The decay of spin-isospin modes in a semi-infinite slab

The surface response for charge exchange (p, n) and (³He, T) reactions is studied in the-region using the semi-infinite slab model. The contribution to the total response from different decay channels, (NN, N, ), is calculated. These decay channels corresponds to the exclusive channels, (pp, p ⁺, ⁺), measured in recent (p, n) and (³He, T) experiments. The in-medium properties of the-resonance is taken into account by using microscopic calculations of the-width in nuclear matter. From the-width in nuclear matter a non-local imaginary-potential, as well as a local potential, is constructed for the semi-infinite slab model. The results in the semi-infinite slab model gives a qualitative understanding of the exclusive experiments. The exclusive (NN, N, ) channels are more sensitive, than the total response, tog-correlation parameters,-width and the absorption function used at the external vertex. Our calculations suggest low values of theg-correlation parametersg _N andg , (0.3). The results with the-width represented as a non-local or a local-potential are very similar, with only minor differences in the exclusive channels.Supported in part by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council and by the Director, Office of Energy Research, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Physics Division of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-ACO3-76SF00098     

Spin and parity of isomeric and ground states of the doubly-odd nucleus184Au

Low-spin states in doubly-odd¹⁸⁴Au have been populated in the ⁺/EC decay of¹⁸⁴Hg produced by bombarding¹⁸⁴Sm targets with an 185 MeV⁴⁰Ar beam. Radioactive Hg nuclei were transported by a He jet system. A new level scheme has been established from --t and X--t coincidence measurements. Spin and parity values I=5⁺, I =2⁺ and I=3^– were assigned to the ground state and the two isomeric states of¹⁸⁴Au, respectively. The structure of these states is discussed using B(E1) values.     

Photofission of235U and238U at intermediate energies: absolute cross sections and fragment mass distributions

The total photofission cross section _,F for²³⁵U and²³⁸U has been measured in the energy range 50E 800 MeV at the 855 MeV Mainz Microtron MAMI using energy and time tagged photons (Glasgow Tagger) and a 4 arrangement of position sensitive fragment detectors. Besides the absolute photofission cross section _F , which almost completely exhausts the total photon absorption cross section for these nuclei, fragment mass distributions in this energy domain were determined via time of flight techniques (TOF). The results for the total photofission cross sections _,F normalized to the atomic numberA for both isotopes coincide, and agree in the-resonance region, within the systematic errors, with the socalledUniversal Curve _,T /A of the total photon absorption cross section _,T . At higher energies the cross sections exhibit a smooth behaviour. In particular, it is shown for the first time that there isno resonance-like shape near the D₁₃ resonance (at 710 MeV) as observed for the free proton. This complete suppression of the D₁₃ resonance in complex nuclei is not yet understood on a microscopic level. The fragment mass distributions show a predominantly mass symmetric fission. However, contributions from mass asymmetric fission at some photon energies may give a hint of an increased mass asymmetric fission after the onset of the pion and two pion channels.Excerpt from D26 Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SFB 201 Mainz     

Λ-Hypernucleus formation in proton-nucleus reactions

We study the production of hyperons inp + A reactions within the BUU transport approach including elastic N rescattering and extract the sticking probabilities and hypernucleus formation cross sections as a function of bombarding energy and target mass. At 1.5 GeV about 25% of the hyperons are found to be bound in case of heavy nuclei like²³⁸U leading to large cross sections for-hypernuclei. The respective hypernuclei show broad distributions in excitation energy, momentum and angular momentum. The decay of the hyperon in case of heavy targets is found to be almost entirely due to nonmesonic decay channels, i.e.N NN processes.Supported by BMFT, GSI, Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Polish Committee for Scientific Research under Grant no. PB2593/2/91     

Study of theπ + π − γ system centrally produced in the reactionpp→p f (π + π − γ)p s at 300 GeV/c

The reactionppp _f ( ^{+ –} )p _s , where the ^{+ –} system is centrally produced, has been studied at 300 GeV/c. The ^{+ –} mass spectrum shows evidence for a ⁰ decay mode of the (958) andf ₁ (1285). The branching ratio (f ₁(1285) ^{+ +})/(f ₁(1285) ⁰ ) is found to be 5.0±0.7. No evidence is found for a ⁰(770) decay mode of theE/f ₁ (1420) for which an upper limit BR (E/f ₁(1420) ⁰ )<0.08 at=" 95%=" cl=" is=">     

A unified formalism for γγ→meson and ψ-γX with possible tests for hybrid and gluonic hadrons

The couplings of conventional and hybrid mesons to (real and virtual) and their production amplitudes in M are described in a unified manner. Existing results for heavy quarks are recovered, extensions to light quarks and to virtual couplings are made and phenomenological applications discussed. In particular we discuss relativistic corrections to 0⁺, 1⁺, 2⁺ for both real and virtual photons and offer a resolution to a long standing puzzle in perturbative QCD concerning the helicity structure of 2⁺⁺. We suggest that the production off ₂ (1720) involves gluons in an essential way or that this meson hasJ2.     

Level density fluctuations in the generalized interacting boson model

Level density fluctuations are calculated within the generalized interacting boson model proposed for even-even nuclei, in dependence on the truncation parameterk. For the case =2 corresponding to theSU(3) dynamical symmetry of the interacting boson model the fluctuation pattern is close to Poissonian. For cases 2, including the anharmonic vibrator model for which =, a rapid transition to the fluctuation pattern close to GOE is obtained.     

Quantum correlations and three body decays at a ϕ factory

The decays of neutral kaons produced in decay, K _L K _S , exhibit interesting quantum mechanical interference. The effects of this phenomenon on searches for CP violation have been previously been worked out for two body decays where the decay amplitude is a simple constant. For three body modes where the matrix element varies across the kinematically allowed region, the quantum correlations with enhance or cancel certain terms in the decay distribution. We work out the results for two interesting modes ()() and (3)(3). In the former case, the quantum correlation allows the isolation of the direct emission component of the decay, while in the latter case the intensity asymmetry can uniquely pick out the direct CP violating amplitude.Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation     

Contributions toΛ c + →πΣ,πΛ andp\bar K^0 from excited states

We consider contributions to _c ⁺ , and from excited states. The calculations are performed within the MIT-bag model and a heavy quark bag model. Because the mass of _c ⁺ is rather big compared to the strange baryons, excited baryon states with mass close to that of _c ⁺ in some cases give significant pole contributions to the decay amplitudes of _c ⁺ .     

K^0 - \bar K^0 mixing and the chiral-bag model

TheB-parameter is determined by the chiralbag model calculation of the amplitude. This is correlated with theK⁺⁰ decay amplitude. The theoretical magnitude ofB-parameter depends on the final state interaction effects inK2 decays. Without the final state interaction correction one findsB(µ _B ² )0.37, with the correction includedB(µ _B ² )0.9. Similar connection between theoretical prediction of theK⁺⁰ decay amplitude and calculated value ofB parameter seems to exist in other approaches too.     

Semiclassical delta self-energy

We present a semiclassical approach of the self-energy. We show that the in-medium corrections of the width issued from the Pauli blocking and the coupling to the 2N-1h continuum are in good agreement with the previous approaches and particularly with the quantum -h model even for light nuclei. We separate out the different sources of the imaginary part of the self-energy. The predominant corrections come from two antagonistic origins: the Pauli blocking and the contribution to the two-nucleon emission channel, the latter being model dependent. We further show that the non-diagonal spin matrix elements of the self-energy, generated by its tensor component, are mostly due to the Pauli blocking.     

High-spin states in121Te

The baryon density calculated at the collision center in relativistic heavy ion collisions is not representative for the density really probed by baryons in the high density collision phase. A decomposition into nucleon- and-resonance densities yields average values of 1.25N/o and 0.25/ ₀ at the time of maximum compression.work supported by GSI and BMFT     

A study of ultraviolet renormalon ambiguities in the determination of α s from τ decay

The divergent large-order behaviour of the perturbative series relevant for the determination of _s from decay is controlled by the leading ultraviolet (UV) renormalon. Even in the absence of the first infrared (IR) renormalon, an ambiguity of order ²/m ² is introduced. We make a quantitative study of the practical implications of this ambiguity. We discuss the magnitude of UV renormalon corrections obtained in the large-N _f limit, which, although unrealistic, is nevertheless interesting to some extent. We then study a number of improved approximants for the perturbative series, based on a change of variable in the Borel representation, such as to displace the leading UV renormalon singularity at a larger distance from the origin than the first IR renormalon. The spread of the resulting values of _s (m ²) obtained by different approximants, at different renormalization scales, is exhibited as a measure of the underlying ambiguities. Finally, on the basis of mathematical models, we discuss the prospects of an actual improvement, given the signs and magnitudes of the computed coefficients, the size of _s (m ²) and what is known of the asymptotic properties of the series. Our conclusion is that a realistic estimate of the theoretical error cannot go below _s (m ²)±0.060, or _s (m _Z ²)±0.006.On leave of absence from INFN, Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy     

Shell model yrast states in the many-particle nucleus 72 157 Hf85

In-beam- andn-measurements have for the first time identified excited states in the ₇₂ ¹⁵⁷ Hf₈₅ nucleus and have established its yrast levels up to 6.5 MeV and I=(51/2). The results of parameter-free 11-particle recoupling calculations in the framework of the shell model for the configurationsh ₁₁ ^2/8 f ₇ ^2/3 andh ₁₁ ^2/8 f ₇ ^2/2 h_9/2 are in excellent agreement with the observed levels up to 39/2 at 4.758 MeV. A weakly populated 52 ns 29/2⁺ yrast isomer at 2.876 MeV is assigned as the three-neutron configurationf_7/2h_9/2i_13/2.