Strange resonance production: probing chemical and thermal freeze-out in relativistic heavy ion collisions

The production and the observability of Λ(1520), K⁰(892) Φ and Δ(1232) hadron resonances in central Pb+Pb collisions at 160 A GeV is addressed. The rescattering probabilities of the resonance decay products in the evolution are studied. Strong changes in the reconstructable particle yields and spectra between chemical and thermal freeze-out are estimated. Abundances and spectra of reconstructable resonances are predicted.     

Neutron Resonances in Few-Body Systems and the EOS of Neutron Star Crust

The effective interactions formed by neutron rescattering between the nuclei fixed in nodes of the crystalline lattice of neutron star crusts have been considered. In the case of two-body resonances in neutron–nucleus subsystems new neutron resonances of few-body nature come into existence in the overdense crystal under certain conditions. The energies and widths of new resonances get additional dependence on the lattice parameters. The effective interactions result in nonlinear correction to the equation of state determined by the balance of gravitational, Coulomb and nuclear resonance forces. This leads to resonant oscillations of density in the accordant layers of crusts that are accompanied by oscillations of gamma radiation. The phenomena may clarify some processes connected with few-body neutron resonances in neutron star crusts, that have influence on the microstructure of pulsar impulses.     

Non-leptonic decays of charmed and beautiful particles

By fitting simultaneously the values of ζ-1/N _c and α _s (m _c ² ) on the inclusive rates of the Cabibbo allowed decaysD, F→PP andD→PV, which are independent of the final state interactions, we find ζ=0 and α _s (m _c ² )=0.44. This value for ζ is the same found by other authors [1, 4]. In order to explain the rescattering of the final states produced in the non-leptonic decays of charmedD-particles and to make theoretical predictions for all the exclusive channels, we propose a rescattering model based on the production of resonances inSU(3)-symmetry. In thePP sector we predict a new multiplet of meson resonances 0⁺ which allows us, with few free parameters, to obtain a satisfactory agreement between theoretical predictions and experimental data. Unfortunately, such an agreement cannot be obtained in thePV sector, for which the presence of other rescattering effects is needed to balance the exotic channelD ⁺→PV. In thePV sector we do not use any free parameter. Finally, we also make predictions for the Cabibbo allowed decay channelsB→PP, PV, without considering in this case the final state interactions, because of the high energy of the decay products.     

etapi and eta'pi spectra and interpretation of possible exotic JPC=1-+ mesons

We discuss a coupled channel analysis of the etapi and eta'pi systems produced in pi(-)p interactions at 18 GeV/c. We show that known Q(-)Q resonances, together with residual soft meson-meson rescattering, saturate the spectra including the exotic J(PC)=1(-+) channel. The possibility of a narrow exotic resonance at a mass near 1.6 GeV/c(2) cannot, however, be ruled out.     

Numerical observation of the rescattering wave packet in laser-atom interactions

We present a full-quantum nonperturbative method to study the electron rescattering process in the intense laser-atom interactions. We separate the ionized wave function from the background by solving the time-integral equation. Imposing the incoming boundary condition on the wave function, we reproduce the motion of the rescattering wave packet predicted by the rescattering theory. Our calculated rescattering energies differ significantly from the semiclassical ones. The difference would be substantial for the evaluation of the rescattering induced dynamics such as the molecular dissociation.     

Resonances and Correlations in heavy ion collisions

Results of resonance production from RHIC at $\sqrt {s_{NN} } = 200$ GeV and SPS at $\sqrt {s_{NN} } = 17$ GeV are presented and discussed in context with a possible hadronic interaction phase after chemical freeze-out in a heavy ion collision. Momentum spectra and yield may change due to rescattering and regeneration of hadronic decaying resonances. We compare the decays of resonances into leptonic and hadronic channels in order to discuss the impact of a the possible medium modifications on the resonance and their decay products. Microscopic model calculations predicts that high momentum resonances are almost unaffected by the hadronic medium. This raises the idea of using high transverse momentum selection criteria in order to extract resonances created at an early stage of a heavy ion collision.     

Production Cross-Section Estimates for Strongly-Interacting Electroweak-Symmetry Breaking Sector Resonances at Particle Colliders

We are exploring a generic strongly-interacting Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Sector (EWSBS) with the low-energy effective field theory for the four experimentally known particles (W_L^#177;, Z_L, h) and its dispersion-relation based unitary extension. In this contribution we provide simple estimates for the production cross-section of pairs of the EWSBS bosons and their resonances at proton-proton colliders as well as in a future e^-e⁺ (or potentially a μ^-μ⁺) collider with a typical few-TeV energy. We examine the simplest production mechanisms, tree-level production through a W (dominant when quantum numbers allow) and the simple effective boson approximation (in which the electroweak bosons are considered as collinear partons of the colliding fermions). We exemplify with custodial isovector and isotensor resonances at 2 TeV, the energy currently being discussed because of a slight excess in the ATLAS 2-jet data. We find it hard, though not unthinkable, to ascribe this excess to one of these W_LW_L rescattering resonances. An isovector resonance could be produced at a rate smaller than, but close to earlier CMS exclusion bounds, depending on the parameters of the effective theory. The ZZ excess is then problematic and requires additional physics (such as an additional scalar resonance). The isotensor one (that would describe all charge combinations) has smaller cross-section.     

Multiple-plateau structure and scaling relation in photoelectron spectra of high-order above-threshold ionization

By developing a full quantum scattering theory of high-order above-threshold ionization,we study the energy spectra and the angular distributions of photoelectrons from atoms with intense laser fields shining on them.We find that real rescattering can occur many times,and even infinite times.The photoelectrons from the rescattering process form a broad plateau in the kinetic-energy spectrum.We further disclose a multiple-plateau structure formed by the high-energy photoelectrons,which absorb many photons during the rescattering process.Moreover,we find that both the angular distributions and the kinetic-energy spectra of photoelectrons obey the same scaling law as that for directly emitted photoelectrons.     

Rescattering production of dileptons in nucleus-nucleus collisions

We present a space-time formulation for the rescattering of hard partons produced in primary QCD subcollisions within a nucleus-nucleus collision. As an application we calculate the rescattering rate for dilepton production in 100 GeV/A+100 GeV/A uranium-uranium collisions.     

Electromagnetic properties of the πNN system: (II). The γD → Dπ° reaction

By computing the non-relativistic limits of the direct and the pion-nucleon rescattering amplitudes, we have obtained a good accounting for the available experimental data, both at threshold and in the Δ(1236) region. The effects of the Fermi motion were fully taken into account. At threshold the pion-nucleon rescattering diagram is very important, and we have studied the sensitivity of the results to the different ingredients of the calculation: the deuteron wave function, the pion propagator, the elementary operators, etc. In the Δ(1236) region the rescattering effects are small and the cross section is mainly sensitive to the direct term. Here the Fermi motion effects are important and the kinematical ambiguities in the elementary amplitudes are avoided in our treatment. The good overall agreement with the data gives us some confidence in the methods we are using in this series of papers which study the electromagnetic properties of the πNN system.     

高阶阈值上电离的量子电动力学理论

用非微扰量子电动力学理论研究一个由再散射产生的高阶阈值上电离（ATI）.利用形式散射理论给出了高阶ATI谱的解析形式，并且讨论了在高阶ATI中不同ATI通道的干涉效应和光电子以不同角度入射时的高阶ATI谱. 关键词： 阈值上电离 再散射 跃迁概率     

Photon radiation and dilepton production induced by rescattering in strong interacting medium

Using the opacity expansion technique we investigate the photon radiation and dilepton production induced by multiple rescattering as an energetic parton jet passing through the strong interacting medium. The real photon radiation and dilepton invariant-mass spectra of the bremsstrahlung contribution from an energetic quark jet are presented. The leading contribution of total energy loss by photon emission in the medium of a high energetic quark jet is found to be proportional to the jet energy and has a linear dependence on the thickness of the nuclear target. The rescattering contribution to the dilepton production is important only when the pair has a small invariant mass and the jet has relatively low energy. The contribution fraction of the dilepton induced by rescattering in medium is found to be nearly a constant when the ratio of the jet energy to Debye screening mass E/μ is large.     

以两种方法研究强激光场中的非时序双电离现象

以半经典再散射模型和量子S矩阵模型出发来研究强激光场中原子和分子的非时序双电离现象.分别利用这两个模型计算了电离率随激光强度的变化、反冲离子的动量分布、两出射电子的能量分布.数值结果表明半径典再散射模型和量子S矩阵模型在研究强场中原子和分子的非时序双电离现象时有很好的一致性.     

High-order above-threshold ionization with few-cycle laser pulses: Molecular improved strong-field approximation vs. molecular low-frequency approximation

We investigate high-order above-threshold ionization (HATI) of homonuclear diatomic molecules by a few-cycle laser pulse. In order to describe molecular HATI in ultrashort laser pulses we have modified our molecular improved strong-field approximation (MISFA), which was developed for long laser pulses and in which the rescattering of the ionized electron off the parent ion was described using the first-order Born approximation (1BA). Now, we introduce the so-called molecular low-frequency approximation (MLFA) in which the elastic rescattering amplitude is calculated exactly. The angle-resolved electron energy spectra for HATI of N₂ and O₂ obtained using the MLFA are compared with those obtained within the MISFA. The difference between these spectra becomes significant for larger (re)scattering angles. This is due to the fact that the exact scattering amplitude, used in the MLFA, has minima for some values of the rescattering angles that are absent in the 1BA. Also, the rescattering plateau is lower for the MLFA spectra. We investigate the influence of the carrier-envelope phase on the high-energy part of the molecular HATI spectra. As in the atomic case, the left-right (backward-forward) asymmetry is also observed in the molecular case.     

Angle-resolved high-order above-threshold ionization of a molecule: sensitive tool for molecular characterization

The strong-field approximation for ionization of diatomic molecules by an intense laser field is generalized to include rescattering of the ionized electron off the various centers of its molecular parent ion. The resulting spectrum and its interference structure strongly depend on the symmetry of the ground state molecular orbital. For N2, if the laser polarization is perpendicular to the molecular axis, we observe a distinct minimum in the emission spectrum, which survives focal averaging and allows determination of, e.g., the internuclear separation. In contrast, for O2, rescattering is absent in the same situation.     

Rescattering for extended atomic systems

Laser-driven rescattering of electrons is the basis of many strong-field phenomena in atoms and molecules. Here, we will show how this mechanism operates in extended atomic systems, giving rise to effective energy absorption. Rescattering from extended systems can also lead to energy loss, which in its extreme form results in nonlinear light-induced trapping. Intense-laser interaction with atomic clusters is discussed as an example. We explain fast electron emission, seen in experimental and numerically obtained spectra, by rescattering of electrons at the highly charged cluster.     

Evidence for rescattering in intense, femtosecond laser interactions with a negative ion

It is now well established that energetic electron emission, nonsequential ionization, and high harmonic generation, produced during the interaction of intense, femtosecond laser pulses with atoms (and atomic positive ions), can be explained by invoking rescattering of the active electron in the laser field, the so-called rescattering mechanism. In contrast for negative ions, the role of rescattering has not been established experimentally. By irradiating F- ions with ultrashort laser pulses, F+ ion yields as a function of intensity for both linearly and circularly polarized light have been measured. We find that, at intensities well below saturation for F+ production by sequential ionization, there is a small but significant enhancement in the yield for the case of linearly polarized light, providing the first clear experimental evidence for the existence of the rescattering mechanism in negative ions.