Shape distortions of meson resonances produced in hadron interactions atP T≧2 GeV/c

Using the ARGUS detector at thee ⁺ e ^– storage ring DORIS II, flavour-dependent kaon production inB meson decays has been studied. Using the leptons as flavour tags, it has been possible to separately measure the multiplicities ofK ⁺,K ^– andK _s ⁰ in inclusiveB decays and in semileptonicB decays. The kaon production in semileptonicB decays was further used to estimate the ratio of charmed decays over all decays, and thus also the fraction of charmlessB decays.DESY, IfH Zeuthen     

New CP phase of – mixing on T violation in

A large CP-violating phase uncovered recently by CDF and DØ Collaborations in the time-dependent CP asymmetry (CPA) of the B_s→J/Ψ decay clearly indicates that a non-Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa (CKM) phase has to be brought into the b→s transition. We find that the model with SU(2)_L singlet exotic quarks cannot only provide the new phase induced from the Z-mediated flavor changing neutral current (FCNC) at tree level, but also strongly relate the B_s– mixing, B_q→V_qℓ⁺ℓ⁻ (V_d[s]=K^*[]) and B_s→μ⁺μ⁻ together. In particular, we show that the new CP phase can be unambiguously exposed by the large statistical significances of T violating observables in B_q→V_qℓ⁺ℓ⁻, while the branching ratio of B_s→μ⁺μ⁻ can be enhanced to be O(10⁻⁸).     

Bs,d→ππ,πK,KK: status and prospects

Several years ago, it was pointed out that the U-spin-related decays B_d→π⁺π^-, B_s→K⁺K^- and B_d→π^∓K^±, B_s→π^±K^∓ offer interesting strategies for the extraction of the angle γ of the unitarity triangle. Using the first results from the Tevatron on the B_s decays and the B-factory data on B_u,d modes, we compare the determinations of γ from both strategies, study the sensitivity on U-spin-breaking effects, discuss the resolution of discrete ambiguities, predict observables that were not yet measured but will be accessible at LHCb, explore the extraction of the width difference ΔΓ_s from untagged B_s→K⁺K^- rates, and address the impact of new physics. The data for the B_d→π⁺π^-, B_s→K⁺K^- system favour the BaBar measurement of direct CP violation in B_d→π⁺π^-, which will be used in the numerical analysis and result in a fortunate situation, yielding γ=(66.6^+4.3+4.0 _-5.0-3.0)^°, where the latter errors correspond to a generous estimate of U-spin-breaking effects. On the other hand, the B_d→π^∓K^±, B_s→π^±K^∓ analysis leaves us with 26°≤γ≤70°, and points to a value of the B_s→π^±K^∓ branching ratio that is larger than the current Tevatron result. An important further step will be the measurement of mixing-induced CP violation in B_s→K⁺K^-, which will also allow us to extract the B⁰ _s–B̄⁰ _s mixing phase unambiguously with the help of B_s→J/ψφ at the LHC. Finally, the measurement of direct CP violation in B_s→K⁺K^- will make the full exploitation of the physics potential of the B_s,d→ππ,πK,KK modes possible.     

Flavor symmetry, K– mixing and new physics effects on CP violation in D and Ds decays

Flavor symmetry and symmetry breaking, K⁰– mixing and possible effects of new physics on CP violation in weak decay modes D^±→K_S,L+X^±, (K_S,L+π⁰)_K^*+X^± (for X=π,ρ,a₁) and D^±_s→K_S,L+X^±_s, (K_S,L+π⁰)_K^*+X^±_s (for X_s=K,K^*) are analyzed. Relations between D^± and D^±_s decay branching ratios are obtained from the ds subgroup of SU(3) and dominant symmetry-breaking mechanisms are investigated. A CP asymmetry of magnitude 3.3×10⁻³ is shown to result in the standard model from K⁰– mixing in the final-state. New physics affecting the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed channels might either cancel this asymmetry or enhance it up to the percent level. A comparison between the CP asymmetries in D^±_(s)→K_SX^±_(s) and D^±_(s)→K_LX^±_(s) can pin down effects of new physics.     

Flavour physics and CP violation

It is well known that the study of flavour physics and CP violation is very important to critically test the Standard Model and to look for possible signature of new physics beyond it. The observation of CP violation in kaon system in 1964 has ignited a lot of experimental and theoretical efforts to understand its origin and to look for CP violation effects in other systems besides the neutral kaons. The two B-factories BABAR and BELLE, along with other experiments, in the last decade or so made studies in flavour physics and CP violation a very interesting one. In this article we discuss the status and prospectives of the flavour physics associated with the strange, charm and bottom sectors of the Standard Model. The important results in kaon sector will be briefly discussed. Recently, mixing in the charm system has been observed, which was being pursued for quite some time without any success. The smallness of the mixing parameters in the charm system is due to the hierarchical structure of the CKM matrix. Interestingly, so far we have not found CP violation in the charm system but in the future, with more dedicated experiments at charm threshold, the situation could change. Many interesting observations have been made in the case of bottom mesons and some of them show some kind of deviations from that of the Standard Model expectations which are mainly associated with the b → s flavour changing neutral current transitions. It is long believed that the B _s system could be the harbinger of new physics since it is a system in which both bottom and strange quarks are the constituents. Recently, D0 and CDF announced their result for the B _s mixing which is claimed to be the first possible new physics signature in the flavour sector. We plan to touch upon all important issues pointing out both theoretical and experimental developments and future prospects in this review article.     

Final-state-interaction and SU(3)-breaking effects in

Based on the quark-diagram scheme and the recent measurement of D⁰→π⁰π⁰, we analyze the decays D⁰→π⁺π⁻, π⁰π⁰, K⁺K⁻, and . To fit the data, we find that there must be both final-state-interaction and SU(3)-breaking effects: of the former, nonzero elastic phase shifts in both π and are determined and no inelasticity in phase shifts is required; the SU(3) breaking effects are at the maximal level of 30% and of particular interest are those in the spectator W-emission and the non-spectator W-exchange diagrams.     

Status of the CHORUS neutrino oscillation experiment

The CHORUS experiment is designed to search for ν_μ → ν_τ oscillation with a hybrid detector system containing 800 kg nuclear emulsions as target and vertex detector. Run I (320 000 recorded ν_μCC in 1994/5) and more than half of the run II (460 000 ν_μCC in 1996/7) data taking have been successfully completed. Approximately 80 000 events have been analyzed so far, searching for and τ⁻ → h⁻ (nπ⁰) ν_τ decays. No candidate has been found, leading to a limit sin² 2θ_μτ ≤ 4.5 10⁻³ for large Δm².     

Resonances in at rest

Data on at rest show two resonant processes: (a) f₀(1370)η,f₀(1370)→σσ and ρρ, (b) η(1440)σ, η(1440)→ηπ⁺π⁻. The branching ratio BR[f₀(1370)→ρρ]/BR[f₀(1370)→σσ]=0.98±0.25 in the mass range available here. Using data on , the ratio Γ_4π/Γ_2π5 for f₀(1370). The effects of the strongly s-dependent width of f₀(1370) are discussed in some detail.The η(1440) is observed decaying to ησ and a₀(980)π, with strong destructive interference between them. In its decay to a₀(980)π, a narrow peak appears in the ηπ mass spectrum, but 30–50 MeV above that usually attributed to a₀(980) and significantly above the KK threshold. This effect is explained naturally by a two-step process: η(1440)→K^*(890)K followed by rescattering of the two kaons through a₀(980) to ηπ above the KK threshold.     

Constraining new physics in with reparametrization invariance and QCD factorization

Usually, B⁰→π⁺π⁻ decays are expressed in terms of weak amplitudes explicitly dependent on the CKM weak phase α or γ. In this Letter, we show that the weak amplitudes can be rewritten such that a manifest dependence on β emerges instead. Based on this, we constrain new-physics contributions to the CP-violating phase _d in mixing. Further, we apply reparametrization invariance and use QCD factorization predictions to investigate the bounds on an additional new-physics amplitude in B⁰→π⁺π⁻.     

A measurement of the KL-KS mass difference from the charge asymmetry in semi-leptonic kaon decays

The change asymmetry in semi-leptonic kaon decays has been measured as a function of the kaon lifetime. High statistics data of K_e3⁰ and K_μ3⁰ decay modes agree with each other and with the general expectation of the CP violation phenomenology together with the ΔS?ΔQ rule. The K_L-K_S mass difference obtained is Δm = (0.533 ± 0.004) × 10¹⁰ s^?1.     

A search for QGP formation in antiproton–He annihilation at rest

The dependence of the strangeness production on the number of nucleons involved in the annihilation process is investigated experimentally in and ⁴He annihilation at rest. In He, annihilations with the involvement of one and several nucleons (B=0 and B1 baryonic number, respectively) are identified. Strangeness enhancement factors, i.e., ratios of K^±, , K^0* and ϕ meson yields in ⁴He to the same yields in H, are derived for final states containing 4 charged mesons (2π⁺2π⁻, π⁺π⁻πK^±, π⁺π⁻K⁺K⁻). This work completes a previous investigation concerning charged kaon production in meson final states without neutral mesons. The results are compared with our previous ones and with results found in experiments on heavy-ion collisions. It is put in evidence that the strangeness content in the energy blob created by the annihilation has a lower or higher intensity depending on the reaction channel: for instance, π⁺π⁻πK^± production increases with B and π⁺π⁻K⁺K⁻ production decreases. The maximum enhancement factor (about 22) is found for π⁺π⁻π⁻K⁺ without neutral mesons. This value (as well as that concerning π⁺π⁺π⁻K⁻) is definitely higher than the values predicted by theoretical investigations based on the formation of a highly excited hadronic gas in the annihilation on few nucleons and values found in heavy-ion collisions. Is it the signature of the formation of quark–gluon plasma?     

B-decay CP-asymmetries in SUSY with a U(2)3 flavour symmetry

We study CP asymmetries in rare B decays within supersymmetry with a U(2)³ flavour symmetry, motivated by the SUSY flavour and CP problems, the hierarchies in the Yukawa couplings and the absence so far of any direct evidence for SUSY. Even in the absence of flavour-blind phases, we find potentially sizable CP violating contributions to b→s decay amplitudes. The effects in the mixing-induced CP asymmetries in B→ϕK _S and B→η′K _S , angular CP asymmetries in B→K ^∗ μ ⁺ μ ⁻ and the direct CP asymmetry in B→X _s γ can be in the region to be probed by LHCb and next generation B factories. At the same time, these effects in B decays are compatible with CP violating contributions to meson mixing, including a non-standard B _s mixing phase hinted by current tensions in the CKM fit mostly between S_yKS, e_KS_{\psi K_{S}}, \epsilon_{K} and DM_Bs/DM_Bd\Delta M_{B_{s}}/\Delta M_{B_{d}}.     

Oxalyl halides : Analysis of the 3480 Å absorption system of oxalyl chloridefluoride

Oxalyl chloridefluoride (COCl)(COF) exhibits moderately strong discrete absorption in the 3050–3540Å region. The band spectrum has been analyzed as an allowed electronic transition of the planar trans molecule. The most active vibrations are the carbonyl stretching modes ν₁′ and ν₂′ and the in-plane bending mode ν₉. Various other fundamental frequencies in the combining electronic states have been identified. The 0₀⁰ band is at 28 724.5 cm⁻¹; partial rotational analysis confirms that this band is type C. The appearance of “line” structure in the wings of the band is discussed and an explanation offered. The vibrational and rotational analyses confirm that the transition is under the C_s point group, as expected for a singlet-singlet n → π^* type of excitation.     

Measurement of the mass of the Λb baryon

In a data sample of four million hadronic Z decays collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP, four Λ_b baryon candidates are exclusively reconstructed in the Λ_b → Λ_c⁺π⁻ channel, with the Λ_c⁺ decaying into pK⁻π⁺, , or Λπ⁺π⁺π⁻. The probability of the observed signal to be due to a background fluctuation is estimated to be 4.2 × 10⁻⁴. The mass of the Λ_b is measured to be 5614±21 (stat.) ± 4 (syst.) MeV/c².     

The emission spectrum of HgI

The ultraviolet emission systems of HgI—C → X, D → X, F₃ → X, G → X, and H → X—are photographed and analyzed using tesla-discharge sources containing isotopically pure ²⁰⁰Hg. The previous assignment for F₃ → X is revised, the main change being a decrease by 3 units in the v″ numbering. Results for the other systems corroborate the existing interpretations, except that for C → X there are prominent intensity gaps in the unresolved rotational structure of the bands, not reported previously for “natural” HgI spectra. These gaps are attributed to perturbations of the C state by high levels (v ≈ 90) of the B state. The data for these systems are combined with existing B → X data for ²⁰⁰Hg¹²⁷I and ²⁰⁰Hg¹²⁹I and fitted simultaneously to yield optimal vibrational parameters for all states. In this analysis the X state is fitted to a mixed representation—a polynomial in ( ) for v ≤ 20 and a near-dissociation expansion for v ≥ 20, with G_v and its first derivative constrained to be continuous at v = 20. The revised estimate of _e for X is 2800 ± 40 cm⁻¹. The recommended vibrational parameters (cm⁻¹) for v ≤ 20 are ω_e = 125.41, ω_ex_e = 1.009, ω_ey_e = −0.0159.     

decays in Chiral Perturbation Theory

We study the decays K→ππ in one-loop two-flavour Chiral Perturbation Theory. We provide arguments why the calculation of the coefficient of the pionic chiral logarithm ℓ_M=M²logM² is unique and then perform the calculation. As a check we perform the reduction of the known three-flavour result. Our result can be used to perform the extrapolation to the physical pion mass of direct lattice QCD calculations of K→ππ at fixed m_s or . The underlying arguments are expected to be valid for heavier particles and other processes as well.     

New physics hints in B decays and collider outlook

There are currently two hints for new physics involving CP violation in b → s transitions: ΔS ≡ S _f − S _J ^ϕK ≠ 0, and difference in direct CP asymmetry ΔA _Kπ ≡ A _K+π ⁰ − A _K+π ⁻ ≠ 0. We explore the two scenarios with a large and unique new CP phase in b ↔ s transitions. Motivated by ΔS ≠ 0, we update on the right-handed strange-beauty squark sb _1R at TeV scale. Motivated by ΔA _Kπ ≠ 0, we explore sequential fourth generation t′ and b′ quarks. Both scenarios can survive constraints such as SM level b → sγ, sll and B _s mixing, and predict sizable CP violation in B _s mixing. The fourth generation picture predicts sizable K _L → π ⁰ vv. Direct search for sb _R, b′ and t′ at hadronic colliders, such as Tevatron Run II and LHC, can complement further CP violation studies at these machines, as well as at the future Super B factory.     

The calculated spectra of the azanaphthalenes

A modified INDO (intermediate neglect of differential overlap) method is used to calculate the electronic spectra of naphthalene and some mono-, di-, and tetraazanaphthalenes. The technique is capable of reproducing the better classified bands of this series within a rms error of 1000 cm⁻¹.The four lowest π-π^* bands of naphthalene are well represented; a fifth band reported at 52,600 cm⁻¹, and generally assigned ¹B_2u(π-π^*), may be ¹B_3g(π-π^*) borrowing intensity. The lowest excited singlet state calculated for quinoline is n → π^*, estimated nearly degenerate with the lowest π-π^*, while that for isoquinoline is calculated π-π^*; experimental evidence supports the π-π^* assignment in both cases, but the corresponding absorption in quinoline appears complex. Of the diazanaphthalenes examined (with two nitrogens in one benzenoid ring) all are calculated to have one n-π^* transition before the first π-π^* except phthalazine, in which two n-π^* transitions are calculated to be the lowest lying. This is in accord with experimental evidence to date, although the nature of the observation in phthalazine is reinterpreted as one ¹B₂(n-π). 1,4,5,8-tetrazanaphthalene is predicted to have a group theoretically forbidden n-π^* excited state as low as 21,000 cm⁻¹, and should prove interesting experimentally. Even though n-π^* excited states are often calculated to be the lowest lying, none of these compounds are predicted to have an “n” orbital as homo.Further interpretations of the spectra of the azanaphthalenes are made in view of the calculations. Theoretical limitations of the method employed for this study are discussed.     

On puzzles and non-puzzles in B→ππ,πK decays

Recently, we have seen interesting progress in the exploration of CP violation in B⁰ _d→π⁺π^-: the measurements of mixing-induced CP violation by the BaBar and Belle collaborations are now in good agreement with each other, whereas the picture of direct CP violation is still unclear. Using the branching ratio and direct CP asymmetry of B⁰ _d→π^-K⁺, this situation can be clarified. We predict , which favours the BaBar result, and we extract γ=(70.0^+3.8 _-4.3)^°, which agrees with the unitarity triangle fits. Extending our analysis to other B→πK modes and B⁰ _s→K⁺K^- with the help of the SU(3) flavour symmetry and plausible dynamical assumptions, we find that all observables with colour-suppressed electroweak penguin contributions are measured to be in excellent agreement with the standard model. As far as the ratios R_c,n of the charged and neutral B→πK branching ratios are concerned, which are sizeably affected by electroweak penguin contributions, our standard-model predictions have almost unchanged central values but significantly reduced errors. Since the new data have moved quite a bit towards these results, the “B→πK puzzle” for the CP conserving quantities has been significantly reduced. However, the mixing-induced CP violation of B⁰ _d→π⁰K_S does look puzzling; if confirmed by future measurements, this effect could be accommodated through a modified electroweak penguin sector with a large CP violating new-physics phase. Finally, we point out that the established difference between the direct CP asymmetries of B^±→π⁰K^± and B_d→π^∓K^± appears to be generated by hadronic and not by new physics.