A macroscopic–microscopic study of Ne and Mg nuclei around N = 20
A new set of Nilsson parameters, with the isospin-dependent spin–orbit potential (κ) and l2t term (μ), is proposed for neutron-rich nuclei of Ne and Mg isotopes. The ground-state deformations and B(E2) values of Ne and Mg nuclei around N = 20 are studied within the framework of the macroscopic–microscopic (MM) model with the new set of Nilsson parameters. The calculated results are compared with the experimental data. The experimental large deformations and B(E2) values are well reproduced by the new calculation of this paper. The calculated results are also compared with the recent results of mean-field models and shell models. Detailed discussions of the shell structure around N = 20 are given. It is predicted that the enhanced negative shell correction energies at deformed shape and the weak N = 20 magic shell closure lead to the large deformations for Ne and Mg nuclei around N = 20.

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

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: 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: 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: 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: An NLO QCD analysis of inclusive cross-section and jet-production data from the ZEUS experiment
abstract: The ZEUS inclusive differential cross-section data from HERA, for charged and neutral current processes taken with e(+) and e(-) beams, together with differential cross-section data on inclusive jet production in e+ p scattering and dijet production in gamma p scattering, have been used in a new NLO QCD analysis to extract the parton distribution functions of the proton. The input of jet-production data constrains the gluon and allows an accurate extraction of alpha(s)( M-Z) at NLO;alpha(s)( M-Z) = 0.1183 +/- 0.0028( exp.) +/- 0.0008( model).An additional uncertainty from the choice of scales is estimated as +/- 0.005. This is the first extraction of as( M-Z) from HERA data alone.

title: Search for squarks and gluinos with the ATLAS detector in final states with jets and missing transverse momentum using 4.7 fb-1 of √s = 7 TeV proton-proton collision data
abstract: A search for squarks and gluinos in final states containing jets, missing transverse momentum and no high-p(T) electrons or muons is presented. The data represent the complete sample recorded in 2011 by the ATLAS experiment in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, with a total integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb(-1). No excess above the Standard Model background expectation is observed. Gluino masses below 860 GeV and squark masses below 1320 GeV are excluded at the 95% confidence level in simplified models containing only squarks of the first two generations, a gluino octet and a massless neutralino, for squark or gluino masses below 2 TeV, respectively. Squarks and gluinos with equal masses below 1410 GeV are excluded. In minimal supergravity/constrained minimal supersymmetric Standard Model models with tan beta = 10, A(0) = 0 and mu > 0, squarks and gluinos of equal mass are excluded for masses below 1360 GeV. Constraints are also placed on the parameter space of supersymmetric models with compressed spectra. These limits considerably extend the region of supersymmetric parameter space excluded by previous measurements with the ATLAS detector.

title: Measurement of D± and D0 production in deep inelastic scattering using a lifetime tag at HERA
abstract: AbstractThe production of D±- and D0-mesons has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 133.6 pb−1. The measurements cover the kinematic range 5<Q2<1000 GeV2, 0.02<y<0.7, 1.5<pTD<15 GeV and |ηD|<1.6. Combinatorial background to the D-meson signals is reduced by using the ZEUS microvertex detector to reconstruct displaced secondary vertices. Production cross sections are compared with the predictions of next-to-leading-order QCD, which is found to describe the data well. Measurements are extrapolated to the full kinematic phase space in order to obtain the open-charm contribution, 
$F_{2}^{c\bar{c}}$
, to the proton structure function, F2.

title: Flavor tagged time-dependent angular analysis of the $B_s \rightarrow J/\psi \phi$ decay and extraction of $\Delta\Gamma$s and the weak phase $\phi_s$ in ATLAS
abstract: A measurement of the B0s→J/ψϕ decay parameters, updated to include flavor tagging is reported using 4.9  fb−1 of integrated luminosity collected by the ATLAS detector from s√=7  TeV pp collisions recorded in 2011 at the LHC. The values measured for the physical parameters are 
ϕs0.12±0.25(stat)±0.05(syst)  radΔΓs0.053±0.021(stat)±0.010(syst)  ps−1Γs0.677±0.007(stat)±0.004(syst)  ps 1|A∥(0)|20.220±0.008(stat)±0.009(syst)|A0(0)|20.529±0.006(stat)±0.012(syst)δ⊥=3.89±0.47(stat)±0.11(syst)  rad 
where the parameter ΔΓs is constrained to be positive. The S-wave contribution was measured and found to be compatible with zero. Results for ϕs and ΔΓs are also presented as 68% and 95% likelihood contours, which show agreement with the Standard Model expectations.