Nucleon effective mass splitting and density-dependent symmetry energy effects on elliptic flow in heavy ion collisions at E_(lab)= 0.09 ～ 1.5 GeV/nucleon

By incorporating an iso spin-dependent form of the momentum-dependent potential in the ultra-relativistic quantum molecular dynamics(UrQMD) model,we systematically investigate effects of the neutron-proton effective mass splitting m*_(n-p)=m*_n-m*_p/m and the density-dependent nuclear symmetry energy E_(sym)(ρ) on the elliptic flow v_2 in~(197)Au+~(197) Au collisions at beam energies from 0.09 to 1.5 GeV/nucleon.It is found that at higher beam energies(≥0.25 GeV/nucleon) with the approximately 75 MeV difference in slopes of the two different E_(sym)(ρ),and the variation of m*_(n-p) ranging from-0.03 to 0.03 at saturation density with isospin asymmetry δ=(ρ_n-ρ_p)/ρ-0.2,the E_(sym)(ρ) has a stronger influence on the difference in v_2 between neutrons and protons,i.e.,v_2~n-v_2~p,than m*_(n-p) has.Meanwhile,at lower beam energies(≤0.25 GeV/nucleon),v_2~n-v_2~p is sensitive to both the E_(sym)(ρ) and the m*_(n-p).Moreover,the influence of m*_(n-p) on v_2~n-v_2~p is more evident with the parameters of this study when using the soft,rather than stiff,symmetry energy.     

Exact recession velocity and cosmic redshift based on cosmological principle and Yang-Mills gravity

Based on the cosmological principle and quantum Yang-Mills gravity in the super-macroscopic limit, we obtain an exact recession velocity and cosmic redshift z, as measured in an inertial frame F ≡ F(t, x, y, z). For a matter-dominated universe, we have the effective cosmic metric tensor G_(μν)(t) =(B~2(t),-A~2(t),-A~2(t),-A~2(t)),A ∝ B ∝ t~(1/2), where t has the operational meaning of time in F frame. We assume a cosmic action S ≡ S cos involving Gμν(t) and derive the ‘Okubo equation' of motion, G μν(t)?μS ?νS-m2= 0, for a distant galaxy with mass m. This cos-√mic equation predicts an exact recession velocity, ■, where H = A˙(t)/A(t) and Co = B/A, as observed in the inertial frame F. For small velocities, we have the usual Hubble's law r≈ rH for recession velocities. Following the formulation of the accelerated Wu-Doppler effect, we investigate cosmic redshifts z as measured in F. It is natural to assume the massless Okubo equation, G μν(t)?μψe?νψe= 0, for light emitted from accelerated distant galaxies. Based on the principle of limiting continuation of physical laws, we obtain a transformation for covariant wave 4-vectors between and inertial and an accelerated frame, and predict a relationship for the exact recession velocity and cosmic redshift, z = [(1 + V_r)/(1-V_r~2)~(1/2)]-1, where Vr= r˙/Co 1, as observed in the inertial frame F. These predictions of the cosmic model are consistent with experiments for small velocities and should be further tested.     

Simple Woods-Saxon-type form for Ωα and Ξα interactions using folding model

We derive a simple Woods-Saxon-type form for potentials between Y=Ξ,Ωandαusing a single-folding potential method,based on a separable Y-nucleon Potential.The PotentialsΞ+αandΩ+αare accordingly obtained using the ESC08 c Nijmegens potential(in 3 S1 channel)and HAL QCD collaborationΩN interactions(in lattice QCD),respectively.In deriving the potential between Y andα,the same potential between Y and N is employed.The binding energy,scattering length,and effective range of the Y particle on the alpha particle are approximated by the resulting potentials.The depths of the potentials inΩαandΞαsystems are obtained at-61 MeV and-24.4 MeV,respectively.In the case of theΞαpotential,a fairly good agreement is observed between the single-folding potential method and the phenomenological potential of the Dover-Gal model.These potentials can be used in 3-,4-and 5-body cluster structures ofΩandΞhypernuclei.     

Nuclear mass parabola and its applications

We propose a method for extracting the properties of the isobaric mass parabola based on the total doubleβ-decay energies of isobaric nuclei.Two important parameters of the mass parabola,the location of the most β-stable nuclei Z_A and the curvature parameter b_A,are obtained for 251 A values,based on the total double β-decay energies of nuclei compiled in the AME2016 database.The advantage of this approach is that the pairing energy term P_A caused by the odd-even variation can be removed in the process,as well as the mass excess M(A,Z_A) of the most stable nuclide for the mass number A,which are employed in the mass parabolic fitting method.The Coulomb energy coefficient a_c=0.6910 MeV is determined by the mass difference relation for mirror nuclei,and the symmetry energy coefficient is also studied by the relation a_(sym)(A)=025 b_AZ_A.     

Gluon-pair-creation production model of strong interaction vertices

By studying the \begin{document}$\eta_c$\end{document} exclusive decay to double glueballs, we introduce a model to phenomenologically mimic the gluon-pair-vacuum interaction vertices, namely the \begin{document}$0^{++}$\end{document} model. Based on this model, we study glueball production in pseudoscalar quarkonium decays, explicitly \begin{document}$\eta_c \to f_0(1500)\eta(1405)$\end{document}, \begin{document}$\eta_b\to f_0(1500)\eta(1405)$\end{document} , and \begin{document}$\eta_b\to f_0(1710)\eta(1405)$\end{document} processes. Among them \begin{document}$f_0(1500)$\end{document} and \begin{document}$f_0(1710)$\end{document} are well-known scalars possessing large glue components, while \begin{document}$\eta(1405)$\end{document} is a potential candidate for a pseudoscalar glueball. The preliminary calculation results indicate that these processes are marginally accessible in the presently running experiments BES III, BELLE II, and LHCb.     

The angular distributions of elastic scattering of 12,13C+Zr

To obtain the neutron spectroscopic amplitudes for \begin{document}${}^{90-96}$\end{document}Zr overlaps, experimental data of elastic scattering with small experimental errors and precise optical potentials were analyzed. In this study, the elastic scattering angular distributions of \begin{document}${}^{12,13}$\end{document}C + \begin{document}${}^{A} {\rm{Zr}}$\end{document} (A = 90, 91, 92, 94, 96) were measured using the high-precision Q3D magnetic spectrometer in the Tandem accelerator. The S?o Paulo potential was used for the optical potential. The optical model and coupled channel calculations were compared with the experimental data. The theoretical results were found to be very close to the experimental data. In addition, the possible effects of the couplings to the inelastic channels of the \begin{document}${}^A {\rm{Zr}}$\end{document} targets and \begin{document}${}^{12, 13}$\end{document}C projectiles on the elastic scattering were studied. It was observed that the couplings to the inelastic channels of the \begin{document}${}^{12,13}$\end{document}C projectiles could improve the agreement with the experimental data, while the inelastic couplings to the target states are of minor importance. The effect of the one-neutron stripping in the \begin{document}${}^{13}$\end{document}C+\begin{document}${}^A {\rm{Zr}}$\end{document} elastic scattering was also studied. The one-neutron stripping channel in \begin{document}${}^{13}$\end{document}C + \begin{document}${}^A {\rm{Zr}}$\end{document} was found to be not relevant and did not affect the elastic scattering angular distributions. Our results also show that in the reactions with the considered zirconium isotopes, the presence of the extra neutron in \begin{document}${}^{13}$\end{document}C does not influence the reaction mechanism, which is governed by the collective excitation of the \begin{document}${}^{12}$\end{document}C core.     

Probing the CP violating Hγγ coupling using interferometry

The diphoton invariant mass distribution from the interference between gg→H→γγ and gg→γγ is almost antisymmetric around the Higgs mass MH.We propose a new observable Aint,the ratio of the sign-reversed integral around MH(e.g.■)and the cross-section of the Higgs signal,to quantify this effect.We study Aint both in the Standard Model(SM)and new physics with various CP violating Hγγ couplings.Aint in SM could reach a value of 10%,while for CP violating Hyy coupling Aint could range from 10% to-10%,which could probably be detected in the HL-LHC experiments.Aint with both CP violating Hγγ and Hgg couplings is also studied,and its range of values is found to be slightly larger.     

Is X(3872) a bound state?

All existing experimental evidence for the bound state nature of X(3872) relies on observing its decay products,which are measured with a finite experimental mass resolution that is typically △m≥2 MeV,and much larger than its alleged binding energy,B_X=0.00(18) MeV.On the other hand,we have found recently that there is a clear cancellation in the 1~(++) channel of the invariant DD~*mass around the threshold between continuum and the bound state.This is very much like a similar cancellation in the proton-neutron continuum with the deuteron in the1~(++) channel.Based on comparative fits with a common Tsallis distribution of the experimental cross-sections for prompt production of deuterons and X(3872) in pp collisions with a finite p_T,we find a strong argument for questioning the bound state nature of this state,which also suggests that the large observed production rate could be consistent with a half-bound state.     

Astrophysical ~(22)Mg(p,γ)~(23)Al reaction rates from asymptotic normalization coefficient of ~(23)Ne→~(22)Ne+n

The radionuclide ~(22)Na generates the emission of a characteristic 1.275 MeV γ-ray. This is a potential astronomical observable, whose occurrence is suspected in classical novae. The ~(22)Mg(p, γ)~(23)Al reaction is relevant to the nucleosynthesis of ~(22)Na in Ne-rich novae. In this study, employing the adiabatic distorted wave approximation and continuum discretized coupled channel methods, the squared neutron asymptotic normalization coefficients(ANCs)231 for the virtual decay of Ne → ~(22)Ne + n were extracted, and determined as(0.483 ± 0.060) fm~(-1) and(9.7 ± 2.3) fm~(-1) for the ground state and the first excited state from the experimental angular distributions of ~(22)Ne(d, p)~(23)Ne populating the ground state and the first excited state of ~(23)Ne, respectively. Then, the squared proton ANC of ~(23)Al_(g.s.) was obtained as C_(d5/2)~(2)(~(23)Al)(2.65 ± 0.33) × 10~3 fm~(-1) according to the charge symmetry of the strong interaction. The astrophysical S-factors and reaction rates for the direct capture contribution in ~(22)Mg(p, γ)~(23)Al were also presented. Furthermore, the proton width of the first excited state of ~(23)Al was derived to be(57 ± 14) eV from the neutron ANC of its mirror state in ~(23)Ne and used to compute the contribution from the first resonance of ~(23)Al. This result demonstrates that the direct capture dominates the ~(22)Mg(p, γ)~(23)Al reaction at most temperatures of astrophysical relevance for 0.33 T_9 0.64.     

Recalibration of the binding energy of hypernuclei measured in emulsion experiments and its implications

The Λ separation energy for Λ hypernuclei,denoted B_Λ,measured in 1967,1968,and 1973 are recalibrated using the current best estimates of the mass of particles and nuclei.The recalibrated B_Λ are systematically larger(except in the case of _Λ~6He) than the originally published values by about 100 keV.The effect of this level of recalibration is very important for light hypemuclei,especially for the hypertriton.The early B_Λ values measured in1967,1968,and 1973 are widely used in theoretical research,and the new results provide better constraints for the conclusions of such studies.     

Neural network study of hidden-charm pentaquark resonances

Recently,the LHCb experiment announced the observation of hidden-charm pentaquark states P,(4312),P_c(4440),and P_c(4457)near Σ_cD and Σ_cD~* thresholds.In this present work,we studied these pentaquarks in the framework of the nonrelativistic quark model with four types of potential.We solved five-body Schrodinger equation by using the artificial neural network method and made predictions of parities for these states,which are not yet determined by experiment.The mass of another possible pentaquark state near the D~*Σ_c~* with J~P=5/2~-is also calculated.     

Analysis of Pcs(4338) and related pentaquark molecular states via QCD sum rules

In this study, we tentatively identify \begin{document}$ P_{cs}(4338) $\end{document} as the \begin{document}$ \bar{D}\Xi_c $\end{document}molecular state and distinguish the isospins of current operators to explore in detail the\begin{document}$ \bar{D}\Xi_c $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ \bar{D}\Lambda_c $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ \bar{D}_s\Xi_c $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ \bar{D}_s\Lambda_c $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ \bar{D}^*\Xi_c $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ \bar{D}^*\Lambda_c $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ \bar{D}^*_s\Xi_c $\end{document}, and \begin{document}$ \bar{D}^*_s\Lambda_c $\end{document} molecular states without strange, with strange, and with double strange in the framework of QCD sum rules. The present exploration favors identifying \begin{document}$ P_{cs}(4338) $\end{document} (\begin{document}$ P_{cs}(4459) $\end{document}) as the \begin{document}$ \bar{D}\Xi_c $\end{document} (\begin{document}$ \bar{D}^*\Xi_c $\end{document}) molecular state with the spin-parity \begin{document}$ J^P={\dfrac{1}{2}}^- $\end{document} (\begin{document}$ {\dfrac{3}{2}}^- $\end{document}) and isospin \begin{document}$ (I,I_3)=(0,0) $\end{document}, and the observation of their cousins with the isospin \begin{document}$ (I,I_3)=(1,0) $\end{document} in the \begin{document}$ J/\psi\Sigma^0/\eta_c\Sigma^0 $\end{document} invariant mass distributions would decipher their inner structures.     

New behaviors of α-particle preformation factors near doubly magic 100Sn

The \begin{document}$ \alpha $\end{document}-particle preformation factors of nuclei above doubly magic nuclei \begin{document}$ ^{100} $\end{document}Sn and \begin{document}$ ^{208} $\end{document}Pb are investigated within the generalized liquid drop model. The results show that the \begin{document}$ \alpha $\end{document}-particle preformation factors of nuclei near self-conjugate doubly magic \begin{document}$ ^{100} $\end{document}Sn are significantly larger than those of analogous nuclei just above \begin{document}$ ^{208} $\end{document}Pb, and they will be enhanced as the nuclei move towards the \begin{document}$ N = Z $\end{document} line. The proton–neutron correlation energy \begin{document}$ E_{p-n} $\end{document} and two protons–two neutrons correlation energy \begin{document}$ E_{2p-2n} $\end{document} of nuclei near \begin{document}$ ^{100} $\end{document}Sn also exhibit a similar situation, indicating that the interactions between protons and neutrons occupying similar single-particle orbitals could enhance the \begin{document}$ \alpha $\end{document}-particle preformation factors and result in superallowed \begin{document}$ \alpha $\end{document} decay. This also provides evidence of the significant role of the proton–neutron interaction on \begin{document}$ \alpha $\end{document}-particle preformation. Also, the linear relationship between \begin{document}$ \alpha $\end{document}-particle preformation factors and the product of valence protons and valence neutrons for nuclei around \begin{document}$ ^{208} $\end{document}Pb is broken in the \begin{document}$ ^{100} $\end{document}Sn region because the \begin{document}$ \alpha $\end{document}-particle preformation factor is enhanced when a nucleus near \begin{document}$ ^{100} $\end{document}Sn moves towards the \begin{document}$ N = Z $\end{document} line. Furthermore, the calculated \begin{document}$ \alpha $\end{document} decay half-lives fit well with the experimental data, including the recent observed self-conjugate nuclei \begin{document}$ ^{104} $\end{document}Te and \begin{document}$ ^{108} $\end{document}Xe [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 182501 (2018)].     

Investigating S-wave bound states composed of two pseudoscalar mesons

In this study, we systematically investigated two-pseudoscalar meson systems with the Bethe-Salpeter equation in the ladder and instantaneous approximations. By solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation numerically with the kernel containing the one-particle exchange diagrams, we found that the \begin{document}$ K\bar{K} $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ DK $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ B\bar{K} $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ D\bar{D} $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ B\bar{B} $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ BD $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ D\bar{K} $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ BK $\end{document}, and \begin{document}$ B\bar{D} $\end{document} systems with \begin{document}$ I=0 $\end{document} can exist as bound states. We also studied the contributions from heavy meson (\begin{document}$ J/\psi $\end{document} and \begin{document}$\Upsilon $\end{document}) exchanges and found that the contributions from heavy meson exchanges cannot be ignored.     

Z0 boson associated b-jet production in high-energy nuclear collisions

The production of vector boson tagged heavy quark jets potentially provides new tools to probe the jet quenching effect. In this paper, we present the first theoretical study on the angular correlations (\begin{document}$ \Delta\phi_{bZ} $\end{document}), transverse momentum imbalance (\begin{document}$ x_{bZ} $\end{document}), and nuclear modification factor (\begin{document}$ I_{AA} $\end{document}) of \begin{document}$ Z^0 $\end{document} boson tagged b-jets in heavy-ion collisions, which was performed using a Monte Carlo transport model. We find that the medium modification of the \begin{document}$ \Delta\phi_{bZ} $\end{document} for \begin{document}$ Z^0$\end{document} + b-jet has a weaker dependence on \begin{document}$ \Delta\phi_{bZ} $\end{document} than that for \begin{document}$ Z^0$\end{document} + jet, and the modification patterns are sensitive to the initial jet \begin{document}$ p_T $\end{document} distribution. Additionally, with the high purity of the quark jet in \begin{document}$ Z^0$\end{document} + (b-) jet production, we calculate the momentum imbalance \begin{document}$ x_{bZ} $\end{document} and the nuclear modification factor \begin{document}$ I_{AA} $\end{document} of \begin{document}$ Z^0$\end{document} + b-jet in Pb+Pb collisions. We observe a smaller \begin{document}$ \Delta \langle x_{jZ} \rangle $\end{document} and larger \begin{document}$ I_{AA} $\end{document} of \begin{document}$ Z^0$\end{document} + b-jet in Pb+Pb collisions relative to those of \begin{document}$ Z^0$\end{document} + jet, which may be an indication of the mass effect of jet quenching and can be tested in future measurements.     

Direct CP violation of three body decay processes from the resonance effect

The physical state of \begin{document}$ \rho-\omega-\phi $\end{document} mesons can be mixed using the unitary matrix. The decay processes \begin{document}$ \omega \rightarrow \pi^{+}\pi^{-} $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ \phi \rightarrow \pi^{+}\pi^{-} $\end{document} originate from isospin symmetry breaking. The \begin{document}$ \rho-\omega $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ \rho-\phi $\end{document}, and \begin{document}$ \omega-\phi $\end{document} interferences lead to a resonance contribution to produce strong phases. \begin{document}$ CP $\end{document} violation is considered from isospin symmetry breaking due to the new strong phase of the first order. \begin{document}$ CP $\end{document} violation can be enhanced greatly for the decay process \begin{document}$ B^{0}\rightarrow \pi^+\pi^{-}\eta^{(')} $\end{document} when the invariant masses of \begin{document}$ \pi^+\pi^{-} $\end{document} pairs are in the area around the \begin{document}$ \omega $\end{document} resonance range and \begin{document}$ \phi $\end{document} resonance range in perturbative QCD. We also discuss the possibility of searching for the predicted \begin{document}$ CP $\end{document} violation at the LHC.     

Analysis of hidden-charm pentaquark molecular states with and without strangeness via the QCD sum rules

In this study, we investigate the \begin{document}$\bar{D}\Sigma_c$\end{document}, \begin{document}$\bar{D}\Xi^\prime_c$\end{document}, \begin{document}$\bar{D}\Sigma_c^*$\end{document}, \begin{document}$\bar{D}\Xi_c^*$\end{document}, \begin{document}$\bar{D}^{*}\Sigma_c$\end{document}, \begin{document}$\bar{D}^{*}\Xi^\prime_c$\end{document}, \begin{document}$\bar{D}^{*}\Sigma_c^*$\end{document}, and \begin{document}$\bar{D}^{*}\Xi_c^*$\end{document} pentaquark molecular states with and without strangeness via the QCD sum rules in detail, focusing on the light flavor, \begin{document}$SU(3)$\end{document} , breaking effects, and make predictions for new pentaquark molecular states besides assigning \begin{document}$P_c(4312)$\end{document}, \begin{document}$P_c(4380)$\end{document}, \begin{document}$P_c(4440)$\end{document}, \begin{document}$P_c(4457)$\end{document} , and \begin{document}$P_{cs}(4459)$\end{document} self-consistently. In the future, we can search for these pentaquark molecular states in the decay of \begin{document}$\Lambda_b^0$\end{document}, \begin{document}$\Xi_b^0$\end{document} , and \begin{document}$\Xi_b^-$\end{document} . Furthermore, we discuss high-dimensional vacuum condensates in detail.     

Production of bottomonium-like Z_b states in e-h and ultraperipheral h-h collisions

The photoproduction of the bottomonium-like states Z_b(10610) and Z_b(10650) via γ p scattering is studied within an effective Lagrangian approach and the vector-meson-dominance model. The Regge model is employed to calculate the photoproduction of Z_b states via the t-channel with π exchange. The numerical results show that the values of the total cross-sections of Z_b(10610) and Z_b(10650) can reach 0.09 nb and 0.02 nb, respectively,near the center-of-mass energy of 22 GeV. Experimental measurements and studies of the photoproduction of Z_b states near the energy region around W ■ 22 GeV are suggested. Moreover, with the help of eSTARlight and STARlight programs, we have obtained the cross-sections and numbers of events for Z_b(10610) production in electron-ion collisions(EIC) and ultraperipheral collisions(UPCs). The results show that a considerable number of Z_b(10610)events can be produced in the relevant experiments on EICs and UPCs. We have also calculated the rates and kinematic distributions for γp → Z_bn in ep and pA collisions via EICs and UPCs. The results will provide an important reference for the RHIC, LHC, EIC-US, LHeC, and FCC experiments in searching for bottomonium-like Z_b states.     

Mixing of X and Y states from QCD sum rules analysis

We study \begin{document}$ \bar{Q}Q\bar{q}q $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ \bar{Q}qQ\bar{q} $\end{document} states as mixed states in QCD sum rules. By calculating the two-point correlation functions of pure states of their corresponding currents, we review the mass and coupling constant predictions of \begin{document}$ J^{PC} = 1^{++} $\end{document}, \begin{document}$1^{--}$\end{document}, and \begin{document}$ 1^{-+} $\end{document} states. By calculating the two-point mixed correlation functions of \begin{document}$ \bar{Q}Q\bar{q}q $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ \bar{Q}qQ\bar{q} $\end{document} currents, we estimate the mass and coupling constants of the corresponding "physical state" that couples to both \begin{document}$ \bar{Q}Q\bar{q}q $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ \bar{Q}qQ\bar{q} $\end{document} currents. Our results suggest that for \begin{document}$ 1^{++} $\end{document} states, the \begin{document}$ \bar{Q}Q\bar{q}q $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ \bar{Q}qQ\bar{q} $\end{document} components are more likely to mix, while for \begin{document}$ 1^{--} $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ 1^{-+} $\end{document} states, there is less mixing between \begin{document}$ \bar{Q}Q\bar{q}q $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ \bar{Q}qQ\bar{q} $\end{document}. Our results suggest the Y series of states have more complicated components.