Narrow resonance at E(gamma) = 1020-MeV in the d (gamma, eta) p n reaction
Differential and total cross sections of the D(γ, η)pn reaction have been measured for photon energies between 600 and 1150 MeV. The data provide the information of the γn → ηn reaction above Eγ ≥ 800 MeV. The total cross section shows a narrow resonance structure peaked at Eγ = 1020 MeV. The angular distribution coefficients together with the total cross section are compared with the calculation of the isobar model by using the impulse approximation. Although the spin and parity of the resonance cannot be determined unambiguously, a negative parity assignment gives better fit to the data.

title: S11(1535) Resonance in Nuclear Medium Observed with the (gamma, eta) Reactions

title: Photoproduction of neutral kaons on a liquid deuterium target in the threshold region
abstract: The photoproduction process of neutral kaons on a liquid deuterium target is investigated near the threshold region, E{sub {gamma}}=0.8-1.1 GeV. K{sup 0} events are reconstructed from positive and negative pions, and differential cross sections are derived. Experimental momentum spectra are compared with those calculated in the spectator model using a realistic deuteron wave function. Elementary amplitudes as given by recent isobar models and a simple phenomenological model are used to study the effect of the new data on the angular behavior of the elementary cross section. The data favor a backward-peaked angular distribution of the elementary n({gamma},K{sup 0}){lambda} process, which provides additional constraints on current models of kaon photoproduction. The present study demonstrates that the n({gamma},K{sup 0}){lambda} reaction can provide key information on the mechanism of the photoproduction of strangeness.

title: The 1.2 GeV photon tagging system at LNS-Tohoku
abstract: A tagged photon beam line has been constructed in the Stretcher–Booster ring (STB ring) at Tohoku University. The quasi-monochromatic photon beam is produced by the internal photon tagging system which consists of a solid fiber radiator and the compact tagging counter installed in a bending magnet of the STB ring. The energy range of the tagged photon is from 0.8 to 1.1 GeV with the electron energy of 1.2 GeV . The performance of the tagging system has been investigated. The system provides good quality of γ -rays for the nuclear and hadron physics experiments.

title: Study of double pion photoproduction on the deuteron
abstract: The π + π − photoproductions on the proton and deuteron have been studied in a photon energy range of 0.8–1.1 GeV at the Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Tohoku University. Charged pions and protons were detected using Neutral Kaon Spectrometer. We obtained the cross sections for the p ( γ , p π + π − ) and d ( γ , p π + π − ) n . The quasi-free process with a neutron spectator was extracted by the neutron momentum cut of p n > 0.3 GeV / c . The cross section for the Δ + + Δ − production was deduced in the non-quasi-free process of the γ d → p n π + π − . It was 13.4 ± 0.4 μb at E γ = 0.82 GeV .

title: K0 photoproduction on 12C in the threshold region
abstract: The γ n → K 0 Λ process plays an important role in the study of strangeness production by the electromagnetic interaction. We have investigated the quasi-free production reaction on a 12 C target in the threshold region ( E γ = 0.8 – 1.1 GeV ) at the Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Tohoku University. Preliminary results are presented.

title: Real Part of the Scattering Amplitude and the Behavior of the Total Cross Section at High Energies
abstract: Certain theorems first pointed out by Meiman are used to include the information contained in analyticity in energy and crossing symmetry in the derivation of upper bounds for the forward scattering amplitude. Theorems are obtained relating the asymptotic behavior of the ratio of the real part to the imaginary part of the forward amplitude on the one hand, to that of the total cross section on the other. Except for the special case where Ref/Imf=pi/lnE as the incident laboratory energy E approaches infinity, it is found that the Froissart bound can be improved. It is found that the GreenbergLow bound which follows from axiomatic field theory can always be improved by a fractional power of E under the physical assumption that the amplitude does not become purely real as E approaches infinity. It is found that the asymptotic behavior Ref=cE is not allowed. This sheds light on the question of the 'elementary' nature of vector mesons. An inequality is given which, in principle, could lead to an experimental check of analyticity and crossing with data obtained only from a finite range of energy.

title: Eighth-order magnetic moment of the electron. I. Second-order vertex containing second-, fourth-, and sixth-order vacuum polarization subdiagrams
abstract: We have calculated the contribution to the eighth-order anomalous magnetic moment of the electron arising from 25 Feynman diagrams generated by inserting second-, fourth-, and sixth-order vacuum polarization loops in the photon line of the second-order vertex diagram. Our result is $0.0766(6){(\frac{\ensuremath{\alpha}}{\ensuremath{\pi}})}^{4}$. The theoretical error represents the estimated accuracy (90% confidence limit) of the numerical integrations.

title: QED Contributions to Muon g−2: Tenth-order graphs
abstract: The QED contribution to muon g − 2 is known with sufficient precision for the current uncertainty of the muon g − 2 experiment. More accurate QED prediction, however, may be needed for the future experiment. We review the current status of QED contribution to muon g − 2 and report our on-going project about the tenth-order calculation.

title: Two-Photon Mechanism of Particle Production by High-Energy Colliding Beams
abstract: We report on the calculation of the cross sections for the production of positive-charge-conjugation states such as ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$, $\ensuremath{\eta}$, ${e}^{+}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, ${\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, and ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ by a two-photon mechanism in ${e}^{\ensuremath{-}}{e}^{+}$ and ${e}^{\ensuremath{-}}{e}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ collisions. We give the precise relationship of the process $e+e\ensuremath{\rightarrow}e+e+X (X \mathrm{is}\mathrm{any} C=+ \mathrm{state})$ to the corresponding two-photon annihilation process $\ensuremath{\gamma}+\ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}X$, as well as a careful derivation of the equivalent-photon approximation. In the case of the ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$ production, we have found that, for the beam energy $E$ in the 1-3 GeV range, the exact total cross section is 20-30% larger than the one calculated previously in the equivalent-photon approximation. However, the introduction of form factors cuts down the exact total cross section, reducing it to within 10% of the equivalent-photon-approximation result. For $\ensuremath{\eta}$ production the agreement is even better. Thus it appears that the use of the equivalent-photon approximation is justified in most cases. We discuss detailed angular distributions in this approximation for the case of ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ production. One important problem which cannot be adequately studied in the equivalent-photon approximation is the degree of noncoplanarity of the ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ (and the ${\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$) pair. We have studied this problem using the exact formula and found that, for $E=1$ GeV, typically 40-50% of pion pairs will be produced with the noncoplanarity angle greater than 12\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}. We discuss the general structure of the $\ensuremath{\gamma}+\ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}+{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ amplitude as well as a simple model incorporating the $\ensuremath{\sigma}$ meson. We also give a rough estimate of multihadron production cross sections.

title: Radiative corrections to pi - e decay
abstract: An attempt is made to understand the reason why the radiative corrections to The effects of -e decay calculated by Berman are so large. The question is also discussed as to whether the pion decay agrees with the recently conjectured ''theorem'' that the radiative correction to the total probability of a decay process is finite in the limit where the mass of the secondary electron is assumed to be arbitrarily small, although corrections to partial probabilities may be divergent in such a limit.