E2 nuclear resonance effects in pionic and kaonic atoms

The attenuation due to the E2 nuclear resonance effect has been measured in hadronic atoms using pions with ¹¹¹Cd and ¹¹²Cd, and for kaons with ¹²²Sn. Energies of the relevant X-ray and γ-ray transitions and of the X-ray cascade intensities have also been measured so as to give a self-consistent set of information. The results are found to be in very good agreement with theoretical calculations.     

Impedance-optimized photo-acoustic spectroscopy

We have examined the basic assumptions leading to optimized performance of small photo-acoustic resonators. Previous attempts at miniaturizing photo-acoustic systems have found the loading of the microphone on the cavity to be insignificant. We have shown theoretically and tested experimentally the fact that the microphone loading can have a dramatic effect on the resonator behavior. Treatment of the pressure and volume velocity of the sound waves as analogs of voltage and current facilitates the use of standard electrical engineering techniques and leads to techniques that enable one to efficiently optimize the impedance match between the cavity and the microphone. PACS 43.35.Ud; 43.20.Ks; 43.20.Mv     

Doppler-shifted nuclear gamma rays following stopped K− capture in aluminium

The Doppler broadened ²⁶Mg^* decay gamma peak hasma peak has been observed in coincidence with stopped kaons in an Al target. The results are compared with predictions based on single-nucleon absorption of the kaon.     

Characterizing changes in MR images with color-coded Jacobians

Image registration is the process of establishing spatial correspondence between two images or between two image volumes. Registration can be achieved by rigid, elastic, or a combination of rigid and elastic transforms that attempt to bring the two images into coincidence. A rigid transform accounts for differences in positioning and an elastic transform describes deformations due to differences in tissue properties, temporal changes due to growth or atrophy, or differences between individuals. Deformation-based morphometry uses the resulting deformation fields from these transforms to evaluate differences between the images being registered. Three methods of registration were evaluated: rigid (affine) transformation, elastic optical flow transformation, and elastic spline transformation. All three methods produce vector deformation fields that map each point in one image to a point in the other image. A 12-color map of the transformation Jacobian was used to represent local volume changes. Using the three registration methods, color-mapped Jacobians were determined using a simulated three-dimensional block with known translation, rotation, expansion, contraction, and intensity modulations. Color-coded Jacobians were also generated for experimentally measured magnetic resonance image volumes of water-filled balloons and 7-year-old twin boys. Color-coded Jacobians overlaid on anatomical images provide a convenient method to identify regional tissue expansion and contraction.     

Calculation of Total Cross Section for γγ→γZ Scattering at High Energy

The total cross sections of γγ→γZ process for γγ c.m.s. energy 91.2—2000GeV are presented. W loop contribution is dominating when γγ c.m.s. energy is larger than 140GeV. The total cross section has a maximum, 220 fb(|cosθ|33cm^－2·s^－1 in which case more than 6000 events for γγ→γZ would be observable. In principle this process provides a test of the non-abelian nature of the standard model, especially the anomalous triple and quartic W-boson vertices.     

γγ→γZ过程高能总截面的数值计算

给出了γγ→γZ过程,质心系总能量在91.2—2000GeV的总截面.结果表明在总能量大于140GeV时,W玻色子图的贡献比起费米子图的贡献要大,当总能量在750GeV左右,截面达到极大值220fb(|cosθ|33cm^－2·sec^－1,每年在总能量750GeV处可观察到6000多个γγ→γZ事例,用它可以进一步验证标准模型,特别是其中规范粒子的三顶角和四顶角相互作用.