Measurement of azimuthal asymmetries in neutral current deep inelastic scattering at HERA
The distribution of the azimuthal angle of charged and neutral hadrons relative to the lepton plane has been studied for neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering using an integrated luminosity of 45 pb-1 taken with the ZEUS detector. The kinematic range is 100<Q2<8000 GeV2, 0.2<y<0.8 and 0.01<x<0.1 where Q2 is the virtuality of the exchanged boson, y is the inelasticity and x is the Bjorken variable. The measurements were made in the hadronic centre-of-mass system. The analysis exploits the energy-flow method, which allows the measurement to be made over a larger range of pseudorapidity compared to previous results. The dependence of the moments of the azimuthal distributions on the pseudorapidity and minimum transverse energy of the final-state hadrons are presented. Although the predictions from next-to-leading-order QCD describe the data better than do the Monte Carlo models incorporating leading-logarithm parton showers, they still fail to describe the magnitude of the asymmetries. This suggests that higher-order calculations may be necessary to describe these data.

title: Scaled momentum spectra in deep inelastic scattering at HERA
abstract: Charged particle production has been studied in neutral current deep inelastic ep scattering with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 0.44 fb−1. Distributions of scaled momenta in the Breit frame are presented for particles in the current fragmentation region. The evolution of these spectra with the photon virtuality, Q2, is described in the kinematic region 10 < Q2 < 41000Ge V2. Next-to-leading-order and modified leading-log-approximation QCD calculations as well as predictions from Monte Carlo models are compared to the data. The results are also compared to e+e− annihilation data. The dependences of the pseudorapidity distribution of the particles on Q2 and on the energy in the γp system, W, are presented and interpreted in the context of the hypothesis of limiting fragmentation.

title: Measurement of charm fragmentation ratios and fractions in photoproduction at HERA
abstract: The production of D, D, D, D s and Λ + c charm hadrons and their antiparticles in ep scattering at HERA was measured with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 79 pb. The measurement has been performed in the photoproduction regime with the exchanged-photon virtuality Q < 1 GeV and for photon-proton centre-of-mass energies in the range 130 < W < 300 GeV. The charm hadrons were reconstructed in the range of transverse momentum pT (D, Λc) > 3.8 GeV and pseudorapidity |η(D, Λc)| < 1.6. The production cross sections were used to determine the ratio of neutral and charged D-meson production rates, Ru/d, the strangeness-suppression factor, γs, and the fraction of charged D mesons produced in a vector state, P d v . The measured Ru/d and γs values agree with those obtained in deep inelastic scattering and in ee annihilations. The measured P d v value is smaller than, but consistent with, the previous measurements. The fractions of c quarks hadronising as a particular charm hadron, f(c → D, Λc), were derived in the given kinematic range. The measured open-charm fragmentation fractions are consistent with previous results, although the measured f(c → D) is smaller and f(c → Λc ) is larger than those obtained in ee annihilations. These results generally support the hypothesis that fragmentation proceeds independently of the hard sub-process. The ZEUS Collaboration S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, S. Magill, S. Miglioranzi, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, R. Yoshida Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4815, USA n M.C.K. Mattingly Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-0380, USA N. Pavel, A.G. Yagües Molina Institut für Physik der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, A. Margotti, A. Montanari, R. Nania, F. Palmonari, A. Pesci, A. Polini, L. Rinaldi, G. Sartorelli, A. Zichichi University and INFN Bologna, Bologna, Italy e G. Aghuzumtsyan, D. Bartsch, I. Brock, S. Goers, H. Hartmann, E. Hilger, P. Irrgang, H.-P. Jakob, O.M. Kind, U. Meyer, E. Paul, J. Rautenberg, R. Renner, M. Wang, M. Wlasenko Physikalisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany b D.S. Bailey, N.H. Brook, J.E. Cole, G.P. Heath, T. Namsoo, S. Robins H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom m M. Capua, S. Fazio, A. Mastroberardino, M. Schioppa, G. Susinno, E. Tassi Calabria University, Physics Department and INFN, Cosenza, Italy e J.Y. Kim, K.J. Ma Chonnam National University, Kwangju, South Korea g M. Helbich, Y. Ning, Z. Ren, W.B. Schmidke, F. Sciulli Nevis Laboratories, Columbia University, Irvington on Hudson, New York 10027 o J. Chwastowski, A. Eskreys, J. Figiel, A. Galas, M. Gil, K. Olkiewicz, P. Stopa, D. Szuba, L. Zawiejski The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland i L. Adamczyk, T. Bo ld, I. Grabowska-Bo ld, D. Kisielewska, J. Lukasik, M. Przybycień, L. Suszycki, J. Szuba Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH-University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland p A. Kotański, W. S lomiński Department of Physics, Jagellonian University, Cracow, Poland

title: Search for lepton-flavor violation at HERA
abstract: A search for lepton-flavor-violating interactions ep -> mu X and ep -> tau X has been performed with the ZEUS detector using the entire HERA I data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 130 pb(-1). The data were taken at center-of-mass energies, root s, of 300 and 318 GeV. No evidence of lepton-flavor violation was found, and constraints were derived on leptoquarks (LQs) that could mediate such interactions. For LQ masses below root s, limits were set on lambda(eq1) root beta(lq), where lambda(eq1) is the coupling of the LQ to an electron and a first-generation quark q(1), and beta(eq) is the branching ratio of the LQ to the final-state lepton l (mu or tau) and a quark q. For LQ masses much larger than root s, limits were set on the four-fermion interaction term lambda(eq alpha)lambda(eq beta)/M(L)(2)Q for LQs that couple to an electron and a quark q(alpha) and to a lepton l and a quark q(beta), where alpha and beta are quark generation indices. Some of the limits are also applicable to lepton-flavor-violating processes mediated by squarks in R-Parity-violating supersymmetric models. In some cases, especially when a higher-generation quark is involved and for the process ep -> tau X, the ZEUS limits are the most stringent to date.

title: Measurement of beauty production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA
abstract: The beauty production cross section for deep inelastic scattering events with at least one hard jet in the Breit frame together with a muon has been measured, for photon virtualities Q2>2 GeV2, with the ZEUS detector at HERA using integrated luminosity of 72 pb-1. The total visible cross section is σbb(ep→e jet μX)=40.9±5.7(stat.)-4.4+6. 0(syst.) pb. The next-to-leading order QCD prediction lies about 2.5 standard deviations below the data. The differential cross sections are in general consistent with the NLO QCD predictions; however at low values of Q2, Bjorken x, and muon transverse momentum, and high values of jet transverse energy and muon pseudorapidity, the prediction is about two standard deviations below the data.

title: Diffractive photoproduction of dijets in ep collisions at HERA
abstract: Diffractive photoproduction of dijets was measured with the ZEUS detector at the ep collider HERA using an integrated luminosity of 77.2 pb-1. The measurements were made in the kinematic range Q2 < 1 GeV2, 0.20<y<0.85 and xIP<0.025, where Q2 is the photon virtuality, y is the inelasticity and xIP is the fraction of the proton momentum taken by the diffractive exchange. The two jets with the highest transverse energy, ETjet, were required to satisfy ETjet>7.5 and 6.5 GeV, respectively, and to lie in the pseudorapidity range -1.5<ηjet<1.5. Differential cross sections were compared to perturbative QCD calculations using available parameterisations of diffractive parton distributions of the proton.

title: Systematic calculation of fine structure in the alpha decay of heavy odd-mass nuclei
abstract: The newly developed multichannel cluster model (MCCM) based on the coupled-channel Schrodinger equation with outgoing wave boundary conditions is extended to study the alpha-decay fine structure in heavy odd-A nuclei. More decay channels are considered for convergence in solving the coupled equations. Calculations are performed for 32 deformed nuclei with atomic numbers Z = 93-102. The branching ratios for various daughter states are well reproduced without any additional free parameters, and the calculated alpha-decay half-lives show good agreement with the experimental data. This indicates that the MCCM has universal applicability and equal validity regardless of even-even or odd-A alpha emitters.

title: Calculations of the beta-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei
abstract: The beta-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei have been systematically investigated using the proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) with a delta-form Gamow-Teller residual interaction. The particle-hole and particle-particle components of the Gamow-Teller residual interaction are consistently taken into account in dealing with the pnQRPA matrix equation, and the dependence of the results on them is discussed. Even-even nuclei with atomic numbers Z = 6-58 are considered in the calculations, where some newly measured neutron-rich nuclei are included. The calculated beta(-)-decay half-lives are found to be in good agreement with the available experimental data. The comparison with other theoretical results is also given. Moreover, predictions on beta-decay half-lives are made for some extremely neutron-rich nuclei, which could be useful for future experiments.

title: Theoretical study on parity-violating electron scattering off isotonic nuclei
abstract: The parity-violating electron scattering off isotonic nuclei has been investigated in various nuclear models by the partial wave method. The sensitivities ϵ R n of A pv to neutron radius R n and statistical errors Δ R n / R n of isotonic nuclei in PVS experiments are studied. The parity-violating asymmetries A pv of isotonic nuclei are calculated with a large sample of nuclear mean field models and presented as a function of neutron skin thickness R n − R p . It can be observed that there is high linear dependence between A pv and neutron skin thickness R n − R p . By comparing the linear fit formula of A pv and R n − R p of isotonic nuclei, we can deduce the neutron RMS radius of isotonic nuclei and study the influences of protons on neutron density distributions.

title: Α-decay half-lives of ground and isomeric states of exotic nuclei around closed shells
abstract: We investigate the α-decay half-lives of ground and isomeric states of exotic nuclei around the shell closures Z = 82 and N = 82 by the density-dependent cluster model (DDCM). Our calculations concentrate on four kinds of favored a transitions: (1) ground state to ground state, (2) ground state to isomeric state, (3) isomeric state to ground state, and (4) isomeric state to isomeric state. The calculated α-decay half-lives of both ground and isomeric states are found to be in good agreement with the experimental data. Useful predictions on the partial half-lives of several a emitters are made for future experiments.

title: Structure of 8Li from a reaction cross-section measurement
abstract: We have precisely measured reaction cross sections (sigma(R)) for Li-8 using Be-9, C-12, Al-27, and proton targets at intermediate energies by the transmission method. From the energy dependence of the sigma(R) including the high energy data, the density distribution of Li-8 was deduced through a modified Glauber model. It is shown that Li-8 has a shorter tail structure in the density as compared with that of B-8 and the matter radius of Li-8 is similar to those of the other nonhalo Li isotopes. The result is consistent with the previous experiments that there is a tendency for Li-8 to be a skin nucleus.