High-density QCD and saturation of nuclear partons

We review the recent finding of the two-plateau momentum distribution of sea quarks in deep inelastic scattering off nuclei in the saturation regime. The diffractive plateau which dominates for small p measures precisely the momentum distribution of quarks in the beam photon, the rôle of the nucleus is simply to provide an opacity. The plateau for truly inelastic DIS exhibits a substantial nuclear broadening of the momentum distribution. Despite this nuclear broadening, the observed final-state and initial-state sea quark densities do coincide exactly. We emphasize how the saturated sea is generated from the nuclear-diluted Weizsäcker-Williams because of the anti-collinear splitting of gluons into sea quarks.Received: 30 September 2002, Published online: 22 October 2003PACS: 11.80.La Multiple scattering - 13.87.-a Jets in large-Q ² scattering - 24.85. + p Quarks, gluons, and QCD in nuclei and nuclear processe     

New yrast excited states of the N = 84 nucleus 142Ce observed in deep inelastic reactions

Excited states of ¹⁴²Ce, populated in deep inelastic reactions of ⁸²Se projectiles bombarding ¹³⁹La target, have been studied up to medium spins using in-beam γ spectroscopy techniques. Three new levels have been identified at 2625, 2995, 3834 keV, and assigned as 8⁺, 9^(-) and 11^(-), respectively. These new yrast states follow closely the level systematics of the even mass N = 84 isotones. Their strctures have been discussed with the help of empirical shell model calculations. Received: 2 November 2001 / Accepted: 15 January 2002     

Measurement of high-Q e<Superscript>-</Superscript>p neutral current cross sections at HERA and the extraction of xF<Subscript>3</Subscript>

Cross sections for e^-p neutral current deep inelastic scattering have been measured at a centre-of-mass energy of 318 GeV using an integrated luminosity of 15.9 pb^-1 collected with the ZEUS detector at HERA. Results on the double-differential cross-section in the range 185 &lt; Q ² &lt; 50 000 GeV² and 0.0037 &lt; x &lt; 0.75, as well as the single-differential cross-sections , and for Q ² &gt; 200 GeV², are presented. To study the effect of Z-boson exchange, has also been measured for Q ² &gt; 10 000 GeV². The structure function xF₃ has been extracted by combining the e^-p results presented here with the recent ZEUS measurements of e⁺p neutral current deep inelastic scattering. All results agree well with the predictions of the Standard Model. Received: 2 August 2002 / Revised version: 30 January 2003 / Published online: 24 March 2003     

Chiral order and fluctuations in multi-flavour QCD

Multi-flavour chiral perturbation theory (PT) may exhibit instabilities due to vacuum fluctuations of sea pairs. Keeping the fluctuations small would require a very precise fine tuning of the low-energy constants and to , . A small deviation from these critical values - like the one suggested by the phenomenology of OZI-rule violation in the scalar channel - is amplified by huge numerical factors inducing large effects of vacuum fluctuations. This would lead in particular to a strong N_f dependence of chiral symmetry breaking (SB) and a suppression of the multi-flavour chiral order parameters. A simple resummation is shown to cure the instability of PT, but it modifies the standard expressions of some O(p ² ) and O(p ⁴ ) low-energy parameters in terms of observables. On the other hand, for r= m _s /m &gt; 15, the two-flavour condensate is not suppressed, due to the contribution induced by massive vacuum pairs. Thanks to the latter, the standard two-flavour PT is protected from multi-flavour instabilities and could provide a well-defined expansion scheme in powers of non-strange quark masses. Received: 31 July 2002 / Revised version: 6 November 2002 / Published online: 15 January 2003 RID="a" ID="a" e-mail: sdg@hep.phys.soton.ac.uk RID="b" ID="b" e-mail: luca.girlanda@pd.infn.it ^* Present address: ECT^*, Villa Tambosi, Strada delle Tabarelle 286, 38050 Trento, Italy RID="c" ID="c" e-mail: stern@ipno.in2p3.fr     

Effective field theory approach to structure functions at small $x_{\mathrm{Bj}}$

We relate the structure functions of deep inelastic lepton-nucleon scattering to current-current correlation functions in a Euclidean field theory depending on a parameter r. The r-dependent Hamiltonian of the theory is P ⁰ -(1-r)P ³ , with P⁰ the usual Hamiltonian and P³ the third component of the momentum operator. We show that a small in the structure functions corresponds to the small r limit of the effective theory. We argue that for there is a critical regime of the theory where simple scaling relations should hold. We show that in this framework Regge behaviour of the structure functions obtained with the hard pomeron ansatz corresponds to a scaling behaviour of the matrix elements in the effective theory where the intercept of the hard pomeron appears as a critical index. Explicit expressions for various analytic continuations of the structure functions and matrix elements are given as well as path integral representations for the matrix elements in the effective theory. Our aim is to provide a framework for truly non-perturbative calculations of the structure functions at small for arbitrary Q². Received: 16 July 2002 / Published online: 9 December 2002 RID="a" ID="a" e-mail: O.Nachtmann@thphys.uni-heidelberg.de     

Carbon clusters for absolute mass measurements at ISOLTRAP

The cyclotron frequencies of singly charged carbon clusters C_n ⁺ (n ≥ 2) were measured with the Penning-trap mass spectrometer ISOLTRAP at ISOLDE/CERN. The present limit of mass accuracy δm/m = 1.2 ^. 10^-8 and the extent of the mass-dependent systematic shift (δm/m)_sys = 1.7(0.6) ^. 10^-10/u ^. (m - m _ref) of the setup were investigated for the first time. In addition, absolute mass measurements by use of pure clusters of the most abundant carbon isotope ¹²C are now possible at ISOLTRAP. Received: 21 March 2002 / Accepted: 16 May 2002 / Published online: 31 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"Present address: CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland; e-mail: klaus.blaum@cern.ch     

Measurement of the $b\overline{b}$ production cross section in 920 GeV fixed-target proton-nucleus collisions

Using the HERA - B detector, the production cross section has been measured in 920 GeV proton collisions on carbon and titanium targets. The production was tagged via inclusive bottom quark decays into by exploiting the longitudinal separation of decay vertices from the primary proton-nucleus interaction. Both e ⁺ e ^- and channels have been reconstructed and the combined analysis yields the cross section . Received: 6 June 2002 / Revised version: 2 September 2002 / Published online: 8 November 2002     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">EPJdirect</Emphasis>

Quark mass effects are analyzed at high Q² in the current fragmentation region of DIS. It is found that the linear combination F ₂ -2.75F ^c ₂ scales at large Q² and small x. We obtained a lower bound for the ratio F ^c ₂/F ₂ which lies very close to the data from HERA. Received: 14 January 2002 / Revised version: 9 October 2002 Published online: 9 December 2002 RID="a" ID="a" e-mail: ryutin@th1.ihep.su     

Manifestations of anomalous glue: Light-mass exotic mesons and g_{\eta'\mathrm{NN} }

The light-mass exotics with J ^PC = 1^{- +} observed at BNL and CERN may have a simple explanation as dynamically generated resonances in rescattering in the final-state interaction. This dynamics is mediated by the same anomalous glue which also generates the large mass of the . OZI-violating processes are also potentially important to production in proton-proton collisions close to threshold.Received: 30 September 2002, Published online: 22 October 2003PACS: 12.39.Mk Glueball and nonstandard multi-quark/gluon states - 13.75.Lb Meson-meson interactions - 13.75.Cs Nucleon-nucleon interactions (including antinucleons, deuterons, etc.)     

Experimental investigation of non-linear selective reflection at the interface of Cs atomic vapor and quartz

We present an experimental study of non-linear selective reflection (SR) at a quartz–Cs-vapor interface in a V-type three-level scheme. The non-linear selective reflection at the Cs D₂ resonance line (⁶ S _1/2F=4→⁶ P _3/2) is monitored with and without pumping. The sub-Doppler reflection spectrum is observed and the effect of pumping on the signal of the selective reflection is investigated. The experimental result is in agreement with the theoretical calculation. Received: 16 April 2002 / Revised version: 12 June 2002 / Published online: 25 September 2002 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +86-351/701-1500, E-mail: zhaojm@sxu.edu.cn     

Mid-infrared polarization spectroscopy of carbon dioxide

The use of mid-infrared polarization spectroscopy (PS) for the detection of CO₂ has been demonstrated. The P(13) and P(14) resonances of the (0 0⁰ 0)→(1 0⁰ 1) transition of CO₂ were probed using a single-mode optical parametric generator system to produce a high-intensity laser beam at approximately 2.7 μm. The experiments were performed in an atmospheric pressure CO₂ jet and also in a sub-atmospheric pressure gas cell. The experimental results were compared with the results of the time-dependent density-matrix equations using direct numerical integration. The Zeeman-state structure of the upper and lower energy levels was included in the multi-state formulation of the density-matrix equations. Fifty-eight Zeeman states and two bath levels were included in the numerical analysis of the P(14) transition. The measured and calculated PS line shapes were in good agreement, and the absolute experimental signal level agreed with the theoretical calculation to within a factor of five. Received: 20 March 2002 / Revised version: 16 August 2002 / Published online: 11 December 2002 RID="*" ID="*"Present address: Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc., 2766 Indian Ripple Road, Dayton, OH 45 440, USA RID="**" ID="**"Corresponding author. Fax: +1-765/494-0539, E-mail: Lucht@purdue.edu RID="***" ID="***"Present address: School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47807-2040 USA     

CP-violation in the production of $\tau$-leptons at TESLA with beam polarization

We study the prospects of discovering CP-violation in the production of leptons in the reaction at TESLA, an e ⁺ e ^- linear collider with center-of-mass energies of 500 or even 800 GeV. Non-vanishing expectation values of certain correlations between the momenta of the decay products of the two leptons would signal the presence of CP-violation beyond the standard model. We study how longitudinal beam polarization of the electron and positron beams will enhance these correlations. We find that T-odd and T-even vector correlations are well suited for the measurements of the real and imaginary parts of the electric dipole form factors. We expect measurements of the real part with a precision of roughly 10^-20 e cm and of the imaginary part of 10^-17 Received: 13 June 2002 / Revised version: 17 October 2002 / Published online: 20 December 2002     

Coulomb breakup of 8B and the flux of 8B neutrinos from the Sun

A kinematically complete measurement was made of the Coulomb dissociation of ⁸B nuclei on a Pb target at 83 MeV/nucleon. The cross-section was measured at low relative energies in order to infer the astrophysical S-factor for the ⁷Be(p,γ)⁸B reaction. A first-order perturbation theory analysis of the reaction dynamics including E1, E2, and M1 transitions was employed to extract the E1 strength relevant to neutrino-producing reactions in the solar interior. By fitting the measured cross-section from E _rel = 130 keV to 400 keV, we find S ₁₇(0) = 17.8^+1.4 _-1.2 eV b. Semiclassical 1st-order perturbation theory and fully quantum-mechanical continuum-discretized coupled-channels analyses yield nearly identical results for the E1 strength relevant to solar-neutrino flux calculations, suggesting that theoretical reaction mechanism uncertainties need not limit the precision of Coulomb-breakup determinations of the ⁷Be(p,γ)⁸B S-factor. A recommended value of S ₁₇(0) based on a weighted average of this and other measurements is presented. This recommendation implies a revised value for the theoretical flux of ⁸B solar neutrinos, which is also given.-1 Received: 21 March 2002 / Accepted: 16 May 2002 / Published online: 31 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"Present address: Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands; e-mail: davids@kvi.nl     

Photoacoustic gas sensing employing fundamental and frequency-doubled radiation of a continuously tunable high-pressure CO2 laser

We present the first photoacoustic spectrometer for gas sensing employing both the fundamental and the frequency-doubled radiation of a continuously tunable high-pressure CO₂ laser with room temperature operation. A quasi-phase-matched diffusion-bonded GaAs crystal is used in the system for second-harmonic generation. A pulsed photoacoustic detection scheme with a non-resonant cell, equipped with an 80-microphone array, is employed. The wide continuous tuning range in the fundamental (9.2–10.7 μm) and the frequency-doubled (4.6–5.35 μm) regimes, together with the narrow linewidth of 540 MHz (0.018 cm^-1) for the 10-μm region and of 1050 MHz (0.0315 cm^-1) for the 5-μm region, allow the measurement of gas mixtures, individual species and isotope discrimination. This is illustrated with measurements on NO and CO₂. The measured isotope ratio ¹⁵ NO/¹⁴ NO=(3.58±0.55)×10^-3 agrees well with the literature (3.700×10^-3) and demonstrates the good selectivity of the system. Received: 30 April 2002 / Revised version: 10 June 2002 / Published online: 2 September 2002 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +41-1/633-1077, E-mail: sigrist@iqe.phys.ethz.ch     

Electromagnetic form factors of the $\Delta(1232)$ excitation

In the resonance region we have precisely determined the electromagnetic properties of the -resonance, in particular the E2/M1 ratio . For pion electroproduction recent experimental data from Mainz, Bates, Bonn and JLab for Q² up to 4.0 (GeV/c)² have been analyzed with the isobar model MAID. The extracted E2/M1 ratio shows, starting from a small and negative value at the real photon point, a clear tendency to cross zero, and becomes positive with increasing Q². This is a possible indication of a very slow approach toward the pQCD region. The C2/M1 ratio near the photon point is found as . At high Q², the absolute value of the ratio is strongly increasing, a further indication that pQCD is not yet reached. The electromagnetic-transition form factors of the excitation are parameterized and fitted to the electroproduction data. This also shows a zero-crossing of the electric form factor G_E^* at (GeV/c)².Received: 1 November 2002, Published online: 15 July 2003PACS:   13.40.Gp Electromagnetic form factors - 13.60.Le Meson production - 14.20.Gk Baryon resonances with S=0 - 25.20.Lj Photoproduction reactions     

Application of wavelet analysis to the spectrum of \omega' states and ratio R e+e-

We demonstrate the advantages of the wavelet analysis (WA) for resolving the structures in experimental data on e ⁺ e ^- annihilation into hadron states with quantum numbers of meson. The WA yields a useful set of starting conditions for analysis of states with multiresonance unitary Breit-Wigner method. We also apply the WA for the ratio R _e+e- . Received: 4 February 2002 / Revised version: 28 August 2002 / Published online: 18 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a" e-mail: vhenner@python.physics.louisville.edu and henner@psu.ru     

Electron-positron pairs as a probe for hadrons in dense matter

In this paper the latest results from the analysis of e ⁺ e ^--pairs emitted in Pb + Au collisions at 40 AGeV/c and a combined analysis of all data available at 158 AGeV/c are presented. The enhancement of low-mass e ⁺ e ^--pairs (m _ee > 0.2 GeV/c ²) with respect to the expected yield from hadron decays first reported at 158 AGeV/c is also found at 40 AGeV/c and is even larger there. Comparing to various theoretical models based on annihilation, the data can only be reproduced, if the properties of the intermediate in the hot and dense medium are modified. Hadron data taken at the same beam energies sheds light on the dynamical evolution of the fireball and addresses the question whether the medium modification is linked to baryon density rather than temperature. In the future e ⁺ e ^--pairs emitted in heavy-ion collisions will be measured at the LHC with the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector (TRD). Here, special emphasis will be put on the production of heavy vector mesons ( , ).Received: 30 September 2002, Published online: 22 October 2003PACS: 25.75.-q Relativistic heavy-ion collisions - 12.38.Mh Quark-gluon plasma - 13.85.Qk Inclusive production with identified leptons, photons, or other nonhadronic particles     

Accurate mass measurements of very short-lived nuclei

Mass measurements of ³⁴Ar, ^73-78Kr, and ^74,76Rb were performed with the Penning-trap mass spectrometer ISOLTRAP. Very accurate Q _EC-values are needed for the investigations of the t-value of 0⁺ → 0⁺ nuclear β-decays used to test the standard model predictions for weak interactions. The necessary accuracy on the Q _EC-value requires the mass of mother and daughter nuclei to be measured with δm/m ⩽ 3 ^. 10^-8. For most of the measured nuclides presented here this has been reached. The ³⁴Ar mass has been measured with a relative accuracy of 1.1 ^. 10^-8. The Q _EC-value of the ³⁴Ar 0⁺ → 0⁺ decay can now be determined with an uncertainty of about 0.01%. Furthermore, ⁷⁴Rb is the shortest-lived nuclide ever investigated in a Penning trap. Received: 21 March 2002 / Accepted: 16 May 2002 / Published online: 31 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: frank.herfurth@cern.ch     

Exponential Mixing of the 2D Stochastic Navier-Stokes Dynamics

 We consider the Navier-Stokes equation on a two dimensional torus with a random force which is white noise in time, and excites only a finite number of modes. The number of excited modes depends on the viscosity ν, and grows like ν ^-3 when ν goes to zero. We prove that this Markov process has a unique invariant measure and is exponentially mixing in time. Received: 14 March 2002 / Accepted: 7 May 2002 Published online: 22 August 2002     

The measurement of the electronic g-factor in hydrogen-like ions --A promising tool for determining fundamental and nuclear constants

We describe a double-Penning-trap experiment suitable for testing QED in strong fields by determining the electronic g-factor of a single hydrogen-like ion in its ground state. Our measurements on ¹²C^{5 +} reach a relative accuracy of 2×10^-9, where the largest uncertainty results from the mass of the electron. Together with equally precise theoretical predictions therefore, it is possible to evaluate a new value for the electron's mass. The possibilities to obtain other fundamental constants and nuclear parameters are lined out. Received: 21 March 2002 / Accepted: 16 May 2002 / Published online: 31 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: t.beier@gsi.de