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Probing the Perturbative NLO Parton Evolution in the Small- Region
A dedicated test of the perturbative QCD NLO parton evolution in the very
small- region is performed. We find a good agreement with recent precision
HERA-data for , as well as with the present determination of the
curvature of . Characteristically, perturbative QCD evolutions result in
a positive curvature which increases as decreases. Future precision
measurements in the very small -region, , could provide a
sensitive test of the range of validity of perturbative QCDComment: Revised version, to appear in EPJ
Nuclear effects in positive pion electroproduction on the deuteron near threshold
Positive pion electroproduction from the deuteron near threshold has been
considered within an approach based on the unitary transformation method. The
gauge independence of the treatment is provided by using an explicitly gauge
independent expression for the reaction amplitude. The results of calculations
for kinematics of the experiments on forward-angle meson
electroproduction accomplished at Saclay and Jefferson Laboratory are discussed
and compared with those given by the impulse approximation. It is shown that
the observed behaviour of the cross sections is in accordance with the
calculations based on the pion-nucleon dynamics. In particular, the pion
production rate suppression in the reaction compared to that
for the one can be due to such ``nuclear medium'' effects as
nucleon motion and binding along with Pauli blocking in the final state.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figure
Two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in central Pb-Pb collisions at = 2.76 TeV
The first measurement of two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in central Pb-Pb
collisions at TeV at the Large Hadron Collider is
presented. We observe a growing trend with energy now not only for the
longitudinal and the outward but also for the sideward pion source radius. The
pion homogeneity volume and the decoupling time are significantly larger than
those measured at RHIC.Comment: 17 pages, 5 captioned figures, 1 table, authors from page 12,
published version, figures at
http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/388
On kaonic hydrogen. Quantum field theoretic and relativistic covariant approach
We study kaonic hydrogen, the bound K^-p state A_(Kp). Within a quantum field
theoretic and relativistic covariant approach we derive the energy level
displacement of the ground state of kaonic hydrogen in terms of the amplitude
of K^-p scattering for arbitrary relative momenta. The amplitude of low-energy
K^-p scattering near threshold is defined by the contributions of three
resonances Lambda(1405), Lambda(1800) and Sigma^0(1750) and a smooth elastic
background. The amplitudes of inelastic channels of low-energy K^-p scattering
fit experimental data on near threshold behaviour of the cross sections and the
experimental data by the DEAR Collaboration. We use the soft-pion technique
(leading order in Chiral Perturbation Theory) for the calculation of the
partial width of the radiative decay of pionic hydrogen A_(pi p) -> n + gamma
and the Panofsky ratio. The theoretical prediction for the Panofsky ratio
agrees well with experimental data. We apply the soft-kaon technique (leading
order in Chiral Perturbation Theory) to the calculation of the partial widths
of radiative decays of kaonic hydrogen A_(Kp) -> Lambda^0 + gamma and A_(Kp) ->
Sigma^0 + gamma. We show that the contribution of these decays to the width of
the energy level of the ground state of kaonic hydrogen is less than 1%.Comment: 33 pages, 1 figure, latex, References are adde
Identification of the TeV Gamma-ray Source ARGO J2031+4157 with the Cygnus Cocoon
The extended TeV gamma-ray source ARGO J2031+4157 (or MGRO J2031+41) is
positionally consistent with the Cygnus Cocoon discovered by -LAT at GeV
energies in the Cygnus superbubble. Reanalyzing the ARGO-YBJ data collected
from November 2007 to January 2013, the angular extension and energy spectrum
of ARGO J2031+4157 are evaluated. After subtracting the contribution of the
overlapping TeV sources, the ARGO-YBJ excess map is fitted with a
two-dimensional Gaussian function in a square region of , finding a source extension =
1.80.5. The observed differential energy spectrum is
photons cm
s TeV, in the energy range 0.2-10 TeV. The angular extension is
consistent with that of the Cygnus Cocoon as measured by -LAT, and the
spectrum also shows a good connection with the one measured in the 1-100 GeV
energy range. These features suggest to identify ARGO J2031+4157 as the
counterpart of the Cygnus Cocoon at TeV energies. The Cygnus Cocoon, located in
the star-forming region of Cygnus X, is interpreted as a cocoon of freshly
accelerated cosmic rays related to the Cygnus superbubble. The spectral
similarity with Supernova Remnants indicates that the particle acceleration
inside a superbubble is similar to that in a SNR. The spectral measurements
from 1 GeV to 10 TeV allows for the first time to determine the possible
spectrum slope of the underlying particle distribution. A hadronic model is
adopted to explain the spectral energy distribution.Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures, has been accepted by ApJ for publicatio
Statistical hadronization and hadronic microcanonical ensemble II
We present a Monte-Carlo calculation of the microcanonical ensemble of the of
the ideal hadron-resonance gas including all known states up to a mass of about
1.8 GeV and full quantum statistics. The microcanonical average multiplicities
of the various hadron species are found to converge to the canonical ones for
moderately low values of the total energy, around 8 GeV, thus bearing out
previous analyses of hadronic multiplicities in the canonical ensemble. The
main numerical computing method is an importance sampling Monte-Carlo algorithm
using the product of Poisson distributions to generate multi-hadronic channels.
It is shown that the use of this multi-Poisson distribution allows an efficient
and fast computation of averages, which can be further improved in the limit of
very large clusters. We have also studied the fitness of a previously proposed
computing method, based on the Metropolis Monte-Carlo algorithm, for event
generation in the statistical hadronization model. We find that the use of the
multi-Poisson distribution as proposal matrix dramatically improves the
computation performance. However, due to the correlation of subsequent samples,
this method proves to be generally less robust and effective than the
importance sampling method.Comment: 23 pages, 21 figures, style files attached. Published version, minor
correction
Study of deuteron-proton charge exchange reaction at small transfer momentum
The charge-exchange reaction pd->npp at 1 GeV projectile proton energy is
studied in the multiple-scattering expansion technique. This reaction is
considered in a special kinematics, when the transfer momentum from the beam
proton to fast neutron is close to zero. The differential cross section and a
set of polarization observables are calculated. It was shown that contribution
of the final state interaction between two protons is very significant.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure
Suppression of charged particle production at large transverse momentum in central Pb-Pb collisions at TeV
Inclusive transverse momentum spectra of primary charged particles in Pb-Pb
collisions at = 2.76 TeV have been measured by the ALICE
Collaboration at the LHC. The data are presented for central and peripheral
collisions, corresponding to 0-5% and 70-80% of the hadronic Pb-Pb cross
section. The measured charged particle spectra in and GeV/ are compared to the expectation in pp collisions at the same
, scaled by the number of underlying nucleon-nucleon
collisions. The comparison is expressed in terms of the nuclear modification
factor . The result indicates only weak medium effects ( 0.7) in peripheral collisions. In central collisions,
reaches a minimum of about 0.14 at -7GeV/ and increases
significantly at larger . The measured suppression of high- particles is stronger than that observed at lower collision energies,
indicating that a very dense medium is formed in central Pb-Pb collisions at
the LHC.Comment: 15 pages, 5 captioned figures, 3 tables, authors from page 10,
published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/98
The pion-nucleon scattering lengths from pionic deuterium
We use the framework of effective field theories to discuss the determination
of the S-wave \pi N scattering lengths from the recent high-precision
measurements of pionic deuterium observables. The theoretical analysis proceeds
in several steps. Initially, the precise value of the pion-deuteron scattering
length a_{\pi d} is extracted from the data. Next, a_{\pi d} is related to the
S-wave \pi N scattering lengths a_+ and a_-. We discuss the use of this
information for constraining the values of these scattering lengths in the full
analysis, which also includes the input from the pionic hydrogen energy shift
and width measurements, and throughly investigate the accuracy limits for this
procedure. In this paper, we also give a detailed comparison to other effective
field theory approaches, as well as with the earlier work on the subject,
carried out within the potential model and multiple scattering framework.Comment: The replacement includes an erratum, which is published in Eur. Phys.
J.
The high-energy hadron spin-flip amplitude at small momentum transfer and new AN data from RHIC
In the case of elastic high-energy hadron-hadron scattering, the impact of
the large-distance contributions on the behaviour of the slopes of the
spin-non-flip and of the spin-flip amplitudes is analysed. It is shown that the
long tail of the hadronic potential in impact parameter space leads to a value
of the slope of the reduced spin-flip amplitude larger than that of the
spin-non-flip amplitude. This effect is taken into account in the calculation
of the analysing power in proton-nucleus reactions at high energies. It is
shown that the preliminary measurement of AN obtained by the E950 Collaboration
indeed favour a spin-flip-amplitude with a large slope. Predictions for AN at
pL = 250 GeV/c are given.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures, a few typos fixed in v.
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