A valence quark model for large pT pion production

A hard scattering mechanism for the production of large p_T hadrons is suggested which only involves valence quarks. The corresponding $\text{π}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{π}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$ ratio and the ratios of the away side charged pion correlations are in satisfactory agreement with data.     

Large pT hadronic multiplicity in a two-jet model

Using a standard parametrization of large p_T scattering and assuming the hard subprocess is mediated by a color octet exchange which produces two universally decaying high mass color single jets, we obtain the s and p_T dependence of the associated multiplicity. Good agreement with ISR data is found with a jet density of 1.1 charged particle per unit of rapidity.     

Spin asymmetries in large-pT production of gauge bosons based on quantum chromodynamics and electroweak gauge model

We make predictions for spin asymmetries in the production of gauge bosons, such as Z⁰, Wsu± and γ, at large p_T from the collision of longitudinally polarized hadrons using QCD perturbation theory and the electroweak gauge model in the framework of a hard scattering model. Asymmetries typically at the 20% and 4% level are predicted for the weak bosons and photon, respectively. Experimental tests should be possible in the near future, e.g., at Fermilab, ISABELLE and colliding SPS.     

High pT π0 production from αα and αp collisions at the CERN ISR

The invariant cross sections for π⁰ meson production in alpha—alpha and alpha—proton collisions at the ISR were meas- ured up to transverse momenta of $\text{7}\text{GeV}\text{c}$ and $\text{8}\text{GeV}\text{c}$, respectively. These measurements are compared with π⁰ production in pp collisions at the same values of $\text{s}\text{/}$nucleon, and the variation of the nuclear A-dependence with p_T is determined.     

High ET production in QCD

The production of large transverse energy is discussed as the effect of multigluon emission produced in the hard scattering of the hadron constituents. Analytical formulae are given, based on resumming techniques to all orders in _S, and successfully compared with recent experiments at SPS, ISR and collider energies.     

Cu-doped SiOxCy nanostructures induced by radio frequency plasma jet using hexamethyldisiloxane

Formation of Cu-doped SiO_xC_y nanostructures has been studied by using hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO)/H₂/Ar radio frequency (RF) plasma, where a copper tube was utilized as power electrode to generate plasma jet. Tree-like nanostructures were obtained at low concentration of HMDSO. One can find the initial vertical growth of nanowires (NWs) and the spherical structures on sidewalls of the bended NWs, which were attributed to the vertical gas flow and secondary catalyzing due to copper from the ambience, respectively. However, the fragments with big mass were too many to synthesize nanostructure at high concentration of HMDSO. More Cu particles were transported to the substrate while an RF bias was applied to the substrate, which restrained the NWs growth catalyzed by Au and resulted in the formation of acaleph-like nanostructures.     

QCD calculation of large pT hadronic collision jet structure

We define an analogue of ”thrust” which enables the investigation of the jet structure of large p_T hadronic collisions via a perturbative QCD calculation. In this paper we present the result for the single subprocess qq → qq + X, where the quark flavours are distinct, to O(g⁶) in the strong coupling constant.     

Weak boson plus jet production in 2nd-order QCD

We calculate cross sections for the production ofW ⁺ andZ bosons in association with 1 and 2 jets at \(p\bar p\) collider energies. The expected rates for these processes in second-order QCD are presented as a function of the cuts on the transverse momenta of the jets and are compared with jet rates measured by UA1.     

QCD three-jet production in large-p⊥ processes

The contribution of the hard scattering subprocess quark + quark → quark + quark + gluon to two-particle inclusive distributions at large p_⊥ is studied. It is shown to be accessible experimentally, and agrees with recent data on azimuthal distributions in the adequate kinematical region.     

αS(KT2) versus αS(K2) in QCD jet development: Some quantitative remarks

Properties of QCD jets for two proposed choices of the variable appearing in the QCD running coupling constant, α_S(K²) or α_S(K_T²) with K_T²=z(1?z)K², have been studied in detail by the use of Monte Carlo techniques. Contrary to expectations based on approximate analytic calculations it is found that when substituting K² with K_T² in α_S the growth with energy of the multiplicity of the quanta is not sensibly altered, and it is even slowed down for extreme values of the non-perturbative cutoff, which delimits the minimum virtual mass of the quanta. It appears, therefore, that the analysis of subleading effects may be totally misleading if phase-space constraints are not taken into account exactly, which is possible to do in Monte Carlo calculations.     

Inclusive jet production with virtual photons in next-to-leading order QCD

We present a next-to-leading order calculation for the virtual photoproduction of one and two jets inep collisions. Soft and collinear singularities are extracted using the phase space slicing method. The collinear photon initial state singularity depends logarithmically on the mass of the virtual photon and is absorbed into the virtual photon structure function. An $\overline {MS} $ factorization scheme is defined similarly to the real photon case. Numerical results are presented for HERA conditions using the Snowmass jet definition for inclusive single jet and dijet cross sections. We study the dependence of these cross sections on the transverse energies and rapidities of the jets. Finally, we compare the ratio of the experimentally defined resolved and direct cross sections with recent ZEUS data as a function of the photon virtualityP ².     

Model of instabilities in PdHx and PdDx

The instability and inhomogeneity of the PdH_x and PdD_x systems is discussed. A simple model based on the existence of more than one local electronic and or ionic configuration is proposed, and the results of this model are shown to be consistent with several important lattice properties of these systems including a difference between the Pd-H and Pd-D force constants.     

On inclusive gluon jet production off the nucleus in perturbative QCD

In the perturbative QCD approach single and double inclusive cross-sections for gluon production off the nucleus are studied by the relevant reggeized gluon diagrams. Various terms corresponding to emission of gluons from the triple pomeron vertex are found. Among them the term derived by Kovchegov and Tuchin emerges as a result of the transition from the diffractive to effective high-energy vertex. However it does not exhaust all the vertex contributions to the inclusive cross-section. In the double inclusive cross-section a contribution violating the naive AGK rules is found in which one gluon is emitted from the vertex and the other from one of the two pomerons below the vertex. But then this contribution is subdominant at high energies and taking it into account seems to be questionable.Received: 6 March 2005, Revised: 5 May 2005, Published online: 8 June 2005     

Low Q^2 jet production at HERA in next-to-leading order QCD

We present next-to-leading order calculations of one- and two-jet production in eP collisions at HERA for photon virtualities in the range GeV. Soft and collinear singularities are extracted using the phase space slicing method. Numerical results are presented for HERA conditions with the Snowmass jet definition. The transition between photoproduction and deep-inelastic scattering is investigated in detail. We compare two approaches, the usual deep-inelastic theory, where the virtual photon couples only directly to quarks and antiquarks, and the photoproduction approach, where the photon couples either in the direct way or in the resolved way via the parton constituents of the virtual photon with the proton constituents. Finally we compare with recent H1 data of the dijet rate obtained for various photon virtualities with special attention to the region, in which two jets have equal transverse momenta. Received: 23 April 1998 / Published online: 26 August 1998     

Spin asymmetries for large-pt jet production in two-photon processes

Relying on the hard scattering formalism we estimate cross sections and spin asymmetries for large-p_t jet production from two-photon processes in collisions of electrons and positrons of definite helicity states. We use distribution functions of polarized partons in polarized electrons obtained in a modified leading logarithmic approximation as well as spin-dependent parton cross sections according to lowest-order QCD calculations. Detecting at least one forward or backward hadronic jet, topologies of jets can be observed different from the 2 large p_t production.     

Formation of Sim and SimCn clusters by C60 sputtering of Si

The secondary ion mass spectrum of silicon sputtered by high energy C₆₀⁺ ions in sputter equilibrium is found to be dominated by Si clusters and we report the relative yields of Si_m⁺ (1 ≤ m ≤ 15) and various Si_mC_n⁺ clusters (1 ≤ m ≤ 11 for n = 1; 1 ≤ m ≤ 6 for n = 2; 1 ≤ m ≤ 4 for n = 3). The yields of Si_m⁺ clusters up to Si₇⁺ are significant (between 0.1 and 0.6 of the Si⁺ yield) with even numbered clusters Si₄⁺ and Si₆⁺ having the highest probability of formation. The abundances of cluster ions between Si₈⁺ and Si₁₁⁺ are still significant (>1% relative to Si⁺) but drop by a factor of ∼100 between Si₁₁⁺ and Si₁₃⁺. The probability of formation of clusters Si₁₃⁺-Si₁₅⁺ is approximately constant at ∼5 × 10⁻⁴ relative to Si⁺ and rising a little for Si₁₅⁺, but clusters beyond Si₁₅ are not detected (Si_m≥16⁺/Si⁺ < 1 × 10⁻⁴). The probability of formation of Si_m⁺ and Si_mC_n⁺ clusters depends only very weakly on the C₆₀⁺ primary ion energy between 13.5 keV and 37.5 keV. The behaviour of Si_m⁺ and Si_mC_n⁺ cluster ions was also investigated for impacts onto a fresh Si surface to study the effects that saturation of the surface with C₆₀⁺ in reaching sputter equilibrium may have had on the measured abundances. By comparison, there are very minor amounts of pure Si_m⁺ clusters produced during C₆₀⁺ sputtering of silica (SiO₂) and various silicate minerals. The abundances for clusters heavier than Si₂⁺ are very small compared to the case where Si is the target.The data reported here suggest that Si_m⁺ and Si_mC_n⁺ cluster abundances may be consistent in a qualitative way with theoretical modelling by others which predicts each carbon atom to bind with 3-4 Si atoms in the sample. This experimental data may now be used to improve theoretical modelling.     

Next-to-leading-order QCD corrections to WW + jet production at hadron colliders

We report on the calculation of the next-to-leading-order QCD corrections to the production of W-boson pairs in association with a hard jet at the Fermilab Tevatron and CERN Large Hadron Collider, which is an important source of background for Higgs boson and new-physics searches. The corrections stabilize the leading-order prediction for the cross section considerably, in particular, if a veto against the emission of a second hard jet is applied.     

Measurements of analyzing powers Ay, Axx, Ayy and Axz in dp elastic scattering at Ed = 56 MeV

The differential cross section and all components of the analyzing powers A_y, A_xx, A_yy and A_xz have been measured in dp elastic scattering at 56 MeV. This is the first measurement of A_xz in the cyclotron energy region. A_xz has been measured with the beam polarized in the horizontal plane using the polarization tagging method. Faddeev calculations have been performed for four cases of the NN interaction. The Coulomb correction gave smaller effects at the present energy than at lower energies. Three of them reproduce the experimental data well. The agreement between the calculations and data for A_xz was better than that reported at lower energy. The deuteron asymptotic D- to S-state ratio has been obtained and is consistent within the limits of uncertainty with previously obtained values.     

Glauber shadowing in jet and particle production in nucleus-nucleus collisions within perturbative QCD

Inclusive cross sections for jet and hadron production in nucleus-nucleus collisions are computed within perturbative QCD with allowance for multiple parton rescattering. Nuclear shadowing due to parton rescattering is negligible at the RHIC energies, but it becomes significant at the LHC energy.     

Magnetic transitions in Ni1−xMox and Ni1−xWx disordered alloys

We present a mean-field study of the magnetic phase diagram of Ni_1−xMo_x and Ni_1−xW_x alloys. The pair energies that enter the internal energy part of the free energy are obtained from a first-principles calculation. We try to understand why spin-glass phase is not observed in these alloys.