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DOE OSTI2011

Low Energy Neutrino and Dark Matter Physics with sub-keV Germanium Detectors

A TEXONO collaboration research program on low energy neutrino and dark matter physics is going on at the Kuo-Sheng Neutrino Laboratory (KSNL). Collaboration main goals are to measure the neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering cross section, neutrino magnetic moments, and the searches of WIMP dark matter. To achieve these goals various prototype detectors and their sub-keV background are under study. A threshold of 220 eV was achieved with prototype detectors at the KSNL. New limits were set for WIMPs with mass between 3-6 GeV. Data are being taken with a 500 g Point Contact Germanium detector, where a threshold of {approx}350 eV was demonstrated. A 20 g ULEGe detector is taking data at CJPL in Sichuan, China.

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DOE OSTI2011

Compton Profile Study of Intermetallic Ti{sub 3}Al

The Compton scattering measurement on intermetallic alloy Ti{sub 3}Al is reported in this work. The measurement is made using 59.54 keV gamma-rays from Am{sup 241} source. Theoretical calculation of Compton profile is also performed employing CRYSTAL code within the framework of density functional theory to compare with the measurement. The theoretical profile of the alloy is also synthesized following the superposition model taking the published Compton profiles of elemental solids from the APW method. The experimental study of charge transfer in the alloys has also been done by performing the experimental Compton profile measurements on Ti and Al following the superposition model and charge transfer from Al to Ti is clearly seen on the alloy formation.

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DOE OSTI2011

Complete Photo-production Experiments

The extraction of resonance parameters from meson photo-reaction data is a challenging effort, that would greatly benefit from the availability of several polarization observables, measured for each reaction channel on both proton and neutron targets. In the aim of obtaining such complete experiments, polarized photon beams and targets have been developed at facilities, worldwide. We report on the latest results from the LEGS and GRAAL collaborations, providing single and double polarization measurements on pseudo-scalar meson photo-production from the nucleon.

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DOE OSTI2011

Recent results from MAMI

The Mainz Microtron MAMI is an ideal facility to study the hadron structure with the electromagnetic probe. With the new accelerator stage (HDSM), which went into operation in 2007, high-intensity polarized electron and photon beams with energies up to 1.6 GeV are delivered to the experiments. Polarized targets and recoil polarimeters in combination with dedicated detectors are available for precision experiments in hadron physics. In this article, an overview over selected recent results is given.

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Proposal for GPD studies at COMPASS

The study of nucleon structure through Generalised Parton Distributions (GPD) is one major part of the future COMPASS-II physics program and can be performed using exclusive reactions like Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (DVCS) and Meson Production. The high energy of the muon beam allows to measure the x{sub B}-dependence of the t-slope of the DVCS cross section. The use of positive and negative polarised muon beams allows to determine the Beam Charge and Spin Difference of the DVCS cross sections to access the real part of the Compton form factor related to the dominant GPD H. The sensitivity of both measurements is examined and confronted to existing models or global fits of the data. Preliminary beam test data were analyzed and demonstrated the feasibility of the identification of the DVCS reaction using the COMPASS experimental set-up.

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DOE OSTI2011

Overview of coupled-channels analyses of meson production reactions: The way to the N*s

We provide a brief review of the main existing theoretical efforts to extract and interpret the properties of baryon resonances from the experimental data for hadro-, photo- and electro-production of mesons on the nucleon. The focus is set on the dynamical coupled-channels models. An effort is made to highlight the relevant aspects of the different approaches, within the space limitations of these proceedings.

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DOE OSTI2011

What did we learn about GPDs from hard exclusive electroproduction of mesons

It is reported on an analysis of electroproduction of light mesons at small Bjorken-x (x{sup Bj}) within the handbag approach. The partonic subprocesses, meson electroproduction off quarks or gluons, are calculated within the modified per-turbative approach (m.p.a.) in which quark transverse momenta are retained. The soft hadronic matrix elements, generalized parton distributions (GPDs), are constructed by means of double distributions. The constraints from parton distributions and sum rules are taken into account. Various moments of these GPDs are compared to recent results from lattice gauge theories.

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DOE OSTI2011

Extraction of the Compton Form Factor H from DVCS Measurements in the Quark Sector

Working at twist 2 accuracy and assuming the dominance of the Generalized Parton Distribution H we study the helicity-dependent and independent cross sections measured in Hall A, the beam spin asymmetries measured in Hall B at Jefferson Laboratory and beam charge, beam spin and target spin asymmetries measured by Hermes. We extract the real and imaginary parts of the Compton Form Factor H, the latter being obtained with a 20-50 % uncertainty. We pay extra attention to the estimation of systematic errors on the extraction of H. We discuss our results and compare to other extractions as well as to the popular VGG model.

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DOE OSTI2011

Electromagnetic production of hyperon resonances

The study of hyperon resonances has entered a new era of precision with advent of high-statistics photoproduction data from the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. These data have multi-particle final states, allowing clean identification of exclusive reactions associated with strange mesons and baryons. Examples of physics results are: evidence for isospin interference in the decay of the {Lambda}(1405) resonance; a strong suggestion of meson cloud effects in the structure of the {Sigma}(1385) resonance; data from K* photoproduction that will test the existence of the purported K{sub 0}(800) meson. Properties of other hyperon resonances will also be studied in the near future.

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DOE OSTI2011

Photoproduction of K{Sigma}(1385) from the nucleon

The reactions of K{Sigma}(1385) photoproduction, i.e., {gamma}p {yields} K{sup +}{Sigma}{sup 0}(1385) and {gamma} {yields} K{sup +}{Sigma}{sup -}(1385), are investigated in the resonance energy region for studying the role of the nucleon and {Delta} resonances of masses around 2 GeV. The Lagrangians for describing the decays of these resonances into the K{Sigma}(1385) channel are constructed and the decay amplitudes are obtained, which allows us to determine the coupling constants using the predictions of quark models or the data listed by the Particle Data Group. The resulting cross sections are compared to the data from the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and the SPring-8, which indicates nontrivial contributions from the two-star-rated resonances in the Particle Data Group as well as from some missing resonances predicted by a quark model.

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DOE OSTI2011

Study of the {gamma}d {yields} K{sup +}K{sup -}np reaction and an alternative explanation for the ''{Theta}{sup +}'' peak

We look for an explanation of the peak in the K{sup +}n invariant mass distribution of the {gamma}d {yields} K{sup +}K{sup -}n p reaction that was associated to the {Theta}{sup +}(1540) pentaquark at LEPS. For this we develop a theoretical model adapted to the experiment. The study shows that the method used in the experiment to associate momenta to the undetected proton and neutron, together with the chosen cuts, necessarily creates an artificial broad peak in the assumed K{sup +}n invariant mass in the region of the claimed {Theta}{sup +}(1540), such that the remaining strength seen for the experimental peak is compatible with a fluctuation of 2{sigma} significance.

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DOE OSTI2011

A measurement of double spin asymmetry A{sub LT} in semi-inclusive pion electroproduction on a transversely polarized {sup 3}He target

The double spin asymmetry A{sub LT} for {sup 3}He was measured for the first time at Jefferson Lab Hall A in the semi-inclusive {sup 3}He{up_arrow}({sup {yields}e},{pi}{sup +/-}X reactions, using a 6 GeV polarized electron beam on a transversely polarized {sup 3}He target. The produced charged pions were detected in coincidence with the scattered electrons by the high-resolution spectrometer and the BigBite spectrometer, respectively. The kinematic coverage was focused on the valence quark region, x {approx} 0.13-0.41, Q{sup 2}{approx} 1.31-3.10 (GeV/c){sup 2}. When combined with the world data, this new data will provide constraints on the g{sub 1T}{sup q} distribution functions, which describe the longitudinal polarization of quarks in a transversely polarized nucleon. The status of the current analysis and the preliminary results are presented.

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DOE OSTI2011

Regge-plus-resonance predictions for neutral-kaon photoproduction from the deuteron

We present a Regge-inspired effective-Lagrangian framework for neutral-kaon photo-production from the deuteron. Quasi-free kaon production is investigated using the Regge-plus-resonance elementary operator within the relativistic plane-wave impulse approximation. The Regge-plus-resonance model was developed to describe photoinduced and electroinduced charged-kaon production off protons. We show how this elementary operator can be transformed to account for the production of neutral kaons from both protons and neutrons. Our results compare favourably to the sole {sup 2}H({gamma},K{sup 0})YN dataset published to date.

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DOE OSTI2011

Determination of the Linear Polarization of the Hall-B Tagged Photon Beam at Jefferson Lab

The JLab CLAS g9a/FROST experiments are double polarization measurements that have accumulated photo-production data using linearly polarized, tagged photons incident on a longitudinally polarized, frozen spin butanol target. The analysis of the resulting coherent peaks was used to determine the photon polarization, which is in agreement with phenomenological calculations.

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DOE OSTI2011

Transverse charge densities of N* resonances

The unitary isobar model MAID2007 has been used to analyze the recent data of pion electroproduction. The model contains all four-star resonances in the region below W = 2 GeV. Both single-Q{sup 2} and Q{sup 2} dependent transition form factors could be obtained for the Delta, Roper, D{sub 13}(1520), S{sub 11}(1535), D{sub 15}(1675), and F{sub 15}(1680) nucleon resonances. Furthermore, we show the empirical transverse charge densities for the Roper, the S11 and D13 resonances, which are evaluated from Fourier transforms of the transition form factors.

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DOE OSTI2011

Transition nucleon resonance electrocouplings from CLAS data on {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}p electroproduction off protons

Electrocouplings of excited proton states with masses less than 1.8 GeV were determined for the first time from the CLAS data on {pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -}p electroproduction at photon virtualities Q{sup 2}<1.5 GeV{sup 2}. Electrocouplings were obtained from a combined fit of all available observables within the framework of a phenomenological reaction model.

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DOE OSTI2011

Valence quark contributions for the {gamma}N{yields}P{sub 11}(1440) transition

A covariant spectator quark model is applied to estimate the valence quark contributions to the F{sub 1}{sup *}(Q{sup 2}) and F{sub 2}{sup *}(Q{sup 2}) transition form factors for the {gamma}N{yields}P{sub 11}(1440) reaction. The Roper resonance, P{sub 11}(1440), is assumed to be the first radial excitation of the nucleon. The model requires no extra parameters except for those already fixed by the previous studies for the nucleon. The results are consistent with the experimental data in the high Q{sup 2} region, and those from the lattice QCD. Finally the model is also applied to estimate the meson cloud contributions from the CLAS and MAID analysis.

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DOE OSTI2011

Exclusive {pi}{sup 0},{eta} electroproduction in the resonance region at high Q{sup 2}

We present preliminary results from {pi}{sup 0} and {eta} electroproduction data taken with CLAS at Jefferson Lab. These and other CLAS measurements, coupled with recent theoretical developments, will allow non-perturbative approaches to shed lights on the role of quarks and gluons in nuclei and address issues such as confinement and the non-zero quark mass in the chiral limit.

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