First Experimental Determination of Half-Life for New Nuclide 65Se

By using experimental data obtained from the measurement of beta-delayed proton decay of ⁶⁵Se produced in ⁴⁰Ca(²⁸Si,3n)reaction,the absolute detection efficiency of particle telescope for rotating radioactive source was imitatively calcu-lated.The half-life of ⁶⁵Se was thus accurately determined to be 9.6_-4.1^+5.3 ms.The β-delayed proton energy of ⁶⁵Se was 3.70±0.08MeV.The partial decay scheme of ⁶⁵Se β-delayed proton decay was revised and proposed.     

β-Delayed Proton Decays of 133Sm and 149Yb

¹³³Sm was produced via fusion evaporation in the reaction ⁴⁰Ca+⁹⁶Ru. Its β-delayed proton decay was studied by means of “p-γ” coincidence in combination with a He-jet tape transport system, including half-lives, proton energy spectra, γ-transitions following the proton emissions, and the branching ratios to the low-lying states in the grand-daughter nuclei. The possible spins and parities of ¹³³Sm were extracted by fitting the experimental data with a statistical model calculation. The configuration-constrained nuclear potential energy surfaces of ¹³³Sm were calculated by using the Woods-Saxon Strutinsky method. Comparing the experimental and calculated results, the spins and parities of ¹³³Sm were assigned to be 5/2⁺ and 1/2^－, which is reconciled with our published simple (EC+β⁺) decay scheme of ¹³³Sm in 2001. In addition, our experimental data on the beta-delayed proton decay of ¹⁴⁹Yb reported in Eur. Phys. J., 2001, A12: 1—4 was also analyzed by using the same method. The spin and parity of ¹⁴⁹Yb was assigned to be 1/2^－.     

β-Delayed Proton Decay of 93Pd

The β-‘waiting point’nucleus ⁹³Pd has been produced via ⁵⁸Ni(⁴⁰Ca,3n2p) reaction. A helium-jet fast tape transport system was used in combination with p-γ coincidence measurement to identify the β-delayed proton precursor ⁹³ Pd, whose half-life has been measured to be 1.3±0.2s. The measured energy spectrum of β-delayed protons and relative branching ratios to the final states in the daughter nucleus ⁹²Ru are fitted by a revised statistic model calculation, and then the ground state spin of ⁹³Pd are assigned to be 9/2. Meanwhile, a nuclear energy-potential-surface (EPS) calculation is performed by using the Woods-Saxon Strutinsky method. The calculated result supports the ground state spin and parity of 9/2⁺ assignment.     

Experimental Study on 22Na(p,γ)23Mg Reaction

The reaction of ²²Na(p,γ)²³Mg has been investigated at the Radioactive Ion Beam Line in Lanzhou(RIBLL) using a radioactive beam ²³Al. The β⁺ delayed proton decay spectrum has been measured with the TOF-ΔE method and zero degree detectors. The half life of ²³Al is determined to be T_1/2=(476±45)ms by using a time scaler combined with the precision pulse generator,which is consistent with the other group's result of (470±30)ms. The known β⁺ delayed protons at E_r=0.216,0.278,0.438,0.479MeV have also observed in the experiment. The resonance strength of isospin analog state (IAS) is calculated. The resonance intensity of IAS is (11.4±6.0)meV. A new energy level of β⁺ delayed proton decay has been identified at E_x=8.916MeV,and their relative intensity also been obtained.     

A new series of beta-delayed proton precursors

The $\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{z}}\text{=+}\text{1}\text{2}$ beta-delayed proton precursors ⁶⁵Ge, ⁶⁹Se, ⁷³Kr and ⁷⁷Sr have been identified and their decay energies, half-lives and proton branching ratios determined. The half-life of the previously unreported ⁷⁷Sr is 9.0± 1.0 s.     

β-Delayed Proton Decays of 140Tb and 141Dy as Well as the Spin and Parity of 143Dy

¹⁴⁰Tb and ¹⁴¹Dy were produced via fusion evaporation in the reaction ⁴⁰Ca+¹⁰⁶Cd. Their β-delayed proton decays were studied by means of “p-γ” coincidence in combination with a He-jet tape transport system, including half-lives, proton energy spectra, γ-transitions following the proton emissions, and the branching ratios to the low-lying states in the grand-daughter nuclei. The ground-state spins and parities of 140Tb and 141Dy were extracted as 7^± and 9/2^±, respectively, by fitting the experimental data with a statistical model calculation. The configuration-constrained nuclear potential energy surfaces (NPES) of ¹⁴⁰Tb and ¹⁴¹Dy were calculated by using the Woods-Saxon Strutinsky method, which indicate the ground-state spins and parities of ¹⁴⁰Tb and ¹⁴¹Dy to be 7⁺and 9/2^－, respectively. In addition, the configuration-constrained NPES of ¹⁴³Dy was also calculated by using the same method. From the NPES a 1/2⁺ ground state and a 11/2^－ isomer with the excitation energy of 198keV were found. The calculated results are consistent with our experimental data on the decay of ¹⁴³Dy reported in Eur. Phys. J., 2003, A16: 347—351.     

DISCOVERY OF MULTIPLE,COLLECTIVE BAND STRUCTURES IN NUCLEI WITH A=60—80

Recent studies of levels in even-even ^68,70,72Ge,^70,72,74Se,^74,76,78,80Kr and ⁶⁵Ga and ⁷⁴Br have led to the discovery of a wide variety of different collective band structures.These include bands built on near spherical ground states and excited more well de-formed shapes that may include triaxial shapes,rotation-aligned bands built on thesame orbital （g_（9/2））² for both protons and neutrons,RAL negative parity bands witheven and odd spins,and ΔI=1 γ-type vibrational bands in even-even nuclei.As recent as 1974,a survey of the energy level in the even-even Ge and Se iso-topes^[1] revealed little was known above a spin of 4⁺ （see for examples Figs.1 and 2 of Ref.1）.With the exception of the unusally low-lying excited 0⁺ states in ^70,72Ge,first discovered in ⁷²Ge in 1948 at Vanderbilt^[2],the theoretical treatment of thesenuclei was limited primarily to some variation of the vibrational model.However,very recently there has been a surge of information on nuclei in this region that hasrevealed fascinating new features and also provided new insight into the excited 0^+’states.Particularly striking are the multiple,independent and highly collective bandstructures which we have discovered in our in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy studies fol-lowing heavy-ion induced reaction.Evidence for and the theoretical understandingof the richness of the collective band structures that are found in our studies of^68,70,72Ge （Refs.3—6）,^70,72,74Se （Refs.7—13） and ^74,76,78,80Kr （Refs.14—18）,as illustratedby the at least seven different bands found in our studies of the levels of ⁶⁸Ge ⁷⁴Se,and ⁷⁶Kr （Figs.1—3）,are described in this paper.These multiple structures includethe following:a) coexistence of ground bands built on near-spherical shapes andexcited bands with larger deformation built on O^+′ band heads;b) bands with 8⁺ band heads interpreted as rotation-aligned,RAL,bands built on both neutron and/orproton （g_（9/2））² quasiparticle configurations coexisting with the ground-state band;c)RAL neutron and proton odd-parity bands formed from coupling of a g_{（9/2 ）}quasipar-ticle and a p_（1/2）,p_（3/2） or f_（5/2）,quasiparticle with the core;d) ΔI=1 even-parity bands,which are best characterized as gamma-vibrational bands;and e) additional bandswhose nature are presently not known.     

First Evidence of ψ(3770) Hadronic Transition to J/ψπ+π—

Evidence of ψ(3770) decays to a non-DD final state is observed. A total of 6.8±3.0 ψ(3770)→J/ψ→π⁺π^— events are obtained from a data sample of 8.0±0.5 pb^-1 taken at center-of-mass energies around 3.773GeV using the BES-Ⅱ detector at the BEPC. The branching fraction is determined to be BF(ψ(3770)→J/ψ→π⁺π^—)=(0.59±0.26±0.16)%, corresponding to the partial width of Γ(ψ(3770)→J/ψπ⁺π^—)=(139±61±41)keV.     

Proton occupancies in the even Se ground states via the (d, 3He) reaction

The spectroscopic factors for the levels of^{73,75,77,79,81}As have been measured in the Se(d, ³He)As reactions at 25.2 MeV. The proton occupation numbers deduced for the even Se isotopes show that the striking change in proton configuration, observed for the Ge isotopes between N ? 40 and N ? 42, does persist for the Se isotopes. This change is not reproduced, either by a model calculation using spectral distribution methods or by proton wave functions recently suggested for the Se isotopes to explain the results of the Se(d, ⁶Li)Ge reactions.     

Branching Ratios of J/ψ→π03(π+π－)

The decay mode of J/ψ→π⁰3(π⁺π^－) was studied very little before. There are no informations except branching ratios for this channel in PDG book which based on less than 0.2×10⁶J/ψ events of MARKⅠ. Now, BESⅠ has a data sample of 7.8×10⁶J/ψ events, we can make more accurate results than MARKⅠ. Total of 3290±43 J/ψ→π⁰3(π⁺π^－) events including 1275±86 J/ψ→ω²(π⁺π^－) events are selected. J/ψ→π⁰3(π⁺π^－) and J/ψ→ω²(π⁺π^－) events have been generated with MC simulition for calculating events selection efficiency. BESⅠ result is: Br(J/ψ→π⁰3(π⁺π^－))=(2.52±0.06±0.43)% and Br(J/ψ→π⁰3(π⁺π^－))=(1.31±0.09±0.21)%. Meanwhile, we studied the invariant mass of 4π and ωππ to find interesting signals. It seems that there is a peak at about 1.74GeV in the invarianat mass spectrum of 4π, and a enhancement was also found at about 1.9GeV in the invariant mass spectrum of ωππ. It is not clear whether they are from resonances or background. Therefore, more work in detail is still going on.     

A STRUCTURE MODEL OF STRATONS AND LEPTONS

A subquark model is proposed. According to this model, stratons and leptons are consisted of rishons T and V, which are multiplets of group SU_H(3)×SU_C(3)×SU_G(2)×SU(2)×U(1). Three generations of both stratons and leptons are obtained naturally. In this model, proton decay modes are μ^－e⁺e⁺ or e^－μ⁺μ⁺.     

Study on the Baryon State X Produced in the Process J/ψ→p+X,X→Δ+π

The existence of the new class of hadronic states, glueball, hybrid mesons and hybrid baryons, is one of the important prediction of the QCD. It is an excited and attractive research preject to search for and identify these non-qq meson and non-qqq baryon states. The theoretical expectations on the mass spectrum of hybrid baryons have been carried out in the bag model, QCD sum rules and flux tube model. We might expect that J/ψ hadronic decay processes are the good place to study hybrid baryons. The J/ψ decay process J/ψ→p+X,X→Δ+π, where p and Δ are the antiproton and Δ baryon with spin parity (3/2)⁺, respectively, are studied in terms of the angular distribution and the generalized moment analysis methods. Precise angular distribution and moment representation of baryon resonance (including the hybrid baryon) X with spin parity (1/2)^±,(3/2)^±,and (5/2)^± are obtained. They can be used to identify the spin of the baryon resonance state X.     

RELATIVISTIC STUDY OF PROTON-NUCLEUS ELASTIC SCATTERING AT LOWER ENERGIES

The Lorentz invariant relativistic optical potential have been discussed at energies below 300MeV.The Dirac equation with scalar and vector potential is solved by exact partial wave method.The calculated results of proton ⁴⁰Ca at energy region 300—65MeV are presented and compared with the experimental data of differential cross section dσ/dΩ,analyzing power A_y(θ) and spin rotation function Q(θ).It is shown that the impoved relativistic optical potential fits the data well.     

β-delayed Proton Decay of 89Ru

A #-delayed proton activity with a half-life of 1.2 - 0.2 s was assigned to ⁸⁹Ru on the basis of a p-%(X) coincidence measurement in the reaction of ⁵⁸Ni (³⁶Ar, 2p3n ) using a He-jet tape transport system. The measured delayed-proton spectrum of ⁸⁹Ru and relative proton branching ratios to the low-lying states in ⁸⁸Mo were compared with statistical model calculations.     

Identifying Tau Hadronic Decay with Neural Network

The identification of tau one prong hadronic decay using neural network is presented.Based on the identification,we measured the branching ratios: Br(π/Kv)=(12.18±0.26±0.42)%,Br(π/Kπ⁰v)=(25.20±0.35±0.50)%,Br(π/K2π⁰v)=(8.88±0.37±0.38)%,Br(π/K3π⁰v)=(1.70±0.24±0.39)%.     

ANALYSIS OF THE E2 TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THE d+a CLUSTER STATES OF 6Li WITH THE RGM

The E2 reduced transition probabilities between the d-a cluster states of ⁶Li were calculated by the RGM in this paper.The resulting B(E2;E₁→E₀)=21.06fm⁴ consistented with the experimental value 25.1±2.0fm⁴ more than the calculated values of the double-well cluster model including p-state exciting and LCCO.Also,the B(E2;E₃→E₀)=9.67fm⁴ coincided with the exprimental value 6.483±3.360fm⁴ within the error range.     

New Low-spin Levels in 76Se and Discussion of Its Yrast Band Structure

The decay of bromine–76 was studied using compton–suppressed spectrometer and high–purity ge detectors in singles and coincidence mode, respectively. bromine–76 was produced via two reactions,i. e.,⁷⁵As(α,3n)⁷⁶Br and ⁷⁶Se(p, n)⁷⁶Br.the results of these experiments verified the previously reported levels and gammas of ⁷⁶Se. in addition to the previously described transitions and levels, 39 new γ–rays and 15 new energy levels were found for the first time. spins and parities for new levels are proposed based on the calculated logft values, de–excitation modes of the observed states, and some nuclear reaction experiment results. a new decay scheme of ⁷⁶Br is proposed in the present work. combining with the high–spin states observed by the in–beam γ–ray spectroscopy of a previous decay work, the positive–parity yrast states were compared with the results from calculations in the framework of the projected shell model.     

Measurement of J/ψ decays into ΛΛ π+π-

Based on 58 million J/ψ events collected by the BESⅡ detector at the BEPC, J/ψ→ΛΛ π⁺π^- is observed for the first time. The branching fraction is measured to be Br(J/ψ→ΛΛ π⁺π^-)=(4.30±0.13±0.99)×10^-3, excluding the decays to intermediate states, namely J/ψ→Ξ^-Ξ⁺, J/ψ→Σ(1385)^-Σ(1385)⁺, and J/ψ→Σ(1385)⁺Σ(1385)^-. The branching fractions for these intermediate resonance channels are measured to be:Br(J/ψ→Ξ^-Ξ⁺)=（0.90±0.03±0.18）×10^-3, Br(J/ψ→Σ(1385)^-Σ(1385)⁺)=(1.23±0.07±0.30)×10^-3,and Br(J/ψ→Σ(1385)⁺Σ(1385)^-)=(1.50±0.08±0.38)×10^-3, respectively. The angular distribution is of the form dN/d(cosθ)α(1+αcos²θ) with α=(0.35±0.29±0.06) for J/ψ→Ξ^-Ξ⁺, α=(-0.54±0.22±0.10) for J/ψ→Σ(1385)^-Σ(1385)⁺, and α=(-0.35±0.29±0.06) for J/ψ→Σ(1385)⁺Σ(1385)^-.     

ΛΛ,ΛΛγ and ΛΛπ0 Productions in J/ψ Decay

The channels of J/ψ decay into,ΛΛ,ΛΛγ and ΛΛπ⁰ are analyzed with 7.8×10⁶ J/ψ events collected by BES detector at BEPC Collider.The branching ratios for three channels and the angular distribution for the first channel are measured.The branching ratios are Br(J/ψ→ΛΛ)=(l.08±0.06±0.24)×10^－3,Br(J/ψ→ΛΛγ)－4(90% CL)and Br(J/ψ→ΛΛπ⁰)=(2.3±0.7±0.8)×l0^－4 respectively. The angular distribution for J/ψ→ΛΛ is dN dcosθ=N₀(1+αcos²0),α=0.52±0.33±0.13.     

Structure Analysis of the l/η(1440)

By an amplitudes analysis of the KKπ system in the J/ψ radiative decay to the K⁺K^－π^O and the K⁰_SK^±π⁺ final states, we find that there is one 0^－+ resonance (M=1467±3MeV,Γ=89±6MeV) and two 1⁺⁺ resonances (M=1435±3MeV,Γ=59±5MeV and M=1497±2MeV,Γ=44±7MeV), Which are consistent with the η(1440), the f₁(1420), and the f₁(1510).