Alpha-decay branching ratios to high-lying excited-states of the 242Cm→238pu→ 234U →230Th→226Rn decay chain

We present a systematic calculation on the 0c-decay branching ratios to excited-states of an even-even α-decay chain 242Cm→238pu→234U →230Th→226Rn by the improved barrier penetration approach. The changes of the parities between the parent nuclei and the daughter nuclei are properly taken into account. The theoretical values are compared with the available experimental data and the deviation between them is within a factor of 5 in most cases.     

Analysis of the decay B^0→Xc1π^0 with light-cone QCD sum rules

In this article, we calculate the contribution from the nonfactorizable soft hadronic matrix element to the decay B^0→Xc1π^0 with the light-cone quantum chromo-dynamic （QCD） sum rules. The numerical results show that its contribution is rather large and should not be neglected. The total amplitudes lead to a branching fraction which is in agreement with the experimental data marginally.     

Branching fraction of the isospin violating process φ→ωπ^0

We have examined the parametrization of the e⁺e^- → ωπ⁰ cross section in the vicinity of the φ resonance and the extraction of the branching fraction of the isospin violating process φ → ωπ⁰ from experimental data. We found that there are two possible solutions of the branching fraction: one is 4 × 10^-5, and the other is 7 × 10^-3. The latter is two orders of magnitude higher than the former, which is the commonly accepted one.     

Study of the e+ e－ to hadrons via ISR at BABAR

Experimental data from the PEP-II B-factory at 10.6 GeV center-of-mass （c.m.） energy, obtained via initial-state radiation （ISR） with the BABAR detector, are presented. The cross sections for many hadronic processes have been measured from the production threshold to 4-5 GeV of the e^＋e^- c.m. energy. The obtained data allow to study a number of intermediate states and determine the parameters of known resonances and their branching fractions. The exclusive cross section for some number of hadronic sub-processes are presented.