antinucleon-nucleon cross section near the threshold...
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Antinucleon-nucleoncross section
near the threshold region
Antinucleon-nucleoncross section
near the threshold region
Third International Conference onPERSPECTIVES IN HADRONIC PHYSICS
7 - 11 May 2001Miramare-Trieste, Italy
Alessandro FelicielloI.N.F.N. - Sezione di Torino
abdus salaminternational centre for theoretical physics
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Physics motivations
Anomalies in the NNsystem, near threshold np total cross section
A possible measurementof pp elastic cross sectionat AD the ELAPP project
Outlook
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Physics motivations
historical 60’s: description of ordinary mesons
(π, ρ, …) spectrum (unsuccessful)
QCD 80’s - 90s’: search for multiquark
configurations (exotics, glueballs,hybrids, non qq meson, …)
nuclear physics understanding of nuclear forces:
• G-parity rule (pp ↔ pp and np ↔ np)• several NN bound states or resonances
(NN potential deeper than the NN one)• isospin dependence of the NN interaction
(comparison of pp with np or pn data)• dependence of annihilation strength on
some channels (fit to the scattering andannihilation data)
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Experimentalsituation
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np totalcross section
[Phys. Lett. B 475 (2000) 378][Phys. Lett. B 475 (2000) 378]
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The transmissiontechnique
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The transmissiontechnique
60708090
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50.25 / 38P1 83.30 1.447P2 0.1599E-01 0.2831E-02
59 < p < 70 MeV/c
49.68 / 38P1 130.6 1.812P2 0.1438E-01 0.2302E-02
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34.60 / 38P1 129.7 1.806P2 0.1774E-01 0.2257E-02
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39.17 / 38P1 150.7 1.946P2 0.1511E-01 0.2079E-02
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vertex z [cm]-10 0 10
46.53 / 38P1 197.0 2.223P2 0.1218E-01 0.1805E-02
130 < p < 150 MeV/c
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Comparisons
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Effective rangeexpansion
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OBELIXMahalanabisPirnerITEP
annihilationannihilation
totaltotal
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np elasticcross sectionn
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Isospindependence
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Rtot = =(σ totnp)
σ tot(pp)
2σ tot
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FENICE experiment(ADONE/LNF)
σσσσ(e+e-) →hadrons
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The threshold region
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other anomalies:• ρ parameter• old hints from DM2 experiment
(still unpublished!)• new results from FOCUS experiment
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The ρρρρ parameter
[W. Brückner et al., Phys. Lett. B
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[W. Brückner et al., Phys. Lett. B
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−+−+ → ππ 33ee
DM2 dataDM2 data
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−+ ππ 33 inv. mass distribution in high energy photoproduction
FNAL E687FNAL E687
Photoproductionexperiments
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Which origin forsuch anomalies?
threshold of the p channel(p = 98 MeV/c)
s-wave dominance, in the frame ofcoupled channel approach
quasi-nuclear bound states nearthreshold
nnpp →labpp
measurement of σela(pp)at low momentum
Is it possible to perform such a measurementat a machine like AD???
(the unique source of p in world today)
measurement of dσ/dΩ(relative importance of s- and p-wave contributions)
essential to discriminate among different hypotheses
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❶ simultaneous detection of: p - large dE/dx
- secondary particle emission
p - very low energy (0 ÷ 5 MeV)
❷ no trigger possible,due to the AD beam structure:
intensity: 106 ÷ 107
burst duration: ≤ 1 µsfrequency: ~ 10-2 Hz
❸ the detector must be operated in vacuum
❹ very thin CH2 target needed (1 ÷ 10 µm)– difficult to produce– difficult to sustain in place
❺ fixed beam energy
Experimentalproblems
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The ELAPP project
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Measurementstrategy
8 bits FADC systemwith 10 ns sampling rate
up to 102 samplings ofscintillating fibers arrayup to 102 samplings of
scintillating fibers array
topological discrimination betweenscattering and annihilation events
provided that:• no more than 30 ÷ 40 interactions/spill• no (few) particles from spurious events
– p annihilation from beam halo– p annihilation in structures surrounding the apparatus
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The typical event
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The "anti"typical event
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Expected event rates(rough estimation)
Ap NxNN ⋅⋅⋅+⋅⋅= −27int 10)2600
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rApela NxNN ερ ⋅∆Ω⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅= −2710)150142()(
ρ)(5.0 xNN pela ⋅⋅≈
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int103 −⋅≈elaN
40 int./burst →→→→ 1 elastic scatt./burst40 int./burst →→→→ 1 elastic scatt./burst
1.5 · 103 elastic scatt./day1.5 · 103 elastic scatt./day
σT(pp) = 500 mbσT(p12C) = 2600 mbρ = 1.1 g/cm3
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σE(pp) = 150 mb∆Ω ~ 0.7 · 4πεr ~ 50%
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N expressed in units of 106
x expressed in µmpN
N expressed in units of 106
x expressed in µmpN
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Requirementsfor the beam
Variable energy: 50 ÷ 100 MeV/c…but also 100 ÷ 200 MeV/cno measurements in this regioneasier p detection
good focus: Ø ≤ 2 mmno halo at r ≈ 3 cm
all possible sources of background(degrader, collimator, beam dump)far away from the detector (≥ 4m)
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Conclusions
σtot(np) measured for the first time: down to 50 MeV/c with high statistics
evident anomalous behaviourof σtot (np) (→ σela (np)) near threshold
possibility of looking at this effect in theelastic (pp) channel, never measured
(but where???)
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indication for a structure below 100 MeV/c
in the elastic channel???
indication for a structure below 100 MeV/c
in the elastic channel???
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