362 research outputs found
correlations from the stopped reaction on He
We have investigated correlations of coincident pairs from the
stopped reaction on He, and clearly observed and
branches of the two-nucleon absorption process in the
invariant mass spectra. In addition, non-mesonic reaction channels, which
indicate possible exotic signals for the formation of strange multibaryon
states, have been identified.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letter
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
200
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.
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
The VIP Experiment
The Pauli Exclusion Principle (PEP) is a basic principle of Quantum
Mechanics, and its validity has never been seriously challenged. However, given
its importance, it is very important to check it as thoroughly as possible.
Here we describe the VIP (Violation of PEP) experiment, an improved version of
the Ramberg and Snow experiment (Ramberg and Snow, Phys. Lett. B238 (1990)
438); VIP shall be performed at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories, and
aims to test the Pauli Exclusion Principle for electrons with unprecedented
accuracy, down to Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, PDF only, presented by Edoardo Milotti to the
conference "Quantum Theory: reconsideration of foundations-3", Vaxjo
(Sweden), June, 6-11 200
Testing the Pauli Exclusion Principle for Electrons
One of the fundamental rules of nature and a pillar in the foundation of
quantum theory and thus of modern physics is represented by the Pauli Exclusion
Principle. We know that this principle is extremely well fulfilled due to many
observations. Numerous experiments were performed to search for tiny violation
of this rule in various systems. The experiment VIP at the Gran Sasso
underground laboratory is searching for possible small violations of the Pauli
Exclusion Principle for electrons leading to forbidden X-ray transitions in
copper atoms. VIP is aiming at a test of the Pauli Exclusion Principle for
electrons with high accuracy, down to the level of 10 - 10,
thus improving the previous limit by 3-4 orders of magnitude. The experimental
method, results obtained so far and new developments within VIP2 (follow-up
experiment at Gran Sasso, in preparation) to further increase the precision by
2 orders of magnitude will be presented.Comment: Proceedings DISCRETE 2012-Third Symposium on Prospects in the Physics
of Discrete Symmetries, Lisbon, December 3-7, 201
Line shape of the muH(3p - 1s) hyperfine transitions
The (3p - 1s) X-ray transition to the muonic hydrogen ground state was
measured with a high resolution crystal spectrometer. A Doppler effect
broadening of the X-ray line was established which could be attributed to
different Coulomb de-excitation steps preceding the measured transition. The
assumption of a statistical population of the hyperfine levels of the muonic
hydrogen ground state was directly confirmed by the experiment and measured
values for the hyperfine splitting can be reported. The results allow a
decisive test of advanced cascade model calculations and establish a method to
extract fundamental strong-interaction parameters from pionic hydrogen
experiments.Comment: Submitted to Physical Review Letter
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