Neutrino production of M+ and E+ heavy leptons (I)

A theoretical study is made of M⁺ and E⁺ heavy lepton production in inclusive neutrino reactions. The production cross sections on protons are found to be enhanced over those for isoscalar targets and can in principle exceed the cross sections for the ordinary v_μ+p→μ^?+X process at high energies. New estimates are given for the decay branching ratios taking into account the SPEAR data on electron positron annihilation. Monte Carlo techniques are employed to calculate q² ? v spectra and y distributions for both the production process where v_μ→M⁺ and the effective process where v_μ→μ⁺. The normalized results are rather insensitive to the set of structure functions used.     

First observation of the production and decay of the Σc+

An event with the decay chain Σ_c⁺ → Λ_c⁺ + π⁰, Λ_c⁺ → K^? + p + π⁺, has been observed in an exposure of BEBC, equipped with a track sensitive target, to the wide band neutrino beam from the SPS at CERN. The event has a unique three constraint kinematic fit to the ΔS = ?ΔQ reaction v + p → μ^? + p + K^? + π⁺ + π⁺ + π⁰ with both gammas from the π⁰ decay detected. The proton and other final state particles are identified. The masses are M(Λ_c⁺) = 2290 ± 3 MeV/c², M(Σ_c⁺) = 2457 ± 4 MeV/c² and M(Σ_c⁺) ? M(Λ_c⁺) = 168 ± 3 MeV/c². Including other data one obtains M (Σ_c⁺⁺) ? M(Σ_c⁺) = 0 ± 4 MeV/c².     

Neutral heavy lepton candidate in e+e− interactions

An event of the form e⁺e^? → μ⁺μ^? + (2 jets) recently observed at √s = 43.45 GeV is interpreted as production of a pair of neutral heavy leptons N, each with mass 20.5 ± 1.0 Gev/c². Two possibilities are explored: (i) the lepton is a wak isodoublet neutrino, produced in pairs by virtual Z⁰ decay. In this case, one expects $\text{B(}\text{Z}{}^0\text{→}\text{N}\text{N}\text{) ≈ 5\%}$; (ii) the lepton is a “right-handed neutrino”, produced in pairs via a new vector boson Z_χ. In this case, in one model, the Z_χ must lie between about 50 and 67 GeV/c². More generally, it must be very weakly coupled to ordinary quarks and leptons in order not to conflict with low-q² neutral-current data. Suggestions are made for further observation of N$\text{N}$ pairs and other effects of Z_χ in forthcoming e⁺e^? and p$\text{p}$ collisions.     

Yields of H+ and He+ at the energy for elastic scattering from H2+3He+ incident on Ag and Pd

Yields, Y, of H⁺ and He⁺ emerging specularly with the energy for single binary elastic collisions have been measured from polycrystalline Ag and Pd surfaces bombarded with mixed monoenergetic (300 < E₀ < 2600 eV) beams of H₂⁺³He⁺ impinging at an angle of 45° from the surface normal. The surfaces were exposed to H₂⁺ at a dynamic pressure of 8 × 10^?3 Pa (6 × 10^?5 Torr) during the measurements. The He⁺ yields from Pd are slightly larger than from Ag, and the H⁺ yields from Pd are 10 to 40 times as large as those from Ag. These results suggest that differences between Pd and Ag in the amount of hydrogen adsorbed and in the character of the hydrogen-metal bond may be responsible for the yield differences through shadowing by, and possibly the sputtering of, adsorbed hydrogen. The Y versus E₀ curves for all four systems have qualitatively the same singly peaked shape which implies that reactive and noble gas ions undergo similar neutralization processes during elastic surface collisions. The ratios of the yields from Ag and Pd do not exhibit the theoretically expected exponential dependence on collision time over the entire range studied, but at the lowest energies the ratios lead to estimates of the difference of neutralization constants which do agree with theory. The potential utility of the large difference in proton yields from Ag and Pd for studying the Ag-Pd alloy system is noted.     

Effect of M+2 ions on the luminescence of Pb+2 in NaCl

The effect of additional doping with M⁺² ions on the luminescence of NaCl:Pb⁺² has been systematically investigated. The data show that the same two emissions at 310 and 380 nm are observed for mixed Pb⁺²-M⁺² clusters as for Pb⁺² aggregates. Moreover, the presence of a M⁺² ion associated to a Pb⁺² ion in a mixed cluster shifts the 310 nm emission (predominantly observed for free Pb⁺²-vacancy dipoles) to 380 nm. The results are consistent with the Fukuda's model, involving an emission at 310 nm from tetragonal (T) minima in the adiabatic potential energy surface (APES) and another one from less symmetry (X) minima at 380 nm. The data for NaCl:Pb⁺²:Mn⁺², show that an excitation transfer is taking place from the X minima of the ³T_1u state of Pb⁺² to Mn⁺².     

Search for narrow resonances in the reaction γ + Be → e+e− + X at 1.8 ⩽ Me+e− ⩽ 2.6 GeV

The reaction γ + Be → e⁺e^? + X was studied with a bremsstrahlung beam of 7.2 GeV maximum energy. For invariant pair masses 1.8 ? M_e⁺e^? 2.6 GeV, no evidence for narrow resonance of width smaller than 40 MeV was found. For the mass interval 2.1 ? M_e⁺e^? ? 2.6 GeV, we obtained an upper limit of σ · B_e⁺e^? < 2 × 10^?35 cm²/nucleon (90% confidence level), assuming a production mechanism similar to the θ (1019) meson.     

Upper limit to the cross-section for the process νμ + e− → νμ + e−

An upper limit of 3 × 10^?42E_ν cm² per electron, at 90% confidence level, has been obtained for the cross section of the process ν_μ + e^? → ν_μ + e^?, interpreted in the usual V-A framework, for an electron recoil energy larger than 0.3 GeV. This estimate is based on the observation of one candidate event in exposures of Gargamelle to the CERN PS neutrino beam.     

Systematic study of the product((E(2_2~+)/E(2_1~+)) * B(E2)↑) through the asymmetric rotor model

A systematic study of the product((E(2_2~+)/E(2_1~+))*B(E2)↑) is carried out in the major shell space Z=50-82,N=82-126 within the framework of the asymmetric rotor model where the asymmetry parameter γ0reflects change in the nuclear structure.A systematic study of the product((E(2+)/E(2+))*B(E2)↑) with neutron number N is also discussed.The product((E(2_2~+)/E(2_1~+))*B(E2)↑) provides a direct correlation with the asymmetry parameter γ0.The effect of subshells is visible in Ba-Gd nuclei with N 82,but not in Hf-Pt nuclei with N 104.We study,for the first time,the dependency of the product((E(2_2~+)/E(2_1~+))*B(E2)↑) on the asymmetry parameterγ0.     

Vibrational analysis of the a3Σ+-X1Σ+ and b3Π-X1Σ+ band systems of GeS

Spectra of GeS have been obtained in a chemiluminescent flame produced by the reaction Ge + OCS → GeS + CO. Neither of the known band systems, D¹Π-X¹Σ⁺ and E¹Σ⁺-X¹Σ⁺, was observed, but two new band systems in the regions 350–400 and 420–650 nm were obtained. By comparison with similar systems in isovalent molecules, these were assigned as b³Π₁-X¹Σ⁺ and a³Σ⁺-X¹Σ⁺, respectively. Vibrational assignments were made with the help of the germanium isotope effect and vibrational constants were obtained for the states involved. Approximate Morse potential Franck-Condon factors were computed and were shown to fit the general trend of the intensity distribution for both systems. Addition of active nitrogen to the flame was shown to increase the intensity of the b-X system by an order of magnitude while hardly affecting the a-X system. Constants (in cm^?1) obtained for the two new states are: a³Σ⁺: T_e = 21986.3 ± 2.3, ω_e = 388.9 ± 1.0, ω_ex_e = 1.35 ± 0.11; b³Π₁: T_e = 27192.0 ± 1.8, ω_e = 435.4 ± 1.1, ω_ex_e = 1.68 ± 0.20.     

Threshold π+ electroproduction at high-momentum transfer: A determination of the nucleon axial vector form factor

Threshold π⁺ electroproduction has been measured at momentum transfers 6k²6 of 0.45, 0.58 and 0.88 (GeV/c)², extending the range of earlier measurements. Using PCAC and current algebra-based models we have deduced the axial vector form factor of the nucleon G_A(k²), and find that the dipole parametrisation is favoured over the monopole. The value of M_A in the dipole parametrisation is, in a weak PCAC model, 0.96 ± 0.03 GeV, in excellent agreement with neutrino measurements. The threshold cross section is also in excellent agreement with the predictions of a fixed-t dispersion relation model.     

Polarization labelling spectroscopy of the A 1Σ+u band of Na2

A result of the polarization labelling spectroscopy of the A ¹Σ⁺_u band of sodium dimer for the high vibrational quantum number υ'>20 is reported. The frequency difference δv=v_obs-v_cal is found to decrease from 2 to -3 cm^-1 as the rotational levels (υ'=27?30), where v_cal is the calculated transition frequency using the Dunham coefficients of Demtröder and Stock for the X ¹Σ⁺_g band and of Kusch and Hessel for the A ¹Σ⁺_u band.     

The development of a new Morse-oscillator based rotation-vibration Hamiltonian for H3+

The rotation-vibration Hamiltonian for an equilateral triangular X₃ molecule is derived in terms of the three curvilinear stretching coordinates Δr_i, and expanded in the form of a power series in the variables y_i = 1 ? exp(-aΔr_i), where a is a molecular parameter obtained from the potential function. The reason for the use of the variable y_i is twofold: Stretching potentials exhibit a much stronger convergence in the y_i than in the Δr_i, and a Hamiltonian expressed in the y_i can be diagonalized in a straightforward fashion using a Morse-oscillator basis set as we do here. Using a published ab initio potential surface we have expanded it as a polynomial in the y_i, and have calculated variationally the rotation-vibration energies of H₃⁺ and D₃⁺ using a symmetry-adapted Morse-oscillator-rigid symmetric top basis set. The results indicate that an expansion of the potential function to quartic terms in the y_i might be adequate, and that satisfactorily converged energies can be obtained with a relatively small basis set. The molecule H₃⁺ is the simplest polyatomic molecule. Inspection of the Appendix of this paper shows that the rotation-vibration Hamiltonian used here is one of the more complicated ones.     

The energy dependence of single particle spectra in e+e− annihilation

We present explicit predictions of the statistical bootstrap model for inclusive single particle spectra in e⁺e^? annihilation. The distribution (ω/σ_tot·E) (dσ/p² dp) is found to become, for E ? 3 GeV, a function only of the secondary energy ω, independent of the incident e⁺d^? energy E.     

Low-energy transition depopulating the isomeric 8+ level in 208Po

Conversion electron measurements of the low-energy transition depopulating the isomeric 8⁺ level in ²⁰⁸Po yielded E_γ = 4025 ± 20 eV and the conversion intensity ratios N₁/N₂ ? 0.2, N₂/N₃ = 0.75 ± 0.10, N_4.5/N₃ ? 0.2, O/N₃ = 0.35 ± 0.10, P/N₃ ? 0.1 and N₃/M₃ = 0.4 ± 0.2. These ratios are in accord with our calculations for the E2 multipolarity and exclude all other multipolarities with L ≦ 4. The total conversion coefficient was calculated to be 1.31 × 10⁷.     

A study by E.S.R. of Mn2+ in potassium chromate

Divalent manganese ions are found in potassium chromate single crystals after heating at 600°C in the presence of iodine. These ions occupy three differently oriented sites with the same spin Hamiltonian parameters: g_z = 2·000, g_x = 2·008, g_y = 2·015; A_z = ?88·4 G, A_x = A_y = ?91 G; D = 190 and E = ?30 G.The authors suggest that Mn²⁺ occupies a substitutional (K⁺) position rather than an interstitial one. The influence of iodine is discussed.     

The missing mass squared dependence of the average charged particle multiplicity in the reaction K+p → KoX++ from 5–16 GeV/c

The average charged particle multiplicity, 〈n_ch(M_X²)〉, in the reaction K⁺p→K^oX⁺⁺ is studied as a function of the mass squared, M_X², of the recoil system X and also as a function of the K^o transverse momentum, p_T, at incident momenta of 5.0, 8.2 and 16.0 GeV/c. The complete data samples yield distributions which are not independent of c.m. energy squared, s, They exhibit a linear dependence on log (M_X²_X/M_o²)[M_o²=1 GeV²] with a change in slope occurring for M_X²≈s/2, and do not agree with the corresponding distributions of 〈n_ch〉 as a function of s for K⁺ p inelastic scattering. Sub-samples of the data for which K^o production via beam fragmentation, central production and target fragmentation are expected to be the dominant mechanisms show that, within error, the distribution of 〈n_ch(M_X²)〉 versus M_X² is independent of incident momentum for each sub-sample separately. In particular in the beam fragmentation region the 〈n_ch(M_X²)〉 versus M_X² distribution agrees rather well with that of 〈n_ch〉 versus s for inelastic K⁺p interactions. The latter result agrees with recent results on the reactions pp → pX and π^?p → pX in the NAL energy range. Evidence is presented for the presence of different production mechanisms in these separate regions.     

πo and π+ production with polarized photons in the energy range 1–2 GeV

The asymmetry of π^o and π⁺ photoproduction from hydrogen has been measured. The π^o-mesons were detected at 130° cms with E_γ ranged from 0.9 to 1.65 GeV, and the π⁺-mesons at 40° cms with E_γ ranged from 0.9 to 1.2 GeV. The results agree with model predictions of single pion photoproduction in the resonance region using fixed-t dispersion relations.     

EPR of orthorhombic Gd3+-M+ complexes in SrF2

In this paper we report new results of EPR experiments on orthorhombic Gd³⁺-M⁺ complexes (M = Na, K, Rb and Ag) in SrF₂. Special attention is payed to the second degree crystal field parameters B⁰₂ and B²₂ and a comparison with earlier results on corresponding complexes in CaF₂ and BaF₂ is made. We conclude that the main contributions to these crystal field parameters are of electrostatic nature.     

Deperturbation of the N2+ first negative group B2Σu+-X2Σg+

Twelve bands of the N₂⁺B²Σ_u⁺-X²Σ_g⁺ system, including v_B = 0–6 and v_X = 0–8, are reanalyzed. All effects of B²Σ_u⁺ ～ A²Π_u perturbations are explicitly considered. Despite the use of high precision (0.01 cm^?1) line measurements, no evidence for a perturber other than A²Π_u is obtained. Deperturbed constants for the B²Σ_u⁺ and X²Σ_g⁺ states are derived. The deperturbation is shown to be self-consistent and complete (excluding effects of the C²Σ_u⁺ state) by examining semiempirical relationships of the perturbation matrix elements with the spin-rotation constants of the B and X states and atomic spin-orbit parameters. A number of previous analyses of transitions involving the v_B = 3 and 5 levels are found to be incorrect.     

Measurement of the branching ratios for Kμ2+, Kπ2+, Ke3+ and Ke3+ decays using a magnetic spectrometer with streamer chambers

The momenta of ～30 000 charged particles from K⁺ decays were measured using a magnetic spectrometer with streamer chambers. The ratio R = Γ(K_π2⁺)/Γ(K_μ2⁺) = 0.3355 ± 0.0057 was obtained. Our values for the branching ratios are: (63.18±0.43)% for K_μ2⁺, (21.18±0.33)% for K_π2⁺, (3.33±0.51)% for K_μ3⁺, (4.99±0.54)% for K_e3⁺.