Existence of a proton halo in Al-23 and its significance
Reaction cross section sigma(R) of proton-rich isotones (N = 10) near Al-23 and Al isotopes (Al23-28) on C target have been measured at intermediate energies around 30 MeV/nucleon. An abnormal increase of the experimental sigma(R) is observed for Al-23 and it suggests that there is an anomalously large matter rms radius in Al-23. Together with the very weakly binding of the last proton (S-p = 0.125 MeV), it indicates that there is a proton halo in Al-23. This conclusion is also supported by the difference factor d which is deduced from the measured and theoretical sigma(R) in the Glauber or Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck model and is used for the manifest of halo phenomena. The theoretical calculation based,on the relativistic density dependent Hartree model shows that there is a proton halo when the last proton is in the 2s(1/2) orbit in Al-23. The significance of the proton halo in Al-23 is discussed.

title: Relativistic eikonal approaches to parity violating electron-nucleus scattering
abstract: The Coulomb electron scattering on even-even nuclei and the magnetic electron scattering on odd-$A$ nuclei have been investigated in the relativistic eikonal approximation and in the plane wave Born approximation, respectively. In this article, we generalize the relativistic eikonal approximation to the parity violating electron scattering on even-even nuclei. The parity violating asymmetries at electron energy of 850 MeV are calculated for three typical cases: Ca isotopes, $N=50$ isotones, and $N=Z$ doubly magic nuclei. In calculations the proton and neutron densities are obtained from the relativistic mean-field theory. The parity violating asymmetries are analyzed by comparing both the form factors and the densities of neutrons and protons. It is found that the parity violating asymmetries are sensitive to the differences between neutron and proton densities. Our results provide useful references for the parity violating electron-nucleus scattering experiments in the future.

title: New Geiger-Nuttall law for alpha decay of heavy nuclei

title: Theoretical study of nuclear charge densities with elastic electron scattering
abstract: The calculated cross sections for elastic Coulomb electron scattering from the phase-shift analysis method and the eikonal approximation are compared. It is shown that the phase-shift analysis method can reproduce the experimental data very well for both light and heavy nuclei. Then the phase-shift analysis is used to investigate elastic electron scattering along the O and S isotopic chains, where the charge densities are obtained from relativistic mean-field theory. Results show that the minima of the differential cross section shift inward and upward with the increase of the neutron number.

title: Coupled-channels study of fine structure in the {alpha} decay of well deformed nuclei
abstract: We formulate a theoretical model for the {alpha} decay of well-deformed even-even nuclei based on the coupled-channel Schroedinger equation. The {alpha}-decay half-lives and fine structures observed in {alpha} decay are well described by the five-channel microscopic calculations. Since the branching ratios to high-spin states are hard to understand in the traditional {alpha}-decay theories, this success could be important to interpret future observations of heavier nuclei. It is also found that the {alpha} transition to high-spin states is a powerful tool to probe the energy spectrum and deformation of daughter nuclei.

title: β-decay half-lives including first-forbidden contributions for neutron-rich Zn isotopes in the extended QRPA with neutron-proton pairing
abstract: The β decays of neutron-rich Zn isotopes are investigated within the extended quasiparticle random-phase approximation, where neutron-neutron, proton-proton, and neutron-proton pairing correlations are considered in the similar manner. The Bruckner G-matrix obtained with the charge-dependent Bonn nucleon-nucleon force is used for the residual particle-particle and particle-hole interactions in addition to the pairing interactions. Contributions from both allowed Gamow-Teller and first-forbidden transitions are considered, and β-decay half-lives together with β-delayed neutron emission probabilities are calculated. The calculated results are found to agree well with the available experimental data.

title: Combined inclusive diffractive cross sections measured with forward proton spectrometers in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA
abstract: A combination of the inclusive diffractive cross section measurements made by the H1 and ZEUS Collaborations at HERA is presented. The analysis uses samples of diffractive deep inelastic ep scattering data at a centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=318~\mathrm{GeV}$ where leading protons are detected by dedicated spectrometers. Correlations of systematic uncertainties are taken into account, resulting in an improved precision of the cross section measurement which reaches 6 % for the most precise points. The combined data cover the range 2.5<Q2<200 GeV2 in photon virtuality, $0.00035 < \mbox{$x_{\mathbb{P}}$}< 0.09$ in proton fractional momentum loss, 0.09<|t|<0.55 GeV2 in squared four-momentum transfer at the proton vertex and 0.0018<β<0.816 in $\beta=x/\mbox{$x_{\mathbb{P}}$}$, where x is the Bjorken scaling variable.

title: Production of Z(0) bosons in elastic and quasi-elastic ep collisions at HERA
abstract: The production of Z 0 bosons in the reaction ep→eZ 0 p (*) , where p (*) stands for a proton or a low-mass nucleon resonance, has been studied in ep collisions at HERA using the ZEUS detector. The analysis is based on a data sample collected between 1996 and 2007, amounting to 496pb -1 of integrated luminosity. The Z 0 was measured in the hadronic decay mode. The elasticity of the events was ensured by a cut on η max max is the maximum pseudorapidity of energy deposits in the calorimeter defined with respect to the proton beam direction. A signal was observed at the Z 0 mass. The cross section of the reaction ep→eZ 0 p (*) was measured to be σ(ep→eZ 0 p (*) )=0.13±0.06(stat.)±0.01(syst.) pb, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction of 0.16 pb. This is the first measurement of Z 0 production in ep collisions.

title: Measurement of neutral current cross sections at high Bjorken-x with the ZEUS detector at HERA
abstract: A new method is employed to measure the neutral current cross section up to Bjorken-x values of one with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 65.1 pb-1 for e+p collisions and 16.7 pb-1 for e-p collisions at $\sqrt{s}=318\,\mathrm{GeV}$ and 38.6 pb-1 for e+p collisions at $\sqrt{s}=300\,\mathrm{GeV}$. Cross sections have been extracted for Q2≥648 GeV2 and are compared to predictions using different parton density functions. For the highest x bins, the data have a tendency to lie above the expectations using recent parton density function parametrizations.

title: The search for strange pentaquarks at ZEUS
abstract: A study of states and enhancements reconstructed using the invariant‐mass spectra associated with strange baryons has been performed in ep collisions with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 121 pb−1. The invariant‐mass spectra were reconstructed in several kinematic regions with the main emphasis on the spectra which are sensitive to the production of pentaquarks. The candidate Θ+ signal was found to be produced predominantly in the forward hemisphere in the laboratory frame. This is unlike the case for the Λ(1520) or the Λc, and indicates that the Θ+ may have an unusual production mechanism related to proton‐remnant fragmentation.

title: Inclusive jet cross sections and dijet correlations in D photoproduction at HERA
abstract: Inclusive jet cross sections in photoproduction for events containing a D ∗ D ∗ meson have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 78.6 pb −1 78.6 pb −1 . The events were required to have a virtuality of the incoming photon, Q 2 Q 2 , of less than 1 GeV 2 , and a photon–proton centre-of-mass energy in the range 130 γp 130 W γ p 280 GeV . The measurements are compared with next-to-leading-order (NLO) QCD calculations. Good agreement is found with the NLO calculations over most of the measured kinematic region. Requiring a second jet in the event allowed a more detailed comparison with QCD calculations. The measured dijet cross sections are also compared to Monte Carlo (MC) models which incorporate leading-order matrix elements followed by parton showers and hadronisation. The NLO QCD predictions are in general agreement with the data although differences have been isolated to regions where contributions from higher orders are expected to be significant. The MC models give a better description than the NLO predictions of the shape of the measured cross sections.