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Has charge symmetry breaking been observed in the d d -> alpha pi0 reaction?
Estimates are made of the d d -> alpha gamma gamma production cross sections
in a model where each neutron-proton pair in the beam and target initiates an n
p -> d gamma reaction. This approach, which successfully reproduces observables
in two-pion production at intermediate energies, suggests that direct
two-photon production could provide a very significant background to the
measurement of the charge-symmetry-breaking (CSB) reaction d d -> alpha pi0. A
non-vanishing CSB cross section has been reported which might be confused with
such two-photon production under the given experimental conditions.Comment: 9 pages, ReVTEX, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Observation of the Charge Symmetry Breaking d + d -> 4He + pi0 Reaction Near Threshold
We report the first observation of the charge symmetry breaking d + d -> 4He
+ pi0 reaction near threshold at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility.
Kinematic reconstruction permitted the separation of 4He + pi0 events from
double radiative capture 4He + gamma + gamma events. We measured total cross
sections for neutron pion production of 12.7 +- 2.2 pb at 228.5 MeV and 15.1 +-
3.1 pb at 231.8 MeV. The uncertainty is dominated by statistical errors.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, plain Te
Differential cross section and analysing power of the quasi-free pn -> {pp}_s pi- reaction at 353 MeV
In order to establish links between p-wave pion production in nucleon-nucleon
collisions and low energy three-nucleon scattering, an extensive programme of
experiments on pion production is currently underway at COSY-ANKE. The final
proton pair is measured at very low excitation energy, leading to an S-wave
diproton, denoted here as {pp}_s. By using a deuterium target we have obtained
data on the differential cross section and analysing power of the quasi-free
pol{p}n -> {pp}_s pi^- reaction at 353 MeV. The spectator proton p_sp was
either measured directly in silicon tracking telescopes or reconstructed using
the momentum of a detected pi^-. Both observables can be described in terms of
s-, p-, and d-wave pion production amplitudes. Taken together with the
analogous data on the pol{p}p -> {pp}_s pi^0 reaction, full partial wave
decompositions of both processes were carried out.Comment: The interested reader should also study the paper on pizero
production by D.Tsirkov et al., which has also been submitted to the arXi
Assessing 131I in thyroid by non-spectroscopic instruments - A European intercomparison exercise
International audienceOne of the issues of the Open Project for the European Radiation Research Area (OPERRA) was human thyroid monitoring in case of a large scale nuclear accident. This issue was covered in task 5.4 as project “CaThyMARA” (Child and Adult Thyroid Monitoring After Reactor Accident), which included several aspects of thyroid monitoring, e.g. screening of facilities able to perform thyroid monitoring in the European countries, dose estimation, modelling of detector response, and two intercomparison exercises. The intercomparison described in this paper focused on thyroid monitoring by non-spectrometric instruments, including gamma cameras and other instruments that were considered available for measurements made by members of the public. A total of 12 facilities from 7 European countries have participated and 43 various measuring devices have been evaluated. The main conclusion of this intercomparison is that the ability to make assessments of 131I activity in the thyroid to the exposed population after an accidental release must, on the average, be considered as good among the European laboratories taking part in this study. This intercomparison also gave the participants the possibility to calibrate the measuring devices for thyroid measurements of children where this procedure was not available before. A comprehensive report of the intercomparison is given. © 2019 Elsevier Lt