K. Piska

Evidence for higher twist mechanisms in highp⊥π−p events with prompt ρ0 production at 38 GeV/c

The π−p interactions with at least one charged secondary produced at polar angle ∼90° in c.m.s. and having the transverse momentum above 1 GeV/c were investigated. The data were obtained using streamer chamber magnetic spectrometer RISK at 38 GeV/c π beam from Serpukhov accelerator. The analyzis of associated production in reconstructed events suggests, that if the transverse momentum of a pair of oppositely charged secondaries compensates the trigger particlep⊥ practically completely, this pair is the product of the ρ0 decay in marked fraction of such events. We observed a large spin-alignment for the ρ0-mesons selected as described above: the probability of zero spin projection onto the normal to the ρ0 production plane is equal to ρ00T=0.86±0.23. The enhancement of the number of events, in which the ρ0 picks up practically full momentum transfer carrying by the exchange, and also the enlarged tensor polarization for the ρ0-mesons in these events could be qualitatively explained as manifestation of direct ρ0-production via the QCD higher twist processes in the highp⊥π−p collisions. At the same time, the observed effects are markedly larger than the values predicted with QCD model in which the higher twist corrections were included.

A statistical analysis of two-dimensional patterns and its application to astrometry

Here we develop a general statistical procedure for the analysis of finite two-dimensional (2D) patterns inspired by the analysis of heavy-ion data. The method is used in the study of publicly available data obtained by the Gaia-ESA mission. We prove that the procedure can be sensitive to the limits of accuracy of measurement, and can also clearly identify the real physical effects on the large background of random distributions. As an example, the method confirms the presence of binary and ternary star systems in the studied data. At the same time, the possibility of the statistical detection of the gravitational microlensing effect is discussed.

Statistical analysis of 2D patterns and its application to astrometry

A general statistical procedure for analysis of finite 2D patterns, inspired by analysis of heavy-ion data, is developed. The method is verified in the study of publicly available data obtained by the Gaia-ESA mission. We prove that the procedure can be sensitive to the limits of accuracy of measurement, but it can also clearly identify the real physical effects on the large background of random distributions. As an example, the method confirms presence of binary and ternary star systems in the studied data. At the same time the possibility of statistical detection of gravitational microlensing effect is discussed.

TheA-scaling of the multiplicity distributions ofπ′,K− and\(\bar P\) interactions with nuclei at 40 GeV/c

AbstractThe multiplicity distributions of charged particles produced from π−,K− and

About rescattering contribution to the production of the high P(t) particles in the pi- A interactions at 38-GeV/c

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RESONANCE PATTERN OF LOW MASS MUON PAIRS PRODUCED IN 38-GEV/C PI- C INTERACTIONS.

interactions with the nuclei Li, C, S, Cu, CsI, Pb at 40 GeV/c were studied. It was found that the linear relationD=a〈n〉+b is satisfied for the distributions of different kinds of secondary particles including knocked out protons. Consequently, the use of the scaling variablez′=(an+b)/(a〈n〉+b) ensures the scaling of the distributions with respect to the mass numberA at least up to the second moment.