Near-threshold η production in pp collisions

We study near-threshold η meson production in pp collisions within an effective Lagrangian approach combined with the isobar model, by allowing for the various intermediate nucleon resonances due to the π, η, and ρ-meson exchanges. It is shown that the ρ-meson exchange is the dominant excitation mechanism for these resonances,and the contribution from the N＊（1720） is dominant. The total cross section data can be reasonably reproduced,and the anisotropic angular distributions of the emitted η meson are consistent with experimental measurements.Besides, the invariant mass spectra of pp and pη explain the data well at excess energy of 15 Me V, and are basically consistent with the data at excess energy of 40 Me V. However, our model calculations cannot reasonably account for the two-peak structure in the pη distribution at excess energies of 57 and 72 Me V, which suggests that a more complicated mechanism is needed at higher energy region.

Nucleon resonances in πN→η'N and J/ψ→pη'

We are aiming to study the J/ψ →pqη′ decay in an isobar model and the effective Lagrangian approach on the basis of the coupling constants extracted from the πN→η′ reaction. After a careful exploration of the contributions of the S11（1535）, P11（1710）, P13（1900）, S11（2090） and Pl,（2100） resonances, we conclude that either a subthreshold resonance or a broad P-wave state in the near threshold range seems to be indispensable to describe the present data of the πN→η′.Furthermore, at least one broad resonance above rl＇N threshold is preferred. With this detailed analysis, we give the invariant mass spectrum and Dalitz plot of the J/ψ →pqη′decay for the purpose of assisting the future detailed partial wave analysis. It is found that the J/ψ →pqη′ data are useful for disentangling the above or below threshold resonant contribution, though it still further needs the differential cross section data of πN→η′ to realize some of the resonant and non-resonant contribution.

The Role of α1(1260) in π^-p→α1^-(1260)p and π^-p → π^-ρ^0p Reactions Near Threshold

We report on a theoretical study of the π^-→α1（1260）p and π^-→π^-~0p reactions near threshold within an effective Lagrangian approach.The production process is described by t-channel ρ^0 meson exchange.For the π^-→π^-ρ~0p reaction,the final π^-p^0 results from the decay of the α1（1260） resonance,which is assumed as a dynamically generated state from the K＊ K and ρπ coupled channel interactions.We calculate the total cross section of the π^-→α1（1260）p reaction.It is shown that,with the coupling constant of the α1（1260） to ρπ channel obtained from the chiral unitary theory and a cut off parameter Δρ～1.5 GeV in the form factors,the experimental measurement can be reproduced.Furthermore,the total and differential cross sections of π^p→α1（1260）p→π^ρ^0p reaction are evaluated,and it is expected that our model calculations can be tested by future experiments.These reactions are important for the study of the α1（1260） resonance and would provide further constraints on the properties of the α1（1260） state.

An Isoratio Method and an Isoratio Scaling Phenomenon in Heavy-Ion Collisions

An isoratio method is proposed to study the chemical potential of neutrons(protons) from the yield ratio of isotopes(isotones) differing in neutron-excess(I = N- Z). The measured fragments in the 140 A MeV ^(40),^(48) Ca and^(58),^(64) Ni +~9Be reactions, as well as those in the simulated^(58),^(64) Ni +~9Be reactions by using the antisymmetric molecular dynamics(AMD) model plus the secondary decay model gemini, have been adopted to perform the isoratio analysis.The results of the isoratio method verify that they are similar to that of the well known isoscaling method. The isoratio scaling phenomenon suggested by the isoratio method has also been found in the measured data and the fragments simulated by the AMD + gemini models.