原子核层次的手征对称性

对称性及其破缺是基本的科学问题。手征对称性在自然界中广泛存在,大至星系旋臂、行星自转,小到矿物晶体、有机分子、基本粒子,都与手征对称性密切相关。原子核层次的手征对称性概念于1997年提出,随后成为核物理研究的热点问题。目前,实验上已经在核素图上的80,100,130和190质量核区发现了30多例可能具有手征对称性的原子核。简要介绍原子核中的手征对称性概念;手性原子核的预言、识别以及实验验证;并通过展示手性原子核结构的多样性（M_χD）,回顾了理论和实验研究进展;介绍最新发现的原子核中手性和空间反射对称性的联立自发破缺,对未来手性原子核研究的前景进行了展望。Symmetry and its breaking are basic scientific problems. Chiral symmetries are common in nature, for example, the macroscopic spiral arms of galaxies and the rotation of planets; the microscopic spirals of the mineral crystalline, the organic molecules and the elementary particles. The concept of chirality in atomic nuclei was first proposed in 1997. Since then many efforts have been made to understand chiral symmetry and its spontaneous breaking in atomic nuclei. Up to now, more than 30 candidates of chiral nuclei have been reported in the 80, 100, 130, and 190 mass regions. The concept of the chirality in atomic nuclei, the prediction, the signal, and the experimental verification of the chiral nuclei are briefly introduced; the recent theoretical and experimental progress are reviewed, in particular the existence of multiple chiral doublets (M_χD), i.e., more than one pair of chiral doublet bands in one single nucleus; the simultaneous spontaneous breaking of chiral and reflection symmetry in the newly observed atomic nuclei is introduced, together with a prospect on the future study on nuclear chiral symmetry.     

实验探索原子核中手征与空间反射对称性的联立自发破缺

原子核的手征对称性和空间反射对称性研究是近来原子核结构研究的前沿热点问题,吸引了大量的实验和理论研究。通过在束伽玛谱学的实验方法,在原子核78Br中发现了两对宇称相反的手征双重带,以及它们之间表征八极关联的电偶极跃迁。这是首次在原子核中发现了八极关联的多重手征带,给出了原子核存在手征对称性和空间反射对称性联立自发破缺的实验证据。Spontaneous symmetry breaking is a fundamental concept in nature. Chiral Symmetry Breaking and reflection-asymmetry in nuclei has been a subject of intensive experimental and theoretical investigation. Two pairs of positive-and negative-parity doublet bands together with eight strong electric dipole transitions linking their yrast positive-and negative-parity bands have been identified in 78Br by means of in-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy techniques. These four rotational bands are suggested as multiple chiral doublet bands with octupole correlations. This observation indicates that nuclear chirality can be robust against the octupole correlations. It is of highly scientific interest to search for the chirality-parity quartet bands in nucleus with both stable triaxial and octupole deformations.     

基于手征微扰理论构建相对论重子-重子相互作用(英文)

介绍了两个近期基于协变手征微扰理论构建领头阶核子-核子和超子-核子相互作用的工作。理论中未知的低能常数通过拟合核子-核子和超子-核子散射实验数据确定。分析发现,在对散射数据的描述上,领头阶相对论手征力可以媲美次领头阶非相对论手征核力。研究表明,构建相对论手征重子-重子相互作用技术上是可行的。得到的相互作用不仅可以为相对论核结构及反应研究提供重要的理论输入,而且可以进一步加深对低能强相互作用的认识。In this paper, we report on two recent studies of relativistic nucleon-nucleon and hyperonnucleon interactions in covariant chiral perturbation theory, where they are constructed up to leading order. The relevant unknown low energy constants are fixed by fitting to the nucleon-nucleon and hyperon-nucleon scattering data. It is shown that these interactions can describe the scattering data with a quality similar to their next-to-leading order non-relativistic counterparts. These studies show that it is technically feasible to construct relativist baryon-baryon interactions, and in addition, after further refinements, these interactions may provide important inputs to ab initio relativistic nuclear structure and reaction studies and help improve our understanding of low energy strong interactions.     

相对论重离子碰撞手征电荷分离效应的研究

相对论重离子碰撞的拓扑荷作用破坏作用平面两侧不同手征性的夸克数目的平衡,从而引起P和CP破坏特征。本工作主要分析RHIC和LHC能区的手征电荷分离作用,分析手征电荷分离随碰撞中心度、碰撞能量和核屏蔽等依赖关系。并未发现手征电荷分离效应与碰撞能量大小有非常紧密的依赖关系,但发现核屏蔽效应对手征电荷分离有重要的影响,与不考虑屏蔽效应相比,考虑屏蔽效应会使手征分离效应明显压低,由于屏蔽效应出现,使得a₊₊（a_--）的分布与a_+-（a_-+）分布并不对称。并且还发现手征分离效应主要发生在碰撞参量较大的周边碰撞,越接近中心碰撞,手征分离效应几乎可以忽略。The topological charge interactions in relativistic heavy ion collisions cause quark chirality imbalance, resulting in charge separation under the strong magnetic field and local P and CP violation. In this paper, the chiral charge separation at RHIC and LHC energies is systematically analyzed as functions of the collision centrality, the collision energy and the nuclear shielding factor. It is found that there is not a very close dependence of the chiral charge separation effect on the collision energies, but that has an important dependence on nuclear shielding factor. Compared with the non-shielding effect, the shielding effect can reduce the chiral separation effect obviously. Due to the shielding effect, the distribution of a₊₊(a_--) and the distribution of a_+-(a_-+) are asymmetric. One also finds that chiral separation effect, which is almost negligible when more close to the central collision, occurs mainly in the peripheral collision for larger impact parameter.     

核介质中强子性质的手征σ模型研究

采用手征σ模型描述核多体系统,考虑真空极化的影响,首先由核物质的饱和性质确定模型参数,进一步研究了强子性质在核介质中的变化。手征σ模型的研究结果给出,核子和ω介子的有效质量随核物质密度的增大而减小,但σ介子的有效质量随密度的增大而增大。这些结果与不满足手征对称性的Walecka模型结果进行了比较。计算中采用的重整化方法会对结果有一定的影响。The modification of hadron masses in nuclear medium is studied by using the chiral sigma model, which is extended to generate the omega meson mass by the sigma condensation in the vacuum in the same way as the nucleon mass. The chiral sigma model provides proper equilibrium properties of nuclear matter. It is shown that the effective masses of both nucleons and omega mesons decrease in nuclear medium, while the effective mass of sigma mesons increases at finite density in the chiral sigma model. The resuits obtained in the chiral sigma model are compared with those obtained in the Walecka model, which includes sigma and omega mesons in a non-chiral fashion.     

有限温下三维QED中费米速度对费米子手征凝聚的影响（英文）

三维QED 具有两个和QCD类似的性质:动力学手征对称破缺和禁闭。为了研究动力学手征对称破缺,基于彩虹近似,在Dyson-Schwinger 方程框架下,通过迭代求解有限温下的费米子自能方程,讨论了不同的费米速度下费米子手征凝聚与费米子味数之间的关系。发现在有限温下,对于固定的费米子味数,费米手征凝聚随费米速度的变大而单调减小。Analogous to Quantum QCD, QED₃ has two interesting features: dynamical chiral symmetry breaking (DCSB) and confinement. By adopting the rainbow approximation, we numerically solve the fermion self-energy equation at finite temperature in the framework of Dyson-Schwinger equations and discuss the relation between chiral condensate and fermion flavor for several fermion velocities in the finite temperature QED₃. It is found that the fermion chiral condensate decreases monotonically with the fermion velocity increasing for a fixed N at finite temperature.     

相对论重离子碰撞中手征磁效应寻找的现状(英文)

量子色动力学中夸克和拓扑胶子场的相互作用可以产生局域宇称和共轭电荷宇称不守恒,这也许能解释宇宙中物质-反物质的不对称性。在强磁场下,宇称不守恒会导致粒子按正负电荷分离,此现象称为手征磁效应。在重离子碰撞实验中对电荷分离的测量主要受物理本底的影响,大部分的理论和实验工作一直致力于消除或减少这些本底。在此综述了相对论重离子碰撞中手征磁效应寻找的现状。Quark interactions with topological gluon fields in QCD can yield local P and CP violations which could explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in our universe. Effects of P and CP violations can result in charge separation under a strong magnetic field, a phenomenon called the chiral magnetic effect (CME). Experimental measurements of the CME-induced charge separation in heavy-ion collisions are dominated by physics backgrounds. Major theoretical and experimental efforts have been devoted to eliminating or reducing those backgrounds. We review the current status of these efforts in the search for the CME in heavy-ion collisions.     

Proton Fraction in Hot Neutron Star Matter with a Chiral Hadronic Model

In the framework of a chiral hadronic model it has been numerically proven that the parabolic expansion with respect to δ^2 at finite density and temperature is a good approximation in the relativistic mean field theory,It is also shown that the proton fraction in the modified Urca process is considerably restrained in comparison with that of the direct Urca process.Then,we discuss the influences of the density-dependent and temperature-dependent asymmetry energy on the proton fraction in hot neutron star matter.     

手征SU(3)夸克模型与六夸克态的研究

用手征 SU( 3)夸克模型分析了 ( 0 s) 6组态的六夸克态能量 ,结果表明手征 SU( 3)介子场可以对某些多奇异数的态提供较强的吸引作用 .进一步用共振群方法研究了 ( ΩΩ) 0 + 及 ( ΩΞ) 1+ 等多奇异数系统 ,得到 ( ΩΩ) 0 是一个深度束缚的双重态. An analysis is made for the (0s) 6 six quark cluster states in the chiral SU (3) quark model. The results show that for some multistrangeness states the chiral SU (3) could offer more attraction. Further RGM dynamical calculation of the multistrangeness system (ΩΩ) 0+ and (ΩΞ) 1+ has been done. It shows that (ΩΩ) 0+ is a deeply bound state in the chiral SU (3) quark model.     

核子质量、 半径及夸克凝聚的核物质密度依赖性

简要介绍核物质中核子的质量、 半径及夸克凝聚的密度依赖关系基于QCD模型和QCD有效场论研究的现状, 并具体介绍整体色对称模型（GCM）的研究结果. GCM研究表明, 在小于临界密度的情况下, 核物质中核子的质量随核物质密度的增大而减小, 核子的半径和夸克凝聚随核物质密度的增大而增大. 当达到临界密度时, 核子质量减小为零, 核子半径变为无限大, 夸克凝聚突变为零, 进而提出一个核物质中手征对称性恢复的新机制. The status of the investigations on the nucleon mass, nucleon radius and quark condensate in the framework of QCD inspired models and QCD effective field theories is briefly reviewed. The results in the global color symmetry model (GCM) are described a little detailedly. The calculated results indicate that, before the maximal density is reached, the mass of a nucleon in nuclear matter decreases, the radius of a nucleon and the quark condensate increase very slowly, with the increase of the nuclear matter density. As the maximal nuclear matter density is reached, the mass of the nucleon vanishes gradually. The radius becomes infinite and the quark condensate vanishes suddenly. A new mechanism for the chiral symmetry restoration in nuclear matter is proposed.     

Topics in chiral perturbation theory

I consider some selected topics in chiral perturbation theory (CHPT). For the meson sector, emphasis is put on processes involving pions in the isospin zero S-wave which require multi-loop calculations. The advantages and shortcomings of heavy baryon CHPT are discussed. Some recent results on the structure of the baryons are also presented.     

Topics in chiral perturbation theory

I consider some selected topics in chiral perturbation theory (CHPT). For the meson sector, emphasis is put on processes involving pions in the isospin zero S-wave which require multi-loop calculations. The advantages and shortcomings of heavy baryon CHPT are discussed. Some recent results on the structure of the baryons are also presented.     

On the radiative pion decay

A reanalysis of the radiative pion decay together with the calculation of the radiative corrections within chiral perturbation theory (CHPT) is performed. The amplitude of this decay contains an inner Bremsstrahlung contribution and a structure-dependent part, which are both accessible in experiments. In order to obtain a reliable estimate of the hadronic contributions we combine the CHPT result with a large-N_c expansion and experimental data on other decays, which makes it possible to determine the occurring coupling constants. PACS  13.20.Cz; 12.39.Fe     

Dispersive and chiral symmetry constraints on the light meson form factors

The form factors of the light pseudoscalar mesons are investigated in a dispersive formalism based on hadronic unitarity, analyticity and the OPE expansion of the QCD Green functions. We propose generalizations of the original mathematical techniques, suitable for including additional low energy information provided by experiment or Chiral Perturbation Theory (CHPT). The simultaneous treatment of the electroweak form factors of the and K mesons allows us to test the consistency with QCD of a low energy CHPT theorem. By applying the formalism to the pion electromagnetic form factor, we derive quite strong constraints on the higher Taylor coefficients at zero momentum, using information about the phase and the modulus of the form factor along a part of the unitarity cut. Received: 16 July 1999 / Published online: 6 March 2000     

K\rightarrow \pi\pi e^+e^- decays and chiral low-energy constants

The branching ratios of the measured decay and of the still unmeasured decay are calculated to next-to-leading order in chiral perturbation theory (CHPT). Recent experimental results are used to determine two possible values of the combination of weak low-energy couplings (LECs) from the chiral Lagrangian. The values obtained are compared to the predictions of theoretical approaches to weak counterterm couplings to distinguish between the two values. Using the favoured value of the combination and taking into account additional assumptions suggested by the considered models, one obtains the branching ratio of the second decay as a function of the unknown combination of weak low-energy couplings. Finally, using values of the individual LECs derived from a particular model, one predicts the branching ratio of the decay. Received: 27 February 2001 / Published online: 11 May 2001     

Non-perturbative study of the light pseudoscalar masses in chiral dynamics

We perform a non-perturbative chiral study of the masses of the lightest pseudoscalar mesons. In the calculation of the self-energies we employ the S -wave meson-meson amplitudes taken from Unitary Chiral Perturbation Theory (UCHPT) that include the lightest nonet of scalar resonances. Values for the bare masses of pions and kaons are obtained, as well as an estimate of the mass of the η₈ . The former are found to dominate the physical pseudoscalar masses. We also match our results with the self-energies from Chiral Perturbation Theory (CHPT) to O(p ⁴) , and resum higher orders from our calculated self-energies. A robust relation between several O(p ⁴) CHPT counterterms is then obtained. By taking into account values determined from previous chiral phenomenological studies of m _s/ and 3L ₇ + L ^r ₈(M _ρ) , we determine a tighter region of favoured values for the O(p ⁴) CHPT counterterms 2L ^r ₆(M _ρ) - L ^r ₄(M _ρ) and 2L ^r ₈(M _ρ) - L ^r ₅(M _ρ) . This determination perfectly overlaps with the recent determinations to O(p ⁶) in CHPT. We warn about a likely reduction in the value of m _s/ by higher loop diagrams and that this is not systematically accounted for by present lattice extrapolations. We also provide a favoured interval of values for m _s/ and 3L ₇ + L ^r ₈(M _ρ) .     

Pseudoscalar meson masses in unitarized chiral perturbation theory

This contribution summarizes the work explained in arXiv:hep-ph/0608290 where we perform a non-perturbative chiral study of the masses of the lightest pseudoscalar mesons. The pseudoscalar self-energies are calculated by the evaluation of the scalar self-energy loops with full S-wave meson-meson amplitudes taken from Unitary Chiral Perturbation Theory (UCHPT). These amplitudes, among other features, contain the lightest nonet of scalar resonances σ, f ₀(980), a ₀(980) and κ. The self-energy loops are regularized by a proper subtraction of the infinities within a dispersion relation formulation of the amplitudes. Values for the bare masses of pions and kaons and the η ₈ mass are obtained. We then match to the self-energies from standard Chiral Perturbation Theory (CHPT) to O(p ⁴) and resum higher orders from our calculated scalar self-energies. The dependence of the self-energies on the quark masses allows a determination of the ratio of the strange-quark mass over the mean of the lightest-quark masses, m _s/ , in terms of the O(p ⁴) CHPT low-energy constant combinations 2L ^r ₈ - L ^r ₅ and 2L ^r ₆ - L ^r ₄. In this way, we give a range for the values of these low-energy counterterms and for 3L ₇ + L ^r ₈, once the η-meson mass is invoked. The low-energy constants are further constraint by performing a fit to the recent MILC lattice data on the pseudoscalar masses, and m _s/ = 25.6±2.5 results. This value is consistent with 24.4±1.5 from CHPT and phenomenology and more marginally with the value 27.4±0.5 obtained from pure perturbative chiral extrapolations of the MILC lattice data to physical values of the lightest-quark masses.     

Constraints on low energy QCD parameters from $$\eta \rightarrow 3\pi $$ and $$\pi \pi $$ππ scattering

The \(\eta \,\rightarrow \,3\pi \) decays are a valuable source of information on low energy QCD. Yet they were not used for an extraction of the three flavor chiral symmetry breaking order parameters until now. We use a Bayesian approach in the framework of resummed chiral perturbation theory to obtain constraints on the quark condensate and pseudoscalar decay constant in the chiral limit. We compare our results with recent CHPT and lattice QCD fits and find some tension, as the \(\eta \,\rightarrow \,3\pi \) data seem to prefer a larger ratio of the chiral order parameters. The results also disfavor a very large value of the pseudoscalar decay constant in the chiral limit, which was found by some recent work. In addition, we present results of a combined analysis including \(\eta \,\rightarrow \,3\pi \) decays and \(\pi \pi \) scattering and though the picture does not changed appreciably, we find some tension between the data we use. We also try to extract information on the mass difference of the light quarks, but the uncertainties prove to be large.