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The electric neutrality of matter: A summary
Abstract We summarize the results of our experiments on the electric neutrality of matter. The number of isolated quarks in steel is less than one in 3.7 mg, corresponding to less than one in 2.2 × 10 21 nucleons. The upper limit to the electron proton charge difference is (0.8 ± 0.8) 10 −21 e . The procedure to establish this upper limit is discussed in some detail. The above results are compared with those from other experiments.
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SEARCH FOR QUARKS WITH THE FERROMAGNETIC LEVITATION ELECTROMETER
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The non-relativistic quark model
The classification scheme and decay properties of hadron states are investigated in the framework of the non relativistic quark model. The main successes and the unsolved difficulties of the model are presented indicating the future work which could be done to understand and exploit the non-relativistic quark ideas.РезюмеИсследованы схема классификации и распадные свойства адронов в рамках статической модели кварков. Изложены главные успехи и нерешенные проблемы модели, указывая задачи, которые должны быть решены для лучшего понимания и использования нерелятивистских идей.
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The relation between QCD and constituent quark models
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New Results in the Search of Quarks in Matter by the Magnetic Levitation Electrometer
Abstract The results of many runs performed levitating in succession several spheres without opening the levitation chamber show the existence of an additional (magneto-electric) force acting on the sphere. Ignoring this force in the analysis of the data produces “spurious” fractional charges.
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Comment on "Chiral symmetry and the intrinsic structure of the nucleon"- by D.B.Leinweber,A.W.Thomas and R.D.Young
Some remarks are presented on a recent paper (Leinweber,Thomas and Young, Phys.Rev.Lett. 86, 5011, 2001). In particular a statement of the above paper on the fact that the ratio between the magnetic moments of proton and neutron should remain constant at -3/2, independent of the change of the quark mass is discussed on the basis of the general parameterization.
85527168
A METHOD TO MEASURE THE BETA-BEATING IN A 90 DEGREES PHASE ADVANCE LATTICE
A method to compute the beta-beating in an accelerator, using as input the measurement of the phase advance of a betatron oscillation between three BPMs (beam position monitors), had been developed in the past[1]. The beauty of this method is that the result does not depend on the the BPM relative errors on the measurement of the oscillation amplitude. Unfortunately this method is not applicable when the phase advance between two of the three BPMs is (close to) 180 degrees. In this latter case the measurement of the amplitude of the beam oscillation should be combined with the phase advance measurement to get a complete picture of the beta-beating. Detecting and filtering BPMs with large gain errors requires some care. A method dealing with these aspects has been developed. Examples obtained by applying the method to real data from LEP and SPS are shown.
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LEP OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE WITH 100 GEV COLLIDING BEAMS
Luminosity production in LEP was extended to 101 GeV beam energy in 1999 and 104.4 GeV in 2000. The performance was continually optimised, resulting in 1999 peak and integrated luminosities higher than in any previous year of LEP operation. In particular, the beambeam tune shift reached 0.083 per interaction point. This was achieved with the help of a faster luminosity monitoring, a new tune working point, a reduced design vertical dispersion and new dispersion and coupling optimisation tools. A higher beam rate from the injectors, a better injection efficiency, a faster ramp and a newly automated control of the horizontal damping partition number J x maximised the time available for physics and thus contributed to the higher integrated luminosity.
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Measurement of chromatic effects in LEP
The chromaticity produced by the insertions and the lattice of LEP is corrected in the FODO lattice of the arcs which has horizontal and vertical phase advances of 90/spl deg/ and 60/spl deg/ for the LEP optics presently used. This is done with two horizontal and three vertical sextupole families. To check this correction scheme the non-linear chromaticities have been measured by observing the betatron tunes as a function of RF-frequency, i.e. of momentum deviation. The differences between the results and the expected effects of the sextupoles are interpreted in terms of octupole and decapole components in the dipole magnets. To check the distribution around the ring of the chromaticities and their corrections the betatron phase advances have been measured as a function of momentum deviation. This was done by observing an excited betatron oscillation for 1024 turns in all beam position monitors for different RF-frequencies. The results clearly show the negative chromaticity produced in the straight sections and its correction in the arcs. The parasitic sextupole components are found to be spread uniformly in the arcs within the measurement errors. Under this condition one finds that they have a negligible effect on the dynamic aperture.
119009661
Determination of coupled-lattice properties using turn-by-turn data
A formalism for extracting coupled betatron parameters from multiturn, shock excited, beam position monitor data is described. The most important results are nonperturbative in that they do not rely on the underlying ideal lattice model. Except for damping, which is assumed to be exponential and small enough to be removed empirically, the description is symplectic. As well as simplifying the description, this leads to self-consistency checks that are applied to the data. The most important of these is a {open_quotes}magic ratio{close_quotes} of Fourier coefficients that is required to be a lattice invariant, the same at every beam position monitor. All formulas are applied to both real and simulated data. The real data was acquired June, 1992 at LEP as part of decoupling studies, using the LEP beam orbit measurement system. Simulated data, obtained by numerical tracking (TEAPOT) in the same (except for unknown errors) lattice, agrees well with real data when subjected to identical analysis. For both datasets, deviations between extracted and design parameters and deviations from self-consistency can be accounted for by noise and signal processing limitations. This investigation demonstrates that the LEP beam position system yields reliable local coupling measurements. It can be conservatively assumed that systems of similar design at the SSC and LHC will provide the measurements needed for local decoupling.
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REAL-TIME MONITORING OF BEAM-BEAM MODES AT LEP
By slightly exciting one of two colliding bunches in LEP, it is possible to enhance the eigenfrequencies of the resonant system of the two bunches coupled by the space charge force. The LEP Qmeter has been adapted to detect, among these excited frequencies, the so called - and - modes, whose distance is proportional to the luminosity. A real time display of these quantities provides the Operators with an effective way of finely optimizing the luminosity.