Observation of exotic meson production in the reaction pi- p --> eta'pi- p at 18 GeV/c

An amplitude analysis of an exclusive sample of 5765 events from the reaction pi- p-->eta'pi- p at 18 GeV/c is described. The eta'pi- production is dominated by natural parity exchange and by three partial waves: those with J(PC) = 1(-+), 2(++), and 4(++). A mass-dependent analysis of the partial-wave amplitudes indicates the production of the a2(1320) meson as well as the a4(2040) meson, observed for the first time decaying to eta'pi-. The dominant, exotic (non- qq) 1(-+) partial wave is shown to be resonant with a mass of 1.597+/-0.010(+0.045)(-0.010) GeV/c2 and a width of 0.340+/-0.040+/-0.050 GeV/c2. This exotic state, the pi1(1600), is produced with a t dependence which is different from that of the a2(1320) meson, indicating differences between the production mechanisms for the two states.     

All-optical determination of initial oxidation of Si(100) and its kinetics

By comparison of measured and ab initio calculated surface optical spectra we demonstrate that two main oxidation processes initially occur after dissociation of oxygen molecules, forming in both cases Si–O–Si entities: (i) breaking of Si dimers by incorporation of oxygen atoms; (ii) incorporation into the silicon backbonds. The kinetics up to half-monolayer coverage is determined, and explained in terms of Langmuir-like adsorption mechanisms with different probabilities.