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Pion Compton scattering and bremsstrahlung
The pion-polarizability functions are structure functions of pion-Compton
scattering. They can be assessed in high-energy pion-nucleus bremsstrahlung
reactions, . We present numerical expectations for
pion-nucleus bremsstrahlung cross sections in the Coulomb region, i.e. the
small-angle region where the nuclear scattering is dominated by the Coulomb
interaction. We investigate the prospects of measuring the polarizability
functions for pion-Compton c.m. energies from threshold up to 1 GeV. A
meson-exchange model is used for the pion-Compton amplitude.Comment: 20 pages, 11 figure
Hard pion bremsstrahlung in the Coulomb region
Hard high-energy pion-nucleus bremsstrahlung, ,
is studied in the Coulomb region, i.e. the small-angle region where the nuclear
scattering is dominated by the Coulomb interaction. Special attention is
focussed on the possibility of measuring the pion polarizability in such
reactions. We study the sensitivity to the structure of the underlying the
pion-Compton amplitude through a model with , , and a_1
exchanges. It is found that the effective energy in the virtual pion-Compton
scattering is often so large that the threshold approximation does not apply.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figure
Coulomb-nuclear interference in pion-nucleus bremsstrahlung
Pion-nucleus bremsstrahlung offers a possibility of measuring the structure
functions of pion-Compton scattering from a study of the
small-momentum-transfer region where the bremsstrahlung reaction is dominated
by the single-photon-exchange mechanism. The corresponding cross-section
distribution is characterized by a sharp peak at small momentum transfers. But
there is also a hadronic contribution which is smooth and constitutes an
undesired background. In this communication the modification of the
single-photon exchange amplitude by multiple-Coulomb scattering is investigated
as well as the Coulomb-nuclear interference term.Comment: 21 pages, 5 figures. Eqs.(51,52) corrected; some new figure
Positron-neutrino correlations in 32Ar and 33Ar Decays: Probes of Scalar weak currents and nuclear isospin mixing
The positron-neutrino correlation in the 0^+ \to 0^+ \beta decay of ^{32}Ar
was measured at ISOLDE by analyzing the effect of lepton recoil on the shape of
the narrow proton group following the superallowed decay. Our result is
consistent with the Standard Model prediction; for vanishing Fierz interference
we find a=0.9989 \pm 0.0052 \pm 0.0036. Our result leads to improved
constraints on scalar weak interactions. The positron-neutrino correlation in
^{33}Ar decay was measured in the same experiment; for vanishing Fierz
interference we find a=0.944 \pm 0.002 \pm 0.003. The ^{32}Ar and ^{33}Ar
correlations, in combination with precision measurements of the half-lives,
superallowed branching ratios and beta endpoint energies, will determine the
isospin impurities of the superallowed transitions. These will provide useful
tests of isospin-violation corrections used in deducing |V_{\rm ud}| which
currently indicates non-unitarity of the KM matrix.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figure
Reactions induced by 11Be beam at Rex-Isolde
The collision induced by the three Beryllium isotopes, 9,10,11Be, on a 64Zn target were investigated at Ec.m. ≈ 1.4 the Coulomb barrier. The experiments with the radioactive 10,11Be beams were performed at the Rex-Isolde facility at CERN. In the case of 9,10Be, elastic scattering angular distributions were measured whereas, in the 11Be case, the quasielastic scattering angular distribution was obtained. A strong damping of the quasielastic cross-section was observed in the 11Be case, in the angular range around the Coulomb-nuclear interference peak. In this latter case a large total-reaction cross-section is found. Such a cross-section is more than a factor of two larger than the ones extracted in the reactions induced by the non-halo Beryllium isotopes. A large contribution to the total-reaction cross-section in the 11Be case could be attributed to transfer and/or break-up event
Systematic trends in beta-delayed particle emitting nuclei: The case of beta-p-alpha emission from 21Mg
We have observed beta+-delayed alpha and p-alpha emission from the
proton-rich nucleus 21Mg produced at the ISOLDE facility at CERN. The
assignments were cross-checked with a time distribution analysis. This is the
third identified case of beta-p-alpha emission. We discuss the systematic of
beta-delayed particle emission decays, show that our observed decays fit
naturally into the existing pattern, and argue that the patterns are to a large
extent caused by odd-even effects.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Evidence of strong effects of the 11Be halo structure on reaction processes at energies around the Coulomb barrier
The collision induced by the three Beryllium isotopes, 9,10,11Be, on 64Zn target were investigated at Ec.m. ¿ 1.4 the Coulomb barrier. Elastic scattering angular distributions were measured for the 9,10Be collisions whereas, in the 11Be case the quasielastic scattering angular distribution was obtained. A strong damping of the quasielastic cross-section was observed in the 11Be case, especially in the angular range around the Coulomb-nuclear interference peak. In this latter case a large total-reaction cross-section is found, more than a factor of two larger than the ones extracted in the reactions induced by the non-halo Beryllium isotopes. A large contribution to the total-reaction cross-section in the 11Be case could be attributed to transfer and/or break-up events
8B reaction dynamics researched at HIE-ISOLDE
For the first time a measurement of 8B + 64Zn reaction has been performed at HIE-ISOLDE at CERN at energies around the Coulomb barrier, to understand how the debated halo structure of the light nucleus can affect reaction dynamics
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Presentación en Power Point de 18 diapositivas; CERN, Meyrin, Suiza, 28-29 April 2014Peer Reviewe
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