Resonant mechanism of axion photoproduction in a magnetized electron gas

It was shown that the contribution of diagrams with electron-positron vacuum excitation in a strong magnetic field B ? B ₀ = m ²/e = 4.41 × 10¹³ G in the Compton mechanism of axion production γe → ae at temperatures on the order of the axion mass exceeds the contribution of the “simple” Compton diagram and the contribution of the neutrino production γe → (ν\(\bar \nu \))e to the radiation power by many orders of magnitude. The conclusion is made on the probable axionic nature of the cold hidden mass of the Universe.     

Evaluation of the Integrated Cross Sections of Reactions of Exclusive Pion and Kaon Electroproduction off Protons in the Resonance Region at Photon Virtualities from 5 to 12 GeV<Superscript>2</Superscript>

The integrated cross sections of the ep → eπ⁺n, ep → eπ⁰p, ep → eK⁺Λ, and ep → eK⁺Σ⁰ reactions are evaluated in the energy range of nucleon resonance excitation at photon virtualities Q² from 5 to 12 GeV². These exclusive channels will be explored at photon virtualities Q² > 5 GeV² for the first time in future experiments with the CLAS12 detector. The cross-section evaluation is based on the extrapolation of exclusive contributions to the inclusive structure functions F₁ and F₂ from a region of Q² < 5 GeV², in which the experimental data are available, to the region of higher Q². This evaluation of cross sections is of particular importance in the development of the program of experiments with the CLAS12 detector for studying the structure of the ground and excited nucleon states, which may reveal the dynamics of strong interactions in the nonperturbative regime.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">SU</Emphasis>(2) Non-Abelian Photon

In this paper, we have proposed S U(2) non-Abelian electromagnetism gauge theory. In the theory, photon has self-interaction and interaction between them, which can explain photon entanglement phenomenon in quantum information. Otherwise, we find there are three kinds photons γ ⁺, γ ^? and γ ⁰, they have electric charge + e _γ , ? e _γ and 0, respectively, these prediction are accordance with some experiment results.     

Die relativen Quadrupolmomente der ersten angeregten 2+-Zustände von Os188, Os190 und Os192

The angular distributions of the deexitationγ-rays following Coulomb-excitation of the first excited 2⁺-states in Os¹⁸⁸, Os¹⁹⁰ and Os¹⁹² were measured using a metallic Target of natural Osmium. The measured attenuation coefficients areG ₂(Os¹⁸⁸)=0.798±0.013,G ₂(Os¹⁹⁰)=0.917±0.030 andG ₂(Os¹⁹²)=0.940±0.030. As a general test the angular distribution of the 330 keV-γ-rays of Pt¹⁹⁴ was also measured. This distribution was found to be completely undisturbed. Assuming pure electric quadrupole interaction with the internal crystalline fields one obtains an interaction frequency ofΔv _Q =eQ V _zz /h=278±32 MHz for the 155 keV-state of Os¹⁸⁸. Because the electric field gradients acting on the decaying nucleus are the same for all isotopes, one can deduce the ratio of the quadrupole moments of the excited states. The result isQ(Os¹⁸⁸)∶Q(Os¹⁹⁰)=1.11 _?0.19 ^+0.28 andQ(Os¹⁹⁰)∶Q(Os¹⁹²)=1.03±0.30. The effects of the uncertainties in the effective field gradients and their possible asymmetries on the integral attenuation factors are discussed. For 1≧G ₂?0.75 these effects are found to be small.     

Observation of coherent <Emphasis Type="Italic">π</Emphasis><Superscript>0</Superscript> electroproduction on deuterons at large momentum transfer

The first experimental results for the coherent π⁰ electroproduction on a deuteron, e+d → e+d+π⁰, at large momentum transfer, are reported. The experiment was performed at Jefferson Laboratory at an incident electron energy of 4.05 GeV. A large pion production yield has been observed in the kinematical region 1.1<Q²<1.8 GeV², from the threshold to 200-MeV excitation energy in the dπ⁰ system. The Q² dependence is compared with theoretical predictions.     

Messung der Zirkularpolarisation der 478 keV-Gammaquanten aus der Reaktion Li6(d,p)Li7 mit 2 MeV-Deuteronen

The circular polarizationP _γ of 478 keVγ quanta from the reaction Li⁶(d, pγ) Li⁷ with 2 MeV deuterons was measured by forward Compton scattering from magnetized iron. The protons were observed at 25° lab angle. The fast neutron background in theγ detector was suppressed by pulse shape discrimination. The resultP _γ=+ 0.022 ± 0.17 with the Basel sign convention confines the ratio of the reduced widthsΘ _± for the capture of the neutron withj=1±1/2 to the regions ?2.36≦Θ ₊/Θ _?≦?0.74 or ?0.06≦Θ ₊/Θ _?≦+0.61.     

Reliability of the data on the cross sections of the partial photoneutron reaction for <Superscript>63,65</Superscript>Cu and <Superscript>80</Superscript>Se nuclei

The cross sections of partial photoneutron reactions are evaluated for the ^63,65Cu and ⁸⁰Se isotopes. The cross sections are free of systematic uncertainties from shortcomings of the experimental methods for neutron multiplicity sorting based on measurements of neutron energy used in experiments with quasimonoenergetic annihilation photon beams. An experimental-theoretical method is used to evaluate cross sections σ^eval(γ, in)= F_i^theor σ^exp(γ, xn), where ratios F_i^theor = σ^theor(γ, in)/σ^theor(γ, xn) = σ^theor(γ, in)/σ^theor[(γ, 1n) + 2(γ, 2n) + …] are calculated using a combined model of photonuclear reactions, and σ^exp(γ, xn) is the experimental cross section of the neutron yield reaction free from neutron multiplicity sorting problems. The cross sections are evaluated for reactions (γ, 1n) and (γ, 2n) for the ^63,65Cu and ⁸⁰Se isotopes, and for the total photoneutron reaction σ(γ, Sn) = σ[(γ, 1n) + (γ, 2n) + …]. It is shown that noticeable deviations of the experimental cross sections from the evaluated values result from the unreliable sorting of neutrons between the channels with multiplicities 1 and 2.     

Determination of quark-antiquark component of the photon wave function for <Emphasis Type="Italic">u,d, s</Emphasis> quarks

Based on the data for the transitions π⁰, η, η′ → γγ*(Q²) and reactions of the e⁺e^? annihilations e⁺e^? → ρ⁰, ω, ? and e⁺e^? → hadrons at 1<E _e+e? <3.7 GeV, we determine the light-quark components of the photon wave function \(\gamma * (Q^2 ) \to q\bar q(q = u,d,s)\) for the region 0 ? Q² ? 1 (GeV/c)².     

Cross sections of the photoneutron reaction for <Superscript>141</Superscript>Pr and <Superscript>186</Superscript>W nuclei,estimated from physical criteria of data reliability

Using objective physical criteria for data reliability, cross sections of partial photoneutron reactions (γ, 1n), (γ, 2n) and (γ, 3n) that are free of the shortcomings of neutron multiplicity sorting methods used on beams of quasimonoenergetic annihilation photons are obtained for ¹⁴¹Pr and ¹⁸⁶W nuclei. Evaluation is performed using the experimental–theoretical method (ETM), based on the experimental cross section of neutron yield reaction σ^exp(γ, xn) = σ^exp(γ, 1n) + 2 σ^exp(γ, 2ⁿ) + 3 σexp(γ, 3n) + … and ratios F _i ^theor= σ^theor(γ, in)/σ^theor(γ, xn) calculated within the combined model (CM) of photonuclear reactions, which stipulates that σ^eval(γ, in) = F _i ^theor σ^exp(γ, xn). It is found that for ¹⁴¹Pr and ¹⁸⁶W, ratios F ^exp _i do not contradict the data reliability criteria only at energies up to ~21 and ~22 MeV, respectively. At the same time, there are notable discrepancies between F _i ^theor and F ^exp _i, and thus between the evaluated and experimental cross sections of reactions. It is shown that the discrepancies between the evaluated and experimental cross sections are due to the assumed unreliable experimental distribution of neutrons in the channels with multiplicities 1, 2, and 3.     

Probing the sign-changeable interaction between dark energy and dark matter with current observations

We consider the models of vacuum energy interacting with cold dark matter in this study, in which the coupling can change sigh during the cosmological evolution. We parameterize the running coupling b by the form b(a) = b_0 a + b_e(1-a), where at the earlytime the coupling is given by a constant b_e and today the coupling is described by another constant b_0. We explore six specific models with(i) Q = b(a)H_0ρ_0,(ii) Q = b(a)H_0ρ_(de),(iii) Q = b(a)H_0ρ_c,(iv) Q = b(a)Hρ_0,(v) Q = b(a)Hρ_(de), and(vi) Q = b(a)Hρ_c.The current observational data sets we use to constrain the models include the JLA compilation of type Ia supernova data, the Planck 2015 distance priors data of cosmic microwave background observation, the baryon acoustic oscillations measurements,and the Hubble constant direct measurement. We find that, for all the models, we have b_0 0 and b_e 0 at around the 1σ level,and b_0 and b_e are in extremely strong anti-correlation. Our results show that the coupling changes sign during the evolution at about the 1σ level, i.e., the energy transfer is from dark matter to dark energy when dark matter dominates the universe and the energy transfer is from dark energy to dark matter when dark energy dominates the universe.     

Deviation from the standard model in the decay <Emphasis Type="Italic">π</Emphasis><Superscript>+</Superscript> → <Emphasis Type="Italic">e</Emphasis><Superscript>+</Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">νγ</Emphasis>

A precise investigation of radiative pion decay (π⁺ → e⁺νγ) in a pion beam from the meson factory of the Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland) was performed by the PIBETA Collaboration with the aid of the PIBETA detector. This resulted in finding 41 601 events of radiative pion decay in three kinematical regions. The absolute values of the branching ratio for radiative pion decay were determined in each of these regions. To a precision approximately four times higher than that known previously, the ratio of the axial-vector to the vector form factor was found to be γ ≡ F _A /F _V = 0.443 (15), the latter being fixed at F _V = 0.0259. The number of events found in the kinematical region specified by photon energies of E_γ > 55.6 MeV, positron energies of E _e > 20.0 MeV, and angles of θ_{γ, e} > 40° between the momenta of the corresponding particles (B region) was 5233. In region B, the measured branching ratio for radiative pion decay, R_π→evγ(expt) = 11.6(3) × 10^?8, proved to be smaller by eight standard deviations than that which follows from the Standard Model, R_π→evγ (theor) = 14.34(1) × 10^?8.     

Electroproduction of <Emphasis Type="Italic">J/ψ</Emphasis> mesons within the semihard QCD approach and the color-singlet model

The deep-inelastic production of J/ψ mesons in electron-proton interactions at the HERA collider is considered within the semihard (k_T-factorization) QCD approach and within the color-singlet model. The dependence of the Q², p _T ² , z, y* and W distributions of J/ψ mesons on various sets of unintegrated gluon distributions and the dependence of the spin parameter α on p _T ² and Q² are investigated. The results of the calculations are compared with the latest experimental data obtained by the H1 and ZEUS Collaborations at the HERA collider. It is shown that experimental investigations of the polarization properties of J/ψ mesons over the kinematical region Q²<1 GeV² may provide an additional test of the statement that the dynamics of gluon distributions is governed by the Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov equations.     

Measurement of the spin structure function <Emphasis Type="Italic">g</Emphasis><Subscript>1</Subscript> at HERMES

New, preliminary results are presented for the deuteron structure function g ₁ ^d , where the kinematic range has been extended to 0.0021<x<0.85 and Q ²>0.1 GeV², to include 7 new data points at low x with respect to previously released results. Within the present statistics, the structure function ratio g ₁ ^d /F ₁ ^d is found to be independent of Q ².     

The 3–3–1 Model with RH Neutrinos and Associated ZH Production at High-Energy ${\bf \textit{e}}^{+}{\bf \textit{e}}^{-}$ Collider

In the context of SU(3) _C ?? SU(3) _L ?? U(1) _X (3–3–1) model with right-handed neutrinos, we study the Higgsstrahlung process e ^?+? e ^???→ZH and calculate the cross section of this process at leading order. Our numerical results showed that the production cross sections for this process can be significantly large as \(M_{Z'}\approx \sqrt{s}\). With reasonable values of the Z′ mass M _Z′, Z′ exchange can generate large corrections to the cross sections of this process, which might be detected in the future high-energy linear e ^?+? e ^??? collider experiments.     

Spins und γ-Multipolordnungen beim Zerfall Fe59→Co59

In the decay of Fe⁵⁹ the following quantities have been measured:γ-ray intensities, conversion coefficients andβ-(circularly polarizedγ) correlations. The conversion coefficients were found to be: for the 1.10 MeVγ-transition, α_tot.=(1.36±0.10)·10^?4 and for the 1.29 MeVγ-transition, α_tot.=(1.07±0.08)·10^?4. The asymmetry parameterA of the correlationβ(0.27 MeV)?γ(1.29 MeV) were measured to beA= ?0.17±0.10, and forβ(0.46 MeV)?γ(1.10 MeV),A=?0.13±0.04. From these data and publishedγ?γ angular correlation measurements the following spins of Co⁵⁹ levels could be deduced: 1.10 MeV,I=5/2^?; 1.29 MeV,I=5/2^?; and 1.43 MeV,I=3/2^?. The two strongβ-ray groups are pure Gamow-Teller transitions (ΔI=1). The multipolarities of all fiveγ-rays are given.     

The robustness of contextuality and the contextuality cost of empirical models

In this paper, we introduce and discuss the robustness of contextuality (RoC) R_C(e) and the contextuality cost C(e) of an empirical model e. The following properties of them are proved. (i) An empirical model e is contextual if and only if R_C(e) > 0; (ii) the RoC function R_C is convex, lower semi-continuous and un-increasing under an affine mapping on the set EM of all empirical models; (iii) e is non-contextual if and only if C(e) = 0; (iv) e is contextual if and only if C(e) > 0; (v) e is strongly contextual if and only if C(e) = 1. Also, a relationship between R_C(e) and C(e) is obtained. Lastly, the RoC of three empirical models is computed and compared. Especially, the RoC of the PR boxes is obtained and the supremum 0.5 is found for the RoC of all no-signaling type (2, 2, 2) empirical models.     

Energy scan of cross sections for <Emphasis Type="Italic">e</Emphasis><Superscript>+</Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">e</Emphasis><Superscript>–</Superscript> annihilation into quarkonia and light hadrons in the Belle experiment

The cross sections of the reactions e⁺e^– → ?(nS)π⁺π^? (n = 1, 2,3) and e⁺e^– → h _b (nP)π⁺π^? (n = 1, 2) are measured as a function of the cms collision energy from their thresholds up to 11.02 GeV using the data of the Belle experiment operating at the KEKB e⁺e^– collider. The peaks of the ?(10 860) and ?(11020) resonances are observed in the cross sections with an insignificant contribution of the continuum. The decay ?(11020) → h _b (nP)π⁺π^? is found to fully proceed through intermediate isovector states Z _b (10610) and Z _b (10650).     

Zum Kernphotoeffekt am Ar40 und Ar38

Liquid Argon was irradiated with bremsstrahlung from 18 to 31 MeV endpoint energy in steps of 2 MeV. The yields of the reactions Ar⁴⁰(γ, n)+(γ, p) and Ar³⁸(γ, n) were measured by detecting the 269a and the 35d rest activity with a low-level-counter. Cross section curves for the (γ, n)-processes could be found from the yield values, and they allowed together withσ _N, σ(γ, p) andσ(γ, np) a determination ofσ(γ, 2n) and σ_γabs for Ar⁴⁰. The integrated cross section forσ(γ, n) from threshold to 33 MeV yields (200±40) MeVmb for Ar⁴⁰ and (210±40) MeVmb for Ar³⁸, the corresponding value for σ_γabs being (450±60) MeVmb for Ar⁴⁰.     

Quantifying Contextuality of Empirical Models in Terms of Trace-Distance

In order to quantify contextuality of empirical models, the quantity of contextuality (QoC) of empirical models is introduced in terms of the trace-distance. Let Q C(e) denote the QoC of an empirical model e. The following conclusions are proved. (i) An empirical model e is non-contextual if and only if Q C(e)=0, and then it is contextual if and only if Q C(e)>0; (ii) the QoC function QC is convex, contractive and continuous. Finally, the QoC of some famous models is computed, including PM-isotropic boxes P M ^α , M-isotropic boxes M ^α , C H _n -isotropic boxes \(CH_{n}^{\alpha }\) as well as K box, where α∈[0,1]. Moreover, P M ^α is non-contextual if and only if \(\alpha \in [\frac {1}{6},\frac {5}{6}]\); M ^α is non-contextual if and only if \(\alpha \in [0,\frac {4}{5}]\); when n is even, \(CH_{n}^{\alpha }\) is non-contextual if and only if \(\alpha \in [\frac {1}{n},\frac {n-1}{n}]\), and when n is odd, \(CH_{n}^{\alpha }\) is non-contextual if and only if \(\alpha \in [0,\frac {n-1}{n}]\). The most important thing is that it is very easy to compare the QoC of any two isotropic boxes discussed in the above.     

Investigation of the low-lying nucleon resonances in reactions of π<Superscript>+</Superscript>π<Superscript>−</Superscript> pair electroproduction on protons

The cross sections of the reaction ep → e′p′π⁺π^? for small photon virtualities were measured on a CEBAF large acceptance spectrometer (CLAS detector) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility for the first time. A complete set of one-dimensional cross sections of the reaction was obtained for photon virtualities in the range 0.2 GeV² < Q ² < 0.6 GeV² and invariant masses of the final hadronic system in the range 1.3 GeV < W < 1.6 GeV. A preliminary analysis of the obtained data in the framework of the phenomenological model demonstrated that the Q ² dependence of the electromagnetic form factors for the P ₁₁ (1440) and D ₁₃ (1520) resonances can be determined in the kinematic region (which is the most sensitive to the contribution from the meson cloud) and that the axial transition form factor p → Δ can be derived.