121882195
Discovery of the repulsive energy shift of the kaonic hydrogen 1s state
Abstract The aim in this manuscript is to clarify the progress in understanding the nature of the K ¯ N interaction at the lowest energy, given by the recent kaonic hydrogen X-ray experiment at KEK [1]. We have observed a clear spectrum showing the kaonic hydrogen K α line, for the first time. The analysis gives the repulsive energy shift to be Δ E (1 s ) = −323 ± 63(statistical) ± 11 (systematic) eV and the energy width to be Λ(1 s ) = 407 ± 208 ± 100 eV. This result is consistent with analyses of the previous low-energy scattering data and resolves the long-standing kaonic hydrogen puzzle.
120551306
Experimental Search for Kaonic Nuclear Bound States in the 4He(stopped K-,n) Reaction
We made an experimental search for deeply bound kaonic nuclear states ppnK - in 4 He(stopped K - , n) reaction. The experiment is performed in September and October 2002 and the analysis is in progress. The experimental procedure and the present status of the analysis are described.
123447930
Evidence for a strongly bound kaonic system K ppn in the 4 He(stopped K ,n) reaction
We measured a neutron energy spectrum by means of time-of-flight (TOF) from the 4 He(K − stopped ,n) reaction by stopping negative kaons in a super-fluid helium target. A distinct peak was observed in the neutron spectrum, indicating the formation of a strongly bound kaonic system, K − ppn, with the binding energy and width, BKppn = 173 ± 4 MeV and Kppn . 25 MeV, respectively.
122419113
Unveiling the strangeness secrets: low-energy kaon-nucleon/nuclei interactions studies at DAΦNE
The DAΦNE electron-positron collider at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati of INFN, Italy has made available a unique quality low-energy negatively charged kaons "beam", which is used to unveil the secrets of the kaon-nucleon/nuclei interactions at low energies by the SIDDHARTA-2 and AMADEUS experiments. SIDDHARTA has already performed unprecedented precision measurements of kaonic atoms, and is being presently upgraded, as SIDDHARTA-2, to approach new frontiers. The AMADEUS experiment plans to perform in the coming years precision measurements on kaon-nuclei interactions at low-energies, to study the possible formation of kaonic nuclei, of the Λ(1405) and of many other processes involving strangeness.
17512686
Precise measurement of the positive muon anomalous magnetic moment.
A precise measurement of the anomalous g value, a(mu) = (g-2)/2, for the positive muon has been made at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron. The result a(mu+) = 11 659 202(14) (6) x 10(-10) (1.3 ppm) is in good agreement with previous measurements and has an error one third that of the combined previous data. The current theoretical value from the standard model is a(mu)(SM) = 11 659 159.6(6.7) x 10(-10) (0.57 ppm) and a(mu)(exp) - a(mu)(SM) = 43(16) x 10(-10) in which a(mu)(exp) is the world average experimental value.
122600834
Muon catalyzed fusion experiments on muonic deuterium atom deceleration in thin solid deuterium films
Abstract Muon catalyzed fusion was investigated in a series of thin solid deuterium films by detecting protons from dd fusion. Two different contributions to the total fusion yield resulting from dμ atoms emitted from a primary hydrogen layer and from incident muons directly stopped in the deuterium film itself were observed. The thickness dependence of the fusion yield suggested the importance of molecular effects in dμ elastic scattering in D 2 .
18057139
Measurements of Parity-Violation Parameters at SLD
We present direct measurements of the parity-violation parameters A{sub b}, A{sub c}, and A{sub s} at the Z{sup 0} resonance with the SLD detector. The measurements are based on approximately 530 k hadronic Z{sup 0} events collected in 1993-98. Obtained results are A{sub b} = 0.914 {+-} 0.024 (SLD combined: preliminary), A{sub c}, = 0.635 {+-} 0.027 (SLD combined: preliminary), and A{sub s} = 0.895 {+-} 0.066(stat.) {+-} 0.062(sys.).
10122460
First order phase transition in quark matter
We investigate chiral phase transition of the first order in the quark matter. Using the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model, an equation of state of the quark matter which is similar to the van der Waals's one is obtained. Moreover the specific heat and the compressibility are calculated. It is shown that they are enhanced in the symmetry broken phase, in particular, diverge near the tricritical point.
67846515
A Modified Glauber Approximation and the Formation of Shock Waves in High-Energy Heavy Ion Collisions
Coherent features in high energy heavy ion collisions are investigated from a microscopic viewpoint. A modified Glauber approximation which enables us to include the slowing down of the relative motion between the centers of masses of both nuclei is presented. The generation of the shock wave is shown to be suppressed by this slowing down effect. As an application inclusive nucleon spectra and the two-particle correlation are calculated in the case of Ne+U collision at 400 Me V! A. l ) (which are referred to as I hereafter) we investigated a possible microscopic mechanism for shock wave generation in high energy heavy ion collisions. The nuclear excitation induced by a nuclear collision was de­ scribed in terms of phonons. It was shown that as the collision proceeds phonons are coherently excited and show a characteristic feature of the shock wave. In this treatment the action of the projectile on the target was replaced by that of a potential moving with a constant velocity. We may construct this potential by superposing the nucleonic potential between projectile nucleons and the target ones with amplitudes of nucleonic states in both nuclei. To treat both systems equally from a microscopic viewpoint, one of the authors (M.I) proposed a formalism which is essentially an application of the Glauber approximation to the process. 2 ) The assembly of nucleons in the projectile nucleus was assumed to move in a group during the collision and the Glauber approximation was applied to the relative motion between the centers of masses of the projectile and the target nucleus. In this treatment the deceleration of the relative motion due to the nuclear excitation was not taken into account. In this paper we extend the Glauber approximation so as to take into account the slowing down of the relative motion. In § 2 the formulation of the modified Glauber approximation is presented.
56000332
PROGRESS OF DESIGN STUDY OF INTERACTION REGION QUADRUPOLES FOR THE SUPER-KEKB
For KEKB upgrade, we are studying the design of the final focus quadrupoles to achieve very small β-functions at the interaction point (IP). For each beam, the final beam focusing system consists of quadrupole-doublet of the superconducting and permanent magnets. In this paper, the design progress of final focusing magnets is reported.
123116586
A Variational Foundation of the Improper Hartree-Bogoliubov Formalism
We give a variational foundation for the improper Hartree-Bogoliubov (HE) formalism by which odd fermion systems can be treated in an analogous way as the formalism of even fermion systems. Because of the difference of the normalization for the improper HE amplitudes from that for the proper ones, the improper HE equation cannot be diagonalized with the conventional BCS ansatz. We decompose the improper liB amplitudes into the amplitudes describing paired and unpaired modes of fermions and the variational procedure is applied to them. We obtain a new form of the improper HE equation with respect to the paired mode amplitudes. It includes the effects of unpaired modes but can be diago­ nalized with the conventional manner.