Three pion production on nuclei at 200 GeV

We have carried out a systematic study of the coherent dissociation of pions into 3 pions using nuclear targets. The experiment was performed at Fermilab using a high resolution forward spectrometer. Data were taken with carbon, copper and lead targets at an incident momentum of 202.5 GeV/c. Results are presented on momentum transfers, 3-pion masses, and on the nuclearA-dependence of the production cross section.     

Finite size effect on dissociation and diffusion of chiral partners in Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model

The masses of pion and sigma meson modes, along with their dissociation in the quark medium, provide detailed spectral structures of the chiral partners. Collectivity has been observed in pA and pp systems both at LHC and RHIC. In this research, we studied the restoration of chiral symmetry by investigating the finite size effect on the detailed structure of chiral partners in the framework of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. Their diffusion and conduction have been studied using this dissociation mechanism. It is determined that the masses, widths, diffusion coefficients, and conductivities of chiral partners merge at different temperatures in the restoration phase of chiral symmetry. However, merging points are shifted to lower temperatures when finite size effect is introduced into the picture. The strengths of diffusions and conductions are also reduced once the finite size is introduced in the calculations.     

Multiplicity structure of proton and kaon diffractive dissociation in 10 and 16 GeV/c K-p interactions

A new method to calculate diffractive mass spectra has been developed. It is applied to K^-p interactions at 10 and 16 GeV/c. Cross sections and mass spectra are given for the difractive dissociation processes p→(N+iπ) and K^-p→(K+iπ) for i = 1 to 5 and also summed over all multiplicities. In addition to the diffractive peak at low mass coming from low multiplicities, a long tail extending to high masses and high multiplicities has been found. The multiplicity structure of diffraction dissociation can be understood in the context of the two-step dynamical picture of Pokorsky and Van Hove.     

The strict upper limit for dissociation energy of an “anisotropic” excitonic molecule

The strict upper limit for dissociation energy is determined in the case of the model Hamiltonian of Wannier-Mott biexcitons with anisotropic effective masses. This value is estimated for a number of materials. For a large anisotropy the upper limit of the dissociation energy for the production of two single excitons from an excitonic molecule may reach the value of the order of one excitonic rydberg.     

Electron-induced dissociation of SiH complexes in hydrogenated Si-doped GaAs. Application to the fabrication of microstructures

We study the role of hot electron injection in the dissociation of the SiH complexes which appear in n-type Si-doped GaAs epilayer exposed to a hydrogen or deuterium plasma. Firstly, the results recently obtained in room-temperature aging experiments on hydrogenated or deuterated Schottky diodes submitted to high bias voltage are summarized and the role of hot carriers in the dissociation of donors and the observed isotope effect are described. Then, it is shown that SiH dissociation can also be achieved using hot carriers injected into the semiconductor by electron beam. Such electron-beam effects are finally used for the fabrication and characterization by cathodoluminescence of micronic conductive GaAs structures.     

Four-quark bound states

In the framework of simple non-relativistic potential models, we examine the system consisting of two quarks and two antiquarks with equal or unequal masses. We search for possible bound states below the threshold for the spontaneous dissociation into two mesons. We solve the four body problem by empirical or systematic variational methods and we include explicitly the virtual meson-meson components of the wave function. With standard twobody potentials, there is no proliferation of multiquarks. With unequal quark masses, we obtain however exotic \(\left( {\bar Q\bar Qqq} \right)\) bound states with a baryonic antidiquark-quark-quark structure very analogous to the heavy flavoured (Q′qq) baryons.     

Interactions of water vapor with polycrystalline uranium surfaces

The initial room-temperature interactions of water vapor with polycrystalline bulk annealed uranium surfaces were studied by combined measurements utilizing direct recoil spectrometry (DRS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). It was found that the water goes through a complete dissociation into oxidic oxygen and two neutral H atoms throughout the whole exposure range. The process proceeds by two consecutive stages: (i) below about 80% monolayer coverage, the dissociation products chemisorb mainly on the remaining non-reacted metallic surface by a simple Langmuir-type process; (ii) between about 80% and full coverage, three-dimensional oxide islands (that start to form at 50-60% coverage) cover most of the surface and full dissociation continues on top of them. It seems that on top of the oxide the dissociation consists of a two-step process: first partial dissociation into OH⁻ + H⁰, where the neutral hydrogen atom chemisorbs on the oxide and the hydroxyl group migrates into the subsurface region and then undergoes a reductive dissociation at the oxide-metal interface, producing a second hydrogen atom, located beneath the surface.     

ESI-MS and MALLS analysis of quaternary structure of molluscan hemocyanins

The understanding of the function of macromolecular complexes is mainly related to a precise knowledge of their structure. Recently, the development of suitable mass spectrometric techniques (electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI)) and multi-angle laser light scattering has enabled mass determination of native complexes and of their subunits. By these techniques, the structure and association/dissociation behavior of huge molecules of molluscan Octopus vulgaris, Sepia officinalis and Rapana venosa have been characterized. Molecular masses of the native and dissociated molecule of cephalopodan Hcs O. vulgaris (3545 and 359.3?kDa, respectively) and S. officinalis (4134 and 443.8?kDa, respectively) revealed that only one type subunit organizes their molecules, while the presence of two isoforms with different masses (422.8 and 400.0?kDa) has been determined for gastropodan R. venosa Hc, aggregated into didecamers. The difference of their structural subunits was also established after limited proteolysis with TPCK-trypsin. Eight functional units (FUs) with masses of?~?50?kDa were isolated from both subunits of RvH and isoform of Sepia officinalis, while seven FUs were purified from OvH. Further characterization of proteins by ESI-mass spectrometry (MS) and MALDI-MS, methods gave insights into post-translational modifications such as glycosylation. Glycosylation of O. vulgaris and S. officinalis Hcs was suggested based on the differences (11.6 and 40.0?kDa, respectively) between the masses measured by ESI-MS and those calculated by their gene sequences.     

Newtonian stellar models

We investigate static spherically symmetric perfect fluid models in Newtonian gravity for barotropic equations of state that are asymptotically polytropic at low and high pressures. This is done by casting the equations into a three-dimensional regular dynamical system with bounded dependent variables. The low and high central pressure limits correspond to two two-dimensional boundary subsets, described by homology invariant equations for exact polytropes. Thus the formulation naturally places work about polytropes in a more general context. The introduced framework yields a visual aid for obtaining qualitative information about the solution space and is also suitable for numerical investigations. Moreover, it makes a host of mathematical tools from dynamical systems theory available, which allows us to prove several theorems about the relationship between the equation of state and properties concerning total masses and radii.     

High-pressure-activated carbon tetrachloride decomposition

The pressure-induced molecular dissociation as one of the fundamental problems in physical sciences has aroused many theoretical and experimental studies. Here, using a newly developed particle swarm optimization algorithm, we investigate the high-pressure-induced molecular dissociation. The results show that the carbon tetrachloride （CC14） is unstable and dissociates into C2C16 and C12 under approximately 120 GPa and more. The dissociation is confirmed by the lattice dynamic calculations and electronic structure of the Pa3 structure with pressure evolution. The dissociation pressure is far larger than that in the case of high temperature, indicating that the temperature effectively reduces the activation barrier of the dissociation reaction of CC14. This research improves the understanding of the dissociation reactions of CC14 and other halogen compounds under high pressures.     

中能Ne~(4+)离子诱导的羰基硫分子三体碎裂动力学分析

利用反应显微成像谱仪开展了56 keV/u的Ne~(4+)离子与羰基硫(OCS)气体的交叉碰撞实验,研究了Ne~(4+)离子诱导的OCS~(3+)的碎裂动力学.通过符合探测三个末态离子,重构了OCS~(3+)离子三体碎裂对应的牛顿图和Dalitz图,并明确区分了直接解离和次序解离两种碎裂过程.重构了OCS~(3+)离子解离过程的动能释放(KER)分布,发现其峰值在25 eV处,同时在18 eV处有肩膀结构的存在,其中25 eV左右的峰来源于直接解离过程,18 eV处的肩膀结构来源于次序解离和非次序解离两种过程.通过分析不同能量和不同电荷态下重离子碰撞实验所得到的KER谱,发现微扰强度不是影响态布居的主要因素.OCS~(3+)次序解离中的第二步KER的峰值在6.2 eV处.结合以往的实验结果,我们得出结论:多电离态的分子发生次序碎裂的根源在于二价离子碎片存在亚稳态,而重构得到的第二步KER可以反映亚稳态离子的电子态信息.     

H_2+He流体混合物在部分离解区的物态方程

H2+He流体混合物在高温高压下由于氢的离解化学反应形成由H2,H,He三种粒子构成的混合体系,此时粒子间的相互作用较为复杂,离解能也会由于粒子间的这种复杂相互作用而降低.本文利用自洽流体变分理论来研究部分离解区H2+He流体混合物的高温高压物态方程,模型考虑了各种粒子间的相互作用及由温致和压致效应引起的离解能降低的自洽变分修正,并通过自洽流体变分过程对非理想的离解平衡方程求解得到粒子数密度分布,进而对自由能求导获得体系的热力学状态参量.计算结果与已有的冲击波实验数据、蒙特卡罗模拟及其他理论计算进行了比较.     

Classical trajectory calculations of the dissociation of hydrogen on copper: III. The effect of surface roughness

Further calculations have been performed for the dissociation of H₂ on copper in which the empirical potential surface has been increased in roughness as suggested by our previous studies. This change is effected through an increase in the barriers to adatom surface diffusion, keeping the minimum energy requirements for dissociation about the same. The result is to bring the calculation into satisfactory agreement with molecular beam experiments. We examine the effect of changing the internal energy (vibration and rotation), mass, (D₂), the adatom binding site, and evaluate the validity of the correlating parameter E⊥ = Ecos²θ.     

Neutrino Phenomenology of a High Scale Supersymmetry Model

CP violation in the lepton sector, and other aspects of neutrino physics, are studied within a high scale supersymmetry model. In addition to the sneutrino vacuum expectation values(VEVs), the heavy vector-like triplet also contributes to neutrino masses. Phases of the VEVs of relevant fields, complex couplings, and Zino mass are considered.The approximate degeneracy of neutrino masses m_(ν1) and m_(ν2) can be naturally understood. The neutrino masses are then normal ordered, ～ 0.020 eV, 0.022 eV, and 0.054 eV. Large CP violation in neutrino oscillations is favored. The effective Majorana mass of the electron neutrino is about 0.02 eV.     

Dissociation of CO on rounded Pt crystals: III. Influence of high Si contamination on the dissociation activity of {210} and {1195} areas

Measurements on rounded Pt crystals show that in the presence of a high Si contamination the CO dissociation activity of {210} areas drops drastically to zero after about 27% of their adsorption sites (which are identical with their kink sites) are blocked by Si. The drastic decrease is attributed to Pt-silicide formation on {210}. To obtain complete poisoning of {1195} areas, considerably higher contamination levels are required than in the case of {210}.     

Kinetics of Oxygen Atom Production in R.F. Discharges of Moderate Pressures

The dissociation of molecular oxygen has been studied in a radiofrequency plasma at a pressure of 20 torr in a flow system. The results show that the main channel for dissociation is via electron excitation to the Herzberg and Schumann systems with negligible contribution of the channel involving the O₂(a¹Δg) metastable. While oxygen atom recombination can be followed outside the discharge region, kinetic data show that recombination within the discharge is effectively suppressed, probably as a consequence of a recombination assisted dissociation mechanism. This leads to high concentrations of O-atoms at the discharge exit.     

用分子动力学模拟甲烷水合物热激法分解

用分子动力学模拟方法研究甲烷水合物热激法分解，系统地研究注入340 K液态水的结构Ⅰ型甲烷水合物的分解机理.模拟显示水合物表层水分子与高温液态水分子接触获得热能，分子运动激烈，摆脱水分子间的氢键束缚，笼状结构被破坏.甲烷分子获得热能从笼中挣脱，向外体系扩散.热能通过分子碰撞从外层传递给内层水分子，水合物逐层分解.对比注入277K液态水体系模拟结果，得出热激法促进水合物分解. 关键词： 甲烷水合物 分子动力学模拟 热激法     

A dynamical theory for the off-shell continuation of the πN t-matrix: M. J. Reiner. Physics Department,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 and Department of Physics and Astronomy,University of Rochester,Rochester, New York 14627

First-order gluon radiative corrections to the rate of weak decay of a quark into three quarks are calculated taking full account of all the masses involved. Using dimensional regularization techniques, the infrared divergences inherent to the problem cancel out, and the finite parts in convenient analytic forms which tend to the correct zero-mass limits are obtained. The total correction to the decay rate always exceeds its (negative) zero-mass limit and changes sign as the masses increase. Thus, except for small mass values, it is positive and acts in a direction opposite to that expected when the masses vanish.     

θ_(13) and the Higgs Mass from High Scale Supersymmetry

In the framework in which supersymmetry is used for understanding fermion masses rather than stabilizing the electroweak scale, we elaborate on the phenomenological analysis for the neutrino physics. A relatively large sinθ13 0.13 is naturally obtained. The model further predicts vanishingly small CP violation in neutrino oscillations. While the high scale supersymmetry generically results in a Higgs mass of about 141 GeV, our model reduces this mass to 126 GeV via introducing SU(2)L triplet fields which make the electroweak vacuum metastable (with a safe lifetime) and also contribute to neutrino masses.