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From Solar Proton Burning to Pionic Deuterium through the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model of light nuclei
Within the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model of light nuclei (the NNJL model),
describing strong low-energy nuclear interactions, we compute the width of the
energy level of the ground state of pionic deuterium. The theoretical value
fits well the experimental data. Using the cross sections for the reactions
nu_e + d -> p + p + e^- and nu_e + d -> p + n + nu_e, computed in the NNJL
model, and the experimental values of the events of these reactions, detected
by the SNO Collaboration, we compute the boron neutrino fluxes. The theoretical
values agree well with the experimental data and the theoretical predictions
within the Standard Solar Model by Bahcall. We argue the applicability of the
constraints on the astrophysical factor for the solar proton burning, imposed
by helioseismology, to the width of the energy level of the ground state of
pionic deuterium. We show that the experimental data on the width satisfy these
constraints. This testifies an indirect measurement of the recommended value of
the astrophysical factor for the solar proton burning in terrestrial
laboratories in terms of the width of the energy level of the ground state of
pionic deuterium.Comment: 10 pages, no figures, Late
Muon capture on deuteron and 3He
The muon capture reactions 2H(\mu^-,\nu_\mu)nn and 3He(\mu^-,\nu_\mu)3H are
studied with conventional or chiral realistic potentials and consistent weak
currents. The initial and final A=2 and 3 nuclear wave functions are obtained
from the Argonne v18 or chiral N3LO two-nucleon potential, in combination with,
respectively, the Urbana IX or chiral N2LO three-nucleon potential in the case
of A=3. The weak current consists of polar- and axial-vector components. The
former are related to the isovector piece of the electromagnetic current via
the conserved-vector-current hypothesis. These and the axial currents are
derived either in a meson-exchange or in a chiral effective field theory
(chiEFT) framework. There is one parameter (either the N-to-\Delta axial
coupling constant in the meson-exchange model, or the strength of a contact
term in the chiEFT model) which is fixed by reproducing the Gamow-Teller matrix
element in tritium beta-decay. The model dependence relative to the adopted
interactions and currents (and cutoff sensitivity in the chiEFT currents) is
weak, resulting in total rates of 392.0 +/- 2.3 Hz for A=2, and 1484 +/- 13 Hz
for A=3, where the spread accounts for this model dependence.Comment: 15 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Isospin mixing effects in low-energy interaction
New strong coupled-channel potential, reproducing all
existing experimental data and suitable for using in an accurate few-body
calculations, is constructed. Isospin breaking effects of direct inclusion of
the Coulomb interaction and using of physical masses in calculations are
investigated. The level shift and width of kaonic hydrogen, consistent
with the scattering data, was obtained and the corresponding exact strong scattering length was calculated. One- and two-pole form of
resonance was considered.Comment: 24 pages, 5 tables, 4 figures; one sentence was changed and one
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Search for Deeply Bound Kaonic Nuclear States with AMADEUS
We briefly report on the search for Deeply Bound Kaonic Nuclear States with
AMADEUS in the Sigma0 p channel following K- absorption on 12C and outline
future perspectives for this work
New experimental limit on the Pauli Exclusion Principle violation by electrons
The Pauli Exclusion Principle (PEP) is one of the basic principles of modern
physics and, even if there are no compelling reasons to doubt its validity, it
is still debated today because an intuitive, elementary explanation is still
missing, and because of its unique stand among the basic symmetries of physics.
The present paper reports a new limit on the probability that PEP is violated
by electrons, in a search for a shifted K line in copper: the presence
of this line in the soft X-ray copper fluorescence would signal a transition to
a ground state already occupied by 2 electrons. The obtained value, , improves the existing limit by almost two
orders of magnitude.Comment: submitted to Phys. Lett.
VIP: An Experiment to Search for a Violation of the Pauli Exclusion Principle
The Pauli Exclusion Principle is a basic principle of Quantum Mechanics, and
its validity has never been seriously challenged. However, given its
fundamental standing, it is very important to check it as thoroughly as
possible. Here we describe the VIP (VIolation of the Pauli exclusion principle)
experiment, an improved version of the Ramberg and Snow experiment (E. Ramberg
and G. Snow, {\it Phys. Lett. B} {\bf 238}, 438 (1990)); VIP has just completed
the installation at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory, and aims to test the
Pauli Exclusion Principle for electrons with unprecedented accuracy, down to
. We report preliminary experimental
results and briefly discuss some of the implications of a possible violation.Comment: Plenary talk presented by E. Milotti at Meson 2006, Cracow, 9-13 June
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New experimental limit on Pauli Exclusion Principle violation by electrons (the VIP experiment)
The Pauli Exclusion Principle is one of the basic principles of modern
physics and is at the very basis of our understanding of matter: thus it is
fundamental importance to test the limits of its validity. Here we present the
VIP (Violation of the Pauli Exclusion Principle) experiment, where we search
for anomalous X-rays emitted by copper atoms in a conductor: any detection of
these anomalous X-rays would mark a Pauli-forbidden transition. ] VIP is
currently taking data at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories, and its
scientific goal is to improve by at least four orders of magnitude the previous
limit on the probability of Pauli violating transitions, bringing it into the
10**-29 - 10**-30 region. First experimental results, together with future
plans, are presented.Comment: To appear in proceedings of the XLVI International Winter Meeting on
Nuclear Physics, Bormio, Italy, January 20-26, 200
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