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  1. Glueballs

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    Meshkov, S.

    1984-01-01

    The current status of various glueball properties such as level ordering, masses, production, and decay is reviewed. Glueball candidates iota(1440), theta(1670), g/sub T/(2160), g/sub T/(2320), and 0(2.3-3.4) are examined. A simple model which incorporates the mixing of the glueball candidate iota(1440) with quarkonium states eta(549) and eta'(958), and of the theta(1670) with f(1270) and f'(1515) is presented; neither the iota(1440) nor the theta(1670) can be consistently interpreted as a glueball in this framework. A 5 x 5 model of Palmer and Pinsky which also includes radial excitation of the eta an eta' yields two solutions for the pseudoscalar system, the preferred one of which has iota(1440) being mainly an ss-bar radial excitation, and a second solution in which the iota(1440) is mixed strongly with the eta'(960) and is about half bare glueball. The current leading glueball candidates are the phiphi enhancements at 2160 and 2320 MeV

  2. Glueballs, a little review

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    Fishbane, P.M.

    1981-01-01

    An integral part of quantum chromodynamics is the gauge field state called the glueball. This article discusses theoretically predicted properties of glueballs, as well as some experimental candidates for glueballs. Particular attention is given to glueball masses and widths, and phenomena such as flavor dependence of decays, photonic couplings, gluon jets and gluon fusion. Finally, the possibility that a particle related to the E(1420) state found in hadronic experiments is a glueball is discussed

  3. Hadronic production of glueballs

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1983-01-01

    Local Gauge Invariance of SU(3)/sub c/ and color confinement would require that the only hadrons in the world be glueballs. However, when we add the quarks and obtain QCD it is experimentally clear that quark built states mask the expected glueballs. Thus discovery of glueballs is essential for the viability of QCD. Papers presented at the 1983 International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics on the hadronic production of glueballs and searches for glueballs are reviewed

  4. Glueball-meson mixing

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    Vento, Vicente [Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Departamento de Fisica Teorica y Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Universidad de Valencia, Burjassot (Spain)

    2016-01-15

    Calculations in unquenched QCD for the scalar glueball spectrum have confirmed previous results of Gluodynamics finding a glueball at ∝1750 MeV. I analyze the implications of this discovery from the point of view of glueball-meson mixing in light of the experimental scalar spectrum. (orig.)

  5. Glueballs: a status report

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    Scharre, D.L.

    1982-01-01

    It is expected from quantum chromodynamics (QCD) that glueballs, bound states which contain gluons but no valence quarks, should exist. To date, no conclusive evidence for glueballs has been presented. After a brief review of the expected properties and experimental signatures of glueballs the status of some glueball candidate states are discussed

  6. Instantons and glueballs

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    Forkel, H.

    2001-01-01

    We investigate the impact of instantons on scalar glueball properties in a largely model-independent analytical approach based on the instanton-improved operator product expansion (IOPE) of the 0 ++ glueball correlator. The instanton contributions turn out to be dominant, to substantially improve the consistency of the corresponding QCD sum rules, and to increase the glueball residue about fivefold. (orig.)

  7. Glueballs--some selected theoretical topics

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    Carlson, C.E.

    1983-01-01

    Elementary considerations of how glueballs may be found--by oddballs (abnormal -c /SUB n/ states), by overpopulation, and by decay democracy--are given. Two glueball candidates iota 1440 and theta 1640 are considered. It is stated that iota 1440 can be accommodated as a radically excited pseudoscalar, not as a glueball. Theta 1640 has decay properties uncharacteristic of glueballs, but of a state made from quarks. Finally, the worry that glueballs may mix with quark states with the same quantum number (gluonium-quarkonium mixing) is examined

  8. Configurational entropy of glueball states

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    Bernardini, Alex E., E-mail: alexeb@ufscar.br [Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, PO Box 676, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP (Brazil); Braga, Nelson R.F., E-mail: braga@if.ufrj.br [Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68528, RJ 21941-972 (Brazil); Rocha, Roldão da, E-mail: roldao.rocha@ufabc.edu.br [CMCC, Universidade Federal do ABC, UFABC, 09210-580, Santo André (Brazil)

    2017-02-10

    The configurational entropy of glueball states is calculated using a holographic description. Glueball states are represented by a supergravity dual picture, consisting of a 5-dimensional graviton–dilaton action of a dynamical holographic AdS/QCD model. The configurational entropy is studied as a function of the glueball spin and of the mass, providing information about the stability of the glueball states.

  9. Observation and phenomenology of glueballs

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1985-01-01

    The experimental evidence and the relevant phenomenology of glueballs are reviewed. The opinion is expressed that the glueball resonance explanation is the only viable one for the data on g/sub T/, g/sub T 1 /, and g/sub T 11 /. It is shown that alternative explanations are either incorrect, or do not fit the data, or both, leading to the conclusion that these states are probably produced by glueballs. The OZI rule is explained. Glueball masses and width are considered. Some conclusions are drawn regarding an OZI suppressed reaction π - p → phi phi n. Glueball candidates from the J/psi radiative decay are discussed. 44 refs., 16 figs

  10. Observation and phenomenology of glueballs

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1985-01-01

    The experimental evidence and the relevant phenomenology of glueballs are reviewed. The opinion is expressed that the glueball resonance explanation is the only viable one for the data on g/sub T/, g/sub T/sup 1//, and g/sub T/sup 11//. It is shown that alternative explanations are either incorrect, or do not fit the data, or both, leading to the conclusion that these states are probably produced by glueballs. The OZI rule is explained. Glueball masses and width are considered. Some conclusions are drawn regarding an OZI suppressed reaction ..pi../sup -/p ..-->.. phi phi n. Glueball candidates from the J/psi radiative decay are discussed. 44 refs., 16 figs. (LEW)

  11. QCD and the search for glueballs

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    Close, F.E.

    1982-05-01

    In reviewing the search for glueballs within the QCD theory the problem of identifying glueballs in psi → γ X reactions is considered, the extent to which the two meson states (the i(1440) and the theta (1640)) seen in psi radiative decay can be shown to be candidates for glueballs is examined, and the current theory of and data on glueballs are discussed. Where to search for glueballs and recent ideas on the properties of the hermophrodite states are considered. (U.K.)

  12. Current situation on the glueball research

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    Shen Qixing

    1991-01-01

    The current situation on the glueball research is reviewed. The emphases are some qualitative guidances to identify the glueball and several possible candidate states for the glueball which have been discovered in the experiments

  13. Glueballs and beyond

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1983-12-01

    One of the most exciting developments in the physics of the 20th Century is the proposal that locally gauge invariant groups describe the strong, electromagnetic and weak interactions. SU(2)/sub L/ x U(1) the electroweak group has had enormous successes including the recent discovery of the W/sup +-/ and Z 0 . In the case of strong interactions, Quantum Chromodynamics is built upon the local gauge invariance of SU(3)/sub color/ which gives rise to the eight massless spin 1 gauge bosons which carry color called gluons. The colored quarks are then added to yield Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Although there have been many dynamical and static successes of QCD, there has been one important missing link in QCD which casts a dark shadow over it and SU(3)/sub color/. Let us assume the strong interactions are described by locally gauge invariant SU(3)/sub color/ in a pure Yang Mills theory. Then if we consider the effects of confinement one is inescapably led to the existence of glueballs (multigluon resonant states). Experimentally we found vast numbers of q anti q states and qqq states but until recently no convincing evidence for glueballs. Fortunately recent work has led to the discovery of glueballs provided one assumes the following two simple input axioms: (1) QCD is correct and (2) the OZI (or Zweig) Rule is universal for weakly coupled glue in disconnected Zweig diagrams where the disconnection is caused by creation or annihilation of new flavors of quarks. There are other glueball candidates found in the radiative J/psi decays and some relatively weaker candidates from direct pattern recognition in hadronic spectroscopy, nonet + glueball → decuplet with characteristic mixing splitting. The evidence for glueballs is discussed and speculation on what lies beyond for the physics of the 21st Century is given. 36 references

  14. Status of the glueballs

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1983-01-01

    If you assume as input axioms: (1) QCD is correct; and (2) the OZI rule is universal for weakly coupled glue in disconnected Zweig diagrams where the disconnection is due to the creation or annihilation of new flavor(s) of quark(s), then the BNL/CCNY g/sub T/(2010), g/sub T/'(2220) and g/sub T/(2360) observed in π - p → phi phi n are produced by 1-3 primary glueballs. One or two broad primary glueballs could in principle break down the OZI suppression and mix with one or two quark states which accidentally have the same quantum numbers and nearly the same mass. However the simplest explanation of the rather unusual characteristics of our data is that we have found a triplet of J/sup PC/ = 2 ++ glueball states. Since our input axioms are in good agreement with experiments and merely represent modern QCD practice, we have very probably discovered 1-3 J/sup PC/ = 2 ++ glueballs. The iota(1440) and the theta(1700) observed in J/psi radiative decay are glueball candidates. The pros and cons of which are discussed briefly here. 41 references

  15. Status of the glueballs

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1983-08-03

    If you assume as input axioms: (1) QCD is correct; and (2) the OZI rule is universal for weakly coupled glue in disconnected Zweig diagrams where the disconnection is due to the creation or annihilation of new flavor(s) of quark(s), then the BNL/CCNY g/sub T/(2010), g/sub T/'(2220) and g/sub T/(2360) observed in ..pi../sup -/p ..-->.. phi phi n are produced by 1-3 primary glueballs. One or two broad primary glueballs could in principle break down the OZI suppression and mix with one or two quark states which accidentally have the same quantum numbers and nearly the same mass. However the simplest explanation of the rather unusual characteristics of our data is that we have found a triplet of J/sup PC/ = 2/sup + +/ glueball states. Since our input axioms are in good agreement with experiments and merely represent modern QCD practice, we have very probably discovered 1-3 J/sup PC/ = 2/sup + +/ glueballs. The iota(1440) and the theta(1700) observed in J/psi radiative decay are glueball candidates. The pros and cons of which are discussed briefly here. 41 references.

  16. Evidence for glueballs

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1982-01-01

    This paper describes the observation and partial wave analysis of 1203 (22 GeV) π - p → phi phi n events. This is an OZI suppressed channel in which the OZI suppression is found to be absent. Assuming QCD and the OZI rule as Ansatzen, it is concluded that the breakdown of the OZI suppression is due to glueballs. The g/sub T/(2160) and the g/sub T/(2320) with I/sup G/J/sup PC/ = 0 + 2 ++ are two resonances determined from the partial wave analysis. It is concluded that one or two primary glueballs with the above quantum numbers are responsible for the observed two states. A brief discussion of other glueball candidates and some relevant phenomenology is also included

  17. Properties of the scalar glueball

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    Lanik, J.

    1984-01-01

    A detailed analysis of an effective Lagrangian model for cupling between a scalar glueball and pseudoscalar mesons is given. This coupling is shown to satisfy the SU(2)xSU(2) rule. The model is consistent with the glueball assignment for the scalar gsub(s)(1240) particle. Moreover, the SU(2)xSU(2) coupling rule explained also the existing experimental data for decays of the tensor glueball candidate THETA(1640) into pseudoscalar mesons

  18. Glueball production via gluonic penguin B decays

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    He, Xiao-Gang; Yuan, Tzu-Chiang

    2015-01-01

    We study glueball G production in gluonic penguin decay B → G + X s , using the next-to-leading order b → sg* gluonic penguin interaction and effective couplings of a glueball to two perturbative gluons. Subsequent decays of a scalar glueball are described by using techniques of effective chiralLagrangians to incorporate the interaction between a glueball and pseudoscalar mesons.Mixing effects between the pure glueball with other mesons are considered. Identifying the f 0 (1710) as a scalar glueball, we find that both the top and the charm penguin are important and obtain a sizable branching ratio for B → f 0 (1710) + X s of order 1.3 x 10 -4 (f/0.07 GeV -1 ) 2 , where the effective coupling strength f is estimated to be 0.07 GeV -1 using experimental data for the branching ratio of f 0 (1710) → K anti K based on a chiral Lagrangian estimate. An alternative perturbative QCD based estimation of f is a factor of 20 larger, which would imply a much enhanced branching ratio. Glueball production from this rare semi-inclusive B decay can be probed at the LHCb and Belle II to narrow down the allowed parameter space. A similar branching ratio is expected for the pseudoscalar glueball. We also briefly comment on the case of vector and tensor glueballs. (orig.)

  19. Mesons, PANDA and the scalar glueball

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    Parganlija, Denis

    2014-01-01

    The non-perturbative nature of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) at low energies has prompted the expectation that the gauge-bosons of QCD – gluons – might give rise to compound objects denoted as glueballs. Experimental signals for glueballs have represented a matter of research for various collaborations in the last decades; future research in this direction is a main endeavour planned by the PANDA Collaboration at FAIR. Hence in this article I review some of the outstanding issues in the glueball search, particularly with regard to the ground state – the scalar glueball, and discuss the relevance for PANDA at FAIR.

  20. Glueball production via gluonic penguin B decays

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    He, Xiao-Gang [INPAC, SKLPPC, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Physics, Shanghai (China); National Center for Theoretical Sciences and Physics Department of National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu (China); National Taiwan University, Department of Physics, Taipei (China); Yuan, Tzu-Chiang [Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics, Taipei (China)

    2015-03-01

    We study glueball G production in gluonic penguin decay B → G + X{sub s}, using the next-to-leading order b → sg* gluonic penguin interaction and effective couplings of a glueball to two perturbative gluons. Subsequent decays of a scalar glueball are described by using techniques of effective chiralLagrangians to incorporate the interaction between a glueball and pseudoscalar mesons.Mixing effects between the pure glueball with other mesons are considered. Identifying the f{sub 0}(1710) as a scalar glueball, we find that both the top and the charm penguin are important and obtain a sizable branching ratio for B → f{sub 0}(1710) + X{sub s} of order 1.3 x 10{sup -4}(f/0.07 GeV{sup -1}){sup 2}, where the effective coupling strength f is estimated to be 0.07 GeV{sup -1} using experimental data for the branching ratio of f{sub 0}(1710) → K anti K based on a chiral Lagrangian estimate. An alternative perturbative QCD based estimation of f is a factor of 20 larger, which would imply a much enhanced branching ratio. Glueball production from this rare semi-inclusive B decay can be probed at the LHCb and Belle II to narrow down the allowed parameter space. A similar branching ratio is expected for the pseudoscalar glueball. We also briefly comment on the case of vector and tensor glueballs. (orig.)

  1. Glueballs

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    Close, Francis Edwin

    1998-01-01

    Gluons, the particles which bind quarks into protons may be able to stick to each other. Physicists have called these entities 'glueballs' and are convinced they are showing up in experiments (6 pages).

  2. Decays of the vector glueball

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    Giacosa, Francesco; Sammet, Julia; Janowski, Stanislaus

    2017-06-01

    We calculate two- and three-body decays of the (lightest) vector glueball into (pseudo)scalar, (axial-)vector, as well as pseudovector and excited vector mesons in the framework of a model of QCD. While absolute values of widths cannot be predicted because the corresponding coupling constants are unknown, some interesting branching ratios can be evaluated by setting the mass of the yet hypothetical vector glueball to 3.8 GeV as predicted by quenched lattice QCD. We find that the decay mode ω π π should be one of the largest (both through the decay chain O →b1π →ω π π and through the direct coupling O →ω π π ). Similarly, the (direct and indirect) decay into π K K*(892 ) is sizable. Moreover, the decays into ρ π and K*(892 )K are, although subleading, possible and could play a role in explaining the ρ π puzzle of the charmonium state ψ (2 S ) thanks to a (small) mixing with the vector glueball. The vector glueball can be directly formed at the ongoing BESIII experiment as well as at the future PANDA experiment at the FAIR facility. If the width is sufficiently small (≲100 MeV ) it should not escape future detection. It should be stressed that the employed model is based on some inputs and simplifying assumptions: the value of glueball mass (at present, the quenched lattice value is used), the lack of mixing of the glueball with other quarkonium states, and the use of few interaction terms. It then represents a first step toward the identification of the main decay channels of the vector glueball, but shall be improved when corresponding experimental candidates and/or new lattice results will be available.

  3. Search for glueballs

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    Toki, W. [Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics

    1997-06-01

    In these Summer School lectures, the author reviews the results of recent glueball searches. He begins with a brief review of glueball phenomenology and meson spectroscopy, including a discussion of resonance behavior. The results on the f{sub o}(1500) and f{sub J}(1700) resonances from proton-antiproton experiments and radiative J/{Psi} decays are discussed. Finally, {pi}{pi} and {eta}{pi} studies from D{sub s} decays and exotic meson searches are reviewed. 46 refs., 40 figs.

  4. Tensor glueball-meson mixing phenomenology

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    Burakovsky, L.; Page, P.R.

    2000-01-01

    The overpopulated isoscalar tensor states are sifted using Schwinger-type mass relations. Two solutions are found: one where the glueball is the f J (2220), and one where the glueball is more distributed, with f 2 (1820) having the largest component. The f 2 (1565) and f J (1710) cannot be accommodated as glueball-(hybrid) meson mixtures in the absence of significant coupling to decay channels. f 2 '(1525)→ππ is in agreement with experiment. The f J (2220) decays neither flavour democratically nor is narrow. (orig.)

  5. Photon collisions as a glueball source

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    Liu, H.C.

    1984-01-01

    Photon-photon and photon-nucleon collisions are suggested as a glueball source at small x in the collision center-of-mass frame. The glueball-production cross section is estimated through the two-gluon-fusion mechanism in perturbative quantum chromodynamics. The pointlike component of the photon structure function has a distinctive feature in that it consists almost purely of gluons at small x, which turns out to be very effective in producing glueballs. A much larger signal-to-noise ratio is expected in the glueball search in high-energy photon-photon and photon-nucleon collisions compared with hadron-hadron collisions. It is argued that the background due to soft collisions of the photons can be effectively reduced

  6. Glueballs, hybrids, multiquarks

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    Klempt, Eberhard [Helmholtz-Institut fuer Strahlen-und Kernphysik der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitaet, Nussallee 14-16, D-53115 Bonn (Germany)], E-mail: klempt@hiskp.uni-bonn.de; Zaitsev, Alexander [Institute for High-Energy Physics, Moscow Region, RU-142284 Protvino (Russian Federation)

    2007-12-15

    Glueballs, hybrids and multiquark states are predicted as bound states in models guided by quantum chromo dynamics (QCD), by QCD sum rules or QCD on a lattice. Estimates for the (scalar) glueball ground state are in the mass range from 1000 to 1800 MeV, followed by a tensor and a pseudoscalar glueball at higher mass. Experiments have reported evidence for an abundance of meson resonances with 0{sup -+},0{sup ++} and 2{sup ++} quantum numbers. In particular, the sector of scalar mesons is full of surprises starting from the elusive {sigma} and {kappa} mesons. The a{sub 0}(980) and f{sub 0}(980), discussed extensively in the literature, are reviewed with emphasis on their Janus-like appearance as KK-bar molecules, tetraquark states or qq-bar mesons. Most exciting is the possibility that the three mesons f{sub 0}(1370), f{sub 0}(1500), and f{sub 0}(1710) might reflect the appearance of a scalar glueball in the world of quarkonia. However, the existence of f{sub 0}(1370) is not beyond doubt and there is evidence that both f{sub 0}(1500) and f{sub 0}(1710) are flavour octet states, possibly in a tetraquark composition. We suggest a scheme in which the scalar glueball is dissolved into the wide background into which all scalar flavour-singlet mesons collapse. There is an abundance of meson resonances with the quantum numbers of the {eta}. Three states are reported below 1.5GeV/c{sup 2} whereas quark models expect only one, perhaps two. One of these states, {iota}(1440), was the prime glueball candidate for a long time. We show that {iota}(1440) is the first radial excitation of the {eta} meson. Hybrids may have exotic quantum numbers which are not accessible by qq-bar mesons. There are several claims for J{sup PC}=1{sup -+} exotics, some of them with properties as predicted from the flux tube model interpreting the quark-antiquark binding by a gluon string. The evidence for these states depends partly on the assumption that meson-meson interactions are dominated by s

  7. Factorization for radiative heavy quarkonium decays into scalar Glueball

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    Zhu, Ruilin [INPAC, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Dongchuan RD 800, Shanghai 200240 (China); State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics,Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Zhongguancun E. St. 55, Beijing 100190 (China); CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics,Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Yuquan RD 19B, Beijing 100049 (China)

    2015-09-24

    We establish the factorization formula for scalar Glueball production through radiative decays of vector states of heavy quarkonia, e.g. J/ψ, ψ(2S) and Υ(nS), where the Glueball mass is much less than the parent heavy quarkonium mass. The factorization is demonstrated explicitly at one-loop level through the next-to-leading order (NLO) corrections to the hard kernel, the non-relativistic QCD (NRQCD) long-distance matrix elements (LDMEs) of the heavy quarkonium, and the light-cone distribution amplitude (LCDA) of scalar Glueball. The factorization provides a comprehensive theoretical approach to investigate Glueball production in the radiative decays of vector states of heavy quarkonia and determine the physic nature of Glueball. We discuss the scale evolution equation of LCDA for scalar Glueball. In the end, we extract the value of the decay constant of Scalar Glueball from Lattice QCD calculation and analyze the mixing effect among f{sub 0}(1370), f{sub 0}(1500) and f{sub 0}(1710).

  8. Glueballs of QCD and beyond

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1984-01-01

    There are two methods discussed by which glueballs might be found. In the first, an OZI suppressed channel with variable mass is used, such as the reaction π - p → phi phi n. The breakdown of the OZI suppression is the glueball signal. The OZI suppression is a filter letting glueballs pass while strongly rejecting conventional hadronic states. The other method is to look in a channel enriched in gluons such as the radiative decay of the J/psi and search for new phenomena, such as the iota(1440), the theta(1640), and the zeta(2220). It is anticipated that the next step in nested gauge-gauge groups might be some new strong color interaction conceptually similar to hypercolor, technicolor, or extended technicolor. 43 refs., 13 figs

  9. Glueball phenomenology within a nonlocal approach

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    Giacosa, F.

    2005-01-01

    In this thesis we describe the properties of glueball phenomenology within a nonlocal covariant constituent approach. The search for glueballs, their theoretical description and the mixing with quarkonia mesons is an active and unsolved issue of hadronic QCD. Different models and assignments have been proposed, but up to now no certain statement about their existence can be done. After introducing the theoretical framework in which we will work in, the attention will be focused on the problem of the scalar glueball, which lattice QCD predicts to be the lightest gluonic state with a mass between 1.4-1.8 GeV. In the same mass region one encounters many scalar resonances; mixing between the bare glueball and quarkonia states is therefore likely. In a covariant constituent approach one cannot define rigorously a mixing matrix connecting the bare to physical fields. However, we propose a definition which satisfies the correct requirements and which can be compared to other phenomenological studies. The two-photon decay of isoscalar-scalar states is believed to be crucial to pin down the flavor content of the resonances between 1 and 2 GeV. We discuss and calculate the two-photon decay rates of the mixed states glueball-quarkonia, getting results which are consistent with the current experimental upper limits

  10. Glueball masses in quantum chromodynamics

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    Luo Xiangqian; Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou, GD; Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou; Chen Qizhou; Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou, GD; Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou; Guo Shuohong; Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou, GD; Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou; Fang Xiyan; Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou, GD; Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou; Liu Jinming; Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou, GD; Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou

    1996-01-01

    We review the recent glueball mass calculations using an efficient method for solving the Schroedinger equation order by order with a scheme preserving the continuum limit. The reliability of the method is further supported by new accurate results for (1+1)-dimensional σ models and (2+1)-dimensional non-abelian models. We present first and encouraging data for the glueball masses in 3+1 dimensional QCD. (orig.)

  11. Glueballs of QCD and beyond

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1984-01-01

    There are two methods discussed by which glueballs might be found. In the first, an OZI suppressed channel with variable mass is used, such as the reaction ..pi../sup -/p ..-->.. phi phi n. The breakdown of the OZI suppression is the glueball signal. The OZI suppression is a filter letting glueballs pass while strongly rejecting conventional hadronic states. The other method is to look in a channel enriched in gluons such as the radiative decay of the J/psi and search for new phenomena, such as the iota(1440), the theta(1640), and the zeta(2220). It is anticipated that the next step in nested gauge-gauge groups might be some new strong color interaction conceptually similar to hypercolor, technicolor, or extended technicolor. 43 refs., 13 figs. (LEW)

  12. Semirelativistic potential model for three-gluon glueballs

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    Mathieu, Vincent; Semay, Claude; Silvestre-Brac, Bernard

    2008-01-01

    The three-gluon glueball states are studied with the generalization of a semirelativistic potential model giving good results for two-gluon glueballs. The Hamiltonian depends only on 3 parameters fixed on two-gluon glueball spectra: the strong coupling constant, the string tension, and a gluon size which removes singularities in the potential. The Casimir scaling determines the structure of the confinement. Our results are in good agreement with other approaches and lattice calculation for the odderon trajectory but differ strongly from lattice in the J +- sector. We propose a possible explanation for this problem.

  13. Revisiting the pseudoscalar meson and glueball mixing and key issues in the search for a pseudoscalar glueball state

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    Qin, Wen; Zhao, Qiang; Zhong, Xian-Hui

    2018-05-01

    We revisit the mixing mechanism for pseudoscalar mesons and glueball which is introduced by the axial vector anomaly. We demonstrate that the physical mass of the pseudoscalar glueball does not favor to be lower than 1.8 GeV if all the parameters are reasonably constrained. This conclusion, on the one hand, can accommodate the pseudoscalar glueball mass calculated by lattice QCD, and on the other hand, is consistent with the high-statistics analyses at BESIII that all the available measurements do not support the presence of two closely overlapping pseudoscalar states in any exclusive channel. Such a result is in agreement with the recent claim that the slightly shifted peak positions for two possible states η (1405 ) and η (1475 ) observed in different channels are actually originated from one single state with the triangle singularity interferences. By resolving this long-standing paradox, one should pay more attention to higher mass region for the purpose of searching for the pseudoscalar glueball candidate.

  14. Glueball Spectrum and Matrix Elements on Anisotropic Lattices

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    Y. Chen; A. Alexandru; S.J. Dong; T. Draper; I. Horvath; F.X. Lee; K.F. Liu; N. Mathur; C. Morningstar; M. Peardon; S. Tamhankar; B.L. Young; J.B. Zhang

    2006-01-01

    The glueball-to-vacuum matrix elements of local gluonic operators in scalar, tensor, and pseudoscalar channels are investigated numerically on several anisotropic lattices with the spatial lattice spacing ranging from 0.1fm - 0.2fm. These matrix elements are needed to predict the glueball branching ratios in J/{psi} radiative decays which will help identify the glueball states in experiments. Two types of improved local gluonic operators are constructed for a self-consistent check and the finite volume effects are studied. We find that lattice spacing dependence of our results is very weak and the continuum limits are reliably extrapolated, as a result of improvement of the lattice gauge action and local operators. We also give updated glueball masses with various quantum numbers.

  15. Constituent gluon interpretation of glueballs and gluelumps

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    Boulanger, N.; Buisseret, F.; Mathieu, V.; Semay, C.

    2008-01-01

    Arguments are given that support the interpretation of the lattice QCD glueball and gluelump spectra in terms of bound states of massless constituent gluons with helicity 1. In this scheme, we show that the mass hierarchy of the currently known gluelumps and glueballs is mainly due to the number of constituent gluons and can be understood within a simple flux tube model. It is also argued that the lattice QCD 0 +- glueball should be seen as a four-gluon bound state. We finally predict the mass of the 0 - state, not yet computed in lattice QCD. (orig.)

  16. Hadronic production of J/sup PC/ = 2++ glueballs

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1986-01-01

    An OZI suppressed channel with variable mass, namely the reaction π - p → phi phi n, has been used as a filter which allows resonating gluons or glueballs to pass, while strongly rejecting conventional quark-built hadronic states. The breakdown of the OZI suppression signals a glueball. Glueball mass and particle width estimates are discussed. Reasons why g/sub T/'s have not been seen in other channels, particularly the decay of J/psi, are considered. 34 refs., 9 figs

  17. Glueball masses for the deformed conifold theory

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    Caceres, Elena; Hernandez, Rafael

    2000-11-01

    We obtain the spectrum of glueball masses for the N=1 non-conformal cascade theory whose supergravity dual was recently constructed by Klebanov and Strassler. The glueball masses are calculated by solving the supergravity equations of motion for the dilaton and the two-form in the deformed conifold background. (author)

  18. AdS gravity and the scalar glueball spectrum

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    Vento, Vicente [Departament de Fisica Teorica, Universitat de Valencia y Institut de Fisica Corpuscular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Burjassot (Valencia) (Spain)

    2017-09-15

    The scalar glueball spectrum has attracted much attention since the formulation of Quantum Chromodynamics. Different approaches give very different results for the glueball masses. We revisit the problem from the perspective of the AdS/CFT correspondence. (orig.)

  19. Hunting the Scalar Glueball: Prospects for BES III

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    Chanowitz, Michael S.

    2006-01-01

    The search for the ground state scalar glueball G 0 is reviewed. Spin zero glueballs will have unique dynamical properties if the 0 →(bar q)q amplitude is suppressed by chiral symmetry, as it is to all orders in perturbation theory: for instance, mixing of G 0 with (bar q)q mesons would be suppressed, radiative ψ decay would be a filter for new physics in the spin zero channel, and the decay G 0 →(bar K)K could be enhanced relative to G 0 → ππ. These properties are consistent with the identification of f 0 (1710) as the largely unmixed ground state scalar glueball, while recent BES data implies that f 0 (1500) does not contain the dominant glueball admixture. Three hypotheses are discussed: that G 0 is (1) predominantly f 0 (1500) or (2) predominantly f 0 (1710) or (3) is strongly mixed between f 0 (1500) and f 0 (1710)

  20. Second Hagedorn temperature and glueball formation

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    Dias de Deus, J.; Pimenta, M.

    1984-09-01

    We argue that confinement involving higher representations of SU(N) in singlet Ranti R bound states may occur at higher Hagedorn temperatures. The simplest possibility corresponds to the case when the binding potential is proportional to the quadratic Casimir Csub(R). The lowest Hagedorn temperature Tsub(H1) is the temperature for qanti q meson formation. The next, Tsub(H2), is the temperature for glueball hadronization. Higher representation Ranti R bound states are not likely to occur. The second Hagedorn temperature, separating the physics of hadrons from the physics of QCD plasma, plays the role of the deconfining temperature. Simple effective potential estimates give Tsub(H2)/Tsub(H1)approx.=(Csub(A)/Csub(F))sup(1/2)=3/2, in SU(3), with Tsub(H2)=395 MeV and Tsub(H1)=210 MeV, and for the glueball spin-averaged mass, μsub(G)=1370 MeV. Glueballs, in comparison with normal hadrons, are produced with larger psub(T) and larger multiplicities. (orig.)

  1. On one estimate of glueball mass

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    Boos, E.E.

    1986-01-01

    The Bethe-Salpeter equation for the wave function of the bound state of two gluons is considered. The mass of the glueball 0 ++ , (M gl ∼ 1.3 GeV), is estimated using some expansions in the equation kernel in the spirit of those made in the QCD sum rules method. In the leading approximation, the masses of the glueballs 0 ++ and 2 ++ appear to be degenerate. A possibility to improve the accuracy of estimating the mass by using the expansion in 1/N c is discussed

  2. Composite Inflation Setup and Glueball Inflation

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    Bezrukov, Fedor; Channuie, Phongpichit; Jark Joergensen, Jakob

    2012-01-01

    the relevant example where the inflaton is identified with the glueball field of a pure Yang-Mills theory. We introduce the dilatonic-like glueball action which is obtained by requiring saturation of the underlying Yang-Mills trace anomaly at the effective action level. We couple the resulting action non...... picture than within the Palatini one. Finally we show that, in the metric formulation, the model nicely respects tree-level unitarity for the scattering of the inflaton field all the way to the Planck scale....

  3. Glueballs in 2++ /phi//phi/ final states

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1988-01-01

    In this paper we discuss the striking evidence obtained by BNL/CCNY for the g/sub T/(2010), g/sub T'/(2300) and g/sub T''/(2340) I/sup G/J/sup PC/ = 0 + 2 ++ resonances which comprise virtually all of the π/sup /minus//p → /phi//phi/n. The complete breakdown of the expected OZI suppression, and the striking differences of these states from conventional states and background in other channels has so far only been successfully explained by assuming they are produced by 1-3 2 ++ glueballs. The comparison with J//phi/ radiative decay results is made. A discussion of other glueball candidates in the light of a coupled channel analysis of the 2 ++ and 0 ++ channels is also made. The forthcoming search for an exotic J/sup PC/ glueball is discussed. 12 refs., 10 figs., 2 tabs

  4. The glueball trail

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    Roy, P.

    1980-03-01

    The issue of the existence and of the mass values of a new type of unstable hadron composed only of glue, called glueballs (or gluonium), is discussed. Suggested models which could indicate their existence are considered and possible production mechanisms in hadron-hadron collisions and in the decay of heavy quarkonia examined. (UK)

  5. QCD, OZI, and evidence for glueballs

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1981-01-01

    The characteristics expected from low Q-QCD for the behavior of glueballs and the OZI rule is discussed. The reaction π - p → phi phi n represents on OZI forbidden (hairpin) diagram. It has been observed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory multiparticle spectrometer by the Brookhaven National Laboratory/City College of New York group. The author has shown that the expected OZI suppression is essentially entirely absent and in fact the Isobar Model which does not contain OZI suppression quantitatively explains the observed results. A general evaluation of the special characteristics of the data compared to other related reactions plus the foregoing facts leads the author to conclude that the intervention of glueball resonances is the likely explanation in the context of QCD. Other explanations are shown to be improbable. In particular the hypothesis that decay of a radial excitation of the eta' is responsible for lack of OZI suppression is ruled out. Planned experiments with the purpose of explicity discovering glueballs will be discussed. The OZI rule peculiarities such as violation of crossing symmetry and unitarity are attributed to color confinement

  6. QCD, OZI, and evidence for glueballs

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1981-01-01

    The characteristics expected from low Q-QCD for the behavior of glueballs and the OZI rule is discussed. The reaction ..pi../sup -/p ..-->.. phi phi n represents on OZI forbidden (hairpin) diagram. It has been observed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory multiparticle spectrometer by the Brookhaven National Laboratory/City College of New York group. The author has shown that the expected OZI suppression is essentially entirely absent and in fact the Isobar Model which does not contain OZI suppression quantitatively explains the observed results. A general evaluation of the special characteristics of the data compared to other related reactions plus the foregoing facts leads the author to conclude that the intervention of glueball resonances is the likely explanation in the context of QCD. Other explanations are shown to be improbable. In particular the hypothesis that decay of a radial excitation of the eta' is responsible for lack of OZI suppression is ruled out. Planned experiments with the purpose of explicity discovering glueballs will be discussed. The OZI rule peculiarities such as violation of crossing symmetry and unitarity are attributed to color confinement.

  7. Glueball properties from the Bethe-Salpeter equation

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    Kellermann, Christian

    2012-01-01

    For over thirty years bound states of gluons are an outstanding problem of both theoretical and experimental physics. Being predicted by Quantum-Chromodynamics their experimental confirmation is one of the foremost goals of large experimental facilities currently under construction like FAIR in Darmstadt. This thesis presents a novel approach to the theoretical determination of physical properties of bound states of two gluons, called glueballs. It uses the consistent combination of Schwinger-Dyson equations for gluons and ghosts and appropriate Bethe-Salpeter equations describing their corresponding bound-states. A rigorous derivation of both sets of equations, starting from an 2PI effective action is given as well as a general determination of appropriate decompositions of Bethe-Salpeter amplitudes to a given set of quantum numbers of a glueball. As an application example bound state masses of glueballs in a simple truncation scheme are calculated. (orig.)

  8. Sizes of the lightest glueballs in SU(3) lattice gauge theory

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    Loan Mushtaq; Ying Yi

    2006-01-01

    Standard Monte Carlo simulations have been performed on improved lattices to determine the wave functions and the sizes of the scalar and tensor glueballs at four lattice spacings in the range a =0.05 - 0.145 fm. Systematic errors introduced by the discretization and the finite volume are studied. Our results in the continuum limit show that the tensor glueball is approximately two times as large as the scalar glueball. (author)

  9. Semirelativistic potential model for low-lying three-gluon glueballs

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    Mathieu, Vincent; Semay, Claude; Silvestre-Brac, Bernard

    2006-01-01

    The three-gluon glueball states are studied with the generalization of a semirelativistic potential model giving good results for two-gluon glueballs. The Hamiltonian depends only on 3 parameters fixed on two-gluon glueball spectra: the strong coupling constant, the string tension, and a gluon size which removes singularities in the potential. The Casimir scaling determines the structure of the confinement. Low-lying J PC states are computed and compared with recent lattice calculations. A good agreement is found for 1 -- and 3 -- states, but our model predicts a 2 -- state much higher in energy than the lattice result. The 0 -+ mass is also computed

  10. Glueballs, Hybrids and Exotics

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    Reyes, M. A.; Moreno, G.

    2006-09-01

    We comment on the physics analysis carried out by the Experimental High Energy Physics (EHEP) group of the Instituto de Fisica of the University of Guanajuato (IFUG), Mexico. In particular, this group has been involved in analysis carried out to search for glueball, hybrid and exotic candidates.

  11. Glueballs, Hybrids and Exotics

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    Reyes, M. A.; Moreno, G.

    2006-01-01

    We comment on the physics analysis carried out by the Experimental High Energy Physics (EHEP) group of the Instituto de Fisica of the University of Guanajuato (IFUG), Mexico. In particular, this group has been involved in analysis carried out to search for glueball, hybrid and exotic candidates

  12. String theory and the dark glueball problem

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    Halverson, James; Nelson, Brent D. [Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Ruehle, Fabian [Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)

    2016-09-15

    We study cosmological constraints on dark pure Yang-Mills sectors. Dark glueballs are overproduced for large regions of ultraviolet parameter space. The problem may be alleviated in two ways: via a large preferential reheating into the visible sector, motivating certain inflation or modulus decay models, or via decays into axions or moduli, which are strongly constrained by nucleosynthesis and ΔN{sub eff} bounds. String models frequently have multiple hidden Yang-Mills sectors, which are subject to even stronger constraints due to the existence of multiple dark glueballs.

  13. Glueballs in π- p→ phi phi n

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    Caruso Neto, F.

    1983-01-01

    The present status of glueballs, including theoretical and experimental aspects is critically reviewed. A set of favored processes where it may be possible to search for these objects is presented. Some of the existent problems related to the unambiguous prediction of their properties are stressed. A model which is able to explain the experimental data for the reaction π - p→ phi phi n, allowing us to estimate the coupling constants g sub(Gphi phi) e g sub(Gππ) of a glueball 2 ++ state to phi phi and ππ, respectively is proposed. (Author) [pt

  14. String theory and the dark glueball problem

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    Halverson, James; Nelson, Brent D.

    2016-09-01

    We study cosmological constraints on dark pure Yang-Mills sectors. Dark glueballs are overproduced for large regions of ultraviolet parameter space. The problem may be alleviated in two ways: via a large preferential reheating into the visible sector, motivating certain inflation or modulus decay models, or via decays into axions or moduli, which are strongly constrained by nucleosynthesis and ΔN_e_f_f bounds. String models frequently have multiple hidden Yang-Mills sectors, which are subject to even stronger constraints due to the existence of multiple dark glueballs.

  15. A brief review of glueball masses from gauge/gravity duality

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    Caceres, Elena

    2005-01-01

    This is a brief review of the status of glueball mass calculations from Supergravity. After reviewing the basic concepts, we summarize results of glueball spectrum for different models and compare their assets as well as their shortcomings. We focus on AdS black-hole, Klebanov-Strassler and Maldacena-Nunnez backgrounds

  16. Scalar mesons and the search for the 0++ glueball

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    Thoma, U.

    2003-01-01

    The possibility that gluonic excitations of hadronic matter or of the QCD vacuum may exist is perhaps one of the most fascinating topics in hadron spectroscopy. Glueballs are predicted by many models; in particular, present-day lattice gauge calculations require their existence. All these models agree that the lightest glueball should have scalar quantum numbers and a mass around 1.6GeV, which corresponds to the mass region where the scalar q anti q-mesons are expected. Therefore, mixing effects can complicate the search for the glueball. Experiments indeed show an overpopulation of states, for which many different interpretations exist. This reflects the complexity of the situation. New data from various experiments on scalar states give hints toward an interpretation of the scalar states. But still many questions remain. (orig.)

  17. Scalar mesons and the search for the 0++ Glueball

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    Ulrike Thoma

    2002-01-01

    The possibility that gluonic excitations of hadronic matter or of the QCD vacuum may exist is perhaps one of the most fascinating topics in hadron spectroscopy. Glueballs are predicted by many models; in particular present-day lattice gauge calculations require their existence. All these models agree that the lightest glueball should have scalar quantum numbers and a mass around 1.6 GeV, which corresponds to the mass region where the scalar qq[bar]-mesons are expected. Therefore mixing effects can complicate the search for the glueball. Experiments indeed show an overpopulation of states, for which many different interpretations exist. This reflects the complexity of the situation. New data from various experiments on scalar states give hints toward an interpretation of the scalar states. But, still many questions remain

  18. Nucleon in confining models with glueballs

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    Broniowski, W.

    1987-07-01

    Solutions to non-chiral and chiral color dielectric models are discussed. The coupling of glueballs produces absolute quark confinement and generates selfconsistently a bag. 9 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab. (author)

  19. Open boundary condition, Wilson flow and the scalar glueball mass

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    Chowdhury, Abhishek; Harindranath, A.; Maiti, Jyotirmoy

    2014-01-01

    A major problem with periodic boundary condition on the gauge fields used in current lattice gauge theory simulations is the trapping of topological charge in a particular sector as the continuum limit is approached. To overcome this problem open boundary condition in the temporal direction has been proposed recently. One may ask whether open boundary condition can reproduce the observables calculated with periodic boundary condition. In this work we find that the extracted lowest glueball mass using open and periodic boundary conditions at the same lattice volume and lattice spacing agree for the range of lattice scales explored in the range 3 GeV≤(1/a)≤5 GeV. The problem of trapping is overcome to a large extent with open boundary and we are able to extract the glueball mass at even larger lattice scale ≈ 5.7 GeV. To smoothen the gauge fields we have used recently proposed Wilson flow which, compared to HYP smearing, exhibits better systematics in the extraction of glueball mass. The extracted glueball mass shows remarkable insensitivity to the lattice spacings in the range explored in this work, 3 GeV≤(1/a)≤5.7 GeV.

  20. Scalar mesons and the search for the 0{sup ++} glueball

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    Thoma, U. [Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)

    2003-11-01

    The possibility that gluonic excitations of hadronic matter or of the QCD vacuum may exist is perhaps one of the most fascinating topics in hadron spectroscopy. Glueballs are predicted by many models; in particular, present-day lattice gauge calculations require their existence. All these models agree that the lightest glueball should have scalar quantum numbers and a mass around 1.6GeV, which corresponds to the mass region where the scalar q anti q-mesons are expected. Therefore, mixing effects can complicate the search for the glueball. Experiments indeed show an overpopulation of states, for which many different interpretations exist. This reflects the complexity of the situation. New data from various experiments on scalar states give hints toward an interpretation of the scalar states. But still many questions remain. (orig.)

  1. Scalar mesons and the search for the 0{sup ++} Glueball

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    Ulrike Thoma

    2002-10-01

    The possibility that gluonic excitations of hadronic matter or of the QCD vacuum may exist is perhaps one of the most fascinating topics in hadron spectroscopy. Glueballs are predicted by many models; in particular present-day lattice gauge calculations require their existence. All these models agree that the lightest glueball should have scalar quantum numbers and a mass around 1.6 GeV, which corresponds to the mass region where the scalar qq[bar]-mesons are expected. Therefore mixing effects can complicate the search for the glueball. Experiments indeed show an overpopulation of states, for which many different interpretations exist. This reflects the complexity of the situation. New data from various experiments on scalar states give hints toward an interpretation of the scalar states. But, still many questions remain.

  2. Hadronic physics of q anti q light quark mesons, quark molecules and glueballs

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1980-10-01

    A brief introduction reviews the development of QCD and defines quark molecules and glueballs. This review is concerned primarily with u, d, and s quarks, which provide practically all of the cross section connected with hadronic interactions. The following topics form the bulk of the paper: status of quark model classification for conventional u, d, s quark meson states; status of multiquark or quark molecule state predictions and experiments; glueballs and how to find them; and the OZI rule in decay and production and how glueballs might affect it. 17 figures, 1 table

  3. Glueballs in the Π-p→ΦΦn reaction

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    Caruso Neto, F.

    1983-01-01

    The present status of glueballs, including theoretical and experimental aspects are critically reviewed. A set of favored processes where it may be possible to search for these objects is presented. Some of the existent problems related to the unambiguous prediction of their properties are stressed. A model which is able to explain the experimental data for the reaction Π - p→ΦΦn, allowing us to estimate the coupling constants G ΦΦ and G ΠΠ of a glueball 2 ++ state to ΦΦ and ΠΠ, respectively is proposed. (Author) [pt

  4. Scalar Glueball-Quarkonium Mixing and the Structure of the QCD Vacuum

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    Ellis, Jonathan Richard; Kharzeev, Dima E

    1999-01-01

    We use Ward identities of broken scale invariance to infer the amount of scalar glueball--$\\bar{q}q$ meson mixing from the ratio of quark and gluon condensates in the QCD vacuum. Assuming dominance by a single scalar state, as suggested by a phase-shift analysis, we find a mixing angle $\\gamma \\sim 36^{\\circ}$, corresponding to near-maximal mixing of the glueball and

  5. Thermal spectrum of pseudo-scalar glueballs and Debye screening mass from holography

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    Braga, Nelson R.F.; Ferreira, Luiz F. [Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Fisica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)

    2017-10-15

    The finite temperature spectrum of pseudo-scalar glueballs in a plasma is studied using a holographic model. The 0{sup -+} glueball is represented by a pseudo-scalar (axion) field living in a five dimensional geometry that comes from a solution of Einstein equations for gravity coupled with a dilaton scalar field. The spectral function obtained from the model shows a clear peak corresponding to the quasi-particle ground state. Analyzing the variation of the position of the peak with temperature, we describe the thermal behavior of the Debye screening mass of the plasma. As a check of consistency, the zero temperature limit of the model is also investigated. The glueball masses obtained are consistent with previous lattice results. (orig.)

  6. Hybrids and glueballs: new forms of matter

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    Close, F.

    1983-01-01

    Theories of the forces that bind together the atomic nucleus predict the existence of exotic forms of matter, dubbed ''glueballs'' and ''hybrids''. The underlying story illustrates progress in science through the agencies of analogy and paradox. (author)

  7. Evidence for explicit glueballs from the reaction π-p → phi phi n+

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1982-01-01

    Given QCD as an Ansatz and OZI (with appropriate restrictions) as a second Ansatz, I conclude we have discovered either two glueballs or two states very rich in resonating glue formed from one primary glueball mixing with a nearby quark state of the same quantum numbers, thus forming two states

  8. Scalar mesons and glueballs in a chiral U(3)xU(3) quark model with 't Hooft interaction

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    Nagy, M.; Volkov, M.K.; Yudichev, V.L.

    2000-01-01

    In a U(3)xU(3) quark chiral model of the Nambu-Jona-Lasino (NJL) type with the 't Hooft interaction, the ground scalar isoscalar mesons and a scalar glueball are described. The glueball (dilaton) is introduced into the effective meson Lagrangian written in a chirally symmetric form on the basis of scale invariance. The singlet-octet mixing of scalar isoscalar mesons and their mixing with the glueball are taken into account. Mass spectra of the scalar mesons and glueball and their strong decays are described

  9. Cosmic selection rule for the glueball dark matter relic density

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    Soni, Amarjit; Xiao, Huangyu; Zhang, Yue

    2017-10-01

    We point out a unique mechanism to produce the relic abundance for the glueball dark matter from a gauged SU (N )d hidden sector which is bridged to the standard model sector through heavy vectorlike quarks colored under gauge interactions from both sides. A necessary ingredient of our assumption is that the vectorlike quarks, produced either thermally or nonthermally, are abundant enough to dominate the universe for some time in the early universe. They later undergo dark color confinement and form unstable vectorlike-quarkonium states which annihilate decay and reheat the visible and dark sectors. The ratio of entropy dumped into two sectors and the final energy budget in the dark glueballs is only determined by low energy parameters, including the intrinsic scale of the dark SU (N )d , Λd, and number of dark colors, Nd, but depend weakly on parameters in the ultraviolet such as the vectorlike quark mass or the initial condition. We call this a cosmic selection rule for the glueball dark matter relic density.

  10. Algebraic approaches to hadrons and the identification of iota(1440) with glueball

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    Teshima, T.; Oneda, S.

    1984-01-01

    The identifications of iota(1440) and theta(1640) with glueballs are difficult, if one relies on the popular simple quarkonium-glueball mass matrices. However, a different conclusion has been drawn from two distinct algebraic approaches. They are both based on QCD algebras and produce almost identical results for the 0 -+ mesons. In this paper, in the framework of chiral U(4) x U(4) QCD algebras, the problems of 0 -+ meson masses, mixings, decay constants, branching ratios of J/psi→iotaγ, eta'γ, and etaγ, and the widths of the iota→rhoγ and 2γ decays are discussed. It is found that the main features of the mixing parameters obtained previously in the U(3) x U(3) scheme remain intact and the iota(1440) can again be accommodated as a glueball which appreciably mixes with the eta'. It is also pointed out that the simple quarkonium-glueball mass matrices may fail to include the important effect of flavor-symmetry breaking and therefore are not very realistic. This is demonstrated by showing that the mass matrices can be reproduced in the present algebraic approach only if one is willing to take the symmetry limit for quantities which clearly involve the effect of symmetry breaking

  11. Inclusive glueball production in high-energy p+p(p) collisions

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    Peng Hong An; He Zhen Min

    2001-01-01

    Using the factorizable character of amplitudes for the double diffractive process in the Landshoff-Nachtmann model (1987), we have discussed the inclusive glueball production in high-energy pp collisions via the fusion process of two non-perturbative gluons, and have compared it with the double diffractive alike process. We found that, as the c.m. energy E/sub CMS/ increases from 20 to 20 000 GeV, the cross sections of the latter process are about one to two orders larger than the former. Such an outcome could be explained from the hypothesis of duality between glueballs and pomeron. (7 refs).

  12. Glueballs, hermaphrodites and QCD problems for baryon spectroscopy

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    Close, F.E.

    1981-08-01

    Spin-orbit splittings in baryon spectroscopy are examined with relevance to QCD: successes and failures are discussed. Claims to have seen glueballs are evaluated and the possibility of hermaphrodites-states containing quarks and glue - is mentioned. (author)

  13. Renormalisation group behaviour of O+ and 2+ glueball masses in SU(2) lattice gauge theory

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    Ishikawa, K.; Schierholz, G.

    1982-07-01

    We calculate the 0 + and 2 + glueball masses at several values of the coupling and verify compatibility with the desired renormalisation group behaviour. The calculation uses momentum smeared glueball wave functions on a large 8 4 lattice and confirms our previous results obtained on smaller lattices. (orig.)

  14. Glueballs in the reaction π-p → phi phi n at 22 GeV/c

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    Love, W.A.

    1983-01-01

    The current favorite candidate theory of strong interactions is Quantum Chromodynamics. In this theory, bound states of two or more gluons, called glueballs, must exist. Experimentally, the detection of glueballs (all of which are massive enough to decay quickly to ordinary q anti q hadrons) is complicated by the lack of any explicit signature. The calculation of the mass of the low-lying glueballs by lattice gauge methods and the MIT bag model at present give only a rough guide to experimental searches. A popular place to look has been among the systems recoiling from photons emitted in heavy quarkonium decays. In general, processes which must exchange hard gluons are needed. One touchstone seems to be the concept of democracy. Unmixed glueball states are flavor singlets and should show equal decay amplitudes to states made of strange or non-strange quarks (or indeed of charmed or b quarks at higher masses). The MPS Experiment number 679 setup and results are described

  15. The OZI rule: A unique selector of glueballs and hadron spectroscopy

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1990-01-01

    In the first part of this talk I have reviewed the history of the OZI rule. I then have shown how it is a unique selector glueballs and new quarks in hadron spectroscopy. In particular the only glueball candidates which cannot be explained by other hypotheses within QCD are the I G J PC = 0 + 2 ++ g T (2010), g T ,(2300) and g Tdouble-prime (2340) observed in the OZI suppressed reaction π - p → φφn. The narrowness of the J/ψ and T can only be explained by OZI suppression. I then reminisced about the 1954 Rochester Conference in which our work on π ± p total cross sections and π ± production combined gave convincing evidence for the delta being the first resonance. Described how the 1964 Dubna Conference results on small angle π ± p elastic scattering led to the first critical experimental check of the pion-nucleon forward dispersion relations which showed that the basic axions of modern field theory worked on strong interactions at high energies. I finally reminisced about glueballs in the 1982 and 1988 Rochester Conferences. 52 refs., 17 figs., 3 tabs

  16. A remark on the large difference between the glueball mass and T sub c in quenched QCD

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    Ishii, N

    2003-01-01

    The lattice QCD studies indicate that the critical temperature T sub c approx =260-280 MeV of the deconfinement phase transition in quenched QCD is considerably smaller than the lowest-lying glueball mass m sub G approx =1500-1700 MeV, i.e., T sub c <glueball in the confinement phase is strongly suppressed by the statistical factor e sup - sup m sup sub G sup / sup T sup sub c approx =0.00207 even near T approx =T sub c. We consider its physical implication, and argue the abnormal feature of the deconfinement phase transition in quenched QCD from the statistical viewpoint. To appreciate this, we demonstrate a statistical argument of the QCD phase transition using the recent lattice QCD data. From the phenomenological relation between T sub c and the glueball mass, the deconfinement transition is found to take place in quenched QCD before a reasonable amount of glueballs is thermally excited. In this way, quenched QCD reve...

  17. Glueball candidate iota(1440), anomalous Ward identities, and two-photon decays

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    Williams, P.G.

    1984-01-01

    Anomalous Ward identities are given for the U(1) problem, showing that some recent papers have neglected the large topological susceptibility coming from the pure Yang-Mills sector of QCD. A reanalysis of the Ward identities is given, including the pseudoscalar glueball candidate iota(1440) with the pseudoscalar nonet. It is shown that positivity of the topological susceptibility together with other constraints is sufficient to narrow down the permitted range of pseudoscalar axial couplings. In particular the iota(1440) couplings are consistent with those expected for a glueball with the decay iota→γγ probably immeasurably small. Contrary to a recent claim, the results are not sensitive to the branching ratio for iota→KK-barπ, which may be as large as 100%

  18. Identification of θ(f2(1720)) as a tensor glueball

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    Liu, K.F.

    1988-01-01

    The energy-momentum tensor matrix element for the tensor glueball is obtained from the tensor dominance model. Branching ratio of θ(f 2 (1720)) in J/ψ radiative decay is thus calculated which is in accord with the observed experimental branching ratio. The decay modes of θ(f 2 (1720)) and results from J/ψ→ γK bar K,ωK bar K, and φK bar K are taken as good indicators for flavor independence of the tensor meson Θ. Suppression of θ(f 2 (1720)) in γγ reaction and K - p → ΛK o s K o s are considered as evidence for the fact that there are no quarks in θ. From the combined theoretical and experimental studies, the authors conclude that θ is by far the best tensor glueball candidate

  19. Some exotic mesons and glueballs from the string model

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    Burden, C.J.; Tassie, L.J.

    1982-01-01

    Planar solutions are found to the relativistic string equation corresponding to rigid-body rotation. These solutions allow for the construction of certain classes of exotic mesons and of glueballs with asymptotically straight Chew-Frautschi plots. We determine the asymtotic slope of the Chew-Frautschi plots for these hadrons. (orig.)

  20. Experimental investigations of production of glueballs and meson resonant states

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1987-01-01

    The major efforts reported have been directed toward investigating glueballs and non-strange mesons. The g/sub T/(2050), g/sub T'/(2300), and g/sub T''/(2350) have been observed in the OZI forbidden reaction π - p → phi phi n. Their characteristics are explained within the context of quantum chromodynamics as being produced by 1 to 3 primary glueballs. It is proposed to increase the present statistics in order to reduce the effective partial wave analysis resolution, and to begin to study the high vertical bar t' vertical bar region. It is further planned to pursue coupled channel analysis of high precision π - p → K/sub s/ 0 K/sub s/ 0 n data and other relevant world data in the 2 ++ , 0 ++ , and 4 ++ channels. A program is planned to investigate K - p and p anti p interactions at 8 GeV/c

  1. Relations de Dispersion et Diffusion des Glueballs et des Mesons dans la Theorie de Jauge U(1)(2+1) Compacte

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    Ahmed, Chaara El Mouez

    Nous avons etudie les relations de dispersion et la diffusion des glueballs et des mesons dans le modele U(1)_{2+1} compact. Ce modele a ete souvent utilise comme un simple modele de la chromodynamique quantique (QCD), parce qu'il possede le confinement ainsi que les etats de glueballs. Par contre, sa structure mathematique est beaucoup plus simple que la QCD. Notre methode consiste a diagonaliser l'Hamiltonien de ce modele dans une base appropriee de graphes et sur reseau impulsion, afin de generer les relations de dispersion des glueballs et des mesons. Pour la diffusion, nous avons utilise la methode dependante du temps pour calculer la matrice S et la section efficace de diffusion des glueballs et des mesons. Les divers resultats obtenus semblent etre en accord avec les travaux anterieurs de Hakim, Alessandrini et al., Irving et al., qui eux, utilisent plutot la theorie des perturbations en couplage fort, et travaillent sur un reseau espace-temps.

  2. Glueball candidate iota(1460) and quarkonium-gluonium mixing

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    Basu, S.; Lahiri, A.; Bagchi, B.

    1988-01-01

    Using infinite-momentum-frame techniques we generalize the Schwinger formula for the pseudoscalar nonets to include the effects of the iota(1460). By seeking consistency with its current rates we estimate the eta-eta'-iota(1460) mixing angles. We also allow the possibility of nonet symmetry breaking in the iota couplings. Our results support a glueball interpretation of the iota with eta,eta' not inconsistent with quarkonium states

  3. The case of the pseudoscalar glueball

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    Masoni, A. [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Cagliari (Italy)

    2005-07-01

    The {eta}(1405), once called the E or {iota} represents a case in itself in the glueball search. It has been studied through six different production mechanisms by more than thirty experiments for a period spanning four decades. More than 70 experimental results are now quoted within the Review of Particle Properties. The purpose of this review is to focus on the key point: the existence or not of an extra pseudoscalar state . A possible interpretation of the data indicating the presence of a non qq-bar state will be presented and discussed. Open questions and alternative interpretations will be considered. (author)

  4. On investigating the structure of hadrons: Lattice Monte Carlo measurements of colour magnetic and electric fields and the topological charge density inside glueballs

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    Ishikawa, K.; Schierholz, G.; Teper, M.; Schneider, H.

    1982-12-01

    We present some techniques for elucidating hadronic structure via lattice Monte Carlo calculations. Applying these techniques, we measure the fluctuations of colour magnetic and electric fields as well as the topological charge density inside and outside the lowest lying 0 + and 2 + glueballs in the SU(2) non-abelian lattice gauge theory. This gives us a detailed picture of the glueball structure. We also obtain, as a by-product, a reliable estimate of the gluon condensate sup(αs)/sub(π) and an estimate of the O - glueball mass which agrees with our previous estimates. (orig.)

  5. SU(2)xSU(2) coupling rule and a tensor glueball candidate

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    Lanik, J.

    1984-01-01

    The data on the decay of THETA(1640) particles are considered. It is shown that the SU(2)xSU(2) mechanism for coupling of theta(1640) tensor glueball candidate to pseudoscalar Gold-stone mesons is in a remarkable agreement with existing experimental data

  6. Status of glueball mass calculations in lattice gauge theory

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    Kronfeld, A.S.

    1989-11-01

    The status of glueball spectrum calculations in lattice gauge theory is briefly reviewed, with focus on the comparison between Monte Carlo simulations and small-volume analytical calculations in SU(3). The agreement gives confidence that the large-volume Monte Carlo results are accurate, at least in the context of the pure gauge theory. An overview of some of the technical questions, which is aimed at non-experts, serves as an introduction. 19 refs., 1 fig

  7. Padé approximation and glueball mass estimates in 3d and 4d with Nc=2,3 colors

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    Dudal, D.; Guimaraes, M.S.; Sorella, S.P.

    2014-01-01

    A Padé approximation approach, rooted in an infrared moment technique, is employed to provide mass estimates for various glueball states in pure gauge theories. The main input in this analysis are theoretically well-motivated fits to lattice gluon propagator data, which are by now available for both SU(2) and SU(3) in 3 and 4 space–time dimensions. We construct appropriate gauge invariant and Lorentz covariant operators in the (pseudo)scalar and (pseudo)tensor sector. Our estimates compare reasonably well with a variety of lattice sources directly aimed at extracting glueball masses.

  8. Numerical determination of quark potential, glueball masses, and phase structure in the N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory; Numerische Bestimmung von Quarkpotential, Glueball-Massen und Phasenstruktur in der N=1 supersymmetrischen Yang-Mills-Theorie

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    Sandbrink, Dirk

    2015-01-26

    One of the most promising candidates to describe the physics beyond the standard model is the so-called supersymmetry. This work was created in the context of the DESY-Muenster-Collaboration, which studies in particular the N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory (SYM). SYM is a comparatively simple theory, which is therefore well-suited to study the expected properties of a supersymmetric theory with the help of Monte Carlo simulations on the lattice. This thesis is focused on the numerical determination of the quarkpotential, the glueball masses and the phase structur of the N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. The quarkpotential is used to calculate the Sommer scale, which in turn is needed to convert the dimensionless lattice spacing into physical units. Glueballs are hypothetical particles built out of gluons, their masses are relatively hard to determine in lattice simulations due to their pure gluonic nature. For this reason, various methods are studied to reduce the uncertainties of the mass determination. The focus lies on smearing methods and their use in variational smearing as well as on the use of different glueball operators. Lastly, a first look is taken at the phase diagram of the model at finite temperature. Various simulations have been performed at finite temperature in parallel to those performed at temperature zero to analyse the behaviour of the Polyakov loop and the gluino condensate in greater detail.

  9. SU(N) gauge theories in 2+1 dimensions: glueball spectra and k-string tensions

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    Athenodorou, Andreas [Department of Physics, University of Cyprus,POB 20537, 1678 Nicosia (Cyprus); Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center, The Cyprus Institute,20 Kavafi Str., Nicosia 2121 (Cyprus); Teper, Michael [Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford,1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP (United Kingdom)

    2017-02-03

    We calculate the low-lying glueball spectrum and various string tensions in SU(N) lattice gauge theories in 2+1 dimensions, and extrapolate the results to the continuum limit. We do so for for the range N∈[2,16] so as to control the N-dependence with a useful precision. We observe a number of striking near-degeneracies in the various J{sup PC} sectors of the glueball spectrum, in particular between C=+ and C=− states. We calculate the string tensions of flux tubes in a number of representations, and provide evidence that the leading correction to the N-dependence of the k-string tensions is ∝1/N rather than ∝1/N{sup 2}, and that the dominant binding of k fundamental flux tubes into a k-string is via pairwise interactions. We comment on the possible implications of our results for the dynamics of these gauge theories.

  10. J/Ψ decays, quark-gluon mixing in light mesons and glueball interpretation of L(1440), Θ(1720) and S*(980)-mesons

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    Eremyan, Sh.S.; Nazaryan, A.Eh.

    1987-01-01

    The mixing angles for pseudoscalar, tensor and scalar meson multiplets are obtained in assumption on existence of a glueball component. The results are shown to be independent on the kind of the mixing matrix. It turned out that L(1440), Θ(1720) and S*(980) mesons are quite real candidates for glueballs. All the available experimental data on two-particle decays of 0 - , 2 + and 0 + -mesons are described and predictions for a large of such decays are given. 13 refs.; 6 figs.; 9 tabs

  11. Is the G(1440) a glueball

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    Milton, K.A.; Palmer, W.F.; Pinsky, S.S.

    1982-01-01

    The G(1440) qualitatively satisfies all criteria for a glueball: It is an isosinglet preferentially produced in hard gluon channels which mediate OZI inhibited processes in an SU(3) symmetric way. A simple pole model is used to predict G → deltaπ, rhoγ, omega γ, phiγ, γγ, rhoππ, and etaππ. The small G → eta ππ rate is explained by a cancellation between G → deltaπ → etaππ and G → etaepsilon → etaππ amplitudes which has also been observed in the corresponding s(1275) amplitude. While the G does not fit naturally into a pure radial excitation nonet - one cannot account for the mass spectrum - standard octet-singlet mixing with angle THETA/sub R/ = -18 0 yields rates for psi → γG and psi → γs(1275) production that are not now inconsistent with the limit on G production in π - p → Gn. 41 references

  12. Limit on the Two-Photon Production of the Glueball Candidate fJ(2220) at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring

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    Godang, R.; Kinoshita, K.; Lai, I.C.; Pomianowski, P.; Schrenk, S.; Bonvicini, G.; Cinabro, D.; Greene, R.; Perera, L.P.; Zhou, G.J.; Barish, B.; Chadha, M.; Chan, S.; Eigen, G.; Miller, J.S.; OGrady, C.; Schmidtler, M.; Urheim, J.; Weinstein, A.J.; Wuerthwein, F.; Asner, D.M.; Bliss, D.W.; Brower, W.S.; Masek, G.; Paar, H.P.; Prell, S.; Sivertz, M.; Sharma, V.; Gronberg, J.; Hill, T.S.; Kutschke, R.; Lange, D.J.; Menary, S.; Morrison, R.J.; Nelson, H.N.; Nelson, T.K.; Qiao, C.; Richman, J.D.; Roberts, D.; Ryd, A.; Witherell, M.S.; Balest, R.; Behrens, B.H.; Cho, K.; Ford, W.T.; Park, H.; Rankin, P.; Roy, J.; Smith, J.G.; Alexander, J.P.; Bebek, C.; Berger, B.E.; Berkelman, K.; Bloom, K.; Cassel, D.G.; Cho, H.A.; Coffman, D.M.; Crowcroft, D.S.; Dickson, M.; Drell, P.S.; Ecklund, K.M.; Ehrlich, R.; Elia, R.; Foland, A.D.; Gaidarev, P.; Galik, R.S.; Gittelman, B.; Gray, S.W.; Hartill, D.L.; Heltsley, B.K.; Hopman, P.I.; Kandaswamy, J.; Katayama, N.; Kim, P.C.; Kreinick, D.L.; Lee, T.; Liu, Y.; Ludwig, G.S.; Masui, J.; Mevissen, J.; Mistry, N.B.; Ng, C.R.; Nordberg, E.; Ogg, M.; Patterson, J.R.; Peterson, D.; Riley, D.; Soffer, A.; Ward, C.; Athanas, M.; Avery, P.; Jones, C.D.; Lohner, M.; Prescott, C.; Yelton, J.; Zheng, J.; Brandenburg, G.; Briere, R.A.; Gao, Y.S.; Kim, D.Y.; Wilson, R.; Yamamoto, H.

    1997-01-01

    We use the CLEO detector at the Cornell e + e - storage ring, CESR, to search for the two-photon production of the glueball candidate f J (2220) in its decay to K s K s . We present a restrictive upper limit on the product of the two-photon partial width and the K s K s branching fraction, (Γ γγ B K s K s ) f J(2220) . We use this limit to calculate a lower limit on the stickiness, which is a measure of the two-gluon coupling relative to the two-photon coupling. This limit on stickiness indicates that the f J (2220) has substantial glueball content. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society

  13. Phenomenology of pseudotensor mesons and the pseudotensor glueball

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    Koenigstein, Adrian [Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Frankfurt am Main (Germany); Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Frankfurt am Main (Germany); Giacosa, Francesco [Jan Kochanowski University, Institute of Physics, Kielce (Poland); Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

    2016-12-15

    We study the decays of the pseudotensor mesons (π{sub 2}(1670), K{sub 2}(1770), η{sub 2}(1645), η{sub 2}(1870)) interpreted as the ground-state nonet of 1{sup 1}D{sub 2} anti qq states using interaction Lagrangians which couple them to pseudoscalar, vector, and tensor mesons. While the decays of π{sub 2}(1670) and K{sub 2}(1770) can be well described, the decays of the isoscalar states η{sub 2}(1645) and η{sub 2}(1870) can be brought in agreement with the present experimental data only if the mixing angle between nonstrange and strange states is surprisingly large (about -42 {sup circle}, similar to the mixing in the pseudoscalar sector, in which the chiral anomaly is active). Such a large mixing angle is however at odd with all other conventional quark-antiquark nonets: if confirmed, a deeper study of its origin will be needed in the future. Moreover, the anti qq assignment of pseudotensor states predicts that the ratio [η{sub 2}(1870) → a{sub 2}(1320) π]/[η{sub 2}(1870) → f{sub 2}(1270) η] is about 23.5. This value is in agreement with Barberis et al., (20.4 ± 6.6), but disagrees with the recent reanalysis of Anisovich et al., (1.7 ± 0.4). Future experimental studies are necessary to understand this puzzle. If Anisovich's value is confirmed, a simple nonet of pseudoscalar mesons cannot be able to describe data (different assignments and/or additional states, such as an hybrid state, will be needed). In the end, we also evaluate the decays of a pseudoscalar glueball into the aforementioned conventional anti qq states: a sizable decay into K{sub 2}{sup *}(1430) K and a{sub 2}(1230) π together with a vanishing decay into pseudoscalar-vector pairs (such as ρ(770) π and K*(892) K) are expected. This information can be helpful in future studies of glueballs at the ongoing BESIII and at the future PANDA experiments. (orig.)

  14. Dynamics of Glueball and $q\\overline{q}$ production in the central region of p p collisions

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    Close, Francis Edwin; Schuler, G A

    2000-01-01

    We explain the phi and t dependences of mesons with JPC = 0pm +,1^++,2pm +$ produced in the central region of pp collisions. For the 0++ and 2++ sector this reveals a systematic behaviour in the data that appears to distinguish between qqbar and non-qqbar or glueball candidates.

  15. Physics at the J/psi and the status of glueballs

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    Perrier, J.

    1984-09-01

    Recent results on the J/psi, iota(1440), and theta(1690) from the Crystal Ball, DM2, and Mark III collaborations are presented together with preliminary results on charmonium states from the CERN-ISR R704 experiment. The J/psi two-body decays into a vector and a pseudoscalar meson are discussed; these results provide information about the quark content of the eta and eta' and are relevant to models in which these states are mixed with glueballs. New spin-parity determinations of the iota(1440) and theta(1690) are presented, as well as several recent branching ratio measurements including evidence for the decay theta(1690) → π + π - . 18 references

  16. Confinement, glueballs and strings from deformed AdS

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    Apreda, Riccardo; Crooks, David E.; Evans, Nick; Petrini, Michela

    2004-01-01

    We study aspects of confinement in two deformed versions of the AdS/CFT correspondence - the GPPZ dual of N = 1* Yang Mills, and the Yang Mills* N 0 dual. Both geometries describe discrete glueball spectra which we calculate numerically. The results agree at the 10% level with previous AdS/CFT computations in the Klebanov Strassler background and AdS Schwarzchild respectively. We also calculate the spectra of bound states of the massive fermions in these geometries and show that they are light, so not decoupled from the dynamics. We then study the behaviour of Wilson loops in the 10d lifts of these geometries. We find a transition from AdS-like strings in the UV to strings that interact with the unknown physics of the central singularity of the space in the IR. (author)

  17. Top-down holographic G-structure glueball spectroscopy at (N)LO in N and finite coupling

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    Sil, Karunava; Yadav, Vikas; Misra, Aalok

    2017-01-01

    The top-down type IIB holographic dual of large-N thermal QCD as constructed in Mia et al. (Nucl Phys B 839:187, 2010) involving a fluxed resolved warped deformed conifold, its delocalized type IIA Strominger-Yau-Zaslow-mirror (SYZ-mirror) as well as its M-theory uplift constructed in Dhuria and Misra (JHEP 1311:001, 2013) - both in the finite coupling g s Glueballs spectra in the finite-gauge-coupling limit (and not just large 't Hooft coupling limit) - a limit expected to be directly relevant to strongly coupled systems at finite temperature such as QGP (Natsuume in String theory and quark-gluon plasma, 2007) - has thus far been missing in the literature. In this paper, we fill this gap by calculating the masses of the 0 ++ , 0 -+ , 0 -- , 1 ++ , 2 ++ ('glueball') states (which correspond to fluctuations in the dilaton or complexified two-forms or appropriate metric components) in the aforementioned backgrounds of G-structure in the 'MQGP' limit of Dhuria and Misra (JHEP 1311:001, 2013). We use WKB quantization conditions on one hand and impose Neumann/Dirichlet boundary conditions at an IR cut-off ('r 0 ')/horizon radius ('r h ') on the solutions to the equations of motion on the other hand. We find that the former technique produces results closer to the lattice results. We also discuss the r h = 0 limits of all calculations. In this context we also calculate the 0 ++ , 0 -- , 1 ++ , 2 ++ glueball masses up to Next to Leading Order (NLO) in N and find a (g s M 2 )/(N)(g s N f )-suppression similar to and further validating semi-universality of NLO corrections to transport coefficients, observed in Sil and Misra (Eur Phys J C 76(11):618, 2016). (orig.)

  18. Top-down holographic G-structure glueball spectroscopy at (N)LO in N and finite coupling

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    Sil, Karunava; Yadav, Vikas; Misra, Aalok

    2017-06-01

    The top-down type IIB holographic dual of large- N thermal QCD as constructed in Mia et al. (Nucl Phys B 839:187, 2010) involving a fluxed resolved warped deformed conifold, its delocalized type IIA Strominger-Yau-Zaslow-mirror (SYZ-mirror) as well as its M-theory uplift constructed in Dhuria and Misra (JHEP 1311:001, 2013) - both in the finite coupling (g_s ˜ \\limits ^{Misra (JHEP 1311:001, 2013) - were shown explicitly to possess a local SU(3)/G_2-structure in Sil and Misra (Nucl Phys B 910:754, 2016). Glueballs spectra in the finite-gauge-coupling limit (and not just large 't Hooft coupling limit) - a limit expected to be directly relevant to strongly coupled systems at finite temperature such as QGP (Natsuume in String theory and quark-gluon plasma, 2007) - has thus far been missing in the literature. In this paper, we fill this gap by calculating the masses of the 0^{++}, 0^{-+},0^{{-}{-}}, 1^{++}, 2^{++} (`glueball') states (which correspond to fluctuations in the dilaton or complexified two-forms or appropriate metric components) in the aforementioned backgrounds of G-structure in the `MQGP' limit of Dhuria and Misra (JHEP 1311:001, 2013). We use WKB quantization conditions on one hand and impose Neumann/Dirichlet boundary conditions at an IR cut-off (`r_0')/horizon radius (`r_h') on the solutions to the equations of motion on the other hand. We find that the former technique produces results closer to the lattice results. We also discuss the r_h=0 limits of all calculations. In this context we also calculate the 0^{++}, 0^{{-}{-}},1^{++}, 2^{++} glueball masses up to Next to Leading Order (NLO) in N and find a g_sM^2/N(g_sN_f)-suppression similar to and further validating semi-universality of NLO corrections to transport coefficients, observed in Sil and Misra (Eur Phys J C 76(11):618, 2016).

  19. Dynamics of glueball and qq production in the central region of pp collisions

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    Sobol, A

    2000-01-01

    A strong dependence of meson production with different J/sup PC/ on the angle between the transverse momentum vectors of the outgoing protons is observed. The phi and t dependences of several resonances with J/sup PC/=0/sup +or-+/, 1/sup ++/, 2/sup +or-+/ can be described by a model of double Pomeron exchange for the soft Pomerons acting as nonconserved vector currents. The 0/sup ++/ and 2/sup ++/ sector reveals a systematic behavior in the data that appears to distinguish between qq and nonqq or glueball candidates. (6 refs).

  20. Electromagnetic production of Higgs bosons, SUSY particles, glueballs and mesons in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions

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    Greiner, M.; Soff, G.

    1992-12-01

    The electromagnetic creation of various exotic particles in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions is discussed. The production of intermediate mass Higgs bosons of the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model is enhanced over the Standard Model Higgs boson formation for certain model parameter choices and as a consequence might be detectable at LCH and SSC. We also investigate the electromagnetic generation of supersymmetric fermions and bosons as well as glueballs, mesons and fermions. (orig.)

  1. Top-down holographic G-structure glueball spectroscopy at (N)LO in N and finite coupling

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    Sil, Karunava; Yadav, Vikas; Misra, Aalok [Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Roorkee, Uttaranchal (India)

    2017-06-15

    The top-down type IIB holographic dual of large-N thermal QCD as constructed in Mia et al. (Nucl Phys B 839:187, 2010) involving a fluxed resolved warped deformed conifold, its delocalized type IIA Strominger-Yau-Zaslow-mirror (SYZ-mirror) as well as its M-theory uplift constructed in Dhuria and Misra (JHEP 1311:001, 2013) - both in the finite coupling g{sub s} Glueballs spectra in the finite-gauge-coupling limit (and not just large 't Hooft coupling limit) - a limit expected to be directly relevant to strongly coupled systems at finite temperature such as QGP (Natsuume in String theory and quark-gluon plasma, 2007) - has thus far been missing in the literature. In this paper, we fill this gap by calculating the masses of the 0{sup ++}, 0{sup -+}, 0{sup --}, 1{sup ++}, 2{sup ++} ('glueball') states (which correspond to fluctuations in the dilaton or complexified two-forms or appropriate metric components) in the aforementioned backgrounds of G-structure in the 'MQGP' limit of Dhuria and Misra (JHEP 1311:001, 2013). We use WKB quantization conditions on one hand and impose Neumann/Dirichlet boundary conditions at an IR cut-off ('r{sub 0}')/horizon radius ('r{sub h}') on the solutions to the equations of motion on the other hand. We find that the former technique produces results closer to the lattice results. We also discuss the r{sub h} = 0 limits of all calculations. In this context we also calculate the 0{sup ++}, 0{sup --}, 1{sup ++}, 2{sup ++} glueball masses up to Next to Leading Order (NLO) in N and find a (g{sub s}M{sup 2})/(N)(g{sub s}N{sub f})-suppression similar to and further validating semi-universality of NLO corrections to transport coefficients, observed in Sil and Misra (Eur Phys J C 76(11):618, 2016). (orig.)

  2. Possible production of glueballs in anti p 4He reactions at 0.6 GeVc-1 incident momentum

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    Balestra, F.; Bossolasco, S.; Bussa, M.P.; Busso, L.; Fava, L.; Ferrero, L.; Grasso, A.; Maggiora, A.; Panzieri, D.; Piragino, G.; Piragino, R.; Tosello, F.; Bendiscioli, G.; Filippini, V.; Rotondi, A.; Salvini, P.; Zenoni, A.; Batusov, Yu.; Bunyatov, S.A.; Falomkin, I.V.; Nichitiu, F.; Pontecorvo, G.B.; Rozhdestvensky, A.M.; Sapozhnikov, M.G.; Tretyak, V.I.; Guaraldo, C.; Lodi Rizzini, E.; Haatuft, A.; Halsteinslid, A.; Myklebost, K.; Olsen, J.M.; Breivik, F.O.; Danielsen, K.M.; Jacobsen, T.; Soerensen, S.O.

    1991-01-01

    A sharp peak at 1150 MeV c -2 in the π - π + π - π + -system in the final state of anti p 4 He-reactions at 0.6 GeV c -1 incident momentum is seen. This system probably has spin-parity = 0 + or 2 + , which are possible spin-parity assignments of a glueball. (orig.)

  3. Possible production of glueballs in anti p-4He reactions at 0.6 GeV/c incident momentum

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    Breivik, F.O.; Haatuft, A.; Halsteinslid, A.

    1990-08-01

    A fairly sharp peak at 1150 MeV/c 2 in the π - π + π - π + - system in the final state of anti p He-reactions at 0.6 GeV/c incident momentum is seen. The four-pion system may have spin = 0 or 2, which are possible spins of a glueball. 6 refs., 15 figs

  4. Note on possible glueball production in anti p4He reactions at 0.6 GeV/c incident momentum

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    Breivik, F.O.; Haatuft, A.; Halsteinslid, A.

    1990-10-01

    The invariant mass distribution of six-particle systems in the final states of anti p 4 He-reactions at 0.6 GeV/c incident momentum shows two narrow peaks at about 1500 and 1850 MeV/c 2 which may be due to the production of glueballs. 12 refs., 4 figs

  5. Search for a vector glueball by a scan of the J/ψ resonance

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    1996-01-01

    The cross section for e + e - →ρπ has been measured by the BES detector at BEPC at center-of-mass energies covering a 40 MeV interval spanning the J/ψ resonance. The data are used to search for the vector gluonium state hypothesized by Brodsky, Lepage, and Tuan as an explanation of the ρπ puzzle in charmonium physics. The shape of the ρπ cross section is compatible with that of the total hadronic cross section. No distortions indicating the presence of a vector glueball are seen. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society

  6. Glueballs in the reaction π-p → phi phi n

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.

    1983-01-01

    The BNL/CCNY group has observed and performed a partial wave analysis on 1203 (22 GeV) π - p → phi phi n events. The OZI suppression has been found to be almost completely broken down. The phi phi spectrum is found to be composed almost entirely of two new resonances, the g/sub T/(2160) and the g/sub T/(2320) with K/sup G/J/sup PC/ = 0 + 2 ++ . For g/sub T/ (2160), M = 2.16 +- 0.05 GeV, and GAMMA = 0.31 +- 0.07 GeV. For g/sub T/(2320), M = 2.32 +- 0.04, and GAMMA = 0.22 +- 0.07. Assuming (1) QCD is correct, and (2) the OZI rule is universal for weakly coupled glue in disconnected Zweig diagrams due to the creation or annihilation of new types of quarks; it is concluded that one or two primary glueballs with the above quantum numbers are responsible for the above observed states. 42 references

  7. Possible production of glueballs in anti p sup 4 He reactions at 0. 6 GeVc sup -1 incident momentum

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    Balestra, F.; Bossolasco, S.; Bussa, M.P.; Busso, L.; Fava, L.; Ferrero, L.; Grasso, A.; Maggiora, A.; Panzieri, D.; Piragino, G.; Piragino, R.; Tosello, F. (Ist. di Fisica Generale ' A. Avogadro' , Univ. of Turin and INFN (Italy)); Bendiscioli, G.; Filippini, V.; Rotondi, A.; Salvini, P.; Zenoni, A. (Dipt. di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Univ. of Pavia and INFN, Sezione di Pavia (Italy)); Batusov, Yu.; Bunyatov, S.A.; Falomkin, I.V.; Nichitiu, F.; Pontecorvo, G.B.; Rozhdestvensky, A.M.; Sapozhnikov, M.G.; Tretyak, V.I. (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research, Dubna (USSR)); Guaraldo, C. (Lab. Nazionali di Frascati, INFN (Italy)); Lodi Rizzini, E. (Dipt. di Automazione Industriale, Univ. of Brescia and INFN, Turin (Italy)); Haatuft, A.; Halsteinslid, A.; Myklebost, K.; Olsen, J.M. (Physics Dept., Univ. of Bergen (Norway)); Breivik, F.O.; Danielsen, K.M.; Jacobsen, T.; Soerensen, S.O. (Inst. of Physics, Univ. of Oslo (Norway))

    1991-05-01

    A sharp peak at 1150 MeV c{sup -2} in the {pi}{sup -}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}{pi}{sup +}-system in the final state of anti p {sup 4}He-reactions at 0.6 GeV c{sup -1} incident momentum is seen. This system probably has spin-parity = 0{sup +} or 2{sup +}, which are possible spin-parity assignments of a glueball. (orig.).

  8. Finite-width Gaussian sum rules for 0{sup -+} pseudoscalar glueball based on correction from instanton–gluon interference to correlation function

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    Wang, Feng; Chen, Junlong; Liu, Jueping, E-mail: jpliu@whu.edu.cn [Department of Physics, School of Physics Science and Technology, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan (China)

    2015-09-28

    Based on a correction from instanton–gluon interference to the correlation function, the properties of the 0{sup -+} pseudoscalar glueball are investigated in a family of finite-width Gaussian sum rules. In the framework of a semiclassical expansion for quantum chromodynamics in the instanton liquid background, the contribution arising from the interference between instantons and the quantum gluon fields is calculated, and it is included in the correlation function together with a pure-classical contribution from instantons and the perturbative one. The interference contribution turns out to be gauge-invariant, to be free from an infrared divergence, and to have a great role to play in restoring the positivity of the spectra of the full correlation function. The negligible contribution from vacuum condensates is excluded in our correlation function to avoid double counting. Instead of the usual zero-width approximation for the resonances, the usual Breit–Wigner form with a suitable threshold behavior for the spectral function of the finite-width resonances is adopted. Consistency between the subtracted and unsubtracted sum rules is very well justified. The values of the mass, decay width, and coupling constants for the 0{sup -+} resonance in which the glueball fraction is dominant are obtained, and they agree with the phenomenological analysis.

  9. Finite-width Gaussian sum rules for 0{sup -+} pseudoscalar glueball based on correction from instanton-gluon interference to correlation function

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    Wang, Feng; Chen, Junlong; Liu, Jueping [Wuhan University, Department of Physics, School of Physics Science and Technology, Wuhan (China)

    2015-09-15

    Based on a correction from instanton-gluon interference to the correlation function, the properties of the 0{sup -+} pseudoscalar glueball are investigated in a family of finite-width Gaussian sum rules. In the framework of a semiclassical expansion for quantum chromodynamics in the instanton liquid background, the contribution arising from the interference between instantons and the quantum gluon fields is calculated, and it is included in the correlation function together with a pure-classical contribution from instantons and the perturbative one. The interference contribution turns out to be gauge-invariant, to be free from an infrared divergence, and to have a great role to play in restoring the positivity of the spectra of the full correlation function. The negligible contribution from vacuum condensates is excluded in our correlation function to avoid double counting. Instead of the usual zero-width approximation for the resonances, the usual Breit-Wigner form with a suitable threshold behavior for the spectral function of the finite-width resonances is adopted. Consistency between the subtracted and unsubtracted sum rules is very well justified. The values of the mass, decay width, and coupling constants for the 0{sup -+} resonance in which the glueball fraction is dominant are obtained, and they agree with the phenomenological analysis. (orig.)

  10. Glueballs in the reaction π-p → phi phi n at 22 GeV/C

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    Longacre, R.S.

    1983-01-01

    The BNL/CCNY group has observed and performed a partial wave analysis on approx. 4000 (22 GeV) π - p → phi phi n events. The OZI suppression has been found to be almost completely broken down. The phi phi spectrum is found to be composed almost entirely of I/sup G/J/sup PC/ = 0 + 2 ++ partially waves which occur in S and D-waves with spin zero and spin two. Assuming (1) QCD is correct, and (2) the OZI rule is universal for weakly coupled glue in disconnected Zweig diagrams due to the creation or annihilation of new types of quarks; it is concluded that one to three primary glueballs with the above quantum numbers are responsible for the observed data. 23 references

  11. Anormalous emission of glueball candidates in the reaction anti p + Neon at 607 MeV/c incident momentum

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    Breivik, F.O.; Haatuft, A.; Halsteinslid, A.

    1990-11-01

    Two narrow peaks at about 1450 and 1800 MeV/c 2 are seen in the distribution of invariant mass of the assumed six-pion systems in the final states of anti pNe-reactions at 607 MeV/c incident momentum. These systems are emitted also in the backward direction in the laboratory system with momenta near the momentum of the incident antiproton. This observation and the small widths suggest that the peaks are not due to well known baryons or mesons belonging to any Regge-trajectory. The peaks could possibly be due to glueball production. 12 refs., 4 figs

  12. Search for the glueball candidates $f_{0}$(1500) and $f_{J}$(1710) in $\\gamma\\gamma$ collisions in ALEPH Detector

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    2000-01-01

    Data taken with the ALEPH detector at LEP1 have been used to search for gamma gamma production of the glueball candidates f0(1500) and fJ(1710) via their decay to pi+pi-. No signal is observed and upper limits to the product of gamma gamma width and pi+pi- branching ratio of the f0(1500) and the fJ(1710) have been measured to be Gamma_(gamma gamma -> f0(1500)). BR(f0(1500)->pi+pi-) fJ(1710)). BR(fJ(1710)->pi+pi-) < 0.55 keV at 95\\-onfidence level.

  13. Experimental limit on iota→γγ and the interpretation of the iota as a glueball

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    Aihara, H.; Alston-Garnjost, M.; Avery, R.E.; University of California, Davis, California 95616)

    1986-01-01

    By observing the reaction γγ→K/sub s/ 0 K/sup +-/π/sup minus-or-plus/, the TPC/Two-Gamma experiment at the SLAC e + e - storage ring PEP has obtained a 95%-confidence-level limit of GAMMA/sub iota//sub →//sub γ//sub γ/B(iota→KK-barπ)<1.6 keV for the iota(1450) meson. If, as is likely, the iota decays predominantly into K-K-barπ, the resulting GAMMA/sub iota//sub →//sub γ//sub γ/ limit appears to conflict with previous assignments of an observed rhoγ decay to iota and also with many analyses of eta-eta'-iota mixing. The contrast of this small γγ width with the large rate for J/psi→γiota is evidence that the iota is a glueball with little admixture of q-bar states

  14. Search for the glueball candidates f/sub 0/(1500) and f/sub J/(1710) in gamma gamma collisions

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    Shan, Jin

    2001-01-01

    Summary form only given. Data taken with the ALEPH detector at LEP1 have been used to search for gamma gamma production of the glueball candidates f/sub 0/(1500) and f/sub J/(1710) via their decay to pi /sup +/ pi /sup -//sub ./ No signal is observed and upper limits to the product of gamma gamma width and pi /sup +/ pi /sup b/ranching ratio of the f/sub 0/(1500) and the f/sub J/(1710) have been measured to be Gamma ( gamma gamma to f/sub 0/(1500)) BR(f/sub 0/(1500) to pi /sup +/ pi /sup -/) < 0 31keV and Gamma ( gamma gamma to f/sub J /(1710)) BR(f/sub J/(1710) to pi /sup +/ pi /sup -/) < 0 55keV at 95% confidence level.

  15. $K^{0}_{S} K^{0}_{S}$ Final State in Two-Photon Collisions and Implications for Glueballs

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    2001-01-01

    The $\\mbox{K}^0_{\\rm S}\\mbox{K}^0_{\\rm S}$ final state in two-photon collisions is studied with the L3 detector at LEP. The mass spectrum is dominated by the formation of the $f'_{2}$(1525) tensor meson in the helicity-two state with a two-photon width times the branching ratio into $\\rm K\\bar{K}$ of $76 \\pm\\, 6 \\pm\\, 11\\, {\\rm eV}$. A clear signal for the formation of the f$_{\\rm J}$(1710) is observed and it is found to be dominated by the spin-two helicity-two state. No resonance is observed in the mass region around $2.2 \\,{\\rm GeV}$ and an upper limit of $1.4 \\,{\\rm eV}$ at 95\\% C.L. is derived for the two-photon width times the branching ratio into $\\mbox{K}^0_{\\rm S}\\mbox{K}^0_{\\rm S}$ for the glueball candidate $\\xi(2230)$.

  16. Can ι(1440) be a pseudoscalar glueball which appreciably mixes with η'(958) ?

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    Teshima, Tadayuki; Oneda, Sadao.

    1987-01-01

    We have studied the η-η'-ι mixing by using the Gell-Mann-Oakes-Renner type approach to the chiral U(3) x U(3) and also U(4) x U(4) algebras involving anomaly and found that η'-ι mixing could be appreciable. The model also predicted (by using PCAC and also sometimes a simple quark counting argument) that while the rate of ι → γγ is relatively small, Γι → ργ) will be rather large ≅ 1 MeV. The η-η'-ι mixing has also been studied by us using the method of ''asymptotic flavor SU(3) symmetry plus the constraint algebras involving the generators of underlying symmetry groups of QCD''. Essentially the same conclusion as derived in the first approach has been obtained for the structures of η-η'-ι mixing. In this paper, we study the ι → γγ and ι → ργ decays in the second approach without using quark counting argument. We find a result which is compatible (at least in flavor SU(3) symmetry studied) with that of the first approach. We conclude that a part of the present experimental situation can be understood with the presence of pseudoscalar glueball ι(1440) which mixes rather appreciably with the η'. Critical experiments for the model are also discussed. (author)

  17. QCD with 2 light quark flavours: thermodynamics on a 163 x 8 lattice and glueballs and topological charge on a 163 x 32 lattice

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    Bitar, K.M.; Edwards, R.; Gottlieb, S.; Heller, U.M.; Kennedy, A.D.; Kim, S.; Kogut, J.B.; Krasnitz, A.; Liu, W.; Ogilvie, M.C.; Renken, R.L.; Sinclair, D.K.; Sugar, R.L.; Teper, M.; Toussaint, D.; Wang, K.C.

    1993-01-01

    The HTMCGC collaboration has been simulating lattice QCD with two light staggered quarks with masses m q = 0.0125 and also m q = 0.00625 on a 16 3 x 8 lattice. We have been studying the behaviour of the transition from hadronic matter to a quark-gluon plasma and the properties of that plasma. We have been measuring entropy densities, Debye and hadronic screening lengths, the spacial string tension and topological susceptibility in addition to the standard order parameters. The HEMCGC collaboration has simulated lattice QCD with two light staggered quarks, m q = 0.025 and m q = 0.010 on a 16 3 x 32 lattice. We have measured the glueball spectrum and topological susceptibilities for these runs. (orig.)

  18. QCD with 2 light quark flavours: Thermodynamics on a 163 x 8 lattice and glueballs and topological charge on a 163 x 32 lattice

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    Sinclair, D.K.

    1992-01-01

    The HTMCGC collaboration has been simulating lattice QCD with two light staggered quarks with masses m q = 0.0125 and also m q = 0.00625 on a 16 3 x 8 lattice. We have been studying the behavior of the transition from hadronic matter to a quark-gluon plasma and the properties of that plasma. We have been measuring entropy densities, Debye and hadronic screening lengths, the spacial string tension and topological susceptibility in addition to the standard order parameters. The HEMCGC collaboration has simulated lattice QCD with two light staggered quarks,m q = 0.025 and m q = 0.010 on a 16 3 x 32 lattice. We have measured the glueball spectrum and topological susceptibilities for these runs

  19. Search for mesons and glueballs decaying into multiphoton final states produced in central hadron collisions and study of inclusive production of heavy quark mesons

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    2002-01-01

    The experiment is aimed at:\\\\ a)\tthe search for neutral mesons and glueballs produced in central hadron-proton collisions and, simultaneously, \\\\b)\tthe study of inclusive hadronic production of neutral heavy quark mesons. \\\\ \\\\These states are observed through their decay into many photons in the 4092-cell electromagnetic Calorimeter GAMS-4000. \\\\ \\\\The NAl2 setup is supplemented with a forward magnetic spectrometer equiped with multiwire Proportional chambers (MWPC) and newly developed microstrip gas chambers (MSGC). The high spatial resolution of the latter allows to measure the momentum loss of the interacting hadron in the liquid hydrogen target (LH$_{2}$) to a precision better than 1.5 GeV/c, i.e. $3 \\times 10^{-3}$ for a 450 GeV/c proton. A system for the measurement of the time of flight (TOF) and ionization of the proton recoiling in the target completes the constraints on neutral meson production reactions. \\\\ \\\\A fast decision on the energy deposited in GAMS and the momentum of the interacting hadro...

  20. Photoproduction of scalar mesons using CLAS at JLab

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    Chandavar, Shloka; Hicks, Kenneth; Weygand, Dennis; CLAS Collaboration

    2014-09-01

    The search for glueballs has been ongoing for decades. The lightest glueball has been predicted by quenched lattice QCD to have a mass in the range of 1.0-1.7 GeV and JPC =0++ . The mixing of glueball states with neighbouring meson states complicates their identification. The f0 (1500) is one of several candidates for the lightest glueball, whose presence in the Ks0 Ks0 channel is investigated in photoproduction using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab. This is done by studying the reaction, γp -->fJ p -->Ks0> Ks0p --> 2 (π+π-) p using data from the g12 experiment. A brief description of this analysis, along with a preliminary partial wave analysis results will be presented. The search for glueballs has been ongoing for decades. The lightest glueball has been predicted by quenched lattice QCD to have a mass in the range of 1.0-1.7 GeV and JPC =0++ . The mixing of glueball states with neighbouring meson states complicates their identification. The f0 (1500) is one of several candidates for the lightest glueball, whose presence in the Ks0Ks0 channel is investigated in photoproduction using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab. This is done by studying the reaction, γp -->fJ p -->Ks0 Ks0p --> 2 (π+π-) p using data from the g12 experiment. A brief description of this analysis, along with a preliminary partial wave analysis results will be presented. NSF.

  1. Filtering overpopulated isoscalar tensor states with mass relations

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    Burakovsky, Leonid; Page, Philip R.

    2000-01-01

    Schwinger-type mass formulas are used to analyze glueball-meson mixing for isoscalar tensor mesons. In one solution, the f J (2220) is the physical glueball, and in the other the glueball is distributed over various states, with f 2 (1810) having the largest glueball component. Neither the f 2 (1565) nor the f J (1710) are among the physical states without assuming significant coupling to decay channels. The decay f 2 (1525)→ππ is consistent with experiment, and f J (2220) is neither narrow nor decays flavor democratically. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society

  2. Hadron spectroscopy

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    Amsler, Claude

    2000-01-01

    The experimental status of glueballs and hybrids is briefly reviewed. Recent results for scalar mesons suggest that f sub 0 (1500) is the ground state scalar glueball. The identification of the first excited glueball state, a tensor, is premature, although candidates are available. We have now evidence for at least two mesons, pi sub 1 (1400) and pi sub 1 (1600), with quantum numbers incompatible with a qq-bar structure.

  3. Photoproduction of Scalar Mesons Using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS)

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    Chandavar, Shloka K.

    The search for glueballs has been ongoing for several decades. The lightest glueball has been predicted by quenched lattice QCD to have mass in the range of 1.0--1.7 GeV and JPC = 0++ . The mixing of glueball states with neighbouring meson states complicates their identification and hence several experiments have been carried out over the years to study the glueball candidates. By analyzing the decay channels and production mechanisms of these candidates, their glueball content can theoretically be determined. In reality, a lot of confusion still exists about the status of these glueball candidates. The f0(1500) is one of several contenders for the lightest glueball, which has been extensively studied in several different kinds of experiments. However, there exists no photoproduction data on this particle. In the analysis presented in this dissertation, the presence of the f0(1500) in the KS 0KS0 channel is investigated in photoproduction using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, also called Jefferson Lab (JLab). This is done by studying the reaction, gammap → fJp → KS0 KS0p → 2(pi +pi-)p using data from the g12 experiment. A clear peak is seen at 1500 MeV in the background subtracted data. This is enhanced if the momentum transfer is restricted to be less than 1 GeV2. Comparing with simulations, it is seen that this peak is associated with t channel production mechanism. The f 2'(1525) has a mass of 1525 MeV and a width of 73 MeV, and hence there is a possibility of it contributing to the peak observed in our data. A moments analysis seems to suggest some presence of a D wave, however, the low acceptance at forward and backward angles prohibits a definitive conclusion.

  4. Cosmological bounds on non-Abelian dark forces

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    Forestell, Lindsay; Morrissey, David E.; Sigurdson, Kris

    2018-04-01

    Non-Abelian dark gauge forces that do not couple directly to ordinary matter may be realized in nature. The minimal form of such a dark force is a pure Yang-Mills theory. If the dark sector is reheated in the early Universe, it will be realized as a set of dark gluons at high temperatures and as a collection of dark glueballs at lower temperatures, with a cosmological phase transition from one form to the other. Despite being dark, the gauge fields of the new force can connect indirectly to the standard model through nonrenormalizable operators. These operators will transfer energy between the dark and visible sectors, and they allow some or all of the dark glueballs to decay. In this work we investigate the cosmological evolution and decays of dark glueballs in the presence of connector operators to the standard model. Dark glueball decays can modify cosmological and astrophysical observables, and we use these considerations to put very strong limits on the existence of pure non-Abelian dark forces. On the other hand, if one or more of the dark glueballs are stable, we find that they can potentially make up the dark matter of the Universe.

  5. Bag models of hadrons

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    DeTar, C.E.; Donoghue, J.F.

    1983-01-01

    We believe further progress in the bag model must come from a better understanding of QCD. The bag theory is basically a simple model of the vacuum. A ''perturbative'' vacuum of finite extent is found inside the bag, while the ''true'' vacuum is found outside. The formation of the bag can be viewed as a phase change between the two types of vacuum. In what sense does QCD support this view. There have been many recent attempts to characterize the QCD vacuum. Of particular relevance to the bag model is recent work by Hansson et al. They set out to determine the structure of the vacuum wave function by using a variational argument. Their ''trial'' wave function was inspired by the bag model, but their intention was to describe general features of QCD. Their work starts from the realization that with the usual perturbative model of the vacuum a J /sup PC/ = 0 ++ glueball state can be made with m 2 ++ glueball (C. B. Thorn, unpublished), which leads to a state with m 2 < 0 when c.m. corrections are included (65). Hansson et al show that the perturbative vacuum can lower its energy by filling up with scalar glueballs. They calculate the energy of glueballs containing two and four gluons and find that the energy of the four-gluon state is higher. Therefore the vacuum energy reaches a minimum when the glueballs start to overlap

  6. Tadpole-improved SU(2) lattice gauge theory

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    Shakespeare, Norman H.; Trottier, Howard D.

    1999-01-01

    A comprehensive analysis of tadpole-improved SU(2) lattice gauge theory is made. Simulations are done on isotropic and anisotropic lattices, with and without improvement. Two tadpole renormalization schemes are employed, one using average plaquettes, the other using mean links in the Landau gauge. Simulations are done with spatial lattice spacings as in the range of about 0.1-0.4 fm. Results are presented for the static quark potential, the renormalized lattice anisotropy at/as (where at is the ``temporal'' lattice spacing), and for the scalar and tensor glueball masses. Tadpole improvement significantly reduces discretization errors in the static quark potential and in the scalar glueball mass, and results in very little renormalization of the bare anisotropy that is input to the action. We also find that tadpole improvement using mean links in the Landau gauge results in smaller discretization errors in the scalar glueball mass (as well as in the static quark potential), compared to when average plaquettes are used. The possibility is also raised that further improvement in the scalar glueball mass may result when the coefficients of the operators which correct for discretization errors in the action are computed beyond the tree level.

  7. Discovering uncolored naturalness in exotic Higgs decays

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    Curtin, David; Verhaaren, Christopher B.

    2015-01-01

    Solutions to the hierarchy problem usually require top partners. In standard SUSY or composite Higgs theories, the partners carry SM color and are becoming increasingly constrained by LHC searches. However, theories like Folded SUSY (FS), Twin Higgs (TH) and Quirky Little Higgs (QLH) introduce uncolored top partners, which can be SM singlets or carry electroweak charge. Their small production cross section left doubt as to whether the LHC can effectively probe such scenarios. Typically, these partners are charged under their own mirror color gauge group. In FS and QLH, the absence of light mirror matter allows glueballs to form at the bottom of the mirror spectrum. This is also the case in some TH realizations. The Higgs can decay to these mirror glueballs, with the glueballs decaying into SM particles with potentially observable lifetimes. We undertake the first detailed study of this glueball signature and quantitatively demonstrate the discovery potential of uncolored naturalness via exotic Higgs decays at the LHC and a potential future 100 TeV collider. Our findings indicate that mirror glueballs are the smoking gun signature of natural FS and QLH type theories, in analogy to tree-level Higgs coupling shifts for the TH. We show that glueball masses in the ∼10–60 GeV mass range are theoretically preferred. Careful treatment of lifetime, mirror-hadronization and nonperturbative uncertainties is required to perform meaningful collider studies. We outline several new search strategies for exotic Higgs decays of the form h→XX→4f at the LHC, with X having lifetimes in the 10μm to km range. We find that FS stops can be probed with masses up to 600 (1100) GeV at the LHC with 300 (3000) fb −1 of data, and TH top partners could be accessible with masses up to 900 (1500) GeV. This makes exotic Higgs decays the prime discovery channel for uncolored naturalness at the LHC.

  8. Non-conventional mesons at PANDA

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    Giacosa, Francesco

    2015-01-01

    Non-conventional mesons, such as glueballs and tetraquarks, will be in the focus of the PANDA experiment at the FAIR facility. In this lecture we recall the basic properties of QCD and describe some features of unconventional states. We focus on the search of the not-yet discovered glueballs and the use of the extended Linear Sigma Model for this purpose, and on the already discovered but not-yet understood X, Y, Z states. (paper)

  9. Reggeon, Pomeron and Glueball, Odderon-Hadron-Hadron Interaction at High Energies--From Regge Theory to Quantum Chromodynamics

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    XIONG Wen-Yuan; HU Zhao-Hui; WANG Xin-Wen; ZHOU Li-Juan; XIA Li-Xin; MA Wei-Xing

    2008-01-01

    that the Reggeon exchange is an exchange of multigluon, the color singlet gluon bound state. In particular, the Pomeron could be a Reggeized tensor glueba11 ξ(2230) with mass of 2.23 GeV, quantum numbers IG, JPC = 0+, 2++ and decay width of about 100 MeV. The glueball exchange theory reproduces data quite well. Accordingly, we believe that the Odderon, consisting of three Reggeized gluons, and predicted by QCD, should also contribute to hadron-hadron scattering and many other diffractive processes. We search for the Odderon by studying pp and pp elastic scatterings at high energies. Our investigations on the differential cross section da / dt of hadron-hadron scattering at various energies and comparisons with experimental data show that the Odderon plays an essential role in fitting to data. Therefore, we suggest that the measurements should be urgently done in order to confirm the existences of the Odderon and to test QCD.

  10. Meson spectroscopy experiment at KEK - E/iota puzzle

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    Tsuru, Tsuneaki

    1985-01-01

    Physics interests at the KEK (National Laboratory for High Energy Physics) are (1) search for exotic mesons such as glueballs (gg), meiktons (q anti q g) and multiquark states (q sup(2 - )q 2 ), (2) search for missing ordinary mesons (q anti q) and confirmation of unestablished mesons, and (3) new informations of quark contents of mesons, mixing angles of SU(3) singlet-octet and tests of conservations law. Special interest is in search for exotics such as glueballs and meiktons. (2) is a so-called meson spectroscopy experiment. This is important not only in itself but also in identifying newly discovered states as exotics because exotics have often same quantum numbers as ordinary mesons. Contents are the following: glueballs and E/iota puzzles, spectrometer system, experiments, performance of the spectrometer, physics outputs, E/iota puzzles and πI experiment, future plans. (Mori, K.)

  11. Experimental status of scalar and tensor mesons

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    Von Dombrowski, S.

    1997-01-01

    The recent discoveries of a 0 (1450) and f 0 (1370)/f 0 (1500) in antiproton-proton annihilation at rest shed new light on the interpretation of light scalar mesons. The properties of f 0 (1500) match the expectations of a scalar glueball mixed with nearby qq states. New decay modes of the ξ(2230) are reported in radiative J/Ψ decays, pointing also towards a (tensor) glueball nature of this state. Results from different experiments are discussed and compared. (orig.)

  12. Photoproduction of scalar mesons at CLAS

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    Chandavar, Shloka; Hicks, Kenneth; Weygand, Dennis; CLAS Collaboration

    2013-10-01

    A single gluon, which carries color charge, cannot exist independently outside a hadron. Lattice QCD calculations in pure SU(3), however, predict the existence of glueballs which are bound states of two or more gluons. In the real world, the challenge to identify glueballs experimentally is the fact they mix with meson states. The f0 (1500) is one of several candidates for the lightest glueball, with JPC =0++ . We investigate the presence of this particle in photoproduction by analyzing the reaction γp -->fJ p -->KS0KS0 p --> 2 (π+π-) p . This reaction was studied using data from the g12 experiment performed using the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. A preliminary partial wave analysis, performed on the KS0KS0 invariant mass spectrum, will be presented. These results update those presented for this reaction channel at previous conferences. This work is supported by grant from NSF.

  13. A search for non-$q\\bar{q}$ mesons at the CERN Omega Spectrometer

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    Kirk, A.

    1999-01-01

    The non-Abelian nature of QCD suggests that particles that have a gluon constituent, such as glueballs or hybrids, should exist. Experiments WA76, WA91 and WA102 have performed a dedicated search for these states in central production using the CERN Omega Spectrometer. Several non-qqbar candidates have been observed. This paper presents a study of central meson production as a function of the difference in transverse momentum (dPT) of the exchanged particles which shows that undisputed qqbar mesons are suppressed at small dPT whereas the glueball candidates are enhanced.

  14. Confinement models for gluons

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    Khadkikar, S.B.; Vinodkumar, P.C.

    1987-04-01

    Confinement model for gluons using a 'colour super current' is formulated. An attempt has been made to derive a suitable dielectric function corresponding to the current confinement model. A simple inhomogeneous dielectric confinement model for gluons is studied for comparison. The model Hamiltonians are second quantized and the glueball states are constructed. The spurious motion of the centre of confinement is accounted for. The results of the current confinement scheme are found to be in good agreement with the experimental candidates for glueballs. (author). 16 refs, 3 tabs

  15. Improved methods for computing masses from numerical simulations

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    Kronfeld, A.S.

    1989-11-22

    An important advance in the computation of hadron and glueball masses has been the introduction of non-local operators. This talk summarizes the critical signal-to-noise ratio of glueball correlation functions in the continuum limit, and discusses the case of (q{bar q} and qqq) hadrons in the chiral limit. A new strategy for extracting the masses of excited states is outlined and tested. The lessons learned here suggest that gauge-fixed momentum-space operators might be a suitable choice of interpolating operators. 15 refs., 2 tabs.

  16. Recent status of meson spectroscopy experiment

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    Tsuru, Tsuneaki

    1986-01-01

    Recent meson spectroscopy experiments are reviewed centering on glueballs and it is insisted as follows. Something may lie near 750 MeV. Scalar glueball at 750 - 1000 MeV should be studied. The G(1590) is to be investigated. Multiquark states need to be studied to establish the scalar nonet. We have some tensor glueball candidates, θ, 3 g T 's and ζ, which are to be further examined. Pseudoscalar states include many interesting physics. Some puzzles were solved. However, many problems remain unsolved and new puzzles appeared. Whether the E and l are the same state or not, and whether the E/l is a glueball or not are the major interests at present. Systematical experimental and theoretical works are required. In an experimental field, radial excitations, especially a radial excitation of η', should be confirmed. In general higher statistics data are necessary to perform a complete partial wave analysis. A 1 ++ isoscalar member, a partner of D(1280), is missing and required to be confirmed as soon as possible. A confirmation of this state will serve to solve the E/l puzzle. The state will be probably an (santi s) state. 1 +- H', a partner of H(1190), is required to be confirmed. Multiquark states are to be investigated. ''Oddballs'' are to be challenged. Recent experiments require high statistics data enough to perform a model-independent partial wave analysis. The (qanti q) - (gg) mixing and hybrids are to be further studied in experimental and theoretical fields. (Nogami, K.)

  17. Hadron physics

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    Bunce, G.

    1984-01-01

    Is all hadronic physics ultimately describable by QCD. Certainly, many disparate phenomena can be understood within the QCD framework. Also certainly, there are important questions which are open, both theoretically (little guidance, as yet) and experimentally, regarding confinement. Are there dibaryons, baryonium, glueballs. In addition, there are experimental results which at present do not have an explanation. This talk, after a short section on QCD successes and difficulties, will emphasize two experimental topics which have recent results - glueball spectroscopy and exclusive reactions at large momentum transfer. Both are experimentally accessible in the AGS/LAMPF II/AGS II/TRIUMF II/SIN II energy domain

  18. Experimental investigations of strong interaction in the non-perturbative QCD region

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.; Samuel, S.

    1993-09-01

    A critical investigation of non-perturbative QCD require investigating glueballs, search for a Quark Gluon Plasma (OGP), and search for strangelets. In the glueball area the data obtained (E- 881) at 8 GeV/c were analyzed for π - + p → φφn (OZI forbidden), φK + K - n (OZI allowed), K - p → φφ(ΛΣ) (OZI allowed), and bar pp → φφ → φφπ 0 (OZI forbidden), φK + K - π 0 (OZI allowed). By comparing the OZI forbidden (glueball filter reactions) with the OZI allowed and previous 22 GeV/c π - p → φφn or φK + K - n data a further critical test of the so far unsuccessfully challenged hypothesis that our g T (2010), g T '(2300) and g T double-prime(2340) all with I G J PC = 0 + 2 ++ are produced by 1-3 2 ++ glueballs will be made. In the QGP search with a large-solid-angle TPC a good Ξ signal was observed. The ratio of Ξ to single strange quark particles such as λ is a better indication of strangeness enhancement in QGP formation. The data indicate enhancement by a factor ∼ 2 over cascade model (corrected to observed strangeness) predictions, but it is definitely far from conclusive at this stage since the result is model dependent. Double λ topologies of the type needed to discover light strangelets in the nanosecond lifetime region were found. In addition, research has been accomplished in three main areas: bosonic technicolor and strings, buckministerfullerene C 60 and neutrino oscillations in a dense neutrino gas

  19. Gluonic excitations' millennial finale

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    Page, Philip R.

    2000-01-01

    We provide an overview of theoretical developments on hybrid mesons and glueballs in the last year at this turn of the millenium conference. Cracks in potential models of conventional mesons are developing. Hybrid meson adiabatic surfaces have been calculated and interpreted, experimental J PC exotics have hybrid meson, four-quark state or non-resonant interpretations, and the strong decay mechanism of hybrids has been studied. All theoretical progress on hybrid mesons in the last year is mentioned. Overall features of glueballs are visited: decays and the successes of the large N c limit. Two promising experimental areas are mentioned: charmonium hybrids at B-factories and ss-bar hybrids at Jefferson Lab

  20. A study of Double Pomeron Exchange in ALICE

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    Kirk, A.

    1998-01-01

    The non-Abelian nature of QCD suggests that particles that have a gluon constituent, such as glueballs or hybrids, should exist. Experiments WA76, WA91 and WA102 have performed a dedicated search for these states in central production using the CERN Omega Spectrometer. New results from central production show that there is a kinematical filter which can select out glueball candidates from known qqbar states. A further study of this at high energies is essential in order to get information on the M(X0) > 2 GeV region. This paper describes how this could be done using the the ALICE detector at the LHC.

  1. The yang mills gravity dual

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    Crooks, David E.; Evans, Nick

    2003-01-01

    We describe a ten dimensional supergravity geometry which is dual to a gauge theory that is non-supersymmetric Yang Mills in the infra-red but reverts to N=4 super Yang Mills in the ultra-violet. A brane probe of the geometry shows that the scalar potential of the gauge theory is stable. We discuss the infra-red behaviour of the solution. The geometry describes a Schroedinger equation potential that determines the glueball spectrum of the theory; there is a mass gap and a discrete spectrum. The glueball mass predictions match previous AdS/CFT Correspondence computations in the non-supersymmetric Yang Mills theory, and lattice data, at the 10% level. (author)

  2. Towards a Theory of the QCD String

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    2017-01-01

    I will review recent progress in understanding the dynamics of confining strings in non-supersymmetric gluodynamics in 3 and 4 space time dimensions. I will argue that the present lattice data allows to formulate a non-trivial straw man Ansatz for the worldsheet theory of long confining strings. According to this Ansatz, pure gluodynamics in 3D is described by a non-critical bosonic string theory without any extra local worldsheet degrees of freedom. I argue that the Ansatz allows to fix quantum numbers of (almost) all glueball states. I confront the resulting predictions with the properties of approximately 39 lightest glueball states observed on a lattice and find a good agreement.

  3. The iota(1440) and QCD ward identities

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    Williams, P.G.

    1987-01-01

    Anomalous Ward identities for QCD are analyzed with contributions of all known pseudoscalar mesons, including the glueball candidate iota(1440). Implications for the standard resolution of the U/sub A/(1) problem are examined by imposing the important and crucial constraint of positivity for the topological susceptibility chi/sub t/. The pure Yang-Mills susceptibility chi/sub t//sup YM/ - a quantity relevant in quenched lattice calculations - is shown to increase quite considerably in the presence of the iota, while chi/sub t/ is reduced and may even vanish. Axial couplings are consistent with the suppression expected for a singlet glueball, and give a small width for iota → 2y less than 3 keV

  4. Universality and scaling in SU(2) lattice gauge theory

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    Michael, C.; Teper, M.; Oxford Univ.

    1988-01-01

    We calculate the lowest glueball masses and the string tension for both Manton's action and for Symanzik's tree-level improved action. We do so on large lattices and for small lattice spacings using techniques recently employed in an extensive investigation of the Wilson plaquette action. Comparing all these results we find that the ratios of the lightest masses are universal to a high degree of accuracy. In particular, we confirm that on large volumes the tensor glueball is heavier than the scalar glueball: m[2 + ] ≅ 1.5 m[0 + ]. We repeat these calculations for larger lattice spacings and find that the string tension follows 2-loop perturbation theory more closely in the case of these alternative actions than in the case of the standard plaquette action. Our attempt to repeat the analysis with Wilson's block-spin improved action foundered on the strong breakdown of positivity apparent in the calculated correlation functions. In all the cases which we were able to study the observed violations of scaling are in the same direction. This suggests that the causes of the scaling violations observed with Wilson's plaquette action are 'semi-universal'. It also weakens the implication of the observed universality for the question of how close we are to the continuum limit. (orig.)

  5. Structure of hadrons. Proceedings

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    Feldmeier, H.; Knoll, J.; Noerenberg, W.; Wambach, J.

    2001-01-01

    The following topics were dealt with: Hadronic reactions and resonances, structure of mesons, baryons, glueballs, and hybrids, physics with strange and charmed quarks, future projects and facilities. (HSI)

  6. Instanton Operators and the Higgs Branch at Infinite Coupling

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    Cremonesi, Stefano; Hanany, Amihay; Mekareeya, Noppadol

    2017-01-01

    The richness of 5d $\\mathcal{N}=1$ theories with a UV fixed point at infinite coupling is due to the existence of local disorder operators known as instanton operators. By considering the Higgs branch of $SU(2)$ gauge theories with $N_f \\leq 7$ flavours at finite and infinite coupling, we write down the explicit chiral ring relations between instanton operators, the glueball superfield and mesons. Exciting phenomena appear at infinite coupling: the glueball superfield is no longer nilpotent and the classical chiral ring relations are quantum corrected by instanton operators bilinears. We also find expressions for the dressing of instanton operators of arbitrary charge. The same analysis is performed for $USp(2k)$ with an antisymmetric hypermultiplet and pure $SU(N)$ gauge theories.

  7. Production, decay, and mixing models of the iota meson

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    Palmer, W.F.; Pinsky, S.S.; Bender, C.

    1984-01-01

    We solve a five-channel mixing problem involving eta, eta', zeta(1275), iota(1440), and a new hypothetical high-mass pseudoscalar state between 1600 and 1900 MeV. We obtain the quark and glue content of iota(1440). We compare two solutions to the mixing problem with iota(1440) production and decay data, and with quark-model predictions for bare masses. In one solution the iota(1440) is primarily a glueball. This solution is preferred by the production and decay data. In the other solution the iota(1440) is a radially excited (ss-bar) state. This solution is preferred by the quark-model picture for the bare masses. We judge the weight of the combined evidence to favor the glueball interpretation

  8. Instanton operators and the Higgs branch at infinite coupling

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    Cremonesi, Stefano [Department of Mathematics, King’s College London,The Strand, London WC2R 2LS (United Kingdom); Ferlito, Giulia; Hanany, Amihay [Theoretical Physics Group, Imperial College London,Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom); Mekareeya, Noppadol [Theory Division, Physics Department, CERN,CH-1211, Geneva 23 (Switzerland)

    2017-04-10

    The richness of 5d N=1 theories with a UV fixed point at infinite coupling is due to the existence of local disorder operators known as instanton operators. By considering the Higgs branch of SU(2) gauge theories with N{sub f}≤7 flavours at finite and infinite coupling, we write down the explicit chiral ring relations between instanton operators, the glueball superfield and mesons. Exciting phenomena appear at infinite coupling: the glueball superfield is no longer nilpotent and the classical chiral ring relations are quantum corrected by instanton operators bilinears. We also find expressions for the dressing of instanton operators of arbitrary charge. The same analysis is performed for USp(2k) with an antisymmetric hypermultiplet and pure SU(N) gauge theories.

  9. BROOKHAVEN: Glueballs, hybrids and exotics

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    Chung, S. -U.

    1988-12-15

    A workshop at Brookhaven from August 29 to September 1 looked at the current status of hadron spectroscopy beyond the realm of states conventionally built up from quarks and discussed future experimental effort to explore such exotic states.

  10. Meson dynamics beyond the quark model: a study of final state interactions

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    Au, K.L.; Pennington, M.R.; Morgan, D.

    1986-09-01

    A scalar glueball is predicted in the 1 GeV mass region. The present analysis is concerned with experimental evidence for such a state. Recent high statistics results on central dimeson production at the ISR enable the authors to perform an extensive new coupled channel analysis of I = O S-wave ππ and KK-bar final states. This unambiguously reveals three resonances in the 1 GeV region - S 1 (991), S 2 (988) and epsilon(900) - where the naive quark model expects just two. These new features are discussed including how they may be confirmed experimentally and their present interpretation. The S 1 (991) is a plausible candidate for the scalar glueball. Other production reactions are examined (heavy flavour decays and γγ reactions) which lead to the same final states. (author)

  11. A potential model for quark confinement

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    Thaler, J.; Iqbal, M.J.

    1985-02-01

    A static quark potential model obtained from a relativistic wave-equation is considered. The long-part of the quadratic terms is suppressed by a glueball exchange mechanism and compatibility with the meson spectra is shown

  12. The color dielectric model of QCD

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    Pirner, H.-J.; Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA; Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA

    1992-01-01

    This paper demonstrates the emergence of valence gluons and their bound states, the glueballs from perturbative quantum chromodynamics (QCD). We discuss the phenomenological constraints and theoretical method needed to generate effective glueballs actions. We show how color dielectric confinement works naively and in the lattice model of color dielectrics. This lattice model is derived for SU(2) color by a blockspinning Monte Carlo renormalization group procedure. We interpret the resulting long-distance as a strongly interacting lattice string theory where the valence link gluon fields randomize in the color dielectric background which mimics the integrated out high-frequency gluon modes in the vacuum. The fluctuations of the color dielectric fields are related to color neutral glueballs modes. We give the extension of this color dielectric SU(2) theory for general SU(N) with quarks and address the problems associated with combining confinement and chiral symmetry breaking. Finally we prove the efficiency of the effective theory in applications to the heavy quark system, the the baryon, to the nucleon-nucleon interaction, to baryon models and the gluon plasma transition. In all those cases the behavior of the higher energy gluons can be monitored via the color dielectric fields. An increase in the energy density from ''deconfining'' the higher frequency modes inside the flux tube or in thermally excited matter shows up as an increase in the value of the color dielectric field and its associated energy density. (Author)

  13. A search for non-$q\\overline{q}$ mesons in the WA102 experiment at the CERN Omega Spectrometer

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    Kirk, A

    1998-01-01

    A study of central meson production as a function of the difference in transverse momentum dPT of the exchanged particles shows that undisputed qqbar mesons are suppressed at small dPT whereas the glueball candidates are enhanced.

  14. Wilson loop, Regge trajectory and hadron masses in a Yang-Mills theory from semiclassical strings

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    Bigazzi, F.; Cotrone, A.L.; Martucci, L.; Pando Zayas, L.A.

    2004-07-01

    We compute the one-loop string corrections to the Wilson loop, glueball Regge trajectory and stringy hadron masses in the Witten model of non supersymmetric, large-N Yang-Mills theory. The classical string configurations corresponding to the above field theory objects are respectively: open straight strings, folded closed spinning strings, and strings orbiting in the internal part of the supergravity background. For the rectangular Wilson loop we show that besides the standard Luscher term, string corrections provide a rescaling of the field theory string tension. The one-loop corrections to the linear glueball Regge trajectories render them nonlinear with a positive intercept, as in the experimental soft Pomeron trajectory. Strings orbiting in the internal space predict a spectrum of hadronic-like states charged under global flavor symmetries which falls in the same universality class of other confining models. (author)

  15. Production, decay, and mixing models of the iota meson. II

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    Palmer, W.F.; Pinsky, S.S.

    1987-01-01

    A five-channel mixing model for the ground and radially excited isoscalar pseudoscalar states and a glueball is presented. The model extends previous work by including two-body unitary corrections, following the technique of Toernqvist. The unitary corrections include contributions from three classes of two-body intermediate states: pseudoscalar-vector, pseudoscalar-scalar, and vector-vector states. All necessary three-body couplings are extracted from decay data. The solution of the mixing model provides information about the bare mass of the glueball and the fundamental quark-glue coupling. The solution also gives the composition of the wave function of the physical states in terms of the bare quark and glue states. Finally, it is shown how the coupling constants extracted from decay data can be used to calculate the decay rates of the five physical states to all two-body channels

  16. Gluonium spectrum in QCD

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    Dominguez, C.A.

    1987-02-01

    The scalar (0 ++ ) and the tensor (2 ++ ) gluonium spectrum is analyzed in the framework of QCD sum rules. Stable eigenvalue solutions, consistent with duality and low energy theorems, are obtained for the mass and width of these glueballs. (orig.)

  17. Front-End Electronics and Feature-Extraction Algorithm for the PANDA Electromagnetic Calorimeter

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    Kavatsyuk, M.; Guliyev, E.; Lemmens, P. J. J.; Löhner, H.; Poelman, T. P.; Tambave, G.; Wang, YF; Hu, T

    2011-01-01

    The PANDA collaboration at FAIR, Germany, will employ antiproton annihilations to investigate yet undiscovered charm-mesons and glueballs aiming to unravel the origin of hadronic masses. A multi-purpose detector for tracking, calorimetry and particle identification is presently being developed to

  18. Rotating D3 branes and QCD in three dimensions

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    Russo, Jorge G.; Russo, Jorge G.; Sfetsos, Konstadinos

    1999-01-01

    We investigate the rotating D3 brane solution with maximum number of angular momentum parameters. After determining the angular velocities, Hawking temperature, ADM mass and entropy, we use this geometry to construct general three-parameter models of non-supersymmetric pure SU(N) Yang-Mills theories in 2+1 dimensions. We calculate glueball masses in the WKB approximation and obtain closed analytic expressions for generic values of the parameters. We also determine the masses of Kaluza--Klein states associated with internal parts of the ten-dimensional metric and investigate the parameter region where some of these states are decoupled. To leading order in 1/\\lambda and 1/N (where \\lambda is the 't Hooft coupling) we find a global U(1)^3 symmetry and states with masses comparable to glueball masses, which have no counterpart in the more familiar (finite \\lambda, N) Yang-Mills theories.

  19. Experimental investigations of strong interactions in non-perturbative QCD region

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.; Samuel, S.

    1992-01-01

    We have experimentally investigated the reactions π - p → φφn (OZI forbidden), φK + K - n (OZI allowed), K - p →φφ{ σ λ } (OZI allowed),φK + K - { σ λ }(OZI allowed),bar pp → φ φ π 0 (OZI forbidden), φK + K - π 0 (OZI allowed). By comparing the OZI forbidden (glueball filter) reactions with the OZI allowed and taking a global view we hope to critically test our hypothesis that the g T (2010), g T' (2300), and g T double-prime(2340) all with I G J PC = 0 + 2 ++ are produced by 1--3 2 ++ glueballs. We have searched for a Quark-Gluon Plasma by using 14.6 GeV/c x A Si ions incident on Au, Cu and Si. The novel detector used was a large solid angle TPC system. Although we found considerable strangeness enhancement this is explainable by conventional cascade physics including N* production. We have been engaged in phenomenological analyses in both glueball and heavy ion work. We have found that the θ(1720) is the same as the 0 ++ f 0 (1720) we discovered earlier. Furthermore that the G(1590) can be explained as a sum of the f 0 (1400) and f 0 (1720) and does not require a new resonant state. We have also found that the strangeness enhancement discovered in heavy ion collisions so far is explainable by conventional physics. We are in the STAR Collaboration at RHIC which uses a large TPC system to search for a Quark-Gluon Plasma

  20. Double Pomeron Exchange: from the ISR to the LHC

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    Albrow, Michael

    2011-01-01

    I discuss Double Pomeron Exchange processes from their first observation at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings, focusing on glueball searches, through the observations of exclusive chi_c, photon-photon, and di-jets at the Tevatron, to prospects at the LHC for exclusive Higgs boson production.

  1. Performance of the prototype of the electromagnetic calorimeter for PANDA

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    Kavatsyuk, M.; Bremer, D.; Dormenev, V.; Drexler, P.; Eissner, T.; Erni, W.; Guliyev, E.; Hennino, T.; Krusche, B.; Lewandowski, B.; Löhner, H.; Moritz, M.; Novotny, R. W.; Peters, K.; Pouthas, J.; Rosier, P.; Steinacher, M.; Tambave, G.; Wilms, A.

    2011-01-01

    The PANDA collaboration at FAIR, Germany, will employ antiproton annihilations to investigate yet undiscovered charm-meson states and glueballs. The aim is to study QCD phenomena in the non-perturbative regime and to unravel the origin of hadronic masses. A multi-purpose detector for tracking,

  2. Research in theoretical nuclear physics

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    Liu, Keh-Fei.

    1989-01-01

    This paper discusses: the role of nuclear binding in EMC effect; skyrmion quantization and phenomenology; lattice gauge Monte Carlo calculations; identification of tensor glueball; evidence of mesoniums in bar pm annihilation and γγ reactions; Skyrme-Landau parameterization of effective NN interactions; and quark-gluon plamsa

  3. Future opportunities for hadron spectroscopy at the MPS

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    Longacre, R.S.

    1988-01-01

    Before I go into detailed MPS experiments, I will give a summary of the status of lattice gauge calculations of glueball masses plus glueball and hybrid masses from the bag model, and the flux tube model. For the following discussion, I am going to assume that multi-quark states or molecules are best described in terms of the MIT bag model of Jaffe with its spectrum best defined by work done by R.L. Jaffe and F.E. Low using a method called The P-Matrix. Using this method one sees that all 4-quark states will appear as very broad continuum like effects that one would not associate with meson resonances, except for the S* and the δ which forms a very special threshold K/bar K/ bound systems. There is a possibility that the E(1420) may also be related to the J/sup PC/ = 1 ++ , qq/bar q//bar q/ spectrum having its width narrowed by a final state interaction

  4. An asymptotic solution of large-N QCD

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    Bochicchio Marco

    2014-01-01

    Full Text Available We find an asymptotic solution for two-, three- and multi-point correlators of local gauge-invariant operators, in a lower-spin sector of massless large-N QCD, in terms of glueball and meson propagators, in such a way that the solution is asymptotic in the ultraviolet to renormalization-group improved perturbation theory, by means of a new purely field-theoretical technique that we call the asymptotically-free bootstrap, based on a recently-proved asymptotic structure theorem for two-point correlators. The asymptotically-free bootstrap provides as well asymptotic S-matrix amplitudes in terms of glueball and meson propagators. Remarkably, the asymptotic S-matrix depends only on the unknown particle spectrum, but not on the anomalous dimensions, as a consequence of the LS Z reduction formulae. Very many physics consequences follow, both practically and theoretically. In fact, the asymptotic solution sets the strongest constraints on any actual solution of large-N QCD, and in particular on any string solution.

  5. Central Production of Two-Pseudoscalar Meson Systems at the COMPASS Experiment at CERN

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    Austregesilo, Alexander; Mallot, Gerhard

    The question of the existence of glueballs is one of the unsolved problems in modern particle physics and can be regarded as a stringent test for quantum chromodynamics. Especially the supernumerous states in the light scalar meson spectrum are candidates for the observation of mixing effects between $q\\bar q$ mesons and pure gluonic bound states. On the other hand, the existence and the properties of many resonances in this sector are disputed. The COMPASS experiment was proposed to make significant contributions to this field. COMPASS is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS which focused on light-quark hadron spectroscopy during the data taking periods in 2008 and 2009. A world-leading data set was collected with a $190\\,\\mathrm{GeV}/c$ hadron beam impinging on a liquid hydrogen target in order to study, inter alia, the central production of glueball candidates in the light meson sector. Especially the double-Pomeron exchange mechanism is well suited for the production of mesons without valenc...

  6. The 'split' iota

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    Chao, S.C.; Palmer, W.F.; Pinsky, S.

    1986-01-01

    Within the context of a five channel mixing model the possibility is considered that the E(1420) originally seen in Panti P annihilation at rest and originally believed to be a Jsup(PC)=1 ++ state is actually a pseudoscalar state distinct from the iota(1460) seen in radiative psi decay. The quark and glue content that this hypothesis implies and the consequences for branching ratios of the known pseudoscalars are discussed. The five channel mixing model includes the ground state pseudoscalars, their first radial excitations, and a glueball. Mixing terms include an SU(3) symmetric glueball-quark state coupling as well as the important two body intermediate state unitarity corrections. While a number of mathematically consistent solutions to the model are found, none are physically acceptable. It is concluded that the more likely scenario is that the E(1420) and the iota(1460) are the same state, and the fifth partner to the scheme lies in a higher mass range, above 1.7 Gev. (orig.)

  7. Probable ''colorball'' production in pp-collisions at 450 GeV/c

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    Jacobsen, T.

    2002-03-01

    Baryon-antibaryon production in pp-collisions at 450 GeV/c seen by the CERN-collaboration WA1O2 is discussed in terms of an intermediate non-resonant intermediate ''colorball''. If, in a double peripheral process with particle production in the central region, the exchanges do not carry flavour and anti flavour while the produced particles do, then an intermediate system and the exchanges behave as ''colorballs''. Therefore, if we assume that the exchanges behave as ''colorballs'' which carry those colors and their anticolors which via an intermediate ''colorball'' recombine to two color singlets which hadronize to a baryon-antibaryon pair, a possible and because of its simplicity likely model for baryon-antibaryon production in the central region of high energy pp-reactions appears. If such a ''colorball'', which is assumed to be a system of colors, should be equivalent to a glueball, which is an assumed system of gluons, then a glueball could not be a resonance

  8. T expansion and SU(2) lattice gauge theory

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    Horn, D.; Karliner, M.; Weinstein, M.

    1985-01-01

    This paper presents the results obtained by applying the t expansion to the case of an SU(2) lattice gauge theory in 3+1 space-time dimensions. We compute the vacuum energy density, specific heat, string tension sigma, mass M of the lowest-lying 0 ++ glueball, and the ratio R = M 2 /sigma. Our computations converge best for the energy density, specific heat, and R, and these quantities exhibit behavior which agrees with what we expect on general grounds and what is known from Euclidean Monte Carlo calculations. In particular we see a broad lump in the specific heat and determine √R to be √R = 3.5 +- 0.2, a value which lies in the ballpark of values obtained from Monte Carlo calculations. Our direct computations of the mass of the 0 ++ glueball and string tension cannot be easily compared to the results of Monte Carlo calculations, but appear to be consistent with what one would expect

  9. Design studies of the PWO Forward End-cap calorimeter for PANDA

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    Moeini, H.; Al-Turany, M.; Babai, M.; Biegun, A.; Bondarenko, O.; Goetzen, K.; Kavatsyuk, M.; Lindemulder, M. F.; Loehner, H.; Melnychuk, D.; Messchendorp, J. G.; Smit, H. A. J.; Spataro, S.; Veenstra, R.

    2013-01-01

    The PANDA detection system at FAIR, Germany, is designed to study antiproton-proton annihilations, in order to investigate, among others, the realm of charm-meson states and glueballs, which has still much to reveal. The yet unknown properties of this field are to be unraveled through studying QCD

  10. Constraints on iota→γγ provided by the topological susceptibility

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    Milton, K.A.

    1986-01-01

    The chiral Ward identities for the pseudoscalar nonet including the glueball candidate iota(1450), together with the requirement that the topological susceptibility be positive, imply that Γ(iota→γγ) is typically small (<1 keV), in agreement with recent experimental values. The topological susceptibility is, as expected, much smaller than pure-gauge-field estimates

  11. A review of central production experiments at the CERN Omega spectrometer

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    Kirk, Andrew

    2014-01-01

    The non-Abelian nature of QCD suggests that particles that have a gluon constituent, such as glueballs or hybrids, should exist. This paper presents a study of central meson production in the fixed target experiments WA76, WA91 and WA102 at the CERN Omega spectrometer at centre-of-mass energies of $\\sqrt{s} = 12.7$, 23.8 and 29~GeV. A study of the resonance production cross section as a function of $\\sqrt{s}$ shows which states are compatible with being produced by Double Pomeron Exchange (DPE). In these DPE processes, the difference in the transverse momentum between the exchange particles ($dP_T)$ can be used to select out known $q\\overline q$ states from non-$q \\overline q$ candidates. The distribution of the azimuthal angle ($\\phi$) between the two exchange particles suggests that the Pomeron transforms like a non-conserved vector current. Finally there is evidence from an analysis of the the decay modes of the scalar states observed, that the lightest scalar glueball manifests itself through the mixing w...

  12. New results in meson spectroscopy from the crystal barrel experiment

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    Meyer, C.A. [Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

    1994-04-01

    Recent observations by the Crystal Barrel experiment of two scalar resonances, f{sub o}(1365) and a{sub o}(1450) have allowed the authors to clarify the members of the scalar nonet. In addition, a third scalar, f{sub o}(1500), appears to be supernumerary, and is a candidate for the scalar glueball expected near 1500 MeV.

  13. New effects observed in central production by the WA102 experiment at the CERN Omega Spectrometer

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    Kirk, A

    2000-01-01

    A study of central meson production as a function of the difference in transverse momentum (dPT) of the exchanged particles shows that undisputed qqbar mesons are suppressed at small dPT whereas the glueball candidates are enhanced. In addition, the production cross section for different resonances depends strongly on the azimuthal angle between the two outgoing protons.

  14. Gluons in quarkonium decay

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    Koller, K.; Walsh, T.

    1978-03-01

    We discuss what can be learned of the 3 S 1 quarkonium decay QantiQ → 3 gluoans QantiQ → γ + 2 gluons. The former is a way to find gluon jets and test QCD. The latter also allows us to measure gluoan + gluon → hadrons and look for pure gluonic resonances (glueballs). (orig.) [de

  15. Search for the 0-- glueball in Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) decays

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    Jia, S.; Shen, C. P.; Yuan, C. Z.; Adachi, I.; Aihara, H.; Al Said, S.; Asner, D. M.; Aushev, T.; Ayad, R.; Babu, V.; Badhrees, I.; Bakich, A. M.; Bansal, V.; Barberio, E.; Behera, P.; Bhuyan, B.; Biswal, J.; Bonvicini, G.; Bozek, A.; Bračko, M.; Browder, T. E.; Červenkov, D.; Chang, P.; Chekelian, V.; Chen, A.; Cheon, B. G.; Chilikin, K.; Cho, K.; Choi, S. -K.; Choi, Y.; Cinabro, D.; Dash, N.; Di Carlo, S.; Doležal, Z.; Drásal, Z.; Dutta, D.; Eidelman, S.; Farhat, H.; Fast, J. E.; Ferber, T.; Fulsom, B. G.; Gaur, V.; Gabyshev, N.; Garmash, A.; Gillard, R.; Goldenzweig, P.; Golob, B.; Haba, J.; Hara, T.; Hayasaka, K.; Hayashii, H.; Hedges, M. T.; Hou, W. -S.; Iijima, T.; Inami, K.; Inguglia, G.; Ishikawa, A.; Itoh, R.; Jaegle, I.; Joffe, D.; Joo, K. K.; Julius, T.; Kang, K. H.; Katrenko, P.; Kawasaki, T.; Kichimi, H.; Kiesling, C.; Kim, D. Y.; Kim, H. J.; Kim, J. B.; Kim, K. T.; Kim, M. J.; Kim, S. H.; Kim, Y. J.; Kodyš, P.; Korpar, S.; Kotchetkov, D.; Križan, P.; Krokovny, P.; Kuhr, T.; Kulasiri, R.; Kuzmin, A.; Kwon, Y. -J.; Lange, J. S.; Li, C. H.; Li, L.; Li, Y.; Li Gioi, L.; Libby, J.; Liventsev, D.; Lubej, M.; Luo, T.; Masuda, M.; Matsuda, T.; Matvienko, D.; Miyabayashi, K.; Miyata, H.; Mizuk, R.; Moon, H. K.; Mori, T.; Nakao, M.; Nanut, T.; Nath, K. J.; Natkaniec, Z.; Nayak, M.; Niiyama, M.; Nisar, N. K.; Nishida, S.; Ogawa, S.; Okuno, S.; Ono, H.; Onuki, Y.; Ostrowicz, W.; Pakhlova, G.; Pal, B.; Park, C. -S.; Park, H.; Pestotnik, R.; Piilonen, L. E.; Pulvermacher, C.; Ritter, M.; Rostomyan, A.; Sakai, Y.; Sandilya, S.; Santelj, L.; Sanuki, T.; Savinov, V.; Schneider, O.; Schnell, G.; Schwanda, C.; Seino, Y.; Senyo, K.; Sevior, M. E.; Shebalin, V.; Shibata, T. -A.; Shiu, J. -G.; Shwartz, B.; Simon, F.; Sokolov, A.; Solovieva, E.; Starič, M.; Strube, J. F.; Sumihama, M.; Sumiyoshi, T.; Suzuki, K.; Takizawa, M.; Tamponi, U.; Tanida, K.; Tenchini, F.; Uchida, M.; Uglov, T.; Unno, Y.; Uno, S.; Urquijo, P.; Usov, Y.; Van Hulse, C.; Varner, G.; Vorobyev, V.; Wang, C. H.; Wang, M. -Z.; Wang, P.; Watanabe, Y.; Widmann, E.; Won, E.; Yamashita, Y.; Ye, H.; Yelton, J.; Zhang, Z. P.; Zhilich, V.; Zhukova, V.; Zhulanov, V.; Zupanc, A.

    2017-01-01

    We report the first search for the JPC= 0-- glueball in Yð1SÞ and Y=ð2SÞ decays with data samples of (102 ± 2) × 106 and (158 ± 4) × 106 events, respectively, collected with the Belle detector. No significant signals are observed in any of the proposed production modes, and the 90% credibility level upper limits on their branching fractions in Y(1S) andY(2S) decays are obtained. The inclusive branching fractions of the Y(1S) and Y(2S) decays into final states with a χc1 are measured to be B(Y(1S) → χc1 þ anything = (1.90± 0.43(stat) ± 0.14(syst)) × 10-4 with an improved precision over prior measurements and → χc1 + anything) = (2.24 ±0.44(stat) 0.20(syst)) × 10-4 for the first time.

  16. Resonance production in central pp collisions at the CERN Omega Spectrometer

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    Kirk, A.

    2000-01-01

    A study of resonance production in central pp collisions is presented as a function of several kinematical variables. In particular the difference in the transverse momentum (dPT) of the exchanged particles shows that undisputed qqbar mesons are suppressed at small dPT whereas glueball candidates are enhanced and in addition, the azimuthal angle phi gives information on the nature of the Pomeron.

  17. (η-η'-ι)-mixing, decay and production mechanisms

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    Geiger, K.; Mueller, B.; Greiner, W.

    1990-01-01

    We present a phenomenoligcal model for meson-glueball mixing and apply it to the mixing of the pseudoscalar mesons η and η' with the ι(1440)-particle as the prime candidate for a O -+ -glueball. Using the MIT bag model framework, our model incorporates, among other elements, configuration mixing effects due to virtually excited states, as well as mixing of quark and gluon components. We evaluate the portions of quark-antiquark and two-gluon admixtures in η, η' and ι. The results are used to study various decay and production processes involving these particles. In particular, we calculate the radiative and the 2γ-decay widths of the light mesons and make predictions for the widths of the ι in these channels. Furthermore, production mechanisms of the light mesons in electromagnetic and hadronic J/ψ-decays are used to evaluate the branching ratios for the production of the ι in various J/ψ-transitions. Our results are generally in reasonable agreement with experimental data. Especially we predict a rather large width for the decay ι→ργ and a sizable production rate for the ι in the transition J/ψ-ωι. (orig.)

  18. Solving pure yang-mills theory in dimensions.

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    Leigh, Robert G; Minic, Djordje; Yelnikov, Alexandr

    2006-06-09

    We analytically compute the spectrum of the spin zero glueballs in the planar limit of pure Yang-Mills theory in 2 + 1 dimensions. The new ingredient is provided by our computation of a new nontrivial form of the ground state wave functional. The mass spectrum of the theory is determined by the zeroes of Bessel functions, and the agreement with large lattice data is excellent.

  19. Higgs compositeness in Sp(2N) gauge theories — The pure gauge model

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    Bennett, Ed; Ki Hong, Deog; Lee, Jong-Wan; David Lin, C.-J.; Lucini, Biagio; Piai, Maurizio; Vadacchino, Davide

    2018-03-01

    As a first step in the study of Sp(2N) composite Higgs models, we obtained a set of novel numerical results for the pure gauge Sp(4) lattice theory in 3+1 space-time dimensions. Results for the continuum extrapolations of the string tension and the glueball mass spectrum are presented and their values are compared with the same quantities in neighbouring SU(N) models.

  20. Strong coupling expansion for scattering phases in hamiltonian lattice field theories. Pt. 2. SU(2) gauge theory in (2+1) dimensions

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    Dahmen, B.

    1994-12-01

    A recently proposed method for a strong coupling analysis of scattering phenomena in hamiltonian lattice field theories is applied to the SU(2) Yang-Mills model in (2 + 1) dimensions. The calculation is performed up to second order in the hopping parameter. All relevant quantities that characterize the collision between the lightest glueballs in the elastic region - cross section, phase shifts, resonance parameters - are determined. (orig.)

  1. Gauge theories on the lattice at N/sub c/ = infinity

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    Cristofano, G.A.

    1982-01-01

    The thesis is devoted to the study of the physical properties of the SU(N/sub c/) Yang Mills theory on the lattice at N/sub c/ = infinity. Since the lattice approach provides a natural framework toward a better understanding of nonperturbative phenomena, like quark confinement, nonperturbative physical quantities, like the string tension and the glueball mass are studied. The first two chapters are introductory in nature. In chapters (3,4) the strong coupling expansion for the Euclidean SU(N/sub c/) lattice gauge theory at N/sub c/ = infinity to 16th and 12th order in β = 1/g 0 2 N/sub c/ for the free energy F and the string tension k respectively is performed. Estimates of the ratio √k/Λ/sub L/ and of the crossover point from strong to weak coupling for the string tension are made by matching the strong coupling series to the asymptotically free continuum theory. In chapter (5) the strong coupling expansion for the glueball mass m/sub g/ to the 8th order in β for the Euclidean SU(infinity) lattice gauge theory is performed. The ratio of the glueball mass m/sub g/ to the squareroot of the string tension √k for the SU(infinity) theory is estimated to be m/sub g//√k = 2.6 +/- 0.2. It is found that the ratio m/sub g//√k has a rather small dependence on N/sub c/ and appears to increase with the number of colors N/sub c/. In chapter (6) two-point Pade approximants for the one plaquette expectation value E/sub p/ for the SU(2) lattice gauge theory by using the known strong and weak coupling series for D/sub p/ is performed. Comparison with the correspondent Monte Carlo results is made, especially in the delicate transition region, at intermediate β = 4/g 0 2

  2. On bound states of photons in noncommutative U(1) gauge theory

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    Fatollahi, A.H.; Jafari, A.

    2006-01-01

    We consider the possibility that photons of noncommutative U(1) gauge theory can make bound states. Using the potential model, developed based on the constituent gluon picture of QCD glue-balls, arguments are presented in favor of the existence of these bound states. The basic ingredient of the potential model is that the self-interacting massless gauge particles may get mass by the inclusion of non-perturbative effects. (orig.)

  3. Self-consistent one-gluon exchange in soliton bag models

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    Dodd, L.R.; Adelaide Univ.; Williams, A.G.

    1988-01-01

    The treatment of soliton bag models as two-point boundary value problems is extended to include self-consistent one-gluon exchange interactions. The colour-magnetic contribution to the nucleon-delta mass splitting is calculated self-consistently in the mean-field, one-gluon-exchange approximation for the Friedberg-Lee and Nielsen-Patkos models. Small glueball mass parameters (m GB ∝ 500 MeV) are favoured. Comparisons with previous calculations are made. (orig.)

  4. Charmonium non-potential excitations

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    Borue, V.Y.; Khokhlachev, S.B.

    1990-01-01

    Within the framework of an effective theory of quantum gluodynamics formulated earlier in terms of the glueball degrees of freedom, the excitations of gluon bunch formed by heavy quark and antiquark are considered. It is shown that these excitations correspond to the vibration of the gluon bunch shape and lie nearly 800 MeV higher than the charmonium ground state. The consequences of the existence of these excitations are discussed

  5. Many-Body Coulomb Gauge Exotic and Charmed Hybrids

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    Llanes-Estrada, Felipe J.; Cotanch, Stephen R.

    2000-01-01

    Utilizing a QCD Coulomb gauge Hamiltonian with linear confinement specified by lattice, we report a relativistic many-body calculation for the light exotic and charmed hybrid mesons. The Hamiltonian successfully describes both quark and gluon sectors, with vacuum and quasiparticle properties generated by a BCS transformation and more elaborate TDA and RPA diagonalizations for the meson ($q\\bar{q}$) and glueball ($gg$) masses. Hybrids entail a computationally intense relativistic three quasipa...

  6. Lattice gauge theory for QCD

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    DeGrand, T.

    1997-01-01

    These lectures provide an introduction to lattice methods for nonperturbative studies of Quantum Chromodynamics. Lecture 1: Basic techniques for QCD and results for hadron spectroscopy using the simplest discretizations; lecture 2: Improved actions--what they are and how well they work; lecture 3: SLAC physics from the lattice-structure functions, the mass of the glueball, heavy quarks and α s (M z ), and B-anti B mixing. 67 refs., 36 figs

  7. The world according to lattice QCD

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    Sharpe, S.R.

    1988-12-01

    A non-technical introduction to lattice calculations is given. The successes and problems of current calculations are emphasized. A summary of lattice results on non-exotic meson and baryon masses indicates that while calculations in the quenched approximation are becoming reliable, the results differ in systematic ways from the physical values. Results for exotic mesons (glueballs and hybrids) are then presented. The future prospects are discussed. 23 refs., 4 figs

  8. D-particle Recoil Space Times and "Glueball" Masses

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    Mavromatos, Nikolaos E; Mavromatos, Nick E.; Winstanley, Elizabeth

    2001-01-01

    We discuss the properties of matter in a D-dimensional anti-de-Sitter-type space time induced dynamically by the recoil of a very heavy D(irichlet)-particle defect embedded in it. The particular form of the recoil geometry, which from a world-sheet view point follows from logarithmic conformal field theory deformations of the pertinent sigma-models, results in the presence of both infrared and ultraviolet (spatial) cut-offs. These are crucial in ensuring the presence of mass gaps in scalar matter propagating in the D-particle recoil space time. The analogy of this problem with the Liouville-string approach to QCD, suggested earlier by John Ellis and one of the present authors, prompts us to identify the resulting scalar masses with those obtained in the supergravity approach based on the Maldacena's conjecture, but without the imposition of any supersymmetry in our case. Within reasonable numerical uncertainties, we observe that agreement is obtained between the two approaches for a particular value of the ra...

  9. Lattice gauge theory for QCD

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    DeGrand, T. [Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics

    1997-06-01

    These lectures provide an introduction to lattice methods for nonperturbative studies of Quantum Chromodynamics. Lecture 1: Basic techniques for QCD and results for hadron spectroscopy using the simplest discretizations; lecture 2: Improved actions--what they are and how well they work; lecture 3: SLAC physics from the lattice-structure functions, the mass of the glueball, heavy quarks and {alpha}{sub s} (M{sub z}), and B-{anti B} mixing. 67 refs., 36 figs.

  10. Nature of the light scalar mesons

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    Vijande, J.; Valcarce, A.; Fernandez, F.; Silvestre-Brac, B.

    2005-01-01

    Despite the apparent simplicity of meson spectroscopy, light scalar mesons cannot be accommodated in the usual qq structure. We study the description of the scalar mesons below 2 GeV in terms of the mixing of a chiral nonet of tetraquarks with conventional qq states. A strong diquark-antidiquark component is found for several states. The consideration of a glueball as dictated by quenched lattice QCD drives a coherent picture of the isoscalar mesons

  11. Food for thought: Five lectures on lattice gauge theory

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    Gupta, R.

    1987-01-01

    The topics covered in these lectures are the heavy anti qq potential, glueballs, the chiral transition with dynamical fermions, Weak interaction matrix elements on the lattice and Monte Carlo renormalization group. Even though for the most part these lectures are reviews, many new results and ideas are also presented. The emphasis is on critical analysis of existing data, exposing bottlenecks and a discussion of open problems. Five individual papers have been indexed separately

  12. Testing the standard model

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    Gordon, H.; Marciano, W.; Williams, H.H.

    1982-01-01

    We summarize here the results of the standard model group which has studied the ways in which different facilities may be used to test in detail what we now call the standard model, that is SU/sub c/(3) x SU(2) x U(1). The topics considered are: W +- , Z 0 mass, width; sin 2 theta/sub W/ and neutral current couplings; W + W - , Wγ; Higgs; QCD; toponium and naked quarks; glueballs; mixing angles; and heavy ions

  13. Physics with antiprotons at LEAR in the ACOL ERA. Proceedings of the 3. LEAR Workshop

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    Gastaldi, U.; Klapisch, R.; Richard, J.M.; Tran Thanh Van, J. (eds.)

    1985-01-01

    The programme covered the following topics: accelerator aspects (anti-p production, LEAR, advanced developments, cooling, LEAR design inspired machines). Nucleon antinucleon interactions (panti-p atom, scattering, annihilation, spin effects, antineutron physics, antibaryon physics). Spectroscopy (light mesons, hybrids, glueballs, baryonia, quarkonia). Rare channels (form factors, CP, CPT, C, T violation, quantum mechanics tests) anti-p nucleus interactions (exotic atoms, scattering, annihilation, hypernuclei). New ideas (antigravity, high precision experiments). New detectors (new experiments, general and/or technical aspects).

  14. Physics with antiprotons at LEAR in the ACOL ERA

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    Gastaldi, U.; Klapisch, R.; Richard, J.M.; Tran Thanh Van, J.

    1985-01-01

    The programme covered the following topics: accelerator aspects (anti-p production, LEAR, advanced developments, cooling, LEAR design inspired machines). Nucleon antinucleon interactions (panti-p atom, scattering, annihilation, spin effects, antineutron physics, antibaryon physics). Spectroscopy (light mesons, hybrids, glueballs, baryonia, quarkonia). Rare channels (form factors, CP, CPT, C, T violation, quantum mechanics tests) anti-p nucleus interactions (exotic atoms, scattering, annihilation, hypernuclei). New ideas (antigravity, high precision experiments). New detectors (new experiments, general and/or technical aspects)

  15. Composite inflation confronts BICEP2 and PLANCK

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    Karwan, Khamphee; Channuie, Phongpichit

    2014-01-01

    We examine observational constraints on single-field inflation in which the inflaton is a composite field stemming from a four-dimensional strongly interacting field theory. We confront the predictions with the Planck and very recent BICEP2 data. In the large non-minimal coupling regions, we discover for the minimal composite inflationary model that the predictions lie well inside the joint 68% CL for the Planck data, but is in tension with the recent BICEP2 observations. In the case of the glueball inflationary model, the predictions satisfy the Planck results. However, this model can produce a large tensor-to-scalar ratio consistent with the recent BICEP2 observations if the number of e-foldings is slightly smaller than the range commonly used. For a super Yang-Mills paradigm, we discover that the predictions satisfy the Planck data, and surprisingly a large tensor-to-scalar ratio consistent with the BICEP2 results can also be produced for an acceptable range of the number of e-foldings and of the confining scale. In the small non-minimal coupling regions, all of the models can satisfy the BICEP2 results. However, the predictions of the glueball and superglueball inflationary models cannot satisfy the observational bound on the amplitude of the curvature perturbation launched by Planck, and the techni-inflaton self-coupling in the minimal composite inflationary model is constrained to be extremely small

  16. Hamiltonian study of improved U(1) lattice gauge theory in three dimensions

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    Loan, Mushtaq; Hamer, Chris

    2004-01-01

    A comprehensive analysis of the Symanzik improved anisotropic three-dimensional U(1) lattice gauge theory in the Hamiltonian limit is made. Monte Carlo techniques are used to obtain numerical results for the static potential, ratio of the renormalized and bare anisotropies, the string tension, lowest glueball masses and the mass ratio. Evidence that rotational symmetry is established more accurately for the Symanzik improved anisotropic action is presented. The discretization errors in the static potential and the renormalization of the bare anisotropy are found to be only a few percent compared to errors of about 20-25 % for the unimproved gauge action. Evidence of scaling in the string tension, antisymmetric mass gap and the mass ratio is observed in the weak coupling region and the behavior is tested against analytic and numerical results obtained in various other Hamiltonian studies of the theory. We find that more accurate determination of the scaling coefficients of the string tension and the antisymmetric mass gap has been achieved, and the agreement with various other Hamiltonian studies of the theory is excellent. The improved action is found to give faster convergence to the continuum limit. Very clear evidence is obtained that in the continuum limit the glueball ratio M S /M A approaches exactly 2, as expected in a theory of free, massive bosons

  17. The exotic atoms of QCD: glueballs, hybrids and baryonia

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    Barnes, T.

    1984-05-01

    The theoretical basis underlying the expected ''exotic'' states in QCD, the theory of quarks and gluons, is reviewed in three lectures. The first lecture is an historical introduction to QCD. The second lecture is a critical review of the MIT bag model and QCD on a lattice. The status of three candidate ''exotic'' states seen in psi radiative decays, the i(1440), O(1700) and zeta(2220) are discussed in the third lecture. (author)

  18. Hard scattering and gauge/string duality

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    Polchinski, Joseph; Strassler, Matthew J.

    2002-01-01

    We consider high-energy fixed-angle scattering of glueballs in confining gauge theories that have supergravity duals. Although the effective description is in terms of the scattering of strings, we find that the amplitudes are hard (power law). This is a consequence of the warped geometry of the dual theory, which has the effect that in an inertial frame the string process is never in the soft regime. At small angle we find hard and Regge behaviors in different kinematic regions

  19. New effects observed in central production by experiment WA102 at the CERN Omega Spectrometer

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    Kirk, A

    2000-01-01

    A partial wave analysis of the centrally produced KK and pipi systems shows that the fJ(1710) has J = 0. In addition, a study of central meson production as a function of the difference in transverse momentum (dPT) of the exchanged particles shows that undisputed qqbar mesons are suppressed at small dPT whereas the glueball candidates are enhanced and that the production cross section for different resonances depends strongly on the azimuthal angle between the two outgoing protons.

  20. Analytic calculations of masses in Hamiltonian lattice theories

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    Horn, D.

    1985-01-01

    The t-expansion of the vacuum energy function is discussed and several relations involving the connected matrix elements of powers of the hamiltonian are established. On the basis of these relations we show that the masses of the lowest lying O ++ states can be expressed as ratios of derivatives of the energy function. Other sectors of Hilbert space are discussed and a recent result for the SU(2) glueball mass, derived by using such relations as described here, is briefly reviewed. (author)

  1. Singular gauge potentials and the gluon condensate at zero temperature

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    Langfeld, K.; Ilgenfritz, E. -M.; Reinhardt, H.; Schäfke, A.

    2001-01-01

    We consider a new cooling procedure which separates gluon degrees of freedom from singular center vortices in SU(2) LGT in a gauge invariant way. Restricted by a cooling scale $\\kappa^4/\\sigma^2$ fixing the residual SO(3) gluonic action relative to the string tension, the procedure is RG invariant. In the limit $\\kappa \\to 0$ a pure Z(2) vortex texture is left. This {\\it minimal} vortex content does not contribute to the string tension. It reproduces, however, the lowest glueball states. With...

  2. Measurement of K+K- production in γγ collisions

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    Albrecht, H.; Ehrlichmann, H.; Harder, G.; Krueger, A.; Nau, A.; Nilsson, A.W.; Nippe, A.; Oest, T.; Reidenbach, M.; Schaefer, M.; Schmidt-Parzefall, W.; Schroeder, H.; Schulz, H.D.; Sefkow, F.; Wurth, R.; Appuhn, R.D.; Drescher, A.; Hast, C.; Herrera, G.; Kolanoski, H.; Lange, A.; Lindner, A.; Mankel, R.; Scheck, H.; Schieber, M.; Schweda, G.; Spaan, B.; Walther, A.; Wegener, D.; Britton, D.I.; Charlesworth, C.E.K.; Edwards, K.W.; Kapitza, H.; Krieger, P.; Kutschke, R.; MacFarlane, D.B.; McLean, K.W.; Orr, R.S.; Parsons, J.A.; Patel, P.M.; Prentice, J.D.; Seidel, S.C.; Tsipolitis, G.; Tzamariudaki, K.; Yoon, T.S.; Ruf, T.; Schael, S.; Schubert, K.R.; Strahl, K.; Waldi, R.; Weseler, S.

    1990-01-01

    The production of charged kaon pairs in two-photon interactions has been studied with the ARGUS detector and the topological cross section has been measured. The γγ-widths and interference parameters have been determined for the tensor mesons f 2 (1270), a 2 (1318) and f' 2 (1525). The helicity structure assumed for the continuum contribution has a significant effect on the result. Upper limits have been obtained for the γγ-widths of the glueball candidate states f 2 (1720) and X(2230). (orig.)

  3. Predictions of High Energy Experimental Results

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    Comay E.

    2010-10-01

    Full Text Available Eight predictions of high energy experimental results are presented. The predictions contain the $Sigma ^+$ charge radius and results of two kinds of experiments using energetic pionic beams. In addition, predictions of the failure to find the following objects are presented: glueballs, pentaquarks, Strange Quark Matter, magnetic monopoles searched by their direct interaction with charges and the Higgs boson. The first seven predictions rely on the Regular Charge-Monopole Theory and the last one relies on mathematical inconsistencies of the Higgs Lagrangian density.

  4. Glue balls, quarks, and the pomeron-f

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    Dash, J.W.

    1978-04-01

    Three issues are presented related to s-channel unitarity which argue in favor of the p-f identity model of diffraction of Chew, Rosenzweig, and Chan, and which argue against the traditional p+f model. These are (1) the violation of two component duality in modern p+f fits, (2) threshold effects due to strangeness, charm, and baryon production (flavoring), and (3) quark-loop renormalization of the QCD glueball, consistent with observed hadron multiplicities and dominant short range order. I also review p-f identity phenomenology

  5. psi → γγV and M1 radiative decays of iota(1440) and QQ-barG hybrid mesons

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    Barnes, T.; Close, F.E.

    1984-06-01

    The authors show that psi → γγrho and γγphi can test the glue or qq-bar content of iota(1440). If iota is a glueball then psi → γγphi and psi → γγrho will show similar distributions in the γV invariant mass; if iota contains qq-bar then γphi and γrho distributions will differ. The possibility of identifying hybrid qq-barg states via electromagnetic transitions such as psi → γH → γγV and γγ → Hsub(n) is debated. (author)

  6. Excited QCD 2017

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    2017-01-01

    This edition is the ninth in a series of workshops that had been previously organised in Poland (2009), Slovakia (2010 and 2015), France (2011), Portugal (2012 and 2016) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (2013 and 2014). In the year 2017 the workshop goes to the beautiful Sintra near Lisbon, Portugal. The workshop covers diverse aspects of QCD: (i) QCD at low energies: excited hadrons, new resonances, glueballs, multiquarks. (ii) QCD at high temperatures and large densities: heavy-ion collisions, jets, diffraction, hadronisation, quark-gluon plasma, holography, colour-glass condensate, compact stars, applications to astrophysics.

  7. Theoretical aspects of light meson spectroscopy

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    Barnes, T.; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

    1995-01-01

    In this pedagogical review the authors discuss the theoretical understanding of light hadron spectroscopy in terms of QCD and the quark model. They begin with a summary of the known and surmised properties of QCD and confinement. Following this they review the nonrelativistic quark potential model for q anti q mesons and discuss the quarkonium spectrum and methods for identifying q anti q states. Finally, they review theoretical expectations for non-q anti q states (glueballs, hybrids and multiquark systems) and the status of experimental candidates for these states

  8. Dark matter as a weakly coupled dark baryon

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    Mitridate, Andrea; Redi, Michele; Smirnov, Juri; Strumia, Alessandro

    2017-10-01

    Dark Matter might be an accidentally stable baryon of a new confining gauge interaction. We extend previous studies exploring the possibility that the DM is made of dark quarks heavier than the dark confinement scale. The resulting phenomenology contains new unusual elements: a two-stage DM cosmology (freeze-out followed by dark condensation), a large DM annihilation cross section through recombination of dark quarks (allowing to fit the positron excess). Light dark glue-balls are relatively long lived and give extra cosmological effects; DM itself can remain radioactive.

  9. Double Pomeron Exchange from the ISR to the SSC

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    Albrow, M.G.

    1989-01-01

    After a general introduction to Double Pomeron Exchange I show how the existence of the process was demonstrated at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings and discuss its value there as a spectroscopic tool in meson/glueball studies. At higher collision energies as now available at the Super Proton Synchrotron and Fermilab pp-bar Colliders it would be very interesting to study hard processes in Double Pomeron Exchange and investigate Pomeron structure. The still higher Large Hadron Collider and Superconducting Super Collider energies extend the range of this physics dramatically, possibly into the electroweak sector. (author)

  10. The (confinement) structure of Yang-Mills-theories within a Bose-BCS-theory

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    Schuette, D.

    1984-01-01

    It is the purpose of this talk to report on a first attempt to apply (non-perturbative) techniques of many-body theory to a field-theory of the Yang-Mills-type. The procedure is in principle analogous to lattice calculations: In order to make the field-theoretical hamiltonian a well-behaved operator in the Fock-space, a phasespace-cutoff is assumed for the definition of the field operators. The coupling constant g then becomes a function of this cutoff which is fixed by some physical property like a glue-ball mass. (orig./HSI)

  11. Are the iota(1440) and theta(1640) glueballs or quarkonia

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    Ono, S.; Pene, O.

    1982-01-01

    We study the possibility that the iota (1440) and theta (1640) are radially excited quarkonium states (2S and 2P). Their masses, total decay rates and psi → iotaγ, thetaγ branching ratios are roughly in agreement with this hypothesis but deltaπ dominance in iota decay is difficult to explain. We propose clear tests to check if they are quarkonium states. (orig.)

  12. Towards an analytic solution of QCD: The glueball mass gap

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    West, G.B.

    1987-01-01

    Certain general features and beliefs concerning quantum chromodynamics are reviewed with he view to seeing whether the theory sense and whether its physical spectrum can be determined. A typical Green's function is represented as an expansion around the minima of the action, each term of which is divergent and requires renormalization. It is shown that even after renormalization, each of the series generated by expansion around a minimum is divergent and requires a summability procedure to make sense. The causality and analyticity of the resulting Green's function is then discussed. The ideas thus developed are shown to determine the position of the first singularity of the Green's function

  13. Models for light QCD bound states

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    LaCourse, D.P.

    1992-01-01

    After a brief overview of Regge, tower, and heavy-quark experimental data, this thesis examines two massless wave equations relevant to quark bound states. We establish general conditions on the Lorentz scalar and Lorentz vector potentials which yield arbitrary leading Regge trajectories for the case of circular classical motion. A semi-classical approximation which includes radial motion reproduces remarkably well the exact solutions. Conditions for tower structure are examined, and found to be incompatible with conditions which give a Nambu stringlike Regge slope. The author then proposes a generalization of the usual potential model of quark bound states in which the confining flux tube is a dynamical object carrying both angular momentum and energy. The Q bar Q-string system with spinless quarks is quantized using an implicit operator technique and the resulting relativistic wave equation is solved. For heavy quarks the usual Schroedinger valence-quark model is recovered. The Regge slope with light quarks agree with the classical rotating-string result and is significantly larger and the effects of short-range forces are also considered. A relativistic generalization of the quantized flux tube model predicts the glueball ground state mass to be √3/α' ≅ 1.9 GeV where α' is the normal Regge slope. The groundstate as well as excited levels like considerably above the expectations of previous models and also above various proposed experimental candidates. The glueball Regge slope is only about three-eighths that for valence quark hadrons. A semi-classical calculation of the Regge slope is in good agreement with a numerically exact value

  14. Meson spectroscopy at the Serpukhov accelerator

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    Prokoshkin, Yu.D.

    1987-01-01

    At present meson spectroscopy is a dominating direction of experimental studies at the IHEP accelerator. The main attention is paid to the search and study of exotic meson states. This report presents some new results obtained recently at the IHEP accelerator. First, observation is made of a narrow 1750 MeV meson decays into ηη. Above |t| ∼ 0.2 (GeV-c) 2 (t: a square of 4-momentum transferred to a neutron), a clear narrow peak appears in Mηη mass spectrum at a mass of 1750 MeV. Second, 2.22 GeV narrow meson decaying into η'η is described. At present only premature conclusions have been obtained in this area and the situation with ζ is not clear. Third, a study is made on new exotic tensor meson χ(1810) decaying into 4π deg and ηη channels. The decay M deg → 4π deg is a very promissing instrument in search for exotic mesons. Next, G(1590)-meson as a scalar glueball is discussed. BR(G → 4π deg) has a large value, an independent evidence of the exotic nature of G(1590)-meson. Experimental data obtained on all essential decay channels of G(1590)-meson allows to give a selfconsistent description of its production and decay as the scalar glueball, a particle with the dominating gluon component. The final two parts deal with exotic vector meson C(1480) decaying into ψπ deg and observation of D(1285) → ψγ decay. (Nogami, K.)

  15. Gluonic hadrons

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    Close, F.E.

    1987-09-01

    The standard theory of colour forces (Quantum Chromodynamics) suggests that in addition to the familiar hadrons made of quarks, there should exist new states where coloured gluons play an essential dynamical role. The author reviews the theoretical predictions for the properties of these ''glueballs'' and of states containing resonating quarks and gluons. Attempts are made to highlight those features which are common to several models in the literature. Experimental candidates are confronted with the models. No clear cut signal for a gluonic hadron yet exists; consequently what future data are required to determine the constituency of some popular candidates is considered. (author)

  16. Search for gluonic excitations in light unconventional mesons

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    Paul Eugenio

    2007-07-01

    Studies of meson spectra via strong decays provide insight regarding QCD at the confinement scale. These studies have led to phenomenologicalmodels for QCD such as the constituent quark model. However, QCD allows for a much richer spectrum of meson states which include extra states such as exotics, hybrids, multi-quarks, and glueballs. First discussion of the status of exotic meson searches is given followed by a discussion of plans at Jefferson Lab to double the energy of the machine to 12 GeV, which will allow us to access photoproduction of mesons in search for gluonic excited states.

  17. Search of glueballs in the J/Ψ #-> # γΦΦ decay

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    Bisello, D.; Busetto, G.; Castro, A.

    1986-07-01

    In a study of the radiative decay J/Ψ #-> # γΦΦ #-> # γK + K - K + K - , from the 8.6 million J/Ψ produced in the DM2 experiment at DCI, we found a large production of events with ΦΦ mass below the η c . The branching ratio, for m ΦΦ 2 , is BR(J/Ψ #-> # γΦΦ) = (3.1± 0.3± 0.6) x 10 -4 . The angular analysis of the events with Φ Φ mass below 2.5 GeV/c 2 is consistent with a 2 ++ assignment. An enhancement near 2.2 GeV/c 2 shows a preferred spin-parity J P = 0 -

  18. Indiana University high-energy physics group. Technical progress report, December 1, 1982-October 31, 1983

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    Brabson, B.B.; Crittenden, R.R.; Dzierba, A.R.; Heinz, R.M.; Martin, H.J.; Ogren, H.O.

    1983-01-01

    The Indiana University High-Energy Physics Group has been actively involved in a variety of research programs during the current contract period. These programs are associated with major experiments conducted by our group at SLAC, Fermilab, Brookhaven and CERN. The physics areas under investigation include studies of psi meson production in hadron interactions (CERN WA-11), a study of low-p/sub t/ and high-p/sub t/ collisions utilizing the Multiparticle Spectrometer at Fermilab (E110/557/672), a glueball search (Brookhaven E771), and a high resolution study of e + e - interactions at high energy at SLAC (PEP HRS experiment). The status of the various efforts are discussed

  19. Hadron Spectroscopy in Double Pomeron Exchange Experiments

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    Albrow, Michael [Fermilab

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    Central exclusive production in hadron-hadron collisions at high energies, for example p + p -> p + X + p, where the "+" represents a large rapidity gap, is a valuable process for spectroscopy of mesonic states X. At collider energies the gaps can be large enough to be dominated by pomeron exchange, and then the quantum numbers of the state X are restricted. Isoscalar JPC = 0++ and 2++ mesons are selected, and our understanding of these spectra is incomplete. In particular, soft pomeron exchanges favor gluon-dominated states such as glueballs, which are expected in QCD but not yet well established. I will review some published data.

  20. Theoretical particle physics. Progress report, June 1, 1981-April 30, 1982

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    Hendry, A.W.; Lichtenberg, D.B.; Weingarten, D.H.

    1982-05-01

    In the past year the group has worked on a substantial number of problems in elementary particle theory. Possible patterns of symmetry breaking in the SO(10) grand-unified theory were examined, pion-nucleon scattering was analyzed to reveal the existence of many high-spin resonances, the quark model was applied with relativistic kinematics to the study of mesons, baryons, and glueballs, the strength of the quark-gluon coupling constant was estimated, and effects of wave-function mixing in baryons was calculated. On the more theoretical side, Monte Carlo calculations were done in lattice theories, including phi 4 theories, gauge field theories, quantum gravity, and the Ising model

  1. Exotic nature of scalar G(1590) meson and possibilities for its further experimental study

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    Gershtejn, S.S.

    1987-01-01

    It is pointed out that exotic properties of the scalar G(1590)-meson (an enchancement of the G → η'η decay probability as compared with G → ηη and of the GG → ηη decay probability as compared with G → ππ, KK) may be explained if an account is made of the strong coupling between two gluons with η'(η)-mesons in the framework of two different models, I.E. a) G-meson is a glueball, b) G-meson is a hybrid state (an eight component of the SU(3) f octet). Experimental predictions of both models are discussed

  2. Bistate t-expansion study of U(1) lattice gauge theory in 2+1 dimensions

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    Morningstar, C.J.

    1992-01-01

    The compact formulation of U(1) Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory in 2+1 dimensions is studied using the t expansion. The ground-state energy, average plaquette, specific heat, photon mass gap, and the ratio of the two lowest masses are investigated. Two contraction techniques are applied: a unistate scheme which uses only the strong-coupling vacuum for the trial state, and a bistate scheme which allows the introduction of variational parameters and arbitrarily large loops of electric flux in one of the trial states. The mass ratio obtained from the bistate contraction scheme exhibits precocious scaling. No evidence of a stable scalar glueball is found

  3. Analysis of soft wall AdS/QCD potentials to obtain the melting temperature of scalar hadrons

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    Vega, Alfredo; Ibanez, Adolfo [Universidad de Valparaiso, Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia, Valparaiso (Chile)

    2017-11-15

    We consider an analysis of potentials related to Schroedinger-type equations for scalar fields in a 5D AdS black hole background with dilaton in order to obtain melting temperatures for different hadrons in a thermal bath. The approach does not consider calculations of spectral functions, and it is easy to yield results for hadrons with an arbitrary number of constituents. We present results for scalar mesons, glueballs, hybrid mesons and tetraquarks, and we show that mesons are more resistant to being melted in a thermal bath than other scalar hadrons, and in general the melting temperature increases when hadrons contain heavy quarks. (orig.)

  4. A survey of E/iota meson in hadroproduction

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    Chung, S.U.

    1987-01-01

    The E(1420) meson has been around with us since 1963, when its observation was first reported by R. Armenteros et al. With the discovery of the iota(1460) in the same decay channel from J/ψ radiative decays in 1980, there has been a resurgence of interest in this meson because it may turn out to be a pseudoscalar glueball. This review covers the E/iota states seen in hadroproduction, while an update of the iota meson from J/ψ radiative decays is covered by D. Hitlin in this volume. The present review represents an updated version of the previous reviews given by the author at Lund, Leipzig, and Santander

  5. Central Production of Two-Pseudoscalar Final States at COMPASS

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    Alexander Austregesilo

    2013-01-01

    COMPASS is a fixed-target experiment at CERN SPS which focused on light-quark meson spectroscopy during the data-taking periods in 2008 and 2009. The central exclusive production of glueball candidates is studied with a 190GeV/c proton beam impinging on a liquid hydrogen target. We select centrally produced systems with two pseudo-scalar mesons in the final state. The decay of this system is decomposed in terms of partial waves, with particular attention paid to the inherent mathematical ambiguities of the amplitude analysis. We show that simple parametrisation are able to describe the mass dependence of the fit results with sensible Breit-Wigner parameters.

  6. High-energy-physics studies. Progress report, Part II. Theoretical program

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    1982-01-01

    The main topics of investigation have been the theory, construction, and application of gauge models. The major sub-areas of our research this year are: (1) realization of fermion chiral symmetries, either through massless composite fermions (exact symmetry) or Goldstone bosons (spontaneously broken symmetry); applications to dynamically broken gauge theories; (2) mean field theory approach to solutions of a QCD effective Lagrangian with static quark sources; (3) supersymmetry and grand unified theories; (4) neutrino mixing in grand unified theories; (5) implications of the large N limit; (6) composite models of leptons and quarks; experimental test for quark and lepton substructure; (7) lattice gauge theories; and (8) glueball theory and phenomenology

  7. The Crystal Barrel: Meson Spectroscopy at LEAR with a 4$\\pi$ Detector

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    % PS197 \\\\ \\\\The Crystal Barrel is a 4$\\pi$ spectrometer designed to provide complete and precise information on practically every final state produced in $\\bar{p} p $ and $\\bar{p}d $ annihilations at low energy and to collect high statistics data samples. Selective triggers can be applied when necessary. \\\\ \\\\The physics goal is to identify all light mesons in the mass range from 0.14 to 2.3~GeV/c$^{2}$, to determine their quantum numbers and decay properties and to study the annihilation dynamics. The main interest is to find the glueball and hybrid degrees of freedom predicted in the framework of Quantum Chromodynamics. \\\\ \\\\\

  8. A search for unconventional mesons

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    Turnau, J.

    1984-01-01

    Selected problems of the fixed target meson spectroscopy connected with the issue of unconventional states glueballs, hybrides and four-quarks are discussed. The experimental basis of the dissertation consists of some results of the WA3 experiment performed by ACCMOR collaboration (Π - p→(3Π) - p, K - p→K - Π + Π - p, Π - p→K s o K s o n) and of the S136 experiment performed by CCM collaborations (Π - p↑→Π + Π - n, Π - p↑→K + K - n). Mesons with spin parities J PC = 0 -+ , 0 ++ , 1 ++ and 2 ++ are discussed from the point of view of the phenomenology of unconventional states. (author)

  9. Comments on 'The OZI rule does not apply to baryons'

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    Lindenbaum, S.J.; Longacre, R.S.

    1990-01-01

    We demonstrate that the arguments made by Ellis, Gabathuler and Karliner that meson-baryon couplings could evade the OZI rule are irrelevant to the arguments we have made before. This is so since even if we assume that meson-baryon couplings can violate OZI, we clearly demonstrate that the coupling involved in our π - p→φφn is ππ→φφ which does not involve meson-baryon couplings. Thus our arguments that the g T (2010), g T' (2300) and g T'' (2340) are naturally explained in the context of QCD by the hypothesis that one to three glueballs are produced in the intermediate state are not affected by arguments made by Ellis et al. (orig.)

  10. Does the effective Lagrangian for low-energy QCD scale?

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    Birse, M.C.

    1994-01-01

    Quantum chromodynamics is not an approximately scale-invariant theory. Hence a dilaton field is not expected to provide a good description of the low-energy dynamics associated with the gluon condensate. Even if such a field is introduced, it remains almost unchanged in hadronic matter at normal densities. This is because the large glueball mass together with the size of the phenomenological gluon condensate ensure that changes to that condensate are very small at such densities. Any changes in hadronic masses and decay constants in matter generated by that condensate will be much smaller than those produced directly by changes in the quark condensate. Hence, masses and decay constants are not expected to display a universal scaling. (author)

  11. The Alexander-Zweig (OZI) rule revisited

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    Lipkin, H.J.

    1989-03-01

    Predictions, theoretical bases, experimental tests and violations of various versions of the A-Z (OZI) rule are examined. Dynamical mechanisms responsible for violations include allowed two-step transitions via intermediate states containing ordinary hadrons, gluons, flavor-mixed hadrons like η, η' or f 0 (S * ), and exotic hadrons like glueballs, multiquark states and hybrids. All can be produced via a strange component and decay into pions or vice versa. Each case is described by a different mechanism with a different suppression factor. OZI-forbidden production processes for φ and f' mesons are shown on general grounds to be less suppressed than forbidden decays, without assuming the presence of strange quarks in baryons. (author)

  12. Are there two states at the iota

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    Lipkin, H.J.

    1986-01-01

    Predictions of a ''nearest-neighbor-mixing'' model for radially excited pseudoscalar nonets suggest that there are two pseudoscalar states nearly degenerate and possibly overlapping in this mass region. Only one may be produced strongly in radiative psi decay, but both should be produced coherently with well-defined relative phases in hadronic reactions. Very different mass spectra and Dalitz plots should be observed in this mass region for radiative psi decay, vector-pseudoscalar psi decays, pion-induced reactions, kaon-induced reactions with vector exchange and kaon-induced reactions with tensor exchange. Detailed analyses of all these modes of pseudoscalar production should provide interesting information on quarkonium structure and the possible existence and mixing of glueballs. (orig.)

  13. Stable supergravity dual of nonsupersymmetric glue

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    Babington, James; Crooks, David E.; Evans, Nick

    2003-01-01

    We study nonsupersymmetric fermion mass and condensate deformations of the AdS conformal field theory correspondence. The five dimensional supergravity flows are lifted to a complete and remarkably simple ten dimensional background. A brane probe analysis shows that when all the fermions have an equal mass a positive mass is generated for all six scalar fields leaving nonsupersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in the deep infrared. We numerically determine the potential, produced by the background, in the Schroedinger equation relevant to the study of O ++ glueballs. The potential is a bounded well, providing evidence of stability and for a discrete, confined spectrum. The geometry can also describe the supergravity background around an (unstable) fuzzy 5-brane

  14. A study of the $\\omega\\omega$ channel produced in central pp interactions at 450 GeV/c

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    Barberis, D.; Close, F.E.; Danielsen, K.M.; Donskov, S.V.; Earl, B.C.; Evans, D.; French, B.R.; Hino, T.; Inaba, S.; Jacholkowski, A.; Jacobsen, T.; Khaustov, G.V.; Kinson, J.B.; Kirk, A.; Kondashov, A.A.; Lednev, A.A.; Lenti, V.; Minashvili, I.; Peigneux, J.P.; Romanovsky, V.; Russakovich, N.; Semenov, A.; Shagin, P.M.; Shimizu, H.; Singovsky, A.V.; Sobol, A.; Stassinaki, M.; Stroot, J.P.; Takamatsu, K.; Tsuru, T.; Villalobos Baillie, O.; Votruba, M.F.; Yasu, Y.

    2000-01-01

    The reaction pp -> pf (omega omega) ps has been studied at 450 GeV/c and a spin analysis of the omega omega channel has been performed for the first time in central production. Evidence is found for the f2(1910) in the JPC = 2++ wave with spin projection JZ = 2. This is the only state observed in central production with spin projection JZ = 2. Its dPT and phi dependencies are similar to those observed for other glueball candidates. In addition, evidence is found for a state with JPC = 4++ consistent with the f4(2300). The f0(2000), previously observed in the rho rho final state, is confirmed.

  15. Bound states of quarks and gluons and hadronic transitions; Estados ligados de quarks e gluons e transicoes hadronicas

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    Castro, Antonio Soares de

    1990-05-01

    A potential which incorporates the concepts of confinement and asymptotic freedom, previously utilized in the description of the spectroscopy of mesons and baryons, is extended to the gluon sector. The mass spectroscopy of glueballs and hybrids is analyzed considering only pairwise potentials and massive constituent gluons. The mass spectrum of the color octet two-gluon system is adopted as a suitable description of the intermediate states of hadronic transitions, within the framework of the multipole expansion for quantum chromodynamics. The spin-dependent effects in the gluonium spectrum, associated with the Coulombian potential, are calculated through the inverted first Born approximation for the gluon-gluon scattering. (author). 102 refs, 1 fig, 13 tabs.

  16. Bound states of quarks and gluons and hadronic transitions

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    Castro, Antonio Soares de.

    1990-05-01

    A potential which incorporates the concepts of confinement and asymptotic freedom, previously utilized in the description of the spectroscopy of mesons and baryons, is extended to the gluon sector. The mass spectroscopy of glueballs and hybrids is analyzed considering only pairwise potentials and massive constituent gluons. The mass spectrum of the color octet two-gluon system is adopted as a suitable description of the intermediate states of hadronic transitions, within the framework of the multipole expansion for quantum chromodynamics. The spin-dependent effects in the gluonium spectrum, associated with the Coulombian potential, are calculated through the inverted first Born approximation for the gluon-gluon scattering. (author). 102 refs, 1 fig, 13 tabs

  17. Baryon and meson phenomenology in the extended Linear Sigma Model

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    Giacosa, Francesco; Habersetzer, Anja; Teilab, Khaled; Eshraim, Walaa; Divotgey, Florian; Olbrich, Lisa; Gallas, Susanna; Wolkanowski, Thomas; Janowski, Stanislaus; Heinz, Achim; Deinet, Werner; Rischke, Dirk H. [Institute for Theoretical Physics, J. W. Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main (Germany); Kovacs, Peter; Wolf, Gyuri [Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Wigner Research Center for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest (Hungary); Parganlija, Denis [Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, A-1040 Vienna (Austria)

    2014-07-01

    The vacuum phenomenology obtained within the so-called extended Linear Sigma Model (eLSM) is presented. The eLSM Lagrangian is constructed by including from the very beginning vector and axial-vector d.o.f., and by requiring dilatation invariance and chiral symmetry. After a general introduction of the approach, particular attention is devoted to the latest results. In the mesonic sector the strong decays of the scalar and the pseudoscalar glueballs, the weak decays of the tau lepton into vector and axial-vector mesons, and the description of masses and decays of charmed mesons are shown. In the baryonic sector the omega production in proton-proton scattering and the inclusion of baryons with strangeness are described.

  18. Meson resonances and glueballs: theoretical review and relevance to PP at LEAR

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    Barnes, T.

    1982-05-01

    Some theoretical ideas about the meson spectrum are reviewed and lessons which may be learned about it in PP-bar annihilation are considered. Experimental questions which, if answered, would have the largest impact on the present understanding of quark and gluon interactions are noted. Conventional qq-bar mesons as treated in potential models, concentrating on the familiar cc-bar systems, are reviewed. The exciting possibility is discussed of detecting constituent gluons in PP-bar annihilations, in gg states - which may already have been detected in e + e - and PP-bar, as will be seen and in the exotic Jsup(PC) 'hermaphrodite' states qq-bar, for which there is currently no experimental evidence. (author)

  19. Pseudoscalar glueball, η'-meson and its excitation in the chiral effective Lagrangian

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    Nekrasov, M.L.

    1995-12-01

    A generalization of the chiral effective Lagrangian of order p 2 is obtained which describes interaction between singlet pseudoscalar states and octet of the lightest pseudoscalar states π, K, η. The singlet states were lowest quarkic state, its excitation, and the lowest gluonic state. The QCD renormalization group for the composite operators generating the singlet states, and some other QCD-inspired conditions have been taken into consideration. The way is found, which allows one to separate unambiguously the contributions of the lowest gluonic state and the single excited state. Besides, an additional condition is found which restricts the singlet-state contributions. The mixing picture of the singlet states is considered. The problem of the radiative decays of the singlet mesons is discussed. (author). 13 refs, 1 tab

  20. Existence of the σ-meson below 1 GeV and chiral symmetry

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    Krupa, D.; Nagy, M.; Surovtsev, Yu.S.

    2000-01-01

    In the model-independent approach consisting in the immediate application to the analysis of experimental data of such general principles as analyticity and unitarity, a confirmation of the σ-meson at ∼ 665 MeV and an indication for the glueball nature of the f 0 (1500) state are obtained on the basis of a simultaneous description of the isoscalar s-wave channel of the ππ scattering (from the threshold up to 1.9 GeV) and of the ππ → K anti K scattering are obtained. Existence of the f 0 (665) state and the obtained ππ-scattering length (α 0 0 = 0.27 ± 0.06, m π + -1 ) seems to suggest the linear realization of chiral symmetry

  1. Results on the iota from Mark III

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    Richman, J.D.

    1985-01-01

    A survey is presented of Mark III results on the iota(1440), a possible glueball state observed in radiative J/psi decays. The measurements include a spin-parity determination using both the iota → Ksub(s) 0 K +- π +- and iota → K + K - π 0 decay modes; an upper limit on the K*anti-K content of the Kanti-Kπ Dalitz plot; branching fractions and isospin; stringent upper limits for several hadronic channels, including iota → zetaπ→etaππ; and results from a search for iota radiative decays into vector mesons. These measurements are discussed in the context of theoretical ideas about the iota and results on the E(1420), a state observed in hadronic interactions. 11 refs., 7 figs

  2. New results on holographic three-point functions

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    Bianchi, Massimo; Prisco, Maurizio; Mueck, Wolfgang

    2003-01-01

    We exploit a gauge invariant approach for the analysis of the equations governing the dynamics of active scalar fluctuations coupled to the fluctuations of the metric along holographic RG flows. In the present approach, a second order ODE for the active scalar emerges rather simply and makes it possible to use the Green's function method to deal with (quadratic) interaction terms. We thus fill a gap for active scalar operators, whose three-point functions have been inaccessible so far, and derive a general, explicitly Bose symmetric formula thereof. As an application we compute the relevant three-point function along the GPPZ flow and extract the irreducible trilinear couplings of the corresponding super glueballs by amputating the external legs on-shell. (author)

  3. Pomeron-Quark Coupling from Charge Conjugation Invariance

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    Zhou Lijuan; Wu Qing; Ma Weixing; Gu Yunting

    2006-01-01

    Based on the charge conjugation invariance and the vacuum property of the Pomeron, we point out that the commonly used vector vertex of the Pomeron coupling to quark is incorrect since it contradicts with the Pomeron property. We also claim that the soft Pomeron could be a tensor glueball ξ(2230) with quantum numbers I G J PC = 0 + 2 ++ and total decay width Γ tot ≅100 MeV, which lies on the soft Pomeron trajectory α p = 1.08+0.20t. Therefore, the coupling vertex of the soft Pomeron to quark should be tensorial which is invariant under the charge conjugation and can explain why the inadequate vector coupling, γ μ , of the soft Pomeron to quark is successful in dealing with Pomeron physics.

  4. Renormalization group summation of Laplace QCD sum rules for scalar gluon currents

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    Farrukh Chishtie

    2016-03-01

    Full Text Available We employ renormalization group (RG summation techniques to obtain portions of Laplace QCD sum rules for scalar gluon currents beyond the order to which they have been explicitly calculated. The first two of these sum rules are considered in some detail, and it is shown that they have significantly less dependence on the renormalization scale parameter μ2 once the RG summation is used to extend the perturbative results. Using the sum rules, we then compute the bound on the scalar glueball mass and demonstrate that the 3 and 4-Loop perturbative results form lower and upper bounds to their RG summed counterparts. We further demonstrate improved convergence of the RG summed expressions with respect to perturbative results.

  5. Linked cluster expansion in the SU(2) lattice Higgs model at strong gauge coupling

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    Wagner, C.E.M.

    1989-01-01

    A linked cluster expansion is developed for the β=0 limit of the SU(2) Higgs model. This method, when combined with strong gauge coupling expansions, is used to obtain the phase transition surface and the behaviour of scalar and vector masses in the lattice regularized theory. The method, in spite of the low order of truncation of the series applied, gives a reasonable agreement with Monte Carlo data for the phase transition surface and a qualitatively good picture of the behaviour of Higgs, glueball and gauge vector boson masses, in the strong coupling limit. Some limitations of the method are discussed, and an intuitive picture of the different behaviour for small and large bare self-coupling λ is given. (orig.)

  6. Exclusive channels in bar pp annihilation at rest

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    Bluem, P.

    1992-01-01

    Exclusive channels in bar pp annihilation at rest provide a powerful tool for studying the meson spectrum below the bar pp threshold. The mesons can be classified in SU(3) multiplets according to their quantum numbers. The states which do not fit into this classification are candidates for new forms of hadronic matter like glueballs, hybrids, and multi-quark states. Recent results on the search for exotic states in exclusive channels of bar pp annihilation at rest are discussed. No less important is the study of the annihilation mechanism. In particular, high-statistic measurements of bar pp annihilation at rest into two-meson final states are an excellent tool for studying quark dynamics. Examples of two-body reactions are presented. 24 refs., 9 figs., 3 tabs

  7. Investigations on baryonium and other rare pp annihilation modes using high resolution π0 spectrometers (PS 182)

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    Adiels, L.; Backenstoss, G.; Bergstrom, I.; Carius, S.; Charalambous, S.; Cooper, M.; Findeisen, C.; Fransson, K.

    1985-01-01

    In the search for heavy, narrow exotic states such as baryonium or glueballs, carried out so far, various methods of high- and low-energy formation, and e + e - reactions were used. In particular, a search for baryonium states below threshold (M/sub x/ less than or equal to M/sub anti pp/ has shown some evidence for a few states. However, the results of these measurements suffer from poor statistics. Because of the relatively low level of confidence in these results it would be highly desirable to compare them with new measurements of better statistics, now available at the CERN low-energy antiproton ring, LEAR, and with independent measurements based on techniques hitherto not used, which the quality of LEAR now makes feasible

  8. Hadron spectroscopy and B physics at RHIC

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    Chung, S.U.; Weygand, D.P.; Willutzki, H.J.

    1991-11-01

    A description is given of the physics opportunities at RHIC regarding quark-gluon spectroscopy. The basic idea is to isolate with appropriate triggers the sub-processes pomeron + pomeron → hadrons and γ * + γ * → hadrons with the net effective mass of hadrons in the range of 1.0 to 10.0 GeV, in order to study the hadronic states composed of quarks and gluons. The double-pomeron interactions are expected to produce glueballs and hybrids preferentially, while the two-offshell-photon initial states should couple predominantly to quarkonia and multiquark states. Of particular interest is the possibility of carrying out a CP-violation study in the self-tagging B decays, B d 0 → K + π - and bar B d 0 → K - π + . 20 refs., 4 figs

  9. Singular gauge potentials and the gluon condensate at zero temperature

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    Langfeld, K.; Ilgenfritz, E.-M.; Reinhardt, H.; Schaefke, A.

    2002-01-01

    We consider a new cooling procedure which separates gluon degrees of freedom from singular center vortices in SU(2) LGT in a gauge invariant way. Restricted by a cooling scale κ 4 /σ 2 fixing the residual SO(3) gluonic action relative to the string tension, the procedure is RG invariant. In the limit κ → 0 a pure Z(2) vortex texture is left. This minimal vortex content does not contribute to the string tension. It reproduces, however, the lowest glueball states. With an action density scaling like a 4 with β, it defines a finite contribution to the action density at T = 0 in the continuum limit. We propose to interpret this a mass dimension 4 condensate related to the gluon condensate. Similarly, this vortex texture is revealed in the Landau gauge

  10. Research program in elementary particle theory. Progress report for the period ending June 30, 1983

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    1983-01-01

    The Syracuse High-Energy Theory group has contributed significantly to many of the current areas of active research in particle physics. Multigenerational grand unified theories have been explored in depth and the predictions of grand unified theories for proton decay have been critically examined. The properties of magnetic monopoles predicted by such theories have been studied. Topological solutions predicted by chiral and other phenomenologically interesting models have been studied. Various properties of glueballs have been explored using the effective Lagrangian approach. Now results of neutrinoless double beta decay in lepton-number-violating gauge theories were found. Aspects of galaxy formation, the nature of phase transitions in general field theories, and properties of supersymmetric theories have been explored. Progress has also been made in the formulation of relativistic particle dynamics. Publications are listed

  11. The odderon: theoretical status and experimental tests

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    Ewerz, C. [Milano Univ., Dipt. di Fisica, and INFN (Italy); ECT, Trento (Italy)

    2005-07-01

    In QCD the odderon can be formed by 3 gluons in a symmetric color state. According to our understanding of high energy scattering based on the picture of gluon exchanges, the existence of the odderon is very likely. Surprisingly through, the experimental evidence for it is rather weak. Especially exclusive reactions that can be caused only by the odderon offer good chances to finally establish its existence. In perturbative QCD the odderon is under rather good control. It is already by itself a very interesting object from a theoretical point of view. It further is an important ingredient in effective theories of high energy scattering that are currently discussed. New insight into the behaviour of the non-perturbative odderon can be expected from lattice studies of glueball trajectories.

  12. Gribov horizon and i-particles: About a toy model and the construction of physical operators

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    Baulieu, L.; Dudal, D.; Vandersickel, N.; Guimaraes, M. S.; Sorella, S. P.; Huber, M. Q.; Zwanziger, D.

    2010-01-01

    Restricting the functional integral to the Gribov region Ω leads to a deep modification of the behavior of Euclidean Yang-Mills theories in the infrared region. For example, a gluon propagator of the Gribov type, (k 2 /k 4 +γ 4 ), can be viewed as a propagating pair of unphysical modes, called here i-particles, with complex masses ±iγ 2 . From this viewpoint, gluons are unphysical and one can see them as being confined. We introduce a simple toy model describing how a suitable set of composite operators can be constructed out of i-particles whose correlation functions exhibit only real branch cuts, with associated positive spectral density. These composite operators can thus be called physical and are the toy analogy of glueballs in the Gribov-Zwanziger theory.

  13. Analysis of the radiative decay J/ψ → γωω at BESIII

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    Albrecht, Malte [Institut fuer Experimentalphysik I, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum (Germany)

    2015-07-01

    Gluonic bound states like glueballs or hybrids are predicted to be copiously produced in the radiative decays of J/ψ. Especially the radiative decays into two vector mesons, J/ψ → γVV, have been intensively studied, since pseudoscalar (0{sup -}) enhancements have been observed in the ρρ, φφ and ωω final states with low statistics in the past. In this talk we show preliminary results of the analysis of the radiative decay J/ψ → γωω, using the world's largest data sample of ∼ 1.2.10{sup 9} J/ψ events collected with the Beijing Spectrometer III (BESIII) at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider (BEPCII). The data selection, background analysis and preliminary results of a mass-independent partial wave analysis of the selected sample are presented.

  14. Scalar mesons as a mixing of two and four quark states

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    Silvestre-Brac, B.; Vijande, J.; Fernandez, F.; Valcarce, A.

    2005-01-01

    The scalar mesons are a puzzling problem in meson spectroscopy: they appear to be too numerous and with a mass often incompatible with usual quark-quark potentials. In this paper, we study the possibility to describe them as a mixing of states composed of one and two quark-antiquark pairs. A potential containing confinement, gluon exchange and boson exchange, as expected from chiral symmetry, is used in a consistent way to calculate the two and four quark states separately. Then, a coupling between these states is introduced as a constant term depending only on the flavour of the created pair. The description is largely improved. To refine the treatment, a coupling with a glueball is also considered. All the experimental resonances seem to fit correctly in this scheme. (author)

  15. Scalar mesons as a mixing of two and four quark states

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    Silvestre-Brac, B. [Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Grenoble (France); Vijande, J.; Fernandez, F.; Valcarce, A. [Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca (Spain). Grupo de Fisica Nuclear

    2005-07-01

    The scalar mesons are a puzzling problem in meson spectroscopy: they appear to be too numerous and with a mass often incompatible with usual quark-quark potentials. In this paper, we study the possibility to describe them as a mixing of states composed of one and two quark-antiquark pairs. A potential containing confinement, gluon exchange and boson exchange, as expected from chiral symmetry, is used in a consistent way to calculate the two and four quark states separately. Then, a coupling between these states is introduced as a constant term depending only on the flavour of the created pair. The description is largely improved. To refine the treatment, a coupling with a glueball is also considered. All the experimental resonances seem to fit correctly in this scheme. (author)

  16. Four pion decay modes of the f0(1500) resonance

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    Vinh Mau, R.; Strohmeier-Presicek, M.; Gutsche, T.; Faessler, A.

    1999-01-01

    We investigate the two-body decay modes ρρ, ππ * (1300) and σσ of the f 0 (1500), all leading to the four pion decay channel, in a three-state mixing scheme, where the f 0 (1500) is a mixture of the lowest lying scalar glueball with the nearby isoscalar states of the 0 ++ Q Q-bar nonet. In the leading order of this scheme, the decay mechanism of the f 0 (1500) proceeds dominantly via its quarkonium components, which can be described in the framework of the 3 P 0 pair creation model. We predict the hierarchy of decay branching ratios B with B(ρρ) ≥ B(ππ) ≥ B(σσ) > B(ππ * ), providing a key signature of the proposed mixing scheme in this leading order approach. (authors)

  17. Test of scalar meson structure in φ radiative decays

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    Kumano, S.

    1992-12-01

    We show that φ radiative decays into scalar mesons [f 0 (975), a 0 (980) ≡ S] can provide important clues on the internal structures of these mesons. Radiative decay widths vary widely: B.R. = 10 -4 -10 -6 depending on the substructures (qq-bar, qqq-barq-bar, KK-bar, glueball). Hence, we could discriminate among various models by measuring these widths at future φ factories. The understanding of these meson structures is valuable not only in hadron spectroscopy but also in nuclear physics in connection with the widely-used but little-understood σ meson. We also find that the decay φ→S γ →K 0 K-bar 0 γ is not strong enough to pose a significant background problem for studying CP violation via φ→K 0 K-bar 0 at the φ factories. (author)

  18. The ηc → pp-bar decay and a quark-diquark model of the nucleon: the contribution of scalar-vector diquark transition

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    Anselmino, M.; Soares, J.; Caruso, F.; Joffily, S.

    1991-01-01

    The η c decay into proton-antiproton cannot be explained by a lowest order perturbative QCD quark scheme. Trying to improve a previous result where diquarks were also considered as nucleon's constituents, the contribution of the spin-flip transition between scalar and vector diquarks inside the nucleon is computed and is shown to be strictly zero. This result excludes the possibility of understanding why this decay is experimentally observed with a branching ratio much greater than those of other charmonium decays into the same final state, X0,1,2 → pp-bar, successfully described by pQCD in terms of quark and diquark components of the protons. A theoretical explanation of this decay rate is then still lacking and it is suggested that pseudoscalar glueballs might play an important role in solving the puzzle. The experimental results are also briefly discussed. (author)

  19. De Sitter space in gauge/gravity duality

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    Lilia Anguelova

    2015-10-01

    Full Text Available We investigate gauge/gravity duality for gauge theories in de Sitter space. More precisely, we study a five-dimensional consistent truncation of type IIB supergravity, which encompasses a wide variety of gravity duals of strongly coupled gauge theories, including the Maldacena–Nunez solution and its walking deformations. We find several solutions of the 5d theory with dS4 spacetime and nontrivial profiles for (some of the scalars along the fifth (radial direction. In the process, we prove that one of the equations of motion becomes dependent on the others, for nontrivial warp factor. This dependence reduces the number of field equations and, thus, turns out to be crucial for the existence of solutions with (AdS4 spacetime. Finally, we comment on the implications of our dS4 solutions for building gravity duals of Glueball Inflation.

  20. Baryon spectroscopy in COMPASS

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    Austregesilo, Alexander; Chung, Suh-Urk; Ketzer, Bernhard; Neubert, Sebastian; Paul, Stephan [Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Physik Department E18, D-85748 Garching (Germany)

    2010-07-01

    COMPASS is a fixed-target experiment at CERN SPS which investigates the structure and spectroscopy of hadrons. During in total 9 weeks in 2008 and 2009, a 190 GeV/c proton beam impinging on a liquid hydrogen target has been used primarily to study the production of exotic mesons and glueball candidates at central rapidities. As no bias on the rapidity was introduced by the trigger system, the data also yield the unique possibility to study diffractive dissociation of the beam proton while an inert target is assumed. To this end exclusive events with three charged particles including one proton in the final state have been extracted. We report on the status of the event selection studies and discuss the prospect of using partial wave analysis techniques, which have been successfully applied for diffractive dissociation reactions of pions in COMPASS.

  1. Meson Spectroscopy at CLAS and CLAS12: the present and the future

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    De Vita, R.

    2011-01-01

    Mesons are the simplest quark bound system, being made by a quark and an anti-quark pair. Studying their structure and properties is a fundamental step to reach a deep understanding of QCD. For this purpose both the precise determination of the meson spectrum for conventional states and the search for states beyond the simple qq-bar configurations, as hybrids (qqg) or glueballs, are needed. Finding evidence for these unconventional states would help in understanding some of the open issues in hadronic physics, as how the quarks are confined within hadrons and what is the role of gluons. These topics are presently studied with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab and will be studied with the novel CLAS12 experiment after the 12 GeV upgrade of the facility. In my talk I will present the physics program that is presently in progress and the future perspectives.

  2. Chiral symmetry breaking and nonperturbative scale anomaly in gauge field theories

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    Miranskij, V.A.; Gusynin, V.P.

    1987-01-01

    The nonperturbative dynamics of chiral and scale symmetry breaking in asymtotically free and non-asymptotically free (with an ultraviolet stable fixed point) vector-like gauge theories is investigated. In the two-loop approximation analytical expressions for the chiral and gluon condensates are obtained. The hypothesis about a soft behaviour at small distances of composite operators in non-asymptotically free gauge theories with a fixed point is put forward and substantiated. It is shown that in these theories the form of the scale anomaly depends on the type of the phase in coupling constant to which it relates. A new dilaton effective lagrangian for glueball and chiral fields is suggested. The mass relation for the single scalar fermion-antifermion bound state is obtained. The important ingredient of this approach is a large (d≅ 2) dynamical dimension of composite chiral fields. The application of this approach to QCD and technicolour models is discussed

  3. Large volumes and spectroscopy of walking theories

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    Del Debbio, L.; Lucini, B.; Patella, A.

    2016-01-01

    A detailed investigation of finite-size effects is performed for SU(2) gauge theory with two fermions in the adjoint representation, which previous lattice studies have shown to be inside the conformal window. The system is investigated with different spatial and temporal boundary conditions...... and the spatial lattice size L satisfy the relation LMPS≥15. This bound, which is at least a factor of three higher than what is observed in QCD, is a likely consequence of the different spectral signatures of the two theories, with the scalar isosinglet (0++ glueball) being the lightest particle in our model....... In addition to stressing the importance of simulating large lattice sizes, our analysis emphasizes the need to understand quantitatively the full spectrum of the theory rather than just the spectrum in the mesonic isotriplet sector. While for the lightest fermion measuring masses from gluonic operators proves...

  4. On low rank classical groups in string theory, gauge theory and matrix models

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    Intriligator, Ken; Kraus, Per; Ryzhov, Anton V.; Shigemori, Masaki; Vafa, Cumrun

    2004-01-01

    We consider N=1 supersymmetric U(N), SO(N), and Sp(N) gauge theories, with two-index tensor matter and added tree-level superpotential, for general breaking patterns of the gauge group. By considering the string theory realization and geometric transitions, we clarify when glueball superfields should be included and extremized, or rather set to zero; this issue arises for unbroken group factors of low rank. The string theory results, which are equivalent to those of the matrix model, refer to a particular UV completion of the gauge theory, which could differ from conventional gauge theory results by residual instanton effects. Often, however, these effects exhibit miraculous cancellations, and the string theory or matrix model results end up agreeing with standard gauge theory. In particular, these string theory considerations explain and remove some apparent discrepancies between gauge theories and matrix models in the literature

  5. Soft Pomeron in Holographic QCD

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    Ballon-Bayona, Alfonso; Costa, Miguel S; Djurić, Marko

    2016-01-01

    We study the graviton Regge trajectory in Holographic QCD as a model for high energy scattering processes dominated by soft pomeron exchange. This is done by considering spin J fields from the closed string sector that are dual to glueball states of even spin and parity. In particular, we construct a model that governs the analytic continuation of the spin J field equation to the region of real J < 2, which includes the scattering domain of negative Maldelstam variable t. The model leads to approximately linear Regge trajectories and is compatible with the measured values of 1.08 for the intercept and 0.25 GeV$^{-2}$ for the slope of the soft pomeron. The intercept of the secondary pomeron trajectory is in the same region of the subleading trajectories, made of mesons, proposed by Donnachie and Landshoff, and should therefore be taken into account.

  6. Method of vacuum correlation functions: Results and prospects

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    Badalian, A. M.; Simonov, Yu. A.; Shevchenko, V. I.

    2006-01-01

    Basic results obtained within the QCD method of vacuum correlation functions over the past 20 years in the context of investigations into strong-interaction physics at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP, Moscow) are formulated Emphasis is placed primarily on the prospects of the general theory developed within QCD by employing both nonperturbative and perturbative methods. On the basis of ab initio arguments, it is shown that the lowest two field correlation functions play a dominant role in QCD dynamics. A quantitative theory of confinement and deconfinement, as well as of the spectra of light and heavy quarkonia, glueballs, and hybrids, is given in terms of these two correlation functions. Perturbation theory in a nonperturbative vacuum (background perturbation theory) plays a significant role, not possessing drawbacks of conventional perturbation theory and leading to the infrared freezing of the coupling constant α s

  7. A study of the centrally produced $K^{*}(892)\\overline{K}^{*}$ and $\\phi\\omega$ systems in pp interaction at 450 GeV/c

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    Barberis, D.; Binon, F.G.; Blick, A.M.; Close, F.E.; Danielsen, K.M.; Dolgopolov, A.V.; Donskov, S.V.; Earl, B.C.; Evans, D.; French, B.R.; Hino, T.; Inaba, S.; Inyakin, A.V.; Ishida, T.; Jacholkowski, A.; Jacobsen, T.; Jones, G.T.; Khaustov, G.V.; Kinashi, T.; Kinson, J.B.; Kirk, A.; Klempt, W.; Kolosov, V.; Kondashov, A.A.; Lednev, A.A.; Lenti, V.; Malyukov, S.; Martinengo, P.; Minashvili, I.; Nakagawa, T.; Norman, K.L.; Peigneux, J.P.; Polovnikov, S.A.; Polyakov, V.A.; Romanovsky, V.; Rotscheidt, H.; Rumyantsev, V.; Rusakovich, N.; Samoylenko, V.D.; Semenov, A.; Sene, M.; Sene, R.; Shagin, P.M.; Shimizu, H.; Singovsky, A.V.; Sobol, A.; Solovev, A.; Stassinaki, M.; Stroot, J.P.; Sugonyaev, V.P.; Takamatsu, K.; Tchlatchidze, G.; Tsuru, T.; Venables, M.; Villalobos Baillie, O.; Votruba, M.F.; Yasu, Y.

    1998-01-01

    A study of the reactions pp -> pfps(K+K-pi+pi-) and pp -> pfps(K+K-pi+pi-pi0) shows evidence for the K*K* and phi omega channels respectively. The K*K* mass spectrum shows a broad distribution with a maximum near threshold and an angular analysis shows that it is compatible with having JP = 2+. The behaviour of the cross-section as a function of centre of mass energy, and the four momentum transfer dependence, are compatible with what would be expected if the K*K* system was produced via double Pomeron exchange. The dPT behaviour of the phi omega channel is similar to what has been observed for all the undisputed qqbar states. In contrast, the dPT behaviour of the K*K* final state is similar to what has been observed for the phi phi final state and for previously observed glueball candidates.

  8. The COMPASS Hadron Spectroscopy Programme

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    Austregesilo, A

    2011-01-01

    COMPASS is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS for the investigation of the structure and the dynamics of hadrons. The experimental setup features a large acceptance and high momentum resolution spectrometer including particle identification and calorimetry and is therefore ideal to access a broad range of different final states. Following the promising observation of a spin-exotic resonance during an earlier pilot run, COMPASS focused on light-quark hadron spectroscopy during the years 2008 and 2009. A data set, world leading in terms of statistics and resolution, has been collected with a 190GeV/c hadron beam impinging on either liquid hydrogen or nuclear targets. Spin-exotic meson and glueball candidates formed in both diffractive dissociation and central production are presently studied. Since the beam composition includes protons, the excited baryon spectrum is also accessible. Furthermore, Primakoff reactions have the potential to determine radiative widths of the resonances and to probe chiral pe...

  9. New hadron spectroscopies

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    Olsen, S.L.

    2014-01-01

    QCD-motivated models for hadrons predict an assortment of "exotic" hadrons that have structures that are more complex than the quark-antiquark mesons and three-quark baryons of the original quark-parton model. These include pentaquark baryons, the six-quark H-dibaryon, and tetraquark and glueball mesons. Despite extensive experimental searches, no unambiguous candidates for any of these exotic configurations have yet to be identified. On the other hand, a number of meson states, one that seems to be a proton-antiproton bound state, and others that contain either charmed-anticharmed quark pairs or bottom-antibottom quark pairs, have been recently discovered that neither fit into the quark-antiquark meson picture nor match the expected properties of the QCD-inspired exotics. Here I briefly review results from a recent search for the H-dibaryon, and discuss some properties of the newly discovered states –the so-called XYZ mesons– and compare them with expectations for conventional quark-antiquark mesons and the predicted QCD-exotic states. (author)

  10. International Meeting: Excited QCD 2014

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    Giacosa, Francesco; Malek, Magdalena; Marinkovic, Marina; Parganlija, Denis

    2014-01-01

    Excited QCD 2014 will take place on the beautiful Bjelasnica mountain located in the vicinity of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. Bjelasnica was a venue of the XIV Winter Olympic Games and it is situated only 30 kilometers from Sarajevo International Airport. The workshop program will start on February 2 and finish on February 8, 2014, with scientific lectures taking place from February 3 to 7. Workshop participants will be accomodated in Hotel Marsal, only couple of minutes by foot from the Olympic ski slopes. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP This edition is the sixth in a series of workshops that were previously organised in Poland, Slovakia, France and Portugal. Following the succesful meeting in 2013, the Workshop is returning to Sarajevo Olympic mountains in 2014, exactly thirty years after the Games. The workshop covers diverse aspects of QCD: (i) QCD at low energies: excited hadrons, glueballs, multiquarks. (ii) QCD at high temperatures and large densities: heavy-ion collisions, jets, diffraction, hadronisation, quark-...

  11. Golden Jubilee photos: LEAR

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    2004-01-01

    Extraction lines that carried the antiprotons from LEAR to the experiments. Beam-splitters and a multitude of beam-lines allowed several users to be supplied simultaneously. Particle physicists don't always need ever more powerful accelerators to study interesting physics. LEAR, the Low Energy Antiproton Ring, was designed to help explore the properties of antimatter, with the annihilation of protons and antiprotons becoming the main theme. LEAR was commissioned in 1983 and contributed to more than 30 experiments with great success. LEAR took part in the discovery of a 'glueball', a particle composed entirely of gluons, the carriers of the strong nuclear force. LEAR also observed that neutral kaons and antikaons decay at a slightly different rate, offering physicists another insight into the mystery about why matter prevails over antimatter in the Universe. Uniquely, LEAR combined both the electron and stochastic beam cooling techniques, used to control and refine the beams. It also pioneered a technique usin...

  12. The decay width of stringy hadrons

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    Jacob Sonnenschein

    2018-02-01

    We fit the theoretical decay width to experimental data for mesons on the trajectories of ρ, ω, π, η, K⁎, ϕ, D, and Ds⁎, and of the baryons N, Δ, Λ, and Σ. We examine both the linearity in L and the exponential suppression factor. The linearity was found to agree with the data well for mesons but less for baryons. The extracted coefficient for mesons A=0.095±0.015 is indeed quite universal. The exponential suppression was applied to both strong and radiative decays. We discuss the relation with string fragmentation and jet formation. We extract the quark–diquark structure of baryons from their decays. A stringy mechanism for Zweig suppressed decays of quarkonia is proposed and is shown to reproduce the decay width of ϒ states. The dependence of the width on spin and flavor symmetry is discussed. We further apply this model to the decays of glueballs and exotic hadrons.

  13. Highlights from COMPASS in hadron spectroscopy

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    Krinner, Fabian

    2015-01-01

    Since Quantum Choromdynamics allows for gluon self-coupling, quarks and gluons cannot be observed as free particles, but only their bound states, the hadrons. This so-called confinement phenomenon is responsible for $98\\%$ of the mass in the visible universe. The measurement of the hadron excitation spectra therefore gives valuable input for theory and phenomenology to quantitatively understand this phenomenon. One simple model to describe hadrons is the Constituent Quark Model (CQM), which knows two types of hadrons: mesons, consisting of a quark and an antiquark, and baryons, which are made out of three quarks. More advanced models, which are inspired by QCD as well as calculations within Lattice QCD predict the existence of other types of hadrons, which may be e.g. described solely by gluonic excitations (glueballs) or mixed quark and gluon excitations (hybrids). In order to search for such states, the COMPASS experiment at the Super Proton Synchrotron at CERN has collected large data sets, which allow to ...

  14. Delta, iota and other meson spectroscopies

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    Lipkin, H.J.

    1986-05-01

    This talk is given from the point of view of an experimentalist. Meson spectroscopy in the 1 to 3 GeV region is interesting because experiments exploring this region, in particular radiative psi decay, have found a rich structure of resonances too complicated to unravel with any one experiment, and not easily interpreted with any one theoretical model. None of the theoretical calculations predicting all kinds of interesting and exotic objects in this region is very convincing or reliable. Additional input from anti pp annihilation can be very useful in helping to find the answers to the following open questions: what exactly is this spectrum, what are the masses and quantum numbers of the resonances, as determined from analysis of data without theoretical prejudices; how is this spectrum described by QCD, is there evidence for new kinds of states like glue-balls, hybrids, axions, Higgses or multiquark exotics, and is there any evidence for new physics beyond QCD. 20 refs

  15. Iota(1440), anomalous Ward identities, and topological susceptibility for QCD

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    Williams, P.G.

    1986-01-01

    Anomalous Ward identities for QCD are comprehensively analyzed taking into account contributions of all known pseudoscalar mesons, including the iota(1440 MeV) which is a possible glueball candidate. Implications for the standard resolution of the U(1) problem are examined by imposing the important and crucial constraint of positivity for the topological susceptibility. The pure Yang-Mills susceptibility: a quantity relevant in quenched lattice calculations: is shown to increase quite considerably in the presence of the iota, while the total susceptibility is reduced and may even vanish. Allowed ranges for the axial couplings are delineated and two classes of solution emerge: one corresponding to an iota with suppressed singlet axial coupling; the other to a large eta'-like coupling. It may be possible to discriminate between these two alternatives by measurements of the branching ratio for iota→KK-barπ: values near 100% give suppressed couplings; values below 50% unsuppressed ones

  16. The string-junction picture of multiquark states: an update

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    Rossi, Giancarlo

    2016-06-07

    We recall and update, both theoretically and phenomenologically, our (nearly) forty-years-old proposal of a string-junction as a necessary complement to the conventional classification of hadrons based just on their quark-antiquark constituents. In that proposal single (though in general metastable) hadronic states are associated with "irreducible" gauge-invariant operators consisting of Wilson lines (visualized as strings of color flux tubes) that may either end on a quark or an antiquark, or annihilate in triplets at a junction $J$ or an anti-junction $\\bar{J}$. For the junction-free sector (ordinary $q\\, \\bar{q}$ mesons and glueballs) the picture is supported by large-$N$ (number of colors) considerations as well as by a lattice strong-coupling expansion. Both imply the famous OZI rule suppressing quark-antiquark annihilation diagrams. For hadrons with $J$ and/or $\\bar{J}$ constituents the same expansions support our proposal, including its generalization of the OZI rule to the suppression of $J-\\bar{J}$ a...

  17. Partial-Wave Analysis of Centrally Produced Two-Pseudoscalar Final States in pp Reactions at COMPASS

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    Austregesilo, Alexander

    2014-01-01

    COMPASS is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS which focused on light-quark hadron spectroscopy during the data taking periods in 2008 and 2009. A world-leading data set was collected with a 190GeV/c hadron beam impinging on a liquid hydrogen target in order to study, inter alia, the central exclusive production of glueball candidates in the light-meson sector. Especially the double-Pomeron exchange mechanism is well suited for the production of mesons without valence quark content. We select centrally produced systems with two pseudo-scalar mesons in the final state from the COMPASS data set recorded with an incoming proton. The decay of this system is decomposed in terms of partial waves, where particular attention is paid to the inherent mathematical ambiguities of the amplitude analysis. Furthermore, we show that simple parametrisations are able to describe the mass dependence of the fit results with sensible Breit-Wigner parameters.

  18. Light Scalar Mesons in Central Production at COMPASS

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    Austregesilo, A.

    2016-01-01

    COMPASS is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS that studies the spectrum of light-quark hadrons. In 2009, it collected a large dataset using a $190\\,$GeV$/c$ positive hadron beam impinging on a liquid-hydrogen target in order to measure the central exclusive production of light scalar mesons. One of the goals is the search for so-called glueballs, which are hypothetical meson-like objects without valence-quark content. We study the decay of neutral resonances by selecting centrally produced pion pairs from the COMPASS dataset. The angular distributions of the two pseudoscalar mesons are decomposed in terms of partial waves, where particular attention is paid to the inherent mathematical ambiguities. The large dataset allows us to perform a detailed analysis in bins of the two squared four-momentum transfers carried by the exchange particles in the reaction. Possible parameterisations of the mass dependence of the partial-wave amplitudes in terms of resonances are also discussed.

  19. COMPASS COmmon Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy

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    2002-01-01

    %NA58 %title\\\\ \\\\COMPASS is a new fixed target experiment at the SPS to study hadron spectroscopy with hadron beams (up to 300~GeV/c) and hadron structure with polarized muon beams (100-200~GeV/c).\\\\ \\\\The main physics objective of the muon beam program is the measurement of $\\Delta$G, the gluon polarization in a longitudinally polarized nucleon. More generally, it is planned to measure the flavour separated spin structure functions of the nucleons in polarized muon - polarized nucleon deep inelastic scattering, both with longitudinal and transverse target polarization modes. For these measurements a new 1.3~m long polarized target and a superconducting solenoid with 200~mrad acceptance will be used.\\\\ \\\\The hadronic program comprises a search for glueballs in the high mass region (above 2~GeV/c$^{2}$) in exclusive diffractive pp scattering, a study of leptonic and semileptonic decays of charmed hadrons with high statistics and precision, and Primakoff scattering with various probes. A detailed investigation ...

  20. The particle zoo

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    2016-01-01

    What is everything really made of? If we split matter down into smaller and infinitesimally smaller pieces, where do we arrive? At the Particle Zoo - the extraordinary subatomic world of antimatter, neutrinos, strange-flavoured quarks and yetis, gravitons, ghosts and glueballs, mindboggling eleven-dimensional strings and the elusive Higgs boson itself. Be guided around this strangest of zoos by Gavin Hesketh, experimental particle physicist at humanity's greatest experiment, the Large Hadron Collider. Concisely and with a rare clarity, he demystifies how we are uncovering the inner workings of the universe and heading towards the next scientific revolution. Why are atoms so small? How did the Higgs boson save the universe? And is there a theory of everything? The Particle Zoo answers these and many other profound questions, and explains the big ideas of Quantum Physics, String Theory, The Big Bang and Dark Matter...and, ultimately, what we know about the true, fundamental nature of reality.

  1. Beyond QCD: Why and How

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    Preparata, G.

    1983-01-01

    In this paper the necessity of going beyond Quantum chromodynamics is argued, and a new theory of Isotropic Chromodynamics (ICD) is introduced. The basic theoretical notions behind QCD--quarks, colors, and gauge theory are retained, but the conclusion that QCD must be the theory of hadrions is questioned. Two points of QCD are reviewed, gluons (including glueballs), and asymptotic freedom. It is suggested that much of this theory is wishful thinking. Beyond QCD, aspects which are puzzling in hadrodynamics are well understood in two-dimensional gauge theories (confinement, freedom at short distances etc). Anisotropic chromodynamics is proposed in the attempt to conjugate the basic pillars of hadrodynamics with the peculiar characteristics of two-dimensional gauge dynamics. In order to construct a gauge dynamics for the color field which is isomorphic to a two-dimensional gauge-theory base space must be enlarged to a seven dimension space-time structure, to be called Anisotropic Space-Time (AST). The ideas and present achievements of ICD are then reviewed

  2. Transverse Lattice Approach to Light-Front Hamiltonian QCD

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    Dalley, S

    1999-01-01

    We describe a non-perturbative procedure for solving from first principles the light-front Hamiltonian problem of SU(N) pure gauge theory in D spacetime dimensions (D>2), based on enforcing Lorentz covariance of observables. A transverse lattice regulator and colour-dielectric link fields are employed, together with an associated effective potential. We argue that the light-front vacuum is necessarily trivial for large enough lattice spacing, and clarify why this leads to an Eguchi-Kawai dimensional reduction of observables to 1+1-dimensions in the infinite N limit. The procedure is then tested by explicit calculations for 2+1-dimensional SU(infinity) gauge theory, within a first approximation to the lattice effective potential. We identify a scaling trajectory which produces Lorentz covariant behaviour for the lightest glueballs. The predicted masses, in units of the measured string tension, are in agreement with recent results from conventional Euclidean lattice simulations. In addition, we obtain the poten...

  3. Double KS0 photoproduction off the proton at CLAS

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    Chandavar, S.; Goetz, J. T.; Hicks, K.; Keller, D.; Kunkel, M. C.; Paolone, M.; Weygand, D. P.; Adhikari, K. P.; Adhikari, S.; Akbar, Z.; Ball, J.; Balossino, I.; Barion, L.; Bashkanov, M.; Battaglieri, M.; Bedlinskiy, I.; Biselli, A. S.; Briscoe, W. J.; Brooks, W. K.; Burkert, V. D.; Cao, F.; Carman, D. S.; Celentano, A.; Charles, G.; Chetry, T.; Ciullo, G.; Clark, L.; Cole, P. L.; Contalbrigo, M.; Crede, V.; D'Angelo, A.; Dashyan, N.; De Vita, R.; De Sanctis, E.; Defurne, M.; Deur, A.; Djalali, C.; Dupre, R.; Egiyan, H.; El Alaoui, A.; El Fassi, L.; Eugenio, P.; Fedotov, G.; Filippi, A.; Fradi, A.; Gavalian, G.; Ghandilyan, Y.; Gilfoyle, G. P.; Girod, F. X.; Glazier, D. I.; Gohn, W.; Golovatch, E.; Gothe, R. W.; Griffioen, K. A.; Guidal, M.; Guo, L.; Hafidi, K.; Hakobyan, H.; Hanretty, C.; Harrison, N.; Hattawy, M.; Heddle, D.; Holtrop, M.; Ilieva, Y.; Ireland, D. G.; Isupov, E. L.; Jenkins, D.; Johnston, S.; Joo, K.; Joosten, S.; Kabir, M. L.; Khachatryan, G.; Khachatryan, M.; Khandaker, M.; Kim, W.; Klein, A.; Klein, F. J.; Kubarovsky, V.; Lanza, L.; Lenisa, P.; Livingston, K.; MacGregor, I. J. D.; Markov, N.; McCracken, M. E.; McKinnon, B.; Meyer, C. A.; Mineeva, T.; Mokeev, V.; Movsisyan, A.; Munoz Camacho, C.; Nadel-Turonski, P.; Niccolai, S.; Niculescu, G.; Osipenko, M.; Ostrovidov, A. I.; Paremuzyan, R.; Park, K.; Pasyuk, E.; Phelps, W.; Pogorelko, O.; Price, J. W.; Prok, Y.; Protopopescu, D.; Raue, B. A.; Ripani, M.; Riser, D.; Ritchie, B. G.; Rizzo, A.; Rosner, G.; Sabatié, F.; Salgado, C.; Schumacher, R. A.; Sharabian, Y. G.; Simonyan, A.; Skorodumina, Iu.; Sokhan, D.; Smith, G. D.; Sparveris, N.; Stepanyan, S.; Strakovsky, I. I.; Strauch, S.; Ungaro, M.; Voutier, E.; Wei, X.; Zachariou, N.; Zhang, J.; Zhao, Z. W.; CLAS Collaboration

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    The f0(1500 ) meson resonance is one of several contenders to have significant mixing with the lightest glueball. This resonance is well established from several previous experiments. Here we present the first photoproduction data for the f0(1500 ) via decay into the KS0KS0 channel using the CLAS detector. The reaction γ p →fJp →KS0KS0p , where J =0 ,2 , was measured with photon energies from 2.7-5.1 GeV. A clear peak is seen at 1500 MeV in the background subtracted invariant mass spectra of the two kaons. This is enhanced if the measured four-momentum transfer to the proton target is restricted to be less than 1.0 GeV2. By comparing data with simulations, it can be concluded that the peak at 1500 MeV is produced primarily at low t , which is consistent with a t -channel production mechanism.

  4. The PANDA experiment: Antiproton physics at FAIR

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    Montagna, P.

    2011-01-01

    The new Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), under construction at the GSI laboratory at Darmstadt, in a few years will make available, among different types of beams, even antiproton beams with unique features. Through a High Energy Storage Ring (HESR) for antiprotons, an antiproton beam will be available in a momentum range from 1.5 to 15 GeV/c, which will interact on a hydrogen target. The products of the interaction, including hadronic systems with strangeness and/or charm, will be detected with the PANDA magnetic spectrometer (antiProton ANnihilation at DArmstadt), and the spectroscopic analysis will allow a detailed investigation on a number of open problems of the hadronic physics, as the quark confinement, the existence of non-conventional meson states (so-called glueballs and hybrids), the structure of hadrons and of the strong interaction, with particular attention to charmonium spectroscopy. An overview of the scientific program of PANDA and the current status of the project will be presented.

  5. Large volumes and spectroscopy of walking theories

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    Del Debbio, L; Patella, A; Pica, C; Rago, A

    2016-01-01

    A detailed investigation of finite size effects is performed for SU(2) gauge theory with two fermions in the adjoint representation, which previous lattice studies have shown to be inside the conformal window. The system is investigated with different spatial and temporal boundary conditions on lattices of various spatial and temporal extensions, for two values of the bare fermion mass representing a {\\em heavy} and {\\em light} fermion regime. Our study shows that the infinite volume limit of masses and decay constants in the mesonic sector is reached only when the mass of the pseudoscalar particle $M_\\mathrm{PS}$ and the spatial lattice size $L$ satisfy the relation $L M_\\mathrm{PS} \\ge 15$. This bound, which is at least a factor of three higher than what observed in QCD, is a likely consequence of the different spectral signatures of the two theories, with the scalar isosinglet ($0^{++}$ glueball) being the lightest particle in our model. In addition to stressing the importance of simulating large lattice s...

  6. Gauge-invariant scalar and field strength correlators in 3d

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    Laine, Mikko

    1998-01-01

    Gauge-invariant non-local scalar and field strength operators have been argued to have significance, e.g., as a way to determine the behaviour of the screened static potential at large distances, as order parameters for confinement, as input parameters in models of confinement, and as gauge-invariant definitions of light constituent masses in bound state systems. We measure such "correlators" in the 3d pure SU(2) and SU(2)+Higgs models on the lattice. We extract the corresponding mass parameters and discuss their scaling and physical interpretation. We find that the finite part of the MS-bar scheme mass measured from the field strength correlator is large, more than half the glueball mass. We also determine the non-perturbative contribution to the Debye mass in the 4d finite T SU(2) gauge theory with a method due to Arnold and Yaffe, finding $\\delta m_D\\approx 1.06(4)g^2T$.

  7. Hadron spectroscopy with COMPASS - First results

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    Nerling, Frank

    2010-01-01

    The COMPASS experiment at CERN is dedicated to light hadron spectroscopy with emphasis on the detection of new states, in particular the search for spin exotic states and glueballs. After a short pilot run in 2004 (190 GeV/c $\\pi^{-}$ beam, Pb target) showing significant production strength of an exotic $J^{PC}=1^{-+}$ state at 1.66\\,GeV/${\\rm c^2}$, we have collected data with 190 GeV/c hadron beams on a liquid hydrogen target in 2008/09. The spectrometer features good coverage by calorimetry and our data provide excellent opportunity for simultaneous observation of new states in different decay modes. The diffractively produced $(3\\pi)^{-}$ system for example can be studied in both modes $\\pi^{-}p \\rightarrow \\pi^{-}\\pi^{+}\\pi^{-}p$ and $\\pi^{-}~p \\rightarrow \\pi^{-}\\pi^{0}\\pi^{0}~p$. Reconstruction of charged and neutral mode rely on completely different parts of the apparatus. Observation of new st ates in both modes provides important checks. The results on diffractive dissociation into 3$\\pi$ final stat...

  8. Determination of the potential for fundamental- and adjoint-representation sources in SU(2) in three dimensions

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    Mawhinney, R.D.

    1990-01-01

    Pure SU(2) lattice gauge theory in three dimensions is studied by Monte Carlo simulation with a determination of the potential between fundamental- and adjoint-representation sources as a major goal. A 32 3 lattice is used and Wilson loops up to 16 by 16 are measured using a modification to the standard multihit variance reduction which improves the statistics by at least a factor of 3 at β=6.0. The integrated autocorrelation times measured for the loops show a peak for loops of size β by β. The fundamental- and adjoint-representation potentials are seen to have the same functional form to very high accuracy and their numerical values are in the ratio of their Casimir operators. The string tension is extracted and scaling is seen to within a few percent over a range of couplings which correspond to a factor of 2 change in the glueball mass. Correlated errors have been taken into account in the extraction of the potentials from the Wilson-loop values

  9. Baryon-baryon bound states from first principles in 3+1 lattice QCD with two flavors and strong coupling

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    Faria da Veiga, Paulo A.; O'Carroll, Michael

    2006-01-01

    We determine baryon-baryon bound states in (3+1)-dimensional SU(3) lattice QCD with two flavors, 4x4 spin matrices, and in an imaginary time formulation. For small hopping parameter κ>0 and large glueball mass (strong coupling), we show the existence of three-quark isospin 1/2 particles (proton and neutron) and isospin 3/2 baryons (delta particles), with asymptotic masses -3lnκ and isolated dispersion curves. Baryon-baryon bound states of isospin zero are found with binding energy of order κ 2 , using a ladder approximation to a lattice Bethe-Salpeter equation. The dominant baryon-baryon interaction is an energy-independent spatial range-one attractive potential with an O(κ 2 ) strength. There is also attraction arising from gauge field correlations associated with six overlapping bonds, but it is counterbalanced by Pauli repulsion to give a vanishing zero-range potential. The overall range-one potential results from a quark, antiquark exchange with no meson exchange interpretation; the repulsive or attractive nature of the interaction depends on the isospin and spin of the two-baryon state

  10. Test of OZI violation in vector meson production with COMPASS

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    Bernhard, Johannes

    2011-01-01

    The COMPASS experiment at CERN SPS completed its data taking with hadron beams ($p,\\pi, K$) in the years 2008 and 2009 by collecting a large set of data using different targets (H$_{2}$, Pb, Ni, W). These data are dedicated to hadron spectroscopy, where the focus is directed to the search for exotic bound states of quarks and gluons (hybrids, glueballs). The production of such states is known to be favoured in glue-rich environments, e.g. so-called OZI-forbidden processes. The OZI rule postulates that processes with disconnected quark line diagrams are forbidden. On the one hand, the study of the degree of OZI violation in vector meson production yields the possibilty to learn more about the involved production mechanisms. On the other hand it helps to understand the nucleon's structure itself. Contrary to former experiments, the large data sample allows for detailed studies in respect to Feynman's variable $x_{F}$. We present results from the ongoing analysis on the comparison of $\\omega$ and $\\phi$ vector m...

  11. Configurational entropy of anti-de Sitter black holes

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    Braga, Nelson R.F.; Rocha, Roldão da

    2017-01-01

    Recent studies indicate that the configurational entropy is an useful tool to investigate the stability and (or) the relative dominance of states for diverse physical systems. Recent examples comprise the connection between the variation of this quantity and the relative fraction of light mesons and glueballs observed in hadronic processes. Here we develop a technique for defining a configurational entropy for an AdS-Schwarzschild black hole. The achieved result corroborates consistency with the Hawking–Page phase transition. Namely, the dominance of the black hole configurational entropy will be shown to increase with the temperature. In order to verify the consistency of the new procedure developed here, we also consider the case of black holes in flat space-time. For such a black hole, it is known that evaporation leads to instability. The configurational entropy obtained for the flat space case is thoroughly consistent with the physical expectation. In fact, we show that the smaller the black holes, the more unstable they are. So, the configurational entropy furnishes a reliable measure for stability of black holes.

  12. Analysis on heavy quarkonia transitions with pion emission in terms of the QCD multipole expansion and determination of mass spectra of hybrids

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    Ke, Hong-Wei; Tang, Jian; Hao, Xi-Qing; Li, Xue-Qian

    2007-01-01

    One of the most important tasks in high energy physics is the search for the exotic states, such as glueball, hybrid, and multiquark states. The transitions ψ(ns)→ψ(ms)+ππ and Υ(ns)→Υ(ms)+ππ attract great attention because they may reveal characteristics of hybrids. In this work, we analyze those transition modes in terms of the theoretical framework established by Yan and Kuang. It is interesting to notice that the intermediate states between the two gluon emissions are hybrids, therefore by fitting the data, we are able to determine the mass spectra of hybrids. The ground hybrid states are predicted as 4.23 GeV (for charmonium) and 10.79 GeV (for bottonium) which do not correspond to any states measured in recent experiments, thus it may imply that, very possibly, hybrids mix with regular quarkonia to constitute physical states. Comprehensive comparisons of the potentials for hybrids whose parameters are obtained in this scenario with the lattice results are presented

  13. Search for the decay X(3872)$\\to J/\\psi \\omega$ in the LHCb experiment at CERN

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    Capriotti, Lorenzo; Alves Jr, Antonio Augusto

    In the Standard Model of particles, any non [$q\\bar{q}$] or [$qqq$] composite state is labelled as $\\textit{exotic}$: this includes different combinations which are in principle allowed (tetraquark, pentaquark, mesonic molecule, glueball, and other) but were never observed for a long time, up to 2003 when the Belle Collaboration at KEK reported the observation of a narrow peak in the $J/\\psi \\pi^+ \\pi^-$ invariant mass spectrum. The state, labelled as X(3872), must contain a $c\\bar{c}$ pair but its mass does not correspond exactly to any of the predicted states in the charmonium excitation spectrum. Several theoretical models have been developed to describe the nature of the X(3872), such as mesonic molecule, tetraquark, threshold effect, hybrid $c\\bar{c}g$ resonance, and others. After the Belle announcement, it was observed also by several others Collaborations (CDF, D0, BaBar, LHCb): BaBar observed evidence for the decay X(3872)$\\to J/\\psi \\omega$ at a rate comparable to that of $J/\\psi \\pi\\pi$, suggesting...

  14. Configurational entropy of anti-de Sitter black holes

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    Braga, Nelson R.F., E-mail: braga@if.ufrj.br [Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68528, RJ 21941-972 (Brazil); Rocha, Roldão da, E-mail: roldao.rocha@ufabc.edu.br [Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC – UFABC, 09210-580, Santo André (Brazil)

    2017-04-10

    Recent studies indicate that the configurational entropy is an useful tool to investigate the stability and (or) the relative dominance of states for diverse physical systems. Recent examples comprise the connection between the variation of this quantity and the relative fraction of light mesons and glueballs observed in hadronic processes. Here we develop a technique for defining a configurational entropy for an AdS-Schwarzschild black hole. The achieved result corroborates consistency with the Hawking–Page phase transition. Namely, the dominance of the black hole configurational entropy will be shown to increase with the temperature. In order to verify the consistency of the new procedure developed here, we also consider the case of black holes in flat space-time. For such a black hole, it is known that evaporation leads to instability. The configurational entropy obtained for the flat space case is thoroughly consistent with the physical expectation. In fact, we show that the smaller the black holes, the more unstable they are. So, the configurational entropy furnishes a reliable measure for stability of black holes.

  15. Large X Hadron Physics and Correlations with Central Region Phenomena

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    2002-01-01

    The experiment uses a forward double-septum magnetic spectrometer with acceptance of @+~150~mrad to study the production of multiparticle systems. The system of mini-drift MWPC's has a processor which enables real-time selection of different multiplicities. The 32-cell Cherenkov counters along with the T.O.F. system allow the identification and separation of @p's, K's and p's over a large momentum range. A 3~m~x~3~m shower counter is installed to measure @p|0's and @g's traversing the spectrometer. \\\\ \\\\ A magnetic spectrometer installed at 90|0 measures identified single particles (T.O.F. and aerogel Cherenkov counters) and permits the measurement of flavour correlations with the forward spectrometer. Momentum selection of the 90|0 particles is incorporated in the trigger. .in +3 The experiment is data taking and studying such topics as 1) Production of @L^c|+ @A @L@p|+@p|+@p|- @A pK|-@p|+ 2) Glueball search in diffractive production of p @A pK|0^sK@+@p, pK|0^sK|0^s, p@L@L, etc... 3) p@*, pp comparison inclu...

  16. Hadron spectroscopy at RHIC and KAON

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    Chung, S.U.

    1990-01-01

    A description is given of the physics opportunities at RHIC regarding quark-gluon spectroscopy. The basic idea is to isolate with appropriate triggers the sub-processes pomeron + pomeron → hadrons and γ + +γ + → hadrons with the net effective mass of hadrons in the range of 1.0 to 10.0 GeV, in order to study the hadronic states composed of u, d, c, b and gluons. The double-pomeron interactions are expected to produce glueballs and hybrids preferentially, while the two-offshell-photon initial states should couple predominantly to quarkonia and multiquark states. Of particular interest is the possibility of carrying out a CP-violation study in the B decays. The KAON facility, proposed for TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada, is an intense hadron factory with a proton flux some 25 times higher than that available at the BNL AGS with the Booster. Therefore, a general purpose hadron spectrometer will be able to tackle the problem of studying gluonic and multiquark degrees of freedom in strangeonia. 19 refs., 3 figs

  17. Current status of the E(1420)/ι(1440) and future prospects of the gT decaying into φφ

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    Chung, S.U.

    1991-12-01

    A survey is given of the current status of the f 1 (1420)/E and the η(1440)/ι in the channels of K bar Kπ and ηππ. There is now strong evidence that the η(1440)/ι is split into two J PC = o -+ states in the 1.4--1.5 GeV range with the lower-mass state coupling mostly to a 0 (980)π whereas the upper-mass state couples mainly to K*(890)bar K. Both of them cannot be quarkonia. It appears very likely that the f 1 (1420)/E is an S-wave K*(890)bar K molecule with a strong overlap with the a 0 (980)/δ. It is thought that one or more of the J PC = 1 ++ f 2 (2010)/g r , F 2 (2300)/g T ' and f 2 (2340)/g f double-prime states decaying into φφ may be the tensor glueball. The future prospects at BNL and elsewhere for further experimental work on these on other exotic states coupling to φφ are discussed

  18. Lattice gauge theories and Monte Carlo simulations

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    Rebbi, C.

    1981-11-01

    After some preliminary considerations, the discussion of quantum gauge theories on a Euclidean lattice takes up the definition of Euclidean quantum theory and treatment of the continuum limit; analogy is made with statistical mechanics. Perturbative methods can produce useful results for strong or weak coupling. In the attempts to investigate the properties of the systems for intermediate coupling, numerical methods known as Monte Carlo simulations have proved valuable. The bulk of this paper illustrates the basic ideas underlying the Monte Carlo numerical techniques and the major results achieved with them according to the following program: Monte Carlo simulations (general theory, practical considerations), phase structure of Abelian and non-Abelian models, the observables (coefficient of the linear term in the potential between two static sources at large separation, mass of the lowest excited state with the quantum numbers of the vacuum (the so-called glueball), the potential between two static sources at very small distance, the critical temperature at which sources become deconfined), gauge fields coupled to basonic matter (Higgs) fields, and systems with fermions

  19. Experimental study of rapidity gaps in gluon jets

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    Gary, J W

    2003-01-01

    Gluon jets are selected from hadronic Z/sup 0/ decay events produced in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilations, collected with the OPAL detector at LEP. A subsample of these jets is identified which exhibit a large gap in the rapidity distribution of particles within the jet. These jets are observed to demonstrate a high degree of sensitivity to the presence of color reconnection, i.e. higher order QCD processes affecting the underlying color structure. We test two QCD Monte Carlo programs which implement color reconnection: one in the Ariadne Monte Carlo and the other by Rathsman in the Pythia Monte Carlo. We find these models can describe our gluon jet measurements only if very large values are used for the cutoff parameters which serve to terminate the parton showers, and conclude that color reconnection as implemented in these models is disfavored. Further, we use our data on gluon jets with a rapidity gap to search for glueball-like objects in the leading part of those jets. We do not find any clear evidence for...

  20. Further Search for the Two-Photon Production of the Glueball Candidate {ital f}{sub {ital J}}(2220)

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    Alam, M.S.; Athar, S.B.; Ling, Z.; Mahmood, A.H.; Timm, S.; Wappler, F. [State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York 12222 (United States); Anastassov, A.; Duboscq, J.E.; Gan, K.K.; Hart, T.; Honscheid, K.; Kagan, H.; Kass, R.; Lee, J.; Schwarthoff, H.; Spencer, M.B.; Wolf, A.; Zoeller, M.M. [Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States); Richichi, S.J.; Severini, H.; Skubic, P.; Undrus, A. [University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 (United States); Bishai, M.; Fast, J.; Hinson, J.W.; Menon, N.; Miller, D.H.; Shibata, E.I.; Shipsey, I.P. [Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (United States); Glenn, S.; Kwon, Y.; Lyon, A.L.; Roberts, S.; Thorndike, E.H. [University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States); Jessop, C.P.; Lingel, K.; Marsiske, H.; Perl, M.L.; Savinov, V.; Ugolini, D.; Zhou, X. [Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94309 (United States); Coan, T.E.; Fadeyev, V.; Korolkov, I.; Maravin, Y.; Narsky, I.; Shelkov, V.; Staeck, J.; Stroynowski, R.; Volobouev, I.; Ye, J. [Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275 (United States); Artuso, M.; Dambasuren, E.; Efimov, A.; Kopp, S.; Moneti, G.C.; Mountain, R.; Schuh, S.; Skwarnicki, T.; Stone, S.; Titov, A.; Viehhauser, G.; Wang, J.C. [Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244 (United States); Bartelt, J.; Csorna, S.E.; McLean, K.W.; Marka, S. [Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235 (United States); Godang, R.; Kinoshita, K.; Lai, I.C.; Pomianowski, P.; Schrenk, S. [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 (United States); Bonvicini, G.; Cinabro, D.; Greene, R.; Perera, L.P.; Zhou, G.J. [Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202 (United States); Chadhha, M.; Chan, S.; Eigen, G.; Miller, J.S.; Schmidtler, M.; Urheim, J.; Weinstein, A.J.; Wuerthwein, F. [California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)

    1998-10-01

    The CLEO II detector at the e{sup +}e{sup {minus}} storage ring CESR has been used to search for two-photon production of the f{sub J}(2220) decaying into {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup {minus}} . No evidence for a signal is found in 4.77 fb{sup {minus}1} of data and a 95{percent} C.L. upper limit on [{Gamma}{sub {gamma}{gamma}}B{sub {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup {minus}}}]{sub f{sub J}( 2220)} of 2.5thinspthinspeV is set. If this result is combined with the BES Collaboration{close_quote}s measurement of f{sub J}(2220){r_arrow}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup {minus}} in radiative J/{psi} decay and the recent CLEO result for [{Gamma}{sub {gamma}{gamma}}B{sub K{sup 0}{sub S}K{sup 0}{sub S}}]{sub f{sub J} (2220)} , a 95{percent} C.L. lower limit on the stickiness of 102 is obtained. This result for the stickiness provides further support for a substantial neutral parton content in the f{sub J}(2220) . {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society }

  1. Study of B Meson Decays to ppbarh Final States

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    Hryn' ova, Tetiana B.; /SLAC

    2006-03-22

    B mesons are unique among well-established non-quarkonium mesons in their ability to decay into baryons. Baryonic B decays offer a wide range of interesting areas of study: they can be used to test our theoretical understanding of rare decay processes involving baryons, search for direct CP violation and study low-energy QCD. This thesis presents measurements of branching fractions and a study of the decay dynamics of the charmless three-body decays of B meson into p{bar p}h final states, where h = {pi}{sup +}, K{sup +}, K{sub S}{sup 0}, K*{sup 0} or K*{sup +}. With a sample of 232 million {Upsilon}(4S) {yields} B{bar B} events collected with the BaBar detector, we report the first observation of the B {yields} p{bar p}K*{sup 0} decay, and provide improved measurements of branching fractions of the other modes. The distribution of the three final-state particles is of particular interest since it provides dynamical information on the possible presence of exotic intermediate states such as the hypothetical pentaquark states {Theta}*{sup ++} and {Theta}{sup +}in the m{sub pK{sup +}} and m{sub pK{sub S}{sup 0}} spectra, respectively, or glueball states (such as the tensor glueball f{sub J}(2220)) in the m{sub p{bar p}} spectrum. No evidence for exotic states is found and upper limits on the branching fractions are set. An enhancement at low p{bar p} mass is observed in all the B {yields} p{bar p}h modes, and its shape is compared between the decay modes and with the shape of the time-like proton form factor. A Dalitz plot asymmetry in B {yields} p{bar p}K{sup +} mode suggests dominance of the penguin amplitude in this decay and disfavors the possibility that the low mass p{bar p} enhancement originates from the presence of a resonance below threshold (such as the recently seen baryonium candidate at 1835 MeV/c{sup 2}). We also identify decays of the type B {yields} X{sub c{bar c}}h {yields} p{bar p}h, where h = K{sup +}, K{sub S}{sup 0}, K*{sup 0} or K*{sup +}, and X

  2. Blockspin renormalization-group study of color confinement due to violation of the non-Abelian Bianchi identity

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    Suzuki, Tsuneo

    2018-02-01

    Blockspin transformation of topological defects is applied to the violation of the non-Abelian Bianchi identity (VNABI) on lattice defined as Abelian monopoles. To get rid of lattice artifacts, we introduce (1) smooth gauge fixings such as the maximal center gauge (MCG), (2) blockspin transformations and (3) the tadpole-improved gauge action. The effective action can be determined by adopting the inverse Monte Carlo method. The coupling constants F (i ) of the effective action depend on the coupling of the lattice action β and the number of the blocking step n . But it is found that F (i ) satisfies a beautiful scaling; that is, they are a function of the product b =n a (β ) alone for lattice coupling constants 3.0 ≤β ≤3.9 and the steps of blocking 1 ≤n ≤12 . The effective action showing the scaling behavior can be regarded as an almost perfect action corresponding to the continuum limit, since a →0 as n →∞ for fixed b . The infrared effective monopole action keeps the global color invariance when smooth gauges such as MCG keeping the invariance are adopted. The almost perfect action showing the scaling is found to be independent of the smooth gauges adopted here as naturally expected from the gauge invariance of the continuum theory. Then we compare the results with those obtained by the analytic blocking method of topological defects from the continuum, assuming local two-point interactions are dominant as the infrared effective action. The action is formulated in the continuum limit while the couplings of these actions can be derived from simple observables calculated numerically on lattices with a finite lattice spacing. When use is made of Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transformation, the infrared monopole action can be transformed into that of the string model. Since large b =n a (β ) corresponds to the strong-coupling region in the string model, the physical string tension and the lowest glueball mass can be evaluated analytically

  3. Tests of models of color reconnection and a search for glueballs using gluon jets with a rapidity gap

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    Abbiendi, G.; Akesson, P.F.; Alexander, G.; Allison, John; Amaral, P.; Anagnostou, G.; Anderson, K.J.; Arcelli, S.; Asai, S.; Axen, D.; Azuelos, G.; Bailey, I.; Barberio, E.; Barlow, R.J.; Batley, R.J.; Bechtle, P.; Behnke, T.; Bell, Kenneth Watson; Bell, P.J.; Bella, G.; Bellerive, A.; Benelli, G.; Bethke, S.; Biebel, O.; Boeriu, O.; Bock, P.; Boutemeur, M.; Braibant, S.; Brigliadori, L.; Brown, Robert M.; Buesser, K.; Burckhart, H.J.; Campana, S.; Carnegie, R.K.; Caron, B.; Carter, A.A.; Carter, J.R.; Chang, C.Y.; Charlton, David G.; Csilling, A.; Cuffiani, M.; Dado, S.; De Roeck, A.; De Wolf, E.A.; Desch, K.; Dienes, B.; Donkers, M.; Dubbert, J.; Duchovni, E.; Duckeck, G.; Duerdoth, I.P.; Etzion, E.; Fabbri, F.; Feld, L.; Ferrari, P.; Fiedler, F.; Fleck, I.; Ford, M.; Frey, A.; Furtjes, A.; Gagnon, P.; Gary, John William; Gaycken, G.; Geich-Gimbel, C.; Giacomelli, G.; Giacomelli, P.; Giunta, Marina; Goldberg, J.; Gross, E.; Grunhaus, J.; Gruwe, M.; Gunther, P.O.; Gupta, A.; Hajdu, C.; Hamann, M.; Hanson, G.G.; Harder, K.; Harel, A.; Harin-Dirac, M.; Hauschild, M.; Hawkes, C.M.; Hawkings, R.; Hemingway, R.J.; Hensel, C.; Herten, G.; Heuer, R.D.; Hill, J.C.; Hoffman, Kara Dion; Horvath, D.; Igo-Kemenes, P.; Ishii, K.; Jeremie, H.; Jovanovic, P.; Junk, T.R.; Kanaya, N.; Kanzaki, J.; Karapetian, G.; Karlen, D.; Kawagoe, K.; Kawamoto, T.; Keeler, R.K.; Kellogg, R.G.; Kennedy, B.W.; Kim, D.H.; Klein, K.; Klier, A.; Kluth, S.; Kobayashi, T.; Kobel, M.; Komamiya, S.; Kormos, Laura L.; Kramer, T.; Krieger, P.; von Krogh, J.; Kruger, K.; Kuhl, T.; Kupper, M.; Lafferty, G.D.; Landsman, H.; Lanske, D.; Layter, J.G.; Leins, A.; Lellouch, D.; Lettso, J.; Levinson, L.; Lillich, J.; Lloyd, S.L.; Loebinger, F.K.; Lu, J.; Ludwig, J.; Macpherson, A.; Mader, W.; Marcellini, S.; Martin, A.J.; Masetti, G.; Mashimo, T.; Mattig, Peter; McDonald, W.J.; McKenna, J.; McMahon, T.J.; McPherson, R.A.; Meijers, F.; Menges, W.; Merritt, F.S.; Mes, H.; Michelini, A.; Mihara, S.; Mikenberg, G.; Miller, D.J.; Moed, S.; Mohr, W.; Mori, T.; Mutter, A.; Nagai, K.; Nakamura, I.; Nanjo, H.; Neal, H.A.; Nisius, R.; O'Neale, S.W.; Oh, A.; Okpara, A.; Oreglia, M.J.; Orito, S.; Pahl, C.; Pasztor, G.; Pater, J.R.; Patrick, G.N.; Pilcher, J.E.; Pinfold, J.; Plane, David E.; Poli, B.; Polok, J.; Pooth, O.; Przybycien, M.; Quadt, A.; Rabbertz, K.; Rembser, C.; Renkel, P.; Roney, J.M.; Rosati, S.; Rozen, Y.; Runge, K.; Sachs, K.; Saeki, T.; Sarkisyan, E.K.G.; Schaile, A.D.; Schaile, O.; Scharff-Hansen, P.; Schieck, J.; Schoerner-Sadenius, Thomas; Schroder, Matthias; Schumacher, M.; Schwick, C.; Scott, W.G.; Seuster, R.; Shears, T.G.; Shen, B.C.; Sherwood, P.; Siroli, G.; Skuja, A.; Smith, A.M.; Sobie, R.; Soldner-Rembold, S.; Spano, F.; Stahl, A.; Stephens, K.; Strom, David M.; Strohmer, R.; Tarem, S.; Tasevsky, M.; Taylor, R.J.; Teuscher, R.; Thomson, M.A.; Torrence, E.; Toya, D.; Tran, P.; Trigger, I.; Trocsanyi, Z.; Tsur, E.; Turner-Watson, M.F.; Ueda, I.; Ujvari, B.; Vollmer, C.F.; Vannerem, P.; Vertesi, R.; Verzocchi, M.; Voss, H.; Vossebeld, J.; Waller, D.; Ward, C.P.; Ward, D.R.; Watkins, P.M.; Watson, A.T.; Watson, N.K.; Wells, P.S.; Wengler, T.; Wermes, N.; Wetterling, D.; Wilson, G.W.; Wilson, J.A.; Wolf, G.; Wyatt, T.R.; Yamashita, S.; Zer-Zion, D.; Zivkovic, Lidija

    2004-01-01

    Gluon jets with a mean energy of 22 GeV and purity of 95% are selected from hadronic Z0 decay events produced in e+e- annihilations. A subsample of these jets is identified which exhibits a large gap in the rapidity distribution of particles within the jet. After imposing the requirement of a rapidity gap, the gluon jet purity is 86%. These jets are observed to demonstrate a high degree of sensitivity to the presence of color reconnection, i.e. higher order QCD processes affecting the underlying color structure. We use our data to test three QCD models which include a simulation of color reconnection: one in the Ariadne Monte Carlo, one in the Herwig Monte Carlo, and the other by Rathsman in the Pythia Monte Carlo. We find the Rathsman and Ariadne color reconnection models can describe our gluon jet measurements only if very large values are used for the cutoff parameters which serve to terminate the parton showers, and that the description of inclusive Z0 data is significantly degraded in this case. We concl...

  4. Why QCD lattice theory is important to spin physicists

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    Rebbi, C.

    1982-01-01

    The lattice formulation of a quantum field theory allows calculations in the regime of strong coupling, by expansion techniques, and for intermediate coupling, by Monte Carlo simulations. These computations are especially valuable in the case of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), where several of the most important problems are not amenable to a perturbative analysis. Monte carlo simulations, in particular, have recently emerged as a very powerful tool and have been used to evaluate a variety of important physical quantities, such as the string tension, the deconfinement temperature, the scale of the interquark potential, glueball masses and masses in the quark model spectrum. If we consider those problems of strong interactions where spin plays an important role, it is unlikely, for the moment at least, that the lattice formulation may be of relevance where the phenomena being investigated involve propagations over extended domains of space-time; thus, for instance, it is impossible to perform a meaningful simulation of a scattering experiment on the lattice. But we are at the stage where Monte Carlo calculations begin to provide relevant information on spectroscopic properties related to spin. These are briefly discussed

  5. Theoretical high energy physics: Progress report for the period May 1, 1986-April 30, 1987

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    Lee, T.D.

    1987-05-01

    Work is reported in the area of implementing QCD with dynamical fermions on a lattice parallel processor. Work on lattice gauge theory is reported, particularly the construction and use of high speed parallel computers for the Monte Carlo simulation of lattice quantum chromodynamics. Other work includes research on the long-range forces that arise from multi-photon exchange between diverse systems, and particle-antiparticle oscillations. Also reported is work on composite-Higgs models, composite fermion models, calculating corrections propagators in near-constant background fields, and calculating gluon scattering amplitudes using techniques derived from string theory. Soliton stars, black holes, and Hawking radiation were studied. An analytic expression was found for an inclusive two minijet cross section at collider energies in QCD. The very early stage of an ultra-relativistic heavy ion collision was studied. Research on glueball masses in QCD, the first Chern number of the normal bundle of work surface of a string, and computation of the rate of baryogenesis via processes involving homotopically nontrivial paths on configuration space is also reported. Problems arising from the application of high energy physics to the study of cosmology are also studied

  6. Chiral symmetry breaking and pions in nonsupersymmetric gauge/gravity duals

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    Babington, J.; Erdmenger, J.; Guralnik, Z.; Kirsch, I.; Evans, N.

    2004-01-01

    We study gravity duals of large N nonsupersymmetric gauge theories with matter in the fundamental representation by introducing a D7-brane probe into deformed AdS backgrounds. In particular, we consider a D7-brane probe in both the AdS Schwarzschild black hole solution and in the background found by Constable and Myers, which involves a nonconstant dilaton and S 5 radius. Both these backgrounds exhibit confinement of fundamental matter and a discrete glueball and meson spectrum. We numerically compute the Ψ-barΨ condensate and meson spectrum associated with these backgrounds. In the AdS-black-hole background, a quark-bilinear condensate develops only at a nonzero quark mass. We speculate on the existence of a third order phase transition at a critical quark mass where the D7 embedding undergoes a geometric transition. In the Constable-Myers background, we find a chiral symmetry breaking condensate as well as the associated Goldstone boson in the limit of small quark mass. The existence of the condensate ensures that the D7-brane never reaches the naked singularity at the origin of the deformed AdS space

  7. Hadron Spectroscopy: Seventh International Conference. Proceedings

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    Chung, S.; Willutzki, H.J.

    1998-01-01

    These proceedings represent papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy (HADRON close-quote 97) held in Upton, New York in August, 1997. The Conference provided a wonderful opportunity for practitioners of hadron spectroscopy to discuss and exchange the latest information on both theoretical and experimental progress. A wide range of topics was covered at the Conference, including proton-antiproton interactions, glueballs, quantum chromodynamics, quarkonium hybrid meson, long-lived exotic particles and gluon degrees of freedom in meson spectroscopy. The Conference represents results from various collaborations including the Fermilab E690 and E835, Crystal Barrel, the H1 and ZEUS, etc. The facilities represented included CERN-SPS, Fermilab-Main Injector, BNL-RHIC, KEK-JHF, BNL-AGS, Julich-COSY, Uppsala-CELSIUS, SLAC-PEPII and Cornell-CESR, Frascati-DAΦNE, Beijing-BEPC, Bonn-ELSA and CEBAF backslash TJNAF. The papers described the existing capabilities and active research programs at these facilities. The conference was supported by BNL and the U.S. Department of Energy. There were 155 presented, and out of these, 33 have been abstracted for the Energy Science and Technology database

  8. Investigating the topological structure of quenched lattice QCD with overlap fermions using a multi-probing approximation

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    Zou, You-Hao; Zhang, Jian-Bo; Xiong, Guang-Yi; Chen, Ying; Liu, Chuan; Liu, Yu-Bin; Ma, Jian-Ping

    2017-10-01

    The topological charge density and topological susceptibility are determined by a multi-probing approximation using overlap fermions in quenched SU(3) gauge theory. Then we investigate the topological structure of the quenched QCD vacuum, and compare it with results from the all-scale topological density. The results are consistent. Random permuted topological charge density is used to check whether these structures represent underlying ordered properties. The pseudoscalar glueball mass is extracted from the two-point correlation function of the topological charge density. We study 3 ensembles of different lattice spacing a with the same lattice volume 163×32. The results are compatible with the results of all-scale topological charge density, and the topological structures revealed by multi-probing are much closer to all-scale topological charge density than those from eigenmode expansion. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (11335001, 11275169, 11075167), It is also supported in part by the DFG and the NSFC (11261130311) through funds provided to the Sino-German CRC 110 "Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in QCD". This work was also funded in part by National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2015CB856700)

  9. Heavy quark spectroscopy

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    Rosner, J.L.

    1985-10-01

    New experimental and theoretical developments in heavy quark spectroscopy are reviewed. From studies of J/psi decays, the eta' is found to have some ''glue'' or other inert component, while the iota (a glueball candidate) probably contains some quarks as well. The xi(2.2) persists in new Mark III data, but is not seen by the DM2 collaboration. The production of charmonium states by anti pp reactions is reviewed. First evidence for a P- wave charmed meson, D(2420), has been presented by the ARGUS group. Radiative UPSILON decay studies fail to confirm the zeta(8.3) and begin to place useful limits on Higgs bosons. First results from an experiment at Fermilab on low-background hadronic production of UPSILON states are shown. Accurate measurements of chi/sub b/(1P) masses by the ARGUS collaboration are noted, and interpreted as favoring scalar quark confinement. Studies of t and other heavy quarks will probe the q anti q interaction below 0.05 fm, are likely to be strongly affected by t anti t-Z interference, and can provide varied information on Higgs bosons. 144 refs., 21 figs

  10. The mass gap, the confining string and the physics of (lattice) topology

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    Teper, M.

    1985-01-01

    The authors summarize some recent (Monte Carlo) calculations of the mass gap and string tension in SU(3) (lattice) gauge theory. In the range of couplings where both are measured, 5.5 ≤ β ≤ 5.9, the authors find no universal β(g) function, but the mass gap shows asymptotic scaling. The authors show how to use the finite lattice-size dependence of these quantities to extract the triple scalar-glueball coupling, g/sup 2//4π, and to obtain evidence for simple string physics at long distances. They then comment on the properties of topology on a lattice - in particular on the breakdown of the index theorem - and its (lack of) impact on quenched fermion physics. The authors construct a method for probing the underlying instanton structure of the full non-perturbative vacuum, and present evidence that such a structure is indeed there once the lattice spacing is small enough [β ≥ 2.7 in SU(2)]. The instantons the authors find are large - order inverse mass gap - and relatively stable against vacuum fluctuations, so that they may influence the non-perturbative physics of the theory

  11. A Sommerfeld toolbox for colored dark sectors

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    El Hedri, Sonia; Kaminska, Anna; Vries, Maikel de

    2017-01-01

    We present analytical formulas for the Sommerfeld corrections to the annihilation of massive colored particles into quarks and gluons through the strong interaction. These corrections are essential to accurately compute the dark matter relic density for coannihilation with colored partners. Our formulas allow us to compute the Sommerfeld effect, not only for the lowest term in the angular momentum expansion of the amplitude, but for all orders in the partial wave expansion. In particular, we carefully account for the effects of the spin of the annihilating particle on the symmetry of the two-particle wave function. This work focuses on strongly interacting particles of arbitrary spin in the triplet, sextet and octet color representations. For typical velocities during freeze-out, we find that including Sommerfeld corrections on the next-to-leading order partial wave leads to modifications of up to 10 to 20 percent on the total annihilation cross section. Complementary to QCD, we generalize our results to particles charged under an arbitrary unbroken SU(N) gauge group, as encountered in dark glueball models. In connection with this paper a Mathematica notebook is provided to compute the Sommerfeld corrections for colored particles up to arbitrary order in the angular momentum expansion. (orig.)

  12. The status of the CHEOPS experiment

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    Tovey, S.

    1995-01-01

    Full text: The CHEOPS Collaboration, which includes Australian groups, submitted a Letter of Intent in March 1995 to build a new state-of-the-art spectrometer in the North Area at CERN. The main physics goals is to study baryons with two 'exotic' quarks (ccq or csq, where q is a u- or d-quark). Many subsidiary analyses are possible in the same spectrometer. The CHEOPS physics program will include the study of: semileptonic decays of charmed and doubly charmed baryons; exotic particles ( Glueballs, Hybrids, U(3100) and Di-baryons); Primakof reactions; and hyperon semileptonic decays. The relevant CERN committee (the SPSLC) considered the request favourably. However another experiment, a continuation of the twenty year old program at CERN to study nucleon structure via Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS) of muons, wants to use the same area at the same time. The SPSLC requested that the two groups try to merge to form a single team or that they agree on ways to share the area. They were invited to submit one or more firm proposals by March 1996.This talk discusses the progress of the 'marriage' between CHEOPS and HMC. It will also review the original CHEOPS physics program given the compromises that have had to be made

  13. Progress toward the effective Quantum Chromodynamic Lagrangian from symmetry considerations

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    Salomone, A.N.

    1982-01-01

    The properties of an effective Lagrangian which satisfies both the axial and trace anomaly equations of Quantum Chromodynamics are investigated both from the theoretical and phenomenological points of view. The model Lagrangian requires that chiral symmetry be broken spontaneously. The non-linear approximation of the model illuminates eta-glue duality or mixing. The phase transition behavior of the model of Quantum Chromodynamics can be studied as the numbers of flavors and the vacuum angle are varied by analyzing a simple mechanical analog. The analog of the model is similar to the massive Schwinger model. The possibility of a physical scalar glue state is discussed and it is shown that it is characterized by a pronounced eta to two glue decay width. A nonperturbative Quantum Chromodynamic vacuum is seen to follow directly from satisfying the trace anomaly. The quark matter meson, eta, is at least as prominent as the glueball, iota, in the gluon dominated reaction psi to gamma plus anything. An associated large breaking of flavor SU(3) is shown to be ameliorated as the model is made more realistic by lowering scalar meson masses from infinity. The pi delta decay of the iota (1440) can be reasonably well estimated without the need of introducing any new parameters

  14. A three-flavor chiral effective model with four baryonic multiplets within the mirror assignment

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    Olbrich, Lisa; Zetenyi, Miklos; Giacosa, Francesco; Rischke, Dirk H. [Institute for Theoretical Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

    2016-07-01

    Chiral symmetry requires the existence of chiral partners in the hadronic mass spectrum. In this talk, we address the question which is the chiral partner of the nucleon. We employ a chirally symmetric linear sigma model, where hadrons and their chiral partners are treated on the same footing. We construct four spin-1/2 baryon multiplets from left- and right-handed quarks as well as left- and right-handed diquarks. Two of these multiplets transform in a ''mirror'' way, which allows for chirally invariant mass terms. We then embed these baryonic multiplets into the Lagrangian of the extended Linear Sigma Model, which features (pseudo)scalar and (axial-)vector mesons, as well as glueballs. Reducing the Lagrangian to the two-flavor case, we obtain four doublets of nucleonic states. These mix to produce the positive-parity nucleon N(939) and the Roper resonance N(1440), as well as the negative-parity resonances N(1535) and N(1650). We determine the parameters of the nucleonic part of the Lagrangian from a fit to masses and decay properties of these states. Studying the limit of vanishing quark condensate, we conclude that N(939) and N(1535), as well as N(1440) and N(1650) form pairs of chiral partners.

  15. Analytic amplitudes for hadronic forward scattering and the Heisenberg ln{sup 2} s behaviour of total cross sections

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    Nicolescu, Basarab [LPNHE, Unite de Recherche des Universites Paris 6 et Paris 7, associee au CNRS, Theory Group, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05 (France)

    2004-07-01

    We consider several classes of analytic parametrizations of hadronic scattering amplitudes (the COMPETE analysis), and compare their predictions to all available forward data (pp, {pi}p, Kp, {gamma}p, {gamma}{gamma}, {sigma}p). Although these parametrizations are very close for {radical}s {>=} 9 GeV, it turns out that they differ markedly at low energy, where a universal Pomeron term {approx} ln{sup 2} s enables one to extend the fit down to {radical}s = 4 GeV. We present predictions on the total cross sections and on the ratio of the real part to the imaginary part of the elastic amplitude ({rho} parameter) for present and future pp colliders, and on total cross sections for {gamma}p {yields} hadrons at cosmic-ray energies and for it{gamma}{gamma} {yields} hadrons up to {radical}s = 1 TeV. The ln{sup 2} s behaviour of total cross sections, first obtained by Heisenberg 50 years ago, receives now increased interest both on phenomenological and theoretical levels. We present a modification of the Heisenberg's model in connection with the presence of glueballs and we show that it leads to a realistic description of all existing hadron total cross-sections data, in agreement with the COMPETE analysis.

  16. A Sommerfeld toolbox for colored dark sectors

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    El Hedri, Sonia; Kaminska, Anna; Vries, Maikel de [Mainz Univ., PRISMA Cluster of Excellence and Mainz Inst. for Theoretical Physics (Germany)

    2017-09-15

    We present analytical formulas for the Sommerfeld corrections to the annihilation of massive colored particles into quarks and gluons through the strong interaction. These corrections are essential to accurately compute the dark matter relic density for coannihilation with colored partners. Our formulas allow us to compute the Sommerfeld effect, not only for the lowest term in the angular momentum expansion of the amplitude, but for all orders in the partial wave expansion. In particular, we carefully account for the effects of the spin of the annihilating particle on the symmetry of the two-particle wave function. This work focuses on strongly interacting particles of arbitrary spin in the triplet, sextet and octet color representations. For typical velocities during freeze-out, we find that including Sommerfeld corrections on the next-to-leading order partial wave leads to modifications of up to 10 to 20 percent on the total annihilation cross section. Complementary to QCD, we generalize our results to particles charged under an arbitrary unbroken SU(N) gauge group, as encountered in dark glueball models. In connection with this paper a Mathematica notebook is provided to compute the Sommerfeld corrections for colored particles up to arbitrary order in the angular momentum expansion. (orig.)

  17. Study of the Iota in radiative J/PSI decays

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    Richman, J.D.

    1985-01-01

    An analysis of the production, decay, and quantum numbers of the iota(1440) in radiative J/psi decays is presented. The iota(1440), because of its large production in this OZI-suppressed channel, is considered a possible gluonic bound-state, or glueball. The data, 2.7 x 10 6 produced J/psi's, were obtained using the Mark III detector at the SPEAR e + e - storage ring. The spin-parity of the iota(1440) is independently determined to be O - using two decays modes, iota → K/sub s/ 0 K/sup +/-/π/sup -/+/ and iota → K + K - π 0 . Measurements of the iota mass, width, and branching fractions are obtained using iota → K/sub s/ 0 K/sup +/-/π/sup -/+/, iota → K + K - π 0 , and iota → K/sub s/ 0 K/sub s/ 0 π 0 . The double radiative channels J/psi α γX, X → γ+ Vector, where Vector = rho 0 , phi, omega are studied to probe the quark content of the object X. Measurements of the hadronic decays J/psi → phi-eta, omega-eta, and omegaπ 0 , as well as the observation of the isospin-violating decay J/psi → rho 0 eta, are presented

  18. Some exact solutions for maximally symmetric topological defects in Anti de Sitter space

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    Alvarez, Orlando; Haddad, Matthew

    2018-03-01

    We obtain exact analytical solutions for a class of SO( l) Higgs field theories in a non-dynamic background n-dimensional anti de Sitter space. These finite transverse energy solutions are maximally symmetric p-dimensional topological defects where n = ( p + 1) + l. The radius of curvature of anti de Sitter space provides an extra length scale that allows us to study the equations of motion in a limit where the masses of the Higgs field and the massive vector bosons are both vanishing. We call this the double BPS limit. In anti de Sitter space, the equations of motion depend on both p and l. The exact analytical solutions are expressed in terms of standard special functions. The known exact analytical solutions are for kink-like defects ( p = 0 , 1 , 2 , . . . ; l = 1), vortex-like defects ( p = 1 , 2 , 3; l = 2), and the 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole ( p = 0; l = 3). A bonus is that the double BPS limit automatically gives a maximally symmetric classical glueball type solution. In certain cases where we did not find an analytic solution, we present numerical solutions to the equations of motion. The asymptotically exponentially increasing volume with distance of anti de Sitter space imposes different constraints than those found in the study of defects in Minkowski space.

  19. Self-interacting dark matter

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    Mavromatos, Nick E.; Argüelles, Carlos R.; Ruffini, Remo; Rueda, Jorge A.

    Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) is a hypothetical form of dark matter (DM), characterized by relatively strong (compared to the weak interaction strength) self-interactions (SIs), which has been proposed to resolve a number of issues concerning tensions between simulations and observations at the galactic or smaller scales. We review here some recent developments discussed at the 14th Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG14), paying particular attention to restrictions on the SIDM (total) cross-section from using novel observables in merging galactic structures, as well as the rôle of SIDM on the Milky Way halo and its central region. We report on some interesting particle-physics inspired SIDM models that were discussed at MG14, namely the glueball DM, and a right-handed neutrino DM (with mass of a few tens of keV, that may exist in minimal extensions of the standard model (SM)), interacting among themselves via vector bosons mediators in the dark sector. A detailed phenomenology of the latter model on galactic scales, as well as the potential role of the right handed neutrinos in alleviating some of the small-scale cosmology problems, namely the discrepancies between observations and numerical simulations within standard ΛCDM and ΛWDM cosmologies are reported.

  20. A Sommerfeld toolbox for colored dark sectors

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    El Hedri, Sonia; Kaminska, Anna; de Vries, Maikel

    2017-09-01

    We present analytical formulas for the Sommerfeld corrections to the annihilation of massive colored particles into quarks and gluons through the strong interaction. These corrections are essential to accurately compute the dark matter relic density for coannihilation with colored partners. Our formulas allow us to compute the Sommerfeld effect, not only for the lowest term in the angular momentum expansion of the amplitude, but for all orders in the partial wave expansion. In particular, we carefully account for the effects of the spin of the annihilating particle on the symmetry of the two-particle wave function. This work focuses on strongly interacting particles of arbitrary spin in the triplet, sextet and octet color representations. For typical velocities during freeze-out, we find that including Sommerfeld corrections on the next-to-leading order partial wave leads to modifications of up to 10 to 20 percent on the total annihilation cross section. Complementary to QCD, we generalize our results to particles charged under an arbitrary unbroken SU( N) gauge group, as encountered in dark glueball models. In connection with this paper a Mathematica notebook is provided to compute the Sommerfeld corrections for colored particles up to arbitrary order in the angular momentum expansion.

  1. Data-driven model-independent searches for long-lived particles at the LHC

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    Coccaro, Andrea; Curtin, David; Lubatti, H. J.; Russell, Heather; Shelton, Jessie

    2016-12-01

    Neutral long-lived particles (LLPs) are highly motivated by many beyond the Standard Model scenarios, such as theories of supersymmetry, baryogenesis, and neutral naturalness, and present both tremendous discovery opportunities and experimental challenges for the LHC. A major bottleneck for current LLP searches is the prediction of Standard Model backgrounds, which are often impossible to simulate accurately. In this paper, we propose a general strategy for obtaining differential, data-driven background estimates in LLP searches, thereby notably extending the range of LLP masses and lifetimes that can be discovered at the LHC. We focus on LLPs decaying in the ATLAS muon system, where triggers providing both signal and control samples are available at LHC run 2. While many existing searches require two displaced decays, a detailed knowledge of backgrounds will allow for very inclusive searches that require just one detected LLP decay. As we demonstrate for the h →X X signal model of LLP pair production in exotic Higgs decays, this results in dramatic sensitivity improvements for proper lifetimes ≳10 m . In theories of neutral naturalness, this extends reach to glueball masses far below the b ¯b threshold. Our strategy readily generalizes to other signal models and other detector subsystems. This framework therefore lends itself to the development of a systematic, model-independent LLP search program, in analogy to the highly successful simplified-model framework of prompt searches.

  2. Weak field black hole formation in asymptotically AdS spacetimes

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    Bhattacharyya, Sayantani; Minwalla, Shiraz

    2009-01-01

    We use the AdS/CFT correspondence to study the thermalization of a strongly coupled conformal field theory that is forced out of its vacuum by a source that couples to a marginal operator. The source is taken to be of small amplitude and finite duration, but is otherwise an arbitrary function of time. When the field theory lives on R d-1,1 , the source sets up a translationally invariant wave in the dual gravitational description. This wave propagates radially inwards in AdS d+1 space and collapses to form a black brane. Outside its horizon the bulk spacetime for this collapse process may systematically be constructed in an expansion in the amplitude of the source function, and takes the Vaidya form at leading order in the source amplitude. This solution is dual to a remarkably rapid and intriguingly scale dependent thermalization process in the field theory. When the field theory lives on a sphere the resultant wave either slowly scatters into a thermal gas (dual to a glueball type phase in the boundary theory) or rapidly collapses into a black hole (dual to a plasma type phase in the field theory) depending on the time scale and amplitude of the source function. The transition between these two behaviors is sharp and can be tuned to the Choptuik scaling solution in R d,1 .

  3. Effective lagrangian for strong interactions

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    Jain, P.

    1988-01-01

    We attempt to construct a realistic phenomenological Lagrangian in order to describe strong interactions. This is in general a very complicated problem and we shall explore its various aspects. We first include the vector mesons by writing down the most general chiral invariant terms proportional to the Levi-Civita symbol ε μναβ . These terms involve three unknown coefficients, which are calculated by using the experimental results of strong interaction processes. We then calculate the static nucleon properties by finding the solitonic excitations of this model. The results turn out to be, as is also the case for most other vector-pseudoscalar Lagrangians, better than the Skyrme model but are still somewhat different from the experiments. Another aspect that we shall study is the incorporation of scale anomaly of QCD into the Skyrme model. We thus introduce a scalar glueball in our Lagrangian. Here we find an interesting result that the effective glue field dynamically forms a bag for the soliton. Depending on the values of the parameters, we get either a deep bag or a shallow bag. However by including the scalar meson, we find that to get realistic scalar sector we must have the shallow bag. Finally we show some intriguing connections between the chiral quark model, in which the nucleon is described as a solitonic excitation, and the ordinary potential binding quark model

  4. Dual QCD thermodynamics and quark–gluon plasma

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    Chandola, H.C.; Punetha, Garima; Dehnen, H.

    2016-01-01

    Using grand canonical ensemble formulation of a multi-particle statistical system, the thermodynamical description of dual QCD based on magnetic symmetry has been presented and analyzed for the quark–gluon plasma phase of hadronic matter. The dual QCD based bag construction has been shown to lead to the radial pressure on bag surface in terms of the vector glueball masses of magnetically condensed QCD vacuum. Constructing the grand canonical partition function, the energy density and plasma pressure have been derived and used to compute the critical temperatures for QGP–hadron phase transition along with its dynamics. A comparison of the values of critical temperatures for QGP–hadron phase transition with those obtained for the deconfinement-phase transition, has been shown to lead to either the relaxation of the system via a mixed phase of QGP and hot hadron gas or go through a crossover. The associated profiles of the normalized energy density and specific heat have been shown to lead to a large latent heat generation and indicate the onset of a first-order QGP phase transition which turns into a rapid crossover for the case of temperature dependent bag parameter. The squared speed of sound has been shown to act as a physical measure of large thermodynamical fluctuations near transition point. The possible implications of trace anomaly and conformal measure on QGP formation have also been discussed.

  5. Influence of the axial anomaly on the decay N (1535 )→N η

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    Olbrich, Lisa; Zétényi, Miklós; Giacosa, Francesco; Rischke, Dirk H.

    2018-01-01

    The decay width of N (1535 )→N η is as large as that of N (1535 )→N π . This is in evident conflict with simple expectations based on flavor symmetry and phase space. Similarly, the decay width of Λ (1670 )→Λ (1116 )η is larger than predicted by flavor symmetry. In this work, we propose that the axial U (1 )A anomaly is responsible for an enhanced coupling of (some) excited baryons to the η meson. We test this idea by including a new, chirally symmetric but U (1 )A anomalous, term in an effective hadronic model describing baryons and their chiral partners in the mirror assignment. This term enhances the decay of the chiral partners into baryons and an η meson, such as N (1535 )→N η . Moreover, a strong coupling of N (1535 ) to N η' emerges (this is important for studies of η' production processes). Our approach shows that N (1535 ) is predominantly the chiral partner of N (939 ), and Λ (1670 ) the chiral partner of Λ (1116 ). Finally, our formalism can be used to couple the pseudoscalar glueball G ˜ to baryons. We expect a large cross section for the reaction p ¯ p →G ˜ →p ¯ p (1535 ) , which can be experimentally tested in the future PANDA experiment.

  6. The string-junction picture of multiquark states: an update

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    Rossi, G.C. [Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, INFN, Sezione di Roma 2, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Roma (Italy); Centro Fermi, Museo Storico della Fisica,Piazza del Viminale 1, 00184 Roma (Italy); Veneziano, G. [Collège de France,11 place M. Berthelot, 75005 Paris (France); Theory Division, CERN,CH-1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland); Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza,Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma (Italy)

    2016-06-07

    We recall and update, both theoretically and phenomenologically, our (nearly) forty-years-old proposal of a string-junction as a necessary complement to the conventional classification of hadrons based just on their quark-antiquark constituents. In that proposal single (though in general metastable) hadronic states are associated with “irreducible' gauge-invariant operators consisting of Wilson lines (visualized as strings of color flux tubes) that may either end on a quark or an antiquark, or annihilate in triplets at a junction J or an anti-junction J̄. For the junction-free sector (ordinary q q̄ mesons and glueballs) the picture is supported by large-N (number of colors) considerations as well as by a lattice strong-coupling expansion. Both imply the famous OZI rule suppressing quark-antiquark annihilation diagrams. For hadrons with J and/or J̄ constituents the same expansions support our proposal, including its generalization of the OZI rule to the suppression of J−J̄ annihilation diagrams. Such a rule implies that hadrons with junctions are “mesophobic' and thus unusually narrow if they are below threshold for decaying into as many baryons as their total number of junctions (two for a tetraquark, three for a pentaquark). Experimental support for our claim, based on the observation that narrow multiquark states typically lie below (well above) the relevant baryonic (mesonic) thresholds, will be presented.

  7. Observation of structure in the phi phi system produced in radiative J/psi decays

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    Tripsas, B.

    1988-01-01

    A sample of 4.9 million J//psi/ decays from the Mark III detector at SPEAR is used to study the radiative decay J//psi/ → γ/phi//phi/. The decay is observed in two final states; γK + K/sup /minus//K + K/sup /minus// and the previously unobserved γK + K/sup /minus//K/sub S/ 0 K/sub L/ 0 . The new final state and an improved analysis of the all charged state allow the observation of a large enhancement in the /phi//phi/ mass spectrum in the region below 2.5 GeV/c 2 in addition to the /eta//sub c/. The product branching ratio B(J//psi/ → γ/eta//sub c/) /times/ B(/eta//sub c/ → /phi//phi/) is measured in both final states. The branching ratio to the low mass region, B(J//psi/ → γ/psi//psi/, m(/psi//psi/) 2 ) is also measured. The angular distribution of the kaons is used to demonstrate that the enhancement is predominantly pseudoscalar. This effect is similar to what is observed in other radiative decays to two vector mesons and a photon. An upper limit is placed on the production of tensor glueball candidates observed to decay to /psi//psi/ by another experiment. 41 figs., 110 figs., 10 tabs

  8. Color, flavor, duality, and the Pomeron

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    Dash, J.W.

    1980-01-01

    At Nsub(c)/Nsub(f) = infinitely such that quark loops are absent the Harari-Freund (HF) P+f model of diffraction can be motivated through the identification Pomeron approx. glueball, f approx. leading planar trajectory. At Nsub(c) = 3, the presence of confinement-related mass scales introduced by quark loops is a basic complication that can easily change this situation to, e.g. a dominant P - f identity structure. Aurenche and Gonzales Mestres (AGM) have argued that diffraction is essentially identical at Nsub(c)/Nsub(f) = infinitely and at Nsub(c) = 3. They further claim to have generated the HF scheme directly at Nsub(c) = 3 through the novel mechanism of a multiperipheral iteration of daughters that becomes the P. We respond to these arguments. We give a general qualitative discussion of changes expected in the Nsub(c)/Nsub(f) = infinitely to Nsub(c) = 3 transition. Important hadron scattering quantities like particle multiplicities are very different in dynamics dominated by glue and at Nsub(c) = 3, unlike other quantities like resonance width to mass ratio. We argue that the weak coupling disal model is not a reliable guide to Nsub(c) = 3 dynamics. We criticize AGM's 'daughter generated Pomeron' and we close with a brief summary of other attempts to generate the P + f model. (orig./HSI)

  9. WIMPless dark matter from non-Abelian hidden sectors with anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking

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    Feng, Jonathan L.; Shadmi, Yael

    2011-01-01

    In anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking models, superpartner masses are proportional to couplings squared. Their hidden sectors therefore naturally contain WIMPless dark matter, particles whose thermal relic abundance is guaranteed to be of the correct size, even though they are not weakly interacting massive particles. We study viable dark matter candidates in WIMPless anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking models with non-Abelian hidden sectors and highlight unusual possibilities that emerge in even the simplest models. In one example with a pure SU(N) hidden sector, stable hidden gluinos freeze out with the correct relic density, but have an extremely low, but natural, confinement scale, providing a framework for self-interacting dark matter. In another simple scenario, hidden gluinos freeze out and decay to visible Winos with the correct relic density, and hidden glueballs may either be stable, providing a natural framework for mixed cold-hot dark matter, or may decay, yielding astrophysical signals. Last, we present a model with light hidden pions that may be tested with improved constraints on the number of nonrelativistic degrees of freedom. All of these scenarios are defined by a small number of parameters, are consistent with gauge coupling unification, preserve the beautiful connection between the weak scale and the observed dark matter relic density, and are natural, with relatively light visible superpartners. We conclude with comments on interesting future directions.

  10. Theoretical limit on iota→rhoγ and constraints on glueball--qq-bar-meson couplings with the pion and the isovector photon

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    Slaughter, M.D.; Oneda, S.

    1987-01-01

    Within the formalism and theoretical framework of asymptotic SU/sub F/(4) symmetry plus the constraint algebras involving the generators of the underlying symmetries of QCD, we derive an important relation between meson isoscalar-isovector matrix elements of the electromagnetic current and corresponding matrix elements of the axial-vector charge A/sub π/. A lower bound is calculated for the rate Γ(iota→rhoγ) which indicates that Γ(iota→rhoγ) is of the order of 1 MeV, with its exact value depending upon the rates Γ(iota→δπ) and Γ(δ→etaπ). The estimate of the lower bound is independent of the specific quark and glue content of the iota

  11. [Medium energy meson research

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    Crowe, K.M.

    1992-01-01

    The activities of this group are primarily concerned with experiments using the Crystal Barrel Detector. This detector is installed and operating at the Low Energy Antiproton Ring (LEAR) at CERN. QCD, the modem theory of the strong interaction, is reasonably well understood at high energies, but unfortunately, low-energy QCD is still not well understood, and is far from being adequately tested. The Crystal Barrel experiments are designed to provide some of the tests. The basic line of research involves meson spectroscopy, analyses bearing on the quark and/or gluon content of nuclear states, and the exploration of mechanisms and rules which govern p bar p annihilation dynamics. The Crystal Barrel Detector detects and identifies charged and neutral particles with a geometric acceptance close to 100%. The principal component of the detector is an array of 1,380 CsI(TI) crystals. These crystals surround a Jet Drift Chamber (JDC), located in a 1.5 Tesla magnetic field, which measures the momentum and dE/dx of charged particles. One of the very interesting physics goals of the detector is a search for exotic mesonic states -- glueballs and hybrids. Annihilation at rest will be studied with both liquid and gaseous hydrogen targets. The gaseous target offers the possibility of triggering on atomic L-shell X rays so that specific initial angular momentum states can be studied.These topics as well as other related topics are discussed in this report

  12. Experimental considerations motivated by the diphoton excess at the LHC

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    Agrawal, Prateek; Fan, JiJi; Heidenreich, Ben; Reece, Matthew; Strassler, Matthew

    2016-01-01

    We consider the immediate or near-term experimental opportunities offered by some scenarios that could explain the new diphoton excess at the LHC. If the excess is due to a new particle X s at 750 GeV, additional new particles are required, providing further signals. If connected with naturalness, the X s may be produced in top partner decays. Then a t ′ t̄ ′ signal, with t ′ →tX s and X s →gg dominantly, might be discovered by reinterpreting 13 TeV SUSY searches in multijet events with low MET and/or a lepton. If X s is a bound state of quirks, the signal events may be accompanied by an unusual number of soft tracks or soft jets. Other resonances including dilepton and photon+jet as well as dijet may lie at or above this mass, and signatures of hidden glueballs might also be observable. If the “photons" in the excess are actually long-lived particles decaying to photon pairs or to electron pairs, there are opportunities for detecting overlapping photons and/or unusual patterns of apparent photon-conversions in either X s or 125 GeV Higgs decays. There is also the possibility of events with a hard “photon” recoiling against a narrow isolated HCAL-only “jet”, which, after the jet’s energy is corrected for its electromagnetic origin, would show a peak at 750 GeV.

  13. Large mass hierarchies from strongly-coupled dynamics

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    Athenodorou, Andreas [Department of Physics, University of Cyprus,B.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia (Cyprus); Bennett, Ed [Department of Physics, College of Science, Swansea University,Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP (United Kingdom); Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI),Nagoya University,Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602 (Japan); Bergner, Georg [Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics,University of Bern,Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern (Switzerland); Elander, Daniel [National Institute for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics andMandelstam Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of the Witwatersrand,1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg, Wits 2050 (South Africa); Lin, C.-J. David [Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University,1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan (China); CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, Centre de Physique Théorique,UMR 7332, F-13288 Marseille (France); Lucini, Biagio; Piai, Maurizio [Department of Physics, College of Science, Swansea University,Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP (United Kingdom)

    2016-06-20

    Besides the Higgs particle discovered in 2012, with mass 125 GeV, recent LHC data show tentative signals for new resonances in diboson as well as diphoton searches at high center-of-mass energies (2 TeV and 750 GeV, respectively). If these signals are confirmed (or other new resonances are discovered at the TeV scale), the large hierarchies between masses of new bosons require a dynamical explanation. Motivated by these tentative signals of new physics, we investigate the theoretical possibility that large hierarchies in the masses of glueballs could arise dynamically in new strongly-coupled gauge theories extending the standard model of particle physics. We study lattice data on non-Abelian gauge theories in the (near-)conformal regime as well as a simple toy model in the context of gauge/gravity dualities. We focus our attention on the ratio R between the mass of the lightest spin-2 and spin-0 resonances, that for technical reasons is a particularly convenient and clean observable to study. For models in which (non-perturbative) large anomalous dimensions arise dynamically, we show indications that this mass ratio can be large, with R>5. Moreover, our results suggest that R might be related to universal properties of the IR fixed point. Our findings provide an interesting step towards understanding large mass ratios in the non-perturbative regime of quantum field theories with (near) IR conformal behaviour.

  14. Development of a cluster-jet target for PANDA

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    Gruber, A.; Marton, J.; Widmann, E.; Zmeskal, J.; Orth, H.; Luehning, J.

    2008-01-01

    Full text: The Stefan Meyer Institut (SMI) is part of the international PANDA collaboration. The universal detector will be constructed at the future high-energy antiproton storage ring HESR at FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research, GSI/Darmstadt). PANDA will use antiproton beams (1.5 to 15 GeV/c) for hadron physics in the charmonium region. The physics program of PANDA will encompass charmonium spectroscopy below and above open charm threshold, search for exotics (glueballs, hybrids), lambda and double-lambda hypernuclei studies and the investigation of in-medium modifications of charmed mesons - an experimentally unexplored field. SMI contributes to major parts of the PANDA detector like the hydrogen cluster-jet target and the vacuum system of the antiproton - target interaction zone. In order to reach the desired target density, an optimization of the cold head, the nozzle and the skimmer arrangement is essential. A density-profile monitor for the cluster-jet was designed and built at SMI. Several nozzle types will be studied using different gases, temperatures and inlet pressures. Additionally we, together with the cluster-jet target group at GSI, are carrying out R and D for improving the jet-density. The Genova/Fermilab cluster-jet target used for these measurements has been in use at Fermilab for the experiments E760 and E835 and has been transferred to GSI for this purpose. The setup of the density-profile monitor at SMI and several measurements at GSI will be presented. (author)

  15. Development of a cluster-jet target for PANDA

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    Gruber, A.; Marton, J.; Widmann, E.; Zmeskal, J.; PANDA Cluster Jet Target Group

    2006-01-01

    Full text: The Stefan Meyer Institute (SMI) is part of the international PANDA collaboration. The universal detector will be constructed for the future high-energy antiproton storage ring HESR at FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research, GSI/Darmstadt). PANDA will use antiproton beams (1.5 to 15 GeV/c) for hadron physics in the charmonium region. The physics program of PANDA will comprehend charmonium spectroscopy below and above open charm threshold, search for exotics (glueballs, hybrids), lambda and double-lambda hypernuclei studies and the investigation of in-medium modifications of charmed mesons - an experimentally unexplored field. SMI contributes to major parts of the PANDA detector like the hydrogen cluster-jet target and the antiproton - cluster jet interaction zone: in order to reach the desired target density, an optimization of the nozzle and the skimmer arrangement is essential. A density-profile monitor for the cluster-jet was designed and built at SMI. Several nozzle types have been studied using different gases, temperatures and inlet pressures. To ensure low background the residual gas load in the interaction zone has to be minimized. The installation of NEG (non-evaporative-getter) coated beam pipes is planned. A prototype of the interaction zone has been set up at SMI. The pumping capacity of NEG and the reactivation cycles were tested. The status of the development of the cluster-jet target and studies of the interaction region will be presented (author)

  16. Hadron Spectroscopy with COMPASS – Newest Results

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    Nerling Frank

    2012-12-01

    Full Text Available The COMPASS experiment at the CERN SPS investigates the structure and spectrum of hadrons by scattering high energetic hadrons and polarised muons off various fixed targets. During the years 2002–2007, COMPASS focused on nucleon spin physics using 160 GeV/c polarised µ+ beams on polarised deuteron and proton targets, including measurements of the gluon contribution to the nucleon spin using longitudinal target polarisation as well as studies of transverse spin effects in the nucleon on a transversely polarised target. One major goal of the physics programme using hadron beams is the search for new states, in particular the search for JPC exotic states and glue-balls. COMPASS measures not only charged but also neutral final-state particles, allowing for investigation of new objects in different reactions and decay channels. In addition COMPASS can measure low-energy QCD constants like, e.g. the electromagnetic polarisability of the pion. Apart from a few days pilot run data taken in 2004 with a 190 GeV/c π− beam on a Pb target, showing a significant spin-exotic JPC = 1−+ resonance at around 1660 MeV/c2, COMPASS collected high statistics with negative and positive 190 GeV/c hadron beams on a proton (H2 and nuclear (Ni, Pb targets in 2008 and 2009. We give a selected overview of the newest results and discuss the status of various ongoing analyses.

  17. Meson Spectroscopy at COMPASS

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    Haas, F.

    2009-01-01

    In addition to constituent q q(bar) pair configurations, four quark states or gluonic excitations like hybrids or glueballs are also expected to contribute to the mesonic spectrum. The most promising way to identify such states allowed by QCD is the search for J PC quantum number combinations which are forbidden in the constituent quark model. The fixed target COMPASS experiment at CERN offers the opportunity to search for such states in the light quark sector with an unprecedented statistics. First studies of diffractive reactions of 190 GeV/c ions were carried out by COMPASS during a pilot run in 2004. In a first analysis, the three charged pion final state was studied. A Partial Wave Analysis (PWA) with 42 waves including acceptance corrections through a phase-space Monte Carlo simulation of the spectrometer was performed. The exotic π1 (1600) meson with quantum numbers J PC 1 -+ has been clearly established in the ρ-π decay channel with a mass of 1660 ± 0.010(stat) MeV and a width of 0.269 ± 0.021(stat) MeV. The final state with 5 charged pions was also investigated. Results from that study will also be presented. The improved detectors performance in 2008 allows us to study besides these channels further diffractively and centrally produced resonances, neutral ones as well as charged ones. First results of the ongoing analysis of the 2008 data taking period, using a 190 GeV/c pion beam on a hydrogen target will be given. (author)

  18. Proceedings of the Helmholtz international school physics of heavy quarks and hadrons (HQ2013)

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    Ali, Ahmed; Bystritskiy, Yury; Ivanov, Mikhail

    2014-07-01

    The following topics were dealt with: Higgs boson production and couplings with the ATLAS detector, recent CMS results on heavy quarks and hadrons, mesons with open charm and beauty, new-physics searches in B→D (*) τν τ , spectroscopy and Regge trajectories of heavy quarkonia, weak decays of B s mesons, the possible role of scalar glueball-quarkonia mixing in the f 0 (1370,1500,17100) resonances produced in charmonia decays, effective weak Lagrangians in the Standard Model and B decays, heavy-quark physics in the covariant quark model, application of QCD sum rules to heavy-quark physics, top-quark production, helicity amplitudes and angular decay distributions, small-x behavior of deep-inelastic structure functions F 2 and F 2 cc , XYZ stated, recent Belle results, light and heavy hadrons in AdS/QCD, renorm dynamics, valence quarks and multiparticle production, prompt photons and associated b,c-tagged jet production within the k T factorization approach, heavy quarkonium production at the LHC in the framework of NRQCD and parton Reggeization approach, light-cone distribution amplitudes of bottom baryons, rare semileptonic B + → π + l + l - decay, bimodality phenomenon in finite and infinite systems within an exactly solvable statistical model, CP violation in D meson decays, the scalar mesons in multichannel ππ scattering and decays of the ψ and Υ families, the latest results of the ATLAS experiment on heavy-quark physics, relativistic corrections to pair charmonium production at the LHC, the rise and fall of the fourth quark-lepton generation. (HSI)

  19. The PANDA detector and its physics program at FAIR

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    Brinkmann, K.

    2005-01-01

    The PANDA detector will make use of the antiprotons produced in the FAIR complex and stored in the High-Energy Storage Ring HESR for the study of strong interactions in antiproton collisions with protons and heavy targets. The detector features a 4π design for charged particles with a solenoidal magnetic field and full coverage of photons by means of an advanced electromagnetic calorimeter. In addition, a dipole spectrometer will allow high-resolution detection of leading particles characteristic for fixed-target experiments. The physics program of PANDA covers a wide range of topics which address central issues of QCD at low and moderate energies. Spectroscopy of hidden charm in the ccbar level scheme is still a very interesting issue, in particular when states are involved which cannot directly be formed in e + e - reactions. Open charm in the D meson section has recently received renewed interest when states were discovered that are not easily explained in conventional qqbar models. Exotic hadrons and glueballs have been predicted by theory within the energy range covered by PANDA. The search for these and the eventual study of their properties is central to the physics program. Using heavy targets, PANDA intends to study the properties of charm quarks in the hadronic medium. The copious production of baryon-antibaryon pairs at HESR will allow studies using secondary targets for the formation of hypernuclei. Each of these physics topics will be touched while the detector properties needed in order to cover the broad physics program are described. Technical developments and the status of the various detector components will be summarized

  20. Exotic quarks in Twin Higgs models

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    Cheng, Hsin-Chia [Department of Physics, University of California, Davis,One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 (United States); Jung, Sunghoon [School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study,85 Hoegiro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-722 (Korea, Republic of); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (United States); Salvioni, Ennio [Department of Physics, University of California, Davis,One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 (United States); Tsai, Yuhsin [Department of Physics, University of California, Davis,One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 (United States); Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics,Department of Physics, University of Maryland,College Park, MD 20742 (United States)

    2016-03-14

    The Twin Higgs model provides a natural theory for the electroweak symmetry breaking without the need of new particles carrying the standard model gauge charges below a few TeV. In the low energy theory, the only probe comes from the mixing of the Higgs fields in the standard model and twin sectors. However, an ultraviolet completion is required below ∼ 10 TeV to remove residual logarithmic divergences. In non-supersymmetric completions, new exotic fermions charged under both the standard model and twin gauge symmetries have to be present to accompany the top quark, thus providing a high energy probe of the model. Some of them carry standard model color, and may therefore be copiously produced at current or future hadron colliders. Once produced, these exotic quarks can decay into a top together with twin sector particles. If the twin sector particles escape the detection, we have the irreducible stop-like signals. On the other hand, some twin sector particles may decay back into the standard model particles with long lifetimes, giving spectacular displaced vertex signals in combination with the prompt top quarks. This happens in the Fraternal Twin Higgs scenario with typical parameters, and sometimes is even necessary for cosmological reasons. We study the potential displaced vertex signals from the decays of the twin bottomonia, twin glueballs, and twin leptons in the Fraternal Twin Higgs scenario. Depending on the details of the twin sector, the exotic quarks may be probed up to ∼ 2.5 TeV at the LHC and beyond 10 TeV at a future 100 TeV collider, providing a strong test of this class of ultraviolet completions.

  1. Gauge-invariant variational methods for Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories

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    Horn, D.; Weinstein, M.

    1982-01-01

    This paper develops variational methods for calculating the ground-state and excited-state spectrum of Hamiltonian lattice gauge theories defined in the A 0 = 0 gauge. The scheme introduced in this paper has the advantage of allowing one to convert more familiar tools such as mean-field, Hartree-Fock, and real-space renormalization-group approximation, which are by their very nature gauge-noninvariant methods, into fully gauge-invariant techniques. We show that these methods apply in the same way to both Abelian and non-Abelian theories, and that they are at least powerful enough to describe correctly the physics of periodic quantum electrodynamics (PQED) in (2+1) and (3+1) space-time dimensions. This paper formulates the problem for both Abelian and non-Abelian theories and shows how to reduce the Rayleigh-Ritz problem to that of computing the partition function of a classical spin system. We discuss the evaluation of the effective spin problem which one derives the PQED and then discuss ways of carrying out the evaluation of the partition function for the system equivalent to a non-Abelian theory. The explicit form of the effective partition function for the non-Abelian theory is derived, but because the evaluation of this function is considerably more complicated than the one derived in the Abelian theory no explicit evaluation of this function is presented. However, by comparing the gauge-projected Hartree-Fock wave function for PQED with that of the pure SU(2) gauge theory, we are able to show that extremely interesting differences emerge between these theories even at this simple level. We close with a discussion of fermions and a discussion of how one can extend these ideas to allow the computation of the glueball and hadron spectrum

  2. Phase diagrams of exceptional and supersymmetric lattice gauge theories

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    Wellegehausen, Bjoern-Hendrik

    2012-07-10

    In this work different strongly-coupled gauge theories with and without fundamental matter have been studied on the lattice with an emphasis on the confinement problem and the QCD phase diagram at nonvanishing net baryon density as well as on possible supersymmetric extensions of the standard model of particle physics. In gauge theories with a non-trivial centre symmetry, as for instance SU(3)-Yang-Mills theory, confinement is intimately related to the centre of the gauge group, and the Polyakov loop serves as an order parameter for confinement. In QCD, this centre symmetry is explicitly broken by quarks in the fundamental representation of the gauge group. But still quarks and gluons are confined in mesons, baryons and glueballs at low temperatures and small densities, suggesting that centre symmetry is not responsible for the phenomenon of confinement. Therefore it is interesting to study pure gauge theories without centre symmetry. In this work this has been done by replacing the gauge group SU(3) of the strong interaction with the exceptional Lie group G{sub 2}, that has a trivial centre. To investigate G{sub 2} gauge theory on the lattice, a new and highly efficient update algorithm has been developed, based on a local HMC algorithm. Employing this algorithm, the proposed and already investigated first order phase transition from a confined to a deconfined phase has been confirmed, showing that indeed a first order phase transition without symmetry breaking or an order parameter is possible. In this context, also the deconfinement phase transition of the exceptional Lie groups F4 and E6 in three spacetime dimensions has been studied. It has been shown that both theories also possess a first order phase transition.

  3. Meson-meson bound state in a 2+1 lattice QCD model with two flavors and strong coupling

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    Faria da Veiga, Paulo A.; O'Carroll, Michael; Neto, Antonio Francisco

    2005-01-01

    We consider the existence of bound states of two mesons in an imaginary-time formulation of lattice QCD. We analyze an SU(3) theory with two flavors in 2+1 dimensions and two-dimensional spin matrices. For a small hopping parameter and a sufficiently large glueball mass, as a preliminary, we show the existence of isoscalar and isovector mesonlike particles that have isolated dispersion curves (upper gap up to near the two-particle threshold ∼-4lnκ). The corresponding meson masses are equal up to and including O(κ 3 ) and are asymptotically of order -2lnκ-κ 2 . Considering the zero total isospin sector, we show that there is a meson-meson bound state solution to the Bethe-Salpeter equation in a ladder approximation, below the two-meson threshold, and with binding energy of order bκ 2 ≅0.02359κ 2 . In the context of the strong coupling expansion in κ, we show that there are two sources of meson-meson attraction. One comes from a quark-antiquark exchange. This is not a meson exchange, as the spin indices are not those of the meson particle, and we refer to this as a quasimeson exchange. The other arises from gauge field correlations of four overlapping bonds, two positively oriented and two of opposite orientation. Although the exchange part gives rise to a space range-one attractive potential, the main mechanism for the formation of the bound state comes from the gauge contribution. In our lattice Bethe-Salpeter equation approach, this mechanism is manifested by an attractive distance-zero energy-dependent potential. We recall that no bound state appeared in the one-flavor case, where the repulsive effect of Pauli exclusion is stronger

  4. The search for QCD exotica

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    Dzierba, A.R.

    1995-01-01

    One of the open questions in non-perturbative QCD has to do with the existence of meson states predicted by the theory other than qq states. These include four-quark states (q 2 q 2 or molecules like KK), states of pure glue (glueballs: gg or ggg) and mixed or hybrid states (qqg). The prima facie candidate for a non-qq state would be one possessing exotic quantum numbers, J PC , not consistent with a qq combination. Examples include J PC =0 +- , 0-- , -+ ,hor-ellipsis Remarkably, states with exotic quantum numbers have not been found despite intensive searches. The case for a possible sighting of an exotic J Jc = 1 -+ state decaying into ηπ O , made a few years ago, seems to be dissolving. Yet, the evidence for non-qq states is clearly present. Conventional qq nonets are over-subscribed, states have been found with decay modes or production characteristics peculiar for qq. The experimental lesson we have learned is that information from a number of complementary processes must be brought together in order to understand the meson spectrum. Information has come from e + e - ,γγ, γγ, and pp collisions, from vector meson decays and from peripheral and central hadroproduction. This talk will review the status of the experimental search. I will especially point out how new technology is being brought to bear on the re-visit of the light quark sector. New instrumentation allows for sophisticated and selective triggers. The recent explosion in computing power allows us to analyze data with unprecedented statistics. Preliminary results from a recently completed, ultra-high statistics experiment using the Multiparticle Spectrometer at Brookhaven Lab will be presented. I will also describe the extension of the search to CEBAF, where an approved experiment there will study the sub-structure of scalar mesons via the radiative decays of the ER meson

  5. Phase diagrams of exceptional and supersymmetric lattice gauge theories

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    Wellegehausen, Bjoern-Hendrik

    2012-01-01

    In this work different strongly-coupled gauge theories with and without fundamental matter have been studied on the lattice with an emphasis on the confinement problem and the QCD phase diagram at nonvanishing net baryon density as well as on possible supersymmetric extensions of the standard model of particle physics. In gauge theories with a non-trivial centre symmetry, as for instance SU(3)-Yang-Mills theory, confinement is intimately related to the centre of the gauge group, and the Polyakov loop serves as an order parameter for confinement. In QCD, this centre symmetry is explicitly broken by quarks in the fundamental representation of the gauge group. But still quarks and gluons are confined in mesons, baryons and glueballs at low temperatures and small densities, suggesting that centre symmetry is not responsible for the phenomenon of confinement. Therefore it is interesting to study pure gauge theories without centre symmetry. In this work this has been done by replacing the gauge group SU(3) of the strong interaction with the exceptional Lie group G 2 , that has a trivial centre. To investigate G 2 gauge theory on the lattice, a new and highly efficient update algorithm has been developed, based on a local HMC algorithm. Employing this algorithm, the proposed and already investigated first order phase transition from a confined to a deconfined phase has been confirmed, showing that indeed a first order phase transition without symmetry breaking or an order parameter is possible. In this context, also the deconfinement phase transition of the exceptional Lie groups F4 and E6 in three spacetime dimensions has been studied. It has been shown that both theories also possess a first order phase transition.

  6. On the absence of pentaquark states from dynamics in strongly coupled lattice QCD

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    Anjos, Petrus Henrique Ribeiro dos [Universidade Federal de Goias (UFG), Goiania, GO (Brazil); Veiga, Paulo Afonso Faria da; O' Carroll, Michael [Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), SP (Brazil); Francisco Neto, Antonio [Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), MG (Brazil)

    2011-07-01

    Full text: We consider an imaginary time functional integral formulation of a two-flavor, 3 + 1 lattice QCD model with Wilson's action and in the strong coupling regime (with a small hopping parameter, {kappa}0, and a much smaller plaquette coupling, {beta} = 1/g{sub 0}{sup 2}, so that the quarks and glueballs are heavy). The model has local SU(3){sub c} gauge and global SU(2){sub f} flavor symmetries, and incorporates the corresponding part of the eightfold way particles: baryons (mesons) of asymptotic mass -3ln{kappa}(-2 ln {kappa}). We search for pentaquark states as meson-baryon bound states in the energy-momentum spectrum of the model, using a lattice Bethe-Salpeter equation. This equation is solved within a ladder approximation, given by the lowest nonvanishing order in {kappa} and {beta} of the Bethe-Salpeter kernel. It includes order 2 contributions with a q-barq exchange potential together with a contribution that is a local-in-space, energy-dependent potential. The attractive or repulsive nature of the exchange interaction depends on the spin of the meson-baryon states. The Bethe-Salpeter equation presents integrable singularities, forcing the couplings to be above a threshold value for the meson and the baryon to bind in a pentaquark. We analyzed all the total isospin sectors, I = 1/2/3/2/ 5/2, for the system. For all I, the net attraction resulting from the two sources of interaction is not strong enough for the meson and the baryon to bind. Thus, within our approximation, these pentaquark states are not present up to near the free meson-baryon energy threshold of - 5 ln{kappa}. This result is to be contrasted with the spinless case for which our method detects meson-baryon bound states, as well as for Yukawa effective baryon and meson field models. A physical interpretation of our results emerges from an approximate correspondence between meson-baryon bound states and negative energy states of a one-particle lattice Schroedinger Hamiltonian

  7. Radiative decays of the psi(3097) to two meson final states

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    Einsweiler, K.F.

    1984-05-01

    The MARK III detector operating at the SPEAR storage ring has acquired a sample of 2.7 x 10 6 produced psi(3097)'s. These events are used to investigate the radiative decays of the psi to two meson final states. Such decays are of topical interest because of the unusual QCD laboratory they provide - of particular interest is the possibility of observing glueball states. The process psi → γπ + π - is studied. The f(1270) tensor meson is observed and the helicity structure of its production is measured. The data indicate that helicity 2 is suppressed, in disagreement with lowest order QCD calculations. Evidence is presented for the first observation of the theta(1700) in the π + π - final state. The strong, but not complete, suppression of this state in the ππ channel, combined with the absence of a J/sup P/ = 2 + signal in a recent MARK III analysis of psi → γ rho rho, suggest a very mysterious nature for the theta(1700). The process psi → γK + K - is also studied. The f'(1515) tensor meson is observed with a branching ratio in agreement with the SU(3) symmetry prediction for the standard two gluon radiative decay diagram with no mixing corrections. The helicity structure of the f'(1515) is measured for the first time, and is found to be similar to that of the f(1270). The theta(1700) is observed with high statistics. Its spin and parity are measured, with the result that J/sup P/ = 2 + is preferred over J/sup P/ = 0 + at the 99.9% C.L. In addition, evidence is presented for a remarkable narrow state, designated the xi(2220). Its parameters are measured to be: m = 2.218 +- 0.003 +- 0.010 GeV, GAMMA less than or equal to 0.040 GeV at 95% C.L., and BR(psi → γxi(2220))BR(xi(2220) → K + K - ) = (5.7 +- 1.9 +- 1.4) x 10 -5

  8. The decay width of stringy hadrons

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    Sonnenschein, Jacob; Weissman, Dorin

    2018-02-01

    In this paper we further develop a string model of hadrons by computing their strong decay widths and comparing them to experiment. The main decay mechanism is that of a string splitting into two strings. The corresponding total decay width behaves as Γ = π/2 ATL where T and L are the tension and length of the string and A is a dimensionless universal constant. We show that this result holds for a bosonic string not only in the critical dimension. The partial width of a given decay mode is given by Γi / Γ =Φi exp ⁡ (- 2 πCmsep2 / T) where Φi is a phase space factor, msep is the mass of the "quark" and "antiquark" created at the splitting point, and C is a dimensionless coefficient close to unity. Based on the spectra of hadrons we observe that their (modified) Regge trajectories are characterized by a negative intercept. This implies a repulsive Casimir force that gives the string a "zero point length". We fit the theoretical decay width to experimental data for mesons on the trajectories of ρ, ω, π, η, K*, ϕ, D, and Ds*, and of the baryons N, Δ, Λ, and Σ. We examine both the linearity in L and the exponential suppression factor. The linearity was found to agree with the data well for mesons but less for baryons. The extracted coefficient for mesons A = 0.095 ± 0.015 is indeed quite universal. The exponential suppression was applied to both strong and radiative decays. We discuss the relation with string fragmentation and jet formation. We extract the quark-diquark structure of baryons from their decays. A stringy mechanism for Zweig suppressed decays of quarkonia is proposed and is shown to reproduce the decay width of ϒ states. The dependence of the width on spin and flavor symmetry is discussed. We further apply this model to the decays of glueballs and exotic hadrons.

  9. High energy physics at the University of Iowa: Progress report, 1 February 1987-31 January 1988

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    McCliment, E.R.; Newsom, C.R.; Onel, Y.; Mallik, U.

    1988-01-01

    Research in high-energy physics at Iowa is in three areas--hyperon decay (ERM and CRN), hadronic interactions (Y. Onel), and charm physics (U. Mallik). In this document we report our progress in each of these areas. McCliment and Newsom built a silicon Σ + and Ξ - radiative decays. The SSD system was extensively tested in Proton Center during the 1987-1988 fixed-target run. Studies included alignment, tracking, efficiency, noise, and temperature stability. Work was also completed on a measurement of the Ξ - production polarization and magnetic moment from E715 data. A draft of the paper is included in the progress report as Appendix A. The polarized beam line for experiment E704 was commissioned during the same fixed-target run. Onel and his students were involved in running and developing the analysis for the Coulomb Nuclear Interaction Polarimeter. Our preliminary analysis indicates that the polarization beam is consistent with design expectations. During 1988 we also constructed five drift chambers and a delay line chamber for Fermilab experiment E683. We have also spent a limited amount of time on our CERN activities in designing, planning, and doing calculations and simulations for M258 (SPIN-SPLITTER). At MARK III, U. Mallik completed an amplitude analysis of the decay mode J//Psi/ → Ω + f 2 (1270), which will soon be submitted to Physical Review D. A draft of this paper is included as Appendix B. She presented an invited talk on the MARK III results at the BNL spectroscopy conference, ''Glueballs, Hybrids, and Exotics.'' This talk will be published in the proceedings. She also worked with the e-p physics group at the Snowmass Workshop in Summer, 1988. This work will also be published in the Snowmass proceedings. Her student, Maria Roco, participated in drift chamber repair and software of the MARK III at SLAC in the summer of 1988

  10. Resonances in the system of π+π--mesons from np→npπ+π- reaction at Pn=5.20 GeV/c: search, results of direct observations, interpretation

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    Troyan, Yu.A.; Plekhanov, E.B.; Pechenov, V.N.; Troyan, A.Yu.; Belyaev, A.V.; Ierusalimov, A.P.; Arakelyan, S.G.

    2002-01-01

    Ten resonances were found in the mass spectrum of a π + π - system based on 66075 events from np→npπ + π - reaction in np-interactions at P n =(5.20±0.16)GeV/c in the one-meter hydrogen bubble chamber of the LHE (JINR) by using the criterion cos Θ* p>0. These masses are the following: (347±12), (418±6), (511±12), (610±5), (678±17), (757±5), (880±12), (987±12), (1133±15), and (1285±22) MeV/c 2 ; their excesses above the background are 2.9, 5.2, 3.5, 1.4, 2.0, 8.5, 4.8, 3.8, 5.2, and 6.0 standard deviations, respectively. The experimental widths of the resonances vary within the region from 16 to 94 MeV/c 2 . Such effects were not found in π - π 0 combinations from np→ppπ - π 0 reaction. Therefore, it is necessary to attribute the value of isotopic spin I=0 to the resonances found in the mass spectrum of the π + π - system. The spin was estimated for the most statistically provided resonances at masses of 418, 511 and 757 MeV/c 2 . We determine with a high degree of confidence that J=0 for the resonances at M R =757 MeV/c 2 and M R =418 MeV/c 2 and the most probable value of J=0 for the resonance at M R =511 MeV/c 2 . Therefore, it can be affirmed that at least 3 states with quantum numbers of σ 0 -meson 0 + (0 ++ ) have been found at masses of 418, 511 and 757 MeV/c 2 . The fact that low-mass σ 0 -mesons are glueballs is one of the possible interpretations. Comparison with the data of other papers has also been made

  11. Analysis of the J/ψ and ψ(2S) decay into γπ{sup +}π{sup -}η in BES III and developments for the readout of the Panda-EMC; Analyse des J/ψ- und ψ(2S)-Zerfalls in γπ{sup +}π{sup -}η bei BES III und Entwicklungen zur Auslese des Panda-EMC

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    Leyhe, Michael

    2013-07-09

    The present thesis deals with two experiments, which perform on the field of the hadron spectroscopy fundamental research. These are the existing BES III experiment, from which data from charmonium decay are analyzed and the future PANDA experiment, for which in this thesis the readout of the forward end cap of the electromagnetic calorimeter is developed. In the first part the radiative decays of ψ(2S) and J/ψ into γ(π{sup +}π{sup -}η) are analyzed for the study of the η(1405) meson. This state is considered as possible glueball candidate, because among others the pseudoscalar-meson nonet with the η(1405), η(1295), and η(1475) is overoccupied by one particle and other experiments assign to the η(1405) a large gluonic contribution. The production of the η(1475) can, as confirmed by other experiments, ot be observed in the decay into π{sup +}π{sup -}η.The η(1295) however is identified in the framework of a partial-wave analysis in the decay J/ψ→γπ{sup +}π{sup -}η. This succeeded previously only in the DM2 experiment, indeed with distinctly lower statistics and corresponding uncertainties. A possible solution of the problem of the overoccupation, the non-existence of the η(1295), cannot be confirmed by the results presented in this thesis. Furthermore the branching ratios of different decays are determined. The high event-rate allows to determine some decay probabilities for the first time respectively clearly more precisely. The partial waves contributing in the decay J/ψ→γπ{sup +}π{sup -}η can be determined by a mass-independent partial-wave analysis and brought into connection with known resonances. In the second part of the thesis the development and optimization of the photodetector-preamplifier units used for the readout of the forward end cap of the electromagnetic calorimeter are shown. A manifold of these detector-units were produced for a prototype of the forward end cap and tested in subsequent test-beam times under real

  12. The meson spectroscopy program with CLAS12 at Jefferson Laboratory

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    Rizzo, Alessandro [Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy)

    2016-06-01

    The study of the hadronic spectrum is one of the most powerful tools to investigate the mechanism at the basis of quark confinement within hadrons. A precise determination of the spectrum allows not only to assess the properties of the hadrons in their fundamental and excited states, but also to investigate the existence of states resulting from alternative configurations of quarks and gluons, such as the glue-balls, hybrid hadrons and many-quarks configurations. The study of the mesonic part of the spectrum can play a central role in this investigation thanks to the strong signature that the hybrid mesons are expected to have: the presence of explicit gluonic degrees of freedom in such states may result in JPC configurations not allowed for the standard q ¯ q states. From the experimental side the expected high-multiplicity decays of the hybrid mesons require an apparatus with high performances in terms of rate-capability, resolution and acceptance. The CLAS12 experiment (formally MesonEx) is one of new-generation experiments at Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory (JLAB) for which an unprecedented statistics of events, with fully reconstructed kinematics for large particle multiplicity decays, will be available. A wide scientific program that will start in 2016 has been deployed for meson spectrum investigation with the CLAS12 apparatus in Hall B at energies up to 11 GeV. One of the main parts of the program is based on the use of the Forward Tagger apparatus, which will allow CLAS12 experiment to extend the study of meson electro-production to the quasi-real photo-production kinematical region (very low Q2), where the production of hybrid mesons is expected to be favoured. The data analysis which is required to extract the signal from hybrid states should go beyond the standard partial wave analysis techniques and a new analysis framework is being set up through the international network Haspect. The Haspect Network gathers people involved into theoretical and

  13. Meson Spectroscopy in the Light Quark Sector

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    De Vita, R.

    2014-03-01

    Understanding the hadron spectrum is one of the fundamental issues in modern particle physics. We know that existing hadron configurations include baryons, made of three quarks, and mesons, made of quark-antiquark pairs. However most of the mass of the hadrons is not due to the mass of these elementary constituents but to their binding force. Studying the hadron spectrum is therefore a tool to understand one of the fundamental forces in nature, the strong force, and Quantum Chromo Dynamics (QCD), the theory that describes it. This investigation can provide an answer to fundamental questions as what is the origin of the mass of hadrons, what is the origin of quark confinement, what are the relevant degrees of freedom to describe these complex systems and how the transition between the elementary constituents, quarks and gluons, and baryons and mesons occurs. In this field a key tool is given by meson spectroscopy. Mesons, being made by a quark and an anti-quark, are the simplest quark bound system and therefore the ideal benchmark to study the interaction between quarks and understand what the role of gluons is. In this investigation, it is fundamental to precisely determine the spectrum and properties of mesons but also to search for possible unconventional states beyond the qbar q configuration as tetraquarks (qqoverline{qq}), hybrids (qbar qg) and glueballs. These states can be distinguished unambiguously from regular mesons when they have exotic quantum numbers, i.e. combinations of total angular momentum, spin and parity that are not allowed for qbar q states. These are called exotic quantum numbers and the corresponding states are referred to as exotics. The study of the meson spectrum and the search for exotics is among the goals of several experiments in the world that exploit different reaction processes, as e+e- annihilation, pbar p annihilation, pion scattering, proton-proton scattering and photo-production, to produce meson states. This intense effort is

  14. Lattice QCD Calculation of Nucleon Structure

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    Liu, Keh-Fei; Draper, Terrence

    2016-01-01

    anomalous Ward identity. Recently, we have started to include multiple lattices with different lattice spacings and different volumes including large lattices at the physical pion mass point. We are getting quite close to being able to calculate the hadron structure at the physical point and to do the continuum and large volume extrapolations, which is our ultimate aim. We have now finished several projects which have included these systematic corrections. They include the leptonic decay width of the ρ, the πN sigma and strange sigma terms, and the strange quark magnetic moment. Over the years, we have also studied hadron spectroscopy with lattice calculations and in phenomenology. These include Roper resonance, pentaquark state, charmonium spectrum, glueballs, scalar mesons a_0(1450) and σ(600) and other scalar mesons, and the 1"-"+ meson. In addition, we have employed the canonical approach to explore the first-order phase transition and the critical point at finite density and finite temperature. We have also discovered a new parton degree of freedom -- the connected sea partons, from the path-integral formulation of the hadronic tensor, which explains the experimentally observed Gottfried sum rule violation. Combining experimental result on the strange parton distribution, the CT10 global fitting results of the total u and d anti-partons and the lattice result of the ratio of the momentum fraction of the strange vs that of u or d in the disconnected insertion, we have shown that the connected sea partons can be isolated. In this final technical report, we shall present a few representative highlights that have been achieved in the project.

  15. Elastic and Diffractive Scattering - Proceedings of the International Conference on Vth Blois Workshop

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    Kang, K.; Fried, H. M.; Tan, C.-I.

    1994-02-01

    The Table of Contents for the book is as follows: * Preface * `Overview' on Elastic Scattering and Total Cross-Sections * A Precise Measurement of the Real Part of the Elastic Scattering Amplitude at the {S bar{p}pS} * Luminosity Dependent Measurement of the p bar{p} Total Cross Section at √{s} = 541 GeV * Status of Fermilab E-710 * Luminosity-Independent Measurement of bar{p}p Elastic Scattering, Single Diffraction, Dissociation and Total Cross Section at √{s} = 546 and 1800 GeV * Phase Relations Revisited: A Challenge for SSC and LHC * Status of Near-Forward Elastic Scattering * bar{p}p Collisions at √{s} = 1.8 TeV: p, σt and B * p bar{p} Forward Scattering Parameters Results from Fermilab E760 * Photoproduction Results from H1 at HERA * Total and Jet Photoproduction Cross Sections at HERA and Fermilab * Minijet Model for High Energy γp Cross Sections * The Pomeron as Massive Gluons * Large N Theories with Glueball-like Spectra * Unitarity Relations for Gluonic Pomeron * The Donnachie-Landshoff Pomeron vs. QCD * The Odderon Intercept in Perturbative QCD * Theoret. and Phenomenol. Aspects of the Odderon * First Theorist's Gaze at HERA Data at Low xB * H1 Results for Structure Functions at Small x * Partial Photoproduction Cross Sections at √{s} ≈prox 180 GeV and First Results on F2 of the Proton from the ZEUS Experiment * Observation of a New Class of Events in Deep Inelastic Scattering * Jet Production in Muon-Proton and Muon-Nuclei Scattering at Fermilab-E665 * D0 Studies of Perturbative QCD * Large Rapidity Gaps and Single Diffraction Dissociation in High Energy pp and bar{p}p Collisions * Hadron and Reggeon Structure in High Energy Collisions * Monte Carlo Studies of Diffractive Processes in Deep Inelastic Scattering * Elastic Parton-Parton Amplitudes in Geometrical Models * Non-Perturbative QCD Calculations of High-Energy Observables * Effective Field Theory for Diffractive QCD Processes * High Energy Behavior of σtot, ρ, and B - Asymptotic

  16. CERN: Fixed target targets

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    Anon.

    1993-01-01

    visible for the first time, and help explain the continuing dilemma of the dearth of solar neutrinos (December 1992, page 12). For the longer term future, a larger detector could provide an increased yield, boosting the neutrino capture rate by up to a factor of ten. Other, more spectacular, option is to shine the CERN neutrino beam towards a detector a long way off. Such a beam is practically unimpeded by matter and could pass right through the earth. Possible contenders for underground target stations equipped with big detectors are the Italian Gran Sasso laboratory, 730 kilometres south, or Superkamiokande, 8750 kilometres away in Japan. Other major ongoing 'flagship' SPS projects include the NA48 experiment to continue precision measurements on the still unexplained phenomenon of CP violation (March 1992, page 7) and the 'Spin Muon Collaboration' looking to probe the spin structure of the proton and the neutron using high energy muon beams (April 1992, page 21). Both these experiments address important physics issues. While SMC is already taking data, NA48 will not become operational until 1995, but should run then for more than three years. Elsewhere at the SPS, ongoing studies include a programme using hyperon beams, and a study of beauty particles (WA92) which would be hampered once the new neutrino programme starts. The spectroscopy of particles containing light quarks, although far from having solved all outstanding questions, is slowly coming to the end of its SPS career. The WA91 glueball search at the big Omega detector will continue taking data in 1994. The GAMS experiment took its final CERN data last year. One of the long-standing examples of CERN-Russian collaboration, GAMS earned its acronym from the Russian abbreviation for its characteristic large lead-glass arrays. GAMS experiments have run both at CERN and at Serpukhov's Institute for High Energy Physics near Moscow

  17. CERN: Fixed target targets

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    Anon.

    1993-03-15

    time, and help explain the continuing dilemma of the dearth of solar neutrinos (December 1992, page 12). For the longer term future, a larger detector could provide an increased yield, boosting the neutrino capture rate by up to a factor of ten. Other, more spectacular, option is to shine the CERN neutrino beam towards a detector a long way off. Such a beam is practically unimpeded by matter and could pass right through the earth. Possible contenders for underground target stations equipped with big detectors are the Italian Gran Sasso laboratory, 730 kilometres south, or Superkamiokande, 8750 kilometres away in Japan. Other major ongoing 'flagship' SPS projects include the NA48 experiment to continue precision measurements on the still unexplained phenomenon of CP violation (March 1992, page 7) and the 'Spin Muon Collaboration' looking to probe the spin structure of the proton and the neutron using high energy muon beams (April 1992, page 21). Both these experiments address important physics issues. While SMC is already taking data, NA48 will not become operational until 1995, but should run then for more than three years. Elsewhere at the SPS, ongoing studies include a programme using hyperon beams, and a study of beauty particles (WA92) which would be hampered once the new neutrino programme starts. The spectroscopy of particles containing light quarks, although far from having solved all outstanding questions, is slowly coming to the end of its SPS career. The WA91 glueball search at the big Omega detector will continue taking data in 1994. The GAMS experiment took its final CERN data last year. One of the long-standing examples of CERN-Russian collaboration, GAMS earned its acronym from the Russian abbreviation for its characteristic large lead-glass arrays. GAMS experiments have run both at CERN and at Serpukhov's Institute for High Energy Physics near Moscow.

  18. Lattice QCD Calculation of Nucleon Structure

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    Liu, Keh-Fei [University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Draper, Terrence [University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

    2016-08-30

    decomposition and the strange quark spin from the anomalous Ward identity. Recently, we have started to include multiple lattices with different lattice spacings and different volumes including large lattices at the physical pion mass point. We are getting quite close to being able to calculate the hadron structure at the physical point and to do the continuum and large volume extrapolations, which is our ultimate aim. We have now finished several projects which have included these systematic corrections. They include the leptonic decay width of the ρ, the πN sigma and strange sigma terms, and the strange quark magnetic moment. Over the years, we have also studied hadron spectroscopy with lattice calculations and in phenomenology. These include Roper resonance, pentaquark state, charmonium spectrum, glueballs, scalar mesons a0(1450) and σ(600) and other scalar mesons, and the 1-+ meson. In addition, we have employed the canonical approach to explore the first-order phase transition and the critical point at finite density and finite temperature. We have also discovered a new parton degree of freedom -- the connected sea partons, from the path-integral formulation of the hadronic tensor, which explains the experimentally observed Gottfried sum rule violation. Combining experimental result on the strange parton distribution, the CT10 global fitting results of the total u and d anti-partons and the lattice result of the ratio of the momentum fraction of the strange vs that of u or d in the disconnected insertion, we have shown that the connected sea partons can be isolated. In this final technical report, we shall present a few representative highlights that have been achieved in the project.

  19. Fortran code for SU(3) lattice gauge theory with and without MPI checkerboard parallelization

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    Berg, Bernd A.; Wu, Hao

    2012-10-01

    .5. Nature of problem: Physics of pure SU(3) Quantum Field Theory (QFT). This is relevant for our understanding of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). It includes the glueball spectrum, topological properties and the deconfining phase transition of pure SU(3) QFT. For instance, Relativistic Heavy Ion Collision (RHIC) experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory provide evidence that quarks confined in hadrons undergo at high enough temperature and pressure a transition into a Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). Investigations of its thermodynamics in pure SU(3) QFT are of interest. Solution method: Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations of SU(3) Lattice Gauge Theory (LGT) with the Wilson action. This is a regularization of pure SU(3) QFT on a hypercubic lattice, which allows approaching the continuum SU(3) QFT by means of Finite Size Scaling (FSS) studies. Specifically, we provide updating routines for the Cabibbo-Marinari heatbath with and without checkerboard parallelization. While the first is suitable for pedagogical purposes and small scale projects, the latter allows for efficient parallel processing. Targetting the geometry of RHIC experiments, we have implemented a Double-Layered Torus (DLT) lattice geometry, which has previously not been used in LGT MCMC simulations and enables inside and outside layers at distinct temperatures, the lower-temperature layer acting as the outside boundary for the higher-temperature layer, where the deconfinement transition goes on. Restrictions: The checkerboard partition of the lattice makes the development of measurement programs more tedious than is the case for an unpartitioned lattice. Presently, only one measurement routine for Polyakov loops is provided. Unusual features: We provide three different versions for the send/receive function of the MPI library, which work for different operating system +compiler +MPI combinations. This involves activating the correct row in the last three rows of our latmpi.par parameter file. The