Exclusive spin-2 glueball production associated with J/ψ from e +e- annihilation

title: Exclusive heavy quarkonium + γ production from e+e-annihilation into a virtual photon
abstract: We compute the cross section for exclusive production of a photon associated with a heavy quarkonium H of charge-conjugation parity C=+1 from e{sup +}e{sup -} annihilation into a virtual photon at the center-of-momentum energy {radical}(s)=10.58 GeV. The nonrelativistic QCD factorization formulas for the differential and total cross sections are obtained at leading order in the strong coupling and in the relative velocity of the heavy quark in the quarkonium rest frame. The predicted cross sections for the S-wave spin-singlet cases are about 80 fb and 50 fb for H={eta}{sub c} and {eta}{sub c}(2S), respectively. Among P-wave spin-triplet charmonia, {chi}{sub c1} has a particularly large cross section of about 14 fb. The cross sections for bottomonium states {eta}{sub b} and {chi}{sub bJ} are about 3 fb. A rough estimate of the background reveals that the signal significances for charmonium processes are sufficiently large enough to be detected with ease with the integrated luminosities available at the present B factories.

title: CHARMONIUM POLARIZATION AT THE TEVATRON
abstract: The current issues on the polarization of prompt J/ψ at the Tevatron is discussed. The prediction based on the nonrelativistic QCD factorization approach agrees with measurements from the CDF collaboration at intermediate values of pT, but disagrees at the large values of pT measured.

title: Inclusive Heavy-Quarkonium Production in Hadronic Collisions
abstract: We discuss the theory of inclusive production of heavy quarkonium, the comparison between theory and experiment, and the expected nuclear effects in cold nuclear targets. We also present predictions, based on Nonrelativistic QCD (NRQCD), for quarkonium production cross sections in the LHC energy range. We find that nuclear effects in the production cross sections are largely independent of the sizes of the NRQCD matrix elements, the charmonium state that is produced and, in the color-octet case, largely independent of the partonic subprocess that produces the heavy quark-antiquark pair.

title: Radion Phenomenology in the Randall Sundrum Scenario
abstract: Phenomenology of a radion (�) in the Randall-Sundrum scenario is discussed. The radion couples to the trace of energy momentum tensor of the standard model with a strength suppressed only by a new scale (��) which is an order of the electroweak scale. In particular, the effective coupling of a radion to two gluons is enhanced due to the trace anomaly of QCD. Therefore, its production cross section at hadron colliders could be enhanced, and the dominant decay mode of a relatively light radion is � → gg, unlike the SM Higgs boson case.

title: A Measurement of the Michel Parameters in Leptonic Decays of the Tau
abstract: We have measured the spectral shape Michel parameters {rho} and {eta} using leptonic decays of the {tau}, recorded by the CLEO II detector. Assuming e-{mu} universality, we find {rho}{sub e{mu}}= 0.735 {+-} 0.013 {+-} 0.008 and {eta}{sub e{mu}} = 0.015 {+-} 0.061 {+-} 0.062, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic.

title: Two Distinct Red Giant Branches in the Globular Cluster NGC 288
abstract: We report the presence of two distinct red giant branches (RGBs) in the globular cluster NGC 288 from the narrowband calcium and Stroemgren b and y photometry obtained at the CTIO 4 m Blanco telescope. The RGB of NGC 288 is clearly split into two in the hk [=(Ca - b) - (b - y)] index, while the split is not shown in the b - y color. Unlike other globular clusters with multiple populations reported thus far, the horizontal branch of NGC 288 is only mildly extended. Our stellar population models show that this and the presence of two distinct RGBs in NGC 288 can be reproduced if slightly metal-rich ({Delta}[m/H] {approx} 0.16) second generation stars are also enhanced in helium by small amount ({Delta}Y {approx} 0.03) and younger by {approx}1.5 Gyr. The RGB split in the hk index is most likely indicating that the second generation stars were affected by supernovae enrichment, together with the pollution of lighter elements by intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch stars or fast-rotating massive stars. In order to confirm this, however, spectroscopy of stars in the two distinct RGB groups is urgently required.

title: Search for anomalous production of prompt like-sign muon pairs and constraints on physics beyond the standard model with the ATLAS detector
abstract: An inclusive search for anomalous production of two prompt, isolated muons with the same electric charge is presented. The search is performed in a data sample corresponding to 1.6 fb(-1) of integr ...

title: Measurement of the neutron radius of 208Pb through parity violation in electron scattering.
abstract: We report the first measurement of the parity-violating asymmetry A(PV) in the elastic scattering of polarized electrons from 208Pb. A(PV) is sensitive to the radius of the neutron distribution (R(n)). The result A(PV)=0.656±0.060(stat)±0.014(syst) ppm corresponds to a difference between the radii of the neutron and proton distributions R(n)-R(p)=0.33(-0.18)(+0.16) fm and provides the first electroweak observation of the neutron skin which is expected in a heavy, neutron-rich nucleus.

title: Electron beam line design of A4 Compton backscattering polarimeter
abstract: The new beam line has been built to measure the polarization of the electron. The transverse position and emittance of the MAMI beam are determined from measurements of the beam size on three wire scanners. The position measurement has been done and the emittance measurement is still progressing.PACS: 29.27.Eg Beam handling; beam transport – 29.27.Fh Beam characteristics

title: Measurement of azimuthal asymmetries in inclusive production of hadron pairs in e(+)e(-) annihilation at Belle.
abstract: The Collins effect connects transverse quark spin with a measurable azimuthal dependence in the yield of hadronic fragments around the quark's momentum vector. Using two different reconstruction methods, we find evidence of statistically significant azimuthal asymmetries for charged pion pairs in e(+)e(-) annihilation at a center-of-mass energy of 10.52 GeV, which can be attributed to a transverse polarization of the primordial quarks. The measurement was performed using a sample of 79 x 10(6) hadronic events collected with the Belle detector.