β-delayed proton decays near the proton drip line

Simply speaking, the drip line is the margin in chart of the nuclides where the nu-clides with the lower limits of detectable lifetime survive. The N/Z ratios of the nuclides on the drip line are extreme. Synthesis of the nuclei near the drip line and study of their exotic decays deal with the physics under extreme conditions, and therefore become one of the frontiers in nuclear physics today. The rare-earth nuclei near the proton drip line have been predicted to be highly deformed[1]. They a…     

Model-independent data reductions of elastic proton–proton scattering

New developments in empirical analyses of the proton–proton differential cross section data at high energies are reported. Making use of an unconstrained model-independent parametrization for the scattering amplitude and two different fit procedures, all the experimental data in the center-of-mass energy interval 19.4–62.5 GeV are quite well described (optical point and data above the region of Coulomb-nuclear interference). The contributions from the real and imaginary parts of the amplitude beyond the forward direction are discussed and compared with the results from previous analyses and phenomenological models. Extracted overlap functions (impact parameter space) are outlined and a critical discussion on model-independent analyses and results are also presented.     

Nuclear-like effects in proton–proton collisions at high energy

We show that several effects considered nuclear effects are not nuclear in the sense that they do not only occur in nucleus–nucleus and hadron–nucleus collisions but, as well, they are present in hadron–hadron (proton–proton) collisions. The matter creation mechanism in hh, hA and AA collision is always the same. The p _T suppression of particles produced in large multiplicity events compared to low multiplicity events, the elliptic flow and the Cronin effect are predicted to occur in pp collisions at LHC energies as a consequence of the high density partonic medium obtained.     

Calculation of gluon contribution to the proton spin by using the non-perturbative quantization à la Heisenberg

The contribution of crossed gluon fields in flux tubes connecting quarks to the proton spin is calculated. The calculations are performed following non-perturbative Heisenberg’s quantization technique. In our approach a proton is considered as consisting of three quarks connected by three flux tubes. The flux tubes contain colour longitudinal electric and transversal electric and magnetic fields. The transversal fields causes the appearance of the angular momentum density. The dimensionless relation between the angular momentum and the mass of the gluon fields is obtained. The contribution to proton spin from rotating quarks and flux tubes connecting quarks is estimated. Simple numerical relation between the proton mass, the speed of light and the proton radius, which is of the same order as the Planck constant, is discussed.     

Intramolecular surfaces for vicinal proton–proton coupling constants 3JHH

Equations for the intramolecular surfaces of the ³J_HH coupling constants in ethane, ethylene, and acetylene are formulated, and the corresponding coefficients are estimated from calculations at the DFT/B3LYP level. The chosen variables are changes in bond lengths, in the torsion angle φ between the coupled protons H_a and H_b, in bond angles, and in dihedral angles. The ³J_HH surface of ethane is formulated as an extended Karplus equation with the coefficients of a truncated Fourier series on the torsion angle φ expanded as second-order Taylor series in the chosen variables taking into account the invariance of ³J_HH under reflections and rotations of nuclear coordinates. Partial vibrational contributions from linear and square terms corresponding to changes in the geometry of the H_a ? C_a ? C_b ? H_b fragment are important while those from cross terms are small with a few exceptions. The ³J_HH surface of ethane is useful to predict contributions to ³J_HH from changes in local geometry of derivatives but vibrational contributions are predicted less satisfactorily. The predicted values at the B3LYP/BS2 level of the ³J_HH couplings (vibrational contributions at 300 K) from equilibrium geometries are 9.79 (?0.17) for acetylene, and 17.08 (1.93) and 10.73(0.93) for the trans and cis couplings of ethylene.     

Transverse spin asymmetries for W-production in proton–proton collisions

We study parity-even and parity-odd polarization observables for the process pp→l^±X$pp\to l^{\pm }X$, where the lepton comes from the decay of a W-boson. By using the collinear twist-3 factorization approach, we consider the case when one proton is transversely polarized, while the other is either unpolarized or longitudinally polarized. These observables give access to two particular quark–gluon–quark correlation functions, which have a direct relation to transverse momentum dependent parton distributions. We present numerical estimates for RHIC kinematics. Measuring, for instance, the parity-even transverse single spin correlation would provide a crucial test of our current understanding of single spin asymmetries in the framework of QCD.     

Method study of parameter choice for a circular proton–proton collider

In this paper we show a systematic method of appropriate parameter choice for a circular proton–proton collider by using an analytical expression for the beam–beam tune shift limit, starting from a given design goal and technical limitations. A suitable parameter space has been explored. Based on the parameter scan, sets of appropriate parameters designed for a 50 km and 100 km circular proton–proton collider are proposed.     

Pion absorption by16O using realistic interactions—II: Free pion absorption followed by emission of proton

Matrix element of the Gallilean invariant nonrelativistic reduction of the pseudoscalar-pseudovector interaction has been calculated for free pion absorption by a single nucleon inside the nucleus of¹⁶O. The Hartree-Fock wavefunctions obtained with the unitary-model-operator approach starting with the hard-core nucleon-nucleon interaction have been used for the π-capturing nucleon in the initial state. The initial pion distortion in the presence of nuclear field of the absorbing nucleus prior to its absorption together with the Coulomb interaction with the finite nuclear size has been taken into account. The distortion of the emitted proton in the field of the residual nucleus has also been considered. The differential cross-sections have been obtained and calculated results are compared with the previous experimental and theoretical work.     

α Emission in proton induced reactions

The continuous spectra of theα particles emitted in reactions induced by protons on⁹³Nb,¹⁰⁷Ag,¹¹⁸Sn,¹⁶⁵Ho,¹⁶⁹Tm have been measured at several energies ranging from 20 to 45 MeV. The spectra have been analysed in the framework of the Exciton model assuming that the emittedα's pre-existed in the target nucleus and evaluating their energy distribution on the basis of nucleon-α scattering dynamics in nuclear matter. Nuclear Reactions⁹³Nb,¹⁰⁷Ag,¹¹⁸Sn,¹⁶⁵Ho,¹⁶⁹Tm(p,α...).E=20–45MeV; Measured \(\frac{{d\sigma (E_\alpha )}}{{dE_\alpha }}\) ; calculated \(\frac{{d\sigma (E_\alpha )}}{{dE_\alpha }}\) .     

Non-Faradaic electrochemical modification of the catalytic activity of Pt using a CaZr0.9In0.1O3-α proton conductor

The effect of non-Faradaic electrochemical modification of catalytic activity (NEMCA) was investigated for the case of C₂H₄ oxidation on a Pt polycrystalline catalyst film also acting as a working electrode in a galvanic cell of the type: $$C_2 H_4 ,O_2 ,CO_2 ,H_2 O,Pt|CaZr_{0.9} In_{0.1} O_{3 - \alpha } |Au,C_2 H_4 , O_2 ,CO_2 ,H_2 O$$ In addition to proton conduction, CaZr_0.9In_0.1O_3-α is known to exhibit oxygen and hole conduction. Proton conduction predominates over the temperature range, 380 to 460 °C, of the present investigation. It was found that negative current application, i.e. proton supply to the Pt catalyst film causes up to 500% reversible enhancement to the rate of C₂H₄ oxidation. The catalytic rate increase is up to 20,000 higher than the rate, -I/F, of proton supply to the catalyst. The observed phenomena are discussed within the framework of previous electrochemical promotion (NEMCA) studies.     

Prediction of vicinal proton–proton coupling constants 3 J HH from density functional theory calculations

Vicinal coupling constants ³ J _HH have been calculated at the optimized geometries for a series of selected molecules with the aim of developing a practical procedure for predicting this kind of coupling. Calculations of couplings and optimizations of molecular geometries have been carried out at the DFT/B3LYP level using a moderate sized basis set. When the Fermi contact contributions to ³ J _HH calculated for 25 mono- and 23 1,1-di-substituted ethanes are multiplied by a factor of 0.904, the corresponding predicted couplings J ^pre are in good agreement with the experimental J ^exp couplings, with standard deviation σ of 0.10?Hz. When such a comparison is carried out for the remaining sets of molecules the σ deviation increases to 0.26?Hz for a dataset of 21 couplings from 11 monosubstituted cyclohexanes, to 0.19?Hz for a dataset of 40 couplings from 6 norbornane type molecules and to 0.25?Hz for a dataset of 54 couplings from 14 three-membered rings. For the complete dataset of 163 couplings the?σ?deviation amounts to 0.20?Hz. This figure is further reduced to 0.17?Hz by adding to the J ^pre coupling a small correction given by the term ?0.15cos?, depending on the dihedral angle ? between the coupled protons. A larger σ deviation of 0.31?Hz was reported for the best empirically parameterized extended Karplus equation. DFT J ^pre values could be further improved by more accurate calculations for the pertinent substituted ethane constituents of the molecule in question by applying a substituent effect model.     

Structure of the proton emitter La studied by proton and γ-ray spectroscopy

Proton radioactivity from ¹¹⁷La was re-investigated with much improved statistics and precision. Only the ground-state proton decay (Ep=813(3) keV, T1/2=20.1(25) ms) was observed, no evidence for a previously reported isomeric proton decay was found. Prompt γ rays in ¹¹⁷La were identified using the Recoil-Decay Tagging method. Overall the data indicate that the proton-emitting state is associated with a Kπ=3/²⁺ configuration, in agreement with all the published proton-decay calculations and predictions for the ground-state configuration of ¹¹⁷La calculated in the framework of either adiabatic or non-adiabatic particle models. However, this is not in agreement with the most recent state-of-the-art quasi-particle non-adiabatic model calculations which predict a Kπ=7/²⁻ configuration.