Comparative study of the hadronic production of Bc mesons.
A comparative study of the full {alpha}{sup 4}{sub {ital s}} perturbative QCD calculation of the hadronic production of the {ital B}{sub {ital c}} and {ital B}{sub {ital c}}{sup {asterisk}} mesons and the fragmentation approximation is presented. We examined the various subprocesses in detail and the distribution {ital C}({ital z}), where {ital z} is twice the fraction of the {ital B}{sub {ital c}} or {ital B}{sub {ital c}}{sup {asterisk}} meson energy in the center of mass of the subprocess, which proved insightful and revealed the importance of certain nonfragmentation contributions. We concluded that the condition for the applicability of the fragmentation approximation in hadronic collisions is that the transverse momentum {ital P}{sub {ital T}} of the produced {ital B}{sub {ital c}} and {ital B}{sub {ital c}}{sup {asterisk}} be much larger than the mass of the {ital B}{sub {ital c}} meson: i.e., {ital P}{sub {ital T}}{gt}{ital M}{sub {ital B}{sub {ital c}}}. Numerical results for the cross sections at the Fermilab Tevatron are also presented using updated parton distribution functions with various kinematic cuts.

title: The Physics of the B Factories
abstract: This work is on the Physics of the B Factories. Part A of this book contains a brief description of the SLAC and KEK B Factories as well as their detectors, BaBar and Belle, and data taking related issues. Part B discusses tools and methods used by the experiments in order to obtain results. The results themselves can be found in Part C.

title: On the reparameterization invariance in heavy quark effective theory
abstract: The reparameterization invariance in Heavy Quark Effective Theory is reconsidered. Starting from an effective Lagrangian derived from QCD full theory, a consistent transformation law for the heavy quark effective field under the variation of the parameter v is obtained and the reparameterization invariance in the effective Lagrangian is shown.

title: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF J/PSI RADIATIVE DECAY TO PI 0PI 0

title: QCD corrections to single slepton production at hadron colliders
abstract: We evaluate the cross section for single slepton production at hadron colliders in supersymmetric theories with R-parity violating interactions to the next-to-leading order in QCD. We obtain fully differential cross section by using the phase space slicing lethod. We also perform soft-gluon resummation to all order in alpha(s) of leading logarithm to obtain a complete transverse momentum spectrum of the slepton. We find that the full transverse momentum spectrum is peaked at a few GeV, consistent with the early results for Drell-Yan production of lepton pairs. We also consider the contribution from gluon fusion via quark-triangle loop diagrams dominated by the b-quark loop. The cross section of this process is significantly smaller than that of the tree-level process induced by the initial b (b) over bar annihilation.

title: Relativistic corrections to heavy quark fragmentation to S-wave heavy mesons
abstract: The relativistic corrections of order v{sup 2} to the fragmentation functions for the heavy quark to S-wave heavy quarkonia are calculated in the framework of the nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics factorization formula. We derive the fragmentation functions by using the Collins-Soper definition in both the Feynman gauge and the axial gauge. We also extract them through the process Z{sup 0}{yields}Hqq in the limit M{sub Z}/m{yields}{infinity}. We find that all results obtained by these two different methods and in different gauges are the same. We estimate the relative size of the relativistic corrections to the fragmentation functions.

title: IN-VACUUM UNDULATOR CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR SSRF
abstract: Two 25mm period in-vacuum undulators (IVU25) have been installed in SSRF 3.5 GeV storage ring. The controller for IVU25 based on Siemens S7-300 PLC is used to control two stepper motors for the gap and tapper of magnetic pole array. The controller monitors cooling water’s temperature and flux, monitor the array’s temperature, too. And configure Ethernet access for remote control as well as MPS and PPS interlock. A simple user interface supports routine operation and detail information is showed at cascading windows. With real time feedback of the linear absolute encoders (LAEs) the tracking precision of gap and taper are less than 1 micron. This paper describes the design of controller hardware and software.

title: ZN phases in hot gauge theories.
abstract: We argue that the {ital Z}{sub {ital N}} phases of hot gauge theories cannot be realized as a real system with a Hermitian density matrix.

title: Studies of xi (2230) in J/ psi radiative decays.

title: Implications of a cosmological constant varying as R-2.
abstract: We advocate the possibility that the (effective) cosmological constant {Lambda} varies in time as {ital R}{sup {minus}2}, {ital R} being the scale factor of our expanding Universe. This behavior can be obtained under some simple and general assumptions in conformity with quantum cosmology. After pointing out several advantages worth noticing, we show that such a time-varying {Lambda} leads to no conflict with existing observations. However, it does change the predictions of the standard cosmology in the matter-dominated epoch and alleviates some problems in reconciling observations with the inflationary scenario. In particular, this medium'' time variation of {Lambda} leads to creation of matter with a rate at present which is comparable to that in the steady-state cosmology.

title: Measurement of the bottom-quark production cross section in 800 GeV/c proton-gold collisions.
abstract: Using a silicon-microstrip detector array to identify secondary vertices, we have observed {ital b}{r_arrow}{ital J}/{psi}{r_arrow}{mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup {minus}} decays in 800 GeV/{ital c} proton-gold interactions. The doubly differential cross section for {ital J}/{psi} mesons originating from {ital b}-quark decays, assuming linear dependence on nucleon number, is {ital d}{sup 2}{sigma}/{ital dx}{sub {ital Fdp}}{sup 2}{sub {ital T}}=107{plus_minus}28{plus_minus}19/nucleon at {ital x}{sub {ital F}}=0.05 and {ital p}{sub {ital T}}=1GeV/{ital c}. This measurement is compared to next-to-leading-order QCD predictions. The integrated {ital b}-quark production cross section, obtained by extrapolation over all {ital x}{sub {ital F}} and {ital p}{sub {ital T}}, is {sigma}({ital pN}{r_arrow}{ital bb}{ovr bar}+{ital X})=5.7{plus_minus}1.5{plus_minus}1.3 nb/nucleon.