Geoneutrinos

Academician M.A. Markov in the 1960s first proposed detecting the electron antineutrino in the reaction of inverse beta decay on a proton to study the processes inside the Earth. The radioactive isotopes ²³⁸U, ²³²Th, and ⁴⁰K present in our planet decay with radiation of neutrinos (antineutrinos). Neutrinos that are produced reach the Earth’s surface practically without absorption and carry information about the internal structure of the planet. However, because of the smallness of the antineutrino fluxes and interaction cross sections with matter, antineutrinos of geological origin were first registered in only two experiments (Borexino and Kamland) in recent years. The experimental observation of antineutrinos from the isotope decays in the depths of the Earth is the only way to study the radiation in our planetary interior.     

Prospects for p̄p → ȲY studies at PANDA

Strangeness and charm production provide an excellent probe of QCD in the confinement domain. With the PANDA detector at FAIR, this can be studied in e.g., hyperon production in the p?p → ?Y reactions. In PANDA, all ground state strange hyperons and single charmed Λ’s will be accessible. Simulations show that the differential cross sections and spin observables can be well reconstructed for these reaction channels.     

Investigation of double-beta decay with the NEMO-3 detector

The double-beta-decay experiment NEMO-3 has been taking data since February 2003. The aim of this experiment is to search for neutrinoless (0 νββ) decay and investigate two neutrino doublebeta decay in seven different isotopically enriched samples (¹⁰⁰Mo, ⁸²Se, ⁴⁸Ca, ⁹⁶Zr, ¹¹⁶Cd, ¹³⁰Te, and ¹⁵⁰Nd). After analysis of the data corresponding to 3.75 yr, no evidence for 0 νββ decay in the 100Mo and 82Se samples was found. The half-life limits at the 90% C.L. are 1.1 × 10²⁴ and 3.6 × 10²³ yr, respectively. Additionally for 0 νββ decay the following limits at the 90% C.L. were obtained, >1.3 × 10²² yr for ⁴⁸Ca, >9.2 × 10²¹ yr for ⁹⁶Zr, and >1.8 × 10²² yr for 150Nd. The 2 νββ decay half-life values were precisely measured for all investigated isotopes.     

Search for anomalous and exotic cosmic rays phenomena in the CMS experiment on the CASTOR calorimeter at the large hadron collider

The creation of the CASTOR forward calorimeter in the compact muon spectrometer (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN enabled us to perform experiments at energies corresponding to those of cosmic rays but at much greater intensities, the most important factor in studying rare and anomalous phenomena.     

Searches for extra dimensions in the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

Predictions of multidimensonal theories are analyzed, and the possibility of detecting signals from extra spatial dimensions in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is studied.     

Recent results on the spin structure of the nucleon

The process of polarised deep inelastic scattering and the information it has given on the spin structure of the nucleon are introduced. The experimental programmes in this field are described and the latest inclusive and semi-inclusive data and analyses are reviewed. Proposed future measurements are summarised.