63 research outputs found
DECAY
The decay modes and are considered in the framework of the low energy effective chiral
Lagrangian. The obtained values of the decay widths and keV do not contradict the existing upper limits and seem to be big
enough for the corresponding processes to be observed in future high luminosity
experiments.Comment: 6 pages, LaTeX, without figure. Submitted to Phys. Lett.
A new algorithm for automatic photopeak searches
A new, "quantum mechanical" algorithm is proposed for automatic photopeak
location in gamma-ray spectra from semiconductor and scintillator detectors.Comment: 9 pages, LaTex, without figures. Sample program and figures (by FAX)
can be sent on reques
Soft-photon corrections in multi-body meson decays
The effects due to soft-photon emission (and the related virtual corrections)
in multi-body decays of B, D, and K mesons are analysed. We present analytic
expressions for the universal O(alpha) correction factors which can be applied
to all multi-body decay modes where a tight soft-photon energy cut in the
decaying-particle rest-frame is applied. All-order resummations valid in the
limit of small and large velocities of the final-state particles are also
discussed. The phenomenological implications of these correction factors in the
distortion of Dalitz-plot distributions of K -> 3 pi decays are briefly
analysed.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures (v2: minor modifications - published version
On the Four--Photon Decay of the Neutral Pion
The dominant contribution to the branching ratio, coming
from purely electromagnetic photon-splitting graph, is calculated. The result
is about three
orders of magnitude below the present experimental limit.Comment: 6 pages, LaTe
Radiative decays of light vector mesons
The new data on radiative decays into
from SND experiment at VEPP-2M
collider are presented.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, talk given at 8th International Conference on
Hadron Spectroscopy (HADRON 99), Beijing, China, 24-28 Aug 199
Positronium Portal into Hidden Sector: A new Experiment to Search for Mirror Dark Matter
The understanding of the origin of dark matter has great importance for
cosmology and particle physics. Several interesting extensions of the standard
model dealing with solution of this problem motivate the concept of hidden
sectors consisting of SU(3)xSU(2)_LxU(1)_Y singlet fields. Among these models,
the mirror matter model is certainly one of the most interesting. The model
explains the origin of parity violation in weak interactions, it could also
explain the baryon asymmetry of the Universe and provide a natural ground for
the explanation of dark matter. The mirror matter could have a portal to our
world through photon-mirror photon mixing (epsilon). This mixing would lead to
orthopositronium (o-Ps) to mirror orthopositronium oscillations, the
experimental signature of which is the apparently invisible decay of o-Ps. In
this paper, we describe an experiment to search for the decay o-Ps -> invisible
in vacuum by using a pulsed slow positron beam and a massive 4pi BGO crystal
calorimeter. The developed high efficiency positron tagging system, the low
calorimeter energy threshold and high hermiticity allow the expected
sensitivity in mixing strength to be epsilon about 10^-9, which is more than
one order of magnitude below the current Big Bang Nucleosynthesis limit and in
a region of parameter space of great theoretical and phenomenological interest.
The vacuum experiment with such sensitivity is particularly timely in light of
the recent DAMA/LIBRA observations of the annual modulation signal consistent
with a mirror type dark matter interpretation.Comment: 40 pages, 29 Figures 2 Tables v2: Ref. added, Fig. 29 and some text
added to explain idea for backscattering e+ background suppression, corrected
typos v3: minor corrections: Eq 2.1 corrected (6 lines-> 5 lines), Eq.2.17:
two extra "-" signs remove
Search for direct production of a2(1320) and f2(1270) mesons in e+e- annihilation
A search for direct production of C-even resonances a2(1320) and f2(1270) in
e+e- annihilation was performed with SND detector at VEPP-2M e+e- collider. The
upper limits of electronic widths of these mesons were obtained at 90%
confidence level:
Gamma(a2(1320) \to e+e-) < 0.56 eV,
Gamma(f2(1270) \to e+e-) < 0.11 eV.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. Submitted to Phys. Lett.
New experimental data for the decays and from SND detector
The processes and have been
studied with SND detector at VEPP-2M collider in the vicinity of
resonance. The branching ratios and were obtained.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, talk given at 8th International Conference on
Hadron Spectroscopy (HADRON 99), Beijing, China, 24-28 Aug 199
The process in the energy range 2E_0=1.04 - 1.38 GeV
In the experiment with the SND detector at VEPP-2M e^+e^- collider the
process was studied in the energy range 2E_0 from
1.04 to 1.38 GeV. A broad peak was observed with the visible mass
MeV and cross section in the maximum
nb. The peak can be interpreted as a -like resonance .Comment: 10 pages LATEX and 5 figure
Experimental Study of rho -> pi0 pi0 gamma and omega -> pi0 pi0 gamma Decays
The e+e- -> pi0 pi0 gamma process was studied in the SND experiment at
VEPP-2M e+e- collider in the energy region 0.60-0.97 GeV. From the analysis of
the energy dependence of measured cross section the branching ratios B(omega ->
pi0 pi0 gamma)= (6.6 +1.4-0.8(stat) +-0.6(syst))x10^-5 and B(rho -> pi0 pi0
gamma)=(4.1 +1.0-0.9(stat) +-0.3(syst))x10^-5 were obtained.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Phys. Lett.
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