Dimuon events produced in high energy antineutrino interactions observed in BEBC

A study is presented of dimuon events from an exposure of BEBC to a wide band $\text{ν}$ beam from the CERN SPS. These data double the available statistics on $\text{ν}$ induced dilepton events observed in bubble chambers. The relative production rate and V⁰ yield have been measured and found to agree with previous experiments. The analysis of several kinematical variables shows that the gros features of the data agree with the predictions of the GIM model. Some indication exists that part of the signal could be due to quasi elastic production of the “beautiful baryon”, but the statistical significance is too weak to draw definitive conclusions.     

Strangeness exchange in high energy interactions

The average strangeness transfer computed for the K^±p interactions on the basis of the existing experimental data does not change appreciably in the 4 to 16 GeV/c beam momentum range, being negative for K⁺p and positive for K^?p interactions. Comparison with the electric charge transfer is made.     

Universility of hadron jets in soft and hard particle interactions at high energies

Hadron jet production is studied in softπ ^? p and cumulativeπ ^? C interactions at a 40 GeV/c momentum. The collective characteristics of jets and the form of the quark and diquark fragmentation into charted poins and neutral strange particles are analyzed. The results obtained are compared to analogous data fore ⁺ e ^? andv(≈v)p interactions. The hadron jet properties are also studied by means of relativistic invariant variables—the squared relative 4-velocities \(b_{ik} = - \left( {\frac{{P_i }}{{m_i }} - \frac{{P_k }}{{m_k }}} \right)^2 \) . The results obtained show that quark (diquark) fragmentation proceeds in a similar manner in soft hadron-hadron collisions, cumulative interactions on light nuclei,e ⁺ e ^? annihilation and deep inelasticv(≈v)p scattering. In the relativistically invariant variables the fragmentation function is similar for the hadronization of quarks and diquarks and it does not matter whether they are knocked out of usual hadrons or multiquark systems.     

Current non-conservation effects in ultra-high energy neutrino interactions

The overall hardness scale of the ultra-high energy neutrino-nucleon interactions is usually estimated as Q ² ∼ m _w ² The effect of non-conservation of weak currents pushes this scale up to the top quark mass squared and changes dynamics of the scattering process. The Double Leading Log Approximation provides simple and numerically accurate formula for the top-bottom contribution to the total cross section σ^νN . Corresponding correction to σ^νN appears to be numerically large. It is comparable with the leading contribution evaluated in the massless quark approximation.     

A cluster algorithm for the study of jets in high energy physics

A cluster algorithm using angular correlations and leading particle effects is presented which is applicable to the study of jets produced in high energy storage ring collisions. The algorithm uses the concept of a minimal spanning tree and is computationally very efficient. Events are classified by their cluster number and the cluster number frequency distribution can be used for comparison with particle production models. Individual particles are assigned to the clusters and the vector sum of their momenta generate a cluster axis. These cluster properties permit the study of the dynamics of the jet production and fragmentation processes. The example of two and three jet production at PEP and PETRA energies is used to illustrate this technique.     

Signals for intrinsic charm in high energy interactions

The prospects to test the hypothesis of intrinsic charm quarks in the proton are investigated. We consider how this component can be directly or indirectly probed in deep inelastic scattering at HERA and in fixed target experiments and find that an overlooked signal might be present in existing NMC data. Applying the intrinsic charm model to hadron collisions we compare the resulting charm production cross-sections with those based on standard perturbative QCD and available data. Extrapolating to higher energies we obtain predictions for charm production at the Tevatron and LHC.     

Probabilities of rapidity gaps in high energy interactions

We show that high energy hadronic reactions which contain a rapidity gap and a hard subprocess have a specific dependence on the kinematic variables, which results in a characteristic behaviour of the survival probability of the gap. We incorporate this mechanism in a two-channel eikonal model to make an essentially parameter-free estimate of diffractive dijet production at the Tevatron, given the diffractive structure functions measured at HERA. The estimates are in surprising agreement with the measurements of the CDF collaboration. We briefly discuss the application of the model to other hard processes with rapidity gaps. Received: 16 May 2001 / Revised version: 12 July 2001 / Published online: 10 August 2001     

Polarization of baryons produced by high energy neutrinos

Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields - It is shown that a measurement of the baryon polarization in the reaction $$\mathop v\limits^{( - )} + N \to \mu + B + X$$ gives information on...     

Clan structure and intermittency in proton-nucleus interactions at high energy

In this paper we examine the similarity between clan structure and self-similar cascading in high energy proton-nucleus interactions at 70 GeV/c in emulsion. The investigation shows that the negative bionomial fitting parameterk can be used for the evaluation of factorial moments in intermittency studies and that these exhibit similar behaviour with those derived from nonstatistical procedure. The results of our study signify compatibility between clan cascading and self-similar cascading in soft hadroization processes.     

第四讲 超强激光脉冲与等离子体相互作用中高能离子的产生

近几年来，由于高功率激光技术的不断发展，利用超强激光脉冲与等离子体相互作用产生高能离子束的研究得到了极大推动．实验和理论模拟均发现，在超强激光脉冲与等离子体相互作用过程中，可以产生高亮度、小尺寸、方向性好的高能质子束和高能重离子束．这种基于超强激光的高能离子源在先进离子束成像技术、惯性约束聚变混合“快点火”、新型台面离子加速器以及医疗等方面都有很诱人的应用前景．文章主要介绍了超强激光与固体靶相互作用中高能离子束（尤其是质子束）的加速机制、高能离子束特性、常用测量方法及其潜在应用，并对最新的研究进展进行了简单介绍．     

Angular distribution of energy in jets

The transverse momentum distribution of heavy C-even resonances produced in hadron collisions probes, according to QCD, the spatial spread of color charge in gluons. An all-orders calculation of the effective doubly logarithmic gluon form factor is supported by recent data on χ (3.5) production. We predict a very wide p_t distribution of C-even b$\text{b}$ resonances associated with ?.     

Production spectrum of gamma rays in high energy interactions and high energy gamma ray intensity at 2900 m

An extended array of emulsion and lead plates has been exposed at Zugspitze for 6 months. The results of the measurements carried out on individual high energy cascades, and families of cascades allow the following conclusions to be drawn:

1. The vertical intensity of electrons andγ-quanta with energy > 1000 GeV on Zugspitze (2900 m) is 4.5/8.8 × 10^?10 cm^?2sec^?1ster^?1.
2. The energy spectrum of these particles has the shape of a power law with exponent — 1.85.
3. The production spectrum of secondary particles in individual interactions is derived, and it steepens with increasing primary energy. Using other evidence one may then conclude that this is due to an increase of multiplicity with primary energy.

     

Study of fast target protons in high energy hadron-nucleus collisions

Intranuclear cascade model calculations are carried out on the recent measurements (WA80 Collaborations) for the multiplicity, energy and angular distributions of singly charged target fragments of energy in the range 30 E < 400=" mev=" (the=" so-called=" grey=" particles)=" produced=" in=" proton-nucleus=" interactions=" at=" 200=" gev/c.=" it=" is=" shown=" that=" these=" distributions=" are=" reasonably=" well=" understood=" in=" terms=" of=" the=" intranuclear=" cascade=" model=" which=" considers=" that=" grey=" particles=" are=" only=" produced=" in=" the=" first=" two=" generations=" of=" the=" cascade.=" the=" obtained=" distributions,=" mean=" values=" and=" target=" mass=" dependence=" are=" more=" consistent=" with=" the=" experimental=" data=" than=" other=" models=" using=" monte=" carlo=">     

Tracking high energy heavy-ion interactions with nuclear emulsion

EMU01 experiments tracking high energy heavy-ion interactions with nuclear emulsion detectors are performed at the BNL AGS and the CERN SPS. Some unique measurements are presented. As an illustration impact parameter selections, projectile fragmentation and particle production are discussed. Recent results from gold nucleus reactions at 11 A GeV are given.     

Nucleon structure functions from high energy neutrino interactions

Structure functions obtained from high energy neutrino and antineutrino scattering from an iron target are presented. These were extracted from the combined data of Fermilab experiments E616 and E701; these utilized narrow band beam runs between 1979–1982. The structure functions are used to test the validity of quarkparton model (QPM) predictions and to extract the QCD scale parameter Λ from fits to the Altarelli-Parisi equations.     

νμp and νμn charged-current interactions unfolded from high energy νμ interactions in neon

We have developed a method to separate $\text{ν}$n and $\text{ν}$p interactions from antineutrino-neon interactions by using the final state electric charge. We present the distributions of the scaling variables x and y for $\text{ν}$n and $\text{ν}$p interactions separately , along with the $\text{ν}$n and $\text{ν}$p cross section ratios as a function of x and y. We obtain a total $\text{ν}$n to $\text{ν}$p cross section ratio of 0.45± 0.08. Our results are consistent with the predictions of the simple quark parton model.     

Effect of target composition on proton energy spectra in ultraintense laser-solid interactions

We study how the proton density in a target irradiated by an ultraintense laser affects the proton spectrum, with analytical models and Vlasov simulations. A low relative proton density gives rise to peaks in the energy spectrum. Furthermore, a target with the protons confined to a thin, low density layer produces a quasimonoenergetic spectrum. This is a simple technique for producing proton beams with a narrow energy spread for proton radiography of laser-plasma interactions.