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Infrared Properties of Unusual Initial State Interactions
The related roles of gauge invariance and of initial coherent/ degenerate states in the factorization of QCD processes into short-distance and long-distance parts are discussed. For ππ →μ+μ - + X it is shown that although the systematic summation over all possible spectator interactions removes the outside soft-IR divergences in the non- overlapping ladder Glauber diagrams, unphysical inside soft-IR divergences persist. So, the on-shell Glauber region is not a gauge invariant concept which can be physically isolated from radiative corrections which non-trivially involve other diagrammatic regions. It is conjectured that in QCD non-factorization is inconsistent with local gauge invariance.
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DETERMINATIONS OF P, AND CP, FOR HEAVY MESONS AND TESTS FOR THEIR VIOLATIONS WITHOUT POLARIZATION EXPERIMENTS
Powerful results are tabulated which can be used at modern colliders to make fundamental symmetry tests by analysis of sequential decays of X + V1V2. By generalization of the ty$ parity test which has recently been used to determine the parity of the r|c, the P (or CP) quantum number can always be determined for X of any spin J which decays P (or respectively CP) invariantly into VV or VV where each vector meson decays into two spin-0 bosons, or is (0. P can also always be determined from a mode like K + K °. A neutral spin-0 technipion and an elementary Higgs particle, for instance, can be distinguished by such CP invariant decay modes and by <j>p , <j)J, JT, or i£ sufficiently massive by <f>Z° or JZ° where J/\JJ and Z° go into a lepton-antilepton pair. Generalization to the gZ° and gg decay channels, g = gluon jet, which would be relevant to new resonance physics, for example, at the CERN collider is discussed. There are also very simple tests for possible violations of P, of the combination of C plus isospin, of both P and CP, and of both C and CP. The practicality and state-of-the-art property of the c)><|> parity test /1/ has been recently demonstrated by its use /2/ by the Mark III collaboration at SLAC-SPEAR to determine the parity of the t) . Less than twenty events were needed to measure the dependence of the decay correlation function I((ji) = 1 + 6 cos2<f) on the azimuthal angle <j> between the two <f> -* K+KT decay planes and to show agreement with B = -1 (pseudoscalar), instead of 0 <_ 6 <_ 1 (scalar). This (j)(j) parity test /1/ for a spin-zero particle was proposed by Ngee-Pong Chang and myself in 1978 as an analogue of Yang's parity test /3/ for the ir°. By means of the h'elicity formalism /4/, it was soon elegantly generalized /5/ by Trueman for a decaying X particle of any spin J. In the last few months the test has been extended /6,7/ to other V1V2 decay modes, for X of any spin J, including those of neutral X particles with odd chargeconjugation and those of charged X states. It has also been found that a spin-0 technipion and an elementary Higgs particle can be distinguished by a decay mode like (jxj) or JJ (identical vector mesons), K*°K ° (particle-antiparticle pair), <j)p°, <J)J, JT, or if sufficiently massive by cfiZ or JZO where j/t|i and Z° go into a leptonantilepton pair. In this talk we will summarize these new results, explain what has to be measured, and tabulate what can be learned from analysis of specific V1V2 decay modes. Article published online by EDP Sciences and available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1985229 c2-262 JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE The advantages of t h i s type of t e s t a r e t h a t it i s r igorous, t h a t t he s ignatures a r e s t r i k i n g , t h a t t he P/CP determination i s independent of t he po la r i za t ion s t a t e of t he decaying X system (and so the t e s t is independent of t he production mechanism), t h a t t he P/CP determination never f a i l s f o r J=0 o r when the re i s a Vlt*.V2 exchange property, and t h a t the t e s t i s normally applicable i n semi-inclusive p roduc t i on experiments s ince many X decay modes y i e ld observed s t a t e s with only charged pa r t i c l e s . We w i l l f i r s t consider t he following sequent ia l decay of an X system of any spin J X + v1 v2 Spin 0 mesons A1, B1, ... In t he X r e s t frame the nine h e l i c i t y amplitudes a r e speci f ied by where X = XI-X2 and @ , @ a r e the polar and azimuthal angles of V l . By Lorentzinvariance t h e general decay co r r e l a t i on funct ion is 161 + Bd(01,02) cos 2$ + Bx(01,02) s i n 2+ where the polar angles el and 82 f o r A 1 and A2 momenta a r e defined /5,6/ a s i n Fig. 1. In pa r t i cu l a r , although the azimuthal angle 4 i s invar iant under Lorentz boosts
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Cheng-wu picture applied to gamma p ---> rho0 p and phi p
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Linear Regge trajectories for the psion family and O(4) dynamics
The newly discovered psion family can be described by mass-squared linear Regge trajectories. The new J/subP//subC/ assignments are for 2.8 GeV/ c$sup 2$, 0$sup ++$, and for the 3.4 region, 2$sup ++$, 1$sup -+$, 0$sup ++$. All radiative decays are related through a single S/sub mu//sub nu/F/sub mu//sub nu/ coupling. A good fit is obtained. (AIP)
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Rishon model of quarks and leptons with double SU(2) symmetry and Dirac magnetic moments
Abstract Two-doublet rishon models are proposed to avoid some of the kinematic and dynamic difficulties of the single-doublet rishon model. One has point-like magnetic moments only for leptons. The other, based on an anti-pairing hypothesis, has point-like leptons and quarks.
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Tau decays beyond the standard model
In a recent paper, 8 semileptonic parameters were defined to specify the most general Lorentz-invariant spin correlation functions for 2-body τ decays. These parameters can be used to search for anomalous Γ L , Γ T polarized-partial widths, for non-CKM-type leptonic CP violation, and for leptonic T FS violation. They can also be used to bound the effective-mass scales A for “new physics” arising from additional Lorentz structures, e.g. from lepton compositeness, tau weak magnetism, weak electricity, or second-class currents. It is emphasized that (i) for these tests “different modes have different merits” and that (ii) the parameters can be measured either by using spin-correlation techniques without polarized beams, or with longitudinally polarized beams.
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Operational performance of a large liquid argon photon calorimeter
Abstract We describe the performance of a large (0.9 × 1.4 m2) liquid argon photon calorimeter in high energy experiments at Fermilab. Resolutions for π0 and electron showers, obtained under data-taking conditions, are compared with electron-beam calibration results. Exceptional spatial and time resolutions have been achieved for isolated showers (σx,y
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Control and data acquisition electronics for the CDF Silicon Vertex Detector
A control and data acquisition system has been designed for the CDF Silicon Vertex Detector (SVX) at Fermilab. The system controls the operation of the SVX Rev D integrated circuit (SVX IC) that is used to instrument a 46000 microstrip silicon detector. The Fastbus Sequencer, a programmable timing generator for controlling the SVX Rev D integrated circuit is described along with the controller and digitizer modules that reside in SVX Rabbit crates. A method for providing timing patterns to the wedge that allows pulsewidth control to within 10 ns over a period of 1 mu s is presented. Diagnostics abilities that provide mechanisms for understanding data and timing integrity are discussed.<<ETX>>
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Avoidance of counter-example to non-abelian Bloch-Nordsieck conjecture by using coherent state approach
It is shown that the counter-example to the non-abelian Bloch-Nordsieck conjecture in “q + q → γ∗ + soft gluons” to order αs2 is avoided at the cross section level if the initial st prepared according to the coherent state approach for treatment of the infrared region of non-abelian gauge theories.
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Operating Characteristics of Lecroy-2280/2285 ADC System
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CDF Front End Electronics: The Rabbit System
Abstract A new crate-based front end system has been built featuring low cost, compact packaging, fast readout, command capability, 16 bit digitization, and a high degree of redundancy. The crate can contain a variety of instrumentation modules and is designed to be placed near the detector. Remote, special purpose processors direct the data readout. Channel-by-channel pedestal subtraction and threshold comparison in the crate allow the skipping of empty channels. The system is suitable for the readout of a very large number of channels.