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DOE OSTI2011

Meson-baryon scattering in manifestly Lorentz invariant chiral perturbation theory

We analyze meson-baryon scattering lengths in the framework of covariant baryon chiral perturbation theory at leading one-loop order. We compute the complete set of matching relations between the dimension-two low-energy constants in the two- and three-flavor formulations of the theory. We derive new two-flavor low-energy theorems for pion-hyperon scattering that can be tested in lattice simulations.

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A unitary and causal effective field theory

We report on a novel scheme based on the chiral Lagrangian. It is used to analyze pion-nucleon scattering, pion photoproduction, and nucleon Compton scattering. Subthreshold partial-wave amplitudes are calculated in chiral perturbation theory and analytically extrapolated with constraints imposed by electromagnetic-gauge invariance, causality and unitarity. Experimental quantities are reproduced up to energies {radical}(s){approx_equal}1300 MeV in terms of the parameters relevant at order Q{sup 3}.

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Juelich-Georgia meson-baryon model

Meson-baryon scattering and photon-nucleon reactions are described in a coupled-channel approach for energies below 2 GeV. Poles and residues of the reaction amplitudes are obtained by analytical continuation. The dependence of the resonance poles on the pion mass is investigated.

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Toward a unified description of hadro- and photoproduction amplitudes

The near-term objectives of the research program at the Data Analysis Center are established within the context of the existing partial wave analyses available through the online suite of analysis and database codes accessible through SAID, the Scattering Analysis Interactive Database. This presentation reviews the efforts to determine a model independent method to obtain sets of partial wave amplitudes for strong and electromagnetic reactions, the interpretation of the amplitudes in terms of the excited states of the nucleon, the role of new precision unpolarized and polarized data, and new developments aimed at determining the photoproduction mulitpoles in a unitary, coupled-channel approach. The Chew-Mandelstam technique is discussed and applied to the problem of the S-wave pion- and eta-photoproduction amplitudes. The resulting eta production amplitudes exhibit the expected resonant behavior near the eta production threshold. Application of this method to a unified description of the hadro- and photoproduction amplitudes is discussed.

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DOE OSTI2011

Hard exclusive neutral pion production at Jefferson Lab Hall A

We present measurements of the ep{yields}ep{pi}{sup 0} cross section extracted at two values of four-momentum transfer Q{sup 2} = 1.9 GeV{sup 2} and Q{sup 2} = 2.3 GeV{sup 2} at Jefferson Lab Hall A. The kinematic range allows to study the evolution of the cross section as a function of Q{sup 2} and W. Results will be confronted with Regge inspired calculations and GPD predictions. An intepretation of our data within the framework of semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering has also been attempted.

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DOE OSTI2011

Prospects for X(3872) Detection at P-barANDA

Monte-Carlo simulations for a resonance scan of the charmonium-like state X(3872) at P-barANDA are performed. Final state radiation hadronic background reactions are taken into account. The signal reconstruction uses a realistic pattern recognition (track finder and track fitter) and electron/pion discrimination.

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Heavy quark spin symmetry and heavy hadronic molecules

In the heavy quark limit there is heavy quark spin symmetry. As a consequence, heavy hadrons or heavy quarkonia form spin multiplets. We argue that due to the symmetry, also heavy flavor hadronic molecules form spin multiplets, and the hyperfine splittings are the same as those between the heavy hadrons which are components of the molecules. Hence it provides a method to identify the nature of heavy hadronic molecules. As an example, we give predictions of the properties of an {eta}{sub c}{sup '}f{sub 0}(980) bound state assuming the Y(4660) to be an S-wave {psi}{sup '}f{sub 0}(980) shallow bound state. We also show that the enhancement observed in the {Lambda}{sub c}{sup +}{Lambda}{sub c}{sup -} invariant mass distribution might be the Y(4660).

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DOE OSTI2011

B hadrons spectroscopy at the D0 experiment

The latest results on B hadron spectroscopy from the DOe experiment at the Tevatron are presented. The mass measuremen of the B{sub c}{sup -} meson in the B{sub c}{sup -}{yields}J/{psi}{pi}{sup -} decay channel, the observation of excited B{sub s} mesons, the first direct observation of the {Xi}{sub b}{sup -} baryon, and the first observation of the {Omega}{sub b}{sup -} baryon.

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Study of charge symmetry breaking in dd collisions with WASA-at-COSY

Charge symmetry is an approximate symmetry of the strong interaction. Studies of its breaking can yield information on the u and d quark mass difference. A theoretical collaboration is currently working on the description of charge symmetry breaking mechanisms for dd{yields}{alpha}{pi}{sup 0} and np{yields}d{pi}{sup 0} within Chiral Perturbation Theory, using the data from TRI-UMF and IUCF. One of the items in the program of the WASA-at-COSY collaboration is to extend the data base for the dd{yields}{alpha}{pi}{sup 0} reaction to higher energies, which would allow the extraction of the information on the p-wave. Status of the analysis of experimental data along with the preliminary results from the pilot run will be presented here.

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Measurement of the branching ratio of a rare decay {eta}{yields}{pi}{sup 0}{gamma}{gamma} with WASA-at-COSY

In this paper we present the preliminary results on the measurement of the branching ratio of a rare decay {eta}{yields}{pi}{sup 0}{gamma}{gamma} with the WASA Detector at COSY. We have used a sample of 10{sup 7}{eta} mesons produced at the COSY ring using the pd{yields}{sup 3}He{eta} reaction close to threshold. We detail the intricate extraction of the signal, which has about 360{+-}70(stat){eta}{yields}{pi}{sup 0}{gamma}{gamma} events, from the overwhelming background channels for example {eta}{yields}3{pi}{sup 0}, pd{yields}{sup 3}He 3{pi}{sup 0} and pd{yields}{sup 3}He 2{pi}{sup 0}.

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DOE OSTI2011

Equivalence of light-front and covariant approaches in meson-baryon interactions

We demonstrate the equivalence of the light-front, equal-time and covariant formulations in meson-baryon interactions. In particular, we discuss the self-energy {Sigma} of a nucleon dressed by pion loops with the pseudovector {pi}NN coupling. It is shown that the leading nonanalytic behavior of {Sigma} is equivalent whichever formulations are used for the derivation.

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Applications of AdS/QCD and Light-Front Holography to Baryon Physics

The correspondence between theories in anti--de Sitter space and field theories in physical space-time leads to an analytic, semiclassical model for strongly-coupled QCD which has scale invariance at short distances and color confinement at large distances. These equations, for both mesons and baryons, give a very good representation of the observed hadronic spectrum, including a zero mass pion. Light-front holography allows hadronic amplitudes in the AdS fifth dimension to be mapped to frame-independent light-front wavefunctions of hadrons in physical space-time, thus providing a relativistic description of hadrons at the amplitude level. The meson and baryon wave-functions derived from light-front holography and AdS/QCD also have remarkable phenomenological features, including predictions for the electromagnetic form factors and decay constants. The approach can be systematically improved using light-front Hamiltonian methods. Some novel features of QCD for baryon physics are also discussed.

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In-medium Properties of {omega} and {eta}' Mesons in Elementary Reactions

We have investigated the in-medium properties of {omega} and eta prime mesons in photoproduction experiments using the Crystal Barrel(CB)/TAPS detector system at the ELSA accelerator facility in Bonn. Different methods to study the in-medium properties of the hadrons are discussed. The lineshape analysis of {omega}-mesons for two energy ranges shows limited sensitivity to in-medium modifications. Recent results on the in-medium width of the eta prime-meson, derived from transparency ratio measurements, are presented. The absorption of the eta prime-meson in nuclear matter is discussed.

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High-precision determination of the electric and magnetic form factors of the proton

New precise results of a measurement of the elastic electron-proton scattering cross section performed at the Mainz Microtron MAMI are presented. About 1400 cross sections were measured with negative four-momentum transfers squared up to Q{sup 2} = (GeV/c){sup 2} with statistical errors below 0.2%. The electric and magnetic form factors of the proton were extracted by fits of a large variety of form factor models directly to the cross sections. The form factors show some features at the scale of the pion cloud. The charge and magnetic radii are determined to be r{sub E}{sup 2} rpost={sup >>1/2} 0.879(5){sub stat.}(4){sub syst.}(2){sub model}(4){sub group}fm and r{sub M}{sup 2} {sup 1/2} = 0.777(13){sub stat.}(9){sub syst.}(5)model({sub 2})groupfm.

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Lattice Simulations in MOM v.s. Schroedinger Functional Scheme and Triality

The QCD beta function extracted from polarized electron proton scattering data obtained at JLab and the lattice simulation in the MOM scheme suggest that the critical flavor number for the presence of IR fixed point is about three. In analyses of Schroedinger functional scheme, however, critical flavor number for the presence of IR fixed point and the conformality is larger than nine.In the QCD analysis, when quarks are expressed in quaternion basis, the product of quaternions are expressed by octonions and the octonion posesses the triality symmetry. Since the triality has the effect of multiplying the falvor number, it could explain the apparent large critical flavor number in the Schroedinger functinal scheme. In this scheme, larger degrees of freedom in adjusting data of different scales on the boundary are necessary than in the MOM scheme.In weak interaction, there is no clear lepton-flavor violation except in the neutrino oscillation. If the triality is assigned to the lepton flavors(e,{mu} and {tau}) and they are assumed to be exact symmetry, or the electro-magnetic interaction preserves tiality, but the strong interaction is triality blind, there is a possibility of explaining the neutrino oscillation through triality mixing of the matter field.The self energy of gluons, ghost and gauge bosons due to self-dual gauge fields and leptonic decays of B,D and D{sub s} mesons are discussed.

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Incoherent {phi} photo-production from deuteron in SPring-8/LEPS

We present measurements of differential cross sections and decay asymmetries of incoherent {phi}-meson photo-production from the deuteron at forward angles using linearly polarized photons beam in energy range from the production threshold to E = 2.4 GeV. The experiment was performed at the SPring-8/LEPS facility. The differential cross section of incoherent production shows a large suppression compared with the free proton case. The reduction for the deuteron cannot be clearly explained in terms of simple isospin asymmetry. The decay asymmetry of incoherent {phi} photo-production shows that the eta exchange process is small. Since the exclusive K{sup +}K{sup -}p cross section shows the same reduction with incoherent, both the proton and neutron cross section reduce similarly. Consequently, the {pi}-{eta} interference effect is small too. The present results suggest that our understanding of {phi} photo-production within a nucleus should be rearranged.

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Differential cross sections and spin density matrix elements for {gamma}p {yields} {phi}p from CLAS

Preliminary differential cross-sections and the {rho}{sub MM'}{sup 0} spin density matrix elements (SDME) for the reaction {gamma}{rho} {yields} {phi}p for both charged-({phi} {yields} K{sup +}K-) and neutral-mode ({phi} {yields} K{sub L}{sup 0}K{sub S}{sup 0}) topologies obtained from CLAS are presented. Our kinematic coverage is from near production threshold ({radical}(s){approx}1.97 GeV) to ({radical}(s) 2.84 GeV), with a wide coverage in the production angle. As seen in previous LEPS results, the differential cross-sections show a localized 'bump' between ({radical}(s){approx}2 and 2.2 GeV that is not expected from a simple Pomeron exchange picture. Comparisons between the charged- and neutral-mode results and possible effects from the K{sup +}{Lambda}(1520) channel are discussed. Our SDME results confirm the well-known deviations from t-channel helicity conservation (TCHC) for Pomeron exchange, but s-channel helicity conservation (SCHC) is also seen to be broken.

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K*{sup +} Photoproduction at CLAS

The study of hyperon resonances has entered a new era of precision with advent of high-statistics photoproduction data from the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab and elsewhere. These data have multi-particle final states, allowing clean identification of exclusive reactions associated with strange mesons and baryons. In this paper, cross sections for K* photoproduction are presented that will provide a future test of the existence of the purported K{sub 0}(800) meson via comparison with theoretical models.

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