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B. Alver, B. B. Back, M.D. Baker, M. Ballintijn, D. S. Barton, R. R. Betts, A.A. Bickley, R. Bindel, W. Busza, A. Carroll, Z. Chai, V. Chetluru, M. P. Decowski, E. Garcı́a, T. Gburek, N. George, K. Gulbrandsen, C. Halliwell, J. Hamblen, M. Hauer, C. Henderson, D. J. Hofman, R. S. Hollis, R. Hołyński, B. Holzman, A. Iordanova, E. Johnson, J. L. Kane, N. Khan, P. Kulinich, C.M. Kuo, W. Li, W. T. Lin, C. Loizides, S. Manly, A. C. Mignerey, R. Nouicer, A. Olszewski, R. Pak, C. Reed, C. Roland, G. Roland, J. Sagerer, H. Seals, I. Sedykh, C. E. Smith, M.A. Stankiewicz, P. Steinberg, G. S. F. Stephans, A. Sukhanov, M.B. Tonjes, A. Trzupek, C. Vale, G. J. van Nieuwenhuizen, S. S. Vaurynovich, R. Verdier, G. I. Veres, P. Walters, E. Wenger, F. L. H. Wolfs, B. Wosiek, K. Woźniak, and B. Wysłouch Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4843, USA Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Kraków, Poland Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, USA National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7059, USA University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA (Received 16 March 2009; revised manuscript received 24 December 2009; published 11 February 2010)