ ✷✵✶✶✱ ✽✸✱ ✶✺✺✷✵✼✳

✭✶✶✻✮ ❇❛r♦♥❡✱ ❱✳❀ P❡r❛❧t❛✱ ❏✳ ❊✳❀ ❙❝✉s❡r✐❛✱ ●✳ ❊✳ ❖♣t✐❝❛❧ ❚r❛♥s✐t✐♦♥s ✐♥ ▼❡t❛❧❧✐❝ ❙✐♥❣❧❡✲❲❛❧❧❡❞

❈❛r❜♦♥ ◆❛♥♦t✉❜❡s✳ ◆❛♥♦ ▲❡tt✳ ✷✵✵✺✱ ✺✱ ✶✽✸✵✕✶✽✸✸✳

✭✶✶✼✮ ❇❛r♦♥❡✱ ❱✳❀ ❍♦❞✱ ❖✳❀ ❙❝✉s❡r✐❛✱ ●✳ ❊✳ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❙tr✉❝t✉r❡ ❛♥❞ ❙t❛❜✐❧✐t② ♦❢ ❙❡♠✐❝♦♥✲

❞✉❝t✐♥❣ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ◆❛♥♦r✐❜❜♦♥s✳ ◆❛♥♦ ▲❡tt✳ ✷✵✵✻✱ ✻✱ ✷✼✹✽✕✷✼✺✹✳

✭✶✶✽✮ ❇❛r♦♥❡✱ ❱✳❀ P❡r❛❧t❛✱ ❏✳ ❊✳❀ ❯❞❞✐♥✱ ❏✳❀ ❙❝✉s❡r✐❛✱ ●✳ ❊✳ ❙❝r❡❡♥❡❞ ❊①❝❤❛♥❣❡ ❍②❜r✐❞

❉❡♥s✐t②✲❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧ ❙t✉❞② ♦❢ t❤❡ ❲♦r❦ ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ Pr✐st✐♥❡ ❛♥❞ ❉♦♣❡❞ ❙✐♥❣❧❡✲❲❛❧❧❡❞

❈❛r❜♦♥ ◆❛♥♦t✉❜❡s✳ ❏✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ P❤②s✳ ✷✵✵✻✱ ✶✷✹✱ ✵✷✹✼✵✾✳

✭✶✶✾✮ ❇❛r♦♥❡✱ ❱✳❀ ❍♦❞✱ ❖✳❀ P❡r❛❧t❛✱ ❏✳ ❊✳❀ ❙❝✉s❡r✐❛✱ ●✳ ❊✳ ❆❝❝✉r❛t❡ Pr❡❞✐❝t✐♦♥ ♦❢ t❤❡ ❊❧❡❝✲

tr♦♥✐❝ Pr♦♣❡rt✐❡s ♦❢ ▲♦✇✲❉✐♠❡♥s✐♦♥❛❧ ●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ❉❡r✐✈❛t✐✈❡s ❯s✐♥❣ ❛ ❙❝r❡❡♥❡❞ ❍②❜r✐❞

❉❡♥s✐t② ❋✉♥❝t✐♦♥❛❧✳ ❆❝❝✳ ❈❤❡♠✳ ❘❡s✳ ✷✵✶✶✱ ✹✹✱ ✷✻✾✕✷✼✾✳

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✭✶✷✵✮ ❉❡s❦✐♥s✱ ◆✳ ❆✳❀ ❘♦✉ss❡❛✉✱ ❘✳❀ ❉✉♣✉✐s✱ ▼✳ ▲♦❝❛❧✐③❡❞ ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥✐❝ ❙t❛t❡s ❢r♦♠ ❙✉r❢❛❝❡

❍②❞r♦①②❧s ❛♥❞ P♦❧❛r♦♥s ✐♥ ❚✐❖✷✭✶✶✵✮✳ ❚❤❡ ❏♦✉r♥❛❧ ♦❢ P❤②s✐❝❛❧ ❈❤❡♠✐str② ❈ ✷✵✵✾✱

✶✶✸✱ ✶✹✺✽✸✕✶✹✺✽✻✳

✭✶✷✶✮ ▼❛❣❣✐♦✱ ❊✳❀ ▼❛rts✐♥♦✈✐❝❤✱ ◆✳❀ ❚r♦✐s✐✱ ❆✳ ❈♦♥t✐♥✉✉♠ ❛♥❞ ❆t♦♠✐st✐❝ ❉❡s❝r✐♣t✐♦♥ ♦❢

❊①❝❡ss ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥s ✐♥ ❚✐❖✷✳ ❏♦✉r♥❛❧ ♦❢ P❤②s✐❝s✿ ❈♦♥❞❡♥s❡❞ ▼❛tt❡r ✷✵✶✻✱ ✷✽✱ ✵✼✹✵✵✹✳

✭✶✷✷✮ ❲✐❧❧✐❛♠s✱ ❑✳ ❏✳❀ ◆❡❧s♦♥✱ ❈✳ ❆✳❀ ❨❛♥✱ ❳✳❀ ▲✐✱ ▲✳✲❙✳❀ ❩❤✉✱ ❳✳ ❍♦t ❊❧❡❝tr♦♥ ■♥❥❡❝t✐♦♥ ❢r♦♠

●r❛♣❤❡♥❡ ◗✉❛♥t✉♠ ❉♦ts t♦ ❚✐❖✷✳ ❆❈❙ ◆❛♥♦ ✷✵✶✸✱ ✼✱ ✶✸✽✽✕✶✸✾✹✳

✭✶✷✸✮ ▲❛❦❛❞❛♠②❛❧✐✱ ❋✳❀ ❑❛t♦✱ ▼✳❀ ❘❡✐s♥❡r✱ ❊✳ ❈♦❧❧♦✐❞❛❧ ▼❡t❛❧ ❖①✐❞❡ P❛rt✐❝❧❡s ▲♦❛❞❡❞ ✇✐t❤

❙②♥t❤❡t✐❝ ❈❛t❛❧②sts ❢♦r ❙♦❧❛r ❍✷ Pr♦❞✉❝t✐♦♥✳ ❋❛r❛❞✳ ❉✐s❝✉ss✳ ✷✵✶✷✱ ✶✺✺✱ ✶✾✶✕✷✵✺✳

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●r❛♣❤✐❝❛❧ ❚❖❈ ❊♥tr②

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