Search for lepton-flavor violation at HERA
A search for lepton-flavor-violating interactions ep -> mu X and ep -> tau X has been performed with the ZEUS detector using the entire HERA I data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 130 pb(-1). The data were taken at center-of-mass energies, root s, of 300 and 318 GeV. No evidence of lepton-flavor violation was found, and constraints were derived on leptoquarks (LQs) that could mediate such interactions. For LQ masses below root s, limits were set on lambda(eq1) root beta(lq), where lambda(eq1) is the coupling of the LQ to an electron and a first-generation quark q(1), and beta(eq) is the branching ratio of the LQ to the final-state lepton l (mu or tau) and a quark q. For LQ masses much larger than root s, limits were set on the four-fermion interaction term lambda(eq alpha)lambda(eq beta)/M(L)(2)Q for LQs that couple to an electron and a quark q(alpha) and to a lepton l and a quark q(beta), where alpha and beta are quark generation indices. Some of the limits are also applicable to lepton-flavor-violating processes mediated by squarks in R-Parity-violating supersymmetric models. In some cases, especially when a higher-generation quark is involved and for the process ep -> tau X, the ZEUS limits are the most stringent to date.

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: The spectrometer system for measuring ZEUS luminosity at HERA
abstract: The upgrade of the HERA accelerator has provided much increased collider luminosity. In turn, the improvements have necessitated a new design for the ZEUS luminosity measurements. The intense synchrotron radiation field, as well as the high probability of a bremsstrahlung photon in each bunch crossing, posed new experimental constraints. In this report, we describe how these challenges were met with the ZEUS luminosity spectrometer system. The design, testing and commissioning of the device are described, and the results from the initial operational experience are reported.

title: Combined measurement and QCD analysis of the inclusive e±p scattering cross sections at HERA
abstract: A combination is presented of the inclusive deep inelastic cross sections measured by the H1 and ZEUS Collaborations in neutral and charged current unpolarised e±p scattering at HERA during the period 1994-2000. The data span six orders of magnitude in negative four-momentum-transfer squared, Q2, and in Bjorken x. The combination method used takes the correlations of systematic uncertainties into account, resulting in an improved accuracy. The combined data are the sole input in a NLO QCD analysis which determines a new set of parton distributions, HERAPDF1.0, with small experimental uncertainties. This set includes an estimate of the model and parametrisation uncertainties of the fit result.

title: Measurement of heavy-quark jet photoproduction at HERA
abstract: Photoproduction of beauty and charm quarks in events with at least two jets has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 133 pb−1. The fractions of jets containing b and c quarks were extracted using the invariant mass of charged tracks associated with secondary vertices and the decay-length significance of these vertices. Differential cross sections as a function of jet transverse momentum, $p_{\mathrm {T}}^{\mathrm{jet}}$, and pseudorapidity, ηjet, were measured. The data are compared with previous measurements and are well described by next-to-leading-order QCD predictions.

title: Measurement of high-Q2 neutral current deep inelastic e−p scattering cross sections with a longitudinally polarised electron beam at HERA
abstract: AbstractMeasurements of the neutral current cross sections for deep inelastic scattering in  collisions at HERA with a longitudinally polarised electron beam are presented. The single-differential cross-sections dσ/dQ2, dσ/dx and dσ/dy and the double-differential cross sections in Q2 and x are measured in the kinematic region y<0.9 and Q2>185 GeV2 for both positively and negatively polarised electron beams and for each polarisation state separately. The measurements are based on an integrated luminosity of 169.9 pb−1 taken with the ZEUS detector in 2005 and 2006 at a centre-of-mass energy of 318 GeV. The structure functions 
$x\tilde{F_{3}}$ 
and xF3γZ are determined by combining the e−p results presented in this paper with previously measured e+p neutral current data. The asymmetry parameter A− is used to demonstrate the parity violating effects of electroweak interactions at large spacelike photon virtuality. The measurements agree well with the predictions of the Standard Model.

title: Calculations of the beta-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei
abstract: The beta-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei have been systematically investigated using the proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) with a delta-form Gamow-Teller residual interaction. The particle-hole and particle-particle components of the Gamow-Teller residual interaction are consistently taken into account in dealing with the pnQRPA matrix equation, and the dependence of the results on them is discussed. Even-even nuclei with atomic numbers Z = 6-58 are considered in the calculations, where some newly measured neutron-rich nuclei are included. The calculated beta(-)-decay half-lives are found to be in good agreement with the available experimental data. The comparison with other theoretical results is also given. Moreover, predictions on beta-decay half-lives are made for some extremely neutron-rich nuclei, which could be useful for future experiments.

title: Properties of deformed even-even nuclei near Z = 20 in an improved quark mass density-dependent model
abstract: An improved quark mass density-dependent model is applied to study the ground-state properties of axially deformed even-even nuclei using the deformed quark-meson coupling calculation. The present study is mainly focused on the nuclei with the available experimental data ranging from Z = 14 to Z = 26. The ground-state binding energies, two-neutron separation energies, two-proton separation energies, quadrupole deformations, and root-mean-square (rms) charge radii are studied. The shell effect of the neutron magic number N = 20 can be demonstrated by our model. It has been shown that the improved quark mass density-dependent model can give a reasonable description of the axially deformed nuclei.

title: Nonlocalized cluster dynamics and nuclear molecular structure
abstract: A container picture is proposed for understanding cluster dynamics where the clusters make nonlocalized motion occupying the lowest orbit of the cluster mean-field potential characterized by the size parameter $``B"$ in the THSR (Tohsaki-Horiuchi-Schuck-R\"{o}pke) wave function. The nonlocalized cluster aspects of the inversion-doublet bands in $^{20}$Ne which have been considered as a typical manifestation of localized clustering are discussed. So far unexplained puzzling features of the THSR wave function, namely that after angular-momentum projection for two cluster systems the prolate THSR wave function is almost 100$\%$ equivalent to an oblate THSR wave function is clarified. It is shown that the true intrinsic two-cluster THSR configuration is nonetheless prolate. The proposal of the container picture is based on the fact that typical cluster systems, 2$\alpha$, 3$\alpha$, and $\alpha$+$^{16}$O, are all well described by a single THSR wave function. It will be shown for the case of linear-chain states with two and three $\alpha$-clusters as well as for the $\alpha$+$^{16}$O system that localization is entirely of kinematical origin, that is, due to the inter-cluster Pauli repulsion. It is concluded that this feature is general for nuclear cluster states.

title: Microscopic calculation of α-decay half-lives within the cluster model
abstract: The α-decay half-lives of heavy and superheavy nuclei are systematically calculated using a radial wave function within the cluster model. The decaying state is considered as an isolated quasi-bound state, and the α-decay process is interpreted as the quantum transition from the quasi-bound state to the scattering state. Then the quasi-bound state wave function and the scattering state wave function, in combination with the difference of potentials, are used to give a clear expression of the α-decay width. The present study is mainly restricted to even–even nuclei with N > 126 , including the superheavy mass region. The obtained α-decay half-lives are found to be in good agreement with the experimental data. Moreover, the study has been extended to the newly observed heaviest nuclei. It is worth noting that the aim of this work is not only to reproduce the experimental data better, but also to extend our understanding of α decay.

title: Systematic calculations of a decay properties based on results from recent experiments
abstract: We have performed a systematical investigation on the new or improved data of a decay in recent experiments, including neutron-deficient nuclei around the proton drip line and superheavy nuclei. By using the double-folding integral of the effective nucleon-nucleon interaction plus the density distributions of the alpha particle and the daughter nucleus, the deformed alpha-core potential is constructed. The alpha decay half-lives are then obtained within the modified two-potential approach. These obtained alpha decay half-lives are found to be in good agreement with the corresponding experimental data. This shows that the present model and formulas of alpha decay are valid for some new mass ranges.