242 research outputs found
Measurement of Transverse Polarization of Electrons Emitted in Free Neutron Decay
The final analysis of the experiment determining both components of the
transverse polarization of electrons (, )
emitted in the -decay of polarized, free neutrons is presented. The
T-odd, P-odd correlation coefficient quantifying ,
perpendicular to the neutron polarization and electron momentum, was found to
be 0.0040.005. This value is consistent with time reversal
invariance, and significantly improves both earlier result and limits on the
relative strength of imaginary scalar couplings in the weak interaction. The
value obtained for the correlation coefficient associated with
, 0.0670.004, agrees with the Standard Model
expectation, providing an important sensitivity test of the experimental setup.
The present result sets constraints on the imaginary part of scalar and tensor
couplings in weak interaction. Implications for parameters of the leptoquark
exchange model and minimal supersymmetric model (MSSM) with R-parity violation
are discussed
Progress on Neutron-Target Multipoles above 1 GeV
We report a new extraction of nucleon resonance couplings using pi-
photoproduction cross sections on the neutron. The world database for the
process gn-->pi-p above 1 GeV has quadrupled with the addition of new
differential cross sections from the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS)
at Jefferson Lab in Hall B. Differential cross sections from CLAS have been
improved with a new final-state interaction determination using a diagrammatic
technique taking into account the SAID phenomenological NN and piN final-state
interaction amplitudes. Resonance couplings have been extracted and compared to
previous determinations. With the addition of these new cross sections,
significant changes are seen in the high-energy behavior of the SAID cross
sections and amplitudes.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table; talk given at 12th International
Workshop on Meson Production, Properties and Interaction (MESON2012), 31 May
- 5 June 2012, Krakow, Poland; will be published online in European Journal
Web of Conference
Study of three-nucleon dynamics in the dp breakup collisions using the WASA detector
An experiment to investigate the 1H(d; pp)n breakup reaction using
a deuteron beam of 300, 340, 380 and 400 MeV and the WASA detector
has been performed at the Cooler Synchrotron COSY-Jülich. As a first
step, the data collected at the beam energy of 340MeV are analysed, with a
focus on the proton–proton coincidences registered in the Forward Detector.
Elastically scattered deuterons are used for precise determination of the
luminosity. The main steps of the analysis, including energy calibration,
particle identification (PID) and efficiency studies, and their impact on the
final accuracy of the result, are discussed
Spectroscopy of eta'-nucleus bound states at GSI-SIS
The eta' meson mass may be reduced due to partial restoration of chiral
symmetry. If this is the case, an eta'-nucleus system may form a nuclear bound
state. We plan to carry out a missing-mass spectroscopy with the 12C(p,d)
reaction at GSI-SIS. Peak structures corresponding to such a bound state may be
observed even in an inclusive measurement, if the decay width is narrow enough.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of MESON2012 (12th
International Workshop on Meson Production, Properties and Interaction),
Krakow, Polan
Variation of nonequilibrium processes in p+Ni system with beam energy
The energy and angular dependence of double differential cross sections
dsigma/dOmega dE were measured for p, d, t, 3,4He, 6,7Li, 7,9Be, and 10,11B
produced in collisions of 0.175 GeV protons with Ni target. The analysis of
measured dfferential cross sections allowed to extract total production cross
sections for ejectiles listed above. The shape of the spectra and angular
distributions indicate the presence of other nonequilibrium processes besides
the emission of nucleons from the intranuclear cascade, and besides the
evaporation of various particles from remnants of intranuclear cascade. These
nonequilibrium processes consist of coalescence of nucleons into light charged
particles during the intranuclear cascade, of the fireball emission which
contributes to the cross sections of protons and deuterons, and of the break-up
of the target nucleus which leads to the emission of intermediate mass
fragments. All such processes were found earlier at beam energies 1.2, 1.9, and
2.5 GeV for Ni as well as for Au targets, however, significant differences in
properties of these processes at high and low beam energy are observed in the
present study.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figure
Three- and Four-Body Scattering Calculations including the Coulomb Force
The method of screening and renormalization for including the Coulomb
interaction in the framework of momentum-space integral equations is applied to
the three- and four-body nuclear reactions. The Coulomb effect on the
observables and the ability of the present nuclear potential models to describe
the experimental data is discussed.Comment: Proceedings of the Critical Stability workshop, Erice, Sicily,
October 2008, to be published in Few-Body System
Measurements of scattering observables for the break-up reaction
High-precision measurements of the scattering observables such as cross
sections and analyzing powers for the proton-deuteron elastic and break-up
reactions have been performed at KVI in the last two decades and elsewhere to
investigate various aspects of the three-nucleon force (3NF) effects
simultaneously. In 2006 an experiment was performed to study these effects in
break-up reaction at 135 MeV with the detection system, Big
Instrument for Nuclear polarization Analysis, BINA. BINA covers almost the
entire kinematical phase space of the break-up reaction. The results are
interpreted with the help of state-of-the-art Faddeev calculations and are
partly presented in this contribution.Comment: Proceedings of 19th International IUPAP Conference on Few-Body
Problems in Physics, Bonn University, 31.08 - 05.09.2009, Bonn, GERMAN
Competition of coalescence and "fireball" processes in nonequilibrium emission of light charged particles from p+Au collisions
The energy and angular dependence of double differential cross sections was
measured for p,d,t,He,Li,Be, and B isotopes produced in collisions of 1.2 and
1.9 GeV protons with Au target. The shape of the spectra and angular
distributions almost does not change in the beam energy range from 1.2 to 2.5
GeV, however, the absolute value of the cross sections increases for all
ejectiles. A phenomenological model of two emitting, moving sources reproduces
very well spectra and angular distributions of intermediate mass fragments.
Double differential cross sections for light charged particles (LCP) were
analyzed in the frame of the microscopic model of intranuclear cascade (INC)
with coalescence of nucleons and statistical model for evaporation of particles
from excited residual nuclei. Energy and angular dependencies of data agree
satisfactorily neither with predictions of microscopic intranuclear cascade
calculations for protons, nor with coalescence calculations for other LCP.
Phenomenological inclusion of another reaction mechanism - emission of LCP from
a "fireball", i.e., fast and hot moving source - combined with the microscopic
model calculations of INC, coalescence and evaporation of particles leads to
very good description of the data. It was found that nonequilibrium processes
are very important for production of LCP. They exhaust 40-80% of the total
cross sections - depending on the emitted particles. Coalescence and "fireball"
emission give comparable contributions to the cross sections with exception of
3He data where coalescence clearly dominates. The ratio of sum of all
nonequilibrium processes to those proceeding through stage of statistical
equilibrium does almost not change in the beam energy range from 1.2 GeV to 2.5
GeV for all light charged particles.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures, IV tables, \pacs{25.40.-h,25.40.Sc,25.40.Ve
Free neutron decay and time reversal violation
Both components of the transverse electron polarization have been measured in free neutron decay. The T-odd, P-odd correlation coefficient associated with polarization component perpendicular to the neutron polarization
and electron momentum, was found to be R = 0:006 0:012 0:005. This value is consistent with time reversal invariance, and significantly improves limits on the relative strength of imaginary scalar couplings in the
weak interaction. The value obtained for the T-even, P-even correlation coefficient connected with the second transversal polarization component, N = 0:065 0:012 0:004, agrees with the Standard Model expectation
providing an important sensitivity test of the experimental setup
Differential Cross Section for Proton Induced Deuteron Breakup at 108 MeV
The differential cross sections for the proton-deuteron breakup reaction have been measured for more than 200 angular configurations of outgoing protons in the range of polar angles from 13 to 27 degrees with a proton beam at 108 MeV. The paper presents the experimental results of the selected configurations, which are compared to state-of-the-art theoretical calculations. In some regions of the phase space, a strong influence of the Coulomb interaction is observed.</p
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