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.     

Enhancements observed in the two-proton invariant mass distribution in the pionless deuteron breakup at 3.3 GeV/c

A sample of “non-spectator” events in the pionless deuteron breakup at a 3.3 GeV/c momentum has been investigated by means of a 1 m HBC at the JINR, Dubna. The two-proton invariant mass spectrum in the charge exchange channel exhibits two enhancements for masses of 2,010 MeV/c² and 2,160 MeV/c². Theoretical calculations taking into account one-pion exchange diagrams and virtual pion absorption by the deuteron have been carried out. It has been shown that the enhancement atM _pp=2,010 MeV/c² can be explained if some kind of singularity near theN-N threshold is required. The observed maximum atM _pp=2,160 MeV/c² is caused mainly by intermediate Δ production and pion absorption on the deuteron.     

Missing mass analysis of the A−2 at 6.0 GeV/c

The missing mass spectrum in the region of the A^?₂ has been measured in the reaction π^?p→X^?p at 6.0 GeV/c in the interval 0.27 <|t|<0.42 (GeV/c)², with an optical spark chamber system which simultaneously observed the decay X^?→ηπ^?. A signal of 230 events above background per five MeV interval is observed at the A₂ peak, with a signal-to-background ratio of greater than 1:1. A single D-wave Breit-Wigner distribution with a quadratic background gives a good fit to the data, yielding the parameters M₀=(1.324±0.003) GeV/c² and Γ₀=(0.104±0.009) GeV/c². The spectrum is incompatible with a dipole shape.     

Precision measurement of the muon momentum in pion decay at rest

A new series of precision measurements of the muon momentum p_μ⁺ in the decay π→μ⁺v_μ at rest have been made using a magnetic spectrometer. The result is p_μ⁺=(29.79139 ± 0.00083) MeV/c. The consequences of this value for the rest masses of the muon neutrino and of the charged pion are discussed.     

Binding energies of λλ hypernuclei and the λλ interaction

The binding energies of the ΛΛ hypernuclei ¹⁰_ΛΛBe and ⁶_ΛΛHe are calculated variationally with a 2α + 2Λ and with an α + 2Λ model, respectively. For ¹⁰_ΛΛBe the integrations were made with Monte Carlo techniques while for ⁶_ΛΛHe direct numerical methods were used. A wide range of phenomenological ΛΛ potentials based on meson-exchange models was considered. An approximately universal linear relation between the calculated values of $\text{B}{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{(}{}^{10}{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{Be}\text{)}$ and of $\text{B}{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{(}{}^6{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{He}\text{)}$ is obtained. For the experimental value of $\text{B}{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{(}{}^{10}{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{Be}\text{) = 17.7 ± 0.1}\text{MeV}$ this relation predicts a much too small value of $\text{B}{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{(}{}^6{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{He}\text{)}$, well below the lower limit of the quoted experimental value of 10.9 ± 0.6 MeV. For ΛΛ potentials with repulsive cores the relations, for a given $\text{B}{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{(}{}^{10}{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{Be}\text{)}$, between the low-energy ΛΛ scattering parameters a, r₀ and the intrinsic range b are both approximately universal and independent of the detailed potential shape. For the experimental value of $\text{B}{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{(}{}^{10}{}_{\mathrm{\Lambda \Lambda }}\text{Be}\text{)}$ the preferred values are 2.5 ? ?a ? 3.5 fm, 2.6 ? r₀ ? 3.1 fm. The large and negative values of a correspond to conditions not too far from a bound ¹S₀ ΛΛ state and could indicate a 6-quark dibaryon state with the same quantum numbers and above the ΛΛ threshold.     

Half-life and configuration of the 1/2+ intruder state in203Bi

The decay properties of theJ ^π=1/2⁺,E _exc=1,098 keV state in²⁰³Bi were studied. The state was populated via the²⁰⁴Pb(p, 2n) reaction and the activity was studied with the ion guide isotope separator on-line system IGISOL. The half-life of the 1/2⁺ state was measured to beT _1/2=303 ±5 ms. From this value the partial half-lives of the three depopulating branches 1/2⁺ →7/2^? (E3), 1/2⁺→5/2^? (E3 +M2) and 1/2⁺→9/2 _g.s. ^? (M4) were deduced. Since all the transitions are configuration forbidden in first order, a detailed study of second-order shell-model configuration mixing could be performed.     

Evidence for two strangeonium resonances with JPC=1++ and 1+− in K−p interactions at 11 GeV/c

The results of a partial wave analysis of the low mass KK̄π system produced in the reactions K⁻p→K⁰_sK^±π^±Λ at 11 GeV/c using the LASS spectrometer are presented. Evidence is given for two ss̄ axial-vector meson states: one with quantum numbers J^PC = 1⁺⁺, mass ∼ 1530 MeV/c², and width ∼ 100 MeV/c², and the other with quantum numbers J^PC=1⁺⁻, mass ∼ 1380 MeV/c², and width ∼ 80 MeV/c². These states are good candidates to be the mostly strangeonium members of the ground state 1⁺⁺ and 1⁺⁻ nonets predicted by the quark model.     

Pion pair production in photon-photon collisions at spear

We report a measurement of the cross section for the process γγ→π⁺π^? at invariant masses 500 MeV/c² < m_ππ<2000 MeV/c². A value for the radiative width of the f(1270) tensor meson Γ_f→γγ = 3.6 ± 0.3 ± 0.5 KeV (helicity λ = 2) has been obtained from a fit to the observed ππ mass spectrum.     

Investigation of multibaryonic resonances with strangeness equal to and different from zero

Results on a search for Λp, ΛΛ, Λpp, K^op, pp, 3p and 4p resonances are presented. The Λp effective-mass spectrum reveals three significant peaks (more than 4 s.d.) at 2058, 2127 and 2252 MeV. The first two peaks are shown to be due to effects of the negative Λp and Σp scattering lengths respectively, whereas the third peak is interpreted as a Λp resonance of (2251.4 ± 3.9) MeV mass and Λ = (21.1 ± 5.4) MeV full width. The two enhancements observed in the ΛΛ effective-mass spectrum may be due to the effect of the negative ΛΛ scattering length and to a ΛΛ resonance of ～2370 MeV mass. No enhancements in other effective-mass spectra are observed. The results of this work suggest a condition for the possibility of resonance formation depending on the total hypercharge of the system considered.     

Hyperfeinstrukturuntersuchung des 6p 2 P 3/2-Terms im Au I-Spektrum durch Resonanzstreuung von Licht

From about 6×10⁶ stoppingK ^?-meson reactions in the Saclay 80 cm hydrogen bubble chamber 70Σ ^?→Λe^?¯ν and 11Σ⁺→Λe⁺ν decays have been identified. The ratio of the vector to axial vector coupling constant has been determined,f ₁/g ₁=?0.22±0.28, consistent with the predictionf ₁=0 of the CVC-theory. The branching ratios for the two decay modes are,Γ(Σ ^?→Λe^?ν)/Γ(Σ^?→ all modes)=(0.69±0.12). 10^?4,Γ(Σ⁺→Λe⁺ν)/Γ(Σ⁺→ all modes)=(0.29±0.10). 10^?4. The ratio, Γ(Σ⁺→Λe⁺)/Γ(Σ^?→Λe^?v)=0.69±0.18, agrees with the phase space ratio, 0.61, therefore a theory that includes no second class currents is consistent with the data.     

Observation and analysis ofE mesons in\bar p p annihilation at rest in H2 gas

Antiproton-proton annihilation at rest in a gaseous H₂ target at NTP into the final state π⁺ π^? K ^± π^? (K ⁰) with an undetectedK ⁰ or \(\bar K^0 \) has been investigated. We observe theE(1420) resonance in the invariant mass spectrum (K ⁰)_miss K ^± π^? with massM _E =1413±8 MeV/c² and widthГ ^E =62 ± 16MeV/c² and find evidence for the production of thef ₁(1285). The absolute branching ratio of \(\bar p\) p → π⁺ π^? E ⁰,E ⁰ →K ₀ ^L K ^± π ^? at (61±6)%P wave annihilation is (3.0±0.9)·10^?4 of all annihilations. The observed suppression of theE production fromP wave with respect to theS wave together with some simple selection rules suggest that the quantum numbers of theE(1420) areJ ^pc=0^?+ and not I⁺⁺.     

Line shape and excitation strength of the first excited state in9Be

The line shape and the excitation strength of the very weak first excited J ^π =1/2⁺ state at E_x=1.684 MeV in Zeitschrift für Physik Zeitschrift für Physik⁹Be has been investigated with high-resolution inelastic electron scattering at E₀=45 and 49 MeV and scattering angles θ=105°, 117°, 129° and 165°, and with high-resolution inelastic proton scattering at E₀=13MeV and θ=15° and 18°. Due to lying just above the neutron threshold the level has a strongly asymmetric line shape which in both experiments can be described consistently with a Breit-Wigner expression modified on the low energy side by the threshold behaviour of the cross section. The resonance energy is E_R=1.684 ± 0.007 MeV and the width T=217± 10 keV in thec.m. system. A single particle potential model calculation reproduces the line shape and the resonance parameters fairly well. In addition, the inelastic electron scattering form factor has been measured. In the range of momentum transfersq =0.24-0.46 fm^?1 it is dominated by a 0p_3/2→ 1s_1/2 particle-hole transition. The transition is mainly longitudinal and of isoscalar nature with a strength of B (E1)↑ =0.027 + 0.002 e² fm², but a small M2 contribution ofB(M2)↑=8.8 ±1.5 μ _N ² fm² has also been detected.     

Search for dibaryon production in 4Hep interactions at intermediate energies

With the aid of the 2-m liquid-hydrogen bubble chamber constructed at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP, Moscow), ⁴Hep interactions are studied at primary alpha-particle momenta of 2.7 and 5 GeV/c (the respective kinetic energies of primary protons in the ⁴He rest frame are T _p=220 and 620 MeV). The effective-mass spectra of two nucleons from the reactions ⁴Hep → dppn and ⁴Hep → pppnn are analyzed. The effective-mass spectrum of the two-proton system produced in the quasielastic-charge-exchange reaction p ⁴He → n _F(pp)d at T _p=620 MeV (here, n _F stands for the fast neutron in the ⁴He rest frame) shows a narrow peak, which is indicative of the existence of a dibaryon whose mass and width are M _2p =2008±13 MeV and Γ _2p =0±5 MeV, respectively. In the mass spectra of the two-proton system from the reactions p ⁴He → n _F(pp)d and p ⁴He → p _F(pp)(nn), narrow threshold peaks are also found at a mass of M _2p ?1878–1879 MeV.     

Possible dibaryon states produced in4He-proton interactions

In the hydrogen bubble chamber study of the⁴Hep→dppn reaction at incident alpha 8.6 GeV/c momentum the structures in the two-proton effective mass distribution are observed at 2,035±15 MeV and 2,137±15 MeV. Possible nature of the effect is discussed.     

Resonance structure in the γγ invariant mass spectrum in pC, dC, and dCu interactions

Along with ?? ⁰ and ?? mesons, a resonance structure in the invariant mass spectrum of two photons atM _??? = 360 ± 7 ± 9 MeV is observed in dC interactions at momentum 2.75 GeV/c per nucleon. This resonance structure is not observed in pC collisions at the beam momentum 5.5 GeV/c. The result obtained in the reaction dC is confirmed by the second experiment carried out on the deuteron beam at momentum 3.83 GeV/c per nucleon with a copper target. Some other checks of the observed effect are presented.     

A new determination of the capture ratior_c = \frac{{\sum ^ - p \to \sum ^0 n}}{{(\sum ^ - p \to \sum ^0 n) + (\sum ^ - p \to \Lambda ^0 n)}}, the Λ0-lifetime and the ∑−-Λ0 mass difference

The two∑ ^? reactions at rest∑ ^? p→Λ ⁰ n and∑ ^? p→Λ ⁰ n have been studied in order to determine the capture ratio $$r_c = \frac{{\sum ^ - p \to \sum ^0 n}}{{(\sum ^ - p \to \sum ^0 n) + (\sum ^ - p \to \Lambda ^0 n)}}$$ , theΛ ⁰-lifetime and the∑ ^?-Λ ⁰ mass difference. The following results were obtained: $$\begin{gathered} rc = 0.474 \pm 0.016 \hfill \\ \tau _{\Lambda ^0 } = (2.47 \pm 0.08) \times 10^{ - 10} \sec \hfill \\ M_{\sum ^ - } - M_{\sum ^0 } = 81.64 \pm 0.09{{MeV} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{MeV} {c^2 }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {c^2 }} \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ The∑ ^?-mass was determined from the range of the stopping∑ ^?-hyperons,M _∑} =1197.19±0.32 MeV/c ².     

The gamma decay of analogue states in61Cu

Resonances in the reaction⁶⁰Ni(p, γ)⁶¹Cu have been studied in the proton energy rangesE _p=1840–1880 keV and 2220–2300 keV. Decay schemes and branching ratios have been determined for a number of resonances, three of which are identified as analogue fragments of the 283 keV (1/2^?) and 656 keV (3/2^?) states in⁶¹Ni. The split analogue components of the 283 keV state atE _x≈6.6 MeV are seen to decay significantly to a group of states in the region of excitation 3–4 MeV. Gamma ray angular distributions yield the following resonance spins:E _p=2248 keV,J=3/2;E _p=2263 keV,J=5/2. Also, the⁶¹Cu ground stateβ ⁺ decay to parent levels in⁶¹Ni has been compared to the respective analogue stateM1 gamma decay to the⁶¹Cu ground state.     

Double-Λ hypernuclei and the nuclear medium effective ΛΛ interaction

We fit the ¹S₀ ΛΛ interaction in the nuclear medium to the masses of the experimentally known double-Λ hypernuclei: _ΛΛ⁶He, _ΛΛ¹⁰Be and _ΛΛ¹³B. We derive this effective interaction from OBE Jülich ΛΛ-type potentials and using both Hartree-Fock and variational approaches. We find that the inclusion of ΛΛ correlations in the variational scheme leads to significant differences and a better understanding of the dynamical features of the system. We investigate the sensitivity of the binding energies and the mesonic decay widths of the above double-Λ hypernuclei to the ωΛΛ coupling and the form factor at the σΛΛ vertex. We also use this effective interaction to predict binding energies and pionic decay widths of heavier double-Λ hypernuclei, not discovered yet. Finally, we discard the existence of ¹S₀ ΛΛ bound states provided the ΛΛ-ΞN coupling can be neglected.     

The investigation of the reaction22Na(n,p)22Ne for a neutron energy to 1,000 eV

TheK-internal conversion coefficient of the 205 keV (7/2⁺→5/2⁺) transition in¹⁰⁷Cd was determined. From the measured value α _K =0.0552±0.0009 and the known value of theE2/M1 mixing ratio δ² a value of 6.3±1.5 was deduced for the penetration parameterλ. Information derived on effective gyromagnetic ratios in the frame of an extreme single particle model is briefly discussed.     

Observation of particle unstable 4H in pion absorption in 7Li

A particle unstable state of ⁴H has been identified in the reaction $\text{π}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{+}{}^7\text{Li}\text{→}{}^4\text{H+t}\text{,}{}^4\text{H}\text{→}\text{t}\text{+π}$ by observing the two emitted tritons. A resonance energy E_Γ=(2.7±0.6) MeV and a reduced width γ²=(2.3±0.6) MeV were deduced, in agreement with the parameters of the ground-state level (J^π=2^?) found in the p-wave of n-t-scattering. The yield per stopped pion is (5.6±1.8)×10^?4. Previous measurements in pion absorption are in disagreement with our results.