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Search for n-nbar oscillation in Super-Kamiokande
A search for neutron-antineutron () oscillation was undertaken in
Super-Kamiokande using the 1489 live-day or neutron-year
exposure data. This process violates both baryon and baryon minus lepton
numbers by an absolute value of two units and is predicted by a large class of
hypothetical models where the seesaw mechanism is incorporated to explain the
observed tiny neutrino masses and the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the
Universe. No evidence for oscillation was found, the lower limit of
the lifetime for neutrons bound in O, in an analysis that included all
of the significant sources of experimental uncertainties, was determined to be
~years at the 90\% confidence level. The corresponding
lower limit for the oscillation time of free neutrons was calculated to be ~s using a theoretical value of the nuclear suppression factor of
~s and its uncertainty.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figure
Search for n-nbar oscillation in Super-Kamiokande
A search for neutron-antineutron () oscillation was undertaken in
Super-Kamiokande using the 1489 live-day or neutron-year
exposure data. This process violates both baryon and baryon minus lepton
numbers by an absolute value of two units and is predicted by a large class of
hypothetical models where the seesaw mechanism is incorporated to explain the
observed tiny neutrino masses and the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the
Universe. No evidence for oscillation was found, the lower limit of
the lifetime for neutrons bound in O, in an analysis that included all
of the significant sources of experimental uncertainties, was determined to be
~years at the 90\% confidence level. The corresponding
lower limit for the oscillation time of free neutrons was calculated to be ~s using a theoretical value of the nuclear suppression factor of
~s and its uncertainty.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figure
High-temperature deformation behavior of a gamma TiAl alloy-microstructural evolution and mechanisms
The present investigation was carried out in the context of the internal-variable theory of inelastic deformation and the dynamic-materials model (DMM), to shed light on the high-temperature deformation mechanisms in TiAl. A series of load-relaxation tests and tensile tests were conducted on a fine-grained duplex gamma TiAl alloy at temperatures ranging from 800 degreesC to 1050 degreesC. Results of the load-relaxation tests, in which the deformation took place at an infinitesimal level (epsilon congruent to 0.05), showed that the deformation behavior of the alloy was well described by the sum of dislocation-glide and dislocation-climb processes. To investigate the deformation behavior of the fine-grained duplex gamma TiAl alloy at a finite strain level, processing maps were constructed on the basis of a DMM. For this purpose, compression tests were carried out at temperatures ranging from 800 degreesC to 1250 degreesC using strain rates ranging from 10 to 10(-4)/s. Two domains were identified and characterized in the processing maps obtained at finite strain levels (0.2 and 0.6). One domain was found in the region of 980 degreesC and 10(-3)/s with a peak efficiency (maximum efficiency of power dissipation) of 48 pct and was identified as a domain of dynamic recrystallization (DRx) from microstructural observations. Another domain with a peak efficiency of 64 pct was located in the region of 1250 degreesC and 10(-4)/s and was considered to be a domain of superplasticity.ope
Angular and Current-Target Correlations in Deep Inelastic Scattering at HERA
Correlations between charged particles in deep inelastic ep scattering have
been studied in the Breit frame with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an
integrated luminosity of 6.4 pb-1. Short-range correlations are analysed in
terms of the angular separation between current-region particles within a cone
centred around the virtual photon axis. Long-range correlations between the
current and target regions have also been measured. The data support
predictions for the scaling behaviour of the angular correlations at high Q2
and for anti-correlations between the current and target regions over a large
range in Q2 and in the Bjorken scaling variable x. Analytic QCD calculations
and Monte Carlo models correctly describe the trends of the data at high Q2,
but show quantitative discrepancies. The data show differences between the
correlations in deep inelastic scattering and e+e- annihilation.Comment: 26 pages including 10 figures (submitted to Eur. J. Phys. C
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