35 research outputs found
Comment on "Polarizability of the pion: No conflict between dispersion theory and chiral perturbation theory"
The statement of the authors of the article Phys. Rev. C 77, 065211 (2008)
that spurious singularities occur in the dispersion relation approach, where
imaginary parts of the amplitudes of the process \gamma\gamma->\pi\pi are
saturated by the contributions of meson resonances by using Breit-Wigner
expressions, is analyzed. It is shown that there are no any additional
singularities in this approach and the disagreement between the predictions of
the dispersion relations and the chiral perturbation theory for
(\alpha_1-\beta_1)_\pi^{\pm} remains.Comment: 3 pages, final version appeared in Phys. Rev.
Magnetic polarizability of hadrons from lattice QCD in the background field method
We present a calculation of hadron magnetic polarizability using the
techniques of lattice QCD. This is carried out by introducing a uniform
external magnetic field on the lattice and measuring the quadratic part of a
hadron's mass shift. The calculation is performed on a lattice with
standard Wilson actions at beta=6.0 (spacing fm) and pion mass down to
about 500 MeV. Results are obtained for 30 particles covering the entire baryon
octet (, , , , , , ,
) and decuplet (, , , ,
, , , , ,
), plus selected mesons (, , , , ,
, , , , , , ). The
results are compared with available values from experiments and other
theoretical calculations.Comment: 30 pages, 23 figures, 5 table
Pionic atoms probing pi-NN resonances
The pion optical potential generated by the hypothetical pi-NN-coupled
NN-decoupled dibaryon resonance d'(2065) is calculated to the lowest order in
nuclear matter density. The contribution to the pion optical potential is found
to be within the empirical errors, so the d'(2065) existence currently does not
contradict to the observed properties of the pi-nucleus bound states. Future
progress in the pionic X-ray spectroscopy can reveal contributions of pi-NN
resonances to energy levels and widths of the pionic atoms.Comment: 3 pages REVTEX, 1 ps figur
Mass splittings of nuclear isotopes in chiral soliton approach
The differences of the masses of nuclear isotopes with atomic numbers between
\~10 and ~30 can be described within the chiral soliton approach in
satisfactory agreement with data. Rescaling of the model is necessary for this
purpose - decrease of the Skyrme constant by about 30%, providing the "nuclear
variant" of the model. The asymmetric term in Weizsaecker-Bethe- Bacher mass
formula for nuclei can be obtained as the isospin dependent quantum correction
to the nucleus energy. Some predictions for the binding energies of neutron
rich nuclides are made in this way, from, e.g. Be-16 and B-19 to Ne-31 and
Na-32. Neutron rich nuclides with high values of isospin are unstable relative
to strong interactions. The SK4 (Skyrme) variant of the model, as well as SK6
variant (6-th order term in chiral derivatives in the lagrangian as solitons
stabilizer) are considered, and the rational map approximation is used to
describe multiskyrmions.Comment: 16 pages, 10 tables, 2 figures. Figures are added and few misprints
are removed. Submitted to Phys. Atom. Nucl. (Yad. Fiz.
Measurement of the pi^+ meson polarizabilities via the gamma p->gamma pi^+ n reaction
An experiment on the radiative pi^+ meson photoproduction from the proton
(gamma p->gamma pi^+ n) was carried out at the Mainz Microtron MAMI in the
kinematic region 537 MeV <E_{gamma}<817 MeV,
140^o<theta_{gamma-gamma'}^cm<180^o. The pi^+ meson polarizabilities have been
determined from a comparison of the data with the predictions of two different
theoretical models, the first one being based on an effective pole model with
pseudoscalar coupling while the second one is based on diagrams describing both
resonant and nonresonant contributions. The validity of the models has been
verified by comparing the predictions with the present experimental data in the
kinematic region where the pion polarizability contribution is negligible
(s_1<5 mu^2) and where the difference between the predictions of the two models
does not exceed 3%. In the region, where the pion polarizability contribution
is substantial (5<s_1/mu^2<15, -12<t/mu^2<-2), the difference
(alpha-beta)_{pi^+} of the electric (alpha) and the magnetic (beta)
polarizabilities has been determined. As a result we find:
(alpha-beta)_{pi^+}=(11.6\pm 1.5_{stat}\pm 3.0_{syst}\pm 0.5_{mod})x10^-4fm^3.
This result is at variance with recent calculations in the framework of chiral
perturbation theory.Comment: 34 pages, 12 figures, final version to appear in Eur. Phys. J. A;
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Measurement of the transverse target and beam-target asymmetries in meson photoproduction at MAMI
We present new data for the transverse target asymmetry T and the very first
data for the beam-target asymmetry F in the
reaction up to a center-of-mass energy of W=1.9 GeV. The data were obtained
with the Crystal-Ball/TAPS detector setup at the Glasgow tagged photon facility
of the Mainz Microtron MAMI. All existing model predictions fail to reproduce
the new data indicating a significant impact on our understanding of the
underlying dynamics of meson photoproduction. The peculiar nodal
structure observed in existing T data close to threshold is not confirmed.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in PR
Photoproduction of π0-pairs off protons and off neutrons
Total cross sections, angular distributions, and invariant-mass distributions have been measured for the photoproduction of π0π0 pairs off free protons and off nucleons bound in the deuteron. The experiments were performed at the MAMI accelerator facility in Mainz using the Glasgow photon tagging spectrometer and the Crystal Ball/TAPS detector. The accelerator delivered electron beams of 1508 and 1557MeV, which produced bremsstrahlung in thin radiator foils. The tagged photon beam covered energies up to 1400MeV. The data from the free proton target are in good agreement with previous measurements and were only used to test the analysis procedures. The results for differential cross sections (angular distributions and invariant-mass distributions) for free and quasi-free protons are almost identical in shape, but differ in absolute magnitude up to 15%. Thus, moderate final-state interaction effects are present. The data for quasi-free neutrons are similar to the proton data in the second resonance region (final-state invariant masses up to ≈1550 MeV), where both reactions are dominated by the N(1520)3/2−→Δ(1232)3/2+π decay. At higher energies, angular and invariant-mass distributions are different. A simple analysis of the shapes of the invariant-mass distributions in the third resonance region is consistent with strong contributions of an N⋆→Nσ decay for the proton, while the reaction is dominated by a sequential decay via a Δπ intermediate state for the neutron. The data are compared to predictions from the Two-Pion-MAID model and the Bonn-Gatchina coupled-channel analysis
Measurement of the beam-helicity asymmetry in the photoproduction of -pairs off protons and off neutrons
Beam-helicity asymmetries have been measured at the MAMI accelerator in Mainz
for the photoproduction of mixed-charge pion pairs in the reactions
off free protons and
and
off quasi-free nucleons bound
in the deuteron for incident photon energies up to 1.4 GeV. Circularly
polarized photons were produced from bremsstrahlung of longitudinally polarized
electrons and tagged with the Glasgow-Mainz magnetic spectrometer. The charged
pions, recoil protons, recoil neutrons, and decay photons from mesons
were detected in the 4 electromagnetic calorimeter composed of the Crystal
Ball and TAPS detectors. Using a complete kinematic reconstruction of the final
state, excellent agreement was found between the results for free and
quasi-free protons, suggesting that the quasi-free neutron results are also a
close approximation of the free-neutron asymmetries. A comparison of the
results to the predictions of the Two-Pion-MAID reaction model shows that the
reaction mechanisms are still not well understood, in particular at low
incident photon energies in the second nucleon-resonance region.Comment: accepted for publication in Eur. phys. J.
Photoproduction of pi0-mesons off neutrons in the nucleon resonance region
Precise angular distributions have been measured for the first time for the
photoproduction of -mesons off neutrons bound in the deuteron. The
effects from nuclear Fermi motion have been eliminated by a complete kinematic
reconstruction of the final state. The influence of final-state-interaction
effects has been estimated by a comparison of the reaction cross section for
quasi-free protons bound in the deuteron to the results for free protons and
then applied as a correction to the quasi-free neutron data. The experiment was
performed at the tagged photon facility of the Mainz Microtron MAMI with the
Crystal Ball and TAPS detector setup for incident photon energies between
~GeV and ~GeV. The results are compared to the predictions from
reaction models and partial-wave analyses based on data from other isospin
channels. The model predictions show large discrepancies among each other and
the present data will provide much tighter constraints. This is demonstrated by
the results of a new analysis in the framework of the Bonn-Gatchina
coupled-channel analysis which included the present data.Comment: accepted for publication in Phys; Rev. Let
Measurements of double-polarized compton scattering asymmetries and extraction of the proton spin polarizabilities
The spin polarizabilities of the nucleon describe how the spin of the nucleon responds to an incident polarized photon. The most model-independent way to extract the nucleon spin polarizabilities is through polarized Compton scattering. Double-polarized Compton scattering asymmetries on the proton were measured in the Δ(1232) region using circularly polarized incident photons and a transversely polarized proton target at the Mainz Microtron. Fits to asymmetry data were performed using a dispersion model calculation and a baryon chiral perturbation theory calculation, and a separation of all four proton spin polarizabilities in the multipole basis was achieved. The analysis based on a dispersion model calculation yields γE1E1=−3.5±1.2, γM1M1=3.16±0.85, γE1M2=−0.7±1.2, and γM1E2=1.99±0.29, in units of 10−4 fm4