Evidence for multiphonon giant resonances in electromagnetic fission of 238U

Differential cross sections for electromagnetic fission of 238U projectiles (500 MeV/u) in C, Sn, and Pb targets are measured and analyzed in terms of single- and multiphonon giant resonance excitations as doorway states to fission. A novel experimental method exploits the linear relationship between neutron multiplicity and the primary 238U excitation energy. Multiphonon states contribute up to 20% of the cross section; a component at high excitation energies is indicated that may arise from three-phonon dipole and two-phonon GDR x GQRiv giant resonance excitations.     

On the scaling of the average multiplicity in hadron-hadron collisions

We show that, under rather general assumptions, the ratio of the average multiplicity to the cross section (rather than the average multiplicity itself) is expected to grow as Ins. We see that this ratio is already linear in lns at presently-available energy, and we extrapolate this linear dependence to predict the value of this ratio at higher energy.     

Proton interactions with high multiplicity

Project Thermalization is aimed to study the proton-proton interaction with high multiplicity of secondary particles. The region of high multiplicity is especially actual at present. We expect the manifestation of the secondary particle collective behavior at this region. The experimentally measured topological cross section was corrected for apparatus acceptance and detection efficiency. These data are in good agreement with gluon dominance model. The comparison with other models is also done and shows no essential deviations. There is evidence that Bose-Einstein condensation can formed at high total multiplicity region.     

Reliable cross sections of partial photoneutron reactions on 188,189Os isotopes free of neutron multiplicity sorting problems

Experimental data on the cross sections of partial photoneutron reactions, obtained for ^188,189Os isotopes using quasimonoenergetic annihilation photon beams and neutron multiplicity sorting method, are analyzed. Using special criteria (transition multiplicity functions F _i = σ(γ, in)/σ(γ, xn), the ratios of the cross section of the corresponding partial reaction to the total neutron yield reaction’s cross section σ(γ, xn) = σ(γ, 1n)+ 2σ(γ, 2n) + 3σ(γ, 3n) free of the problems associated with experimental neutron multiplicity sorting), it is demonstrated that the data contain significant systematic errors. New data are evaluated for cross sections of partial photoneutron reactions (γ, 1n), (γ, 2n), (γ, 3n) and total photoneutron reaction (γ, sn) for ^188,189Os isotopes within an experimental-theoretical approach proposed earlier. It is shown that the significant systematic errors in the experimental cross sections of partial reactions can be attributed to the ambiguity of the relation between the photoneutrons’ multiplicity and their kinetic energy.     

Resonance effects with the photoproduction of electron-positron pairs in the field of a plane electromagnetic wave

The differential cross section is obtained for the formation of electron-positron pairs by a photon at a Coulomb center in the field of a plane electromagnetic wave whose intensity η = eA′/m? 1 and frequency Ω′/m? 1. Expressions are given for the resonance frequencies of the photon for which the emission of a virtual electron (positron) at a mass shell occurs. It is shown that resonance occurs only for electron or positron energies E > m²/Ω′. The resonance differential cross section under interference conditions is obtained. It is shown that the resonance cross section can exceed by several orders of magnitude the ordinary cross section for the photoproduction of pairs without a field.     

核子碰撞截面的介质修正对多重碎裂的影响

利用同位旋相关的量子分子动力学模型研究了中能重离子碰撞过程中,同位旋相关的核子碰撞截面的介质修正对于多重碎裂的影响.结果表明:在包括动量相关作用在内的软势的情况下,介质修正明显地提高了自由核子的发射和中等质量碎片的多重性对于核子碰撞截面的同位旋依赖的敏感性.但对于原子核阻止敏感地依赖于核子碰撞截面的同位旋效应而不敏感地依赖于对称势的形式这一性质的影响并不明显,因此,原子核阻止对于核子碰撞截面的同位旋依赖的敏感性主要决定于自由核子碰撞截面的同位旋相关性.     

Terahertz wide aperture reflection tomography

We describe a powerful imaging modality for terahertz (THz) radiation, THz wide aperture reflection tomography (WART). Edge maps of an object's cross section are reconstructed from a series of time-domain reflection measurements at different viewing angles. Each measurement corresponds to a parallel line projection of the object's cross section. The filtered backprojection algorithm is applied to recover the image from the projection data. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a reflection computed tomography technique using electromagnetic waves. We demonstrate the capabilities of THz WART by imaging the cross sections of two test objects.     

Some general characteristics of Si-emulsion interactions at 4.5 GeV/c per nucleon

We present our observations on the salient features of the interactions produced by ²⁸Si nuclei of 4.5 GeV/c per nucleon in photographic emulsions. The results on the inelastic mean-free path and interaction cross section are presented and compared with the predictions of a geometrical model. Measurements on the multiplicity distribution, mean multiplicities, multiplicity correlations and multiplicity scaling of charged secondary particles are studied. A comparison with other available data at same/nearby incident momentum per nucleon from proton-nucleus and carbon-nucleus collisions is presented in order to examine the dependence on the projectile mass.     

Measurement of the cross section for prompt diphoton production in pp collisions at square root of s=1.96 TeV

We report a measurement of the rate of prompt diphoton production in pp collisions at square root of s=1.96 TeV using a data sample of 207 pb(-1) collected with the upgraded Collider Detector at Fermilab. The background from nonprompt sources is determined using a statistical method based on differences in the electromagnetic showers. The cross section is measured as a function of the diphoton mass, the transverse momentum of the diphoton system, and the azimuthal angle between the two photons and is found to be consistent with perturbative QCD predictions.     

Electromagnetic dissociation of 3.7 A GeV^16O in nuclear emulsion

The electromagnetic dissociation (ED) of 3.7 A GeV {}^{16}O in nuclear emulsion is investigated with high statistics. It is found that the electromagnetically dissociated cross section increases with increasing beam energy, the charge distribution of projectile fragments is the same as the results at 60 and 200 A GeV, and the production probability of projectile fragments with charge 3≤Z≤5 is less than that of the other projectile fragments. These results can be well explained by use of Weizsacker and Williams method for calculating the ED contributions. The percentile abundance of various decay modes for ED at 3.7 A GeV is close to the result at 60 and 200 A GeV, but it is different from the result at 14.6 A GeV. The ED of 3.7 A GeV is mainly caused by the giant dipole and quadrupole resonance of E1 and E2, which can be qualitatively explained by the multiplicity distribution of projectile proton in ED. The multiplicity distribution of the α fragments in ED and nuclear events have different functional forms. This difference may be a consequence of the different reaction mechanism involved.     

Λ Production and Λ/p Ratio in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

The Λ multiplicity and Λ/p ratio are studied by hadron transportation-string fragmentation model in relativistic heavy ion collisions. Firstly, the dependence of Λ multiplicity and Λ/p ratio on the system size and the collision centrality is studied. It shows that the Λ and p multiplicities go up as the increase of system size and the increase of collision centrality. However, their ratio keeps almost a constant. The effect of Λ annihilation cross section to Λ multiplicity and Λ/p ratio is also studied. It is found that this effect is weak: Λ multiplicity and Λ/p ratio have a little amount of increase by the decrease of Λ annihilation cross section. Even the cross section is down to zero, Λ/p ratio is only 1.2 in 200A GeV AuAu head on collision. The Λ/p ratio is obtained to be 0.28 in pp collision, lying in the range of experimental data:0.2—0.3. It is also obtained that the ratio in AA collisions is 3—5 times of that in pp collision.     

Multiplicity distribution and spectra of negatively charged hadrons in Au+Au collisions at square root of (sNN) = 130 GeV

The minimum-bias multiplicity distribution and the transverse momentum and pseudorapidity distributions for central collisions have been measured for negative hadrons ( h(-)) in Au+Au interactions at square root of ([s(NN)]) = 130 GeV. The multiplicity density at midrapidity for the 5% most central interactions is dN(h(-))/d(eta)/(eta = 0) = 280+/-1(stat)+/-20(syst), an increase per participant of 38% relative to pp collisions at the same energy. The mean transverse momentum is 0.508+/-0.012 GeV/c and is larger than in central Pb+Pb collisions at lower energies. The scaling of the h(-) yield per participant is a strong function of p( perpendicular). The pseudorapidity distribution is almost constant within /eta/<1.     

Application of genetic programming for proton-proton interactions

The aim of the present work is to use one of the machine learning techniques named the genetic programming (GP) to model the p-p interactions through discovering functions. In our study, GP is used to simulate and predict the multiplicity distribution of charged pions (P(n _ch )), the average multiplicity (〈n _ch 〉) and the total cross section (σ _tot ) at different values of high energies. We have obtained the multiplicity distribution as a function of the center of mass energy ($ \sqrt s $ \sqrt s ) and charged particles (n _ch ). Also, both the average multiplicity and the total cross section are obtained as a function of $ \sqrt s $ \sqrt s . Our discovered functions produced by GP technique show a good match to the experimental data. The performance of the GP models was also tested at non-trained data and was found to be in good agreement with the experimental data.     

System size and centrality dependence of charged hadron transverse momentum spectra in Au + Au and Cu + Cu collisions at square root of SNN = 62.4 and 200 GeV

We present transverse momentum distributions of charged hadrons produced in Cu + Cu collisions at square root of SNN = 62.4 and 200 GeV. The spectra are measured for transverse momenta of 0.25 < pT < 5.0 GeV/c at square root of SNN = 62.4 GeV and 0.25 < pT < 7.0 GeV/c at square root of SNN = 200 GeV, in a pseudorapidity range of 0.2 < eta < 1.4. The nuclear modification factor R(AA) is calculated relative to p + p data at both collision energies as a function of collision centrality. At a given collision energy and fractional cross section, R(AA) is observed to be systematically larger in Cu + Cu collisions compared to Au + Au. However, for the same number of participating nucleons, R(AA) is essentially the same in both systems over the measured range of pT, in spite of the significantly different geometries of the Cu + Cu and Au + Au systems.     

The diffractive component of multihadron production processes at high energies

Multihadron production at high energies proceeds through two mechanisms: A nondiffractive mechanism of a general multiperipheral nature and a diffractive mechanism. Assuming that the diffractive mechanism is dominated at present energies (s < 3000 BeV²) by single diffraction excitation we explore its theoretical and phenomenological implications. In particular we study the question of the rising total cross section. We show that “high mass diffraction excitation” leads to the formation of a central plateau in the inclusive single pion distribution and that the height of this plateau rises with energy and obeys scaling when normalized by the total cross section. We compute the multiplicity distribution for the diffractive component, and deduce the properties of the average multiplicity, its moments, and the statistical mechanics analogue of the “diffractive” Feynman gas. Two-particle correlations are computed and shown to be of a long range nature. Finally we outline an “improved” two component model into which some of the detailed features of the diffractive part are incorporated.     

Multihadron production in a cascade model for e+e− annihilation: I. Total cross section and multiplicity distribution

We consider a simple dynamical model for e⁺e^? annihilation in which the production of pions is the result of a kind of bremsstrahlung process, each step of the cascade being characterized by the decay of a (massive) spin-one system into a pion plus a similar spin-one system. We study the high-energy behaviour of the n-particle and total cross sections as well as the multiplicity distribution for a large class of transition form factors. The model is found to include features familiar from the uncorrelated jet, the multiperipheral and the thermodynamical models. In particular, it is able to accomodate a logarithmically increasing multiplicity as well as a constant total cross section.     

多重碎裂的同位旋效应和动量相关作用的影响

利用同位旋相关的量子分子动力学模型,对中能重离子碰撞过程中多重碎裂对于同位旋自由度和动量相关作用的依赖性进行了研究.结果表明:在相对较高能区,碎片的平均多重性敏感地依赖于介质中核子–核子碰撞截面的同位旋效应,但很弱地依赖于对称势;动量相关作用增强了中等质量碎片多重性对于核子–核子碰撞截面的同位旋依赖的敏感性.中等质量碎片的平均多重性可用作提取介质中同位旋相关的核子–核子碰撞截面的探针.     

Charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in central Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[S(NN)] = 2.76 TeV

The first measurement of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair √ S NN = 2.76 TeV is presented. For an event sample corresponding to the most central 5% of the hadronic cross section, the pseudorapidity density of primary charged particles at midrapidity is 1584 ± 4(stat) ± 76(syst), which corresponds to 8.3 ± 0.4(syst) per participating nucleon pair. This represents an increase of about a factor 1.9 relative to pp collisions at similar collision energies, and about a factor 2.2 to central Au-Au collisions at √ S NN = 2.76 TeV. This measurement provides the first experimental constraint for models of nucleus-nucleus collisions at LHC energies.     

热防护层覆盖弹体目标雷达散射截面的修正的等效电流近似法和图形计算电磁学法分析

将修正的等效电流近似法与图形计算电磁学法相结合引入到热防护层覆盖弹体目标的电磁散射问题的研究中.应用修正的等效电流近似法对介质和有耗表面进行散射计算,结合图形计算电磁学法,借助于计算机显示技术,将三维目标图形在计算机屏幕上投影,由图形加速卡完成遮挡和消隐工作,利用图形计算电磁学的积分公式,把三维空间的计算转化为二维空间的计算,大大降低了计算时间和复杂度.计算结果表明:当入射波频率较低时,热防护层的厚度不会影响弹体雷达截面值的大小,当频率升高,随着热防护层厚度的增加,弹体雷达截面值不断减小,说明热防护涂层为有耗介质,介电常数的虚部越大其消耗能量的能力越强,弹体雷达截面变化越明显;当热防护层中存在孔隙,热防护层厚度一定,孔隙率越大,雷达截面值越大,孔隙率为零时,雷达截面值最小.当孔隙率相同,热防护层越薄,其雷达截面值越大;当弹体在高空中出现脱粘现象,对弹体的雷达截面值影响不大.     

Influence of vacuum energy on scattering

We deal with photon-electron scattering which occurs between two uncharged conducting parallel plates moving away from each other at a constant velocity. The electromagnetic vacuum field between two plates is defined by the configuration of space and also interacts with the electrons. We show the relevant operators for both the electron and photon fields and the computation of the corresponding Feynman propagator,S-matrix, and scattering cross section, taking into account the influence of the changeable vacuum field. Correction terms in the computedS-matrix and scattering cross section manifest the influence of the changeable vacuum field. We analyze an example for low-energy scattering of the influence of the changeable vacuum field upon the scattering cross section.